Sudden death tiebreakers from last week:

Roxy Music - Country Life vs
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West

Next vote wins.

Experimental tiebreakers from two weeks ago:

Julee Cruise - Floating Into The Night vs
The Associates - Fourth Drawer Down

For this tiebreaker, you have ten points to give for the entire tournament. If the album you voted for wins you lose your points, and if the album you voted for loses you get them back. Mail votes to AMModeratePoll@gmail.com.

New matches:

Division 1:

13th Floor Elevators - Psychadelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators vs
Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Division 2:

Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam vs
The Animals - The Animals

Division 3:

Tim Buckley - Starsailor vs
Michelle Shocked - Short Sharp Shocked

Division 4:

Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup vs
The Rakes - Capture/Release

1. Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
2. Michelle Shocked - Short Sharp Shocked
3. 13th Floor Elevators - Psychadelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
4. Tim Buckley - Starsailor
5. The Animals - The Animals
6. Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
7. The Rakes - Capture/Release
8. Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam

Division 1:
13th Floor Elevators - Psychadelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators vs
WINNER Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
The best soundtrack ever...and simply one of the best music.

Division 2:
WINNER - Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam vs
The Animals - The Animals
One of the best band of the two last decade

Division 4:
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup vs
WINNER - The Rakes - Capture/Release
Very easy.

Votes:

13th Floor Elevators
Mercury Rev
Tim Buckley
Stereolab

There's nothing I dislike this week, but all four choices are easy. Starsailor, again, is one of my favorite albums all time.

Trying to keep up while on vacation with spotty Internet.

Division 1:

13th Floor Elevators - Psychadelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
vs
Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Tough call, but the 13th Floor Elevators are still a new discovery to me, and thus more exciting.

Division 3:

Tim Buckley - Starsailor vs
Michelle Shocked - Short Sharp Shocked

Division 4:

Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup vs
The Rakes - Capture/Release

These other two are easier choices.

Division 1: Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Division 2: Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam
Division 3: Tim Buckley - Starsailor
Division 4: Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Thanks!

13th Floor Elevators
Mercury Rev
Tim Buckley
Stereolab

Wow, four really cool albums in the same week.

I want to remind everyone of the Roxy Music - Country Life/Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West tiebreaker which is still in the sudden death phase.

Division 1: Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

i'm supposedly too cool to post in BillAdarma threads anymore... but as inflicted and hypocritical as i am...

1. tough one: the coin did decide again: Fourth Drawer it is, while the rest does the autopilot twist:

2. 13th Floors
3. Mercury Rev
4. Starsailor

and ummm

5. The Rakes

I was just teasing nj. That's what that thread was for.

The Associates/Julie Cruise tiebreaker actually has different rules than the other tiebreaker. I'm trying out a new system for tiebreakers that aren't resolved within one week designed so the people who care the most carry the most weight. Basically everybody has ten points for the entire tournament, and you can give any number of those points to an album, and if that album wins you lose them, if it loses you get them back.

Only 2 votes for me :
Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

The Rakes - Capture/Release
2 albums on my all-time top 200, but while Stereolab is more witty and challenging, I still enjoy Capture/Release more.

Experimental tiebreaker result:

Julee Cruise 10 (Henrik 7, Brad 3)
The Associates 0

I'm thinking of adding a rule that says the maximum number of points you can be penalized for your vote is the number of points the losing album received +1. So, if your album won 8-2, the most you could lose is 3 points. Because, it seems unfair to Henrik to almost completely lose his tiebreak power when the other album didn't get a vote.

So, unless anyone has a problem with it, I'm only charging Henrik and Brad 1 point for this tiebreak.

Normal tiebreaker result:

Roxy Music - Country Life 4 def
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West 3

Division 1:

13th Floor Elevators - Psychadelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators 5 TIED WITH
Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly 5

Division 2:

Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam 6 def
The Animals - The Animals 1

Division 3:

Tim Buckley - Starsailor 6 def
Michelle Shocked - Short Sharp Shocked 1

Division 4:

Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup 6 def
The Rakes - Capture/Release 3