Moderately Acclaimed Albums 8 - Round 2.4

[Brad]

Welcome to Round 2.4 of Moderately Acclaimed Albums 8!

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 = July 25th at 10am EST.

Here's a link to the bracket for the entire tournament:
http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?t ... Albums%208

Match-ups:
1. David Bowie - The Next Day vs. The Antlers - Hospice
2. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part vs. Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher
3. Roy Orbison & Friends - A Black and White Night Live vs. Agalloch - The Mantle
4. Godspeed! You Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress vs. Weyes Blood and the Dark Juices - The Outside Room

New York, London, Paris, Munich
Everybody talk about pop muzik!

[Bang Jan]

3 | David Bowie | The Next Day
8 | The Antlers | Hospice

2 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | No More Shall We Part
6 | Prefuse 73 | One Word Extinguisher

5 | Roy Orbison & Friends | A Black and White Night Live
1 | Agalloch | The Mantle

4 | Godspeed! You Black Emperor | Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress
7 | Weyes Blood and the Dark Juices | The Outside Room

[hectorthebat]

1. David Bowie - The Next Day vs. The Antlers - Hospice
2. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part vs. Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher
3. Roy Orbison & Friends - A Black and White Night Live vs. Agalloch - The Mantle
4. Godspeed! You Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress vs. Weyes Blood and the Dark Juices - The Outside Room

[spiritualized]

1. David Bowie - The Next Day (4.0) vs. The Antlers - Hospice (4.0)
PASS

2. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part (4.0) vs. Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher (4.5)
3. Roy Orbison & Friends - A Black and White Night Live (2.5) vs. Agalloch - The Mantle (3.0)
4. Godspeed! You Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress (4.0) vs. Weyes Blood and the Dark Juices - The Outside Room (2.5)

[Brad]

My picks:
1. David Bowie - The Next Day vs. The Antlers - Hospice
2. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part vs. Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher
3. Roy Orbison & Friends - A Black and White Night Live vs. Agalloch - The Mantle
4. Godspeed! You Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress vs. Weyes Blood and the Dark Juices - The Outside Room - once again, going against my own nom here...

Thanks!

[Honorio]

2. David Bowie - The Next Day (2013)
vs.
3. The Antlers - Hospice (2009)

4. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part (2001)
vs.
8. Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher (2003)

1. Roy Orbison and Friends - A Black and White Night Live (1989)
vs.
6. Agalloch - The Mantle (2002)

5. Godspeed! You Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress (2015)
vs.
7. Weyes Blood and the Dark Juices - The Outside Room (2011)

[DaveC]

1. David Bowie - The Next Day vs. The Antlers - Hospice
2. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part vs. Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher
3. Roy Orbison & Friends - A Black and White Night Live vs. Agalloch - The Mantle
4. Godspeed! You Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress vs. Weyes Blood and the Dark Juices - The Outside Room

[jamieW]

David Bowie - The Next Day
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part
Agalloch - The Mantle
Weyes Blood and the Dark Juices - The Outside Room

Favorite album I couldn't vote for: Roy Orbison & Friends - A Black and White Night Live (Though I really like all of the albums this week.)

[Rob]

5. David Bowie - The Next Day vs. 4. The Antlers - Hospice
Very difficult. I really like the Bowie, but Hospice seems more unique to me.

1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part vs. 3. Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher
One Word Extinguisher is great. Sadly, it is up against one of the best albums of the poll.

7. Roy Orbison & Friends - A Black and White Night Live vs. 2. Agalloch - The Mantle
Damn, so I love the more atmospheric metal albums. Besides, A Black and White Night, despite it's good performances, keeps me wanting to listen to the original recordings of the songs. It's a bit redundant, even with all those famous guests.

6. Godspeed! You Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress vs. 8. Weyes Blood and the Dark Juices - The Outside Room
In the first round I had to listen to each albums twice, but I didn't set that goal for the second round. Still, I listened to The Outside Room twice again, because I feel there is a great album there. Somehow, it just doesn't reveal itself through its obtuse production. So, Godspeed wins by quite a margin. The second atmospheric guitar album of the week, even if only its opening and closing track are truly great.

I've had perfect attendance this year, but sadly I'll be on holiday coming next Tuesday, so I will miss two weeks of voting. Of course, as luck would have it, three of my four remaining nominations are on trial in this period.

[Brad]

I've had perfect attendance this year, but sadly I'll be on holiday coming next Tuesday, so I will miss two weeks of voting. Of course, as luck would have it, three of my four remaining nominations are on trial in this period.

Rob, by all means feel free to forward your advance picks via message. I can post your votes for you - this has been done several times in the past - we can certainly include them!

[Jirin]

The Next Day 82 - Hospice 74
No More Shall We Part 83 - One Word Extinguisher 53
A Black And White Night Live 65 - The Mantle 57
Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress 88 - The Outside Room 63

[Madzong]

The Next Day

No More Shall We Part

A Black And White Night Live

The Outside Room

[Romain]

1. David Bowie - The Next Day
2. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part

4. Godspeed! You Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress

[Nassim]

1. The Antlers - Hospice
2. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part

[Kingoftonga]

Winners in red:

1. David Bowie - The Next Day vs. The Antlers - Hospice
2. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part vs. Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher
4. Godspeed! You Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress vs. Weyes Blood and the Dark Juices - The Outside Room

Weyes Blood was my favorite album I didn't vote for. Tough match-up!

[BleuPanda]

The Antlers - Hospice

[Brad]

16 hours left to vote!

[Brad]

14 total voters this week:
Bang Jan
BleuPanda
Brad
DaveC
hectorthebat
Honorio
jamieW
Jirin
Kingoftonga
madzong
Nassim
Rob
Romain
spiritualized

Winners:
1. David Bowie - The Next Day over The Antlers - Hospice 8-5
2. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part over Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher 12-1
3. Agalloch - The Mantle over Roy Orbison & Friends - A Black and White Night Live 6-4
4. Godspeed! You Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress over Weyes Blood and the Dark Juices - The Outside Room 8-4

Round 2.5 up soon!