Moderately Acclaimed Albums 7 - Round 2.8

[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 = September 6th 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. The Soft Machine - Third vs. XTC - English Settlement
2. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker vs. Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air
3. Sun Ra - Atlantis vs. Tears for Fears - The Hurting
4. The Toure-Raichel Collective - The Tel Aviv Session vs. Sharon Van Etten - Epic

Come with me
And you'll be
In a world of pure imagination

[BleuPanda]

The Soft Machine - Third
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air

[Henry]

1. XTC - English Settlement
2. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
3. Tears for Fears - The Hurting
4. Sharon Van Etten - Epic

[Honorio]

6. Soft Machine - Third (1970)
vs.
3. XTC - English Settlement (1982)

7. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker (2010)
vs.
2. Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)

8. Sun-Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra - Atlantis (1969)
vs.
1. Tears for Fears - The Hurting (1983)

4. The Touré-Raichel Collective - The Tel Aviv Session (2012)
vs.
5. Sharon Van Etten - Epic (2010)

[Bang Jan]

Terry Riley | A Rainbow in Curved Air
Sun Ra | Atlantis
The Soft Machine | Third
XTC | English Settlement
The ToureRaichel Collective | The Tel Aviv Session
Tame Impala | Innerspeaker
Sharon Van Etten | Epic
Tears for Fears | The Hurting

[DocBrown]

Pass
Terry Riley
Tears For Fears
Sharon Van Etten

[DaveC]

1. The Soft Machine - Third vs. XTC - English Settlement
2. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker vs. Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air
3. Sun Ra - Atlantis vs. Tears for Fears - The Hurting
4. The Toure-Raichel Collective - The Tel Aviv Session vs. Sharon Van Etten - Epic

[jamieW]

The Soft Machine - Third
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air
Tears for Fears - The Hurting
The Toure-Raichel Collective - The Tel Aviv Session

Wow, that's a lot of Ts...

[whuntva]

English Settlement
A Rainbow Curved in Air
Epic

[Romain]

1. XTC - English Settlement
2. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
3. Tears for Fears - The Hurting
4. The Toure-Raichel Collective - The Tel Aviv Session

[PlasticRam]

1. The Soft Machine - Third vs. XTC - English Settlement
2. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker vs. Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air
3. Sun Ra - Atlantis vs. Tears for Fears - The Hurting

[Jirin]

Don't have access to my notes now so no ratings.

XTC
Sun Ra
Toure Rachiel Collective

I don't remember whether I heard Terry Riley or not so need to check my notes before voting.

[luney6]

Third

A Rainbow in Curved Air

[Kingoftonga]

Winners in red:

1. The Soft Machine - Third vs. XTC - English Settlement
2. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker vs. Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air
3. Sun Ra - Atlantis vs. Tears for Fears - The Hurting
4. The Toure-Raichel Collective - The Tel Aviv Session vs. Sharon Van Etten - Epic

[acroamor]

1. The Soft Machine - Third vs. XTC - English Settlement
2. Tame Impala - Innerspeakervs. Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air
3. Sun Ra - Atlantis vs. Tears for Fears - The Hurting
4.The Toure-Raichel Collective- The Tel Aviv Session vs. Sharon Van Etten - Epic

[Brad]

My picks:

1. The Soft Machine - Third vs. XTC - English Settlement
2. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker vs. Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air
3. Sun Ra - Atlantis vs. Tears for Fears - The Hurting
4. The Toure-Raichel Collective - The Tel Aviv Session vs. Sharon Van Etten - Epic

23 hours left to vote!

[Jeff]

The Soft Machine - Third vs. XTC - English Settlement
Tame Impala - Innerspeaker vs. Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air
Sun Ra - Atlantis vs. Tears for Fears - The Hurting
The Toure-Raichel Collective - The Tel Aviv Session vs. Sharon Van Etten - Epic

[Jirin]

Looks like I did hear Rainbow In Curved Air. I'll vote for it, 82-81.

[Brad]

16 total voters this week:
acroamor
Bang Jan
BleuPanda
Brad
DaveC
DocBrown
Henry
Honorio
jamieW
Jeff
Jirin
Kingoftonga
luney6
PlasticRam
Romain
whuntva

Winners:
1. The Soft Machine - Third over XTC - English Settlement 8-7
2. Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air over Tame Impala - Innerspeaker 13-3
3. Tears for Fears - The Hurting over Sun Ra - Atlantis 8-5
4. The Toure-Raichel Collective - The Tel Aviv Session over Sharon Van Etten - Epic 7-6

Round 3 starts soon!