Tom Petty vs. Sinead O’Connor
Lifehouse vs. Jay-Z
Spoon vs. Echo & The Bunnymen
Jimmy Cliff vs. Nine Inch Nails
Radiohead vs. Big Star
Busta Rhymes vs. Counting Crows
The Carpenters vs. Midnight Oil
The Flaming Lips vs. Alice In Chains
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1977 - 26. Tom Petty -- American Girl
1977 - 40. Tom Petty -- Breakdown
1977 - 263. Tom Petty -- Anything That's Rock 'N Roll
1977 - 350. Tom Petty -- Luna
1978 - 92. Tom Petty -- I Need To Know
1978 - 161. Tom Petty -- Listen To Her Heart
1979 - 51. Tom Petty -- Don't Do Me Like That
1980 - 25. Tom Petty -- Refugee
1980 - 88. Tom Petty -- Here Comes My Girl
1980 - 138. Tom Petty -- Even The Losers
1980 - 267. Tom Petty -- Don't Bring Me Down
1981 - 35. Tom Petty -- The Waiting
1981 - 48. Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty -- Stop Dragging My Heart Around
1981 - 106. Tom Petty -- A Woman In Love
1981 - 321. Tom Petty -- Nightwatchmen
1982 - 57. Tom Petty -- You Got Lucky
1982 - 186. Tom Petty -- Change Of Heart
1982 - 328. Tom Petty -- We Stand A Chance
1982 - 364. Tom Petty -- Deliver Me
1985 - 65. Tom Petty -- Don't Come Around Here No More
1985 - 184. Tom Petty -- Rebels
1985 - 299. Tom Petty -- Make It Better (Forget About Me)
1986 - 327. Tom Petty & Stevie Nicks -- Needles And Pins
1987 - 104. Tom Petty -- Jammin' Me
1987 - 254. Tom Petty -- Runaway Trains
1987 - 310. Tom Petty -- All Mixed Up
1989 - 3. Tom Petty -- Free Falling
1989 - 48. Tom Petty -- I Won't Back Down
1989 - 70. Tom Petty -- Running Down A Dream
1990 - 222. Tom Petty -- A Face in the Crowd
1990 - 361. Tom Petty -- Yer So Bad
1991 - 57. Tom Petty -- Into The Great Wide Open
1991 - 86. Tom Petty -- Learning To Fly
1991 - 222. Tom Petty -- Out In The Cold
1992 - 245. Tom Petty -- King's Highway
1993 - 44. Tom Petty -- Mary Jane's Last Dance
1993 - 188. Tom Petty -- Something In The Air
1994 - 62. Tom Petty -- You Don't Know How It Feels
1995 - 136. Tom Petty -- You Wreck Me
1995 - 162. Tom Petty -- It's Good To Be King
1996 - 120. Tom Petty -- Walls
1996 - 250. Tom Petty -- Waiting For Tonight
1999 - 218. Tom Petty -- Free Girl Now
1999 - 359. Tom Petty -- Room At The Top
2002 - 97. Tom Petty -- The Last DJ
2006 - 105. Tom Petty -- Saving Grace

1987 - 354. Sinead O'Conner -- Troy
1988 - 152. Sinead O’Connor -- Mandinka
1988 - 227. Sinead O’Connor -- I Want Your (Hands On Me)
1990 - 1. Sinead O'Connor -- Nothing Compares 2 U
1990 - 173. Sinead O'Connor -- The Emporer's New Clothes
1990 - 371. Sinead O'Connor -- Three Babies

2001 - 2. Lifehouse-- Hanging By A Moment
2001 - 135. Lifehouse-- Sick Cycle Carousel
2001 - 164. Lifehouse-- Breathing
2002 - 87. Lifehouse-- Spin
2005 - 27. Lifehouse-- You And Me
2005 - 160. Lifehouse-- Blind
2006 - 254. Lifehouse-- Come Back Down
2007 - 76. Lifehouse -- First Time
2007 - 335. Lifehouse -- From Where You Are
2008 - 123. Lifehouse -- Whatever It Takes
2008 - 180. Lifehouse -- Broken
2009 - 100. Lifehouse -- Halfway Gone

1996 - 195. Jay-Z -- Dead Presidents
1996 - 237. Jay-Z -- Ain’t No Nigga
1996 - 312. Jay-Z-- Can’t Knock The Hustle
1997 - 333. Jay-Z -- Sunshine
1997 - 389. Jay-Z -- Feelin' It
1998 - 23. Jay-Z -- Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
1998 - 80. Jay-Z -- Can I Get A ...
1998 - 308. Jay-Z -- Money Ain't A Thang
1998 - 338. Jay-Z -- The City Is Mine
1999 - 297. Jay-Z -- Girls Best Friend
2000 - 42. Jay-Z -- Big Pimpin’
2000 - 54. Jay-Z -- I Just Wanna Luv U (Give It To Me)
2000 - 284. Jay-Z -- Do It Again (Put Ya Hands Up)
2001 - 31. Jay-Z -- IZZO (H.O.V.A.)
2001 - 126. Jay-Z -- Girls, Girls, Girls
2001 - 254. Jay-Z -- Change The Game
2002 - 25. Jay-Z -- ‘03 Bonnie & Clyde
2003 - 183. Jay-Z -- Change Clothes
2003 - 389. Jay-Z -- La-La-La (Excuse Me Again)
2004 - 7. Jay-Z -- 99 Problems
2004 - 57. Jay-Z -- Dirt Off Your Shoulder
2006 - 60. Jay-Z -- Show Me What You Got
2007 - 289. Jay-Z -- Roc Boys
2009 - 111. Jay-Z -- Run This Town

2001 - 312. Spoon -- Everything Hits At Once
2002 - 330. Spoon -- The Way We Get By
2005 - 156. Spoon -- I Turn My Camera On
2007 - 111. Spoon -- The Underdog
2007 - 140. Spoon -- You Got Yr Cherry Bomb
2007 - 215. Spoon -- Don’t You Evah
2010 - ??? Spoon -- Written In Reverse

1979 - 253. Echo & The Bunnymen -- Pictures On The Wall
1980 - 237. Echo & The Bunnymen -- Rescue
1980 - 357. Echo & The Bunnymen -- The Puppet
1982 - 280. Echo & The Bunnymen -- The Back of Love
1983 - 139. Echo & The Bunnymen -- The Cutter
1983 - 172. Echo & The Bunnymen -- Never Stop
1984 - 28. Echo & The Bunnymen -- The Killing Moon
1984 - 287. Echo & The Bunnymen -- Silver
1984 - 307. Echo & The Bunnymen -- Seven Seas
1985 - 91. Echo & The Bunnymen -- Bring on the Dancing Horses
1987 - 91. Echo & The Bunnymen -- Lips Like Sugar
1987 - 282. Echo & The Bunnymen -- Bedbugs And Ballyhoo
1987 - 351. Echo & The Bunnymen -- The Game
1987 - 326. Echo & The Bunnymen -- New Direction
1988 - 301. Echo & The Bunnymen -- People Are Strange
1997 - 270. Echo & The Bunnymen -- Nothing Lasts Forever
1999 - 365. Echo & The Bunnymen -- Rust
2005 - 327. Echo & The Bunnymen -- Stormy Weather

1969 - 82. Jimmy Cliff -- Many Rivers To Cross
1969 - 150. Jimmy Cliff -- Wonderful World, Beautiful People
1970 - 130. Jimmy Cliff -- Wild World
1970 - 158. Jimmy Cliff -- Vietnam
1972 - 75. Jimmy Cliff -- The Harder They Come
1993 - 263. Jimmy Cliff -- I Can See Clearly Now

1989 - 77. Nine Inch Nails -- Down In It
1989 - 190. Nine Inch Nails -- Something I Could Never Have
1989 - 372. Nine Inch Nails -- Sanctified
1989 - 394. Nine Inch Nails -- Kinda I Want To
1990 - 19. Nine Inch Nails -- Head Like A Hole
1990 - 212. Nine Inch Nails -- Terrible Lie
1991 - 119. Nine Inch Nails -- Sin
1992 - 182. Nine Inch Nails -- Wish
1992 - 291. Nine Inch Nails -- Physical
1992 - 306. Nine Inch Nails -- Happiness In Slavery
1994 - 8. Nine Inch Nails -- Closer
1994 - 112. Nine Inch Nails -- Dead Souls
1994 - 153. Nine Inch Nails -- March Of The Pigs
1994 - 269. Nine Inch Nails -- Heresy
1994 - 341. Nine Inch Nails -- Piggy
1994 - 375. Nine Inch Nails -- Burn
1995 - 19. Nine Inch Nails -- Hurt
1997 - 76. Nine Inch Nails -- The Perfect Drug
1998 - 155. Nine Inch Nails -- Into The Void
1998 - 162. Nine Inch Nails -- The Day The Whole World Went Away
1999 - 278. Nine Inch Nails -- Star****ers Inc.
2001 - 221. Nine Inch Nails -- Deep
2005 - 21. Nine Inch Nails -- The Hand That Feeds
2005 - 64. Nine Inch Nails -- Only
2005 - 364. Nine Inch Nails -- Right Where It Belongs
2005 - 396. Nine Inch Nails -- The Line Begins To Blur
2006 - 97. Nine Inch Nails -- Every Day Is Exactly The Same
2007 - 60. Nine Inch Nails -- Survivalism
2007 - 142. Nine Inch Nails -- Capital G
2007 - 364. Nine Inch Nails -- In This Twilight
2008 - 96. Nine Inch Nails -- Discipline
2008 - 266. Nine Inch Nails -- Echoplex

1993 - 1. Radiohead -- Creep
1993 - 165. Radiohead -- Stop Whispering
1993 - 196. Radiohead -- Anyone Can Play Guitar
1993 - 268. Radiohead -- Thinking About You
1995 - 9. Radiohead -- Fake Plastic Trees
1995 - 49. Radiohead -- High And Dry
1995 - 98. Radiohead -- Just
1995 - 194. Radiohead -- My Iron Lung
1995 - 289. Radiohead -- Planet Telex
1995 - 376. Radiohead -- Black Star
1996 - 19. Radiohead-- Street Spirit (Fade Out)
1996 - 170. Radiohead -- Talk Show Host
1996 - 362. Radiohead -- The Bends
1997 - 6. Radiohead -- Paranoid Android
1997 - 21. Radiohead -- Karma Police
1997 - 62. Radiohead -- No Surprises
1997 - 151. Radiohead -- Let Down
1997 - 230. Radiohead -- Subterranean Homesick Alien
1997 - 281. Radiohead -- Climbing Up The Walls
1997 - 339. Radiohead -- Electroneering
1998 - 74. Radiohead -- Lucky
1998 - 121. Radiohead -- Airbag
2000 - 13. Radiohead -- Idioteque
2000 - 31. Radiohead -- Optimistic
2000 - 272. Radiohead -- Morning Bell
2000 - 339. Radiohead -- The National Anthem
2000 - 365. Radiohead -- Everything In It’s Right Place
2000 - 392. Radiohead -- How To Disappear Completely
2001 - 12. Radiohead -- Pyramid Song
2001 - 33. Radiohead -- Knives Out
2001 - 134. Radiohead -- I Might Be Wrong
2003 - 38. Radiohead -- There There
2003 - 166. Radiohead -- Go To Sleep
2003 - 265. Radiohead -- 2 + 2 = 5
2003 - 359. Radiohead -- A Punchup At A Wedding
2007 - 56. Radiohead -- Body Snatchers
2007 - 67. Radiohead -- Reckoner
2007 - 87. Radiohead -- House Of Cards
2007 - 97. Radiohead -- 15 Step
2007 - 109. Radiohead -- Nude
2007 - 229. Radiohead -- Faust Arp
2008 - 36. Radiohead -- Jigsaw Falling Into Place
2008 - 235. Radiohead -- All I Need

1972 - 99. Big Star -- Thirteen
1972 - 159. Big Star -- In The Street
1974 - 41. Big Star -- September Gurls
1974 - 234. Big Star -- O, My Soul
1978 - 275. Big Star -- Kanga-Roo
1978 - 296. Big Star -- Blue Moon
1978 - 347. Big Star -- Jesus Christ

1996 - 21. Busta Rhymes -- Woo-Hah!!! Got You All In Check
1996 - 256. Busta Rhymes -- Everything Remains Raw
1997 - 58. Busta Rhymes -- Dangerous
1997 - 83. Busta Rhymes -- Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See
1998 - 61. Busta Rhymes -- Turn It Up, Fire It Up
1998 - 201. Busta Rhymes -- Gimme Some More
1999 - 48. Busta Rhymes -- What’s It Gonna Be?!
2001 - 169. Busta Rhymes -- Break Ya Neck
2002 - 96. Busta Rhymes -- Pass The Courvoisier
2003 - 203. Busta Rhymes & Mariah Carey -- I Know What You Want
2006 - 100. Busta Rhymes -- Touch It
2008 - 251. Busta Rhymes -- Don’t Touch Me (Throw Da Water On ‘Em)

1994 - 12. Counting Crows -- Mrs. Jones
1994 - 56. Counting Crows -- Round Here
1994 - 83. Counting Crows -- Rain King
1994 - 163. Counting Crows -- Einstein On The Beach
1994 - 293. Counting Crows -- Omaha
1995 - 179. Counting Crows -- A Murder Of One
1996 - 42. Counting Crows -- A Long December
1996 - 111. Counting Crows -- Angels Of The Silences
1997 - 170. Counting Crows -- Daylight Fading
1999 - 109. Counting Crows -- Hanginaround
2000 - 147. Counting Crows -- Mrs. Potters Lullaby
2000 - 316. Counting Crows -- All My Friends
2002 - 268. Counting Crows -- American Girls
2002 - 369. Counting Crows -- Miami
2003 - 218. Counting Crows -- Big Yellow Taxi
2004 - 175. Counting Crows -- Accidentally In Love
2004 - 350. Counting Crows -- Holiday In Spain
2008 - 291. Counting Crows -- Coming Around

1970 - 16. The Carpenters -- (They Long To Be) Close To You
1970 - 45. The Carpenters -- We’ve Only Just Begun
1971 - 58. The Carpenters -- Superstar
1971 - 66. The Carpenters -- Rainy Days And Mondays
1971 - 88. The Carpenters -- For All We Know
1971 - 158. The Carpenters -- Bless The Beasts And The Children
1972 - 105. The Carpenters -- Hurting Each Other
1972 - 129. The Carpenters -- Goodbye To Love
1972 - 227. The Carpenters -- It's Going To Take Some Time
1973 - 36. The Carpenters -- Yesterday Once More
1973 - 53. The Carpenters -- Top Of The World
1973 - 132. The Carpenters -- Sing
1974 - 101. The Carpenters -- Please Mr. Postman
1974 - 176. The Carpenters -- I Won't Last A Day Without You
1975 - 58. The Carpenters -- Only Yesterday
1975 - 231. The Carpenters -- Solitaire
1977 - 212. The Carpenters -- Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft

1983 - 207. Midnight Oil -- The Power and The Passion
1985 - 365. Midnight Oil -- Best of Both Worlds
1985 - 376. Midnight Oil -- Kosciusko
1988 - 3. Midnight Oil -- Beds Are Burning
1988 - 65. Midnight Oil -- The Dead Heart
1988 - 168. Midnight Oil -- Dreamworld
1988 - 307. Midnight Oil -- Sometimes
1988 - 321. Midnight Oil -- Put Down That Weapon
1990 - 43. Midnight Oil -- Blue Sky Mine
1990 - 67. Midnight Oil -- The Forgotten Years
1990 - 326. Midnight Oil -- King of the Mountain
1991 - 305. Midnight Oil -- One Country
1993 - 167. Midnight Oil -- Truganini
1993 - 330. Midnight Oil -- Outbreak Of Love
1999 - 302. Midnight Oil -- White Skin Black Heart
2002 - 271. Midnight Oil -- The Golden Age

1994 - 142. The Flaming Lips -- She Don't Use Jelly
1995 - 312. The Flaming Lips -- Turn It On
1996 - 214. The Flaming Lips -- This Here Giraffe
1999 - 25. The Flaming Lips -- Race For The Prize
1999 - 144. The Flaming Lips -- Waiting For A Superman
1999 - 291. The Flaming Lips -- Buggin’
2003 - 122. The Flaming Lips -- Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
2003 - 147. The Flaming Lips -- Fight Test
2006 - 184. The Flaming Lips -- The Yeah, Yeah Song
2006 - 306. The Flaming Lips -- The W.A.N.D.

1990 - 190. Alice In Chains -- Bleed The Freak
1990 - 382. Alice In Chains -- We Die Young
1991 - 26. Alice In Chains -- Man In The Box
1991 - 210. Alice In Chains -- Sea Of Sorrow
1992 - 15. Alice In Chains -- Would?
1993 - 30. Alice In Chains -- Rooster
1993 - 103. Alice In Chains -- Them Bones
1993 - 123. Alice In Chains -- Down In A Hole
1993 - 130. Alice In Chains -- Angry Chair
1993 - 184. Alice In Chains -- What The Hell Have I
1993 - 376. Alice In Chains -- Hate To Feel
1994 - 52. Alice In Chains -- No Excuses
1994 - 70. Alice In Chains -- Got Me Wrong
1994 - 99. Alice In Chains -- Nutshell
1994 - 141. Alice In Chains -- I Stay Away
1994 - 171. Alice In Chains -- Don't Follow
1995 - 85. Alice In Chains -- Grind
1996 - 68. Alice In Chains -- Heaven Beside You
1996 - 103. Alice In Chains -- Again
1996 - 166. Alice In Chains -- Over Now
1999 - 60. Alice In Chains -- Get Born Again
1999 - 261. Alice In Chains -- Fear The Voices
2009 - 29. Alice In Chains -- Your Decision
2009 - 80. Alice In Chains -- A Looking In View
2009 - 199. Alice In Chains -- Check My Brain

Tom Petty
Jay-Z
Echo & The Bunnymen
Nine Inch Nails
Radiohead
Counting Crows
Midnight Oil
The Flaming Lips

Tom Petty
Jay-Z
Spoon
Nine Inch Nails
Radiohead
The Flaming Lips

Too bad I had to vote against Echo and the Bunnymen, Big Star, and Jimmy Cliff.

Also, I find it very hard to believe that The Flaming Lips "Do You Realize??" didn't make the slicknation list seeing as it's probably their most popular/acclaimed song.

Also for Jay-Z, you forgot "Empire State of Mind". Just saying.

PETTY -- Would anyone be surprised if Petty was touring 20 years from now?
JAY-Z -- Both of these artists are middle of the road, but I think Jay-Z has contributed a little more to the music community than the poppy sounds of Lifehouse...
ECHO -- Spoon did it's job, they knocked out Poison...
NIN -- If they face Radiohead in the round of #64 it will force me to choose between 2 of my top 5 artists...
RADIOHEAD -- With this panel, a shot at the final four???? Might be a long shot, but they have been one of the defining artists of the past 20 years...
BUSTA -- Another matchup of middle of the road alt/pop band and hip-hop artist. It will be interesting to see how this matchup shapes up...
MIDNIGHT OIL -- very underrated band...
ALICE IN CHAINS --

Tom Petty
Jay-Z
Spoon
Jimmy Cliff
Radiohead

Tom Petty
Jay Z
Echo & the Bunnymen
Nine Inch Nails
Radiohead (unfortunate matchup for Big Star)

Tom Petty
Jay-Z
Echo & The Bunnymen
Jimmy Cliff
Big Star
Busta Rhymes
The Carpenters
The Flaming Lips

Sinead O’Connor
I like some of Tom Petty's stuff, but other stuff of his is so bland, I have to give it to Sinead for I Don't Want What I Haven't Got.
Jay-Z
Death to all one hit wonders!
Echo & The Bunnymen
Love Spoon, but Echo & The Bunnymen has more great stuff.
Nine Inch Nails
All respect to Jimmy Cliff, Downward Spiral is one of my favorite albums.
Radiohead
Nothing against Big Star. It's Radiohead!
Busta Rhymes
This is a tough vote, but Counting Crows has too high a lame factor.
Midnight Oil
The Flaming Lips
Alice In Chains have some good stuff but they're kind of a manufactured grunge band.

Tom Petty
Jay-Z
Spoon
Nine Inch Nails
Radiohead
Counting Crows
Midnight Oil
The Flaming Lips

Radiohead vs. Big Star is possibly the most unfair matchup imaginable. Chilton and company would have won all of today's other matchups for me, and in fact most other matchups in general. Frankly, this is almost like a Round 2 pairing of the Beatles vs. Bob Dylan.

Tom Petty
Jay-Z
Echo & the Bunnymen
Nine Inch Nails
Big Star
Counting Crows
The Carpenters
The Flaming Lips

Tom Petty
Lifehouse - "Broken" is a great song
pass
Jimmy Cliff
pass
Counting Crows
Midnight Oil
The Flaming Lips

Today's favorite: Tom Petty
Today's favorite I didn't vote for: Sinead O'Connor
Favorite Song: "I Can See Clearly Now"

Jay-Z
Spoon
Nine Inch Nails
Radiohead
Busta Rhymes
Alice in Chains

Favorite album : OK Computer
Favorite song : Big Star - Thirteen

Tom Petty
Jay-Z
Spoon
Nine Inch Nails
Radiohead
Counting Crows
Alice In Chains

Sinéad O’Connor
Jay-Z
Spoon
Nine Inch Nails
Radiohead
Busta Rhymes
Midnight Oil
The Flaming Lips

****

AM TOP 10 ALBUMS
1. Radiohead – OK Computer
2. Radiohead – Kid A
3. Radiohead – The Bends
4. The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
5. Radiohead – In Rainbows
6. The Original Soundtrack – The Harder They Come
7. Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral
8. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
9. Big Star – Third/Sister Lovers
10. Big Star – Radio City

AM TOP 10 SONGS
1. Sinéad O’Connor, “Nothing Compares 2 U”
2. Radiohead, “Creep”
3. Jimmy Cliff, “Many Rivers to Cross”
4. Radiohead, “Fake Plastic Trees”
5. Radiohead, “Paranoid Android”
6. Big Star, “September Gurls”
7. Jimmy Cliff, “The Harder They Come”
8. Jay-Z, “99 Problems”
9. Nine Inch Nails, “Closer”
10. Tom Petty, “Free Fallin’”

MY FAVORITE ARTIST TODAY
Radiohead

MY 2ND-FAVORITE ARTIST TODAY
Big Star. Ouch. As Harold notes, Yorke v. Chilton is an absolutely brutal matchup for the second round, especially when you consider that this round has also featured such ho-hum pairings as Collective Soul v. Robbie Williams, and Linkin Park v. Tommy James (and that's just from the last 2 days).

Tom Petty - Decades of insanely catchy music.
Jay-Z
Spoon - Album after album of impeccable rock.
Nine Inch Nails - I still need to give Cliff a solid listen, but there are a few NIN albums that I enjoy.
Radiohead - Of course this is a painful matchup for us, but, as wonderful as Big Star are, it is really no contest.
Busta Rhymes - One of my favorite muppets, along with Lew Zealand and Beaker. I enjoy his slightly lagging delivery: e.g., "I make sure everything remains raw."
Midnight Oil - I don't get the retro hip acclaim that the Carpenters get. There is much better soft rock. I mean, I enjoy Sonic Youth's version of "Superstar, " but Sonic Youth could cover "Barbie Girl" and it would be great.
The Flaming Lips - Still not a fan of the FL's, but I dislike Alice in Chains much more.

Favorite this round - Radiohead, even though Spoon continues to grow in my admiration.

Favorite not voted for - Big Star

winners in 2.18...
Tom Petty 82.1% / Sinead O'Connor 17.9%
Jay-Z 75% / Lifehouse 25%
Echo & The Bunnymen 57.1% / Spoon 42.9%
Nine Inch Nails 79.3% / Spoon 42.9%
Radiohead 79.3% / Big Star 20.7%
Counting Crows 56% / Busta Rhymes 44%
Midnight Oil 75% / The Carpenters 25%
Alice In Chains 51.7% / The Flaming Lips 48.3%