Moderately Acclaimed Albums 2019 - Round 4.1
Moderately Acclaimed Albums 2019 - Round 4.1
Welcome to Round 4.1 of Moderately Acclaimed Albums 2019. Winners here proceed to the Quarter-Finals!
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 22nd at 10am EST.
Here's a link to the bracket for the entire tournament:
http://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?t ... Moderately Acclaimed Albums 2019
Match-ups:
1. Grimes - Art Angels vs. Blur - 13
2. The Velvet Underground - VU vs. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
3. Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way vs. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
4. Tokyo Jihen - Kyōiku vs. Peter Gabriel - Us
I'm in love. What's that song?
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 22nd at 10am EST.
Here's a link to the bracket for the entire tournament:
http://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?t ... Moderately Acclaimed Albums 2019
Match-ups:
1. Grimes - Art Angels vs. Blur - 13
2. The Velvet Underground - VU vs. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
3. Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way vs. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
4. Tokyo Jihen - Kyōiku vs. Peter Gabriel - Us
I'm in love. What's that song?
Last edited by Brad on Tue Oct 22, 2019 4:22 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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1. Grimes - Art Angels vs. Blur - 13
2. The Velvet Underground - VU vs. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
3. Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way vs. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
2. The Velvet Underground - VU vs. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
3. Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way vs. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
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7. Grimes - Art Angels v. 2. Blur - 13
4. The Velvet Underground - VU v. 8. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
5. Buffy Saint-Marie - It's My Way v. 1. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol 2: Judges
3. Tokyo Jihen - Kyōiku v. 6. Peter Gabriel - Us
No hesitation over any of my choices but each winning album is better than the tournament average!
4. The Velvet Underground - VU v. 8. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
5. Buffy Saint-Marie - It's My Way v. 1. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol 2: Judges
3. Tokyo Jihen - Kyōiku v. 6. Peter Gabriel - Us
No hesitation over any of my choices but each winning album is better than the tournament average!
All I got inside is vacancy!
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Art Angels 87 - 13 82
VU 85 - The Colour and the Shape 84
New History Warfare 98 - It’s My Way 89
I should probably try to actually hear Tokyo Jihen.
VU 85 - The Colour and the Shape 84
New History Warfare 98 - It’s My Way 89
I should probably try to actually hear Tokyo Jihen.
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1. Grimes - Art Angels vs. Blur - 13
2. The Velvet Underground - VU vs.Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
3. Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way vs.Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
4. Tokyo Jihen - Kyōiku vs.Peter Gabriel - Us
2. The Velvet Underground - VU vs.
3. Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way vs.
4. Tokyo Jihen - Kyōiku vs.
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1. Grimes - Art Angels
2. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
3. Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way
4. Tokyo Jihen - Kyōiku
2. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
3. Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way
4. Tokyo Jihen - Kyōiku
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1. Grimes - Art Angels
2. The Velvet Underground - VU
3. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
4. Tokyo Jihen - Kyōiku
2. The Velvet Underground - VU
3. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
4. Tokyo Jihen - Kyōiku
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1. Grimes - Art Angels
2. The Velvet Underground - VU
3. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
4. Tokyo Jihen - Kyōiku
2. The Velvet Underground - VU
3. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
4. Tokyo Jihen - Kyōiku
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1. Blur - 13
2. Foo Fighters - Colour And The Shape
3. TBA
4. Peter Gabriel - Us
Love the Velvets and they are one of my top 10 favourite bands but I still feel like it is an (excellent) compilation of songs and not a true cohesive album. If this album was not up against the Foo Fighters, it probably would have won out but...
The Foo Fighters album was one of the first I bought when It came out. Lots of good memories. Lots of good songs and the b-sides from this period are also fantastic.
2. Foo Fighters - Colour And The Shape
3. TBA
4. Peter Gabriel - Us
Love the Velvets and they are one of my top 10 favourite bands but I still feel like it is an (excellent) compilation of songs and not a true cohesive album. If this album was not up against the Foo Fighters, it probably would have won out but...
The Foo Fighters album was one of the first I bought when It came out. Lots of good memories. Lots of good songs and the b-sides from this period are also fantastic.
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1. Grimes - Art Angels vs. Blur - 13
2. The Velvet Underground - VU vs.Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
3.Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way vs. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
4. Tokyo Jihen - Kyōiku vs.Peter Gabriel - Us
2. The Velvet Underground - VU vs.
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4. Tokyo Jihen - Kyōiku vs.
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Grimes - Art Angels
The Velvet Underground - VU
Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way
Peter Gabriel - Us
The Velvet Underground - VU
Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way
Peter Gabriel - Us
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GRIMES - ART ANGELS
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - VU
BUFFY SAINT-MARIE - IT'S MY WAY
PETER GABRIEL - US
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - VU
BUFFY SAINT-MARIE - IT'S MY WAY
PETER GABRIEL - US
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Fourth round, no comments but cover arts instead...
6. Grimes - Art Angels (2015) vs. 4. Blur – 13 (1999)
1. The Velvet Underground - VU (1985) vs. 7. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape (1997)
2. Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way! (1964) vs. 3. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare, Vol. 2: Judges (2011)
8. Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) vs. 5. 東京事変 - 教育 (2004)
Favourite cover art of the week: Blur's "13" (by Graham Coxon)
6. Grimes - Art Angels (2015) vs. 4. Blur – 13 (1999)
1. The Velvet Underground - VU (1985) vs. 7. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape (1997)
2. Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way! (1964) vs. 3. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare, Vol. 2: Judges (2011)
8. Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) vs. 5. 東京事変 - 教育 (2004)
Favourite cover art of the week: Blur's "13" (by Graham Coxon)
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My picks:
1. Grimes - Art Angels vs. Blur - 13
2. The Velvet Underground - VU vs. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
3. Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way vs. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
4. Tokyo Jihen - Kyōiku vs. Peter Gabriel - Us
Thanks!
1. Grimes - Art Angels vs. Blur - 13
2. The Velvet Underground - VU vs. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
3. Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way vs. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
4. Tokyo Jihen - Kyōiku vs. Peter Gabriel - Us
Thanks!
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Apologies if this has been said before, but are there places to hear the Tokyo Jihen album? It doesn't seem to be available in Spotify for the US.
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Awhile back Brad and JamieW were kind enough to set me up with a copy of Kyoiku as it's almost impossible to find in the States. I'm happy to forward a copy. You probably wouldn't have it before it's time to vote this week though. Just let me know with a private message.
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1. Grimes - Art Angels vs. Blur - 13
2. The Velvet Underground - VU vs. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
3. Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way vs. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
4. Tokyo Jihen - Kyōiku vs. Peter Gabriel - Us
I'll do a ranking of the complete group of sixteen of round 4 next week. The third match-up was a difficult choice. The first two are as easy as they get. In the fourth match-up I did like Us, but it still isn't really close.
2. The Velvet Underground - VU vs. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
3. Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way vs. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
4. Tokyo Jihen - Kyōiku vs. Peter Gabriel - Us
I'll do a ranking of the complete group of sixteen of round 4 next week. The third match-up was a difficult choice. The first two are as easy as they get. In the fourth match-up I did like Us, but it still isn't really close.
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1. Art Angels > 4. 13
A tough matchup. 13 has the power of Tender and Coffee + TV behind it, which are two of my favourite songs, but I'm not so keen on a lot of the rest of the album.
Meanwhile, Art Angels doesn't have the history with me that the Blur songs do, but the entire album experience is amazing - I've been listening to it on many of the 3 hour drives I've needed to take the last few months. It might be my favourite album left in the match-ups.
3. VU < 2. The Colour and the Shape
It's a bit harsh to call VU a B-sides album, since given the backstory it's closer to a lost album than anything else. A worthwhile one at that - it's great all the way through.
I can't really articulate why I like the Foos more than their competitors so far - they just sounds good. It's definitely not the most consistent album, and I'm not huge on some tracks, but I love others. The Everlong/Walking After You double up is probably my favourite part.
6.It's My Way < 5. New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
Two albums which are beautiful and deep, and reveal more each listen. I prefer the variation in Judges, but this was extremely close.
7. Kyoiku > 8. Us
I think I just don't like Peter Gabriel much outside of So, which is why it's disappointing that the most So-like song here sounds like a parody of Sledgehammer. It's just not very interesting for me. Kyoiku is great, even if it gets a bit samey by the end. Much better than Us.
A tough matchup. 13 has the power of Tender and Coffee + TV behind it, which are two of my favourite songs, but I'm not so keen on a lot of the rest of the album.
Meanwhile, Art Angels doesn't have the history with me that the Blur songs do, but the entire album experience is amazing - I've been listening to it on many of the 3 hour drives I've needed to take the last few months. It might be my favourite album left in the match-ups.
3. VU < 2. The Colour and the Shape
It's a bit harsh to call VU a B-sides album, since given the backstory it's closer to a lost album than anything else. A worthwhile one at that - it's great all the way through.
I can't really articulate why I like the Foos more than their competitors so far - they just sounds good. It's definitely not the most consistent album, and I'm not huge on some tracks, but I love others. The Everlong/Walking After You double up is probably my favourite part.
6.It's My Way < 5. New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
Two albums which are beautiful and deep, and reveal more each listen. I prefer the variation in Judges, but this was extremely close.
7. Kyoiku > 8. Us
I think I just don't like Peter Gabriel much outside of So, which is why it's disappointing that the most So-like song here sounds like a parody of Sledgehammer. It's just not very interesting for me. Kyoiku is great, even if it gets a bit samey by the end. Much better than Us.
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Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 2019 - Round 4.1
2 | Grimes | Art Angels
3 | Blur | 13
1 | The Velvet Underground | VU
8 | Foo Fighters | The Colour and the Shape
4 | Buffy Sainte-Marie | It's My Way
5 | Colin Stetson | New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
6 | Tokyo Jihen | Kyoiku
7 | Peter Gabriel | Us
3 | Blur | 13
1 | The Velvet Underground | VU
8 | Foo Fighters | The Colour and the Shape
4 | Buffy Sainte-Marie | It's My Way
5 | Colin Stetson | New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
6 | Tokyo Jihen | Kyoiku
7 | Peter Gabriel | Us
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Winners in red:
1. Grimes - Art Angels vs. Blur - 13
2. The Velvet Underground - VU vs. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
3. Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way vs. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
4. Tokyo Jihen - Kyōiku vs. Peter Gabriel - Us
1. Grimes - Art Angels vs. Blur - 13
2. The Velvet Underground - VU vs. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
3. Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way vs. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
4. Tokyo Jihen - Kyōiku vs. Peter Gabriel - Us
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1. Blur - 13
2. The Velvet Underground - VU
3. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
4. I really don't know: pass.
A really solid week.
2. The Velvet Underground - VU
3. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
4. I really don't know: pass.
A really solid week.
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1. Blur - 13
2. Foo Fighters - Colour And The Shape
3. Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way
4. Peter Gabriel - Us
2. Foo Fighters - Colour And The Shape
3. Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way
4. Peter Gabriel - Us
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Results will be delayed by a few hours today.
They will be posted between Noon - 1pm EST.
You still have at least 4 hours left to vote!
They will be posted between Noon - 1pm EST.
You still have at least 4 hours left to vote!
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1. Grimes - Art Angels
2. The Velvet Underground - VU
3. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
4. Tokyo Jihen - Kyōiku
2. The Velvet Underground - VU
3. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
4. Tokyo Jihen - Kyōiku
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1. Grimes - Art Angels
2. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
2. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
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By the way, I've set up a spreadsheet to calculate the extrapolated standings of the tournament (i.e. ranked by the predicted percentage of the vote it would receive against the overall winner) so when the tournament ends I will post the rankings.
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21 total voters this week:
acroamor
andy1010
Bang Jan
bonnielaurel
Brad
CupOfDreams
DaveC
FrankLotion
hectorthebat
Honorio
Jirin
Kingoftonga
Listyguy
madzong
mileswide
Myself
Rdwdbob
Rob
Romain
Safetycat
spiritualized
Winners - on to the Quarters!:
1. Grimes - Art Angels over Blur - 13 14-7
2. The Velvet Underground - VU over Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape 15-6
3. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges over Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way 10-9
4. Tokyo Jihen - Kyōiku over Peter Gabriel - Us 12-5
Round 4.2 up next!
acroamor
andy1010
Bang Jan
bonnielaurel
Brad
CupOfDreams
DaveC
FrankLotion
hectorthebat
Honorio
Jirin
Kingoftonga
Listyguy
madzong
mileswide
Myself
Rdwdbob
Rob
Romain
Safetycat
spiritualized
Winners - on to the Quarters!:
1. Grimes - Art Angels over Blur - 13 14-7
2. The Velvet Underground - VU over Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape 15-6
3. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges over Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way 10-9
4. Tokyo Jihen - Kyōiku over Peter Gabriel - Us 12-5
Round 4.2 up next!