Best Ever Albums

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #1 v. #29

Purplepash — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 06:31:31 GMT

Author: Purplepash

Posted: 09/12/2018 10:31

Although A Crow Looked At Me now doesn't have the same emotional impact on me as that first listen that almost had me in tears it's still a one of a kind album that's in my 2017 chart so Mount Eerie over Elucid for me.

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #1 v. #29

Repo — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 22:21:29 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 09/12/2018 02:21

Elucid, easily. Love it. Especially walking the streets at night listening to my walkmen.

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #1 v. #29

dihansse — Sat, 8 Sep 2018 14:12:45 GMT

Author: dihansse

Posted: 09/08/2018 18:12

I listened back to The Crow, an album I respect highlight for its lyrics but not so much musically, and I still have the same opinion: it certainly deserves a place in my 2017 top chart but not in the highest ranks; As I already didn’t like the Elucid album in the play-ins it is clear which one wins.

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #1 v. #29

Luigii — Wed, 5 Sep 2018 23:21:28 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 09/06/2018 03:21

baystateoftheart wrote:

Having not been a huge fan of the Elucid record, choosing Mount Eerie's excellent portrait of grief was a no-brainer here. However, one drawback of A Crow Looked At Me is that it's so intense that I almost never want to listen to it. So I avoided revisiting it for this round, but I will if it faces an album that I like a comparable amount later.

I agree with this. Thought it as a masterful album. But like you, I don't want to feel the grief.

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #1 v. #29

baystateoftheart — Wed, 5 Sep 2018 23:17:57 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 09/06/2018 03:17

Having not been a huge fan of the Elucid record, choosing Mount Eerie's excellent portrait of grief was a no-brainer here. However, one drawback of A Crow Looked At Me is that it's so intense that I almost never want to listen to it. So I avoided revisiting it for this round, but I will if it faces an album that I like a comparable amount later.

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #1 v. #29

Luigii — Tue, 4 Sep 2018 14:13:19 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 09/04/2018 18:13

This will be a hard bracket.

2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #1 v. #29

baystateoftheart — Tue, 4 Sep 2018 13:42:04 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 09/04/2018 17:42

Seed #1:

A Crow Looked At Me by Mount Eerie

Nominated By: sethmadsen
Genres [RYM]: Singer/Songwriter, Indie Folk, Contemporary Folk

Seed #29:

Valley Of Grace by Elucid

Nominated By: dividesbyzero
Genres [RYM]: Abstract Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop

Instructions:

Please listen to both albums in full before voting. Share your thoughts and/or your vote in this thread. This poll will be tallied in no fewer than twenty-eight days and no more than forty-two days. See Tournament Spreadsheet for the full bracket.