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Moderately Acclaimed Albums 13 - Round 1.6

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Welcome to the Round 1.6 of the 13th edition of the Moderately Acclaimed Albums poll!

Remember:
- Vote for your favourite album in each match-up.
- Anyone can vote as long as the voter has heard both albums.
- Good-spirited comments are encouraged, but not absolutely necessary.

Deadline = May 9th 20:00 GMT +1

Bracket maker link: https://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=475615

Match-ups:
1. Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001) vs. The Dream Syndicate - The Days of Wine and Roses (1982)
2. Richard Hawley - Coles Corner (2005) vs. Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness (2008)
3. Foals - Holy Fire (2013) vs. Ravi Shankar - Music of India: Three Classical Rāgas (1956)
4. Tate McRae - all the things i never said (2020) vs. Fishmans - 宙 日本 世田谷 [Uchū Nippon Setagaya] (1997)



These are the albums of the week:



Album: Aaliyah
Artist: Aaliyah
Date of release: July 7, 2001
Country: USA
Genre: Contemporary R&B, Pop
Label: Blackground
Length: 57:44, 14 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: More Than a Woman
Spotify link (first 14 tracks)




Album: The Days of Wine and Roses
Artist: The Dream Syndicate
Date of release: October 28, 1982
Country: USA
Genre: Paisley Underground, Jangle Pop
Label: Ruby
Length: 42:11, 9 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: Tell Me When It's Over
Spotify link




Album: Coles Corner
Artist: Richard Hawley
Date of release: September 5, 2005
Country: UK
Genre: Chamber Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Label: Mute
Length: 46:09, 11 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: The Ocean
Spotify link




Album: Deathconsciousness
Artist: Have a Nice Life
Date of release: January 24, 2008
Country: USA
Genre: Post-Punk, Shoegaze
Label: Enemies List
Length: 85:04, 13 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: Bloodhail
Spotify link




Album: Holy Fire
Artist: Foals
Date of release: February 11, 2013
Country: UK
Genre: Indie Rock, Post-Punk
Label: Transgressive/Warner Bros.
Length: 49:42, 11 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: My Number
Spotify link (first 11 tracks)




Album: Music of India: Three Classical Rāgas
Artist: Ravi Shankar
Date of release: 1956
Country: UK/India
Genre: Hindustani Classical Music, South Asian Classical Music
Label: HMV
Length: 54:16, 3 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: Rāga Jog
Spotify link




Album: all the things i never said
Artist: Tate McRae
Date of release: January 24, 2020
Country: Canada
Genre: Alt-Pop, Electropop
Label: RCA
Length: 15:00, 5 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: that way
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Album: 宙 日本 世田谷 [Uchū Nippon Setagaya]
Artist: Fishmans
Date of release: July 24, 1997
Country: Japan
Genre: Dream Pop, Downtempo
Label: Polydor
Length: 58:23, 8 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: Pokka Pokka
Spotify link


Mini-stats for the week:
a) Years:
- Mean 1998
- Range 1956-2020 (64 years)
- Breakdown by decades: 1950s (1), 1980s (1), 1990s (1), 2000s (3), 2010s (1), 2020s (1)
b) Countries:
- America (4): USA (3), Canada (1)
- Europe (2): UK (2)
- Asia (2): India (1), Japan (1)
c) Genres:
- Rock (3): Paisley Underground (1), Post-Punk (1), Indie Rock (1)
- Pop (3): Chamber Pop (1), Alt-Pop (1), Dream Pop (1)
- R&B (1): Contemporary R&B (1)
- Regional Music (1): Hindustani Classical Music (1)

The widest range of years (64 years) of the tournament...

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1. Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001) vs. The Dream Syndicate - The Days of Wine and Roses (1982)
2. Richard Hawley - Coles Corner (2005) vs. Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness (2008)
3. Foals - Holy Fire (2013) vs. Ravi Shankar - Music of India: Three Classical Rāgas (1956)
4. Tate McRae - all the things i never said (2020) vs. Fishmans - 宙 日本 世田谷 [Uchū Nippon Setagaya] (1997)
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1. Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001) vs. The Dream Syndicate - The Days of Wine and Roses (1982)
2. Richard Hawley - Coles Corner (2005) vs. Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness (2008)
3. Foals - Holy Fire (2013) vs. Ravi Shankar - Music of India: Three Classical Rāgas (1956)
4. Tate McRae - all the things i never said (2020) vs. Fishmans - 宙 日本 世田谷 [Uchū Nippon Setagaya] (1997)
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My picks:
1. Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001) vs. The Dream Syndicate - The Days of Wine and Roses (1982)
2. Richard Hawley - Coles Corner (2005) vs. Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness (2008)
3. Foals - Holy Fire (2013) vs. Ravi Shankar - Music of India: Three Classical Rāgas (1956)
4. Tate McRae - all the things i never said (2020) vs. Fishmans - 宙 日本 世田谷 [Uchū Nippon Setagaya] (1997)

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Aaliyah 80 - Days of Wine And Roses 76
Deathconsciousness 86 - Cole's Corner 83
Three Ragas 97 - Holy Fire 83
Uchu Nippon Setagaya 65 - all the things I never said 25
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1. Aaliyah - Aaliyah
2. Richard Hawley - Coles Corner
3. Ravi Shankar - Music of India: Three Classical Rāgas
4. Tate McRae - all the things i never said
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1. The Dream Syndicate - The Days Of Wine And Roses
2. Have A Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
3. Foals - Holy Fire
4. Fishmans - Uchu Nippon Setagaya
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Foals - Holy Fire
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Dream Syndicate-Days of Wine and Rose's
Have a Nice Life-Deathconsciousness
Foals-Holy Fire
Fishmans-Uchu Nippon Setagaya

Song of the week: "Inhaler" by Foals (Lot of great ones this week though)
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My votes:



4. Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001) vs. 5. The Dream Syndicate - The Days of Wine and Roses (1982)
1. Richard Hawley - Coles Corner (2005) vs. 6. Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness (2008)
7. Foals - Holy Fire (2013) vs. 3. Ravi Shankar - Music of India: Three Classical Rāgas (1956)
8. Tate McRae - all the things i never said (2020) vs. 2. Fishmans - 宙 日本 世田谷 [Uchū Nippon Setagaya] (1997)[/color]


My Top 3 songs of the week:
1. The Ocean
2. Rāga Jog
3. Walking in the Rhythm
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4. Aaliyah - Aaliyah v. 2. The Dream Syndicate - The Days of Wine and Roses
7. Richard Hawley - Coles Corner v. 5. Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
1. Foals - Holy Fire v. 3. Ravi Shankar - Music of India: Three Classical Rāgas
8. Tate McRae - all the things I never said v. 6. Fishmans - 宙 日本 世田谷 [Uchū Nippon Setagaya]

Standouts: | Extra Smooth | Until Lately | I Sleep Alone | Hunter | Inhaler | Rāga Jog | Stupid | WALKING IN THE RHYTHM
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1. Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001) vs. The Dream Syndicate - The Days of Wine and Roses (1982)
2. Richard Hawley - Coles Corner (2005) vs. Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness (2008)
3. Foals - Holy Fire (2013) vs. Ravi Shankar - Music of India: Three Classical Rāgas (1956)
4. Tate McRae - all the things i never said (2020) vs. Fishmans - 宙 日本 世田谷 [Uchū Nippon Setagaya] (1997)
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The Dream Syndicate - The Days of Wine and Roses (1982)
Richard Hawley - Coles Corner (2005)
Foals - Holy Fire (2013)
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24 hours left!
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5. Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001) vs. 6. The Dream Syndicate - The Days of Wine and Roses (1982)
4. Richard Hawley - Coles Corner (2005) vs. 3. Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness (2008)
7. Foals - Holy Fire (2013) vs. 2. Ravi Shankar - Music of India: Three Classical Rāgas (1956)
8. Tate McRae - all the things i never said (2020) vs. 1. Fishmans - 宙 日本 世田谷 [Uchū Nippon Setagaya] (1997)

Stray thoughts:
- Fishmans' Walk in the Rhythm is a song that gives me life.
- This week is very solid overall, although the two Asian albums are the clear standouts for me.
- What possessed Richard Hawley to suddenly go full country on the ninths song on Coles Corner? And to follow that with an Elvis type country ballad? Before it was a beautiful chamber type of album and suddenly I was forcefully pulled out of the mood. It cost the album the victory over Deathconsciousness.
- I prefer sweet memory songs over blind Tate McRae.
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The Dream Syndicate - The Days of Wine and Roses (1982)
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Half an hour left!
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13 total voters this week, 1 less than the previous week and 7 less than last year:
BleuPanda
bonnielaurel
Brad
DaveC
Honorio
Jirin
Listyguy
Madzong
mileswide
Rdwdbob
Rob
rumpdoll
whuntva


And these are the winners of Round 1.6:
1. The Dream Syndicate - The Days of Wine and Roses over Aaliyah - Aaliyah 8-5
2. Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness over Richard Hawley - Coles Corner 8-4
3. Ravi Shankar - Music of India: Three Classical Rāgas over Foals - Holy Fire 7-6
4. Fishmans - 宙 日本 世田谷 [Uchū Nippon Setagaya] over Tate McRae - all the things i never said 10-1

Round 1.7 up next!
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