Re: The 'Get a head start on moderate listening' thread
Fuck, so many I want to nominate. Anyone nominating Exuma and Ces Gens-Là? Also, I've been championing The Tallest Man on Earth enough, so I'll forgo nominating him.. Anyway, I'll probably go with this top 10:
Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank
Fela Kuti - Zombie
John Fahey - Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice)
The Antlers - Hospice
Jorge Ben - A Tábua de Esmeralda
James Carr - You Got My Mind Messed Up
Judee Sill - Heart Food
Charlie Parker - Jazz at Massey Hall (despite being a compilation, really)
Little Feat - Dixie Chicken
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music
And as non-bubbling under:
Betty Davis - Nasty Gal
Are those all eligible? Also, I'm appalled Dillard & Clark's The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark isn't even bubbling under.
Re: The 'Get a head start on moderate listening' thread
If Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport does not reach the final round of the 00s, it will be one of my top picks.
And since I like picking albums that stand no chances, I will add Animal Collective - Feels.
I will also pick Hot Chip - The Warning most likely, though I'm surprised I did not pick it on the previous poll. (or did I ?)
Also very likely :
Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R
Spank Rock - Yoyoyoyoyo
And if non bubbling albums are allowed :
IAM - L'école du Micro d'Argent, best French album ever for me.
Re: The 'Get a head start on moderate listening' thread
Stephan
Fuck, so many I want to nominate. Anyone nominating Exuma and Ces Gens-Là? Also, I've been championing The Tallest Man on Earth enough, so I'll forgo nominating him.. Anyway, I'll probably go with this top 10:
Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank
Fela Kuti - Zombie
John Fahey - Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice)
The Antlers - Hospice
Jorge Ben - A Tábua de Esmeralda
James Carr - You Got My Mind Messed Up
Judee Sill - Heart Food
Charlie Parker - Jazz at Massey Hall (despite being a compilation, really)
Little Feat - Dixie Chicken
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music
And as non-bubbling under:
Betty Davis - Nasty Gal
Are those all eligible? Also, I'm appalled Dillard & Clark's The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark isn't even bubbling under.
Hospice was in Moderate 2. I believe the rest are eligible.
Re: The 'Get a head start on moderate listening' thread
I don't know how many of these have been nominated before, but my ultimate picks are among them.
Galaxie 500 - On Fire
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates
Broadcast - Haha Sound
Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)
Laurie Anderson - Big Science
Marisa Monte - Verde Anil Cor de Rosa e Carvão
Marissa Nadler - Songs III
Me'Shell NdegéOcello - Bitter
Nico - Desertshore
Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation
Roy Harper - Stormcock
Secos e Molhados - Secos e Molhados I
Scott Walker - Scott 3
Sleater-Kinney - Call the Doctor
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
Spoon - Girls Can Tell
Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega
Todd Rudngren - A Wizard, A True Star
The United States of America - The United States of America
Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle
Van Morrison - His Band and the Street Choir
Yo La Tengo - Painful
Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
Re: The 'Get a head start on moderate listening' thread
Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me and Scott 3 have appeared before. I believe Call The Doctor was in the first one but I don't remember whether it lost in the first round, so it may be eligible.
Henrik said this year's update would only be a songs update.
Re: The 'Get a head start on moderate listening' thread
BillAdama
Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me and Scott 3 have appeared before. I believe Call The Doctor was in the first one but I don't remember whether it lost in the first round, so it may be eligible.
Kiss Me3 will be eligible since it was a first round KO in MA1. Call The Doctor is not eligible (made it to round 2). Scott 3 is not eligible as it was in the last MA (2).
Here's a list of albums that were knocked out of the first round in the original Moderately Acclaimed competition. Provided there is no artist limitation, these albums will be eligible for MA3:
!!! - Myth Takes
Aimee Mann - Whatever
Annie - Anniemal
Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different
Bill Evans - Conversations With Myself
Bright Eyes - Lifted
Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
Bruce Springsteen - Live 1975-1985
Cat Stevens - Teaser and the Firecat
Chuck Berry - Chuck Berry Is On Top
Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today
Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record
Elliot Smith - Figure 8
Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
Fountains of Wayne - Fountains of Wayne
Interpol - Antics
Jerry Lee Lewis - Live At The Star Club
Johnny Cash - Unchained
Kings Of Convenience - Quiet Is The New Loud
Leonard Cohen - New Skin For The Old Ceremony
Lou Reed - The Blue Mask
Low - Things We Lost In The Fire
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
Milton Nascimento & Lo Borges - Clube De Esquina
Modest Mouse - The Moon And Antarctica
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
Pavement - Terror Twilight
Postal Service - Give Up
Prince - Controversy
Queens Of The Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralyze
REM - Fables Of Reconstruction
REM - New Adventuers In Hifi
Soul Coughing - Ruby Vroom
Spoon - Kill The Moonlight
Super Furry Animals - Radiator
System Of A Down - System Of A Down
The Beatles - Let It Be
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
The Boredoms - Super ae
The Byrds - Turn, Turn, Turn
The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
The Dandy Warhols - Come Down
The Decemberists - Her Majesty
The Decemberists - Picaresque
The Delgados - The Great Eastern
The Drive By Truckers - Decoration Day
The Flaming Lips - Zareika
The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America
The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
The Killers - Hot Fuss
The National - Alligator
The Strokes - Room On Fire
They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants
Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
Tom Petty - Wildflowers
U2 - Zooropa
Various Artists - O Brother, Where Art Thou
Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas
Warren Zevon - Exciteable Boy
XTC - Oranges and Lemons
Re: The 'Get a head start on moderate listening' thread
It looks like the first round of foreign world cup is going to take 32 weeks, but it's only eight songs a week, so no need to wait for that to get this going.
Just please leave a big gap of time between bracket reveal and voting.
Re: The 'Get a head start on moderate listening' thread
BillAdama
It looks like the first round of foreign world cup is going to take 32 weeks, but it's only eight songs a week, so no need to wait for that to get this going.
Just please leave a big gap of time between bracket reveal and voting.
New timeline for Moderately Acclaimed 3:
Dec. 5th - Jan. 8th: Nomination process
Week of Jan. 9th: Bracket revealed
March 5th: First week of Moderately Acclaimed 3 begins
That leaves almost 2 months between reveal and voting. I'll get the particulars firmed up by this weekend.