Topic: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND THREE (Read 19063 times)

mberan42 · « **on:** 07 Apr 2009, 10:10 »

Sweet Sixteen! Woo!

Link to full bracket

A few things of note:

FIVE winners beat an album that was eight seeds higher.
TWO first-seed albums lost in this round.
Biggest winner: Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited vs. Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days with a vote of 43 to 10, a difference of 31 votes
Closest match: Mogwai vs. Neil Young, with a vote of 26 to 26. I broke the tie in an orderly fashion: I flipped a coin.

Again, you have ONE WEEK (minus 21 hours) to complete the voting. 20:00GMT on Monday, 13 April 2009 is the deadline.

the_pied_piper · « **Reply #1 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.

kwami42 · « **Reply #2 on:** 07 Apr 2009, 10:28 »

BLUE:
NMH
Dylan

YELLOW
Radiohead
Miles Davis

GREEN
Mogwai
Dylan

RED
Low
Clash

Christophe · « **Reply #3 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

rynne · « **Reply #4 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

KickThatBathProf · « **Reply #5 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

Hat · « **Reply #6 on:** 07 Apr 2009, 10:46 »

BLUE:

The Beatles
Bob Dylan

YELLOW:

Public Enemy
Miles Davis

GREEN:

Mogwai
The Beatles

BORANGE:

Pixies
Beach Boys

UTAlan · « **Reply #7 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

Johnny C · « **Reply #8 on:** 07 Apr 2009, 11:11 »

Hat, I edited that tag for you bro.

BLUE:

NMH
Bob Dylan

YELLOW:

Public Enemy
Miles Davis

GREEN:

Mogwai
The Beatles

ORANGE:

Pixies
Beach Boys

michaelicious · « **Reply #9 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

Alex C · « **Reply #10 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.

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #11 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...

Dimmukane · « **Reply #12 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

JayJayD · « **Reply #13 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

Dazed · « **Reply #14 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 =\

Inlander · « **Reply #15 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

JimmyJazz · « **Reply #16 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

nufan · « **Reply #17 on:** 07 Apr 2009, 16:48 »

Blue
Beatles
Dylan

Yellow
OK Computer
Kind Of Blue

Green
Happy Songs
Dylan

Red
Low
Pet Sounds

KurtMcAllister · « **Reply #18 on:** 07 Apr 2009, 16:53 »

BLUE
The Beatles
Bob Dylan

YELLOW
Radiohead
Miles Davis

GREEN
Joy Division
The Beatles

ORANGE
Low
Beach Boys

De_El · « **Reply #19 on:** 07 Apr 2009, 16:56 »

F

Beatles
Slint

J

Public Enemy
Miles Davis

E

Joy Division
Bob Dylan

ß

Pixies
The Clash

Alex C · « **Reply #20 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.

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #21 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.

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #22 on:** 07 Apr 2009, 17:29 »

Quote from: 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.

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.

Johnny C · « **Reply #23 on:** 07 Apr 2009, 17:36 »

Quote from: Inlander on 07 Apr 2009, 13:52

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?

RedLion · « **Reply #24 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.

kwami42 · « **Reply #25 on:** 07 Apr 2009, 17:40 »

Quote from: RedLion on 07 Apr 2009, 17:36

If Joy Division wins, I'll be sorely disappointed. That has to be one of the most overrated bands in history.

greenMonkey · « **Reply #26 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

Johnny C · « **Reply #27 on:** 07 Apr 2009, 18:47 »

Quote from: Ben792x on 07 Apr 2009, 18:21

Most people haven't.

yeah, but this is harry

DarkAvenger · « **Reply #28 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.

michaelicious · « **Reply #29 on:** 07 Apr 2009, 19:12 »

We should get a Neil Young album elimination game going.

DarkAvenger · « **Reply #30 on:** 07 Apr 2009, 19:38 »

Best part of that bracket? No Neutral Milk Hotel making us predictable.

Koremora · « **Reply #31 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

rynne · « **Reply #32 on:** 07 Apr 2009, 20:39 »

Quote from: 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.

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.

IronOxide · « **Reply #33 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

David_Dovey · « **Reply #34 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

De_El · « **Reply #35 on:** 07 Apr 2009, 22:00 »

JOY DIVISION YOU CUNTS

squawk · « **Reply #36 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

scarred · « **Reply #37 on:** 07 Apr 2009, 22:36 »

Bloo

Beatles
Bob Dylan

Yello

Radiohead
Miles Davis

Green

Joy Division
Beatles

Orange

Pixies
The Clash

Inlander · « **Reply #38 on:** 07 Apr 2009, 23:46 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 07 Apr 2009, 17:36

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.

Quote from: TheFuriousWombat on 07 Apr 2009, 17:20

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.

SilentJ · « **Reply #39 on:** 08 Apr 2009, 00:39 »

BLUE
Beatles
Bob Dylan

YELLOW
Radiohead
Miles Davis

GREEN
Joy Division
Beatles

ORANGE
Low
Beach Boys

Johnny C · « **Reply #40 on:** 08 Apr 2009, 01:00 »

Quote from: Inlander on 07 Apr 2009, 23:46

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.

Quote from: Inlander on 07 Apr 2009, 23:46

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.

look out! Ninjas! · « **Reply #41 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.

Quote from: BlahBlah on 08 Apr 2009, 04:02

Look out, Ninjas!: Are you aware that you've voted for two albums that are against each other? Highway 61 & Abbey Road.

oh dickspeakers

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #42 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)

David_Dovey · « **Reply #43 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.

BlahBlah · « **Reply #44 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.

el_loco_avs · « **Reply #45 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

Gridgm · « **Reply #46 on:** 08 Apr 2009, 05:13 »

blue
NMH
Slint
yellow
-
miles davis
green
mogwai
dylan
orange
low
clash

Inlander · « **Reply #47 on:** 08 Apr 2009, 05:27 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 08 Apr 2009, 01:00

Quote from: Inlander on 07 Apr 2009, 23:46
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.

Alex C · « **Reply #48 on:** 08 Apr 2009, 09:55 »

Quote from: rynne on 07 Apr 2009, 20:39

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.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #49 on:** 08 Apr 2009, 10:44 »

Green:
Neutral Milk Hotel
Slint

Yellow:
OK Computer
N/A

Green:
Mogwai
The Beatles

Orange:
Pixies
The Clash

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