1. Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
2. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
3. Julee Cruise - Floating Into The Night
4. Tubeway Army - Replicas
5. Pere Ubu - Dub Housing
6. David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World
7. Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
8. The Associates - Fourth Drawer Down
Division 2:
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
Man Who Sold the World is a pretty bad album after the title track. Taking Tiger Mountain is ok, not as good as Here Come the Warm Jets but I do prefer it to the next step in the Eno catalog, you know the one that makes him one of the most acclaimed artists of all time.
Division 1:
Winner - Tubeway Army - Replicas vs
Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
A great discovery, I really appreciate Tubeway Army.
Division 2:
WINNER - David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World vs
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain
A so difficult choice, I adore these two albums (first and second place of the week) but Bowie is my "chouchou".
Division 3:
WINNER - Pere Ubu - Dub Housing vs
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
Easy here.
It's hard for me to judge Floating Into The Night as an album because I'm so used to hearing all the songs in Twin Peaks.
Isn't that all for the good? Also, you are probably aware of this already, but Floating into the Night came first.
My vote is for The Associates, not against Julee Cruise. I know Floating Into The Night came first, but I heard these songs over and over in the context of the show, so it's hard for me to separate them from it.
Division 1: Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
Division 2: David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World (completely disagree with the previous comment that this is a "bad" album outside of the title track)
Division 3: Pere Ubu - Dub Housing
Division 4: Julee Cruise - Floating Into The Night
I would not call The Man Who Sold the World bad but Eno's album seems more consistant. And while everybody knows Nirvana's version of Bowie song, I prefer Bauhaus cover of Third Uncle (not that it made an impact on my vote though).
Division 4:
The Associates - Fourth Drawer Down
I don't like the Julee Cruise album at all, and not just because it eliminated one of my picks on the previous round.
Division 1: Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
Division 2: David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World
Division 3: Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
Division 4: The Associates - Fourth Drawer Down
Division 2:
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
Two huge songs on each album; "Fat Lady of Limbourg" and "The Man Who Sold The World". Other than that I'm not really into any of these albums, but I have different feelings about them. While "Taking Tiger Mountain" has growing potential, "The Man Who Sold The World" lacks the melodies to be enjoyed by others than hardcore Bowie fans.
Division 3:
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
Division 4:
Julee Cruise - Floating Into The Night
I don't understand why this album doesn't appeal to more people. Everyone (well, except Nassim probably) loves the music from Twin Peaks and this albums is the consummate Badalamenti/Lynch/Cruise experience. Should it not be up there with other mood-records such as "Astral Weeks" or "Loveless"?
There are three ties and one with a large margin, with twelve minutes left, so no reason not to close it now.
Benga beats Cassandra Wilson 5-4
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour vs
Laika - Sounds Of The Satellites
Still tied
We're going to try an experimental tiebreaker now, to try to favor the album that more people feel more strongly about.
Two albums, if still tied after a one week extension, will have a re-vote. Only, in this re-vote, everybody has ten points to use for the entire tournament. You can use any number of those points. If you vote, and your pick wins, you lose your points, and if your pick loses, you get your points back.
Please send any experimental tiebreaker votes to AMModeratePoll@gmail.com (So people who vote earlier aren't at a disadvantage) (And yes, I will decide whether to vote before checking other peoples' votes).
This week's matches:
Tubeway Army - Replicas 4 TIED WITH
Queen - Sheer Heart Attack 4
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain 6 def
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World 3
Pere Ubu - Dub Housing 3 TIED WITH
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood 3
The Associates - Fourth Drawer Down 3 TIED WITH
Julee Cruise - Floating Into The Night 3
Those three will be open one more week. If they are still tied, experimental tiebreaker.