Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 11 - Round 2.2

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Welcome to round 2.2 of Moderately Acclaimed Albums 2020!

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 = July 21st at 10am EST.

Here's a link to the bracket for the entire tournament:
http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=473090

Match-ups:
1. Sigur Rós - ( ) vs. Madness - One Step Beyond
2. Milton Nascimento & Lo Borges - Clube da Esquina vs. Fiona Apple - When The Pawn...
3. Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas vs. Brand New - Deja Entendu
4. Roy Harper - Bullinamingvase vs. Built To Spill - There Is No Enemy


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1. Sigur Rós - ( )
This first match is by far the more difficult for me. Two excellent album who deserve to win this game I think. I choose Sigur Rós, but it's heartbreaking.
2. Milton Nascimento & Lo Borges - Clube da Esquina
3. Brand New - Deja Entendu
4. Built To Spill - There Is No Enemy
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1. 2 | Sigur Rós - ( ) vs. 5 | Madness - One Step Beyond
2. 1 | Milton Nascimento & Lo Borges - Clube da Esquina vs. 4 | Fiona Apple - When The Pawn...
3. 8 | Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas vs. 7 | Brand New - Deja Entendu
4. 3 | Roy Harper - Bullinamingvase vs. 6 | Built To Spill - There Is No Enemy
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1. Sigur Rós - ( )
2. Fiona Apple - When The Pawn...
3. Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas
4. Built To Spill - There Is No Enemy
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My picks:
1. Sigur Rós - ( ) vs. Madness - One Step Beyond
2. Milton Nascimento & Lo Borges - Clube da Esquina vs. Fiona Apple - When The Pawn...
3. Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas vs. Brand New - Deja Entendu
4. Roy Harper - Bullinamingvase vs. Built To Spill - There Is No Enemy

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() 85 - One Step Beyond 64
Clube da Esquina (#60 AT) - When The Pawn (#140 AT)
Abstain cause I don't feel I can rate soundtracks against regular albums unless the album is either really good or really bad
Bulinamingvase 94 - There Is No Enemy 61
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MADNESS - ONE STEP BEYOND
FIONA APPLE - WHEN THE PAWN...
BRAND NEW - DEJA ENTENDU
BUILT TO SPILL - THERE IS NO ENEMY
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Jirin wrote: Tue Jul 14, 2020 3:57 pm Abstain cause I don't feel I can rate soundtracks against regular albums unless the album is either really good or really bad
Not even a song-based soundtrack like this one?
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1. Madness - One Step Beyond
2. Fiona Apple - When The Pawn...
3. Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas
4. Roy Harper - Bullinamingvase
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1. Sigur Rós - ( )
2. Fiona Apple - When The Pawn...
3. Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas
4. Built To Spill - There Is No Enemy
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5. Sigur Rós - ( ) (2002) vs. 2. Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979)
1. Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges - Clube da Esquina (1972) vs. 3. Fiona Apple - When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He'll Win the Whole Thing 'fore He Enters the Ring There's No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right (1999)
6. Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) vs. 8. Brand New - Deja Entendu (2003)
4. Roy Harper - Bullinamingvase (1977) vs. 7. Built To Spill - There Is No Enemy (2009)

Favourite song from every album:
Untitled ("Samskeyti") | My Girl | Tudo Que Você Podia Ser | Paper Bag | Linus and Lucy | Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades | One of Those Days in England | Life's a Dream

Favourite song of the week: Tudo Que Você Podia Ser
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1. Madness - One Stop Beyond
2. Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges - Clube da Esquina
3. Pass
4. Built To Spill - There Is No Enemy
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1. Sigur Rós - ( ) vs. Madness - One Step Beyond
2. Milton Nascimento & Lo Borges - Clube da Esquina vs. Fiona Apple - When The Pawn...
3. Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas vs. Brand New - Deja Entendu
4. Roy Harper - Bullinamingvase vs. Built To Spill - There Is No Enemy
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4 | Sigur Rós | ( )
7 | Madness | One Step Beyond

1 | Milton Nascimento & Lo Borges | Clube da Esquina
3 | Fiona Apple | When The Pawn...

2 | Vince Guaraldi | A Charlie Brown Christmas
8 | Brand New | Deja Entendu

5 | Roy Harper | Bullinamingvase
6 | Built To Spill | There Is No Enemy
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1. Madness - One Step Beyond
2. Milton Nascimento & Lo Borges - Clube da Esquina
3. TBA
4. TBA
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1. Sigur Rós - ( )
2. Milton Nascimento & Lo Borges - Clube da Esquina
3. Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas
4. Built To Spill - There Is No Enemy
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1. Sigur Rós - ( ) vs. Madness - One Step Beyond
2. Milton Nascimento & Lo Borges - Clube da Esquina vs. Fiona Apple - When The Pawn...
4. Roy Harper - Bullinamingvase vs. Built To Spill - There Is No Enemy
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1. Sigur Rós - ( ) vs. Madness - One Step Beyond
2. Milton Nascimento & Lo Borges - Clube da Esquina vs. Fiona Apple - When The Pawn...
3. Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas vs. Brand New - Deja Entendu
4. Roy Harper - Bullinamingvase vs. Built To Spill - There Is No Enemy
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3. Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas
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Anyone else having trouble opening Bracketmaker?

8. Sigur Rós - ( ) (ranks 2nd of 2 albums I've heard by the artist) v. 3. Madness - One Step Beyond (2/4)
1. Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges - Clube da Esquina (1/3 Milton Nascimento albums) v. 2. Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (2/5)
6. Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas (2/2) v. 5. Brand New - Deja Entendu (2/2)
4. Roy Harper - Bullinamingvase (1/2) v. 7. Built to Spill - There Is No Enemy (2/2)
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Roy Harper - Bullinamingvase v. Built to Spill - There Is No Enemy
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mileswide wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:10 pm Anyone else having trouble opening Bracketmaker?
Yes, and it's been several days now. Hope it's a temporary server issue...
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Brad wrote: Fri Jul 17, 2020 5:55 pm Yes, and it's been several days now. Hope it's a temporary server issue...
One to file in the slim folder marked 'reassuring but frustrating', it looks like it's a problem with the BM website as a whole :angry-banghead:
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Sigur Rós - ( )
Fiona Apple - When The Pawn
Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas
Roy Harper - Bullinamingvase
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3. Sigur Rós - ( ) vs. 4. Madness - One Step Beyond
8. Milton Nascimento & Lo Borges - Clube da Esquina vs. 2. Fiona Apple - When The Pawn...
1. Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas vs. 7. Brand New - Deja Entendu
5. Roy Harper - Bullinamingvase vs. 6. Built To Spill - There Is No Enemy

Only this game can make me listen to a Christmas album in July. It manages to still come on top too, even though personal favorite When the Pawn is part of the line-up too.

I'm sorry to vote against Madness. All the other picks were obvious to me.
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24 hours left to vote!
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Fiona Apple - When The Pawn...
Brand New - Deja Entendu
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Winners in red:

1. Sigur Rós - ( ) vs. Madness - One Step Beyond
2. Milton Nascimento & Lo Borges - Clube da Esquina vs. Fiona Apple - When The Pawn...
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22 total voters this week:
acroamor
andy1010
Bang Jan
bonnielaurel
Brad
Cold Butterfly
DaveC
FrankLotion
Honorio
Jirin
Kingoftonga
Listyguy
LunarPiper
madzong
mileswide
Myself
PlasticRam
Rdwdbob
Rob
Romain
Schüttelbirne
spiritualized

Winners:
1. Sigur Rós - ( ) over Madness - One Step Beyond 14-6
2. Fiona Apple - When The Pawn... over Milton Nascimento & Lo Borges - Clube da Esquina 12-9
3. Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas over Brand New - Deja Entendu 10-7
4. Roy Harper - Bullinamingvase over Built To Spill - There Is No Enemy 10-9

Bracketmaker still down - sorry about that.

Round 2.3 up in a bit!
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