Best Moderately Acclaimed Album of 2022: Nominations
Best Moderately Acclaimed Album of 2022: Nominations
It's December again, that means time for another edition of Best Moderately Acclaimed Album of the Year.
The way this works is, everybody has all of December to nominate one album. Then throughout January, everyone will listen to as many of the nominations as they are able to, then rank all the albums they listened to from best to worst. The formula is a win-loss based formula, so if you don't rank an album your ballot with neither count for nor against that album.
The criteria for nominations is as follows: Any album released in 2022 is eligible, as long as it's not in the Megacritic top 50, and not likely to be in the top 50 of end of year lists. The second rule is left up to the nominator's discretion, it was added one year when Lana Del Ray - Ultraviolence was not in the top 50 of Megacritic but it was obviously going to be one of the top albums in terms of end of year lists, and ended up winning easily. So just use your best judgment and try to nominate with the idea in mind that this is a discovery game.
Post your nomination in this thread, and you can change your nomination up until December 31st. Just if you do change it make sure to clearly call it out in your post as a change.
The winner, by tradition, will get automatic entry into next year's edition of Best Moderately Acclaimed Album. Last year the winner, Genesis Owusu, did extremely well.
My nomination: Rich Ruth - I Survived, It's Over
The way this works is, everybody has all of December to nominate one album. Then throughout January, everyone will listen to as many of the nominations as they are able to, then rank all the albums they listened to from best to worst. The formula is a win-loss based formula, so if you don't rank an album your ballot with neither count for nor against that album.
The criteria for nominations is as follows: Any album released in 2022 is eligible, as long as it's not in the Megacritic top 50, and not likely to be in the top 50 of end of year lists. The second rule is left up to the nominator's discretion, it was added one year when Lana Del Ray - Ultraviolence was not in the top 50 of Megacritic but it was obviously going to be one of the top albums in terms of end of year lists, and ended up winning easily. So just use your best judgment and try to nominate with the idea in mind that this is a discovery game.
Post your nomination in this thread, and you can change your nomination up until December 31st. Just if you do change it make sure to clearly call it out in your post as a change.
The winner, by tradition, will get automatic entry into next year's edition of Best Moderately Acclaimed Album. Last year the winner, Genesis Owusu, did extremely well.
My nomination: Rich Ruth - I Survived, It's Over
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So, just to clarify, if an album shows up in the Megacritic top 50 or in any "major" publication's EOY top 50, it's not eligible?
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Almost. It may show up in any specific publications top 50, but not in the aggregated critic top 50, on the EOY 2022 part of the forum.ProjectTermina wrote: ↑Tue Dec 06, 2022 2:42 pm So, just to clarify, if an album shows up in the Megacritic top 50 or in any "major" publication's EOY top 50, it's not eligible?
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Gotcha. So as long as it's not in the top 50 of either of the two following sources?Rob wrote: ↑Tue Dec 06, 2022 8:35 pmAlmost. It may show up in any specific publications top 50, but not in the aggregated critic top 50, on the EOY 2022 part of the forum.ProjectTermina wrote: ↑Tue Dec 06, 2022 2:42 pm So, just to clarify, if an album shows up in the Megacritic top 50 or in any "major" publication's EOY top 50, it's not eligible?
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Yes, as long as it's not in the Megacritic top 50 and not looking like it will be in the top 50 aggregate list. Obviously even the oddball albums could easily have one or two mentions in major publications.
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Since Jenny Hval is already in, I’ll instead go with:
Lil Silva - Yesterday is Heavy
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Cory Wong - Wong's Cafe
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Cities Aviv - Man Plays the Horn
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I'm incomplete
I'm alive - hooray!
You're wrong again
'Cause I feel no love
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Daphni - Cherry
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Has anyone started listening yet? I'm thinking of changing my nomination.
Here's a list of nominations so far, let me know if I missed any:
Jirin: Rich Ruth - I Survived, It’s Over
Edre Peraza: Perfume Genius - Ugly Season
Brad: Jenny Hval - Classic Objects
Bang Jan: Natalia Lafourcade - De todas las flores
Le Jeune Rylan: Wild Pink - ILYSM
FrankLotion: Lil Silva - Yesterday Is Heavy
Gillingham: King Hannah - I’m Not Sorry, I Was Just Being Me
Rdwdbob: Sunflower Bean - Headful Of Sugar
bonnielaurel: Cory Wong - Wong’s Cafe
sickboy82: Cities Aviv - Man Plays The Horn
Mindelex: Dephni - Cherry
DaveC: Parannoul & Asian Glow - Paraglow
If I change it, it will be to Somi - Zenzile: The Reimagination Of Miriam Makeba.
Five more days to nominate.
Here's a list of nominations so far, let me know if I missed any:
Jirin: Rich Ruth - I Survived, It’s Over
Edre Peraza: Perfume Genius - Ugly Season
Brad: Jenny Hval - Classic Objects
Bang Jan: Natalia Lafourcade - De todas las flores
Le Jeune Rylan: Wild Pink - ILYSM
FrankLotion: Lil Silva - Yesterday Is Heavy
Gillingham: King Hannah - I’m Not Sorry, I Was Just Being Me
Rdwdbob: Sunflower Bean - Headful Of Sugar
bonnielaurel: Cory Wong - Wong’s Cafe
sickboy82: Cities Aviv - Man Plays The Horn
Mindelex: Dephni - Cherry
DaveC: Parannoul & Asian Glow - Paraglow
If I change it, it will be to Somi - Zenzile: The Reimagination Of Miriam Makeba.
Five more days to nominate.
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Camp Cope - Running with the Hurricane
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i'll go ahead and throw in MJ Lenderman - Boat Songs
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I have but don't let that deter you from altering your nom, one extra album to get to know is no hardship!
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Ghais Guevara - There Will Be No Super-Slave
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Aurora-The Gods We Can Touch
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So far
Meskerem Mees - Caesar
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Omnium Gatherum
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I will officially change mine to Somi - Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba then.
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Joe Rainey - Niineta
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I've long thought about doing Changes by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, but lets not go with two albums by one band. Instead, let's go with something more obscure, something I only discovered because I transcribed the Bandcamp EOY list:
Anteloper - Pink Dolphins
Anteloper - Pink Dolphins
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I change my nomination to Dominique A - Le Monde réel
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Last call for nominations! Will start the voting topic tomorrow.
Current list:
Jirin: Somi - Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Markeba
Edre Peraza: Perfume Genius - Ugly Season
Brad: Jenny Hval - Classic Objects
Bang Jan: Natalia Lafourcade - De todas las flores
Le Jeune Rylan: Wild Pink - ILYSM
FrankLotion: Lil Silva - Yesterday Is Heavy
Gillingham: King Hannah - I’m Not Sorry, I Was Just Being Me
Rdwdbob: Sunflower Bean - Headful Of Sugar
bonnielaurel: Cory Wong - Wong’s Cafe
sickboy82: Cities Aviv - Man Plays The Horn
Mindelex: Dephni - Cherry
DaveC: Parannoul & Asian Glow - Paraglow
acroamor: Camp Cope - Running with the Hurricane
ProjectTermina: MJ Lenderman - Boat Songs
Jackson: Ghas Guevara - There Will Be No Super-Slave
Holden: Aurora - The Gods We Can Touch
nicolas: Dominque A - Le Monde reel
granit: King Gizard and the Lizard Wizard - Omnium Gatherum
rumpdoll: deathcrash - REturn
Nassim: Joe Rainey - Niineta
Rob: Anteloper - Pink Dolphins
phil: Frou Frou - Off Cuts
Current list:
Jirin: Somi - Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Markeba
Edre Peraza: Perfume Genius - Ugly Season
Brad: Jenny Hval - Classic Objects
Bang Jan: Natalia Lafourcade - De todas las flores
Le Jeune Rylan: Wild Pink - ILYSM
FrankLotion: Lil Silva - Yesterday Is Heavy
Gillingham: King Hannah - I’m Not Sorry, I Was Just Being Me
Rdwdbob: Sunflower Bean - Headful Of Sugar
bonnielaurel: Cory Wong - Wong’s Cafe
sickboy82: Cities Aviv - Man Plays The Horn
Mindelex: Dephni - Cherry
DaveC: Parannoul & Asian Glow - Paraglow
acroamor: Camp Cope - Running with the Hurricane
ProjectTermina: MJ Lenderman - Boat Songs
Jackson: Ghas Guevara - There Will Be No Super-Slave
Holden: Aurora - The Gods We Can Touch
nicolas: Dominque A - Le Monde reel
granit: King Gizard and the Lizard Wizard - Omnium Gatherum
rumpdoll: deathcrash - REturn
Nassim: Joe Rainey - Niineta
Rob: Anteloper - Pink Dolphins
phil: Frou Frou - Off Cuts
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Since the voting topic has not gone up yet, would I be able to sneak in Hikaru Utada's Bad Mode?
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And likewise Half Man Half Biscuit's The Voltarol Years?
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