Moderately Acclaimed Albums 7 - Quarter-Finals!

[Brad]

Welcome to the Quarter-final round of Moderately Acclaimed Albums 7... vote for the albums you want to reach the semis!

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 25th 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. King Crimson - Red vs. Miles Davis - On the Corner
2. The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me vs. The Pentangle - Basket Of Light
3. Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music 1 vs. Tears For Fears - The Hurting
4. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Masterpieces by Ellington vs. Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay

My body stunk but I kept my funk!

[whuntva]

Red
Basket of Light
Program Music 1
Masterpieces by Ellington

Hyped for a possible Kashiwa-Pentangle final!

[Bang Jan]

Red (First 5 tracks)
Program Music 1

King Crimson | Red
Miles Davis | On the Corner
Kashiwa Daisuke | Program Music 1
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | Masterpieces by Ellington
Saint Etienne | Tiger Bay
The Pentangle | Basket of Light
Tears for Fears | The Hurting
The Cure | Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me

[Honorio]

Hey, Brad, hope that minor surgery procedure went well and you could recover quickly.


1. King Crimson - Red (1974) vs. Miles Davis - On the Corner (1972)
When altitude dropping / My ears started popping / One more red nightmare.


2. The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (1987) vs. The Pentangle - Basket of Light (1969)
Love is a basket of light / Grasping so tight / Shining bright / Just staying the right to be caught in the night.


3. Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music I (2007) vs. Tears for Fears - The Hurting (1983)
Could you ease my load / Could you see my pain / Could you please explain / The hurting.


4. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Masterpieces by Ellington (1951) vs. Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay (1994)
You ain't been blue, no, no, no / You ain't been blue / Till you've had that mood indigo.

Hyped for a possible Kashiwa-Pentangle final!

Not bad but I would like to see instead a Fripp vs. Ellington final!

[luney6]

Red
The Cure

[DaveC]

1. King Crimson - Red vs. Miles Davis - On the Corner
2. The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me vs. The Pentangle - Basket Of Light
3. Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music 1 vs. Tears For Fears - The Hurting
4. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Masterpieces by Ellington vs. Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay

[bonnielaurel]

1. King Crimson - Red vs. Miles Davis - On the Corner
2. The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me vs. The Pentangle - Basket Of Light
3. Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music 1 vs. Tears For Fears - The Hurting
4. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Masterpieces by Ellington vs. Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay

[jamieW]

Nothing but good to great albums left...

3. King Crimson - Red vs. 6. Miles Davis - On the Corner
5. The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me vs. 7. The Pentangle - Basket Of Light
1. Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music 1 vs. 2. Tears For Fears - The Hurting
4. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Masterpieces by Ellington vs. 8. Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay

[notbrianeno]

Match-ups:
1. King Crimson - Red
2. The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
3. Tears For Fears - The Hurting

[Jirin]

Of the ones remaining:

Miles Davis - On The Corner 93
The Pentangle - Basket Of Light 86
Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music 1 86
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Masterpieces By Ellington 86
The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me 84
King Crimson - Red 82
Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay 81
Tears For Fears - The Hurting 64

I need to relisten to Basket of Light and Program Music 1, I don't remember that much about them except I wrote down that I like them.

Very even final eight for me, with the exception of On The Corner which I find exceptional and The Hurting which I find just decent.

[luney6]

Tears for Fears

[BleuPanda]

Match-ups:
King Crimson - Red
The Pentangle - Basket Of Light
Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay

I still need to listen to the Tears for Fears album...

[spiritualized]

1. King Crimson - Red vs. Miles Davis - On the Corner
2. The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me vs. The Pentangle - Basket Of Light. This HURTS.
3. Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music 1 vs. Tears For Fears - The Hurting - PASS
4. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Masterpieces by Ellington vs. Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay

[PlasticRam]

1. King Crimson - Red vs. Miles Davis - On the Corner
3. Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music 1 vs. Tears For Fears - The Hurting

[Brad]

My picks:

1. King Crimson - Red vs. Miles Davis - On the Corner
2. The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me vs. The Pentangle - Basket Of Light
3. Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music 1 vs. Tears For Fears - The Hurting
4. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Masterpieces by Ellington vs. Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay

About 10 hours left to vote!

[Brad]

Hey, Brad, hope that minor surgery procedure went well and you could recover quickly.

Thanks for the kind words Honorio - all went well... more painkillers involved than I would have liked, but I'm almost back to "normal" now!

[slick]

1. Miles Davis - On the Corner
2. The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
3. Tears For Fears - The Hurting
4. Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay

[Kingoftonga]

Winners in red:

1. King Crimson - Red vs. Miles Davis - On the Corner
2. The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me vs. The Pentangle - Basket Of Light
3. Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music 1 vs. Tears For Fears - The Hurting
4. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Masterpieces by Ellington vs. Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay

[Brad]

Only 15 total voters this week! Are we being drowned by too many similar-type contests? (I thought by now everyone would have heard all the remaining albums):
Bang Jan
BleuPanda
bonnielaurel
Brad
DaveC
Honorio
jamieW
Jirin
Kingoftonga
luney6
notbrianeno
PlasticRam
slick
spiritualized
whuntva

Winners (& on to the Semi-Finals!):
1. King Crimson - Red over Miles Davis - On the Corner 10-5
2. The Pentangle - Basket Of Light over The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me 10-4
3. Tears For Fears - The Hurting over Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music 1 7-6
4. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Masterpieces by Ellington over Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay 8-4

Semi-Finals up next!