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1	''[[http://www.acclaimedmusic.net Acclaimedmusic.net]]'' is a unique website and indeed a compendium of ''all'' music.
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3	Created by Swedish tax collector Henrik Franzon in 2003, the site compiles several critics' lists from around the world to find the consensus choices for the best songs/albums of all time. It seems a daunting task, but Henrik makes it look easy. Hardcore fans of the bands in question should not be surprised by the results. Has an existing forum as well, for discussion of music among other things, noted for its occasional user polls of favorite music for any given point in time.
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5	!!''Acclaimed Music'' contains examples of:
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7	* FanCommunityNickname: The forum users are called "[=AMers=]".
8	* TheGenerationGap: Illustrated by the 2020 Albums poll. The results of the poll from users under forty and forty and older were displayed alongside the main list. ''OK Computer'' won the under-40 (and overall) vote, while ''Ziggy Stardust'' won with the forty-plus crowd. The over-forties also contributed to the lowering of many contemporary rap and R&B albums ranked highly in the previous poll.
9	* SugarWiki/NeedsMoreLove: In-Universe. Could well be the rallying cry behind any nomination for the forums' various tournaments but particularly the [=Moderately Acclaimed/Unacclaimed=] polls. May result in strong CriticalDissonance if a forum consensus emerges in favor of a work perceived as having experienced an unjust CriticalBacklash or [[OldShame rejected]] by the artist needing to be RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap.
10	* QualityByPopularVote:
11	** [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] and [[ZigZaggedTrope zig-zagged]] in-universe in the forums; little evidence of the absolute conviction to a specific genre, but [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism a certain degree of younger users can trend towards poptimism]] for example, with varying degrees of appreciation of or frustration among [=AMers=] with this trend in music criticism.
12	** Inverted somewhat with the annual Moderately Acclaimed Albums and Unacclaimed Songs competitions, which aim to determine the forum's favorite music overlooked by critics, but downplayed in that a [[CaptainObvious popular vote is required to reach this conclusion.]]
13	* RockIsAuthenticPopIsShallow: Zig-zagged. There is still a bit of a rock bias, but with the rise of new genres in the 2010's and an influx of younger users, pop and rap have been getting their fair due as of late.
14	* ShownTheirWork: The [=AMers=] know their stuff when it comes to researching the artists and albums. It almost functions like a listening club for musical enthusiasts.
15	* TopTenList: ...and top 100, top 1000, top any other number you should care to mention. The ''raison d'être'' of the main site and a key point of discussion on the forums to the point that ObsessedAreTheListmakers, especially when all-time polls are held.

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