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Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE

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mberan42:
Ok folks, here we go. I had a hell of a fun time putting this together. Here's the bracket. Explanations about everything below.



Fixed the brackets. Here's a link to the full bracket in case you want it. Click the image, then click "view Raw".

First off, a few things of note:
[*]I’ll elaborate on my ranking system I touched on in the nomination thread. First I ranked them by number of overall nominations. The top five were: NMH – Aeroplane (8 votes); Black Sabbath – Paranoid (7), Explosions in the Sky – The Earth is Not a Cold, Dead Place; Low – Things we Lost in the Fire; and Owls – Owls, each with 6 votes. I then counted the number of other nominations for that band. In EitS’s case, they had 2 other nominations, so they were ranked #3. Neither Low nor Owls had any other albums nominated, so I went alphabetically. I did that for the rest of the 59 albums.
[*]A few albums and bands have been abbreviated. This is so that they can all fit in the cell. If you have questions about the album or band, please PM me.
[*]TWO changes have been made to the rankings:
                     o Fugazi – The Argument had two nominations, but it is NOT included in the bracket. We had 25 albums with two nominations and at least one other album nominated, but we only needed 24. Fugazi already appears higher on the list, so I took the liberty of excluding it. That way another band’s album can appear on the list.
                     o The 6 seeds were as follows (in order): Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home; Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited; Sigur Rós – Ágætis Byrjun; John Coltrane – Blue Train. The 11 seeds were (in order): Sigur Rós – ( ); Sigur Rós – Takk…; Agalloch – The Mantle; John Coltrane – Giant Steps. Because I am following the normal 1 vs. 16, 2 vs. 15, 3 vs. 14 … 8 vs. 9 match-ups in a clockwise fashion, we would have ended up with two Dylan vs. Sigur Rós (blue & yellow) and one Coltrane vs. Coltrane (green) matchups. Thus, I switched Hwy 61 with Blue Train.
[*]If you want further explanation, PM me. I’m happy to describe my process. I have spreadsheets, etc. of everything.
[*]If you don’t like any of the process I’ve gone through, tough shit.

Now, the exciting part: the voting process! Here’s how I want you to vote:

You’ll notice there are four colours: Blue, Yellow, Green and Orange. You need to pick the winners of each match up in each colour. So for your reply, I want it like this (or something similar):

BLUE
NMH – Aeroplane
Pixies – Doolittle
Mt. Goats –
Beatles
Dylan
Agalloch
Slint
Jawbreaker

YELLOW
Same as above

GREEN
Ditto

ORANGE
Ibid

For round one, you will pick a total of THIRTY-TWO (32) albums, eight from each colour. So, in my above example, I think that NMH’s Aeroplane is a better disc than Pavement’s Wowee Zowee!; Pixies’ Doolittle is better than Mclusky; Mt. Goats better than Opeth; etc. Make sense? I assume you’ve all done these kind of brackets before. If not, PM me and I can explain further.

After one week (or shorter, depending on how fast you all vote), I’ll tally all the votes. At that time, I’ll fill in the winners on the bracket, repost it, and we’ll do round two. Et cetera & et cetera. Got it? Good.

Have fun!

Koremora:
BLUE

NMH - In the Aeroplane, Over the Sea
The Pixies - Doolittle
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Radiohead - Kid A
Sigur Ros - ( )
Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain
Slint - Spiderland
Owls - Owls

YELLOW

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation...
Mountain Goats - Sunset Tree
Radiohead - OK Computer
Sigur Ros - Takk...
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks

GREEN

Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
Neil Young - On the Beach
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
MONO - You Are There

ORANGE

Low - Things We Lost in the Fire
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists...
Silkworm - Firewater
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - AB/Lyre
BORIS - Pink

Yaaaaaaaay brackets.

Avec:
What's the time frame on the voting process? I haven't listened to some of these bands and I'd rather download them before deciding.

Christophe:
Are we allowed to change our votes before the end of voting?

Catacombs:
And is everyone voting on these albums or just the people who initially voted these albums in?

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