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Re: Greatest Album of the Decade Tournament, ROUND THREE

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E. Spaceman:
Round 3 is on!













With there now being far less matches to vote on, we'll cut the voting deadline until 23:59 (GMT-6) on thursday .


And I guess some commentary.

There was only one tie on this round. Neon Bible vs Apologies to the Queen Mary. The winner was decided by flipping a Dolly Parton cd case three times with the tracklist coming up twice.

Some surprises! (at least for me). DFA1979 beat Sleater Kinney. I liked DFA1979 enough but geez


The Avalanches beat Girl Talk. Ideally this should not have been a surprise because Since I Left You is a careflly crafted and executed album vs the everything goes ableton splurt of Feed the Animals but we played against type here.


Not a surprise but still a bummer that Owls, one of the best albums ever lost against one of the weakest albums Mogwai has put out.

Joseph:
There are still a couple albums left in this that I'm quite passionate about, which is nice.  I lament some losses (Owls, Sleater Kinney, The Weakerthans, Portishead) that I really think are inexplicable, but I can deal with that.

Radiohead
Fugazi
Low
Agalloch

Mountain Goats
Broken Social Scene
Boris
No Vote (Boring and Boring)

Daft Punk
Avalanches
GY!BE (probably the toughest choice here, though still not difficult)
Broken Social Scene

Wilco
Yo La Tengo
Arcade Fire
Wolf Parade

Hat:
Radiohead - Kid A
Pass
Low - Things We Lost in the Fire
pass

LCD Soundsystem -Sound of Silver
BSS - you Forgot it In People
Boris - Akuma No Uta
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna

Daft Punk - Discovery
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Stars - Set Yourself on Fire
BSS - BSS

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Yo La Tengo - I am not afraid of you
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary


Ok so the Indie music forum has largely voted for indie bands that's cool, but basically next round when it comes down to Daft Punk vs the Avalanches (and I will kill you all if that isn't what it comes down to) I want you to sit down and really listen to both albums again before you make a decision because it is a really hard decision to make but there is actually only one correct decision (I am not going to tell you what it is but hopefully you figure it our yourself!)

TheFuriousWombat:
Yellow

Radiohead (OK, this is a better album than Takk but I still like listening to Takk more so I have mixed feelings about it winning. That being said, The Flaming Lips bore me to death and I'm a bit upset that they knocked out the only Weakerthans (aka one of the best pop bands currently making music) album that made it through
Fugazi

Pink

Low (I'm really meh about both these albums but I guess I like this more)
Mogwai (really happy this made it through. One of the best examples of the genre and an all around awesome album!)

Peach

Mountain Goats (even though New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down is one of my favorite songs, I still think AHWT is a pretty brilliant album overall)
Broken Social Scene (it really pains me to vote for this over EitS for a lot of reasons but I have to. YFIIP is easily one of the very best albums of the decade and I don't think much will make me vote against it)

Mint

Boris(again, a bit meh on both. Don't care much either way but Boris is more interesting sounding so it gets my nod)
Interpol (wow, shocked this is still in. A very cool, dark album. Wonder how long it'll last...)

Light Blue

Okkervil River
Isis

Purple

Godspeed (Stars is great and that album is pretty wonderful but LYSKLAtH is mind blowing)
Broken Social Scene (If Lonesome Crowded West had come out in this decade and was here instead, it would be a no brainer for me to vote for that, oh, basically every time. MaA is good but doesn't do a whole lot for me)

Darker Blue

Wilco (come on people, don't let messy, often boring electro-pop defeat this masterwork!)
Sigur Ros (again, surprised to see this here. Not sure if it'll make it past this round but I hope so. Such a beautiful album!)

Goldenrod

Arcade Fire (if this wins over BSS, I'll still be really happy. I got this almost the day it came out, I've listened to it on a regular basis since then, and it still gives me chills. Not many albums I've ever come across can do that)
Wolf Parade (just good pop music. Mr. Beast wasn't anything special in my mind)

DarkAvenger:
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Fugazi - The Argument
Low - Things We Lost in the Fire
Agalloch - The Mantle

The Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
Boris - Akuma No Uta
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer

Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
Isis - Panopticon
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift You Skinny Fists...
Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antartica

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Yo La Tengo - I Am Afraid Of You And Will Beat Your Ass
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary

I too am sad for Owls... And the fact that even though I voted against it The Mountains Goats had to lose that one bracket.

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