Moderately Acclaimed Albums 2018 - Round 2.2

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Moderately Acclaimed Albums 2018 - Round 2.2

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Welcome to the round 2.2 of Moderately Acclaimed Albums 2018!

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 24th at 10am EST.

Here's a link to the bracket for the entire tournament:
http://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?t ... 9%20(2018)

Match-ups:
1. Perfume Genius - Too Bright vs. Deep Purple - Made In Japan
2. Sleater Kinney - One Beat vs. Tubeway Army - Replicas
3. Weekend - La Varieté vs. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
4. Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Rome vs. SEXWITCH - SEXWITCH


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Deep Purple - Made in Japan
Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
Weekend - La Varieté
Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi - Rome
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1. Perfume Genius - Too Bright
2. Tubeway Army - Replicas
3. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
4. Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Rome

Four albums I really like a lot.
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My picks:
1. Perfume Genius - Too Bright vs. Deep Purple - Made In Japan
2. Sleater Kinney - One Beat vs. Tubeway Army - Replicas
3. Weekend - La Varieté vs. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
4. Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Rome vs. SEXWITCH - SEXWITCH

Thanks!
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8. Perfume Genius - Too Bright (2014) vs. 1. Deep Purple - Made in Japan (1972)
6. Sleater-Kinney - One Beat (2002) vs. 5. Tubeway Army - Replicas (1979)
2. Weekend - La Varieté (1982) vs. 3. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004)
4. Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Rome (2011) vs. 7. SEXWITCH - SEXWITCH (2015)
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3 | Perfume Genius | Too Bright
5 | Deep Purple | Made In Japan

1 | Sleater-Kinney | One Beat
2 | Tubeway Army | Replicas

8 | Weekend | La Varieté
4 | Sufjan Stevens | Seven Swans

6 | Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi | Rome
7 | SEXWITCH | SEXWITCH
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1. Deep Purple - Made In Japan
2. Sleater Kinney - One Beat
3. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
4. SEXWITCH - SEXWITCH
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Perfume Genius - Too Bright
Tubeway Army - Replicas
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (Very close.)
SEXWITCH - SEXWITCH
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1. Perfume Genius - Too Bright
2. Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
3. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
4. Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Rome
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Too Bright 90 - Made In Japan 73
One Beat 97 - Replicas 88
Seven Swans 84 - Variete 84
Sexwitch 75 - Rome 74
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1. Perfume Genius - Too Bright vs. Deep Purple - Made In Japan
2. Sleater Kinney - One Beat vs. Tubeway Army - Replicas
3. Weekend - La Varieté vs. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
4. Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Rome vs. SEXWITCH - SEXWITCH
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1. Perfume Genius - Too Bright vs. Deep Purple - Made In Japan
2. Sleater Kinney - One Beat vs. Tubeway Army - Replicas
3. Weekend - La Varieté vs. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans

#3 was a toughie
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Very good week again, but all choices expect match-up 3 are still easy for me.

8. Perfume Genius - Too Bright vs. 2. Deep Purple - Made In Japan
1. Sleater Kinney - One Beat vs. 6. Tubeway Army - Replicas
4. Weekend - La Varieté vs. 5. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
7. Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Rome vs. 3. SEXWITCH - SEXWITCH
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1. Perfume Genius - Too Bright (7/10) vs. Deep Purple - Made In Japan (9/10)
2. Sleater Kinney - One Beat (8/10) vs. Tubeway Army - Replicas (7/10)
3. Weekend - La Varieté (6/10) vs. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (10/10)
4. Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi (9/10) - Rome vs. SEXWITCH - SEXWITCH (9/10) - Tie
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1. Perfume Genius - Too Bright vs. Deep Purple - Made In Japan
2. Sleater Kinney - One Beat vs. Tubeway Army - Replicas
3. Weekend - La Varieté vs. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
4. Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Rome vs. SEXWITCH - SEXWITCH
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1. Perfume Genius - Too Bright vs. Deep Purple - Made In Japan
2. Sleater Kinney - One Beat vs. Tubeway Army - Replicas
3. Weekend - La Varieté vs. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
4. Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Rome vs. SEXWITCH - SEXWITCH
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2 hours left to vote!
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Sleater Kinney - One Beat
SEXWITCH - SEXWITCH
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Winners in red:

1. Perfume Genius - Too Bright vs. Deep Purple - Made In Japan
2. Sleater Kinney - One Beat vs. Tubeway Army - Replicas
4. Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Rome vs. SEXWITCH - SEXWITCH
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17 voters this week:
Bang Jan
Brad
DaveC
FrankLotion
hectorthebat
Honorio
jamieW
Jirin
Kingoftonga
Listyguy
Nassim
PlasticRam
Rob
Romain
spiritualized
StevieFan13
Sweepstakes Ron

Winners:
1. Deep Purple - Made In Japan over Perfume Genius - Too Bright 9-7
2. Sleater Kinney - One Beat over Tubeway Army - Replicas 11-6
3. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans over Weekend - La Varieté 10-5
4. SEXWITCH - SEXWITCH over Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Rome 8-7

Round 2.3 is next!
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