Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 1.1
Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 1.1
Finally, the time is here... I've been chomping at the proverbial bit to get this started.
It's time to start the fourth annual Moderately Acclaimed Album competition, whereby we, the music-loving populous of the Acclaimed Music Forums, get to pick the music we feel deserves even more acclaim than it currently receives, while sharing our diamonds with other forum contributers.
Here, again, is the entire bracket:
http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=439202
Here's the first blast of the Round One nominees:
Round 1.1
Vote for your favorite album in each match-up.
Remember, anyone can vote as long as he or she has heard both albums!
Comments are strongly encouraged but not absolutely necessary.
Deadline = March 11th at 10am EST
1. The Cure - The Head On The Door vs. Sigur Rós - ( )
2. Low - Things We Lost In The Fire vs. Mogwai - Young Team
3. Smog - Knock Knock vs. Amon Tobin - Supermodified
4. Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth vs. Ondatropica - Ondatropica
Let's Get This Party Started!
It's time to start the fourth annual Moderately Acclaimed Album competition, whereby we, the music-loving populous of the Acclaimed Music Forums, get to pick the music we feel deserves even more acclaim than it currently receives, while sharing our diamonds with other forum contributers.
Here, again, is the entire bracket:
http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=439202
Here's the first blast of the Round One nominees:
Round 1.1
Vote for your favorite album in each match-up.
Remember, anyone can vote as long as he or she has heard both albums!
Comments are strongly encouraged but not absolutely necessary.
Deadline = March 11th at 10am EST
1. The Cure - The Head On The Door vs. Sigur Rós - ( )
2. Low - Things We Lost In The Fire vs. Mogwai - Young Team
3. Smog - Knock Knock vs. Amon Tobin - Supermodified
4. Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth vs. Ondatropica - Ondatropica
Let's Get This Party Started!
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 1.1
I've been excited for this all weekend. So far I'm up to week 7 in listening and the only one I haven't been able to find in some form is Mezcal Head.
Ondatropica - Ondatropica 86/100
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Black Earth 84/100
Smog - Knock Knock 81/100
Sigur Ros - () 77/100
Amon Tobin - Spermodified 76/100
Low - Things We Lost In The Fire 69/100
The Cure - Head On The Door 67/100
Mogwai - Yong Team 66/100
A good group of albums, nothing spectacular and nothing I particularly dislike.
My two favorite of the week are up against each other, that's pretty unfortunate. Ondatropica is a constant grower.
I'm surprised to be voting for Smog because all of the other Smog/Bill Callahan stuff I've heard I don't like because of the talk-singing, but in Knock Knock he makes it work.
Ondatropica - Ondatropica 86/100
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Black Earth 84/100
Smog - Knock Knock 81/100
Sigur Ros - () 77/100
Amon Tobin - Spermodified 76/100
Low - Things We Lost In The Fire 69/100
The Cure - Head On The Door 67/100
Mogwai - Yong Team 66/100
A good group of albums, nothing spectacular and nothing I particularly dislike.
My two favorite of the week are up against each other, that's pretty unfortunate. Ondatropica is a constant grower.
I'm surprised to be voting for Smog because all of the other Smog/Bill Callahan stuff I've heard I don't like because of the talk-singing, but in Knock Knock he makes it work.
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 1.1
Week 1: Great discovery in Smog for me; it's now probably my favorite thing by Callahan. Pretty easy choices this week, and we start off with a WWWWLLLL week; a promising start!
1. Sigur Rós - ( )
2. Smog - Knock Knock
3. Low - Things We Lost In The Fire
4. Ondatrópica - Ondatrópica
5. The Cure - The Head On The Door
6. Amon Tobin - Supermodified
7. Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth
8. Mogwai - Mogwai Young Team
1. Sigur Rós - ( )
2. Smog - Knock Knock
3. Low - Things We Lost In The Fire
4. Ondatrópica - Ondatrópica
5. The Cure - The Head On The Door
6. Amon Tobin - Supermodified
7. Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth
8. Mogwai - Mogwai Young Team
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 1.1
1. The Cure - The Head On The Door
2. Low - Things We Lost In The Fire
3. Smog - Knock Knock
4. Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth
2. Low - Things We Lost In The Fire
3. Smog - Knock Knock
4. Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 1.1
Sorry I am new to this game and there is something I don't understand
Where can I find a schedule of the upcoming weeks so that I can listen to the albums in advance?
Thanks!
Where can I find a schedule of the upcoming weeks so that I can listen to the albums in advance?
Thanks!
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 1.1
http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=439202 has an overview of all the brackets. This week we're doing bracket 1, 17, 33, and 49, next week 2, 18, 34, and 50, etc.
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 1.1
1. The Cure - The Head On The Door --- The Cure album edges out Sigur Ros as I find it to be a tad more enjoyable while not being as sonically grandiose. Honestly...it's a toss up here... but I'll go with The Cure.
2. Mogwai - Young Team --- I just find Low to be boring. Musically its okay, but its just really boring to me. Mogwai early efforts don't really strike me as their best, but its a good representation of what they do. Mogwai wins because I just don't like Low.
3. Smog - Knock Knock --- Bill Callahan is great, and this is one of his better albums too. Honestly I like every track. A healthy victory for Bill.
4. Ondatropica - Ondatropica --- Ondatropica is fun, and wholly ambitious at the same time. Plenty of variation. Again a very good recent album... another healthy victory for Ondatropica. It seems Ondatropica seems to win a lot on these boards.
2. Mogwai - Young Team --- I just find Low to be boring. Musically its okay, but its just really boring to me. Mogwai early efforts don't really strike me as their best, but its a good representation of what they do. Mogwai wins because I just don't like Low.
3. Smog - Knock Knock --- Bill Callahan is great, and this is one of his better albums too. Honestly I like every track. A healthy victory for Bill.
4. Ondatropica - Ondatropica --- Ondatropica is fun, and wholly ambitious at the same time. Plenty of variation. Again a very good recent album... another healthy victory for Ondatropica. It seems Ondatropica seems to win a lot on these boards.
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 1.1
1. Sigur Rós - ( )
I didn't enjoy this Cure album much out of the singles. () isn't Agaetis Byrjun, but it's still a great album
2. Mogwai - Young Team
Things We Lost in the Fire is at the bottom of my top 100 albums of all time, so I'll be happy to vote for this wonderful piece of restrained music next round (and as economical at it is, it's still much denser than their previous albums). But Young Team is at the end of my top 50 albums of all time, so I have to give it the edge.
3. Smog - Knock Knock
My only issue with Smog is that I can not really recall which album is which between this one, Red Apple Falls and Dongs of Sevotion. After checking, this is my favorite of them (though I like them all pretty much the same), partly thanks to the wonderful "Teenage Spaceship". There are some really great tracks on Supermodified (especially the opener) but there were some part I didn't enjoy much too.
I didn't enjoy this Cure album much out of the singles. () isn't Agaetis Byrjun, but it's still a great album
2. Mogwai - Young Team
Things We Lost in the Fire is at the bottom of my top 100 albums of all time, so I'll be happy to vote for this wonderful piece of restrained music next round (and as economical at it is, it's still much denser than their previous albums). But Young Team is at the end of my top 50 albums of all time, so I have to give it the edge.
3. Smog - Knock Knock
My only issue with Smog is that I can not really recall which album is which between this one, Red Apple Falls and Dongs of Sevotion. After checking, this is my favorite of them (though I like them all pretty much the same), partly thanks to the wonderful "Teenage Spaceship". There are some really great tracks on Supermodified (especially the opener) but there were some part I didn't enjoy much too.
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 1.1
1. Sigur Rós - ( )
Only have positive things to say about the Cure album, but I love (). Hard to believe it is only moderately acclaimed.
2. Low - Things We Lost In The Fire
Another album I love overcomes a good album. I also consider C’mon underrated.
3. Smog - Knock Knock
This is where it gets interesting. Two albums I haven’t heard before. Supermodified starts with two excellent tracks, but there are some tracks I just don’t want to hear again. Never really warmed to Bill Callaghan, but Knock Knock deserves to go forward.
4. Ondatropica - Ondatropica
This was difficult. My 3rd & 4th favourites of the week in a tight tussle.
Only have positive things to say about the Cure album, but I love (). Hard to believe it is only moderately acclaimed.
2. Low - Things We Lost In The Fire
Another album I love overcomes a good album. I also consider C’mon underrated.
3. Smog - Knock Knock
This is where it gets interesting. Two albums I haven’t heard before. Supermodified starts with two excellent tracks, but there are some tracks I just don’t want to hear again. Never really warmed to Bill Callaghan, but Knock Knock deserves to go forward.
4. Ondatropica - Ondatropica
This was difficult. My 3rd & 4th favourites of the week in a tight tussle.
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 1.1
My picks:
1. The Cure - The Head On The Door over Sigur Rós - ( )
Very close. This was the Cure album that broke through for me personally. I saw them twice on this tour (opened with "The Baby Screams"). "Push" is my favorite track here by far.
2. Mogwai - Young Team over Low - Things We Lost In The Fire
Didn't expect this - I thought I'd heard the best of Mogwai until I got a hold of this one. Wow. I love the Low album as well, but Mogwai is mammoth.
3. Amon Tobin - Supermodified over Smog - Knock Knock
I hear an album like Supermodified and realize I don't give electronic music as much attention as I should - some great stuff here that simply interests me more than the Smog offering.
4. Ondatropica - Ondatropica over Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth
Perhaps Black Earth is too subtle for my limited exposure to it. Ondatropica is fun!
Thanks!
1. The Cure - The Head On The Door over Sigur Rós - ( )
Very close. This was the Cure album that broke through for me personally. I saw them twice on this tour (opened with "The Baby Screams"). "Push" is my favorite track here by far.
2. Mogwai - Young Team over Low - Things We Lost In The Fire
Didn't expect this - I thought I'd heard the best of Mogwai until I got a hold of this one. Wow. I love the Low album as well, but Mogwai is mammoth.
3. Amon Tobin - Supermodified over Smog - Knock Knock
I hear an album like Supermodified and realize I don't give electronic music as much attention as I should - some great stuff here that simply interests me more than the Smog offering.
4. Ondatropica - Ondatropica over Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth
Perhaps Black Earth is too subtle for my limited exposure to it. Ondatropica is fun!
Thanks!
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Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 1.1
No comments on first round (sorry). Well, only one: listening to "Ondatrópica" after soooo many extra-slow and gloomy albums was one of the most refreshing music experiences of my whole life.
1. The Cure - The Head on the Door vs. Sigur Rós - ( )
2. Low - Things We Lost in the Fire vs. Mogwai - Young Team
3. Smog - Knock Knock vs. Amon Tobin - Supermodified
4. Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth vs. Ondatrópica - Ondatrópica
1. The Cure - The Head on the Door vs. Sigur Rós - ( )
2. Low - Things We Lost in the Fire vs. Mogwai - Young Team
3. Smog - Knock Knock vs. Amon Tobin - Supermodified
4. Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth vs. Ondatrópica - Ondatrópica
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 1.1
My winners:
The Cure—The Head on the Door
My personal favourite group with the first album I ever bought by them. “A Night Like This” (one of my all-time top 20 songs) and “Sinking” are childhood highlights. Too bad, because Sigur Ros is my second favourite album of the week, and would’ve won any other matchup.
Mogwai—Young Team
“Embrace” alone is so great that it’s almost worth voting for Low; but I’ve always loved the morose atmosphere of Mogwai.
Amon Tobin—Supermodified
Smog is very hit-and-miss for me (although the “hits,” “River Guard” and “Sweet Treat,” are particularly great). Typically, electronic music is the very definition of hit-and-miss to my ears, but somehow I found Tobin to be more consistent.
Ondatropica—Ondatropica
I’d never heard “Black Earth,” and really liked the gloomy, menacing atmosphere it created throughout. In this matchup, though, the high points of Ondatropica (“Tiene Sabor, Tiene Sazon,” “Linda Manana,” and “Dos Lucecitas”) top the consistency (if there’s one thing that can be said about “Black Earth,” it’s consistent) of Bohren & der Club of Gore.
The Cure—The Head on the Door
My personal favourite group with the first album I ever bought by them. “A Night Like This” (one of my all-time top 20 songs) and “Sinking” are childhood highlights. Too bad, because Sigur Ros is my second favourite album of the week, and would’ve won any other matchup.
Mogwai—Young Team
“Embrace” alone is so great that it’s almost worth voting for Low; but I’ve always loved the morose atmosphere of Mogwai.
Amon Tobin—Supermodified
Smog is very hit-and-miss for me (although the “hits,” “River Guard” and “Sweet Treat,” are particularly great). Typically, electronic music is the very definition of hit-and-miss to my ears, but somehow I found Tobin to be more consistent.
Ondatropica—Ondatropica
I’d never heard “Black Earth,” and really liked the gloomy, menacing atmosphere it created throughout. In this matchup, though, the high points of Ondatropica (“Tiene Sabor, Tiene Sazon,” “Linda Manana,” and “Dos Lucecitas”) top the consistency (if there’s one thing that can be said about “Black Earth,” it’s consistent) of Bohren & der Club of Gore.
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 1.1
1. The Cure - The Head On The Door vs. Sigur Rós - ( ) My two favorites albums of the week, too bad they are together.
2. Low - Things We Lost In The Fire vs. Mogwai - Young Team I love a lot Mogwai. This one in particular.
4. Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earthvs. Ondatropica - Ondatropica One the best discovering of the last year.
2. Low - Things We Lost In The Fire vs. Mogwai - Young Team I love a lot Mogwai. This one in particular.
4. Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earthvs. Ondatropica - Ondatropica One the best discovering of the last year.
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About 18 hours or so left to vote
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 1.1
1. The Cure - The Head On The Door is my preference compared to Sigur Rós - ( ) Both albums deserve to move on to the next round. My slight preference for The Head On the Door could be temporary as a I suspect that the Untitled album is a grower.
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Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 1.1
1. The Cure - The Head On The Door vs. Sigur Rós - ( )
2. Low - Things We Lost In The Fire vs. Mogwai - Young Team
4. Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth vs. Ondatropica - Ondatropica
Yeah, I'm a gloomy fucker.
2. Low - Things We Lost In The Fire vs. Mogwai - Young Team
4. Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth vs. Ondatropica - Ondatropica
Yeah, I'm a gloomy fucker.
Everyone you meet fights a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 1.1
2. Low - Things We Lost In The Fire vs. Mogwai - Young Team
3. Smog - Knock Knock vs. Amon Tobin - Supermodified
4. Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth vs. Ondatropica - Ondatropica
Wish I could comment, but I'm in class typing from my phone.
3. Smog - Knock Knock vs. Amon Tobin - Supermodified
4. Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth vs. Ondatropica - Ondatropica
Wish I could comment, but I'm in class typing from my phone.
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 1.1
Results:
1. The Cure - The Head On The Door over Sigur Rós - ( ) 7-5
2. Low - Things We Lost In The Fire over Mogwai - Young Team 7-5
3. Smog - Knock Knock over Amon Tobin - Supermodified 8-2
4. Ondatropica - Ondatropica over Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth 8-3
Look for Round 1.2 real soon!
1. The Cure - The Head On The Door over Sigur Rós - ( ) 7-5
2. Low - Things We Lost In The Fire over Mogwai - Young Team 7-5
3. Smog - Knock Knock over Amon Tobin - Supermodified 8-2
4. Ondatropica - Ondatropica over Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth 8-3
Look for Round 1.2 real soon!
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 1.1
I forgot to vote in time but it wouldn't have changed the results anyway
1. The Cure - The Head On The Door : I'm not sure I've heard the Sigur Ros album but I think I heard a few tracks and found them a little boring
2. Pass. I didn't like the Mogwai album (except fot the first and last tracks) and I didn't listen to the Low album
3. I didn't listen to the Smog album but I really love Supermodified. As a French critic wrote, if DJ Shadow is the Mozart of electro, Tobin is the JS Bach of the genre.
4. Ondatropica. No real suspense. I listened to Black Earth, and I really loved that album. Very original and most of all, beautiful!! But Ondatropica is my favorite album of 2012 and of this week.
Yes, I am a groovy MF
1. Ondatropica - Ondatropica 5
2. Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth 4
3. Amon Tobin - Supermodified 4
4. The Cure - The Head On The Door 4
5. Sigur Ros () 3
6. Mogwai - Mogwai Young Team 2.5
1. The Cure - The Head On The Door : I'm not sure I've heard the Sigur Ros album but I think I heard a few tracks and found them a little boring
2. Pass. I didn't like the Mogwai album (except fot the first and last tracks) and I didn't listen to the Low album
3. I didn't listen to the Smog album but I really love Supermodified. As a French critic wrote, if DJ Shadow is the Mozart of electro, Tobin is the JS Bach of the genre.
4. Ondatropica. No real suspense. I listened to Black Earth, and I really loved that album. Very original and most of all, beautiful!! But Ondatropica is my favorite album of 2012 and of this week.
Yes, I am a groovy MF
1. Ondatropica - Ondatropica 5
2. Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth 4
3. Amon Tobin - Supermodified 4
4. The Cure - The Head On The Door 4
5. Sigur Ros () 3
6. Mogwai - Mogwai Young Team 2.5