Moderately Acclaimed Albums 7 - Round 2.3

[Brad]

Welcome to another round of Moderately Acclaimed Albums 7!

Vote for your favorite album in each match-up.
Remember, anyone can vote as long as the voter has heard both albums.

Good-spirited comments are encouraged, but not absolutely necessary.
Deadline = August 2nd at 10am EST.

Here's a link to the bracket for the entire tournament:
http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=462048

Match-ups:
1. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns vs. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
2. Amon Düül II - Yeti vs. Arthur Russell - World of Echo
3. Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night vs. Bon Iver - Blood Bank
4. Exuma - Exuma II vs. The Loud Family - Plants And Birds And Rocks And Things

And, we have a tie hanging open:
Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes vs. King Crimson - Red ***TIE! 10-10 Next Vote Wins!***
Anyone who has already voted in the match-up is not eligible to vote again in that match-up.

Nothing to get Hung About!

[Bang Jan]

Amon Düül II | Yeti
Arthur Russell | World of Echo
Joni Mitchell | The Hissing of Summer Lawns
Nick Cave | The Boatman's Call
Julee Cruise | Floating into the Night
The Loud Family | Plants And Birds And Rocks And Things
Exuma | Exuma II
Bon Iver | Blood Bank

Poor, poor Arthur Russell...

[spiritualized]

Fairly easy choices for me, based on last week's ratings.
I will listen to the ones with less than 1/2 star difference

Match-ups:
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns
Nick Cave - The Boatman's Call

Amon Düül II - Yeti
Arthur Russell - World of Echo

Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night
Bon Iver - Blood Bank

Bon Iver's Woods is horrible. Sounds like Cher's "I Believe" with this auto-tune. Yuck.

Exuma - Exuma II
The Loud Family - Plants And Birds And Rocks And Things

[Brad]

My picks (early this week!):
1. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns vs. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
2. Amon Düül II - Yeti vs. Arthur Russell - World of Echo
3. Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night vs. Bon Iver - Blood Bank
4. Exuma - Exuma II vs. The Loud Family - Plants And Birds And Rocks And Things

Thanks!

[antonius]

1. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns
2. Amon Düül II - Yeti
3. Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night
4. pass

[luney6]

Joni Michell
Amon Düül II (Man, Yeti is a masterpiece)
Julee Cruise
The Loud Family

[DaveC]

1. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns vs. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
2. Amon Düül II - Yeti vs. Arthur Russell - World of Echo
3. Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night vs. Bon Iver - Blood Bank
4. Exuma - Exuma II vs. The Loud Family - Plants And Birds And Rocks And Things

[jamieW]

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
Amon Düül II - Yeti
Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night
The Loud Family - Plants And Birds And Rocks And Things

[Jirin]

Joni Mitchell 89-81
Arthur Russell 93-83
Julee Cruise 73-65


Never got a chance to hear Exuma II but need to hear it as Loud Family is pretty high on my best ever list.

[Bang Jan]

Never got a chance to hear Exuma II

Exuma II

[BleuPanda]

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
Arthur Russell - World of Echo
Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night


I'll need to get around to both albums in the fourth match.

[Honorio]

2. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)
vs.
1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call (1997)

4. Amon Düül II - Yeti (1970)
vs.
6. Arthur Russell - World of Echo (1986)

3. Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night (1989)
vs.
8. Bon Iver - Blood Bank (2009)

7. Exuma - Exuma II (1970)
vs.
5. The Loud Family - Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things (1993)

[Romain]

1. [ Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
2. Amon Düül II - Yeti
3. Bon Iver - Blood Bank

[PlasticRam]

1. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns vs. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
2. Amon Düül II - Yeti vs. Arthur Russell - World of Echo
3. Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night vs. Bon Iver - Blood Bank
4. Exuma - Exuma II vs. The Loud Family - Plants And Birds And Rocks And Things

Fav match-up: Julee Cruise and Bon Iver are both on my all-time list.

[sonofsamiam]

3. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns vs. 4. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
1. Amon Düül II - Yeti vs. 2. Arthur Russell - World of Echo
5. Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night vs. 8. Bon Iver - Blood Bank
6. Exuma - Exuma II vs. 7. The Loud Family - Plants And Birds And Rocks And Things

[acroamor]

1. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns vs. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave has never "hit" for me like a lot of other artists on his level. But alas, it looks like he'll take it over the strongest and most diverse albums of the 70s.
2. Amon Düül II - Yeti vs. Arthur Russell - World of Echo
Two very strange records, both of which I missed the first round. I think I'll have to go with the Arthur Russell record though for how at peace it feels.
3. Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night vs. Bon Iver - Blood Bank
Bon Iver is one of the few acclaimed artists I actively dislike. Can't stand the voice, can't stand the lyrics, just awful. Meanwhile, Julee Cruise made a lovely, evocative, dreamlike album that only gets better the more I hear it.
4. Exuma - Exuma II vs. The Loud Family - Plants And Birds And Rocks And Things
Another set of great discoveries. I decided to give it to Exuma though, because while the Loud Family made a great album, it's great in a way that I've heard before. Exuma's something else altogether.

[DocBrown]

1. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns

Amazing that I vote against Nick Cave twice in a row, and even more so that it was my nomination.

3. Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night.

[BleuPanda]

Exuma - Exuma II

[Henry]

1. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns is preferred over Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call

[Kingoftonga]

Winners in red:

1. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns vs. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
2. Amon Düül II - Yeti vs. Arthur Russell - World of Echo
3. Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night vs. Bon Iver - Blood Bank
4. Exuma - Exuma II vs. The Loud Family - Plants And Birds And Rocks And Things

[Brad]

10 hours left to vote!

[Jirin]

I'll add a vote for Loud Family 98-88.

Exuma is great but something about Scott Miller's smartass counterpop strikes a major chord with me.

[BleuPanda]

"Smartass counterpop" would be a wonderful name for a genre.

[Brad]

Results are gonna be a little late today... will publish ASAP.

Thanks for your patience!

[Brad]

17 voters this week:
acroamor
antonius
Bang Jan
BleuPanda
Brad
DaveC
DocBrown
Henry
Honorio
jamieW
Jirin
Kingoftonga
luney6
PlasticRam
Romain
sonofsamiam
spiritualized

Winners:
1. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns over Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call 9-8
2. Amon Düül II - Yeti over Arthur Russell - World of Echo 9-6
3. Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night over Bon Iver - Blood Bank 14-2
4. The Loud Family - Plants And Birds And Rocks And Things over Exuma - Exuma II 8-5

Round 2.4 up soon!