Moderately Acclaimed Albums 12 - Round 2.2

[Brad]

Welcome to Round 2.2 of Moderately Acclaimed Albums!
You've heard 'em at least once... give 'em another listen!

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 13th at 10am EST.
Note the extended time period... I will be on vacation next week so this round will last two weeks!

Here's a link to the bracket for the entire tournament:
http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=474290

Match-ups:
1. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs vs. Built to Spill - Keep It Like a Secret
2. Don Cherry - Eternal Rhythm vs. La Femme - Psycho Tropical Berlin
3. Daniel Johnston - 1990 vs. The Cure - Bloodflowers
4. Rollerskate Skinny - Shoulder Voices vs. Hooverphonic - A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular

Ya mama's glasses are so thick she look into a map
and see people wavin at her

[Holden]

Everything I love ends up against Diamond Dogs

1. Built to Spill - Keep It Like a Secret
2. La Femme - Psycho Tropical Berlin
3. The Cure - Bloodflowers
4. Rollerskate Skinny - Shoulder Voices

[Listyguy]

1. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs vs. Built to Spill - Keep It Like a Secret
2. Don Cherry - Eternal Rhythm vs. La Femme - Psycho Tropical Berlin
3. Daniel Johnston - 1990 vs. The Cure - Bloodflowers
4. Rollerskate Skinny - Shoulder Voices vs. Hooverphonic - A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular

[Schüttelbirne]

8 | David Bowie | Diamond Dogs (-) vs. 3 | Built to Spill | Keep It Like a Secret (-)
1 | Don Cherry | Eternal Rhythm (+) vs. 4 | La Femme | Psycho Tropical Berlin (-)
7 | Daniel Johnston | 1990 (=) vs. 2 | The Cure | Bloodflowers (=)
5 | Rollerskate Skinny | Shoulder Voices (+) vs. 6 | Hooverphonic | A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular (=)

[Brad]

My picks:
1. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs vs. Built to Spill - Keep It Like a Secret
2. Don Cherry - Eternal Rhythm vs. La Femme - Psycho Tropical Berlin
3. Daniel Johnston - 1990 vs. The Cure - Bloodflowers
4. Rollerskate Skinny - Shoulder Voices vs. Hooverphonic - A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular

Thanks!

[Nassim]

Ya mama's glasses are so thick she look into a map
and see people wavin at her

Ya mama's an extra on the Simpsons and shit !

1. Built to Spill - Keep It Like a Secret
2. La Femme - Psycho Tropical Berlin
3. Daniel Johnston - 1990

[Brad]

Ya mama's an extra on the Simpsons and shit !

[acroamor]

1. Built to Spill - Keep It Like a Secret
2. La Femme - Psycho Tropical Berlin
3. Daniel Johnston - 1990

[DaveC]

1. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs vs. Built to Spill - Keep It Like a Secret
2. Don Cherry - Eternal Rhythm vs. La Femme - Psycho Tropical Berlin
3. Daniel Johnston - 1990 vs. The Cure - Bloodflowers
4. Rollerskate Skinny - Shoulder Voices vs. Hooverphonic - A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular

[Romain]

1. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
2. La Femme - Psycho Tropical Berlin
3. The Cure - Bloodflowers
4. Hooverphonic - A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular

if all choices could be so simple

[Madzong]

1. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
2. -
3. The Cure - Bloodflowers
4. -

[Jirin]

Diamond Dogs 86 - Keep It Like A Secret 73
Eternal Rhythm 77 - Psycho Tropical Berlin 73
Shoulder Voices 87 - A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular 70

Not sure I ever heard 1990, will try to do so.

[Honorio]

1. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1974) vs. 2. Built to Spill - Keep It Like a Secret (1999)
5. Don Cherry - Eternal Rhythm (1969) vs. 3. La Femme - Psycho Tropical Berlin (2013)
4. Daniel Johnston - 1990 (1990) vs. 6. The Cure - Bloodflowers (2000)
8. Rollerskate Skinny - Shoulder Voices (1993) vs. 7. Hooverphonic - A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular (1996)

Favorite song off any album: True Love Will Find You in the End

[Rdwdbob]

1. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
2. La Femme - Psycho Tropical Berlin
3. The Cure - Bloodflowers
4. Hooverphonic - A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular

[jamieW]

David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
Don Cherry - Eternal Rhythm
The Cure - Bloodflowers
Hooverphonic - A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular

Favorite album I didn't vote for: La Femme - Psycho Tropical Berlin
Favorite song of the week: The Last Day of Summer - The Cure

[LunarPiper]

1. Built to Spill - Keep It Like a Secret
2. La Femme - Psycho Tropical Berlin
3. Daniel Johnston - 1990
4. Hooverphonic - A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular

[Safetycat]

Diamond Dogs > Keep It Like a Secret
Eternal Rhythm < Psycho Tropical Berlin
1990 > Bloodflowers
Shoulder Voices < A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular

[spiritualized]

1. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs vs. Built to Spill - Keep It Like a Secret
2. Don Cherry - Eternal Rhythm vs. La Femme - Psycho Tropical Berlin
3. Daniel Johnston - 1990 vs. The Cure - Bloodflowers
4. Rollerskate Skinny - Shoulder Voices vs. Hooverphonic - A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular

[Brad]

Still have another week to vote!

[bonnielaurel]

Built to Spill - Keep It Like a Secret
Don Cherry - Eternal Rhythm
The Cure - Bloodflowers
Rollerskate Skinny - Shoulder Voices

[Bang Jan]

4 | David Bowie | Diamond Dogs
2 | Built to Spill | Keep It Like a Secret

1 | Don Cherry | Eternal Rhythm
5 | La Femme | Psycho Tropical Berlin

3 | Daniel Johnston | 1990
6 | The Cure | Bloodflowers

7 | Rollerskate Skinny | Shoulder Voices
8 | Hooverphonic | A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular

[mileswide]

My feelings towards this section of albums have fluctuated with my moods and not in ways I expected:

3. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (6th favourite of 19 albums I've heard by the artist) v. 8. Built to Spill- Keep It like a Secret (2/3)
1. Don Cherry - Eternal Rhythm (1/3) v. 6. La Femme - Psycho Tropical Berlin (1/2)
4. Daniel Johnston - 1990 (1/2) v. 5. The Cure - Bloodflowers (9/11)
7. Rollerskate Skinny - Shoulder Voices (2/2) v. 2. Hooverphonic - A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular (1/3)

[Rob]

6. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs vs. 1. Built to Spill - Keep It Like a Secret
3. Don Cherry - Eternal Rhythm vs. 4. La Femme - Psycho Tropical Berlin
2. Daniel Johnston - 1990 vs. 5. The Cure - Bloodflowers
8. Rollerskate Skinny - Shoulder Voices vs. 7. Hooverphonic - A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular

As solid as the Bowie and Cure albums are, I kind of hope they don't win based on familiarity from more original albums.

[Brad]

20 total voters this week:
acroamor
Bang Jan
bonnielaurel
Brad
DaveC
Holden
Honorio
jaimeW
Jirin
Listyguy
LunarPiper
Madzong
mileswide
Nassim
Rdwdbob
Rob
Romain
Safetycat
Schüttelbirne
spiritualized

Winners:
1. Built to Spill - Keep It Like a Secret over David Bowie - Diamond Dogs 12-8
2. La Femme - Psycho Tropical Berlin over Don Cherry - Eternal Rhythm 11-8
3. The Cure - Bloodflowers over Daniel Johnston - 1990 10-9
4. Hooverphonic - A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular over Rollerskate Skinny - Shoulder Voices 9-8

Round 2.3 up next!