Moderately Acclaimed Albums 6 - Round 1.15
Moderately Acclaimed Albums 6 - Round 1.15
Two weeks left in the first round of Moderately Acclaimed Albums v6!
Vote for your favorite album in each match-up.
Remember, anyone can vote as long as the voter has heard both albums!
Comments are encouraged but not absolutely necessary.
Deadline = June 29th at 10am EST.
Match-ups:
1. Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports vs. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
2. Bob Marley - Uprising vs. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
3. Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again vs. Soda Stereo - Canción Animal
4. My Glorious - Inside my Head is a Scary Place vs. Taj Mahal Travellers - July 15, 1972
Shake it like a Polaroid picture!
Vote for your favorite album in each match-up.
Remember, anyone can vote as long as the voter has heard both albums!
Comments are encouraged but not absolutely necessary.
Deadline = June 29th at 10am EST.
Match-ups:
1. Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports vs. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
2. Bob Marley - Uprising vs. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
3. Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again vs. Soda Stereo - Canción Animal
4. My Glorious - Inside my Head is a Scary Place vs. Taj Mahal Travellers - July 15, 1972
Shake it like a Polaroid picture!
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1. Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports vs. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
2. Bob Marley - Uprising vs. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
3. Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again vs. Soda Stereo - Canción Animal
4. My Glorious - Inside my Head is a Scary Place vs. Taj Mahal Travellers - July 15, 1972
Quiz question: How many albums of this year's MAA competition has Brian Eno worked on?
2. Bob Marley - Uprising vs. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
3. Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again vs. Soda Stereo - Canción Animal
4. My Glorious - Inside my Head is a Scary Place vs. Taj Mahal Travellers - July 15, 1972
Quiz question: How many albums of this year's MAA competition has Brian Eno worked on?
I feel like that
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 6 - Round 1.15
1. Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports vs. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
2. Bob Marley - Uprising vs.Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
3. Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again vs.Soda Stereo - Canción Animal
4. My Glorious - Inside my Head is a Scary Place vs.Taj Mahal Travellers - July 15, 1972
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This week's highlight: Out Hud proved to be fun and a great mood lifter.
2. Bob Marley - Uprising vs.
3. Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again vs.
4. My Glorious - Inside my Head is a Scary Place vs.
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This week's highlight: Out Hud proved to be fun and a great mood lifter.
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Four?PlasticRam wrote:Quiz question: How many albums of this year's MAA competition has Brian Eno worked on?
Brian Eno's "Ambient 1: Music for Airports" and "Discreet Music", Paul Simon's "Surprise" and Slowdive's "Souvlaki"
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Very likely correct! I did a really quick check trying to exclude the other albums of MAA6.Honorio wrote:Four?PlasticRam wrote:Quiz question: How many albums of this year's MAA competition has Brian Eno worked on?
Brian Eno's "Ambient 1: Music for Airports" and "Discreet Music", Paul Simon's "Surprise" and Slowdive's "Souvlaki"
I feel like that
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Joni Mitchell - Hejira 89-83
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile 87-85
Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again 88-84
Taj Mahal Travellers - July 15, 1972 81-63
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile 87-85
Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again 88-84
Taj Mahal Travellers - July 15, 1972 81-63
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1. Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports (1978) vs. Joni Mitchell - Hejira (1976)
2. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Uprising (1980) vs. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile (1999)
3. Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again (2005) vs. Soda Stereo - Canción Animal (1990)
4. My Glorious - Inside My Head Is a Scary Place (2011) vs. Taj Mahal Travellers - July 15, 1972 (1972)
Hardest decision of the week: Eno vs. Mitchell (very different albums, both excellent and innovative, aah, the seventies…)
Ambient, Singer/Songwriter, Roots Reggae, Industrial Rock, Dance-Punk, Alternative Rock, Alternative Rock and Free Improvisation.
2. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Uprising (1980) vs. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile (1999)
3. Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again (2005) vs. Soda Stereo - Canción Animal (1990)
4. My Glorious - Inside My Head Is a Scary Place (2011) vs. Taj Mahal Travellers - July 15, 1972 (1972)
Hardest decision of the week: Eno vs. Mitchell (very different albums, both excellent and innovative, aah, the seventies…)
Ambient, Singer/Songwriter, Roots Reggae, Industrial Rock, Dance-Punk, Alternative Rock, Alternative Rock and Free Improvisation.
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 6 - Round 1.15
Inside my Head is a Scary Place
Supporting my pick.
Supporting my pick.
" Ah, yes! Our meager restitution"
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 6 - Round 1.15
My picks:
1. Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports vs. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
2. Bob Marley - Uprising vs. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
3. Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again vs. Soda Stereo - Canción Animal
4. My Glorious - Inside my Head is a Scary Place vs. Taj Mahal Travellers - July 15, 1972
This week featured one of my two least favorite albums of the tournament.
Thanks!
1. Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports vs. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
2. Bob Marley - Uprising vs. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
3. Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again vs. Soda Stereo - Canción Animal
4. My Glorious - Inside my Head is a Scary Place vs. Taj Mahal Travellers - July 15, 1972
This week featured one of my two least favorite albums of the tournament.
Thanks!
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Ambient 1: Music For Airports
The Fragile
The Fragile
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Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 6 - Round 1.15
1. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
2. Bob Marley - Uprising
3. Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again
4. Taj Mahal Travellers - July 15, 1972
2. Bob Marley - Uprising
3. Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again
4. Taj Mahal Travellers - July 15, 1972
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Joni Mitchell - Hejira
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 6 - Round 1.15
1. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
4. Taj Mahal Travellers - July 15, 1972
4. Taj Mahal Travellers - July 15, 1972
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Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 6 - Round 1.15
1. Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports vs. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
I love Joni Mitchell, but for some reason most of Hejira has still got to connect with me. Song for Sharon is as great as anything she has done and there are some other good songs, but a lot just doesn't do anything for me yet.
Music for Airports doesn't do much either, but that's its appeal. It's background music elevated to art.
2. Bob Marley - Uprising vs. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
A very good album for Bob Marley against a minor Nine Inch Nails effort. The most disappointing thing about The Fragile to me is that there is barely anything memorable on it.
3. Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again vs. Soda Stereo - Canción Animal
Both didn't make much of an impression, but Out Hud had at least a style of their own. Soda Stereo sounds like a bag cliches from its time period, only now with Spanish lyrics. Perhaps these lyrics are awesome, but I can't tell and the album delivers nothing interesting in any other way.
4. My Glorious - Inside my Head is a Scary Place vs. Taj Mahal Travellers - July 15, 1972
The best match-up of the week. This could go either way depending on mood. Now I prefer the stark mood of My Glorious, but the atmospheric experimentation by the Taj Mahal Travellers is worthy too.
I love Joni Mitchell, but for some reason most of Hejira has still got to connect with me. Song for Sharon is as great as anything she has done and there are some other good songs, but a lot just doesn't do anything for me yet.
Music for Airports doesn't do much either, but that's its appeal. It's background music elevated to art.
2. Bob Marley - Uprising vs. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
A very good album for Bob Marley against a minor Nine Inch Nails effort. The most disappointing thing about The Fragile to me is that there is barely anything memorable on it.
3. Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again vs. Soda Stereo - Canción Animal
Both didn't make much of an impression, but Out Hud had at least a style of their own. Soda Stereo sounds like a bag cliches from its time period, only now with Spanish lyrics. Perhaps these lyrics are awesome, but I can't tell and the album delivers nothing interesting in any other way.
4. My Glorious - Inside my Head is a Scary Place vs. Taj Mahal Travellers - July 15, 1972
The best match-up of the week. This could go either way depending on mood. Now I prefer the stark mood of My Glorious, but the atmospheric experimentation by the Taj Mahal Travellers is worthy too.
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3. Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again vs. Soda Stereo - Canción Animal
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 6 - Round 1.15
1. Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports
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1. Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports
I don't like Ambient 1 as much as Discreet Music, but Joni Mitchell's music really doesn't do anything for me.
I won't even back up my own pick this time, because I haven't heard the opposition, but Out Hud doesn't seem to need it.
I don't like Ambient 1 as much as Discreet Music, but Joni Mitchell's music really doesn't do anything for me.
I won't even back up my own pick this time, because I haven't heard the opposition, but Out Hud doesn't seem to need it.
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1. Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports vs. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
Really wish I had the time to listen to more of these albums, no doubt there are some great discoveries I've missed. :/
Really wish I had the time to listen to more of these albums, no doubt there are some great discoveries I've missed. :/
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 6 - Round 1.15
15 voters this week:
acroamor
antonius
Blanco
Brad
DaveC
Honorio
Jirin
Michel
Nassim
notbrianeno
PlasticRam
Poliuks
Rob
TimmyWing
whuntva
Winners:
1. Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports over Joni Mitchell - Hejira 7-6
2. Bob Marley - Uprising over Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile 5-3
3. Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again over Soda Stereo - Canción Animal 6-2
4. Taj Mahal Travellers - July 15, 1972 over My Glorious - Inside my Head is a Scary Place 5-4
Round 1.16 up soon!
acroamor
antonius
Blanco
Brad
DaveC
Honorio
Jirin
Michel
Nassim
notbrianeno
PlasticRam
Poliuks
Rob
TimmyWing
whuntva
Winners:
1. Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports over Joni Mitchell - Hejira 7-6
2. Bob Marley - Uprising over Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile 5-3
3. Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again over Soda Stereo - Canción Animal 6-2
4. Taj Mahal Travellers - July 15, 1972 over My Glorious - Inside my Head is a Scary Place 5-4
Round 1.16 up soon!