Moderately Acclaimed Albums 7 - Round 3.4

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Moderately Acclaimed Albums 7 - Round 3.4

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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 = October 4th 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. Miles Davis - On the Corner vs. The Soft Machine - Third
2. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years vs. Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air
3. Cortex - Troupeau Bleu vs. Tears for Fears - The Hurting
4. Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay vs. The Toure-Raichel Collective - The Tel Aviv Session


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Third
Frank's Wild Years

And that's all I know.
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Third
A Rainbow in Curved air
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Miles Davis - On the Corner
Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years
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1. Miles Davis - On the Corner vs. The Soft Machine - Third
2. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years vs. Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air
3. Cortex - Troupeau Bleu vs. Tears for Fears - The Hurting
4. Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay vs. The Toure-Raichel Collective - The Tel Aviv Session
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Terry Riley | A Rainbow in Curved Air
The Soft Machine | Third
Miles Davis | On the Corner
Tom Waits | Frank's Wild Years
Saint Etienne | Tiger Bay
Cortex | Troupeau Bleu
The ToureRaichel Collective | The Tel Aviv Session
Tears for Fears | The Hurting
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1. Miles Davis - On the Corner (very difficult!)
2. Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air
3. Tears for Fears - The Hurting
4. Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay
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Miles Davis 93-77

Best discovery of the tournament for me.

Tom Waits 99-82

My favorite album in the tournament.

Cortex 82-64

Never connected with Tears For Fears.

Saint Ettiene 81-76
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The Soft Machine - Third
Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years
(Very sad to vote against Terry Riley, but "Frank's" was part of Tom's peak.)
Tears for Fears - The Hurting
The Toure-Raichel Collective - The Tel Aviv Session


I really like all eight of these albums.
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1. Miles Davis - On the Corner vs. The Soft Machine - Third
2. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years vs. Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air
3. Cortex - Troupeau Bleu vs. Tears for Fears - The Hurting
I feel like that
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6. Miles Davis - On the Corner (1972)
vs.
7. Soft Machine - Third (1970)

2. Tom Waits - Franks Wild Years (1987)
vs.
3. Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)

8. Cortex - Troupeau Bleu (1975)
vs.
1. Tears for Fears - The Hurting (1983)

4. Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay (1994)
vs.
5. The Touré-Raichel Collective - The Tel Aviv Session (2012)
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Miles Davis - On the Corner (3.5 vs 3.0)

Pass (exact same rating, 3.0)

Pass for the moment

St Etienne - Tiger Bay (4.5 vs 3.0)
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Winners in red:

1. Miles Davis - On the Corner vs. The Soft Machine - Third
2. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years vs. Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air
3. Cortex - Troupeau Bleu vs. Tears for Fears - The Hurting
4. Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay vs. The Toure-Raichel Collective - The Tel Aviv Session
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1. Miles Davis - On the Corner
2. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years
3. Cortex - Troupeau Bleu
4. Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay
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My picks:

1. Miles Davis - On the Corner vs. The Soft Machine - Third
2. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years vs. Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air
3. Cortex - Troupeau Bleu vs. Tears for Fears - The Hurting
4. Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay vs. The Toure-Raichel Collective - The Tel Aviv Session

11-1/2 hours left to vote!

Thanks!
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14 total voters this week:
antonius
Bang Jan
Brad
DaveC
Honorio
jamieW
Jirin
Kingoftonga
luney6
PlasticRam
Romain
sonofsamiam
spiritualized
whuntva

Winners:
1. Miles Davis - On the Corner over The Soft Machine - Third 9-5
2. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years over Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air 7-6
3. Tears for Fears - The Hurting over Cortex - Troupeau Bleu 6-4
4. Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay over The Toure-Raichel Collective - The Tel Aviv Session 8-2

Round of 16 starts soon!
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