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It’s time to begin the nomination process for the 3rd installment of Best Moderately Acclaimed Album (henceforth “MA3”)!
Traditionally, Best Moderately Acclaimed Album is a voting game where only albums ranked under 500 and bubblers are eligible.
This time through, we are also allowing a maximum of one “non-bubbling” album (i.e.- completely “unacclaimed” on AM) per nominator.
There will be a single elimination draw with 128 albums, and now it's time to pick them.
Send me an ordered list of ten nominations at ModAcc3@aol.com. Please include the artist name and album name as they appear on AM, as well as the rank.
You have until midnight ET on Sunday, January 8th to make nominations.
I will select nominations as follows:
First I will go through and pick all the first place albums
Then, I will go through and pick all the second place albums
Then, the third place albums, etc, until the draw fills up.
No more than 25 will be picked ranked 1000 or higher, no more than 50 ranked 1500 or higher, no more than 75 ranked 2000 or higher, and no more than 100 ranked 2500 or higher, so make sure you spread your picks out through the entire list. If after the month the draw is not filled, there'll be a first come-first serve round posted on the forum.
Additional rules:
- No one person can nominate more than one album by the same artist.
- No albums that qualified for the second Moderate game are eligible.
- No albums that qualified for the first Moderate game are eligible, except those that were eliminated in Round 1.
We had been toying with the idea of a “top artist” restriction as well, but I think (with my first pass at least) we’ll resume using a full array of artists.
To give people time to listen to as many of the albums as they have time for, the actual voting won't start until March.
Here's a list of the albums, ranked under 500, that are ineligible per the above stated restrictions:
13th Floor Elevators - Psychadelic Sounds of the 1
Aimee Mann - Bachelor #2
Alain Bashung - Fantasie Militaire
Allman Brothers - Eat A Peach
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
Architecture In Helsinki - In Case We Die
Art Ensemble of Chicago - Les Stances a Sophie
Beach Boys - Smiley Smile
Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
Beck - Midnite Vultures
Beck - Mutations
Beck - Sea Change
Belle and Sebastain - Tigermilk
Belle and Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap
Belle And Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen
Benga - Diary of an Afro Warrior
Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man - Out Of Season
Billy Joel - The Stranger
Blind Faith - Blind Faith
Blondie - Eat To The Beat
Blur - The Great Escape
Boston - Boston
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Stra
Brigette Fontaine - Comme A La Radio
Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love
Brygada Kryzys - Brygada Kryzys
Built To Spill - Perfect From Now On
Cassandra Wilson - New Moon Daughter
Cat Power - Moon Pix
Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick
Circulatory System - Circulatory System
Coldplay - Viva la vida or Death and All His Frien
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country
Daft Punk - Discovery
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of the Dying Sun
Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue
Depeche Mode - Violator
dEUS - Worst Case Scenario
Dinah Washington - Dinah Jams
Eagles - One Of These Nights
Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Ella & Louis
Elliot Smith - Either/Or
Elliot Smith - XO
Elvis Costello - Blood and Chocolate
Ennio Morricone - Once Upon A Time In The West
Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Eurtyhmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Faust - Faust IV
Fiona Apple - When The Pawn
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
Foreigner - 4
Galaxie 500 - Today
Gene Clark - No Other
Gene Vincent - Gene Vincent & his Blue Caps
George Harrison - Cloud Nine
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Guy Clark - Old No. 1
GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords
Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
Janet Jackson - Rythym Nation 1814
Jimi Hendrix - Cry Of Love
Joanna Newsom - The Milk Eyed Mender
John Lennon - Mind Games
John Martyn - Solid Air
Jorge Ben - Samba Esquema Novo
Julee Cruise - Floating Into The Night
King Crimson - Red
Kraftwerk - Radio-aktivitat
Kylie Minogue - Fever
Kyuss - Welcome To Sky Valley
Labradford - Labradford
Laika - Sounds of the Satellites
Les Rita Mitsouko - The No Comprendo
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors
Madonna - Madonna
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
Marquis de Sade - Rue de Siam
Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear
Max Tundra - Mastered By The Guy At The Exchange
Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam
Michael Jackson - Bad
Michelle Shocked - Short Sharp Shocked
Miossec - Boire
Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex Girlfriend
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
Morphine - Cure The Pain
Neil Young - Zuma
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Nico - Chelsea Girl
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return to the 36 Chambers: Th
Olivia Tremor Control - Music From the Urealized F
Paul McCartney - Chaos and Creation In The Backyar
Pavement - Brighten The Corners
Pavement - Wowee Zowee
Pere Ubu - Dub Housing
Phoenix - It's Never Been Like That
Pink Floyd - Animals
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
Pink Floyd - Meddle
PJ Harvey - Is This Desire?
Prefab Sprout - Jordan: The Comeback
Prince - Diamonds and Pearls
Prince - Lovesexy
Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
REM - Life's Rich Pageant
Robert Plant & Alsion Kraus - Raising Sand
Roxy Music - Country Life
Ry Cooder - Paris, Texas
Sade - Love Deluxe
Scott Walker - Scott Walker 3
Serge Gainsbourg - Initials B.B.
Simon And Garfunkel - Sounds Of Silence
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Kaleidoscope
Sleater-Kinney - Call The Doctor
Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
Slowdive - Sovlaki
Sonic Youth - Dirty
Sparklehorse - Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
St Etienne - So Tough
Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy
Stephen Malkmus - Stephen Malkmus
Stereolab - Dots and Loops
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Stranglers - Rattus norvegicus
Studio - West Coast
Sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan, The Great Lakes State
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
Super Furry Animals - Rings Around The World
Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues
Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Tyranny of Dista
Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix
Telephone - Un Autre Monde
The Animals - The Animals
The Antlers - Hospice
The Associates - Fourth Drawer Down
The Bats - Daddy's Highway
The Beatles - Help!
The Blue Nile - Hats
The Breeders - Pod
The Cars - Heartbeat City
The Chills - Kaleidoscope World
The Cure - Bloodflowers
The Cure - Faith
The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
The Divine Comedy - Casanova
The Dodos - Visitor
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
The Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic
The Flaming Lips - Transmissions From The Satellite Heart
The Go Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane
The Go Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike
The Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F.
The Jesus Lizard - Goat
The Knife - Deep Cuts
The Knife - Silent Shout
The Mekons - Mekons Rock and Roll
The Millennium - Begin
The Monks - Black Monk Time
The National - Boxer
The Rakes - Capture/Release
The Replacements - Tim
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
The Traveling Wilburys - Volume One
The Velvet Underground - VU
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
The Wipers - Youth Of America
They Might Be Giants - Flood
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind
This Heat - Deceit
Tim Buckley - Starsailor
Tori Amos - Under The Pink
Townes Van Zandt - Live at the Old Quarter, Housto
Tubeway Army - Replicas
TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes
Van Morrison - St Dominic's Preview
Wilco - Summerteeth
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
Thanks!
Sent mine.
Didn't Bright Phoebus used to be on the AM list, somewhere around the 2300's? Apparently it's not even Bubbling now.
Are you setting quotas for sections of the list like with the last poll (i.e. how many albums from the 500-600 zone, etc.?)
Rank 501 - 1000 = 25 albums max
Rank 501 - 1500 = 50 albums max
Rank 501 - 2000 = 75 albums max
Rank 501 - 2500 = 100 albums max
... which leaves AT LEAST 28 spots for 2501+ albums, bubbling albums and unranked albums.
Over the weekend, I collected 5 lists (including my own), from:
BillAdama
Evan
Nassim
Stephan
Brad
... all excellent!
One more thing, is there a 'no albums from 2010-2011' rule? If we're allowing albums from years that aren't on AM yet, we should set down 'AM rank equivalencies' from year end or megacritic lists.
I don't know if I am allowed to ask this, but I'll shoot anyway:
How many nominators were sending a list last time?
How many nominators do you expect this time around?
I think it was 19 last time. I don't know how many it will be this time, but usually more people nominate than vote.
So far, I have lists from:
Brad
BillAdama
Evan
Nassim
Stephan
Henrik
Listyguy
Thanks!
Wanted to pop this back up to the top since I've received no new lists in the past week.
Still almost a month until the draw is chosen, but don't let this opportunity to champion your underdogs pass you by!
Thanks!
I just post my list.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Two more lists over the past week brings us up to 9 total, from:
Brad
BillAdama
Evan
Nassim
Stephan
Henrik
Listyguy
Romain
Gillingham
Still need several more... send in your noms, folks!
Jan. 8 deadline.
This week, only beefsupreme joined the ranks of nominators, bringing us up to 10 total lists - still a bit short of the minimum we need to get the contest rolling.
Two more weeks to get your noms in - hopefully some of you are waiting to absorb your audio gifts from the Holidays before getting your list in.
If I need to extend the deadline, I will.
Enjoy Your Holidays!
Come on MB, not enough synth-pop in the game yet. 
I want to vote, but I'm a little confused about how many albums I am supposed to vote for, how I rank them, etc...
Just tell me if I'm correct about these things:
You can't vote for any of the albums listed in the OP
My first pick is automatically included in the draw
What I am confused about the total amount of albums I am supposed to nominate. I select 25 albums between 500-1000, then another 25 for 1000-1500, so on and so forth?
Much easier than that, VF... rank 10 albums in order of preference that are not on the list above and are not in the AM Top 500. Send them in order along with their actual ranking (if any) to the email above.
Yes, your first choice will definitely get in. In fact, I'm sure several from every list will get in (there are 128 spots open, after all - and bound to be some duplicates!)
Just tell me if I'm correct about these things:
You can't vote for any of the albums listed in the OP
My first pick is automatically included in the draw
What I am confused about the total amount of albums I am supposed to nominate. I select 25 albums between 500-1000, then another 25 for 1000-1500, so on and so forth?
All you have to do is pick 10 albums.
All that about 25-25-25-25 describes how Brad will select the albums that get in. (So, if you picked nothing but albums in 501-1000 range, odds are only two or three would get in)
I received three more fantastic lists over the past week from beefsupreme, Henry, and VanillaFire.
We now have 12!:
Brad
BillAdama
Evan
Nassim
Stephan
Henrik
Listyguy
Romain
Gillingham
Beefsupreme
Henry
VanillaFire
Between these lists, there are 115 nominated albums. Obviously, we need at least two more (more likely 3 or 4 to account for segment requirements).
If we don't have the minimum by next week, I will extend the deadline by a week.
Thanks!
One nomination list from Michel brings us up to 13 total.
From these 13 nominations, I am only able to fill a maximum of 117 spots out of the 128 necessary for the poll to begin. We need at least two more nomination lists.
For this reason, I am extending the deadline to next Sunday 1/15. I will continue to extend the deadline weekly until I am able to fill out a complete bracket.
So there's still time left... Come join the fun!
Just sent in mine!
Assuming kingoftonga makes it 127; if one of my nominations is a double nomination, I'd be more than willing to replace it with another one to get to 128. 
Got yours kingoftonga - now we have 14 nomination lists.
The maximum slot total is now at 123.
Thanks for the offer Stephan- interestingly, you do have one of the duplicates.
sending mine a little later today
Great Greg... Antonius, I got yours, bringing us to 15 noms (Greg will be 16).
We're at 126 maximum slots now, and I anticipate the next list pushing us to goal. Still, I would like to keep this open through this week (as mentioned previously) to pick up any stragglers. The more the better!
Greg - Did you ever get to send your list? I still need at least one more by Sunday midnight EST (or thereabouts).
Everyone - This could be your last chance! Send your nominations!
If we don't meet the 128 album requirement we can always just have everybody send one more nomination and pick randomly among them.
Or give first priority to anyone who didn't get all 10 picks in due to AM rank quotas.
Greg came through in the clutch!
The nomination period has thus ended with a total of 15 lists, from the following participants:
Brad
BillAdama
Evan
Nassim
Stephan
Henrik
Listyguy
Romain
Gillingham
Beefsupreme
Henry
VanillaFire
Michel
KingofTonga
Greg
I will put together the draw today and reveal it no later than tomorrow (Tuesday). We should be able to stay on schedule with the kickoff date in early March (exact date tbd) which will give everyone a month and a half to kick-start their finding & listening.
Thanks everyone- I'm really looking forward to this... great lists w/ lots of variety!
sorry - 16 total, including Antonius
Okay, the tournament bracket has been set!
The albums were listed in order of ranking, from top to bottom, then bubbling albums were given random positions, then unranked albums were given random positions.
You can view the bracket here:
Best Moderately Acclaimed Album #3
Here is a list of the albums that are in the tournament, as well as their ranking and their nominator(s):
Alain Bashung - Play Blessures - 1850 - Romain
Animal Collective - Feels - 939 - Nassim
Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do - 1732 - Gillingham
Arvo Pärt - Tabula rasa - BU - Michel
Astor Piazzolla - Tango: Zero Hour - 1242 - Henrik, Antonius
Autechre - Tri Repetae - 1272 - Gillingham
Ben Harper - Welcome to the Cruel World - 2755 - Nassim
Ben Harper - Fight for You Mind - BU - Gillingham
Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch - 2394 - BillAdama
Betty Davis - Nasty Gal - UR - Stephan
Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children - 707 - Gillingham
Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun - 1760 - Nassim
Built To Spill - You In Reverse - BU - Brad
Captain Beefheart - Lick My Decals Off Baby - 1885 - KingOfTonga
Cat Stevens - Teaser and the Firecat - 2043 - Henry
Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority - 1287 - Henry
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - 1452 - VanillaFire2000
Count Basie - Basie - 695 - Henrik
Counting Crows - August and Everything After - 1580 - Gillingham
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours - 691 - VanillaFire2000
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs - 1238 - Romain
Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me - 574 - Evan
Dire Straits - Making Movies - 1322 - Listyguy
Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst - 1116 - Greg
Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt - 1619 - Romain
Electrelane - No Shouts No Calls - BU - Nassim
Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue - 1013 - KingOfTonga
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One - 1089 - BillAdama
Fela Kuti - Zombie - 1133 - Stephan
Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport - 847 - Nassim
Funkadelic - Free Your Mind... And Your Ass Will Follow - BU - Beefsupreme
Future Bible Heroes - Memories of Love - UR - Greg
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven - 515 - Brad
Gotan Project - La Revancha del Tango - 2241 - KingOfTonga
Gun Club - Las Vegas Story - 2253 - Brad
Hot Chip - The Warning - 626 - Nassim
IAM - L'école du micro d'argent - UR - Nassim
Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most wanted - 1091 - Beefsupreme
Jackson Browne - Saturate Before Using - 1755 - Henry
Jackson Browne - Running On Empty - 925 - Antonius
Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank - BU - Stephan, Henrik
Jacques Dutronc - Et moi, et moi, et moi - UR - Romain
James Carr - You Got My Mind Messed Up - 1855 - Stephan
Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene - 1575 - KingOfTonga
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick - 1735 - BillAdama
Joe Jackson - I'm the Man - BU - Henry
John Coltrane - Olé Coltrane - 2399 - Michel
John Fahey - Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice) - 2977 - Stephan
Jorge Ben - A Tábua de Esmeralda - 2226 - Stephan
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny - BU - Henrik
Judee Sill - Heart Food - BU - Stephan
Jurassic 5 - Quality Control - 2836 - VanillaFire2000
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside - 542 - Brad
Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert - 631 - Greg
Kevin Coyne - Marjory Razorblade - 1839 - Antonius
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry - 1410 - BillAdama
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy - 520 - Listyguy
Lee Perry - Super Ape - 1035 - Beefsupreme
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II - BU - Beefsupreme
Los Campesinos - Hold On Now, Youngster - BU - Nassim
Low - I Could Live in Hope - 2073 - Henrik, Gillingham
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Miss America - 1057 - Henrik
Melvins - Houdini - 2821 - Beefsupreme
Monster Magnet - Spine of God - BU - Beefsupreme
Mountain Goats - Tallahassee - BU - KingOfTonga
Muddy Waters - Folk Singer - 1265 - VanillaFire2000, Gillingham
Neu! - Neu! 75 - 1268 - Beefsupreme
Nina Simone - Jazz Played in an Exclusive Side Street Club / Little Girl Blue - BU - Henrik
Noir Désir - Tostaky - 1061 - Romain
Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes - 804 - KingOfTonga
Paul Simon - The Rhythm of the Saints - 2819 - VanillaFire2000
Polaris - Music From The Adventures of Pete & Pete - UR - VanillaFire2000
Queen - A Day at the Races - 2670 - Listyguy
Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R - 761 - Nassim
Rachid Taha - Diwan - 2830 - Romain
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication - 1131 - Listyguy
Richard Hawley - Coles Corner - 1739 - Greg
Robert Palmer - Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley - BU - Antonius
Saint Etienne - Foxbase Alpha - 1957 - BillAdama
Serge Gainsbourg - L'homme à tête de chou - 1699 - Romain
Serge Gainsbourg - Aux armes et caetera - 2006 - Romain
Sonic Youth - NYC Ghosts & Flowers - UR - Beefsupreme
Soul Coughing - Ruby Vroom - 2701 - Michel
Steely Dan - The Royal Scam - 1356 - Antonius
Stina Nordenstam - And She Closed Her Eyes - BU - Henrik
Superchunk - No Pocky for Kitty - BU - Evan
Supergrass - In It For The Money - 1025 - Brad
Swell - 41 - UR - Michel
Terry Callier - What Color Is Love - BU - Henrik
The Allman Brothers - Brothers and Sisters - 2076 - Henry
The Beta Band - The Three EP's - 933 - Michel
The Boredoms - Super AE - BU - BillAdama
The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge - BU - Greg
The D.O.C. - No One Can Do It Better - BU - VanillaFire2000
The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I - 1241 - Evan
The Doors - Morrison Hotel - 1160 - Listyguy
The Fall - The Real New Fall LP: Formerly Country on the Click - BU - Michel
The Germs - (GI) - 1879 - Brad
The Microphones - The Glow, Pt 2 - 705 - Evan
The Original Soundtrack - West Side Story - 1632 - VanillaFire2000
The Slits - Cut - 665 - BillAdama
The Style Council - Our Favourite Shop - 2838 - Henry
The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go - 1808 - VanillaFire2000
The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? - 1950 - Evan
The Verlaines - Bird Dog - UR - Brad
The Watersons - Bright Phoebus - UR - BillAdama
The Wedding Present - Seamonsters - 2440 - Evan
The White Stripes - Get Behind me Satan - 1279 - Romain
The Who - A Quick One - 2224 - Listyguy
Thelonious Monk - Genius of Modern Music - vol 2 (1952) - 838 - 838 - Antonius
Thomas Newman - American Beauty - UR - Henrik
Tim Buckley - Goodbye and Hello - 887 - BillAdama
Tindersticks - Tindersticks (II) - 1262 - Michel
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star - 753 - Henry
Tom McRae - Tom McRae - UR - Gillingham
Tom Petty - Wildflowers - 2128 - KingOfTonga
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes - 576 - Listyguy
Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years - 1529 - BillAdama
Tom Waits - Alice - 1790 - Gillingham
Toots & the Maytals - Funky Kingston - 788 - Beefsupreme
Tricky - Pre Millennium Tension - 1640 - Michel
Urge Overkill - Saturation - 1834 - KingOfTonga
Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece - 808 - Antonius
Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy - 1701 - Greg
William Basinsky - The Disintegraion Loops - 1395 - Gillingham
Wire - 154 - 747 - Brad
Yes - Fragile - 801 - Henry
You - Time Code - UR - KingOfTonga
You can make predictions regarding the tournament (as long as it doesn't influence your voting in any way!).
Let me know if you have any questions.
My plan is to start the first four matchups on MARCH 5th (one from each quartile like last time).
Thanks!
That's a pretty great list!
What order are we playing these in (i.e. what will the first week look like)? Game 1, 17, 33 and 49?
Here's a great first round matchup: New Amerykah Part One vs. Amerikkka's Most Wanted!
Great list of albums. I mean, this is an EXCELLENT list. Great variety too. A little upset my Cowboy Junkies nomination didn't make the cut though. 
Also I can't see any obvious favorites. I mean, there are some that obviously have better chance than others, but there's no 'Summerteeth' or 'Seventeen Seconds' or 'Aeroplane'.
Technically wasn't it against the rules for the same person to nominate two albums by the same artist? I'm okay with it if everyone else is, but I just wanted to point it out. (Romain, Serge Gainsbourg)
Only four albums were nominated by more than more than one person (I nominated three of these four albums). However, with their low AM rankings they could probably not be considered favorites.
Astor Piazzolla - Tango: Zero Hour - 1242
Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank - BU
Low - I Could Live in Hope - 2073
Muddy Waters - Folk Singer - 1265
Great selections, Antonius, Stephan and Gillingham!
I'm really sorry. I don't see this point.
Maybe you can replace One of the two Gainsbourg by the last album of me who doesn't make the list.
Maybe you can replace S. Gainsbourg - Aux armes et caetera by Prince - Around the world in a day ?
Maybe you can replace One of the two Gainsbourg by the last album of me who doesn't make the list.
Maybe you can replace S. Gainsbourg - Aux armes et caetera by Prince - Around the world in a day ?
And here's the list of nominated albums that DIDN'T make it - just to give an idea of how much quality we haven't tapped into yet:
Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy - 1093 - Antonius
Charlie Parker - Jazz at Massey Hall - 622 - Stephan
Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Sessions - 974 - VanillaFire2000
Duke Ellington - Far East Suite - 1254 - Greg
Four Tet - Rounds - 798 - Michel
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim - Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim - 1233 - Greg
Goodie Mob - Soul Food - BU - Beefsupreme
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes - 1300 - Evan
Little Feat - Dixie Chicken - 643 - Stephan
Meat Puppets - II - 1150 - Brad
Miles Davis - A Tribute To Jack Johnson - 1148 - Antonius
Mogwai - Young Team - 1214 - Nassim
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz - 1433 - Listyguy
Prince - Around the world in a day - 1125 - Romain
Rick James - Street Songs - 1371 - Greg
The Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape - 1422 - Henry
The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies - 1475 - Greg
The Psychedelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk - 1226 - Michel
The Rolling Stones - Tatoo You - 1151 - Henry
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come - 599 - Brad
The Strokes - Room On Fire - 1060 - Listyguy
The Upsetters - Super Ape - 1035 - Antonius
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music - 1429 - Stephan
Yardbirds - Yardbirds/Over Under Sideways Down/Roger the Engineer - 1028 - Listyguy
Yes - Close to the Edge - 614 - KingOfTonga
Still great variety.
So much music... love this game!
Yes - Close to the Edge - 614 - KingOfTonga
Superb nomination. Hopefully, it will be included in the next contest.
Yes - Close to the Edge - 614 - KingOfTonga
Superb nomination. Hopefully, it will be included in the next contest.
Beside my pick, my favorite in the list of the albums that did not make the cut is Four Tet - Rounds, great electronic album.
And it seems that there is at least one album that Henry and I both love 
Great nominations. I'm especially looking forward to listening to the following selections:
Ben Harper - Welcome to the Cruel World - 2755 - Nassim
Ben Harper - Fight for You Mind - BU - Gillingham
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - 1452 - VanillaFire2000
Count Basie - Basie - 695 - Henrik
Counting Crows - August and Everything After - 1580 - Gillingham
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours - 691 - VanillaFire2000
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs - 1238 - Romain
Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me - 574 - Evan
Dire Straits - Making Movies - 1322 - Listyguy
Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue - 1013 - KingOfTonga
Fela Kuti - Zombie - 1133 - Stephan
Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport - 847 - Nassim
Funkadelic - Free Your Mind... And Your Ass Will Follow - BU - Beefsupreme
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven - 515 - Brad
Hot Chip - The Warning - 626 - Nassim
Jackson Browne - Running On Empty - 925 - Antonius
Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene - 1575 - KingOfTonga
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick - 1735 - BillAdama
John Coltrane - Olé Coltrane - 2399 - Michel
Jorge Ben - A Tábua de Esmeralda - 2226 - Stephan
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny - BU - Henrik
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside - 542 - Brad
Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert - 631 - Greg
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry - 1410 - BillAdama
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy - 520 - Listyguy
Lee Perry - Super Ape - 1035 - Beefsupreme
Los Campesinos - Hold On Now, Youngster - BU - Nassim
Melvins - Houdini - 2821 - Beefsupreme
Mountain Goats - Tallahassee - BU - KingOfTonga
Nina Simone - Jazz Played in an Exclusive Side Street Club / Little Girl Blue - BU - Henrik
Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes - 804 - KingOfTonga
Paul Simon - The Rhythm of the Saints - 2819 - VanillaFire2000
Queen - A Day at the Races - 2670 - Listyguy
Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R - 761 - Nassim
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication - 1131 - Listyguy
Robert Palmer - Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley - BU - Antonius
Saint Etienne - Foxbase Alpha - 1957 - BillAdama
Serge Gainsbourg - L'homme à tête de chou - 1699 - Romain
Serge Gainsbourg - Aux armes et caetera - 2006 - Romain
Sonic Youth - NYC Ghosts & Flowers - UR - Beefsupreme
Steely Dan - The Royal Scam - 1356 - Antonius
Superchunk - No Pocky for Kitty - BU - Evan
Supergrass - In It For The Money - 1025 - Brad
The Doors - Morrison Hotel - 1160 - Listyguy
The Fall - The Real New Fall LP: The Original Soundtrack - West Side Story - 1632 - VanillaFire2000
The Slits - Cut - 665 - BillAdama
The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go - 1808 - VanillaFire2000
The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? - 1950 - Evan
The Verlaines - Bird Dog - UR - Brad
The Watersons - Bright Phoebus - UR - BillAdama
The Who - A Quick One - 2224 - Listyguy
Thelonious Monk - Genius of Modern Music - vol 2 (1952) - 838 - 838 - Antonius
Tim Buckley - Goodbye and Hello - 887 - BillAdama
Tindersticks - Tindersticks (II) - 1262 - Michel
Tom Petty - Wildflowers - 2128 - KingOfTonga
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes - 576 - Listyguy
Toots & the Maytals - Funky Kingston - 788 - Beefsupreme
Tricky - Pre Millennium Tension - 1640 - Michel
Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece - 808 - Antonius
Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy - 1701 - Greg
Wire - 154 - 747 - Brad
The Upsetters - Super Ape - 1035 - Antonius
is the same album as: Lee Perry - Super Ape - 1035 - beefsupreme
I like that every full bracket filled out now has a different winner, unlike the last one I remember: everyone picked Areoplane.
Last year 6/10 picked Summerteeth, and Seventeen Seconds won. (Which would have been my second guess).
I do love how there's no obvious favorite this year.
I've only heard 43/128. I'm glad this doesn't start until March.
66/128 for me (although I had 61 before this was announced), so just over half of them. I hope to get to at least around 90 before this starts.
So far, 6 folks have entered their completed draft predictions, with 6 different winners! Two others have theirs "in progress".
Still plenty of time to enter your own! No prize is promised, but at least you can have bragging rights!
The Upsetters - Super Ape - 1035 - Antonius
AND - the 7th predicted winner is our first repeat!
We're about a month away from kicking this thing off, so plenty of time to get your predictions in.
So far we have 8 completed prediction brackets (with only one repeat winner!), plus 2 more in progress (Listyguy, BillAdama) and another m.i.a. (antonius? any luck putting yours on-line?).
Brad, I finished mine, I am Chris.
I think mine is online too.
Antonius- my mistake, i didn't realize I had to go to the next page... you're now in there twice, but no problem! Thanks!
I finished mine too, I am mfl.
Antonius- my mistake, i didn't realize I had to go to the next page... you're now in there twice, but no problem! Thanks!
There are two Chrises on the list now. Mine is the one with Boards of Canada as the winner. I may change mine right before the deadline when I've listened to more of the albums (Though I'm only up to week 4 now :( ).
I don't know if the second one is one where I accidentally clicked created a bracket and didn't save it, I don't think that's me.