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Title: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: mberan42 on 07 Apr 2009, 10:10
Sweet Sixteen! Woo!

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Link to full bracket (http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=3vfxg&s=5)

A few things of note:


Again, you have ONE WEEK (minus 21 hours) to complete the voting. 20:00GMT on Monday, 13 April 2009 is the deadline.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: the_pied_piper on 07 Apr 2009, 10:27
BLUE
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home

YELLOW
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue

GREEN
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
The Beatles - Abbey Road

ORANGE
Low - Things We Lost In The Fire
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds


Fuck Radiohead.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: kwami42 on 07 Apr 2009, 10:28
BLUE:
NMH
Dylan

YELLOW
Radiohead
Miles Davis

GREEN
Mogwai
Dylan

RED
Low
Clash
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Christophe on 07 Apr 2009, 10:32
From this point on I'm going to abstain voting if I have not heard at least one album in the bracket, something I should've done from the start. Oh well

Team Blue
The Beatles
Abstain

Team Yellow
Joy Division
Abstain

Team Green
Abstain
Abstain

Team Red
Low
The Clash
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: rynne on 07 Apr 2009, 10:32
BLUE
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Spiderland


YELLOW
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Blue Train


GREEN
Unknown Pleasures
Abbey Road


ORANGE
Things We Lost in the Fire
Pet Sounds
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: KickThatBathProf on 07 Apr 2009, 10:43
Blue Barracudas
The Beatles
Slint

Yellow Yellows
Radiohead
Blue Train

Green Monkeys
Mogwai
Dylan

Red Jaguars
Low
Beach Boys
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Hat on 07 Apr 2009, 10:46
BLUE:

The Beatles
Bob Dylan

YELLOW:

Public Enemy
Miles Davis

GREEN:

Mogwai
The Beatles

BORANGE:

Pixies
Beach Boys
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: UTAlan on 07 Apr 2009, 11:10
BLUE
Neutral Milk Hotel
Slint

YELLOW
Public Enemy
Miles Davis

GREEN
Joy Division
-

ORANGE
The Pixies
The Beach Boys
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Johnny C on 07 Apr 2009, 11:11
Hat, I edited that tag for you bro.  :wink:

BLUE:

NMH
Bob Dylan

YELLOW:

Public Enemy
Miles Davis

GREEN:

Mogwai
The Beatles

ORANGE:

Pixies
Beach Boys
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: michaelicious on 07 Apr 2009, 11:36
Blue

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Slint - Spiderland

Yellow

Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

Green

Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
The Beatles - Abbey Road

Orange

Low - Things We Lost in the Fire
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Alex C on 07 Apr 2009, 12:01
I still hold that it's Orange Iguanas and not Red Jaguars.

Also:

Blue:
Beatles
Bob Dylan

Yellow:
Public Enemy
Miles Davis

Green:
Joy Division
Bob Dylan

Orange:
Low
The Clash, even though I feel like I'm flip-flopping at this point. I have a love-hate relationship with the Clash.
Beach Boys. The Clash is annoying me again. Blame Rudie Can't Fail and Joe Strummer's voice in general.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: TheFuriousWombat on 07 Apr 2009, 12:24
BLUE
Neutral Milk Hotel
Bob Dylan

YELLOW
Radiohead
Miles Davis

GREEN
Mogwai
Beatles

ORANGE
Low
Beach Boys

This one had some slightly harder choices for me. I like 'Bringing it All Back Home' a lot but 'Spiderland' was a much more significant musical discovery for me b/c it was one of the albums which led me to the music I now like the most. Ultimately, Dylan's album is "better," I think and so it got my vote. I like Mogwai a lot and 'Happy Songs for Happy People' was the first album of theirs I heard. If it was against 'Closer' it woulda been a harder decision but as it stands, it was pretty easy. Lets see...Sgt. Peppers is pretty cool but not at all one of my favorite Beatles' albums. I still love ItAOtS no matter how much of a bad rap it gets these days. I've loved it for years (first heard it at least 5 years ago if not more) so another easy choice. Pixies vs. Low was probably the toughest, along with Davis vs. Coltrane. The former was tough since Surfer Rose is possibly my favorite Pixies album and Things We Lost... is certainly my favorite Low album. I like Pixies more than Low in general but...well it was a tough call and I'm still not sure I made the right one. Surfer Rose has such an incredibly energy but Things We Lost... is really beautiful and complex. A tough call indeed...
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Dimmukane on 07 Apr 2009, 12:25
BLUE
Beatles
Slint

YELLOW
Radiohead (I am still very sore about all of Public Enemy's victories)
Coltrane

GREEN
Mogwai (I may change this later.  This is probably the hardest one for me)
Bob Dylan

ORANGE
Low
The Clash
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: JayJayD on 07 Apr 2009, 12:42
Blue:
Sgt. Pepper
Spiderland

Green:
Unknown Pleasures
Abbey Road

Yellow:
OK Computer
Kind of Blue

Green:
Things We Lost in the Fire
London Calling

Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Dazed on 07 Apr 2009, 13:29
Blue
The Beatles
Bob Dylan

Green
N/A
Bob Dylan

Yellow
Public Enemy
Miles Davis

Red
The Pixies
The Clash

I guess this is where the Pixies finally lose. Oh well =\
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Inlander on 07 Apr 2009, 13:52
As usual, 'm only voting in brackets for which I've heard both albums:

BLUEY-GREEN
Beatles (note: I actually think that Aeroplane is a better album than Sgt. Pepper's, but in this instance I'm voting strategically because fucked if I'm gonna stand by and let this forum declare Aeroplane the best album ever.)

JAUNDICED FLESH TONE
-

GREENY-BLUE
Bob Dylan

NORMAL FLESH TONE FOR A SLIGHTLY SUNBURNED CAUCASIAN
Low
The Clash
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: JimmyJazz on 07 Apr 2009, 14:51
Blue

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home

Yellow

Radiohead - Ok Computer  (Hard decision)
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

Green

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
The Beatles - Abbey Road (Gahhhh impossible)

Orange

The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
The Clash - London Calling

Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: nufan on 07 Apr 2009, 16:48
Blue
Beatles
Dylan

Yellow
OK Computer
Kind Of Blue

Green
Happy Songs
Dylan

Red
Low
Pet Sounds
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: KurtMcAllister on 07 Apr 2009, 16:53
BLUE
The Beatles
Bob Dylan

YELLOW
Radiohead
Miles Davis

GREEN
Joy Division
The Beatles

ORANGE
Low
Beach Boys
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: De_El on 07 Apr 2009, 16:56
F

Beatles
Slint

J

Public Enemy
Miles Davis

E

Joy Division
Bob Dylan

ß

Pixies
The Clash
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Alex C on 07 Apr 2009, 17:15
I kinda hate how all the people strategically voting against NMH basically makes me think that NMH has already won no matter what happens.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: TheFuriousWombat on 07 Apr 2009, 17:20
Seriously! Vote for the album you actually like more/think is better. It's really stupid to be voting "strategically" here. By refusing to vote for NMH b/c you'll be pissed off if it wins, you're acknowledging that it should be winning thus defeating the purpose of your "strategic" vote. Also, it wouldn't win ultimately anyway. Low or Public Enemy or something would beat it in the final bracket if it made it there.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: StaedlerMars on 07 Apr 2009, 17:29
I kinda hate how all the people strategically voting against NMH basically makes me think that NMH has already won no matter what happens.

For this reason I am going to vote the way I want to vote. I think enough people will vote the other way to make NMH not win anyway.

Blue
NMH (Although Sgt. Pepper is a great album, Aeroplane has had a much more profound effect on me and the music I listen to Sgt. Pepper is just another Beatles album to me really).
Bob Dylan

Green
Mogwai
Bob Dylan

Yellow
Radiohead
Miles Davis

Red
Low (Guys, I firmly believe this album should win. I mean, Surfer Rosa is good, but come on.)
The Clash

The only real difficulties I had was Pet Sounds vs. London Calling.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Johnny C on 07 Apr 2009, 17:36
As usual, 'm only voting in brackets for which I've heard both albums:

Hold on a second - am I to understand that you haven't heard Kind of Blue?
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: RedLion on 07 Apr 2009, 17:36
BLUE
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home

YELLOW
Radiohead - OK Computer
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

GREEN
Mogwai - Happy Songs
The Beatles - Abbey Road

ORANGE
Low - Things We Lost In The Fire
The Clash - London Calling

If Joy Division wins, I'll be sorely disappointed. That has to be one of the most overrated bands in history.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: kwami42 on 07 Apr 2009, 17:40
If Joy Division wins, I'll be sorely disappointed. That has to be one of the most overrated bands in history.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: greenMonkey on 07 Apr 2009, 18:46
BLUE
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Slint - Spiderland

YELLOW
Radiohead - Ok Computer
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

ORANGE
Low - Things We Lost in the Fire
The Clash - London Calling

GREEN
Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Johnny C on 07 Apr 2009, 18:47
Most people haven't.

yeah, but this is harry
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: DarkAvenger on 07 Apr 2009, 19:09
Blue
The Beatles - Sergeant Pepper's...
Slint - Spiderland


Green
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited


Yellow
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation...
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue


Orange?
Low - Things We Lost in the Fire
The Clash - London Calling


I'm kind of bummed that On the Beach had to be defeated through a game of chance. But oh well. I'm expecting Low to make it to the end though.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: michaelicious on 07 Apr 2009, 19:12
We should get a Neil Young album elimination game going.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: DarkAvenger on 07 Apr 2009, 19:38
Best part of that bracket? No Neutral Milk Hotel making us predictable.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Koremora on 07 Apr 2009, 20:16
BLUE
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Slint - Spider

YELLOW
Radiohead - OK Computer
John Coltrane - Blue Train

GREEN
Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
The Beatles - Abbey Road

RED
Abstain
Abstain
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: rynne on 07 Apr 2009, 20:39
I kinda hate how all the people strategically voting against NMH basically makes me think that NMH has already won no matter what happens.

See, it makes me think that it's overrated, in the sense that it's more popular than its quality warrants.  Ergo, people are "strategically" voting against it because they know there's gonna be a lot of people with bad taste that like it.

Or on a more concrete level, a vote against NMH is a vote against NMH, whether it's strategic or not.  If the album was already good enough to win then people wouldn't be voting for its competitor.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: IronOxide on 07 Apr 2009, 20:56
BLUE
NMH - Aeroplane
Dylan - Bringing it...

YELLOW
Public Enemy - It Takes...
Coltrane - Blue Train

GREEN
Could Give two shits
Beatles - Abbey Road

RED
Low - Things We Lost...
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: David_Dovey on 07 Apr 2009, 21:34
BROO

Beatles (because I absolutely love the album, and also because Neutral Milk Hotel make me want to stab my mother)
Dylan

LELLO

Public Enemy (jeeeesus)
Miles

GREEM

Joy Division (I don't even really like JD that much, but I have voted them in every round.)
Beatles

BRORANGE

Low
Clash
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: De_El on 07 Apr 2009, 22:00
JOY DIVISION YOU CUNTS
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: squawk on 07 Apr 2009, 22:19
A BLOO BLA BLOO BLOOOOOOOO
Beatles
Slint

YELLOW
Radiohead
ABSTAIN AHHHHHHHH

GREEM
JOY DIVISION
Abstain

Tiny Terror
Low
Abstain
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: scarred on 07 Apr 2009, 22:36
Bloo

Beatles
Bob Dylan

Yello

Radiohead
Miles Davis

Green

Joy Division
Beatles

Orange

Pixies
The Clash
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Inlander on 07 Apr 2009, 23:46
Hold on a second - am I to understand that you haven't heard Kind of Blue?

Don't be ridiculous! I haven't heard Blue Train.

By refusing to vote for NMH b/c you'll be pissed off if it wins, you're acknowledging that it should be winning thus defeating the purpose of your "strategic" vote.

You're confusing merit with popularity. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea shouldn't win a best album poll because it isn't the best album. It is, however, a personal favourite album of many people who frequent this forum, which makes it more likely to be voted by this forum as the best album.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: SilentJ on 08 Apr 2009, 00:39
BLUE
Beatles
Bob Dylan

YELLOW
Radiohead
Miles Davis

GREEN
Joy Division
Beatles

ORANGE
Low
Beach Boys
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Johnny C on 08 Apr 2009, 01:00
Don't be ridiculous! I haven't heard Blue Train.

Huh, for some reason I thought you'd voted for it in a previous bracket.

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea shouldn't win a best album poll because it isn't the best album

To be fair, neither is Sergeant Pepper's unless you're a senior staff writer for Rolling Stone.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: look out! Ninjas! on 08 Apr 2009, 01:03
BLUE:
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Slint - Spiderland

YELLOW:
Radiohead - OK Computer
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

GREEN:
Mogwai - Happy Songs For Happy People
The Beatles - Abbey Road

ORANGE:
NA
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

'splainin' tiem:
I have only listened to ITAOTS once, and it was OK I guess. It was probably saddled with the burden of expectations, and that may be unfair but I make no claims to the contrary. Sgt. Peppers on the other hand I will still play if I want to and I still think it's bloody great, probably not the best album ever made (and probably not the best Beatles album either but I can't decide between this, Abbey Road and Revolver) but still very, very good.
The next one was a bit easier. Slint just had that impact when I heard it for the first time, whereas Bringing... is a Bob Dylan album but not THE Dylan album, so Slint gets the vote.
Radiohead beats Public Enemy for the reason that I can't chose between these albums but I guess I like the pop/rock thing more than the Rap thing. This was the second hardest choice I made.
Ummm, I like Kind of Blue more. That's about it. For how much I like both of these albums, this was a pretty easy choice. They're both genius albums though. Maybe it's the opening to So What?
Joy Division made some cool songs, but their albums? Meh.
This is the toughest choice. I will change it before this round is over. More than once.
I have heard neither of these albums.
This is my favourite album, and (and these two praises aren't as connected as you think) in my opinion the best album ever made. If this loses I will scream, even though it's The Clash. The Clash are not as good as The Beach Boys. Nobody is as good as The Beach Boys.

Look out, Ninjas!: Are you aware that you've voted for two albums that are against each other? Highway 61 & Abbey Road.
oh dickspeakers
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: StaedlerMars on 08 Apr 2009, 03:55
To be fair, voting against an album because you don't like how popular it is, is still saying that you don't like the album as much as is needed for it to win, and if you think the other album is good enough for you to vote against the NMH album, you're still casting an honest vote.

Make sense?

(Having said that, I still hope Low wins)
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: David_Dovey on 08 Apr 2009, 04:00
What I am saying is that MY Album Nomination Thread would be me nominating The Argument and then it is the Best Album and then I listen to it and I win.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: BlahBlah on 08 Apr 2009, 04:02
I can't believe On the Beach didn't get through. I should have paid more attention and voted.

Blue:
Aeroplane
Bringing it all back home

Yellow:
OK Computer
Kind of Blue

Green:
Unknown Pleasures
Abbey Road

Orange:
Surfer Rosa
London Calling

Look out, Ninjas!: Are you aware that you've voted for two albums that are against each other? Highway 61 & Abbey Road.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: el_loco_avs on 08 Apr 2009, 04:58
Blue
1. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
6. Bob Dylan - Bringing it all back home

Yellow
13. Radiohead - OK Computer
15. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

Green
12. Mogwai - Happy songs/people
2. The Beatles - Abbey Road

Orange
1. Low - Things we lost in the fire
10. The Clash - London Calling
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Gridgm on 08 Apr 2009, 05:13
blue
NMH
Slint
yellow
-
miles davis
green
mogwai
dylan
orange
low
clash
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Inlander on 08 Apr 2009, 05:27
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea shouldn't win a best album poll because it isn't the best album

To be fair, neither is Sergeant Pepper's unless you're a senior staff writer for Rolling Stone.

Of course it's not! But I don't for a second expect Sgt. Pepper's to go all the way.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Alex C on 08 Apr 2009, 09:55
Ergo, people are "strategically" voting against it because they know there's gonna be a lot of people with bad taste that like it.

Oh, trust me, I understand that. It's exactly the sort of thinking that makes me like being a member of the music forums a tiny fraction less. The strategic voting doesn't bother me that much since this whole thing is in essence a popularity contest, but I do think purposely trying to cancel out someone else's opinion because you clearly know better is a bit crass when done in a vote that ultimately nobody has a true stake in. Basically, I think Jens jokingly summed the attitude up best when he made his "I should be the only one voting here" comment. I don't think I need to elaborate how that attitude can be distasteful when taken seriously or how it runs a bit counter to the idea of giving everyone a vote in the first place.

Anyway, it's no big deal. Either way I'm still finding out a lot about what kind of music you guys like, and that's really about all I expected to get out of this. And yeah, I too am a bit bummed that Neil lost by a coin flip. I totally would have voted for him over Joy Division.

P.S. I am sorry, I don't mean to turn this into Serious Business.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: imapiratearg on 08 Apr 2009, 10:44
Green:
Neutral  Milk Hotel
Slint

Yellow:
OK Computer
N/A

Green:
Mogwai
The Beatles

Orange:
Pixies
The Clash
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Beren on 08 Apr 2009, 11:34
Blue

NMH
Slint

Yellow

Ok Computer
Blue train

Green

Joy Division
Abbey Road

Orange

Pixies
Pet Sounds

My criteria for voting is always, "hmm.. which album would I want to listen to at this moment in my life". I find that amg bignamealbums like Sgt. Peppers rarely win. I know why it's important. I know how good it is. But I almost never feel like listening to it.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Johnny C on 08 Apr 2009, 12:46
Of course it's not! But I don't for a second expect Sgt. Pepper's to go all the way.

I doubt NMH would last against any album on the other side except maybe the Clash (how are they still up there by the way, what are you people thinking)
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Calaveth on 08 Apr 2009, 13:07
Blue

Neutral Milk Hotel
Slint

Green

Mogwai
Bob Dylan

Yellow

Public Enemy
Miles Davis

Red

Pixies
The Clash
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Inlander on 08 Apr 2009, 14:21
I doubt NMH would last against any album on the other side except maybe the Clash (how are they still up there by the way, what are you people thinking)

We're thinking that London Calling is a really great fucking rock 'n' roll album, Johnny. Stop listening with your head and start listening with your heart!
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Beren on 08 Apr 2009, 14:52
Better yet.. listen with your hears!
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Gridgm on 08 Apr 2009, 16:15
i'm getting to a point in this competition where i think all the albums i would've voted for over aeroplane have been dropped by people with different taste to me...still aeroplane/slint is going to be a son of a bitch if i have to vote it
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Johnny C on 08 Apr 2009, 17:19
We're thinking that London Calling is a really great fucking rock 'n' roll album, Johnny. Stop listening with your head and start listening with your heart!

I was just in talks with my heart, and it let me know it was going out of the office for a couple weeks and to redirect London Calling to my ass instead.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Joseph on 08 Apr 2009, 17:47
London Calling is really pretty boring.  Gang of Four did a similar thing so much better.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Joseph on 08 Apr 2009, 18:18
BLUE:

NMH
Bob Dylan

YELLOW:

Public Enemy
John Coltrane

GREEN:

Joy Division
The Beatles

ORANGE:

Low
Beach Boys

This list has all my exact votes.  Count it as mine as well.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Retrospectre on 08 Apr 2009, 18:29
BLUE
Sgt.Pepper’s
Bringing It All Back Home

YELLOW
It Takes a Nation Of Millions
Kind Of Blue

GREEN
Unknown Pleasures
Highway 61

ORANGE
Surfer Rosa
Pet Sounds
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: negative creep on 08 Apr 2009, 18:35
BLUE

Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home


YELLOW

Radiohead - OK COmputer
N/A


GREEN

Mogwai - Happy Songs For Happy People
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited


ORANGE

Low - Things We Lost In The Fire
N/A
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: el_loco_avs on 09 Apr 2009, 03:42
i'm getting to a point in this competition where i think all the albums i would've voted for over aeroplane have been dropped by people with different taste to me...still aeroplane/slint is going to be a son of a bitch if i have to vote it


This. Kinda.  :-(
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Shaolin on 09 Apr 2009, 08:39
Ok, now I gotta vote too.

Blue
The Beatles
Bob Dylan

Yellow
Radiohead
Miles Davis

Green
N/A
Bob Dylan

Orange
N/A
The Clash

Seriously. It's The friggin' Clash. London Calling is about as good as music gets.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Scandanavian War Machine on 09 Apr 2009, 10:23
BLUE
Sgt. Pepper's
Spiderland

YELLOW
It Takes A Nation...
Blue Train

GREEN
Unknown Pleasures
Abbey Road

FLESH
Surfer Rosa
London Calling
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: McTaggart on 09 Apr 2009, 23:30
runs a bit counter to the idea of giving everyone a vote in the first place.

I think that this is only true if you just had a list of albums that were all weighted equally and it was simply the album with the most votes is the winner. The moment you add more rules and have situations where a vote for one album is equivalent to voting against another album and this exchange can have an effect on a later part of the game you give players the mechanisms to play with strategy and playing naively is not a strategy that leads to winning. This means that you probably shouldn't put too much weight in the outcome of the game and if you wanted to poll which was the most popular album you would be better off just doing a straight up poll.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Thrillho on 10 Apr 2009, 04:55
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Bringing It All Back Home
OK Computer
N/A (ooh, jazz vs. jazz)
Unkown Pleasures
Highway 61 Revisited
Surfer Rosa
London Calling

This round is the first time I've struggled. Sorry Public Enemy and Beach Boys!
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Scarychips on 10 Apr 2009, 08:08
BLUE
ABSTAIN
Bringing It All Back Home -- Bob Dylan

YELLOW
ABSTAIN
Blue Train -- John Coltrane

GREEN
Unknown Pleasures -- Joy Division
Highway 61 Revisited -- Bob Dylan

ORANGE
Things We Lost In the Fire -- Low
London Calling -- The Clash
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Catacombs on 12 Apr 2009, 19:39
BLUE
the Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home

GREEN
ABSTAIN
the Beatles - Abbey Road

YELLOW
Radiohead - OK Computer
John Coltrane - Blue Train

ORANGE
the Pixies - Surfer Rosa
the Clash - London Calling

I haven't followed this thread at all this week, so I'll probably be disappointed/upset by a matchup or two when voting ends tomorrow.  This round was pretty easy, except maybe Aeroplane... vs. Sgt. Pepper's... and Highway... vs. Abbey Road.  I love Dylan, but I like Abbey Road more.  I specifically voted Kind of Blue down because it beat out Springsteen last round.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: SilentJ on 12 Apr 2009, 21:09
Not trying to just shit all over you guys, but am I the only one not doing any kind of strategic voting here?  Even if the comments are in jest or tongue-in-cheek or what have you, more than half of the posts in these threads when people vote talk about why they voted a certain way because they just don't want to see a certain album win, or because one album beat out another in a previous round, or what have you.  No offense meant to Matt, who is doing a pretty great job with all of this, but the system he's implementing, just like pretty much any kind of elimination game you could set up, is flawed, and there's not a whole lot you can do to fix that.  Like I said in the thread for last round, I've reduced to just opening the thread, opening my reply in a new tab so I can still see the bracket, voting, and trying to not look through the thread at all because most, if not all, of my votes are just being repeatedly attacked by people who are hell-bent on seeing a specific album get shot down.  Just sayin'.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Hat on 12 Apr 2009, 21:57
runs a bit counter to the idea of giving everyone a vote in the first place.

I think that this is only true if you just had a list of albums that were all weighted equally and it was simply the album with the most votes is the winner. The moment you add more rules and have situations where a vote for one album is equivalent to voting against another album and this exchange can have an effect on a later part of the game you give players the mechanisms to play with strategy and playing naively is not a strategy that leads to winning. This means that you probably shouldn't put too much weight in the outcome of the game and if you wanted to poll which was the most popular album you would be better off just doing a straight up poll.

I think it would be really interesting to just have a vote for what the best album on the list is and compare the rankings to what we wound up with here.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Johnny C on 12 Apr 2009, 22:06
Not trying to just shit all over you guys

Just vote for the albums you think are best.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: MrBlu on 12 Apr 2009, 22:31
ME:
Beatles
Bob Dylan

Yeller:
Public Enemy
AB-Freakin'-STAIN

Money&Cabbages:
Mogwai
Beatles

Mmm, Citrus:
Abstain
The Clash.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: pwhodges on 12 Apr 2009, 22:53
Now it gets really interesting.  As has been said, no strategic voting - we're not trying for a predetermined outcome, are we?  Each match is on its own, and only the album counts (we could conceivably have Beatles vs Dylan in three votes, but it wouldn't go the same way each time for me).  What matters is the criteria for deciding, and those will be personal as they have not been defined.  For me, each album is first judged against its own critereria, in its own time, then against other criteria as a tie-breaker.  So how well do the Beatles do music? or Dylan do social commentary?  I can also judge these in their own times; but some will only be able to see them as coming from a past they are less familiar with.  Sometimes it's just a matter of simple preference, though.

Sgt Pepper (sorry NMH, but you don't match the musical variety and innovation)
Bringing it all back Home
Deciding between these will get really hard...

OK Computer (I just can't stand rap)
Kind of Blue

Happy Songs
Highway 61 revisited (Abbey Road is good, but not as wide-ranging or interesting as Sgt Pepper)

Things we lost
Pet Sounds (Shame to lose The Clash, though)
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Cire27 on 13 Apr 2009, 00:08
BLUE:
NMH
Bob Dylan

YELLOW:
Public Enemy
Abstain

GREEN:
Joy Division
The Beatles

ORANGE:
Low
The Clash
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: mberan42 on 13 Apr 2009, 19:50
Again, RL stuff cropped up; apologies.

Give me 12-14 hours.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: SilentJ on 13 Apr 2009, 22:26
To be fair to Jens and others concerned, my main beef at the time of my last post was with all the NMH bashing in these threads, when Aeroplane is a pretty good album in my opinion; yet, it's going up against one of my top 5 all-time favorite albums, so there was no way in hell I was going to vote for it this go-round.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: David_Dovey on 14 Apr 2009, 05:28
I wouldn't be "strategically voting" against NMH if I didn't think In the Aeroplane... wasn't a genuinely shitty album. To put it another way. If I liked NMH more than any single one of the other albums on this list, I would've voted for it.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Inlander on 14 Apr 2009, 05:44
I regard this whole thing as a farce anyway ever since Graceland was eliminated in the first round.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: el_loco_avs on 14 Apr 2009, 07:59
 :-( people don't agree with me  :-( :-( :-( :-( :-(
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: De_El on 14 Apr 2009, 10:22
I regard this whole thing as a farce anyway ever since Graceland was eliminated in the first round.

My proudest moment.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Inlander on 14 Apr 2009, 13:02
You need to listen again, Jens. If the title-track isn't the most searingly honest and heartbreaking and ultimately uplifting and cathartic song about coming to terms with the break-up of a marriage then I don't know what is.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: mberan42 on 14 Apr 2009, 13:47
Voting is finally CLOSED.

Sorry for the delay. Fourth round forthcoming.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: David_Dovey on 15 Apr 2009, 04:12
You need to listen again, Jens. If the title-track isn't the most searingly honest and heartbreaking and ultimately uplifting and cathartic song about coming to terms with the break-up of a marriage then I don't know what is.

Honestly I'd consider that very likely considering I couldn't give you one searingly honest and heartbreaking and ultimately uplifting and cathartic song about coming to terms with the break-up of a marriage off the top of my head but that doesn't exactly explain why I should give a fat rat's shitter.

Actually do you know what I am going to download Graceland and put "searingly honest and heartbreaking and ultimately uplifting and cathartic song about coming to terms with the break-up of a marriage" in the genre tag
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: Inlander on 15 Apr 2009, 04:27
Dovey you need to listen to more country music.
Title: Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE
Post by: TheFuriousWombat on 15 Apr 2009, 06:36
Dovey you need to listen to more country music.