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I made it into the 700s mostly out of pure luck; I have a lot of 8 and 9 album gaps... 721. John Hiatt - Bring the Family 722. Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra Sings Only For the Lonely 723. Sepultura - Roots 724. ABBA - Arrival 725. Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill 726. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz 727. Gr...

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3. Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch vs. John Coltrane - Olé Coltrane

Another tough choice. Both are excellent albums, but I have to give the edge to Coltrane. The instrumentation on Ole Coltrane makes it seem that much more original.

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Bracket 3.3.5 Fashion Show - Straight Ivo's Group - That Shocking Shaking Day Bracket 3.3.6 Pan Ron - Jombang Jet Luis Eduardo Aute - Una de dos Bracket 3.3.7 Dengue Fever - Genjer Genjer Sambasunda - Cbmw Bandung Bracket 3.3.8 Sinn Sisamouth, Ros Sereysothea, Pan Ron and Dara Dam Chan - Mou Pei Na ...

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Winners in red! 1. Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece vs. Thelonious Monk - Genius of Modern Music - vol 2 Both Morrison and Monk are artists I respect more than love, but I find Veedon Fleece more personal, which ultimately makes it more interesting. 2. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years vs. Jean-Michel Jarr...

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Winners in blue! 1. Yes - Fragile vs. Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes Os Mutantes never gets old to me. I like Yes, but they can get tiresome fairly quickly, and I prefer the longer suites of Close to the Edge to Fragile in any case. 2. Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry vs. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap ...

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Winners in blue! Bracket 3.3.1 Various Artists - Hudjan Mas (Golden Rain) The Dawn - Abot Kamay Bracket 3.3.2 Kwan Jai & Kwan Jit Sriprajan - E-Saew Tam Punha Huajai August Band - Summer Bracket 3.3.3 Ros Sereysothea - Superstar Suang Santi - Dub Fai Kui Gun Bracket 3.3.4 Panbers - Haai Caravan ...

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Albums: 1. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People 2. Tom Waits - Bone Machine 3. Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted 4. Urge Overkill - Stull EP (If eligible - not sure about the rules on EPs) 5. Beastie Boys - Check Your Head 6. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works, 85-92 7. Rage Against the Machine - Rage...

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Bracket 2.3.5
The Klezmorim - Fidl Volach

Bracket 2.3.6
Rubén Blades - Pedro Navaja

Bracket 2.3.7
Tito Puente - A Gozar este rico mambo

Bracket 2.3.8
Harmonium - Vert

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26. Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival (265) I'm baffled to see these have fallen off entirely, particularly the ones that were in the top 100. With some, I think Rolling Stone is cheating a bit and using anthologies to stand in for multiple albums. Cosmo's Factory and Green River have ...

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1. Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R vs. Toots & the Maytals - Funky Kingston I love Toots (far more enjoyable than Bob Marley, who always ends up as the token reggae artist on these lists), whereas Queens of the Stone Age have never really worked with me as an album band. The first two singles ...

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Ok, here's the differences I found. I count 37 additions and 35 subtractions, so obviously I made some sort of error along the way. Additions : 1. Aquemini - OutKast (500) 2. Live at the Cook County Jail - B.B. King (499) 3. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (498) 4. White Blood Cells - White Stripe...

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The Stone Roses is also a new addition from the last magazine list, I think, although it seems it was added in 2005 when the list was published in book format. So I'm not sure if that counts as a change or not. Thanks for posting this list, Harold! The original is what started me tracking down thes...

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Rolling Stones.

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Bob Dylan The Rolling Stones For the second bracket, I'm picking who I would rather listen to at this very moment, rather than who I think is the definitive "better" artist. But in sports brackets, sometimes even the best teams have a bad night and lose a crucial game; what matters is the ...

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Stephan wrote:Tito Puente - A Gozar este rico mambo - KingofTonga, is this the correct version? It's titled differently, but it sounds the same as the only videos for A gozar este rico mambo I can find which are bad quality dance videos.

Yes, sounds like the correct version to me!

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Bruce Springsteen
R.E.M.
The Rolling Stones
The Beatles

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Backet 2.3.1 Larry Harlow - Cari Caridad The Garifuna Women's Project - méRua Bracket 2.3.2 Julieta Venegas - Lento Ry Cooder - A Canción Mixteca Bracket 2.3.3 Chavela Vargas - La llorona Sussie 4 - Escapar Bracket 2.3.4 Gandhi - El Invisible Ruben Blades - El Padre Antonio y el Monaguillo Andres Wi...

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4. Nina Simone - Jazz Played in an Exclusive Side vs. Judee Sill - Heart Food

I liked both of these a lot, but ultimately I found Nina Simone a lot more directly engaging on my first listen.

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1. Wire - 154 vs. Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star I came in expecting to dislike Wire and like Todd Rundgren. I left with the exact opposite impression. 2. Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority vs. Dire Straits - Making Movies I worked as a waiter one summer at a restaurant that blasted Chicago ...

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Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen
R.E.M.
Prince
Arcade Fire
The Rolling Stones
The Clash
The Beatles

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David Bowie
Arcade Fire
The Rolling Stones
Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
The Clash
The Beatles
The Kinks

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Pink Floyd
Radiohead
The Who
Bruce Springsteen
R.E.M.
Nirvana
Prince
The Police

What happens with the Miles Davis/Metallica tie? A three-way duel?

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Led Zeppelin
Miles Davis
Frank Sinatra
The Clash
The Beatles
The Beach Boys
Depeche Mode
(abstain)

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Sickness and travel have prevented me from listening to as many albums as I would have liked, but here are my choices for the first two. Perhaps I can get to one more bracket before tomorrow? Winners in red! 1. The Microphones - The Glow, Pt 2 vs. Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children H...

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Bracket 1.3.5 Franco - ‪Liberté‬ Geoffrey Oryema - ‪Lapwony‬ Bracket 1.3.6 Kenyan Boys Choir - ‪Homeless‬ Festival Maquisard & Sam Mangwana - ‪Festival Bilombe‬ Bracket 1.3.7 Mulatu Astatke - ‪Yègellé Tezeta‬ Birigwa - Yelewa - Only available in the Spotify playlist Bracket 1.3.8 Kasai Allstars ...

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R.E.M.
Beastie Boys
Pixies
Public Enemy
Duran Duran
Michael Jackson
The Police
(Abstain)

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Bob Dylan
Neil Young
U2
Radiohead
The Who
Pearl Jam
Stevie Wonder
Bruce Springsteen

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The Beatles
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Beach Boys
Simon & Garfunkel
The Kinks
Depeche Mode
The Flaming Lips
(Abstain)

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Led Zeppelin
John Coltrane
AC/DC
Rage Against The Machine
Green Day
Frank Sinatra
Van Halen
The Clash

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Tears For Fears
Coldplay
Elvis Costello
Michael Jackson
The Police
Joy Division
Blondie
The Cure

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The Stone Roses
Blur
The Beastie Boys
The Smiths
Nirvana
Pixies
Public Enemy
Johnny Cash

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The Who
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Rush
Pavement
Stevie Wonder
Paul Simon
John Lennon
Bruce Springsteen

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Bob Dylan
Tom Waits
Pink Floyd
Neil Young
U2
TV on the Radio
Talking Heads
Radiohead

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Bracket 4.2.5 Ferus Mustafov - ‪Orient cocek‬ Marta Sebestyen - ‪Harom Arva‬ Bracket 4.2.6 Korni - ‪S dnem rozhdeniya Vika‬ Romica Puceanu & Florea Cioaca - ‪Era Zarzarii-nfloriti‬ Bracket 4.2.7 Yat Kha - ‪Come Along‬ Yossele Rosenblatt - ‪El Mole Rachmim (Fur Titanik)‬ Bracket 4.2.8 Goran Brego...

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1. Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert vs. The Slits - Cut The Koln Concert contains many of the things I dislike about jazz with none of the elements I actually appreciate. It's full of meandering songs without any sense of actual structure, confined to a few chords that he lingers on for minutes at a...

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Best albums of 1991 1. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory 2. Nirvana - Nevermind 3. Slint - Spiderland 4. U2 - Achtung Baby 5. R.E.M. - Out of Time 6. Primal Scream - Screamadelica 7. Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Weld 8. Guns 'n Roses - Use Your Illusion II 9. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood S...

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1. The Flaming Lips
2. The Beatles
3. The Beach Boys
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers
5. Depeche Mode
6. Sly & the Family Stone
7. Yo La Tengo
8. The Kinks
9. Simon & Garfunkel
10. My Bloody Valentine

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1. The Clash
2. Led Zeppelin
3. Miles Davis
4. Green Day
5. Rage Against The Machine
6. Deep Purple
7. John Coltrane
8. Television
9. Bob Marley
10. AC/DC

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I missed the last round by mere minutes!

So here's my picks for this round right away:

1. Kraftwerk
2. Bjork
3. The Rolling Stones
4. Beck
5. De La Soul
6. Jimi Hendrix
7. The Roots
8. The White Stripes
9. Gorillaz
10. Daft Punk

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3. James Carr - You Got My Mind Messed Up vs. The Germs - (GI)

I'm not a huge fan of soul or punk, but I'll take the Stax-esque brass arrangements of James Carr versus the lo-fi recording quality of the Germs.

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Bracket 4.2.1 АукцЫон - ‪Дорога‬ Czeslaw Niemen - ‪Dziwny Jest Ten Swiat‬ Bracket 4.2.2 Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares - ‪Pritouritze Planinata‬ Dalriada - ‪Mennyei Harang‬ Bracket 4.2.3 Alexeji Dulkevich - ‪Moldova‬ - Rapidshare Aleksandar Šišić - ‪Ćhelipe‬ Bracket 4.2.4 Huun-Huur-Tu - ‪Ancestors‬ - ...

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1. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes vs. Hot Chip - The Warning I went into this bracket expecting to vote for Hot Chip, but I had forgotten how great Damn the Torpedoes , and it ended up stealing my vote. It's sort of absurd to think of it as a "moderately acclaimed" a...

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1. The Stone Roses
2. R.E.M.
3. The Beastie Boys
4. Johnny Cash
5. Blur
6. Nirvana
7. Public Enemy
8. Willie Nelson
9. Hank Williams
10. Pixies

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1. Radiohead
2. Neil Young
3. Tom Waits
4. Talking Heads
5. Pink Floyd
6. TV on the Radio
7. Bob Dylan
8. U2
9. Van Morrison
10. Dwight Yoakum

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1. Depeche Mode
2. New Order
3. Franz Ferdinand
4. Eurythmics
5. Gary Numan

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4. Monster Magnet - Spine of God vs. Mountain Goats - Tallahassee I lived in Tallahassee for a few years, and originally picked up this album out of local pride, but it's grown on me beyond just that. There's a lot of nice little lyrical details in the songs, which forgive the handful of utterly ter...

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1) Sly and the Family Stone
2) Booker T. and the MGs
3) Red Hot Chili Peppers
4) James Brown
5) Kool and the Gang

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Bracket 3.2.5 Anoushka Shankar - Inside Me Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn - Na Ruk Te Hai Aanso Bracket 3.2.6 Ravi Shankar - Improvisation on the Theme of 'Rokudan' Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Tery Bina Bracket 3.2.7 Ananda Shankar - Dancing Drums Ahmad Zamir - Khuda bowad yaret Bracket 3.2.8 Nusrat Fateh Ali Kh...

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1. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside vs. Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me You're Living All Over Me sounds like 1987. This is fine; I sort of like the sound of 1987. But The Kick Inside sounds to me like it could have been recorded last week, and I like that timeless feeling. 2. Fela Kuti - Zombie ...

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1. The Flaming Lips
2. Yo La Tengo
3. My Bloody Valentine
4. M83
5. Sigur Ros

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