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OK, so here we are... the official tournament draw for Moderately Acclaimed Albums 14 (2023), the first one with 64 albums.

The tournament will officially begin on Sunday, March 26th. So you have a week to do some preliminary listening and two weeks to participate on the "Predict Winners" feature of bracketmaker.com if you want it.

The bracketmaker link when you can see the match-ups is https://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=477179

And the full list of albums in alphabetical order is:
Air Supply | The One That You Love
Andy Stott | Luxury Problems
Atheist | Unquestionable Presence
Bob Marley & The Wailers | Survival
Buffy Sainte-Marie | It's My Way!
Caifanes | Caifanes
Cat Power | Moon Pix
Charles Mingus | Let My Children Hear Music
David Bowie | The Next Day
Elton John | Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
Emma Ruth Rundle | On Dark Horses
Endah N Rhesa | Nowhere to Go
Espers | Espers
Fabrizio de André | Creuza de mä
Freddie Hubbard & İlhan Mimaroğlu | Sing Me a Song of Songmy
Ghostface Killah | Ironman
Giuseppe Verdi | Requiem [Philharmonia Orchestra / Philharmonia Chorus / Carlo Maria Giulini]
Go_A | #Ідиназвук
Hundred Waters | The Moon Rang Like a Bell
Jeff Rosenstock | WORRY
Jeff Wayne | War of the Worlds
Jenny Hval | Classic Objects
Joanna Newsom | Divers
Joe Meek & The Blue Men | I Hear a New World
John Coltrane | Interstellar Space
Jon Hopkins | Immunity
Joyce Manor | Joyce Manor
Julia Holter | Ekstasis
Kate Bush | Aerial
Le mystère des voix bulgares | Le mystère des voix bulgares : volume 1
Low | Things We Lost in the Fire
Lubomyr Melnyk | KMH: Piano Music in the Continuous Mode
Mdou Moctar | Ilana: The Creator
Mecano | Entre el cielo y el suelo
Morcheeba | Big Calm
Mountains | Centralia
My Morning Jacket | Circuital
Parliament | Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome
Pharoah Sanders | Black Unity
Phoenix | United
Primal Scream | Vanishing Point
Rokia Traoré | Tchamantché
ROME | Die Æsthetik der Herrschaftsfreiheit
Siouxsie and The Banshees | Juju
Sleigh Bells | Treats
Sorority Noise | You're Not As _____ As You Think
Speed the Plough | Wonder Wheel
Tame Impala | Innerspeaker
Taxi Girl | Seppuku
Tears for Fears | Songs from the Big Chair
The B-52's | Wild Planet
The Cure | Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
The KLF | Chill Out
The Stevens | A History of Hygiene
The Sugarcubes | Life's Too Good
The The | Hanky Panky
Toadies | Rubberneck
Tom Waits | Small Change
Various Artists | God Don't Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson
Waxahatchee | American Weekend
Weezer | Weezer [Green Album]
Zbigniew Preisner | La double vie de Véronique
おとぼけビ~バ~ [Otoboke Beaver] | いてこまヒッツ (Itekoma Hits)
青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba] | 0

Since we have a redux version this time every nominator got 3 nominations into the final tournament except three voters that were "penalized" by random.org and only got their first two nominations in. These voters were Nassim, Phil and Wisnu Tirta Aji. Sorry for that, my friends, next year I'll make sure you'll have the same number of albums of the rest and, if we need again to remove randomly some albums, the "penalized" nominators will be others.

In this edition we won't have 8 albums per week but 4. So this time we will have on the first week the top match-ups of the first and fourth quadrants, on the second week the top match-up of the second and third quadrants, on the third week the second match-up of the first and fourth quadrants, on the fourth weeks the second match-up of the second and third quadrants and so on.

So the first week (from March 26th until April 2nd) the match-ups will be:
1. Low | Things We Lost in the Fire vs. Cat Power | Moon Pix
2. Joyce Manor | Joyce Manor vs. The Stevens | A History of Hygiene

Week 2 match-ups will be:
1. John Coltrane | Interstellar Space vs. Ghostface Killah | Ironman
2. Endah N Rhesa | Nowhere to Go vs. Mdou Moctar | Ilana: The Creator

Week 3 match-ups will be:
1. The KLF | Chill Out vs. Tame Impala | Innerspeaker
2. Atheist | Unquestionable Presence vs. Zbigniew Preisner | La double vie de Véronique

Week 4 match-ups will be:
1. Phoenix | United vs. Morcheeba | Big Calm
2. Hundred Waters | The Moon Rang Like a Bell vs. Giuseppe Verdi | Requiem [Philharmonia Orchestra / Philharmonia Chorus / Carlo Maria Giulini]

...and so on.

I'll open the first week of the voting phase next Sunday (March 26th). You can vote on the "Predict Winners" feature you can find on the Bracket Macker link, the deadline for that is April 2nd.

Again we have a diverse list, with a wide geographical and styilistic diversity, a very interesting list with a lot of discoveries waiting for you (at least it's my case). This time only 26 albums appear on the AM list with the rest are bubbling under (9) or unranked (29). The ones who dare to listen to the albums and vote for them are going to be rewarded with a fascinating music journey for sure. So... let the games begin!!!
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Thank you, Honorio for pushing everyone along with this! I really enjoyed the last one, and I am looking forward to hearing a lot of new music again!
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Thanks Honorio! One of my favorite forums here.
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I just did a check on the availability of the albums on Spotify. Here are YouTube-links to all I couldn't find on there:

Joanna Newsom - Divers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6N7dNw ... aXZlcnM%3D
Le mystère des voix bulgares - Le mystère des voix bulgares : volume 1: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL94AF2709843BD0BF
Lubomyr Melnyk - KMH: Piano Music in the Continuous Mode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=O ... Yp7oJn2k0Y
Speed the Plough - Wonder Wheel: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP-L ... Qzk0An3-iz
Taxi Girl - Seppuku: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPaR ... MQaMoLX5Rv
The KLF - Chill Out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWebqCR ... slapyaface

It's hard to predict a clear winner this year. There are also again a lot of albums that appeared before in this game over the years.
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digitiser wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2023 1:01 pm Thank you, Honorio for pushing everyone along with this! I really enjoyed the last one, and I am looking forward to hearing a lot of new music again!
Twilight58 wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2023 4:09 pm Thanks Honorio! One of my favorite forums here.
Thank you very much. Hope you can participate on the voting phase.
Rob wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2023 7:30 pm There are also again a lot of albums that appeared before in this game over the years.
Well, you're right. I've checked it and the albums on positions 5, 9, 10, 26, 28, 31, 52 and 58 appeared on previous editions, one of them is even the third time that appears on the game. And, while 2 of those 8 albums were nominated by a different user than the one who nominated it before, the rest were repeated nominations by the same users. Not again the rules (the actual rule don't allow albums appearing on the previous three editions but not before), but I also think it could be better not to send the same nominations more than once, at least not more than twice.
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I remember we previously discussed rolling re-eligibility windows depending on how far they got. Might be time to reconsider that.

If I nominated something I did before it’s just cause I forgot what I nominated in the past.
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Winners of Round 1.1:
1. Cat Power | Moon Pix over Low | Things We Lost in the Fire 13-10
2. The Stevens | A History of Hygiene over Joyce Manor | Joyce Manor 10-9
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Winners of Round 1.2:
1. John Coltrane | Interstellar Space over Ghostface Killah | Ironman 11-6
2. Mdou Moctar | Ilana: The Creator over Endah N Rhesa | Nowhere to Go 17-0
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Can anyone specify which Verdi Requiem I should listen to?
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Jirin wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2023 1:18 pm Can anyone specify which Verdi Requiem I should listen to?
Bang Jan answered on the other thread, it's the one released in 1964, performed by Philharmonia Orchestra and Philharmonia Chorus conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda and Nicolai Ghiaurov as soloists.
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Winners of Round 1.3:
1. Tame Impala | Innerspeaker over The KLF | Chill Out 11-7
2. Zbigniew Preisner | La double vie de Véronique over Atheist | Unquestionable Presence 13-5
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Winners of Round 1.4:
1. Morcheeba | Big Calm over Phoenix | United 10-9
2. Giuseppe Verdi | Requiem over Hundred Waters | The Moon Rang Like a Bell 10-7
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Winners of Round 1.5:
1. Tears for Fears | Songs from the Big Chair over Primal Scream | Vanishing Point 10-6
2. Waxahatchee | American Weekend over Speed the Plough | Wonder Wheel 8-6
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Winners of Round 1.6:
1. The Cure | Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me over My Morning Jacket | Circuital 14-3
2. Jeff Wayne | War of the Worlds over 青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba] | 0 9-8
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Winners of Round 1.7:
1. Parliament | Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome over Jon Hopkins - Immunity 10-5
2. Caifanes - Caifanes over Lubomyr Melnyk - KMH: Piano Music in the Continuous Mode 7-6
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Winners of Round 1.8:
1. Fabrizio De André - Crêuza de mä over Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way! 11-8
2. The The - Hanky Panky over Joe Meek and The Blue Men - I Hear a New World 11-8
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Winners of Round 1.9:
1. Sleigh Bells - Treats over David Bowie - The Next Day 9-7
2. Toadies - Rubberneck over Various Artists - God Don't Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson 9-7
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Winners of Round 1.10:
1. Weezer - Weezer over Bob Marley & the Wailers - Survival 9-8
4. Taxi Girl - Seppuku over Espers - Espers 8-7
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Winners of Round 1.11:
1. Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy over Joanna Newsom - Divers 8-6
2. Emma Ruth Rundle - On Dark Horses over Go_A - #Ідиназвук 9-4
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Winners of Round 1.12:
1. Tom Waits - Small Change over The B-52's - Wild Planet 11-6
2. Jenny Hval - Classic Objects over Air Supply - The One That You Love 14-3
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Winners of Round 1.13:
1. Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares - Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares over The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good 8-6
2. Otoboke Beaver - Itekoma Hits over Sorority Noise - You're Not As _____ As You Think 8-5
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Winners of Round 1.14:
1. Charles Mingus - Let My Children Hear Music over Kate Bush – Aerial 10-6
2. ROME - Die Æsthetik der Herrschaftsfreiheit over Jeff Rosenstock – WORRY. 9-7
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Winners of Round 1.15:
1. Siouxsie and The Banshees - Juju over Andy Stott - Luxury Problems 9-6
2. Mecano - Entre el cielo y el suelo over Mountains - Centralia 8-7
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Winners of Round 1.16:
1. Julia Holter - Ekstasis over Pharoah Sanders - Black Unity 10-4
2. Rokia Traoré - Tchamantché over Freddie Hubbard & İlhan Mimaroğlu - Sing Me a Song of Songmy 7-6
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Winners of Round 2.1:
1. Cat Power - Moon Pix over Tame Impala - Innerspeaker 10-9
2. John Coltrane - Interstellar Space over Morcheeba - Big Calm 11-6
3. Mdou Moctar - Ilana: The Creator over Giuseppe Verdi - Requiem 12-5
4. Zbigniew Preisner - La double vie de Véronique over The Stevens - A History of Hygiene 9-7
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Winners of Round 2.2:
1. Parliament - Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome over Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair 10-9
2. The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me over Fabrizio De André - Crêuza de mä 10-8
3. The The - Hanky Panky over Jeff Wayne - War of the Worlds 10-7
4. Caifanes - Caifanes over Waxahatchee - American Weekend 8-7
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Winners of Round 2.3:
1. Sleigh Bells - Treats over Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy 10-7
2. Tom Waits - Small Change over Weezer - Weezer 14-3
3. Jenny Hval - Classic Objects over Taxi Girl - Seppuku 11-5
4. Emma Ruth Rundle - On Dark Horses over Toadies - Rubberneck 12-3
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Winners of Round 2.4:
1. Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares - Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares over Siouxsie and The Banshees - Juju 8-6
2. Charles Mingus - Let My Children Hear Music over Julia Holter - Ekstasis 9-5
3. Rokia Traoré - Tchamantché over ROME - Die Æsthetik der Herrschaftsfreiheit 10-4
4. Mecano - Entre el cielo y el suelo over Otoboke Beaver - Itekoma Hits 9-5
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Winners of Round 3.1:
1. Cat Power - Moon Pix over Parliament - Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome 7-6
2. The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me over John Coltrane - Interstellar Space 9-4
3. Mdou Moctar - Ilana: The Creator over The The - Hanky Panky 9-4
4. Zbigniew Preisner - La double vie de Véronique over Caifanes - Caifanes 7-5
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Winners of Round 3.2:
1. Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares - Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares over Sleigh Bells - Treats 7-6
2. Charles Mingus - Let My Children Hear Music over Tom Waits - Small Change 9-3
3. Rokia Traoré - Tchamantché over Jenny Hval - Classic Objects 8-4
4. Mecano - Entre el cielo y el suelo over Emma Ruth Rundle - On Dark Horses 7-5
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Winners of Quarter Finals:
1. Cat Power - Moon Pix over Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares - Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares 9-8
2. Charles Mingus - Let My Children Hear Music over The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me 9-7
3. Mdou Moctar - Ilana: The Creator over Rokia Traoré - Tchamantché 11-6
4. Zbigniew Preisner - La double vie de Véronique over Mecano - Entre el cielo y el suelo 9-8
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Winners of Semi-Finals:
1. Charles Mingus - Let My Children Hear Music over Cat Power - Moon Pix 8-6
2. Mdou Moctar - Ilana: The Creator over Zbigniew Preisner - La double vie de Véronique 9-5
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Winner of Finals:

Charles Mingus - Let My Children Hear Music over Mdou Moctar - Ilana: The Creator 11-6
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