3 Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue
#2278, 1977, def 14 Leonard Cohen - New Skin For The Old Ceremony
vs
6 Neil Young - Zuma
#802, 1975, def 11 Leonard Cohen - New Skin For The Old Ceremony
Division 4:
15 Saint Etienne - So Tough
#2514, 1993, def 2 REM - New Adventures In Hifi
vs
7 Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk
#1096, 1996, def 10 Fountains of Wayne - s/t
Division 6:
1 Beck - Sea Change
#657, 2002, def 15 Low - Things We Lost In The Fire
vs
9 Aimee Mann - Bachelor #2
#1853, 2000, def 8 Bright Eyes - Lifted
Division 8:
4 White Stripes - Icky Thump
#1450, 2007, def 13 Queens of the Stone Eyes - Lullabyes to Paralyze
vs
5 Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
#962, 2007, def 12 !!! - Myth Takes
Voting remains open one week and closes Tuesday at midnight board time.
Re: Best Moderately Acclaimed Album: Round 2, Week 4
Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue
Awesome album, the best solo work by any Beach Boy. I wish it cleared the 70s poll T100.
Beck - Sea Change
Clearly this is one of the non-Aeroplane favorites to win. The board loves it, and I do too.
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Very close one. To me both albums are only their bands 3rd best, but I have to go for the Stripes over the Spoon one.
If I have time to listen to Saitn Etienne then I'll be back with my vote for that bracket. It's highly unlikely I'll be voting for Belle and Sebastien though.
Re: Best Moderately Acclaimed Album: Round 2, Week 4
Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk
Aimee Mann - Bachelor #2
Very tough choice. Bachelor no. 2 was in my top 200 list Sea Change wasn't. I listened Sea Change after its bit surprising showing in the top 100 and it sounded better and had aged better than I thought (I listened Sea Change a lot in 02 and 03). Still it's hard not to vote Aimee Mann so I change again and vote Aimee Mann.
White Stripes - Icky Thump
Actually this is almost better album than Elephant...
Re: Best Moderately Acclaimed Album: Round 2, Week 4
Saint Etienne - So Tough
Beck - Sea Change (It hurts a bit to vote against Aimee)
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (I was a bit harsh to this record in the first round, it deserves better)
Re: Best Moderately Acclaimed Album: Round 2, Week 4
WINNERS
Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue
- sick with swine flu, so I haven't listened to albums this week, but I'm no fan of Neil Young, and I quite liked this one so..
Can't decide on the second one.
Aimee Mann - Bachelor No 2
- Lovely record.
White Stripes - Icky Thump
- Had fell of the White Striped Train when this was released, but it sounds quite good.
Division 8:
4 White Stripes - Icky Thump 6 def
5 Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga 5
Beck and Belle and Sebastian both stay undefeated, though Beck scrapes through by a hair where he was expected to coast. Spoon is down to only Gimme Fiction.