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Welcome to the Round 1.9 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 30th 20:00 GMT +1

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

Match-ups:
1. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory (2017) vs. Cesária Évora - Miss Perfumado (1992)
2. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016) vs. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001)
3. Bee Gees - Main Course (1975) vs. Boris - Akuma no Uta (2003)
4. Lhasa - La llorona (1997) vs. Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels - Breakout...!!! (1966)



These are the albums of the week:



Album: Big Fish Theory
Artist: Vince Staples
Date of release: June 23, 2017
Country: USA
Genre: Experimental Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop
Label: Def Jam
Length: 36:04, 12 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: Big Fish
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Album: Miss Perfumado
Artist: Cesária Évora
Date of release: June 1992
Country: France/Cape Verde
Genre: Morna, Coladeira
Label: Lusafrica
Length: 63:37, 13 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: Sodade
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Album: Nonagon Infinity
Artist: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Date of release: April 29, 2016
Country: Australia
Genre: Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Label: Flightless/ATO
Length: 41:45, 9 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: Gamma Knife
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Album: B.R.M.C.
Artist: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Date of release: April 3, 2001
Country: USA
Genre: Garage Rock, Indie Rock
Label: Virgin
Length: 57:11, 11 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: Spread Your Love
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Album: Main Course
Artist: Bee Gees
Date of release: June 1975
Country: UK
Genre: Pop, Pop Rock
Label: RSO
Length: 40:28, 10 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: Jive Talkin'
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Album: Akuma no Uta
Artist: Boris
Date of release: June 6, 2003
Country: Japan
Genre: Stoner Metal, Psychedelic Rock
Label: Diwphalanx
Length: 39:02, 6 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: 無き曲 [Naki Kyoku]
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Album: La llorona
Artist: Lhasa
Date of release: February 4, 1997
Country: Canada
Genre: Contemporary Folk, Mexican Music
Label: Audiogram/Atlantic
Length: 44:19, 11 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: De cara a la pared
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Album: Breakout...!!!
Artist: Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
Date of release: July 1966
Country: USA
Genre: Blue-Eyed Soul, Rhythm & Blues
Label: NewVoice
Length: 34:22, 12 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: Breakout
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Mini-stats for the week:
a) Years:
- Mean 1996
- Range 1966-2017 (51 years)
- Breakdown by decades: 1960s (1), 1970s (1), 1990s (2), 2000s (2), 2010s (2)
b) Countries:
- America (4): USA (3), Canada (1)
- Africa (1): Cape Verde (1)
- Oceania (1): Australia (1)
- Europe (1): UK (1)
- Asia (1): Japan (1)
c) Genres:
- Rock (3): Garage Rock (2), Stoner Metal (1)
- Pop (2): Pop (1), Blue Eyed Soul (1)
- Hip Hop (1): Experimental Hip Hop (1)
- Regional Music (1): Morna (1)
- Folk (1): Contemporary Folk (1)

Music from the five continents...


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1. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory (2017) vs. Cesária Évora - Miss Perfumado (1992)
2. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016) vs. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001)
3. Bee Gees - Main Course (1975) vs. Boris - Akuma no Uta (2003)
4. Lhasa - La llorona (1997) vs. Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels - Breakout...!!! (1966)
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1. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory (2017) vs. Cesária Évora - Miss Perfumado (1992)
2. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016) vs. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001)
3. Bee Gees - Main Course (1975) vs. Boris - Akuma no Uta (2003)
4. Lhasa - La llorona (1997) vs. Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels - Breakout...!!! (1966)
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Match-ups:
1. Cesária Évora - Miss Perfumado (1992)
2. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001)
3. Pass
4. Lhasa - La llorona (1997)
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Since we are in the mid-point of Round 1, I would like to point to the prediction leaderboard we have on the BracketMaker page. Right now the top 5 is:
1. Sweepstakes Ron: 27/32
2tie. Bang Jan: 24/32
2tie. DaveC: 24/32
4. whuntva: 20/32
5. Brad: 19/32

So the #1 is Sweepstakes Ron with an impressive percentage of 84% of success on his predictions. He's not participating on the game but surely he knows the taste of the forum. And the 75% of Bang Jan and DaveC is no less impressive...
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Miss Perfumado 96 - Big Fish Theory 82
BMRC 80 - Nonagon Infinity 65
Akuma no Uta 80 - Main Course 64
Breakout 78 - La Llorona 73
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1. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory (2017)
2. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016)
3. Boris - Akuma no Uta (2003)
4. Lhasa - La llorona (1997)
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1. Cesária Évora - Miss Perfumado
2. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity
3. Bee Gees - Main Course
4.Lhasa - La llorona
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It feels like we're going in circles somehow...weren't most of those already nominated in a MAA game ? Maybe somewhere else...
Out of the 8 here, I had already listened to six of them...

Match-ups:
1. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory (2017) vs. Cesária Évora - Miss Perfumado (1992)
2. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016) vs. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001)
Tough choice here - either of them could have been nominated by me...but weren't
3. Bee Gees - Main Course (1975) vs. Boris - Akuma no Uta (2003)
4. Lhasa - La llorona (1997) vs. Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels - Breakout...!!! (1966)
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spiritualized wrote: Wed May 25, 2022 8:20 pm It feels like we're going in circles somehow...weren't most of those already nominated in a MAA game ? Maybe somewhere else...
To my knowledge only "Miss Perfumado" previously appeared (but in MAA4, almost 10 years ago). But Bee Gees' "Main Course" appeared on "Biggest Fan, The Album Edition."

My votes:



7. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory (2017) vs. 1. Cesária Évora - Miss Perfumado (1992)
8. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016) vs. 5. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001)
3. Bee Gees - Main Course (1975) vs. 4. Boris - Akuma no Uta (2003)
2. Lhasa - La llorona (1997) vs. 6. Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels - Breakout...!!! (1966)

My Top 3 songs of the week:
1. Nights on Broadway
2. Sodade
3. Whatever Happened to My Rock 'n' Roll (Punk Song)
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Cesaria Evora-Miss Perfumado
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard-Nonagon Infinity
Boris-Akuma no Uta
Lhasa-La llorona

Song of the Week: "That's Woman's Value" by Boris
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1. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory v. 7. Cesaria Évora - Miss Perfumado
8. King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard - Nonagon Infinity v. 2. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C.
6. Bee Gees - Main Course v. 3. Boris - Akuma no Uta
4. Lhasa - La llorona v. 5. Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels - Breakout...!!!

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3. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory (2017) vs. 2. Cesária Évora - Miss Perfumado (1992)
1. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016) vs. 5. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001)
8. Bee Gees - Main Course (1975) vs. 4. Boris - Akuma no Uta (2003)
6. Lhasa - La llorona (1997) vs. 7. Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels - Breakout...!!! (1966)

The most run of the mill week ever? Which for this game means I pretty much enjoyed everything, without having discovered anything that I expect I will ever hold dear to my heart. Well except Nonagon Infinity, which stands quite tall above the other albums for me, but I already know that one very well. Main Course is perhaps a bit of a lesser album in here, but still not bad.
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My picks:
1. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory (2017) vs. Cesária Évora - Miss Perfumado (1992)
2. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016) vs. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001)
3. Bee Gees - Main Course (1975) vs. Boris - Akuma no Uta (2003)
4. Lhasa - La llorona (1997) vs. Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels - Breakout...!!! (1966)

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Pass
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C.
Bee Gees - Main Course
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1. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory (2017) vs. Cesária Évora - Miss Perfumado (1992)
2. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016) vs. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001)
3. Bee Gees - Main Course (1975) vs. Boris - Akuma no Uta (2003)
4. Lhasa - La llorona (1997) vs. Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels - Breakout...!!! (1966)
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Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory (2017) < Cesária Évora - Miss Perfumado (1992)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016) > Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001)
Bee Gees - Main Course (1975) > Boris - Akuma no Uta (2003)
Lhasa - La llorona (1997) > Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels - Breakout...!!! (1966)
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1. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory (2017)
2. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016)
3. Bee Gees - Main Course (1975)
4. Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels - Breakout...!!! (1966)
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1. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
I know the forum really loves Miss Perfumado but even as I grow more found of African music as years pass, I still don't enjoy it much. In any case, Big Fish Theory is one of the most forward thinking rap albums of recent years, and I wished more rap artists would dare meddle with techno and house. Bringing SOPHIE for a rap album was a genius stroke though it needed an adventurous an open-minded MC to make his rapping work with it. And I'm not too sure what exactly Justin Vernon did in Crabs in a Bucket (the wind noise ? ) but that makes it the 2nd best song he has been a part of imo.

3. Boris - Akuma no Uta
Might have passed Pink as my favorite Boris album. Introduction is too long, but I wouldn't mind if Naki Kyoku lasted twice more.
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Only 24 hour left. And we have a tie!!
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A slight drop this week, with a total of 17 voters, 1 less than the previous week:
acroamor
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Brad
DaveC
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Honorio
Jirin
Listyguy
Madzong
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Rob
Romain
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Safetycat
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And these are the winners of Round 1.9:
1. Cesária Évora - Miss Perfumado over Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory 11-5
2. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity tied with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. 8-8
3. Boris - Akuma no Uta over Bee Gees - Main Course 10-6
4. Lhasa - La llorona over Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels - Breakout...!!! 10-5

So we have a tie again!! "Nonagon Infinity" vs. "B.R.M.C." Next vote from someone who has not already voted for this match-up win
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity
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Thank you, Bang Jan!

So these are the winners of Round 1.9:
1. Cesária Évora - Miss Perfumado over Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory 11-5
2. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity over Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. 9-8
3. Boris - Akuma no Uta over Bee Gees - Main Course 10-6
4. Lhasa - La llorona over Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels - Breakout...!!! 10-5
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