Bracketology 4 Albums Edition: Round 1, Week 2

Bang Jan · Post by **Bang Jan** » Wed Nov 11, 2015 4:16 pm

luney6 · Post by **luney6** » Wed Nov 11, 2015 4:21 pm

Listyguy · Post by **Listyguy** » Wed Nov 11, 2015 5:16 pm

1- A Night at the Opera
2- The College Dropout
3- Homework
4- Blue Lines
The Queen album is an all time favorite, a sprawling album in the truest sense of the word. Kanye's album is pretty good two, while the bottom two are not good at all in my opinion.

1- Forever Changes
2- Hunky Dory
3- Zen Arcade
4- Natty Dread
Forever Changes is incredible. Top to bottom this bracket it solid though.

1- Blue
2- Superunknown
3- Sound of Silver
4- Surrealistic Pillow
Another great bracket, all four of these are 4 stars or better in my book. A year ago I wouldn't have liked this bracket nearly as much, but Blue has grown on me a lot, and I've grown to like Sound of Silver a lot as well.

1- The Doors
2- Led Zeppelin II
3- Post
4- Moon Safari
Top 3 are very solid here too, while Moon Safari is an enigma to me.

whuntva · Post by **whuntva** » Wed Nov 11, 2015 5:28 pm

Night at the Opera
College Dropout
Homework
Blue Lines

All these are close together in my Top 200.

Forever Changes
Hunky Dory
Zen Arcade
Natty Dread

Only Forever Changes stands out here

Superunknown
Sound of Silver
Blue
Surrealistic Pillow

This is the first group to have an album in my Top 10.

The Doors
Post
Led Zeppelin II
Moon Safari

I don't hate Moon Safari, but I find it an anomaly on AM's list.

Romain · Post by **Romain** » Wed Nov 11, 2015 8:01 pm

antonius · Post by **antonius** » Wed Nov 11, 2015 8:09 pm

Post by **Henrik** » Wed Nov 11, 2015 8:46 pm

jamieW · Post by **jamieW** » Wed Nov 11, 2015 9:48 pm

Henry · Post by **Henry** » Wed Nov 11, 2015 10:04 pm

RickMayer · Post by **RickMayer** » Wed Nov 11, 2015 10:07 pm

Listyguy · Post by **Listyguy** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 12:28 am

jamieW wrote: and "Homework" is one of the reasons I was so surprised at just how much I loved "Random Access Memories."

Sadly Random Access Memories will not be one of the Daft Punk albums in this game.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 2:23 am

3. Massive Attack- Blue Lines
5. Kanye West- The College Dropout
7. Queen- A Night at the Opera
11. Daft Punk- Homework

4. Love- Forever Changes
6. David Bowie- Hunky Dory
14. Husker Du- Zen Arcade
15. Bob Marley and The Wailers- Natty Dread

1. LCD Soundsystem- Sound of Silver
12. Joni Mitchell- Blue
13. Soundgarden- Superunknown
16. Jefferson Airplane- Surrealistic Pillow

2. The Doors- The Doors
8. Air- Moon Safari
9. Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin II
10. Bjork- Post

sonofsamiam · Post by **sonofsamiam** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 3:52 am

Bruno · Post by **Bruno** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 11:06 am

Maschine_Man · Post by **Maschine_Man** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 2:49 pm

I'll try to listen to more albums by the end of the week, I'll update this list.

Blue Lines
Homework
The College Dropout
A Night at the Opera

Post
Moon Safari
The Doors
Led Zeppelin II

Edited!!!

bonnielaurel · Post by **bonnielaurel** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 1:35 pm

Jirin · Post by **Jirin** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 9:22 pm

Bang Jan · Post by **Bang Jan** » Sat Nov 14, 2015 11:16 am

Bang Jan · Post by **Bang Jan** » Sat Nov 14, 2015 4:04 pm

It's not too late to make a vote!

Post by **Honorio** » Sat Nov 14, 2015 4:14 pm

PlasticRam · Post by **PlasticRam** » Sun Nov 15, 2015 3:01 pm

1. Daft Punk | Homework (#29)
2. Kanye West | The College Dropout (#30)
3. Queen | A Night at the Opera (#47)
4. Massive Attack | Blue Lines

Hurts to put Daft Punk above Kanye, but I have to be honest. Three near-masterpieces. Blue Lines I don't like.

1. Bob Marley and The Wailers | Natty Dread (#53)
2. David Bowie | Hunky Dory (#97)
3. Love | Forever Changes
4. Hüsker Dü | Zen Arcade

Again two near-masterpieces. Next six albums I just don't like at all; I won't rank the third group.

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1. The Doors | The Doors (#132)
2. Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin II
3. Air | Moon Safari
4. Björk | Post

notbrianeno · Post by **notbrianeno** » Sun Nov 15, 2015 8:51 pm

spiritualized · Post by **spiritualized** » Sun Nov 15, 2015 10:02 pm

Brad · Post by **Brad** » Mon Nov 16, 2015 7:56 pm

Nassim · Post by **Nassim** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 10:00 am

Superunknown is not officially the 1000th album in AM I have listened from start to finish (though I probably heard a dozen more, there are 1000 I am now 100% positive I did).
Only 2 big favorite this month, but nothing I really dislike either.

1) 204 | Kanye West | The College Dropout (#5 of all time )
4) 123 | Queen | A Night at the Opera (206 of all time)
8) 38 | Massive Attack | Blue Lines (C )
12) 158 | Daft Punk | Homework (C- )
I still like Homework better than RAM though...

5) 165 | Bob Marley and The Wailers | Natty Dread (C+ )
9) 66 | David Bowie | Hunky Dory (C )
10) 50 | Love | Forever Changes (C- )
15) 208 | Hüsker Dü | Zen Arcade (D )
I'll go with spiritualized on Zen Arcade, wished I like it more !

2) 120 | LCD Soundsystem | Sound of Silver (#10 of all time )
6) 256 | Soundgarden | Superunknown (C+ )
11) 173 | Jefferson Airplane | Surrealistic Pillow (C- )
14) 51 | Joni Mitchell | Blue (D+ )
LCD Soundsystem is quite possibly my favorite band of the new millenium so easy pick.
Superunknown would be a great 10 song albums, if it had lost the fat (including Spoonman) it would be a contender for my top 500 but draging a bit too long make it miss it.
Joni Mitchell doesn't work for me, but if I have to listen to one of her albums, let it be Blue.

3) 232 | Björk | Post (155 of all time )
7) 27 | The Doors | The Doors (C )
13) 74 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin II (C )
16) 139 | Air | Moon Safari (D )
A bit of a mystery why Led Zeppelin II is more acclaimed than I and III (well, I guess III don't innovate that much, but I is much better to my ears anyways I look at it).

Otisredding · Post by **Otisredding** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 3:31 pm

Bang Jan · Post by **Bang Jan** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 4:58 pm

23 hours left!

spiritualized · Post by **spiritualized** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 6:50 pm

Last bracket's vote for me

27 | The Doors | The Doors
139 | Air | Moon Safari
74 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin II
232 | Björk | Post

The Doors' status as outright classic is still standing against its opposition here. And to know that I hated the band in my youth because of the lack of a bass player...How wrong was I ?
Air's Moon Safari is brilliant - it's mellow, melodious and a joy to listen to
I agree with Nassim's question as to the ranking of II...bizarre
"Post" has not aged so well I find, with a bit of filler - there are some great songs in there though....

JWinton · Post by **JWinton** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 8:20 pm

GucciLittlePiggy · Post by **GucciLittlePiggy** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 2:42 am

This is all I can manage this week, and probably about as much as I'll be able to manage in the coming weeks as I've (happily) been spending most of my time tending to my newborn daughter.

204 | Kanye West | The College Dropout (#15 all-time)
38 | Massive Attack | Blue Lines (#287)
123 | Queen | A Night at the Opera
158 | Daft Punk | Homework

Kanye destroys this bracket with one of my all-time favorite records, rap or otherwise. The songs on this album feature some of the best soul-influenced beats in history, and he has a very distinctive and confident voice, which, for me, makes nearly all of his rhymes sound great, despite sometimes being lackluster on paper. And I nearly allowed Queen's opus to overtake Blue Lines for second place, though the existence of "Unfinished Sympathy" on the latter was enough to push it above the former (side note: I think "Death on Two Legs" may be even better than "Bohemian Rhapsody". How is it not on AM?!). And I'm still shocked to see Homework as the highest ranked Daft Punk album on AM. I think it's good but not top 200 good and certainly not better than their two masterpieces.

232 | Björk | Post (#142)
27 | The Doors | The Doors (#361)
139 | Air | Moon Safari
74 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin II

Björk is an artist I've been recently getting into, who hasn't disappointed me yet with any of her work. Post is my current favorite of her records, but I've still got more to explore. I considered placing Moon Safari above The Doors because it has some incredibly beautiful moments, but it's not as consistent as the latter. And I've always been a big fan of many Zeppelin songs but not as much of their albums altogether (exception being IV), so that's why II ends up at the bottom here, despite featuring "Whole Lotta Love", "Heartbreaker", and "Living Loving Maid".

Harold · Post by **Harold** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:57 am

1. Kanye West | The College Dropout
2. Queen | A Night at the Opera
3. Daft Punk | Homework
4. Massive Attack | Blue Lines

Kanye’s debut is only my third favorite album of his, but it’s an easy #1 here. Nothing else even comes close.

1. Love | Forever Changes
2. David Bowie | Hunky Dory
3. Hüsker Dü | Zen Arcade
4. Bob Marley and The Wailers | Natty Dread

#2 and #3 would have both won either the first or fourth brackets this week, but they have the extreme misfortune of coming up against one of my all-time top ten albums.

1. Joni Mitchell | Blue
2. LCD Soundsystem | Sound of Silver
3. Jefferson Airplane | Surrealistic Pillow
4. Soundgarden | Superunknown

I love all four of these, but Joni’s masterpiece is still a relatively easy choice.

1. The Doors | The Doors
2. Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin II
3. Air | Moon Safari
4. Björk | Post

As is often the case with me in these tournaments, the music I grew up with still outweighs the “newer” stuff here (although #3 and #4 are both well over 15 years old at this point – Moon Safari is now four years older than LZ II was when I first bought it, and if that doesn’t make a guy feel old, nothing will).

Bang Jan · Post by **Bang Jan** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 5:02 pm

RESULTS:

123 | Queen | A Night at the Opera | 72 | 10
38 | Massive Attack | Blue Lines | 71 | 9
204 | Kanye West | The College Dropout | 64 | 4
158 | Daft Punk | Homework | 53 | 3

66 | David Bowie | Hunky Dory | 75 | 9
50 | Love | Forever Changes | 74 | 11
165 | Bob Marley and The Wailers | Natty Dread | 46 | 2
208 | Hüsker Dü | Zen Arcade | 45 | 2

51 | Joni Mitchell | Blue | 73 | 11
120 | LCD Soundsystem | Sound of Silver | 62 | 5
173 | Jefferson Airplane | Surrealistic Pillow | 49 | 3
256 | Soundgarden | Superunknown | 46 | 4

27 | The Doors | The Doors | 88 | 14
232 | Björk | Post | 64 | 7
74 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin II | 60 | 4
139 | Air | Moon Safari | 48 | 1

Blue and Hunky Dory are facing each other in round 2 along with 2 unknowns. The others are facing three unknowns in round 2.

Listyguy · Post by **Listyguy** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 7:51 pm

Bang Jan wrote: 66 | David Bowie | Hunky Dory | 75 | 9
50 | Love | Forever Changes | 74 | 11

Post by **Honorio** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 8:02 pm

Bang Jan wrote:66 | David Bowie | Hunky Dory | 75 | 9
50 | Love | Forever Changes | 74 | 11

Otisredding · Post by **Otisredding** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 8:08 pm

Bang Jan wrote: 66 | David Bowie | Hunky Dory | 75 | 9
50 | Love | Forever Changes | 74 | 11

jamieW · Post by **jamieW** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 10:42 pm

Bang Jan wrote: 66 | David Bowie | Hunky Dory | 75 | 9
50 | Love | Forever Changes | 74 | 11

This probably will be one of the most disappointing results for me, as well, since "Forever Changes" is my favorite album of the sixties. It's sad to see if go out in the first round. (Though it sure was close. I noticed that even Honorio, who was happy with the results, had "Forever Changes" as his #2 overall for the week. It's too bad it had to be in the same bracket as "Hunky Dory.")

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