Best Ever Albums

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament: Bonus Poll

Hayden — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 15:28:47 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 09/10/2018 19:28

Flower Boy, but Melodrama's a close runner-up.

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament: Bonus Poll

baystateoftheart — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 15:27:22 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 09/10/2018 19:27

Went with DAMN. I'd rank and rate as follows:

1. DAMN. 4/5
2. Melodrama 4/5
3. American Dream 3.5/5
4. Flower Boy 3.5/5
5. A Deeper Understanding 3/5

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament: Bonus Poll

Skinny — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 07:52:13 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 09/10/2018 11:52

Melodrama.

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament: Bonus Poll

Purplepash — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 06:27:17 GMT

Author: Purplepash

Posted: 09/10/2018 10:27

Yeah I was amazed none of these albums got nominated.
American Dream for me. The only album in the BEA top 10 for the year that's also in my top 10.

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament: Bonus Poll

RoundTheBend — Sun, 9 Sep 2018 12:01:10 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 09/09/2018 16:01

Tha1ChiefRocka wrote:

Yeah, Flower Boy should have probably been my answer. I'll probably come back to that album more often than The Underside of Power.

And I'm the opposite. I couldn't get into Flower Boy... listened to it twice. I think we've already had this chat about this album, and somehow it just doesn't click for me. More power to those who dig it I suppose.

The Underside of Power on the other hand will definitely have a role in my rotation as it already has a song rotated through my top 2010s and 2017 playlists.

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament: Bonus Poll

Repo — Sun, 9 Sep 2018 06:36:13 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 09/09/2018 10:36

Melodrama.

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament: Bonus Poll

Tha1ChiefRocka — Thu, 6 Sep 2018 23:29:07 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 09/07/2018 03:29

Yeah, Flower Boy should have probably been my answer. I'll probably come back to that album more often than The Underside of Power.

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament: Bonus Poll

Luigii — Thu, 6 Sep 2018 22:57:20 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 09/07/2018 02:57

sethmadsen wrote:

Amen.

😁

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament: Bonus Poll

RoundTheBend — Thu, 6 Sep 2018 22:18:35 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 09/07/2018 02:18

Luigii wrote:

To me it would be American Dream. Love that album.

Amen.

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament: Bonus Poll

Luigii — Thu, 6 Sep 2018 19:47:26 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 09/06/2018 23:47

To me it would be American Dream. Love that album.

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament: Bonus Poll

baystateoftheart — Thu, 6 Sep 2018 19:02:57 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 09/06/2018 23:02

craola wrote:

did Bjork's Utopia make it in?

It is ranked #45 for the year on BEA, and no one nominated it, so no.

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament: Bonus Poll

babyBlueSedan — Thu, 6 Sep 2018 18:39:12 GMT

Author: babyBlueSedan

Posted: 09/06/2018 22:39

Voted for Flower Boy. I think I have DAMN and American Dream ranked higher on my chart but they shouldn't be, Flower Boy is the one I've listened too the most. Just a beautiful album that's a great mix of soul and rap.

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament: Bonus Poll

craola — Thu, 6 Sep 2018 18:32:09 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 09/06/2018 22:32

did Bjork's Utopia make it in?

2017 Championship Tournament: Bonus Poll

baystateoftheart — Thu, 6 Sep 2018 18:25:46 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 09/06/2018 22:25

While I originally expected a lot of the year's top albums would automatically be included in the tournament, participation has been so phenomenal that no albums automatically made it into the bracket. This left the four highest ranked albums of 2017 (and many other highly ranked albums) with no path to tournament victory. Which of these five is your favorite tournament snub?

If we do this tournament again next year, I'm thinking about reserving one slot in the bracket for the winner of a poll like this between all the top-ranked snubs.