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Emo pop 1999
The emo formula with a radio chorus and polished production. The version that reached MTV and the shopping mall.
- Heaviness
- 3
- Speed
- 5
- Melody
- 10
- Where from
- USA
- Tempo
- 130-170 bpm
- Song length
- 3-4 min
- Written about
- Heartbreak, Adolescence, Theatricality and persona, Confession, performed
- Vocals
- Sung
Why this one
| You said | Emo pop | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singing When someone is singing, what should come out? | clean | 100% | ×3 |
| Light How much weight do you want behind it? | 3 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| A steady walk What pace? | 5 out of 10 | 100% | ×2 |
| This century Does it matter when it was made? | 1999 | 96% | ×1 |
| The dark What should the words be about? | Heartbreak, Adolescence, Theatricality and persona, Confession, performed | 0% | ×1 |
| Short. Say it and stop. How long should a song be? | up to 4 min | 83% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 86% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 6 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, about 1, length 1 out of 10. Emo pop ties with the next, and won on being the broader of the two. Where two genres score the same the broader one wins, because a genre with subgenres under it is somewhere to carry on from and a leaf is a full stop.
Five records, in this order
- 1Start one step outside
Sunny Day Real Estate, Diary 1994
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary. The bridge between DC hardcore and everything that followed.
- 2The one to put on first
Jimmy Eat World, Clarity 1999
Jimmy Eat World - Clarity. The album before the success is the good one.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Emo, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Emo pop's essential records in the order the encyclopedia lists them. Every one of these has a page here with links out to somewhere it can be played.
If that is not it
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Post-punk revival 86%
The same basslines and the same chill, revived every ten years with contemporary production.
6 steps from Emo pop, meeting it only at Punk rock.
The way into Post-punk revival -
Lo-fi / slacker rock 84%
Recorded on a four-track cassette with the hiss left in deliberately. Indifference as a method.
8 steps from Emo pop, meeting it only at Rock.
The way into Lo-fi / slacker rock
Not simply the second and third of the ranking: those are almost always near neighbours of the first, which is three names for one suggestion. An alternate has to sit at least 4 steps through the tree from the headline and from the other alternate, which is the same floor the "sounds like this, but isn't" panel uses.
What your answers ruled out
- Singing put 54 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Black metal, Death metal, Post-hardcore. Worth 3 of 10.
- Light put 12 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Death metal, Brutal death metal, Sludge metal. Worth 2 of 10.
- This century put 43 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Blues rock. Worth 1 of 10.
- The dark put 119 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Alternative rock. Worth 1 of 10.
- Short. Say it and stop. put 18 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Doom metal, Progressive rock, Progressive metal. Worth 1 of 10.
Counted as genres scoring 20% or less on that answer alone. A recommendation that only shows what it chose is hiding half of what it did.