Bracketology 4 Albums Edition: Round 1, Week 8

Bang Jan · Post by **Bang Jan** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 9:08 pm

Michel · Post by **Michel** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 9:33 pm

Post by **Henrik** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 10:00 pm

jamieW · Post by **jamieW** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 11:29 pm

Listyguy · Post by **Listyguy** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 1:49 am

1- Metallica
2- Lady Soul
3- Exile on Main St
4- Dummy
The Black Album has a solid collection of songs. Exile is my least favorite of the big 4 Stones albums, but "Happy" is my favorite song by the band.

1- Electric Ladyland
2- Piper at the Gates of Dawn
3- Superfly
4- Tago Mago
Jimi dominates this bracket.

1- Rumours
2- Abraxas
3- Tommy
4- Downward Spiral
Rumours is a great album, and Abraxas has its moments. Tommy is a bit too over the top (and long) for my liking, but I'll take it over most of the Downward Spiral.

1- Freewheelin Bob Dylan
2- Sgt Pepper
3- Lost in the Dream
4- Elvis Presley
Bob's early masterpiece gets forgotten because it's not Highway 61 or Blood on the Tracks, but it's absolutely essential. This is an awesome bracket top to bottom...War on Drugs probably would have been first in the Metallica bracket.

Jirin · Post by **Jirin** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 2:08 am

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 2:15 am

2. The Rolling Stones- Exile on Main St.
5. Portishead- Dummy
11. Metallica- The Black Album
14. Aretha Franklin- Lady Soul

3. Jimi Hendrix- Electric Ladyland
10. Curtis Mayfield- Superfly
13. Pink Floyd- The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
16. Can- Tago Mago

4. Fleetwood Mac- Rumours
6. Nine Inch Nails- The Downward Spiral
7. The Who- Tommy
12. Santana- Abraxas

1. The Beatles- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
8. Bob Dylan- The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
9. Elvis Presley- Elvis Presley
15. The War on Drugs- Lost in the Dream

whuntva · Post by **whuntva** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 3:03 am

Whew!

Thought I was late this week for some reason, but it turns out I' m right on time.

Exile on Main St.
Black Album
Dummy
Lady Soul

Difficult. Top 3 close together in my Top 200.

Electricladyland
Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Superfly
Tago Mago

A bit easier. I always preferred Monster Movie to Tago Mago anyway.

Rumours
Downward Spiral
Tommy
Abraxas

Easy #1, but the rest was close.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Lost in the Dream
Elvis Presley
Freewheelin Bob Dylan

Overrated? Perhaps. I like Revolver better, but I can still rank this album at #6. I think if you combine the best tracks of Sgt. Pepper with those of Magical Mystery Tour, you would have the PERFECT Beatles album. But as it stands, it is still very good.

All in my Top 250, Lost in the Dream will probably be high up next poll.

luney6 · Post by **luney6** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 5:19 am

Romain · Post by **Romain** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 8:10 am

bonnielaurel · Post by **bonnielaurel** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 9:22 am

Rdwdbob · Post by **Rdwdbob** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 4:35 pm

Henry · Post by **Henry** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 4:45 pm

Greg · Post by **Greg** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 5:23 pm

Bang Jan · Post by **Bang Jan** » Fri Dec 25, 2015 9:57 am

Bang Jan · Post by **Bang Jan** » Sat Dec 26, 2015 7:26 pm

Hope you all had a merry Christmas! But you are still allowed to vote if you haven't!

Post by **Honorio** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 6:17 pm

sonofsamiam · Post by **sonofsamiam** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 8:54 pm

Harold · Post by **Harold** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 6:39 am

1. The Rolling Stones | Exile on Main St.
2. Portishead | Dummy
3. Metallica | Metallica ("The Black Album")
4. Aretha Franklin | Lady Soul

1. Jimi Hendrix | Electric Ladyland
2. Pink Floyd | The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
3. Curtis Mayfield | Superfly
4. Can | Tago Mago

1. Nine Inch Nails | The Downward Spiral
2. The Who | Tommy
3. Fleetwood Mac | Rumours
4. Santana | Abraxas

1. The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. Bob Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
3. The War on Drugs | Lost in the Dream
4. Elvis Presley | Elvis Presley

The only bracket in which I had to think about my #1 pick was the last one, where I almost selected Freewheelin' over Sgt. Pepper's. I agree with the comments about how stacked the second bracket is - Floyd or Curtis would have easily won the third bracket.

Nassim · Post by **Nassim** » Tue Dec 29, 2015 12:42 pm

1) Portishead | Dummy (#12 of all time)
8) Aretha Franklin | Lady Soul
13) The Rolling Stones | Exile on Main St.
16) Metallica | Metallica ("The Black Album")
Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets would both be my 2nd favorite album of the week, but The Black Album is overlong... it has its moments but all this week's albums have some.

2) Can | Tago Mago (#140 of all time)
9) Pink Floyd | The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
11) Curtis Mayfield | Superfly
14) Jimi Hendrix | Electric Ladyland

3) Nine Inch Nails | The Downward Spiral (#281 of all time)
4) Fleetwood Mac | Rumours
12) Santana | Abraxas
15) The Who | Tommy

5) Bob Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
6) The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
7) Elvis Presley | Elvis Presley
10) The War on Drugs | Lost in the Dream

as close to a 4 way tie as it could get for me, feel the same about the 4 albums

antonius · Post by **antonius** » Tue Dec 29, 2015 3:52 pm

Bang Jan · Post by **Bang Jan** » Tue Dec 29, 2015 3:58 pm

24 hours until the halfway point of Round 1! More votes are still needed though!

spiritualized · Post by **spiritualized** » Tue Dec 29, 2015 11:00 pm

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Tue Dec 29, 2015 11:15 pm

Bang Jan · Post by **Bang Jan** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 4:11 pm

RESULTS:

8 | The Rolling Stones | Exile on Main St. | 65 | 11
65 | Portishead | Dummy | 60 | 7
152 | Aretha Franklin | Lady Soul | 48 | 2
216 | Metallica | Metallica ("The Black Album") | 37 | 1

26 | Jimi Hendrix | Electric Ladyland | 64 | 10
175 | Curtis Mayfield | Superfly | 55 | 5
113 | Pink Floyd | The Piper at the Gates of Dawn | 46 | 2
224 | Can | Tago Mago | 45 | 4

55 | Fleetwood Mac | Rumours | 68 | 9
167 | Nine Inch Nails | The Downward Spiral | 49 | 6
124 | The Who | Tommy | 49 | 4
215 | Santana | Abraxas | 44 | 2

5 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | 74 | 15
176 | Bob Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 51 | 3
114 | Elvis Presley | Elvis Presley | 43 | 3
226 | The War on Drugs | Lost in the Dream | 42 | 0

In Round 2, Exile On Main Street faces The Velvet Underground & Nico, Electric Ladyland faces Hunky Dory and Blue, Rumours faces After the Gold Rush and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band faces 3 unknowns.

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