Best Ever Albums

Re: Final 4: The Innocence Mission v. Henri Texier

baystateoftheart — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 23:52:23 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 08/17/2021 03:52

Chance defeats See You Tomorrow 8-6 to advance to the championship match.

Re: Final 4: The Innocence Mission v. Henri Texier

baystateoftheart — Sat, 14 Aug 2021 13:58:15 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 08/14/2021 17:58

Gave See You Tomorrow another try, and my opinion is basically unchanged. Quite a good listen, but no match for Chance.

Re: Final 4: The Innocence Mission v. Henri Texier

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 16:19:49 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/11/2021 20:19

Texier

Re: Final 4: The Innocence Mission v. Henri Texier

LedZep — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 12:54:20 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 08/11/2021 16:54

The Innocence Mission for me. It does surprise me a lot to see these two in the semis, pretty good albums but there were much better ones in the tourney imo. In the end, See You Tomorrow is in the 90-110 year range for me, while Texier is not a top 100 candidate.

Re: Final 4: The Innocence Mission v. Henri Texier

kokkinos — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 09:00:11 GMT

Author: kokkinos

Posted: 08/11/2021 13:00

EyeKanFly wrote:

Fiona Apple has eked by in much closer matches than I was expecting, so I think either of these albums will give her a good run. Ware has been pretty dominant though, fully expecting her to win the tourney.

Maybe you meant it the other way around? Ware's last two matches ended with scores of 9-8 and 9-9, while Apple's score of 13-4 should speak for itself. Even though she has arguably faced weaker (weaker in the sense of less popular) opposition, she has been a force to be reckoned with so far.
Getting on-topic, easy vote for Chance.

Re: Final 4: The Innocence Mission v. Henri Texier

RoundTheBend — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 22:06:44 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 08/11/2021 02:06

EyeKanFly wrote:

I'm actually not so sure about that, both of these have surprised me so far.

Fiona Apple has eked by in much closer matches than I was expecting, so I think either of these albums will give her a good run. Ware has been pretty dominant though, fully expecting her to win the tourney.

While I agree with you from a taste perspective, this is BEA we are talking about.

Re: Final 4: The Innocence Mission v. Henri Texier

EyeKanFly — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 11:45:30 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 08/10/2021 15:45

travelful wrote:

Both Ware and Apple will destroy whichever of these two move on to the finals. I think it's pretty safe to assume these two albums are just competing for second place. I'll go with Texier.

Re: Final 4: The Innocence Mission v. Henri Texier

travelful — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 11:27:41 GMT

Author: travelful

Posted: 08/10/2021 15:27

Both Ware and Apple will destroy whichever of these two move on to the finals. I think it's pretty safe to assume these two albums are just competing for second place. I'll go with Texier.

Re: Final 4: The Innocence Mission v. Henri Texier

EyeKanFly — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 08:23:41 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 08/10/2021 12:23

Have voted against each of these albums most of the tournament. Interesting to see one of them in the grand final.

For what it's worth, I did really enjoy the Texier album, I just thought it was up against better albums most of the tournament. The Innocence Mission album never really took off for me. Texier gets my vote.

Final 4: The Innocence Mission v. Henri Texier

baystateoftheart — Mon, 9 Aug 2021 20:35:52 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 08/10/2021 00:35

Seed #20:

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See You Tomorrow by The Innocence Mission

Nominated by: craola
Genres [RYM]: Indie Folk, Folk Pop

Seed #28:

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Chance by Henri Texier

Nominated by: Fischman
Genres [RYM]: Post-Bop

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