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.
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!
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!
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.
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).
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)
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)
Good call- I completely missed that. I'd like to let it slide if no-one objects, primarily because it would upset the seedings to a greater extent than I think it's worth. Sorry about that one!
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!
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)
Good call- I completely missed that. I'd like to let it slide if no-one objects, primarily because it would upset the seedings to a greater extent than I think it's worth. Sorry about that one!
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 ?
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 ?
The Prince album was the only one of yours that didn't make the cut. Unfortunately, by the time it came up, the ranking < 1501 slots had all been filled, so I moved to the next one on your list. No big deal - we all love Serge. Besides, three bracket predictions are already in - we're all set!
Great list of albums. I mean, this is an EXCELLENT list. Great variety too.
I agree! It would be logical with some loss in quality since the last games as the best albums are no longer eligible, but I almost feel the opposite. It shows the amazing park of albums there is to pick from. I really look forward to this game.
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!
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
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:
The Upsetters - Super Ape - 1035 - Antonius
is the same album as: Lee Perry - Super Ape - 1035 - beefsupreme
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:
The Upsetters - Super Ape - 1035 - Antonius
is the same album as: Lee Perry - Super Ape - 1035 - beefsupreme
Yeah, it is. The Upsetters are producer Lee Perry's houseband. The (very good) album was credited to The Upsetters though, so you should probably change that in the bracketmaker thing Brad!
The Upsetters are producer Lee Perry's houseband. The (very good) album was credited to The Upsetters though, so you should probably change that in the bracketmaker thing Brad!
Done - thanks guys!
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?).
Yeah, I know- it's showing up in the leaderboard as "Not Finished" (as is Listyguy's).
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!
Yeah, I know- it's showing up in the leaderboard as "Not Finished" (as is Listyguy's).
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.
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.
Gotcha - I thought the second one was you based on the "AMModerate" email address. No problem - glad we're getting participation... and you're ahead of me with the listening, but I'm working on it!