Moderately Acclaimed Albums 8 - Round 3.4

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Welcome to Round 3.4 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 = September 19th 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. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me vs. The Beatles - Help!
2. Lana Del Rey - Born to Die vs. Tom Waits - Small Change
3. Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank vs. Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in the West
4. Astor Piazzolla - LIbertango vs. Barbara - Barbara chante Barbara


We also have a TIE from Round 3.3:
Santigold - Santogold vs. Angelo Badalamenti - Soundtrack from Twin Peaks *** TIE! 5-5 Next vote from someone who has not already voted in this match-up wins!***


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Have One on Me

1 | Joanna Newsom | Have One On Me
6 | The Beatles | Help!

8 | Lana Del Rey | Born to Die
4 | Tom Waits | Small Change

3 | Jackson C. Frank | Jackson C. Frank 
2 | Ennio Morricone | Once Upon a Time in the West

5 | Astor Piazzolla | Libertango
7 | Barbara | Barbara chante Barbara
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The Beatles - Help!
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Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
Tom Waits - Small Change
Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in the West
Astor Piazzolla - LIbertango
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The Beatles - Help!
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
Ennio Morricone - Once Upon A Time In The West
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1. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me vs. The Beatles - Help!
2. Lana Del Rey - Born to Die vs. Tom Waits - Small Change
3. Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank vs. Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in the West
4. Astor Piazzolla - LIbertango vs. Barbara - Barbara chante Barbara
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Hoo boy. Was feeling pretty good about the Beatles' chances until now.
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1. The Beatles - Help!
2. Lana Del Rey - Born to Die
3. Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in the West
4. Pass
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The Beatles - Help!
Lana Del Rey - Born to Die
Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in the West
Astor Piazzolla - LIbertango

Favorite album I couldn't vote for: Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank
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1. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me vs. The Beatles - Help!
2. Lana Del Rey - Born to Die vs. Tom Waits - Small Change
3. Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank vs. Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in the West
4. Astor Piazzolla - LIbertango vs. Barbara - Barbara chante Barbara
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StevieFan13 wrote:Hoo boy. Was feeling pretty good about the Beatles' chances until now.
When you posted this there was only a one point difference :?

But really, I might jinx the whole thing just by posting this, but at this time I'm starting to wonder why Help is doing so incredibly well. I can somewhat see why Have One On Me is not for everyone; it's a long, off-kilter album with not a hint of pop and little in the way of melody. To say nothing of an erratic voice and weird lyrics. I also think it is one of the best albums in the game, partly because of these reasons, partly because it is wholly unique and couldn't have been made by anyone else, party because it is extremely consistent over those two hours plus and finally completely because it gets to me. It also manages to be varied, while having a consistent feel and some overriding themes. I'm not sure which other singer/songwriter of the last 10 years could pull this off.

I have a hard time saying any of this about Help. Perhaps some other Beatles albums like Revolver or Abbey Road, but certainly not Help. It perhaps bears the honor of being the Beatles least distinctive album. Even Let It Be, which is weaker overall, sounds more like an effort in a new direction. Nothing is bad on Help, but perhaps half the songs aren't all that memorable and feel like filler. I Need You, Another Girl, It's Only Love, You Like Me Too Much and Tell What You See in particular are about as run-of-the-mill as anything The Beatles ever did. It's hard for me to see why exactly this is a great album. Sure it has Help!, Yesterday and You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, but Have One On Me at least to me consist of mostly songs that can match of even beat those.

It's perhaps an unpopular opinion but I feel that The Beatles have earned their victories in this poll too easily. This might have been helped by that they had opponents who aren't easily likable, namely Raekwon and Julia Holter, even if I think that at least on the level of Help they easily outrank the The Beatles.
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The Beatles - Help!
Lana Del Rey - Born to Die
Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank
Astor Piazzolla - LIbertango
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Have One On Me 88 - Help! 86
Small Change 97 - Born To Die 55
Jackson C Frank 96 - Once Upon A Time In The West 73
Libertango 87 - Barbara chante barbara 83

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Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
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The Beatles - Help!


Astor Piazzolla - Libertango
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1. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me (1.0) vs. The Beatles - Help! (4.0)
2. Lana Del Rey - Born to Die (3.5) vs. Tom Waits - Small Change (4.5)
3. Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank (3.5) vs. Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in the West (4.0)
4. Astor Piazzolla - LIbertango (3.0) vs. Barbara - Barbara chante Barbara (1.5)
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8. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me (2010)
vs.
3. The Beatles - Help! (1965)

7. Lana Del Rey - Born to Die (2012)
vs.
4. Tom Waits - Small Change (1976)

5. Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank (1965)
vs.
1. Ennio Morricone - C'era una volta il West (1968)

2. Astor Piazzolla - Libertango (1974)
vs.
6. Barbara - Barbara chante Barbara (1964)

So sorry for putting all the ladies at the bottom…
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1. The Beatles - Help!
2. Lana Del Rey - Born to Die
3. Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in the West
4. Astor Piazzolla - LIbertango

Fantastic group of favorites.
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The first six here are some of the most consistently solid albums of the whole game. The other two are more uneven, but still have great moments.

2. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me vs. 8. The Beatles - Help!
See above. David vs. Goliath, though in my world Newsom is the real Goliath.

4. Lana Del Rey - Born to Die vs. 3. Tom Waits - Small Change
I've went back and forth about this one. Two albums that have stood up to a lot of listening. I do have to give the edge to Small Change. No album quite matches that feeling of listening to an old drunk grappling with sanity and memory for the last time. Not that Waits was particularly old back then.

7. Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank vs. 1. Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in the West
Sadly, not everything on Frank's album matches Blues Run the Game and I Want to Be Alone. And nothing there matches Morricone's finest, but I can't hold that against him.

5. Astor Piazzolla - Libertango vs. 6. Barbara - Barbara chante Barbara
Another one where I could have voted for both. I like Barbara more in general, but Libertango is just extremely consistent.
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My picks:
1. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me vs. The Beatles - Help!
2. Lana Del Rey - Born to Die vs. Tom Waits - Small Change
3. Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank vs. Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in the West
4. Astor Piazzolla - LIbertango vs. Barbara - Barbara chante Barbara

17 hours left to vote... thanks!
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1. The Beatles - Help!
2. Lana Del Rey - Born to Die
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Winners in red:

1. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me vs. The Beatles - Help!
2. Lana Del Rey - Born to Die vs. Tom Waits - Small Change
3. Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank vs. Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in the West
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19 voters this week - very encouraging!:
andy1010
Bang Jan
BleuPanda
bonnielaurel
Brad
DaveC
EmilienDelRey
Gillingham
Henry
Honorio
jamieW
Jirin
Kingoftonga
luney6
madzong
Rob
Romain
spiritualized
StevieFan13

Winners:
1. The Beatles - Help! over Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me 11-8
2. Lana Del Rey - Born to Die over Tom Waits - Small Change 10-6
3. Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in the West over Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank 11-4
4. Astor Piazzolla - LIbertango over Barbara - Barbara chante Barbara 11-1

Moving on to Round 4 very shortly!
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