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 = September 19th 20:00 GMT +1
Bracket maker link: https://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=475615
Match-ups:
1. David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive (1987) vs. Yo La Tengo - Painful (1993)
2. Nearly God - Nearly God (1996) vs. Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind (1996)
3. CCCP Fedeli alla Linea - 1964-1985 Affinità-divergenze fra il compagno Togliatti e noi - Del conseguimento della maggiore età (1986) vs. John Coltrane - The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording (2001)
4. Compay Segundo - Yo vengo aquí (1996) vs. The Terminals - Uncoffined (1990)
These are the albums of Round 3.1 (for the third round I'm going to include a Top 3 songs):
David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive (1987)
Top 3 songs:
1. Orpheus: AM all-time #6,277 (#96 for 1987), RYM #4,835 overall (#34 for 1988), 5,606,326 Spotify streams
2. Let the Happiness In: AM bubbling under, RYM #8,597 overall (#61 for 1987), 1,004,096 Spotify streams
3. September: 1,081,008 Spotify streams
Spotify link (first 9 tracks)
Yo La Tengo - Painful (1993)
Top 3 songs:
1. From a Motel 6: AM bubbling under, RYM #4,990 overall (#130 for 1994), 2,401,122 Spotify streams
2. Big Day Coming: RYM #6,340 overall (#68 for 1993), 2,093,695 Spotify streams
3. Nowhere Near: 13,937,973 Spotify streams
Spotify link
Nearly God - Nearly God (1996)
Top 3 songs:
1. Poems: AM bubbling under, RYM #264 for 1996, 457,206 Spotify streams
2. Black Coffee: 214,873 Spotify streams
3. Keep Your Mouth Shut: 174,522 Spotify streams
Spotify link
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind (1996)
Top 3 songs:
1. Helpless Child: 1,097.040 Spotify streams
2. Volcano: 767,873 Spotify streams
3. Red Velvet Corridor: 689,500 Spotify streams
Spotify link
CCCP Fedeli alla Linea - 1964-1985 Affinità-divergenze fra il compagno Togliatti e noi - Del conseguimento della maggiore età (1986)
Top 3 songs:
1. Io sto bene: AM bubbling under, 3,338,984 Spotify streams
2. Curami: 2,447,312 Spotify streams
3. Morire: 549,006 Spotify streams
Spotify link, YouTube link (first 10 tracks)
John Coltrane - The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording (2001)
Top 3 songs:
1. Ogunde: 104,159 Spotify streams
2. My Favorite Things: 97,264 Spotify streams
3. Introduction: 62,397 Spotify streams
Spotify link
Compay Segundo - Yo vengo aquí (1996)
Top 3 songs:
1. Chan Chan: 18,496,886 Spotify streams
2. Sarandonga: 1,602,805 Spotify streams
3. Yo vengo aquí: 1,364,345 Spotify streams
Spotify link (tracks 1, 3, 5, 2, 4, 7, 11, 26, 8, 15, 20, 30, 32, 28, 16)
The Terminals - Uncoffined (1990)
Top 3 songs:
1. Love Hate Revenge: 12,976 Spotify streams
2. Frozen Car: 9,593 Spotify streams
3. Uncoffined: 9,137 Spotify streams
Spotify link
Spotify playlist (7 h 46 min)
After the second round we have left with:
- Albums from 18 of the original 22 nominators, since 4 of us have left without any nomination remaining.
- This distribution of the remaining nominators is: 5 with 3 nominations still in the game, 4 with 2 and 9 with 1. You know who you are.
- 4 of the 8 albums with a RYM ranking above 4 are still in the game (with none of the albums below 3).
I admit that the participation on the second round has been quite disappointing. While we have a mean of 15.68 on the Round 1, the mean of voters on the second round has been reduced to only 13.5. Something that surprised me (and even made me sad) is that some people that participated in the first round (so they had the listening done, the most time-consumming part) didn't bother to show up on the second round not even to defend their nominations. But, well, this is a free forum and anyone can participate on the games they want.
