Topic: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE (Read 50586 times)

michaelicious · « **Reply #50 on:** 23 Mar 2009, 21:09 »

Grumpy gus.

KickThatBathProf · « **Reply #51 on:** 23 Mar 2009, 21:09 »

The world will shed a single tear, but then carry on its merry way

Dimmukane · « **Reply #52 on:** 23 Mar 2009, 21:10 »

There is not enough stoner representation is what I say. I mean, come on.

Tobacco >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Flava Flav
Washington (state) > Iceland
Dopethrone > Brian Wilson

Hat · « **Reply #53 on:** 23 Mar 2009, 21:14 »

Dogg I am down with Black Moth Super Rainbow but come on It Takes A Nation of Millions is one of the most iconic hip hop albums that white people have ever listened to.

Dimmukane · « **Reply #54 on:** 23 Mar 2009, 21:19 »

Quote from: Alex C on 23 Mar 2009, 20:09

Man, I swear, if you guys pick by band rep rather than album, I will find out and I will end you.

You have one week left to live.

KickThatBathProf · « **Reply #55 on:** 23 Mar 2009, 21:30 »

I would advise killing yourself before he gets there

Lunk · « **Reply #56 on:** 23 Mar 2009, 21:46 »

I think Raw Power was another victim of non-uniform naming. Oh well.

Blue
Pavement - Wowee Zowee
The Pixies - Doolittle
N/A
Radiohead - Kid A
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
N/A
N/A
N/A

Yellow
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation
N/A
Fugazi - Red Medicine
N/A
N/A
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
N/A

Green
The Velvet Underground - S/T
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Neil Young - On The Beach
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
N/A
N/A
The Beatles - Abbey Road

Orange
Low - Things We Lost in the Fire
Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
David Bowie - Low
The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
N/A
N/A
The Clash - London Calling
Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West

My apologies for the non-votes. I'll make an effort to listen to more of the albums as the brackets shrink. Thanks for putting in the time to put this together.

Nodaisho · « **Reply #57 on:** 23 Mar 2009, 22:34 »

This is just disgraceful. How is it that Kyuss, Sabbath, and Agalloch are all losing?

Allybee · « **Reply #58 on:** 23 Mar 2009, 22:34 »

I hope I am doing this right! I am worried that I didn't put enough thought into this so I'm sorry, everyone, for not putting enough thought into this. I also skipped a bunch (if I have seriously never listened to one of the albums cause I figured that isn't fair), which I'm assuming is alright. I tried not to, though.

BLUE
NMH
Pixies
Mountain Goats
The Beatles
Bob Dylan
-
Silkworm
Jawbreaker

YELLOW
Sonic Youth
Public Enemy
Bedhead
Radiohead
Coltrane
-
Television
Miles Davis

GREEN
Velvet Underground
Joy Division
Wilco
Neil Young
Bob Dylan
Unicorns
-
Beatles

ORANGE
Low
-
David Bowie
Silkworm
-
-
The Clash
Modest Mouse

KickThatBathProf · « **Reply #59 on:** 23 Mar 2009, 22:38 »

Quote from: Nodaisho on 23 Mar 2009, 22:34

This is just disgraceful. How is it that Kyuss, Sabbath, and Agalloch are all losing?

Because some people like Broken Social Scene, Sonic Youth, Husker Du, and Sigur Ros

Alex C · « **Reply #60 on:** 23 Mar 2009, 22:39 »

That is so sad.

Hat · « **Reply #61 on:** 23 Mar 2009, 22:39 »

Yes it is sad that people have different tastes and prefer different things I am crying right now

KickThatBathProf · « **Reply #62 on:** 23 Mar 2009, 22:43 »

An opinion? On the internet?

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #63 on:** 23 Mar 2009, 22:55 »

The list of current votes on the previous page has been updated. There's been some minor changes. For one thing, Modest Mouse is not only one vote behind Boris, The Clash have pulled pretty far ahead of Nick Cave, EitS and Velvet Underground are neck and neck, and Dylan is pulling pretty well ahead of Coltrane. There's still plenty of intense jockeying going on though.

KurtMcAllister · « **Reply #64 on:** 23 Mar 2009, 22:56 »

Blue
Neutral Milk Hotel
Pixies
Mountain Goats
Radiohead
Sigur Ros
Husker Du
Slint
Owls

Yellow
Sonic Youth
BMSR
Mountain Goats
Radiohead
Sigur Ros
The Decemberists
Bruce
Bob Dylan

Green
EitS
Joy Division
Wilco
Belle & Sebastian
Bob Dylan
Iron & Wine
Okkervil River
The Beatles

Orange
Ted Leo/Rx
BSS
Bowie
Pixies
Sigur Ros
Beach Boys
Nick Cave
Modest Mouse

Spluff · « **Reply #65 on:** 23 Mar 2009, 22:58 »

Quote from: Nodaisho on 23 Mar 2009, 22:34

This is just disgraceful. How is it that Kyuss, Sabbath, and Agalloch are all losing?

Because this is a predominantly hipster forum?

onewheelwizzard · « **Reply #66 on:** 23 Mar 2009, 23:05 »

I can understand Sonic Youth and Sigur Ros winning, but not Kyuss over BSS. I'd be profoundly unsurprised if a lot of people didn't bother listening to "Welcome to Sky Valley" before voting against it.

Alex C · « **Reply #67 on:** 23 Mar 2009, 23:09 »

I wouldn't go that far. A lot of people really, really like BSS. Honestly, the only reason I ever said anything is because I have a comically bad relationship with Husker Du. I don't even like Agalloch that much and I still voted against Husker Du.

Hat · « **Reply #68 on:** 23 Mar 2009, 23:21 »

Quote from: onewheelwizzard on 23 Mar 2009, 23:05

I can understand Sonic Youth and Sigur Ros winning, but not Kyuss over BSS. I'd be profoundly unsurprised if a lot of people didn't bother listening to "Welcome to Sky Valley" before voting against it.

Presumably a lot of people have already heard that iconic stoner rock album.

onewheelwizzard · « **Reply #69 on:** 23 Mar 2009, 23:27 »

That would be pretty awesome

David_Dovey · « **Reply #70 on:** 24 Mar 2009, 02:42 »

BLUE

Pavement
Mclusky
Opeth
Beatles
Dylan
Hüsker Dü
Silkworm
Jawbreaker

YELLOW

Sabbath
Public Enemy
Mountain Goats
Radiohead
N/A
Refused
Springsteen
Miles

GREEN

EitS
Joy Division
Mogwai
Neil Young
N/A
N/A
N/A
Beatles

ORANGE

Ted Leo/Rx
Kyuss
Bowie
Silkworm
Agalloch
N/A
Clash
Boris

Oh my God that is only the first round my brain is breaking

look out! Ninjas! · « **Reply #71 on:** 24 Mar 2009, 02:50 »

BLUE
NA
NA
Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas
The Beatles - Sgt Peppers
Bob Dylan - Bringing... Back Home
NA
Slint - Spiderland
Owls - Owls

YELLOW
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation
Mountain Goats - Sunset Tree
Radiohead - OK Computer
John Coltrane - Blue Train
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

GREEN
The Velvet Underground - s/t
Paul Simon - Graceland
Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
Neil Young - On The Beach
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
NA
NA
Mono - You Are There

ORANGE
NA
Kyuss - Welcome To Sky Valley
GY!BE! - Lift Your Fists
Silkworm - Fire Water
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
The Clash - London Calling
Boris - Pink

el_loco_avs · « **Reply #72 on:** 24 Mar 2009, 03:01 »

Man. I'm-a do some listening before voting.

Gridgm · « **Reply #73 on:** 24 Mar 2009, 05:27 »

stuff might be replaced when i get round to listening to albums

BLUE
NMH
Pixies
Mountain Goats
Beatles
[Abstain]
Agalloch
Slint
[Abstain]

YELLOW
Black Sabbath
[Abstain]
Mountain Goats
Fugazi
[Abstain]
Refused
[Abstain]
Miles Davis

GREEN
EitS
[Abstain]
Mogwai
Belle and Sebastion
Bob Dylan
Unicorns
[Abstain]
Mono

ORANGE
[Abstain]
[Abstain]
GY!BE
Silk Worm
Aggaloch
Electric Wizard
Nick Cave
Boris

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #74 on:** 24 Mar 2009, 05:49 »

BLUE
NMH
Pixies
Mountain Goats
Beatles
Bob Dylan
Husker Du
Silkworm
Owls

YELLOW
Sonic Youth
Black Moth Super Rainbow
Mountain Goats
Radiohead
Sigur Ros
NA
Bruce Springsteen
Bob Dylan

GREEN
EitS
Paul Simon
Mogwai
Belle and Sebastion
Bob Dylan
Iron & Wine
Okkervil River
Beatles

ORANGE
Low
Kyuss
Bowie
Pixies
Sigur Ros
Beach Boys
The Clash
NA

valley_parade · « **Reply #75 on:** 24 Mar 2009, 06:53 »

BLUE
NMH
Mclusky
Mountain Goats
Beatles
Sigur Ros
Husker Du
Silkworm
Owls

YELLOW
Sabbath
Public Enemy
Mountain Goats I guess? I haven't heard either.
Radiohead
Sigur Ros
Refused
Springsteen
Davis

GREEN
EitS
Joy Division
Wilco
Neil Young
Coltrane
Iron and Wine
Wrens
Mono

ORANGE
Ted Leo
Kyuss
GY!BE
Silkworm
Sigur Ros
Beach Boys
Clash
Boris

NotAFanOfFenders · « **Reply #76 on:** 24 Mar 2009, 07:20 »

BLUE

Neutral Milk Hotel
Pixies
Opeth
Beatles
Sigur Rós
Hüsker Dü
Silkworm

YELLOW

Black Sabbath
Public Enemy
Mountain Goats
Radiohead
Sigur Rós
Decemberists
Bruce Springsteen
Bob Dylan

GREEN

Explosions in the Sky
Joy Division
Mogwai
Neil Young
Bob Dylan
Iron & Wine
Okkervil River
Beatles

ORANGE

Low
Kyuss
David Bowie
Pixies
Sigur Rós
Electric Wizard
Clash
Modest Mouse

(This was haaaard.)

Retrospectre · « **Reply #77 on:** 24 Mar 2009, 07:48 »

BLUE
Neutral Milk Hotel
Pixies
Mountain Goats
Radiohead
Bob Dylan
Husker Du
Slint
Jawbreaker

YELLOW
Sonic Youth
Public Enemy
Mountain Goats
Radiohead
Sigur Rós
The Decemberists
Television
Miles Davis

GREEN
The Velvet Underground
Joy Division
Mogwai
Neil Young
Bob Dylan
Iron & Wine
Okkervil River
The Beatles

ORANGE
Low
Kyuss
Bowie
Pixies
Sigur Rós
The Beach Boys
The Clash
Modest Mouse

Man,Born To Run vs Marquee Moon wasn't a fun choice.

mberan42 · « **Reply #78 on:** 24 Mar 2009, 08:04 »

Man, I am so glad I organized this.

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #79 on:** 24 Mar 2009, 08:06 »

The list is updated again! Yes, I'm bored. All votes are current. Lots of albums are pulling ahead now but there are some really close races still. Things to watch: Silkworm vs. Slint (16-18), Sabbath vs. Sonic Youth (19-19), Bedhead vs. Mountain Goats (16-18), Wilco vs. Mogwai (17-19), The Unicorns vs. Iron and Wine (17-19), BSS vs. Kyuss (18-17), Silkworm vs. Pixies (17-19) and Boris vs. Modest Mouse (19-17). Lots of others are within three but plenty are way ahead by now and seem to be pretty definite winners of this round, assuming these voting trends continue.

benji · « **Reply #80 on:** 24 Mar 2009, 08:19 »

BLUE
Neutral Milk Hotel
The Pixies
Mountain Goats
The Beatles
Bob Dylan
Husker Du
Slint
Jawbreaker

YELLOW
Sonic Youth
Public Enemy
Bedhead
Fugazi
John Coltrane
The Decembrists
Bruce Springsteen
Bob Dylan

GREEN
The Velvet Underground
Paul Simon
Mogwai
Neil Young
John Coltrane
Iron and Wine
The Wrens
The Beatles

ORANGE
Ted Leo
Broken Social Scene
David Bowie
Silkworm
Agalloch
The Beach Boys
The Clash
Boris

mberan42 · « **Reply #81 on:** 24 Mar 2009, 08:33 »

Figured out why Loveless, 20 Jazz Funk Greats and All the Pretty Little Horses were excluded - one of you three nominated them as ALBUM - BAND, rather than BAND - ALBUM, and when I copied them into excel, I didn't catch it. So there are two nominations of Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats and one nomination of 20 Jazz Funk Greats - Throbbing Gristle. Same thing with the other two albums. I'm used to always writing (formatting) music as Band - Album. I tried to ensure I copied everything properly, but obviously missed on this one. Again, apologies.

Also, is it really necessary to do the running count of who's in the lead? That kinda takes away the surprise of the whole thing, and the surprise is kinda the point. I obviously can't stop you from doing so, but I must admit it's a bit annoying...

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #82 on:** 24 Mar 2009, 08:41 »

Well you did organize this thing so I'll take that to heart and call it quits on the tallying. I mean, I don't think the whole point is the surprise of who wins each round and personally I like seeing the jockeying for position, if you will, of the closer races but I shall stop posting that data nonetheless.

rynne · « **Reply #83 on:** 24 Mar 2009, 08:41 »

Ah, since I was the only one that nominated all three of those, I'm the one who screwed it up. I was thinking since it's an album nomination, the albums should be primary. Though, in my defense, I bolded the band names and italicized the album titles, as per the instructions. Even formatted it as "[album] BY [band]".

Still, the joke's on me since my later edits involved adding those three albums---which I liked and which already had 2 other nominations---in place of albums that only I'd nominated, to make sure at least some of my choices got in.

Also in that case, Daydream Nation, mclusky do dallas and Unknown Pleasures should be higher in the brackets, since I guess my votes for those were misformatted too.

UTAlan · « **Reply #84 on:** 24 Mar 2009, 09:00 »

BLUE
Neutral Milk Hotel
The Pixies
Opeth
Radiohead
Sigur Ros
Agalloch
Silkworm
Owls

YELLOW
Black Sabbath
Public Enemy
Bedhead
Fugazi
John Coltrane
Refused
Bruce Springsteen
Miles Davis

GREEN
EitS
Joy Division
Wilco
Neil Young
John Coltrane
The Unicorns
The Wrens
Mono

ORANGE
Ted Leo
Broken Social Scene
GY!BE
Silkworm
Sigur Ros
The Beach Boys
The Clash
Modest Mouse

valley_parade · « **Reply #85 on:** 24 Mar 2009, 09:21 »

Quote from: mberan42 on 24 Mar 2009, 08:33

Figured out why Loveless, 20 Jazz Funk Greats and All the Pretty Little Horses were excluded

Because Loveless is pretty goddamned terrible and one of the most over-rated albums ever.

mberan42 · « **Reply #86 on:** 24 Mar 2009, 10:00 »

Quote from: rynne on 24 Mar 2009, 08:41

Also in that case, Daydream Nation, mclusky do dallas and Unknown Pleasures should be higher in the brackets, since I guess my votes for those were misformatted too.

No, I caught those. Daydream Nation really only had two nominations, Mclusky had three, as did Unknown Pleasures. I think it's because I know who Joy Division and Sonic Youth are, and Mclusky is in both the album and artist name as the first word, so I corrected them when I sorted the list.

--Edit--
Fixed the brackets on the first page. Take another look if you want to see how they're supposed to look.

Catacombs · « **Reply #87 on:** 24 Mar 2009, 11:53 »

Yea, thanks a ton Matt, and high five forum for keeping this thing going & interesting.

As for the albums, Beatles vs. Mono were probably my hardest vote. I'm a little disapointed Ted Leo isn't doing as well as i thought he would, same for Modest Mouse (but I've been on a major MM kick lately).

imapiratearg · « **Reply #88 on:** 24 Mar 2009, 11:55 »

What a swell guy, that Matt is.

Joseph · « **Reply #89 on:** 24 Mar 2009, 12:51 »

Raw Power by The Stooges also should have been counted. Looks like this was because some people nominated it as being by "Iggy and the Stooges" and some (notably, me) nominated it as just being by "Stooges". Ah well, c'est la vie.

JimmyJazz · « **Reply #90 on:** 24 Mar 2009, 14:39 »

BLUE

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
The Pixies - Doolittle
The Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Bob Dylan - Bringing it All Back Home
Husker Du - Zen Arcade
Slint - Spiderland
Jawbreaker - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy

YELLOW

Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Bedhead - Transaction De Novo
Radiohead - Ok Computer
John Coltrane - Blue Train
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
Television - Marquee Moon
Bob Dylan - Blood On the Tracks

GREEN

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Neil Young - On the Beach
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
The Beatles - Abbey Road

ORANGE

Ted Leo - The Tyranny of Distance
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
David Bowie - Low
The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Sigur Ros - Agætis Byrjun
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
The Clash - London Calling
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West

De_El · « **Reply #91 on:** 24 Mar 2009, 15:35 »

BLUE

Neutral Milk Hotel
The Pixies (against a lot of other things Mclusky would have been an obvious choice to me, but against Doolittle? Oof.)
Mountain Goats (this better win)
Radiohead
Bob Dylan (the two artists with three nominations each against each other xp)
Hüsker Dü
Slint
Jawbreaker

YELLOW

Black Sabbath
Public Enemy
Bedhead
Fugazi
John Coltrane
Refused
Television (Marquee Moon fucking destroys)
Miles Davis (this was a painful decision)

GREEN

The Velvet Underground (seriously? how can this not win? I do not understand)
Joy Division (This one really bothers me, because I feel like the split here is against a position that I ultimately respect, but I really do not give nearly as many shits about Graceland as Unknown Pleasures)
Wilco
Neil Young
Bob Dylan (this bracket is cruel)
Iron & Wine
The Wrens (this one too)
The Beatles (Sorry MONO! Thanks for playing.)

ORANGE

Ted Leo/Rx
Kyuss
David Bowie ("Heroes" is better, dangit.)
The Pixies
Agalloch (my favorite Sigur Rós album, one I finally might have voted for, is still not better than The Mantle)
Electric Wizard (fuck fuck fuck why must I choose fuck dang oh well. at least it's not one album I love and know will lose)
The Clash
BORIS

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #92 on:** 24 Mar 2009, 16:26 »

BLUE
NMH- Aeroplane
Pixies-Doolittle
Mountain Goats
The Beatles-Sgt. Pepper's
Bob Dylan
Agalloch-Ashes Against the Grain
Slint-Spiderland
Jawbreaker-24hr revenge therapy

GREEN
Velvet Underground-s/t
Joy Division
Wilco
Neil Young
Bob Dylan
The Unicorns
Okkervil River
The Beatles

YELLOW
Black Sabbath-Paranoid
Black Moth Super Rainbow
Mountain Goats
Fugazi
-pass-
Refused
-pass-
Miles Davis

ORANGE/TAN/PINK?
-pass-
Kyuss
David Bowie
The Pixies
Sigur Ros
Electric Wizard
The Clash
Modest Mouse

SilentJ · « **Reply #93 on:** 24 Mar 2009, 21:09 »

Yeah, thanks a ton for doing this, Matt! I hadn't heard a majority of the albums that ended up seeded, so I was introduced to a lot of new music in the interest of voting fairly. Jawbreaker and Agalloch, especially; plus I rediscovered my love for these Opeth, EitS, and BSS albums.

look out! Ninjas! · « **Reply #94 on:** 25 Mar 2009, 01:12 »

Quote from: Catacombs on 24 Mar 2009, 11:53

As for the albums, Beatles vs. Mono were probably my hardest vote. I'm a little disapointed Ted Leo isn't doing as well as i thought he would, same for Modest Mouse (but I've been on a major MM kick lately).

Hardest was a tie between Abbey Road v You Are There and Paranoid v Daydream Nation.
I went for Mono and Sabbath because I figured considering the forum they were probably the underdogs.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #95 on:** 25 Mar 2009, 02:27 »

I chose the albums I thought were better!

Hat · « **Reply #96 on:** 25 Mar 2009, 04:23 »

I honestly wouldn't have expected Mono to be an underdogg to the Beatles here but I consider it a testament to how fucking good an album Abbey Road is.

I mean shit I nearly voted for Kid A over Sgt Peppers and only Lovely Rita held me back.

Johnny C · « **Reply #97 on:** 25 Mar 2009, 09:10 »

disappointed by the lack of any kinks or stones records yall

Joseph · « **Reply #98 on:** 25 Mar 2009, 09:51 »

Disappointed by the lack of These Estates records.

Oh wait, that band is really lazy and should go and record a damn album.

nufan · « **Reply #99 on:** 25 Mar 2009, 10:43 »

BLUE
NMH
Pixies
-
Radiohead
Dylan
-
-
-

YELLOW
-
Graceland
Mogwai
Neil Young
Dylan
Iron + Wine
Wrens
Beatles

GREEN
Sabbath
Public Enemy
-
Radiohead
Coltrane
-
Springsteen
Miles Davis

ORANGE
Low
BSS
-
Pixies
-
Beach Boys
-
Boris

Choosing between Blood On The Tracks and Kind Of Blue is a torture they should use in Iraq.

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Author Topic: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE (Read 50586 times)