Division 1:

14 Beach Boys - Smiley Smile
#1841, 1967, def 3 The Beatles - Let It Be
vs
11 Ennio Morricone - Once Upon A Time In The West
#2851, 1968, def 6 Chuck Berry - Chuck Berry Is On Top

This could be an interesting matchup. Two generally ignored albums with a lot of big fans on this board.

Division 3:

2 Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues
#1387, 1983, def 15 They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants
vs
10 Madonna - Madonna
#1303, 1983, def 7 REM - Fables of the Reconstruction

Two 1983 albums very close in the AM rankings, one of which came later than all the act's most famous albums, and one of which came before.

Division 5:

1 Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
#512, 1998, def 16 Boredoms - Super AE
vs
8 Ben Folds Five - Whatever And Ever Amen
#2320, 1997, def 9 Pavement - Terror Twighlight

The obvious favorite to win the tournament against an album with a lot of fans on this board.

Division 7

4 Gorillaz - Demon Days
#866, 2006, def 13 Drive By Truckers - Decoration Day
vs
5 Spoon - Gimme Fiction
#1903, 2005, def 12 The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives

Spoon's last album in the tournament vs an album that fared very well in the AMF poll. But as history has shown doing well in the AMF poll doesn't necessarily mean you'll do well here.

Voting stays open one week and closes midnight board time on Tuesday.

I can finally vote for one of these!

Madonna's self-titled gets my vote over Speaking in Tongues, although I absolutely adore both.

emoc kcab noos, jn!

Don't need time to think about it this week, this is pretty easy



Beach Boys - Smiley Smile
Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Gorillaz - Demon Days

The choice is easy for me

11 Ennio Morricone - Once Upon A Time In The West
2 Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues
1 Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
4 Gorillaz - Demon Days

11 Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in the West

10 Madonna - s/t

8 Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen

4 Gorillaz - Demon Dayz

Ennio Morricone - Once Upon A Time In The West
Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues
Ben Folds Five - Whatever And Ever Amen
Gorillaz - Demon Days

Beach Boys - Smiley Smile

I find The Beach Boys' non-Pet Sounds material to be pretty underrated.

Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues

The Heads' 4th best album has no trouble vs Madonna's debut.

Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

Perhaps the album I cherish above all others. Will of course vote for it untill it wins.

Gorillaz - Demon Days

Interesting how Demon Days might get the shut out and In the Aeroplane wont. I love this album, and in fact was listening to Feel Good Inc. today.

No Shut Out for Gorillaz, I vote for Gimme Fiction

14 Beach Boys - Smiley Smile
10 Madonna - Madonna
1 Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
5 Spoon - Gimme Fiction

I was pretty divided! Who should i pick ? Gorillaz or Spoon ? I'm picking Spoon's Gimme Fiction cause i'm pretty sure most of the people out there will pick "Demon Days", which is one of the best releases of this decade. I didn't pick Gimme Fiction only because of that. The album is a kinda like a base for everything spoon did later, all the latter albums owe this little masterpiece and also cause is a very strong record. I absolute adore both records, and i guess the Gimme Fiction is more underrated than Demon Days (which is also very underrated). You guys should add Laura Nyro next round or week or game. That was a very underrated moderately critically acclaimed woman! Lot of love for this woman.

ENNIO MORRICONE “Once Upon a Time in the West”

The second time I don’t vote for “Smiley Smile” (and that’s an album I love). It’s getting bad luck with the pairings, this time the masterpiece of atmosphere from maestro Morricone.


TA LKI N GHE ADS “SP EAK IN GI N TO NGU ES”

So sorry Her Madgesty (quoting your best fan ever) but my vote goes to “Speak in Gin Tongues”.


NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL “In the Aeroplane over the Sea”

Mainstream (but only in AM Forum terms).


SPOON “Gimme Fiction”

I’ve always been a sucker for good pop-rock, indie or not.

My only votes this week go to Talking Heads and NMH.

Maybe I'm a bit too hard on NMH because of how high they get rated. It's a perfectly good album, but come on, among the best of all time? The songs come off to me like the idle ruminations of a life experience impoverished suburban teen, and the guitar strumming could be replicated after about three months' lessons. But in this matchup, it still wins on it's catchy melodies.

Division 1:
11 Ennio Morricone - Once Upon A Time In The West

Division 3:
2 Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues

Division 5:
1 Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

Division 7
5 Spoon - Gimme Fiction

One more day to vote.

Two of the votes are very close this week, but none closer than two votes.

I missed last week... I didn't think I got my last minute reminder from you? That's OK.

Division 1:

14 Beach Boys - Smiley Smile

Division 3:

2 Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues

Division 5:

1 Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea


Division 7

NO VOTE

I've listened to only 1-2 songs from each of these albums and those songs add up to a dead even matchup. If you had both of these bands earlier albums in this matchup, I'd probably give the edge to Gorillaz.

Winners
14 Beach Boys - Smiley Smile
2 Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues
1 Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
5 Spoon - Gimme Fiction

Results:

Division 1:
11 Ennio Morricone - Once Upon A Time In The West 6 def
14 Beach Boys - Smiley Smile 5

The last soundtrack stays alive in the weakest division.

Division 3:

2 Talking Heads - Speaking on Tongues 10 def
10 Madonna - Madonna 3

The Talking Heads move on to face They Might Be Giants - Flood.

Division 5:

1 Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea 10 def
8 Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen 2

No surprises here.

Division 7:

4 Gorillaz - Demon Days 6 def
5 Spoon - Gimme Fiction 5

The first band that started with three albums to be completely knocked out is Spoon. Our favorite cartoon band go on to face The Go Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike in what will probably be a very close vote.

Why do you say that division 1 is the weakest? Surely it's stronger than divisions 7 and 8!?

I didn't mean the weakest in terms of my personal opinion, so much as in terms of lack of 'powerhouse' albums. Division 8 has Silent Shout. Division 7 is the only one that might be weaker than 1 just in terms of laying odds that the winner will come from that division.

You know how I feel about Comme a la Radio.