Moderately Acclaimed Albums 11 (2020) - The Draw!
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2020 6:24 pm
Sensing that there's not enough going on around here (that's a joke) I've chosen this ideal time to unleash the 2020 tournament draw for Moderately Acclaimed Albums 2020!. We are starting our second decade!
We will officially begin the tournament on Tuesday, March 10th.
Here's the draw!:
http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=473090
The full list of albums (in alphabetical order) is here:
Adele - 21
Air Supply - The Earth Is...
Alanis Morissette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
Alt-J - This Is All Yours
AlunaGeorge - Body Music
Axel Rudi Pell - The Masquerade Ball
Azealia Banks - Broke with Expensive Taste
Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five
Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
Bill Withers - Still Bill
Blonde Redhead - 23
Blondie - Eat to the Beat
Brand New - Deja Entendu
Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson
Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly
Built To Spill - There is No Enemy
Burkhard Dallwitz - The Truman Show
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Rest
Chet Baker - No Problem
Cocteau Twins - Treasure
Coil - Horse Rotorvator
Damien Rice - O
David Bowie - Heathen
David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant
Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses
Depeche Mode - Songs Of Faith And Devotion
Dinosaur Jr - Farm
Dire Straits - Making Movies
Don Henley - End Of The Innocence
Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst
Drake - Take Care
Edan - Beauty And The Beat
Ekseption - Ekseption
Electra - Adaptionen
Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record
Emeralds - Does It Look Like I’m Here?
Everything but the Girl - Amplified Heart
Fennesz - Black Sea
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn…
Focus - In And Out Of Focus
Frank Sinatra - Watertown
Fred Neil - Fred Neil/Everybody's Talkin
Fugazi - Repeater
George Michael - Faith
Giant - Time To Burn
Iggy Pop - Brick By Brick
Ja, Panik - Libertatia
Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
John Denver - Back Home Again
Joni Mitchell - For The Roses
Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness
Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
Kanye West - 808s And Heartbreak
Kate Bush - The Sensual World
Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert
King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic
Konono Nº1 - Congotronics
Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
Laura Marling - Semper Femina
Legendary Pink Dots - Any Day Now
Lemon Demon - Spirit Phone
Levellers - Levelling The Land
Lou Reed - Lou Reed
Lucy Dacus - Historian
Lykke Li - Youth Novels
Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd)
MA2019 - MA2019
Madness - One Step Beyond
Marianne Faithfull - Broken English
Marion Jola - Marion
Max Roach - We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite
Milton Nascimento & Lo Borges - Cluba da Esquina
Model 500 - Deep Space
Nadine Shah - Holiday Destination
Nico - The Marble Index
Nina Hagen Band - Nina Hagen Band
Nina Hagen Band - Unbehagen
Noir Désir - 666,667 Club
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
Passion Pit - Gossamer
Premiata Forneria Marconi - Storia Di Un Minuto
R.E.M. - Green
Rancid - And Out Come The Wolves
Randy Newman - Good Old Boys
Rick James - Street Songs
Ricky Nelson - Ricky Sings Again
Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens
Robyn - Robyn
Rodriguez - Cold Fact
Roy Harper - Bullinamingvase
Rush - 2112
Santana - Santana
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2 [The Philadelphia Orchestra / Leopold Stokowski / Sergei Rachmaninoff]
Sharon Van Etten - Because I Was in Love
Shiro Sagisu - The End of Evangelion
Sigur Rós - ( )
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
Solange - A Seat at the Table
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth
Suede - Coming Up
Take That - Progress
Taraf de Haidouks - Band of Gypsies
The Beths - Future Me Hates Me
The Breeders - Pod
The Chills - Submarine Bells
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
The Divine Comedy - A Short Album About Love
The Go-Betweens - Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express
The National - Alligator
The Offspring - Smash
The Psychedelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk
The Shins - Port Of Morrow
The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow
The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
The Upsetters - Super Ape
The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
The Wedding Present - Seamonsters
Thea Gilmore - The Counterweight
Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Greivances
Various Artists - Eurovision Song Contest: Lisbon 2018
Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas
Washed Out - Within and Without
Wayne Shorter - EMANON
Yoko Ono - Fly
Every nominator got 4 albums in; three folks got 5.
To some of you, it may appear you got more in than this. That's because...
There were also several albums with multiple nominations. They were:
Adele - 21
Arvo Part - Tabula Rasa*
Coil - Horse Rotorvator
Depeche Mode - Songs Of Faith And Devotion
Joan Baez - Joan Baez*
Massive Attack - Protection*
Nico - Chelsea Girl*
Nina Hagen Band - Nina Hagen Band
The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
...each with two nominations.
The star (*) indicates the album did not make the draw, due to insufficient nomination rankings.
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Each week, four match-ups will be presented: one from each of the four quadrants in the bracket, starting at the top then going to the next match-ups in each quadrant the following week.
For example, starting March 10th (Week 1) the match-ups will be:
1. Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd) vs. Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert
2. Suede - Coming Up vs. Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
3. Fennesz - Black Sea vs. Edan - Beauty And The Beat
4. Noir Désir - 666,667 Club vs. Lucy Dacus - Historian
Week 2 match-ups will be:
1. Marianne Faithfull - Broken English vs. Adele - 21
2. Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly vs. Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst
3. The Chills - Submarine Bells vs. Nadine Shah - Holiday Destination
4. The Upsetters - Super Ape vs. Azealia Banks - Broke with Expensive Taste
...and so on.
There is a Predict-It opportunity on the Bracket Master website. If interested, please be sure to fill out complete bracket by March 10th. No prize will be rewarded (I'm cheap!).
If I missed anything (I usually make a mistake or two - don't panic!) or if you have any questions please let me know!
Also - If one of the moderators wouldn't mind sticking this to the top of the forum list, I'd appreciate it!
We will officially begin the tournament on Tuesday, March 10th.
Here's the draw!:
http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=473090
The full list of albums (in alphabetical order) is here:
Adele - 21
Air Supply - The Earth Is...
Alanis Morissette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
Alt-J - This Is All Yours
AlunaGeorge - Body Music
Axel Rudi Pell - The Masquerade Ball
Azealia Banks - Broke with Expensive Taste
Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five
Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
Bill Withers - Still Bill
Blonde Redhead - 23
Blondie - Eat to the Beat
Brand New - Deja Entendu
Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson
Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly
Built To Spill - There is No Enemy
Burkhard Dallwitz - The Truman Show
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Rest
Chet Baker - No Problem
Cocteau Twins - Treasure
Coil - Horse Rotorvator
Damien Rice - O
David Bowie - Heathen
David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant
Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses
Depeche Mode - Songs Of Faith And Devotion
Dinosaur Jr - Farm
Dire Straits - Making Movies
Don Henley - End Of The Innocence
Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst
Drake - Take Care
Edan - Beauty And The Beat
Ekseption - Ekseption
Electra - Adaptionen
Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record
Emeralds - Does It Look Like I’m Here?
Everything but the Girl - Amplified Heart
Fennesz - Black Sea
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn…
Focus - In And Out Of Focus
Frank Sinatra - Watertown
Fred Neil - Fred Neil/Everybody's Talkin
Fugazi - Repeater
George Michael - Faith
Giant - Time To Burn
Iggy Pop - Brick By Brick
Ja, Panik - Libertatia
Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
John Denver - Back Home Again
Joni Mitchell - For The Roses
Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness
Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
Kanye West - 808s And Heartbreak
Kate Bush - The Sensual World
Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert
King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic
Konono Nº1 - Congotronics
Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
Laura Marling - Semper Femina
Legendary Pink Dots - Any Day Now
Lemon Demon - Spirit Phone
Levellers - Levelling The Land
Lou Reed - Lou Reed
Lucy Dacus - Historian
Lykke Li - Youth Novels
Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd)
MA2019 - MA2019
Madness - One Step Beyond
Marianne Faithfull - Broken English
Marion Jola - Marion
Max Roach - We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite
Milton Nascimento & Lo Borges - Cluba da Esquina
Model 500 - Deep Space
Nadine Shah - Holiday Destination
Nico - The Marble Index
Nina Hagen Band - Nina Hagen Band
Nina Hagen Band - Unbehagen
Noir Désir - 666,667 Club
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
Passion Pit - Gossamer
Premiata Forneria Marconi - Storia Di Un Minuto
R.E.M. - Green
Rancid - And Out Come The Wolves
Randy Newman - Good Old Boys
Rick James - Street Songs
Ricky Nelson - Ricky Sings Again
Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens
Robyn - Robyn
Rodriguez - Cold Fact
Roy Harper - Bullinamingvase
Rush - 2112
Santana - Santana
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2 [The Philadelphia Orchestra / Leopold Stokowski / Sergei Rachmaninoff]
Sharon Van Etten - Because I Was in Love
Shiro Sagisu - The End of Evangelion
Sigur Rós - ( )
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
Solange - A Seat at the Table
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth
Suede - Coming Up
Take That - Progress
Taraf de Haidouks - Band of Gypsies
The Beths - Future Me Hates Me
The Breeders - Pod
The Chills - Submarine Bells
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
The Divine Comedy - A Short Album About Love
The Go-Betweens - Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express
The National - Alligator
The Offspring - Smash
The Psychedelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk
The Shins - Port Of Morrow
The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow
The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
The Upsetters - Super Ape
The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
The Wedding Present - Seamonsters
Thea Gilmore - The Counterweight
Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Greivances
Various Artists - Eurovision Song Contest: Lisbon 2018
Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas
Washed Out - Within and Without
Wayne Shorter - EMANON
Yoko Ono - Fly
Every nominator got 4 albums in; three folks got 5.
To some of you, it may appear you got more in than this. That's because...
There were also several albums with multiple nominations. They were:
Adele - 21
Arvo Part - Tabula Rasa*
Coil - Horse Rotorvator
Depeche Mode - Songs Of Faith And Devotion
Joan Baez - Joan Baez*
Massive Attack - Protection*
Nico - Chelsea Girl*
Nina Hagen Band - Nina Hagen Band
The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
...each with two nominations.
The star (*) indicates the album did not make the draw, due to insufficient nomination rankings.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Each week, four match-ups will be presented: one from each of the four quadrants in the bracket, starting at the top then going to the next match-ups in each quadrant the following week.
For example, starting March 10th (Week 1) the match-ups will be:
1. Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd) vs. Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert
2. Suede - Coming Up vs. Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
3. Fennesz - Black Sea vs. Edan - Beauty And The Beat
4. Noir Désir - 666,667 Club vs. Lucy Dacus - Historian
Week 2 match-ups will be:
1. Marianne Faithfull - Broken English vs. Adele - 21
2. Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly vs. Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst
3. The Chills - Submarine Bells vs. Nadine Shah - Holiday Destination
4. The Upsetters - Super Ape vs. Azealia Banks - Broke with Expensive Taste
...and so on.
There is a Predict-It opportunity on the Bracket Master website. If interested, please be sure to fill out complete bracket by March 10th. No prize will be rewarded (I'm cheap!).
If I missed anything (I usually make a mistake or two - don't panic!) or if you have any questions please let me know!
Also - If one of the moderators wouldn't mind sticking this to the top of the forum list, I'd appreciate it!