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Moderately Acclaimed Albums 13 - Round 1.14

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Welcome to the Round 1.14 of the 13th edition of the Moderately Acclaimed Albums poll!

Remember:
- Vote for your favourite album in each match-up.
- Anyone can vote as long as the voter has heard both albums.
- Good-spirited comments are encouraged, but not absolutely necessary.

Deadline = July 4th 20:00 GMT +1

Bracket maker link: https://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=475615

Match-ups:
1. Beta Band – The Three E.P.'s (1998) vs. Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow (1975)
2. Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock (1983) vs. UNKLE - Psyence Fiction (1998)
3. The Detroit Escalator Co. - Soundtrack [313] (1996) vs. Odetta - At Carnegie Hall (1960)
4. Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa '70 with Ginger Baker - Live! (1971) vs. Wire - Mind Hive (2020)


Fourth (and last) case of two albums from the same nominator facing each other.


These are the albums of the week:



Album: The Three E.P.'s
Artist: The Beta Band
Date of release: September 14, 1998
Country: UK
Genre: Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
Label: Regal
Length: 78:12, 12 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: Dry the Rain
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Album: Blow by Blow
Artist: Jeff Beck
Date of release: March 29, 1975
Country: USA/UK
Genre: Jazz-Rock, Jazz Fusion
Label: Epic
Length: 44:35, 9 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: Cause We've Ended as Lovers
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Album: Duck Rock
Artist: Malcolm McLaren
Date of release: January 1983
Country: UK
Genre: New Wave, Hip Hop
Label: Charisma
Length: 43:29, 12 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: Double Dutch
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Album: Psyence Fiction
Artist: UNKLE
Date of release: August 24, 1998
Country: UK
Genre: Trip Hop, Alternative Rock
Label: Mo' Wax
Length: 54:59, 12 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: Lonely Soul
Spotify link (first 12 tracks)




Album: Soundtrack [313]
Artist: The Detroit Escalator Co.
Date of release: December 9, 1996
Country: UK/USA
Genre: Ambient Techno, Progressive Electronic
Label: Ferox
Length: 42:54, 8 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: The Inverted Man [Falling]
Spotify link (first 8 tracks)




Album: Odetta at Carnegie Hall
Artist: Odetta
Date of release: 1960
Country: USA
Genre: American Folk Music, Country Blues
Label: Vanguard
Length: 44:11, 15 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
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Album: Live!
Artist: Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa '70 with Ginger Baker
Date of release: August 30, 1971
Country: UK/Nigeria
Genre: Afrobeat, Jazz-Funk
Label: Regal Zonophone
Length: 45:19, 4 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: Let's Start
Spotify link (first 4 tracks)




Album: Mind Hive
Artist: Wire
Date of release: January 24, 2020
Country: UK
Genre: Post-Punk, Art Rock
Label: Pinkflag
Length: 34:53, 9 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: Primed and Ready
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Mini-stats for the week:
a) Years:
- Mean 1987
- Range 1960-2020 (60 years)
- Breakdown by decades: 1960s (1), 1970s (2), 1980s (1), 1990s (3), 2020s (1)
b) Countries:
- Europe (5): UK (5)
- America (2): USA (2)
- Africa (1): Nigeria (1)
c) Genres:
- Rock (4): Indie Rock (1), Jazz-Rock (1), New Wave (1), Post-Punk (1)
- Electronic (2): Trip Hop (1), Ambient Techno (1)
- Folk (1): American Folk Music (1)
- Regional Music (1): Afrobeat (1)


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1. Beta Band – The Three E.P.'s (1998) vs. Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow (1975)
2. Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock (1983) vs. UNKLE - Psyence Fiction (1998)
3. The Detroit Escalator Co. - Soundtrack [313] (1996) vs. Odetta - At Carnegie Hall (1960)
4. Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa '70 with Ginger Baker - Live! (1971) vs. Wire - Mind Hive (2020)
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1. Beta Band – The Three E.P.'s (1998) vs. Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow (1975)
2. Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock (1983) vs. UNKLE - Psyence Fiction (1998)
3. The Detroit Escalator Co. - Soundtrack [313] (1996) vs. Odetta - At Carnegie Hall (1960)
4. Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa '70 with Ginger Baker - Live! (1971) vs. Wire - Mind Hive (2020)
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1. Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow
2. UNKLE - Psyence Fiction
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Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow
Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock
Odetta - At Carnegie Hall
Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa '70 with Ginger Baker - Live!
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1. Beta Band – The Three E.P.'s (1998)
2. UNKLE - Psyence Fiction (1998)
3. Odetta - At Carnegie Hall (1960)
4. Wire - Mind Hive (2020)
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3. The Detroit Escalator Co. - Soundtrack [313]
4. Wire - Mind Hive
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6. The Beta Band - The Three E.P.'s v. 2. Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow
5. Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock v. 7. UNKLE - Psyence Fiction
4. The Detroit Escalator Co. - Soundtrack [313] v. 8. Odetta - Live at Carnegie Hall
3. Fela Ransome Kuti and The Africa '70 with Ginger Baker - Live! v. 1. Wire - Mind Hive

Standouts: B + A | You Know What I Mean | Double Dutch | Nursery Rhyme/Breather | Force | Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child | Egbe Mi O (Carry Me) | Hung
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My votes:



7. Beta Band – The Three E.P.'s (1998) vs. 5. Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow (1975)
1. Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock (1983) vs. 3. UNKLE - Psyence Fiction (1998)
8. The Detroit Escalator Co. - Soundtrack [313] (1996) vs. 4. Odetta - At Carnegie Hall (1960)
2. Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa '70 with Ginger Baker - Live! (1971) vs. 6. Wire - Mind Hive (2020)

My Top 3 songs of the week:
1. No More Auction Block
2. Rabbit in Your Headlights
3. Dry the Rain
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1. Beta Band – The Three E.P.'s (1998) vs. Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow (1975)
I really quite dislike Beck's 70s instrumental-made-for-movies music. No contest against one of the better indie-psychedelic Scottish band ever
2. Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock (1983) vs. UNKLE - Psyence Fiction (1998)
Not unpleasant from McLaren, but disjointed - I could really hear the Jah Wobble's world music influence on some tracks. Not enough to trump UNKLE's best album
3. The Detroit Escalator Co. - Soundtrack [313] (1996) vs. Odetta - At Carnegie Hall (1960)
Two discoveries here, and a clear winner with the atmospheric Detroit Escalator Co, although Odetta's voice is something to remember.
4. Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa '70 with Ginger Baker - Live! (1971) vs. Wire - Mind Hive (2020)
In spite of losing against the post punk renewal of Wire (which they kind of invented anyway), I found the drum solo on Live! absolutely INCREDIBLE.
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My picks:
1. Beta Band – The Three E.P.'s (1998) vs. Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow (1975)
2. Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock (1983) vs. UNKLE - Psyence Fiction (1998)
3. The Detroit Escalator Co. - Soundtrack [313] (1996) vs. Odetta - At Carnegie Hall (1960)
4. Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa '70 with Ginger Baker - Live! (1971) vs. Wire - Mind Hive (2020)

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Blow By Blow 87 - Three EPs 81
Psyence Fiction 65 - Duck Rock 63
Live! 78 - Mind Hive 76
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1. Beta Band – The Three E.P.'s (1998)
2. UNKLE - Psyence Fiction (1998)
3. Odetta - At Carnegie Hall (1960)
4. Wire - Mind Hive (2020)
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Beta Band – The Three E.P.'s (1998)
UNKLE - Psyence Fiction (1998)
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1. Beta Band – The Three E.P.'s (1998)
2. UNKLE - Psyence Fiction (1998)
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1. Beta Band – The Three E.P.'s (1998) vs. Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow (1975)
2. Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock (1983) vs. UNKLE - Psyence Fiction (1998)
3. The Detroit Escalator Co. - Soundtrack [313] (1996) vs. Odetta - At Carnegie Hall (1960)
4. Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa '70 with Ginger Baker - Live! (1971) vs. Wire - Mind Hive (2020)
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Beta Band – The Three E.P.'s (1998) > Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow (1975)
Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock (1983) < UNKLE - Psyence Fiction (1998)
The Detroit Escalator Co. - Soundtrack [313] (1996) < Odetta - At Carnegie Hall (1960)
Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa '70 with Ginger Baker - Live! (1971) < Wire - Mind Hive (2020)

- Three EPs is really good but is also one of the first albums I listened to for a forum game, the 1998 poll a few years back.
- Odetta blew me away, this is an incredible singer and performer.
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Fantastic weak. Everything is pretty great. And I don't just say that because there are two of my own nominations in play here.

5. Beta Band – The Three E.P.'s (1998) vs. 6. Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow (1975)
3. Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock (1983) vs. 8. UNKLE - Psyence Fiction (1998)
2. The Detroit Escalator Co. - Soundtrack [313] (1996) vs. 2. Odetta - At Carnegie Hall (1960)
4. Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa '70 with Ginger Baker - Live! (1971) vs. 7. Wire - Mind Hive (2020)

Some thoughts:
- Match-up 3 are both my nominations, which ensures that I have at least one album in the running next round. That album will be up against the one album I can't listen to, Hildegard Knef's Reform Sessions, meaning I can't defend my own nomination... I see how it is.
Regardless, these are two polar opposites, as one of them is entirely instrumental (or electronic if you will) and the other relies on vocals. Soundtrack creates a fantastic mood for city landscapes, while Odetta has one of the great folk voices. Her song Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child just clinches the win, as that one sends chills down my spine.

- The Three E.P.'s is a more strange album than I expected. Among the more famous songs there is some experimental stuff. Not everything is equally interesting, but it has some great heights.
- Duck Rock reminds me of The Avalanches. Of course it is produced very differently, but something in its exotic sound mixed with the anything goes mentality makes for a comparison.
- Mind Hive is a good album for a band that has gone on for so long. It doesn't add up against Pink Flag or Chairs Missing, but is pretty cool. No match for peak Fela Kuti though.
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1 hour left! And we have a tie!!
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A total of 16 voters, 1 less than the previous week and last year:
acroamor
BleuPanda
bonnielaurel
Brad
DaveC
Honorio
Jirin
Listyguy
Madzong
mileswide
Rdwdbob
Rob
Romain
rumpdoll
Safetycat
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And these are the winners of Round 1.14:
1. Beta Band – The Three E.P.'s over Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow 9-7
2. UNKLE - Psyence Fiction over Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock 11-5
3. Odetta - At Carnegie Hall over The Detroit Escalator Co. - Soundtrack [313] 9-4
4. Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa '70 with Ginger Baker - Live! tied with Wire - Mind Hive 7-7

So we have a tie again!! "Live!" vs. "Mind Hive." Next vote from someone who has not already voted for this match-up win.

Round 1.15 up next!
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Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa '70 with Ginger Baker - Live!
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Thank you, Bang Jan! Now you are tied on top with Sweeptakes Ron on the prediction leaderboard!

So the final winners of Round 1.14 are:
1. Beta Band – The Three E.P.'s over Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow 9-7
2. UNKLE - Psyence Fiction over Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock 11-5
3. Odetta - At Carnegie Hall over The Detroit Escalator Co. - Soundtrack [313] 9-4
4. Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa '70 with Ginger Baker - Live! over Wire - Mind Hive 8-7
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