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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

A slight decrease with 17 voters, one less than last week but three more than last year. acroamor Bang Jan bonnielaurel Brad DaveC digitiser FrankLotion Honorio Jirin Lagunin Listyguy Madzong mileswide Rdwdbob Rob Romain Schüttelbirne And these are the winners of Round 2.3: 1. Sleigh Bells - Treats ...

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548. Beirut – Elephant Gun (2007) 9/10

In my opinion (but you know what they say about opinions) this third week of Round 2 is the least interesting of the four, except for the second bracket, with a Tom Waits who "sometimes his drunken state brings him into a lamenting mood, sometimes a happy reverie and other times he just starts ...

547. Jalisse – Fiumi di parole (1997) 4/10

543. The Strokes – Barely Legal (2001) 8/10
544. Donnie & Joe Emerson - Baby (1979) 6/10
545. María Jiménez – Con golpes de pecho (1976) 8/10
546. Bobbie Gentry – I'll Never Fall in Love Again (1969) 6/10

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 ...

Thank you, prosecutorgodot! So these are the 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 - W...

I'll vote for Big Calm. 1. Cat Power - Moon Pix (1998) vs. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker (2010) I checked and you are the only ones who previously broke a tie in the game and did not vote in Round 2.2 (acroamor and Jirin also broke ties but voted in this round). Wouldn't you mind listening to those tw...

Thanks, Brad, for the reminder! Yes, we still have a tie waiting to be broken!!

542. New Order – Everyone Everywhere (1993) 6/10

ManPerson wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 3:16 pm You linked this thread not the july 31 thread, btw.

Fixed

541. Wilco – Forget the Flowers (1996) 6/10

Welcome to the Round 2.3 of the 14th 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 = August 17t...

Nice participation on the second week of the second round, we had a total of 18 voters, the same as last week and 4 more than last year. The voters were: acroamor Bang Jan bonnielaurel Brad DaveC digitiser FrankLotion hectorthebat Honorio Jirin Lagunin Listyguy Madzong mileswide Rdwdbob Rob Romain S...

540. Blur – Under the Westway (2012) 8/10

1 album updated in three months (13 weeks) thanks to Lagunin, the albums was "Post."

Less than 12 hours left. And we have a tie...

532. The Cardigans – I Need Some Fine Wine, You Need to Be Nicer (2005) 7/10 533. The Black Keys – Weight of Love (2015) 9/10 534. Shania Twain – Don't! (2004) 4/10 535. Brick – Brick City (1976) 6/10 536. HAIM – Los Angeles (2020) 7/10 537. John Hiatt – The Open Road (2010) 7/10 538. Will Ackerman ...

Like I did last month/year here's my provisional list taken from my 2010s list. I'll expand it to a Top 25 albums lis and a Top 50 songs list in three weeks more or less. ALBUMS: 1. DAVID BOWIE "★ [Blackstar]" (#52 of all time) 2. NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS "Skeleton Tree" (#1...

Not a bad week at all, but the gap between the albums on the first two brackets and the last two seems really wide for me. My favorite album of the week is "Crêuza de mä," where, quoting Rob, "any art becomes deeper and more universal by being specific, in this case through its region...

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 Histor...

Thank you, Gillingham! So these are the 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 ...

Welcome to the Round 2.2 of the 14th 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 = August 6th...

Nice increase of participation in this first week of the second round. We had a total of 18 voters, 4 more than last week and 5 more than last year: acroamor Bang Jan bonnielaurel Brad DaveC digitiser FrankLotion Honorio Jirin Lagunin Listyguy Madzong mileswide Nassim Rdwdbob Rob Romain Schüttelbirn...

My favourite Spanish song of 2015: Gent del Desert's "Toni Pep" https://images2.imgbox.com/04/28/HZDqpI1Y_o.jpg Jesús Barranco (don't be too puzzled by his name, it was quite common in Spain to call Jesus to a boy born in Christmas) is a talented musician but never got the recognition he ...

This year I have both my favourite album and song of the decade. ALBUMS: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ec/Sufjan_Stevens_-_Carrie_%26_Lowell.jpg 1. SUFJAN STEVENS "Carrie & Lowell" (#31 of all time) Yes, the same artist is responsible for my favourite albums of the 2000s ...

12 hours for the deadline. And we have a tie!

Right now it was the old deadline but you have three days more. The new deadline is July 27th 08:00 GMT +1

I'm afraid not. I've only posted the links (which now lead to nowhere).

VacantJoy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 22, 2023 6:17 pm
Honorio wrote: ↑Sat Jul 22, 2023 6:14 pm
VacantJoy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 22, 2023 3:53 pm this belongs to music,music,m..
Don't agree. It's a critics' list.
yes about music videos , we don't count them see for example MTV best videos ...

So put it on non-eligible, not in "Music, Music, Music"

Not surprising in the Acclaimed Music Forum context, but we have a wonderful stylistic and geographical variety in this second week of Round 2. From Italian Romantic Classical music to Australian Lo Fi, from Nigerien Tishoumaren to British Trip Hop, from Australian Psychedelic Rock to Polish Neoclas...

VacantJoy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 22, 2023 3:53 pm this belongs to music,music,m..

Don't agree. It's a critics' list.

What is the plan for the next round? Four or eight albums per week? (I won't manage to listen to eight in a week) As I have to stop for a week due to my holiday trip (so Round 2 was going to last for 5 weeks) I thought I could extend it to 6 weeks and use a week and a half instead the usual week. S...

a) The only album above 4 is one of the oldest albums in the tournament. I think this could be Let My Children Hear Music b) Two of the albums below 3 were nominated by the same user. Likely the Air Supply album and Endah N Rhesa. Working out who nominated those shouldn't be too difficult. c) The o...

Rob's votes:

Cat Power - Moon Pix over Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
John Coltrane - Interstellar Space over Morcheeba - Big Calm
Mdou Moctar - Ilina: The Creator over Guiseppe Verdi - Requiem
Zbigniew Preisner - La double vie de Véronique over The Stevens - A History of Hygiene

And now it's time for useless stats after the first round, first about the voters and secondly about the nominated albums. First of all about the nominators. I'm sad to see that the three nominators who only got two nominations in thanks to random.org didn't get any of their nominations in the secon...

Welcome to the Round 2.1 of the 14th 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 27th ...

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

In the last week of the Round 1 we ha quite a low turnout, with a total of 14 voters, one less than last week and the same than last year. The voters were: Bang Jan bonnielaurel Brad DaveC FrankLotion Honorio Lagunin Listyguy mileswide phil Rdwdbob Rob Romain Schüttelbirne And these are the winners ...

One hour left! And we have a tie!

Since we are getting to the end of the Round 1 I'm going to post again (like I did last year and on some past editions) pictures and names of the female artists on our list. Sorry if in this non-binary times this may sound sexist, simplistic or paternalistic, it's only my honest tribute to these art...

528. Barbara – Si la photo est bonne (1965) 7/10
529. King Crimson – Elephant Talk (1981) 9/10
530. Snow Patrol – Hands Open (2006) 6/10
531. The Smiths – Handsome Devil (1983) 8/10

My votes: Ladies first... https://images2.imgbox.com/37/82/TG3l3ML2_o.jpg 2. Julia Holter - Ekstasis (2012) vs. 3. Pharoah Sanders - Black Unity (1972) 4. Freddie Hubbard & İlhan Mimaroğlu - Sing Me a Song of Songmy (1971) vs. 1. Rokia Traoré - Tchamantché (2008) Favourite song off every album: ...

What is the plan for the next round? Four or eight albums per week? (I won't manage to listen to eight in a week) Well, the plan for the next three rounds (second, third and quarter finals) was to have 8 albums per week*. It is supposed that those who participated in the first round have all the li...

Welcome to the Round 1.16 of the 14th 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 16th...

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

A slight drop in participation with 15 voters, 1 less than last week and 1 more than last year. The voters were: acroamor Bang Jan bonnielaurel Brad DaveC FrankLotion hectorthebat Honorio Lagunin Listyguy mileswide Phil Rdwdbob Rob Schüttelbirne And these are the winners of Round 1.15: 1. Siouxsie a...

Today I won't be able to post the results until two or three hours later than usual. So you have plenty of time to send more votes!

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