Moderately Acclaimed Albums 7 - Round 2.4

[Brad]

Welcome to another round of Moderately Acclaimed Albums 7!

Vote for your favorite album in each match-up.
Remember, anyone can vote as long as the voter has heard both albums.

Good-spirited comments are encouraged, but not absolutely necessary.
Deadline = August 9th at 10am EST.

Here's a link to the bracket for the entire tournament:
http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=462048

Match-ups:
1. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) vs. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (III)
2. The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike vs. Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe
3. Lisa Germano - Geek the Girl vs. dEUS - In a Bar, Under the Sea
4. Throwing Muses - Limbo vs. Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff

Come out of the cupboard, you boys and girls!

[Bang Jan]

Peter Gabriel (III)
Jimmy Cliff (First 11 tracks)

Brian Eno | Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
Peter Gabriel | Peter Gabriel (III)
Lisa Germano | Geek the Girl
The Go! Team | Thunder, Lightning, Strike
Jimmy Cliff | Jimmy Cliff
Chvrches | The Bones of What You Believe
dEUS | In a Bar, Under the Sea
Throwing Muses | Limbo

[DaveC]

1. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) vs. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (III)
2. The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike vs. Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe
3. Lisa Germano - Geek the Girl vs. dEUS - In a Bar, Under the Sea
4. Throwing Muses - Limbo vs. Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff

[BleuPanda]

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike


Match 2 is tough; I love both albums, but I have to go with the more unique of the two. I can't find In a Bar, Under the Sea...

[Bang Jan]

Here's a link to the dEUS album for those who need it.

[whuntva]

Peter Gabriel
In a Bar Under the Sea

[Romain]

1. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
2. The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike
3. dEUS - In a Bar, Under the Sea

[spiritualized]

1. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
vs. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (III)
Very close, but Peter wins it by being a tad less dissonant and more melodic.

2. The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike
vs. Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe
Went against my initial feelings upon a re-listen. In spite of its length, the Chvrches album is rather good.

3. Lisa Germano - Geek the Girl
vs. dEUS - In a Bar, Under the Sea
Such a heartwrenching choice to make. Both these albums are top-drawer for me, and have been staying there for the past 10-15 years. Little Arithmetics is such a fine song, I would be sorry to see it go from this competition...

4. Throwing Muses - Limbo
vs. Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff

mmm lots of work this week !

[Jirin]

Brian Eno 84-68
The Go Team 85-58


Missing one from both the other match ups.

[bonnielaurel]

1. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) vs. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (III)
2. The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike vs. Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe
3. Lisa Germano - Geek the Girl vs. dEUS - In a Bar, Under the Sea
4. Throwing Muses - Limbo vs. Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff

[jamieW]

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike
Lisa Germano - Geek the Girl
Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff

All close matchups this week. Too bad for Chvrches, which is my second favorite album of the week (featuring "Lies," my favorite song of the week).

[Honorio]

1. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (1980)
vs.
2. Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)

7. The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike (2004)
vs.
6. Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe (2013)

3. Lisa Germano - Geek the Girl (1994)
vs.
5. dEUS - In a Bar, Under the Sea (1996)

8. Throwing Muses - Limbo (1996)
vs.
4. Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff (1969)

[PlasticRam]

1. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) vs. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (III)
2. The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike vs. Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe
3. Lisa Germano - Geek the Girl vs. dEUS - In a Bar, Under the Sea
4. Throwing Muses - Limbo vs. Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff

Fav match-up: Eno vs. Gabriel

[luney6]

Brian Eno
The Go! Team
Lisa Germano
Throwing Muses

[Kingoftonga]

Winners in red.

1. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) vs. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (III)
2. The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike vs. Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe
3. Lisa Germano - Geek the Girl vs. dEUS - In a Bar, Under the Sea
4. Throwing Muses - Limbo vs. Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff

[Brad]

My picks:
1. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) vs. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (III)
2. The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike vs. Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe
3. Lisa Germano - Geek the Girl vs. dEUS - In a Bar, Under the Sea
4. Throwing Muses - Limbo vs. Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff

Thanks!

[DocBrown]

Brian Eno
Chvrches
Lisa Germano
Throwing Muses

[BleuPanda]

dEUS - In a Bar, Under the Sea

[Brad]

23 hours left to vote!

[Brad]

A mere 15 voters this week:
Bang Jan
BleuPanda
bonnielaurel
Brad
DaveC
DocBrown
Honorio
jamieW
Jirin
Kingoftonga
luney6
PlasticRam
Romain
spiritualized
whuntva

Winners:
1. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) over Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (III) 11-4
2. The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike over Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe 8-6
3. Lisa Germano - Geek the Girl over dEUS - In a Bar, Under the Sea 10-4
4. Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff over Throwing Muses - Limbo 6-5

Round 2.5 up next!