[RATE REVEAL] r/indieheads Winners Rate Day 1: Oh Raters! Up Yours!
Welcome to the indieheads olympics!
It’s time to crown the winner of all winners - but first, we’re eliminating the bottom third aka the losers of the winners. We’ll eliminate songs 59 to 40 today.
Here are some stats:
Number of participants: 103 (you’re all winners!)
Average score: 7.754
Average controversy score: 2.305 (this is the third highest controversy score for a rate ever)
Most 11s: 10
Most 0s: Two songs with 6 each
Our contestants:
Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues (Riot Grrrl/Queercore Rate)
Alvvays - In Undertow (Ultimate 2017 Rate)
American Football - Never Meant (90’s Midwest Emo)
Animal Collective - Golden Gal (The ‘Bad’ Albums Rate)
Arcade Fire - Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels) (00s Classics Rate)
The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice (60s Classics Rate)
The Beths - Future Me Hates Me (WTF is Bubblegrunge)
Big Thief - Simulation Swarm (Ultimate 2022 Rate)
The Blue Nile - The Downtown Lights (The Sophistipop Rate)
Britney Spears - Toxic (Indieheads/Popheads Exchange Mini Rate)
Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken (Totally Twee Rate)
Car Seat Headrest - Bodys (Ultimate 2018 Rate)
Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas (Dream Pop Rate)
David Bowie - Blackstar (Ultimate 2016 Rate)
Deftones - Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) (Nu Metal Rate)
Denzel Curry - 13LACK 13ALLOONZ (Alternative Hip Hop)
Dinosaur Jr. - Little Fury Things (Noise Pop)
FKA Twigs - Cellophane (Ultimate 2019 Rate)
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. (2000s Modern Rock Radio Number Ones)
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (Art Pop Rate)
LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends (2007 Super Indie Slamdown)
LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean (Indie (pop?) Rate)
Little Simz - Introvert (Ultimate 2021 Rate)
Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack (Charity Rate II)
The Microphones - I Want Wind to Blow (Indie Folk Showdown)
Midori - Yukikosan (Japanese Women of Punk(ish))
Mitski - Townie (Introspective Indie Pop)
Motörhead - Ace Of Spades (Tony Hawk’s Pro Rater)
NEU! - Isi (Deutsche Elektronische Musik)
Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945 (90s Classics Rate)
Nick Drake - Pink Moon (60s/70s Folk Rate)
Nina Simone - Sinnerman (Charity Rate I)
Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box (1994 Grammys Award for Best Alternative Album Rate)
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Grunge Big 4)
Novos Baianos - Preta Pretinha (Brazil Classics)
Open Mike Eagle - (How Could Anybody) Feel at Home (Indie Hip Hop Rate)
Outkast - Hey Ya! (Pitchfork Top 50 Songs of the 2000s)
Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto (Ultimate 2020 Rate)
Portishead - Glory Box (Trip Hop)
Pulp - Common People (Britpop)
Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name (Guitar Hero Classics)
The Raincoats - Lola (Post Punk Women - 70s & 80s)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (War On Christmas Rate)
Sigur Rós - Svefn-g-englar (Essential Post-Rock Rate)
Sleater-Kinney - Jumpers (Grunge-Free Pacific Northwest)
The Smiths - There is a Light That Never Goes Out (80s Classics Rate)
Sonic Youth - Teen Age Riot (80s Alt Rock Rate)
SOPHIE - Immaterial (Hyperpop)
Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (Neo-Psychedelia Rate)
Squarepusher - Beep Street (90s Warp)
Sufjan Stevens - Death With Dignity (Sad Indie Folk Rate)
Sufjan Stevens - Shit Talk (2023 Ultimate Rate)
Tame Impala - Let It Happen (2015 + Teens of Denial, Pitchfork’s Top 50 Songs of the 2010s)
Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Ultimate Synthpop)
Titus Andronicus - The Battle of Hampton Roads (Indie Punk Rate)
Wilco - Jesus, Etc. (2002)
Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything (Canadian Indie Rock)
X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage! Up Yours! (Afropunk)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps (Meet Me in the NME Bathroom)
Eliminated songs:
* #40: Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. | 7.609 | 783.7
* #41: Mitski - Townie | 7.596 | 782.4
* #42: Nick Drake - Pink Moon | 7.571 | 779.8
* #43: Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken | 7.518 | 774.4
* #44: Squarepusher - Beep Street | 7.479 | 770.3
* #45: Sufjan Stevens - Shit Talk | 7.450 | 767.4
* #46: LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean | 7.434 | 765.7
* #47: The Microphones - I Want Wind to Blow | 7.377 | 759.8
* #48: Motörhead - Ace Of Spades | 7.363 | 758.4
* #49: NEU! - Isi | 7.354 | 757.5
* #50: Sigur Rós - Svefn-g-englar | 7.293 | 751.2
* #51: Arcade Fire - Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels) | 7.182 | 739.7
* #52: Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space | 7.075 | 728.7
* #53: Dinosaur Jr. - Little Fury Things | 7.065 | 727.7
* #54: Tame Impala - Let It Happen | 7.041 | 725.2
* #55: Midori - Yukikosan | 6.945 | 715.3
* #56: The Raincoats - Lola | 6.674 | 687.4
* #57: Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything | 6.599 | 679.7
* #58: Titus Andronicus - The Battle of Hampton Roads | 6.567 | 676.4
* #59: Animal Collective - Golden Gal | 5.879 | 605.5