Greatest Albums of All Time Tournament

[Elston]

WINNER

London Calling - The Clash

Round 7

The Black Saint & the Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus

Round 6

The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground
Marquee Moon - Television

Round 5

The Ascension - Glenn Branca
The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
Funhouse - The Stooges

Round 4

Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart
Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
Double Nickels on the Dime - Minutemen
Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd
Zen Arcade - Husker Du
Ascension - John Coltrane
Spiderland - Slint
Y - The Pop Group

Round 3

Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
Murmur - R.E.M.
Pink Moon - Nick Drake
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Another Green World - Brian Eno
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
The Shape of Jazz to Come - Ornette Coleman
The Doors - The Doors
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground
Surfer Rosa - The Pixies
Rock Bottom - Robert wyatt
OK Computer - Radiohead
Black Monk Time - The Monks
Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
We're Only in it For the Money - Frank Zappa
Fare Forward Voyager's - John Fahey
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Remain in Light - The Talking Heads
Songs of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen

Round 2

Third - The Soft Machine
Even the Sounds Shine - Myra Melford
Zeit - Tangerine Dream
Powerless...Psychic...Another Man's Sac - Butthole Surfers
Strangeways Here We Come - The Smiths
Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan
Escalator Over the Hill - Carla Bley
Faust - Faust
There's a Riot Goin' On - Sly & the Family Stone
Turn Off the Bright Lights - Interpol
Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
Repeater - Fugazi
Twin Infinitives - Royal Trux
Tago Mago - Can
Btiches Brew - Miles Davis
The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips
The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
White Blood Cells - The White Stripes
The wall - Pink Floyd
Geek the Girl - Lisa Germano
Good - Morphine
Free Jazz - Ornette Coleman
Unit Structures - Cecil Taylor
Funeral - Arcade Fire
Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart
Doolittle - The Pixies
Uncle Meat - Frank Zappa
A Rainbow in Curved Air - Terry Riley
Lorca - Tim Buckley
Amnesiac - Radiohead
Ocean Songs - Dirty Three
Revolver - The Beatles
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Abbey Road - The Beatles
Parable of Arable Land - The Red Krayola
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
In a Silent Way - Miles Davis

Round 1

Kid A - Radiohead
Well Oiled - Hash Jar Tempo
Low - David Bowie
Blood on the Tracks - David Bowie
Dolemen Music - Meredith Monk
Fire of Love - The Gun Club
Cyborg - Klause Schultze
Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise
Maxinquaye - Tricky
Illinois - Sufjan Stevens
Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones
Drawings of Patient O.T. - Einsturzende Neubaten
Electric Storm - White Noise
Spiritual Unity - Albert Ayler Trio
The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
Third Ear Band - Third Ear Band
BEATLES (White Albums) - The Beatles
The Who Sell Out - The Who
Ash Ra Temple - Ash Ra Temple
Sgt Peppers - The Beatles
Remnants of a Deeper Purity - Black Tape for a Blue Girl
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco
Vernal Equinox - Jon Hassell
Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix
In Utero - Nirvana
Yerself is Steam - Mercury Rev
From Her to Eternity - Nick Cave
Crazy Rhythms - The Feelies
Slow, Deep & Hard - Type O Negative
Yeti - Amon Duul XXXXVI (forty-sixth)
Nevermind - Nirvana
The Bends - Radiohead
Slanted & Enchanted - Pavement
Perfect From Now On - Built to Spill
Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon
Closer - Joy Division
Frances the Mute - The Mars Volta
Pithecanthropus Erectis - Charles Mingus
Mundus Subteranus - Herry Jon Hassel
Bricolage - Amon Tobin
The Jazz Composer's Orchestra - Michael Mantler
Crooked Rain - Pavement
Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix
The Good Son - Nick Cave
Forever Changes - Love
Nail - Feotus
Irrlicht - Klause Schultze
City of Glass - Stan Kenton
Hoisanna Mantra - Popul Vuh
Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
Neu! - Neu!
The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
Saxophone Improvisations, Series F - Anthony Braxton
Selling England by the Pound - Genesis
Lullaby Land - Vampire Rodents
Blue - Joni Mitchell
Mu - Don Cherry
Not Available - The Residents
Kick Out the Jams - MC5
Art & Aviation - Jane BLoom
For Alto - Anthony Braxton
Exile on Main St. - The Rolling Stones
IV - Led Zeppelin
Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
Deserthshore - Nico
My Aim is True - Elvis Costello
Passion - Peter Gabriel
Half Machine Lip Moves - Chrome
Ziggy Stardust - Dabid Bowie
Dream Theory in Malaya - Jon Hassell
Dreamtime Return - Steve Roach
Radio Gnome Invisible: Flying Teapot - Gong
The Magic City - Sun Ra
Starsailor - Tim Buckley

[banana brother]

Wow! I didn't expect this as the result, but I won't complain London Calling is an incredible album and has been one of my favorites since the day I got it. Its an amazing double album that's so accessible, yet extremely powerful.

BTW Could we have a quick match-up between the two semifinalists?

[maxxy]

That's a good idea and if we do I vote velvet underground and nico.

[JohnnyRocketFingers]

it would be cool, but everyone already knows whos going to win hahaha
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~Joe Strummer

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[banana brother]

Yeah probably VU would win, but... well this tournament has been surprising before

[Elston]

[theharrisonfords]

Closer was dropped in the first round? And Doolittle in the 2nd? Wow. I wouldn't have expected that.

[theharrisonfords]

Whew! VU & Nico vs. Marquee Moon- I have to admit that's a close one for me. I love them both sooo much, and they're both deep and raw in their own spectrums. When it comes to the two, I'd have to say it's VU&N, but I'm not sure how much creedence I can put into that. I mean, I might be biased to the Banana album because it was one of the few records that connected with me the most when I first got into music. It was nothing I had ever heard before, and I had no idea who they were before I listened to them. It was great- first year of college laying down with a bunch of people in the dark listening it on vinyl- one of the most memorable moments in my life. Television I stumbled across and was equally blown away musically, but the meaning to discovering it wasn't as powerful. I'd cast my vote for VU, but I'm not sure how to look at it.

[maxxy]

kool.
Again, VU and NIco

[caralladas76]

if you are going to choose between semifinalists, i absolutely vote for TELEVISION´s MARQUEE MOON. Brilliant, amazing, one of my fav albums.