Moderately Acclaimed Albums 12 - Round 4.2

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Moderately Acclaimed Albums 12 - Round 4.2

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Welcome to Round 4.2 of Moderately Acclaimed Albums!
Winners here move on 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 12th at 10am EST.

Here's a link to the bracket for the entire tournament:
http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=474290

Match-ups:
1. Astor Piazzolla - Tango: Zero Hour vs. John Coltrane - Ascension
2. Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit vs. Neil Young - Time Fades Away
3. The Feminine Complex - Livin' Love vs. Nils Frahm - Spaces
4. Bubu - Anabelas vs. Leyla McCalla - A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey


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4 | Astor Piazzolla | Tango: Zero Hour
2 | John Coltrane | Ascension

3 | Fela Kuti | Expensive Shit
8 | Neil Young | Time Fades Away

6 | The Feminine Complex | Livin' Love
5 | Nils Frahm | Spaces

1 | Bubu | Anabelas
7 | Leyla McCalla | A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey
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3 | Astor Piazzolla - Tango: Zero Hour vs. 1 | John Coltrane - Ascension
2 | Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit vs. 7 | Neil Young - Time Fades Away
4 | The Feminine Complex - Livin' Love vs. 8 | Nils Frahm - Spaces
5 | Bubu - Anabelas vs. 6 | Leyla McCalla - A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey
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1. Astor Piazzolla - Tango: Zero Hour vs. John Coltrane - Ascension
2. Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit vs. Neil Young - Time Fades Away
3. The Feminine Complex - Livin' Love vs. Nils Frahm - Spaces
4. Bubu - Anabelas vs. Leyla McCalla - A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey
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1. Astor Piazzolla - Tango: Zero Hour vs. John Coltrane - Ascension
2. Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit vs. Neil Young - Time Fades Away
3. The Feminine Complex - Livin' Love vs. Nils Frahm - Spaces
4. Bubu - Anabelas vs. Leyla McCalla - A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey
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John Coltrane - Ascension
Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit
Nils Frahm - Spaces
Bubu - Anabelas
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1. Astor Piazzolla - Tango: Zero Hour vs. John Coltrane - Ascension
2. Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit vs. Neil Young - Time Fades Away
3. The Feminine Complex - Livin' Love vs. Nils Frahm - Spaces
4. Bubu - Anabelas vs. Leyla McCalla - A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey
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Astor Piazzolla - Tango: Zero Hour
Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit
Nils Frahm - Spaces
Leyla McCalla - A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey
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1. Astor Piazzolla - Tango: Zero Hour
2. Neil Young - Time Fades Away
3. The Feminine Complex - Livin' Love
4. Leyla McCalla - A Day For The Hunter, A Day For The Prey
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Ascension 89 - Tango: Zero Hour 85
Time Fades Away 92 - Expensive Shit 83
Spaces 88 - Livin Love 53
A Day For The Hunter, A Day For The Prey 86 - Anabelas 81
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1. John Coltrane - Ascension
2. Neil Young - Time Fades Away
3. The Feminine Complex - Livin' Love
4. Leyla McCalla - A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey
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My picks:
1. Astor Piazzolla - Tango: Zero Hour vs. John Coltrane - Ascension
2. Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit vs. Neil Young - Time Fades Away
3. The Feminine Complex - Livin' Love vs. Nils Frahm - Spaces
4. Bubu - Anabelas vs. Leyla McCalla - A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey

Visiting teams this week... thanks!
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Astor Piazzolla - Tango: Zero Hour > John Coltrane - Ascension
Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit > Neil Young - Time Fades Away
The Feminine Complex - Livin' Love < Nils Frahm - Spaces
Bubu - Anabelas < Leyla McCalla - A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey
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3. Astor Piazzolla and the New Tango Quintet - Tango: Zero Hour (1986) vs. 6. John Coltrane - Ascension (1966)
Two albums from maybe the best musicians on their respective instruments, bandoneon and saxophone. Tango wins jazz this time.

4. Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit (1975) vs. 5. Neil Young - Time Fades Away (1973)
Young's first installment of the "ditch trilogy" loses by a hair against an album from Fela's mid 70s golden period. Black president.

7. The Feminine Complex - Livin' Love (1969) vs. 2. Nils Frahm - Spaces (2013)
The Feminine Complex has been the discovery of the game but Nils Frahm's album, mixing ambient and modern classical, is great.

8. Bubu - Anabelas (1978) vs. 1. Leyla McCalla - A Day for the Hunter, a Day for the Prey (2016)
Bubu's brand of prog-rock is highly remarkable but I love McCalla's second album, a tasty menu with Cajun and Haitian flavours.

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1. Astor Piazzolla - Tango: Zero Hour
2. Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit
3. Nils Frahm - Spaces
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1. Astor Piazzolla - Tango: Zero Hour vs. 6. John Coltrane - Ascension
2. Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit vs. 4. Neil Young - Time Fades Away
7. The Feminine Complex - Livin' Love vs. 3. Nils Frahm - Spaces
8. Bubu - Anabelas vs. 5. Leyla McCalla - A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey
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Home run for me too:

3. Astor Piazzolla - Tango: Zero Hour/Neuvo Tango: Hora Zero v. 5. John Coltrane - Ascension
2. Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Expensive Shit v. 4. Neil Young - Time Fades away
1. The Feminine Complex - Livin' Love v. 8. Nils Frahm - Spaces
6. Bubu - Anabelas v. 7. Leyla McCalla - A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey

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Less than an hour to vote!
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16 total voters this week:
acroamor
Bang Jan
bonnielaurel
Brad
DaveC
Honorio
jaimeW
Jirin
Listyguy
mileswide
Rdwdbob
Rob
Romain
Safetycat
Schüttelbirne
spiritualized

Winners:
1. Astor Piazzolla - Tango: Zero Hour over John Coltrane - Ascension 9-7
2. Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit over Neil Young - Time Fades Away 13-3
3. Nils Frahm - Spaces over The Feminine Complex - Livin' Love 10-6
4. Leyla McCalla - A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey over Bubu - Anabelas 8-7

Quarter-Finals are next!
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