Moderately Acclaimed Albums 11 - Round 2.7

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Moderately Acclaimed Albums 11 - Round 2.7

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Welcome to round 2.7 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 = September 1st at 10am EST.

Unfortunately, the BracketMaker link is no longer available. I believe the site has closed for good but will continue to check in periodically.

Match-ups:
1. Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness vs. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
2. Coil - Horse Rotorvator vs. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
3. David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant vs. Everything but the Girl - Amplified Heart
4. Rodriguez - Cold Fact vs. Lou Reed - Lou Reed


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7 | Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness vs. 5 | The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
1 | Coil - Horse Rotorvator vs. 6 | Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
3 | David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant vs. 4 | Everything but the Girl - Amplified Heart
2 | Rodriguez - Cold Fact vs. 8 | Lou Reed - Lou Reed
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1. Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness vs. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
2. Coil - Horse Rotorvator vs. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
3. David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant vs. Everything but the Girl - Amplified Heart
4. Rodriguez - Cold Fact vs. Lou Reed - Lou Reed
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1. Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness
2. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
3. Everything but the Girl - Amplified Heart
4. Rodriguez - Cold Fact
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1. Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness
2. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
3. David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant
4. Lou Reed - Lou Reed
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1. JULIA HOLTER - HAVE YOU IN MY WILDERNESS
2. PARQUET COURTS - LIGHT UP GOLD
3. EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL - AMPLIFIED HEART
4. RODRIGUEZ - COLD FACT
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2. Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness (2015) vs. 3. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight (1980)
7. Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1986) vs. 8. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold (2012)
6. David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant (2012) vs. 1. Everything but the Girl - Amplified Heart (1994)
4. Rodriguez - Cold Fact (1970) vs. 5. Lou Reed - Lou Reed (1972)

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1. Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness vs. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
2. Coil - Horse Rotorvator vs. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
3. David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant vs. Everything but the Girl - Amplified Heart
4. Rodriguez - Cold Fact vs. Lou Reed - Lou Reed
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The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
Coil - Horse Rotorvator
David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant
Rodriguez - Cold Fact
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1. Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness
2. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
3. Everything but the Girl - Amplified Heart
4. Rodriguez - Cold Fact
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The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight (1980)
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Everything but the Girl - Amplified Heart (1994)
Lou Reed - Lou Reed (1972)
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Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness
Coil - Horse Rotorvator
Everything but the Girl - Amplified Heart
Lou Reed - Lou Reed
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Have You In My Wilderness 87 - Underwater Moonlight 66
Light Up Gold 85 - Horse Rotovator 68
Love This Giant 75 - Amplified Heart 55
Cold Fact 86 - Lou Reed 81
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8. Julia Holter - Have You in My Wilderness (#2 of 2 albums I've heard by the artist) v. 5. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight (1/2)
1. Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1/2) v. 3. Parquet Courts - Light up Gold (3/4)
7. David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant (6/6 among St. Vincent albums) v. 2. Everything but the Girl - Amplified Heart (4/8)
4. Rodriguez - Cold Fact (1/2) v. 6. Lou Reed - Lou Reed (7/7)
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1. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
2. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
3. Everything but the Girl - Amplified Heart
4. Rodriguez - Cold Fact
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2 | The Soft Boys | Underwater Moonlight
3 | Julia Holter | Have You In My Wilderness

4 | Coil | Horse Rotorvator
8 | Parquet Courts | Light Up Gold

5 | David Byrne & St. Vincent | Love This Giant
6 | Everything but the Girl | Amplified Heart

1 | Rodriguez | Cold Fact
7 | Lou Reed | Lou Reed
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These are all good!

2. Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness vs. 5. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
1. Coil - Horse Rotorvator vs. 6. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
7. David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant vs. 3. Everything but the Girl - Amplified Heart
4. Rodriguez - Cold Fact vs. 8. Lou Reed - Lou Reed
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My picks:

1. Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness vs. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
2. Coil - Horse Rotorvator vs. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
3. David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant vs. Everything but the Girl - Amplified Heart
4. Rodriguez - Cold Fact vs. Lou Reed - Lou Reed

About 19 hours left to vote!
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Wow this is tough. At least the first two groups which are my four favorites by far. And the second group contains my two favorites. Do I vote against the album I nominated???


The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
Coil - Horse Rotorvator (by .00001 since I nominated it)
David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant
Rodriguez - Cold Fact
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CupOfDreams wrote: Tue Sep 01, 2020 2:15 amDo I vote against the album I nominated???
I do it quite a bit, provided I like the other album better!

PS sorry for the delay - results sometime soon.
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18 total voters this week:
acroamor
Bang Jan
bonnielaurel
Brad
CupOfDreams
DaveC
FrankLotion
hectorthebat
Honorio
jaimeW
Jirin
Listyguy
LunarPiper
madzong
mileswide
Rdwdbob
Rob
Schüttelbirne

Winners:
1. Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness over The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight 10-8
2. Coil - Horse Rotorvator vs. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold 9-8
3. Everything but the Girl - Amplified Heart over David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant 12-6
4. Rodriguez - Cold Fact over Lou Reed - Lou Reed 13-5

Round 2.8 up next!
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