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Moderately Acclaimed Albums 14 - Round 1.11

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Welcome to the Round 1.11 of the 14th 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 = June 11th 20:00 GMT +1

Bracket maker link: https://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=477179

Match-ups:
1. Joanna Newsom - Divers (2015) vs. Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
2. Go_A - #Ідиназвук (2016) vs. Emma Ruth Rundle - On Dark Horses (2018)



These are the albums of the week:



Album: Divers
Artist: Joanna Newsom
Date of release: October 23, 2015
Country: USA
Genre: Chamber Folk, Singer-Songwriter
Label: Drag City
Length: 51:51, 11 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: not in Spotify
archive.org link, YouTube link




Album: Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
Artist: Elton John
Date of release: May 19, 1975
Country: UK
Genre: Pop Rock, Piano Rock
Label: DJM / MCA
Length: 46:32, 10 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: Someone Saved My Life Tonight
Spotify link (first 10 tracks)




Album: #Ідиназвук
Artist: Go_A
Date of release: November 19, 2016
Country: Ukraine
Genre: Electronic Dance Music, Electropop
Label: Moon
Length: 43:58, 10 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: Веснянка
Spotify link




Album: On Dark Horses
Artist: Emma Ruth Rundle
Date of release: September 14, 2018
Country: USA
Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Post-Rock
Label: Sargent House
Length: 42:03, 8 tracks
Song most streamed on Spotify: Darkhorse
Spotify link


Mini-stats for the week:
a) Years:
- Mean 2006
- Range 1975-2018 (43 years)
- Breakdown by decades: 1970s (1), 2010s (3)
b) Countries:
- America (2): USA (2)
- Europe (2): UK (1), Ukraine (1)
c) Genres:
- Rock (2): Piano Rock (1), Post-Rock (1)
- Folk (1): Chamber Folk (1)
- Electronic (1): Electropop (1)

Three albums from the 2010s and one from the 1970s.

The spotify playlist with 28 songs and 2 hours 13 minutes of music (but lacking the 11 songs and 51 minutes of "Divers," not available on Spotify):

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1 | Joanna Newsom - Divers (2015) vs. 4 | Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
2 | Go_A - #Ідиназвук (2016) vs. 3 | Emma Ruth Rundle - On Dark Horses (2018)

Divers is miles above the other three.
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Joanna Newsom - Divers (2015) vs. Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
Go_A - #Ідиназвук (2016) vs. Emma Ruth Rundle - On Dark Horses (2018)
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1. Joanna Newsom - Divers (2015) vs. Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
2. Go_A - #Ідиназвук (2016) vs. Emma Ruth Rundle - On Dark Horses (2018)
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Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
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1. Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
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2 | Joanna Newsom | Divers
1 | Elton John | Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

4 | Go_A | #Ідиназвук
3 | Emma Ruth Rundle | On Dark Horses

Favourite song of the week: Elton John | Someone Saved My Life Tonight
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1. Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
2. Emma Ruth Rundle - On Dark Horses (2018)
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My picks:
1. Joanna Newsom - Divers (2015) vs. Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
2. Go_A - #Ідиназвук (2016) vs. Emma Ruth Rundle - On Dark Horses (2018)

Thanks!
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1. Joanna Newsom - Divers (2015)
2. Go_A - #Ідиназвук (2016)
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Divers 94 - Captain Fantastic 86

I'll try to listen to the other two but may not have time this week.
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#Ідиназвук 87 - On Dark Horses 78
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Joanna Newsom - Divers (2015) vs. Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
I may have been a little put off by the annoying youtube ads on the Divers album, but listening to Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy again was a great reminder of Elton John's ability to consistently produce really high quality pop music. I will definitely give Joanna another go later on as the style of her music is really appealing to me, I just didn't latch on to any of the songs from Divers.

Go_A - #Ідиназвук (2016) vs. Emma Ruth Rundle - On Dark Horses (2018)
I had never heard either of these albums before so thanks to whoever submitted them. They were both truly excellent albums, but I enjoyed Emma's singing so much more than the Ukrainian's.
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My votes:



1. Joanna Newsom - Divers (2015) vs. 3. Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
4. Go_A - #Ідиназвук (2016) vs. 2. Emma Ruth Rundle - On Dark Horses (2018)

Favourite song off every album: Divers / Someone Saved My Life Tonight / Сонце / Darkhorse
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Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
Emma Ruth Rundle - On Dark Horses
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2. Emma Ruth Rundle - On Dark Horses (2018)
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4. Joanna Newsom - Divers v. 3. Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

1. Go_A - #Ідиназвук v. 2. Emma Ruth Rundle - On Dark Horses

Standouts: The Things I Say | Better off Dead | Веснянка | Control
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25 hours left!
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No time to write a review for Divers (have finished the other ones). Will do that later, and post the others as well. Now I just vote for the deadline.

1. Joanna Newsom - Divers (2015) vs. 2. Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
3. Go_A - #Ідиназвук (2016) vs. 4. Emma Ruth Rundle - On Dark Horses (2018)
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Two hours left (today I will post the results with a delay of 1 hour)...
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A new drop this week, with 15 voters, 1 less than last week and three less than last year. I had hopes that at least the nominators of the albums of the second bracket could show up to defend their nominations but this didn't happen. The voters were:
Bang Jan
bonnielaurel
Brad
DaveC
digitiser
FrankLotion
Honorio
Jirin
Lagunin
Listyguy
Madzong
mileswide
Rdwdbob
Rob
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And these are the winners of Round 1.11:
1. Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy over Joanna Newsom - Divers 8-6
2. Emma Ruth Rundle - On Dark Horses over Go_A - #Ідиназвук 9-4

Round 1.12 up next!
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Too late, but...

Joanna Newsom | Divers
Emma Ruth Rundle | On Dark Horses
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phil wrote: Mon Jun 12, 2023 1:16 am Too late...
Yes, I'm sorry but I'm not going to include your votes.
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Too bad about Divers. I don't feel like doing a review after the fact, but I think that is a huge masterpiece; one of my top 10 of the last 10 years. It is also my favorite Newsom album. I know her style isn't for anyone and the Elton John album is pretty good as well, but still sad to see it lose.
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