Best Ever Albums

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974: Wild Card playoff.

meccalecca — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:01:10 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 08/28/2014 17:01

Skinny wrote:

Well, there goes my last nomination. I've lost all faith in BEA.

Better you than me buddy. I had 2 on the line here.

To be fair, I prefer all 4 of these over a handful of stuff that made it through round 1.

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974: Wild Card playoff.

Skinny — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:24:45 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 08/28/2014 16:24

Well, there goes my last nomination. I've lost all faith in BEA.

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974: Wild Card playoff.

Listmeister — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:19:30 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 08/28/2014 16:19

Moving on to Round Two

An Other shot for No Other, by Gene Clark 6

Not so much The End, by Nico, 5

Thank you for playing,
Here's a consolation prize: The BEA 1974 home game.

Because Americans aren't real fond of exorcise, Sweet Exorcist, by Curtis Mayfield: 4

Flatlined: Sheer Heart Attack, by Queen: 3

The End will face off against Dadawah's Peace and Love next week.
Later on, No Other will face off against Steely Dan's Pretzel Logic.

Re: Best of 1974: Wild Card playoff.

Listmeister — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 17:34:00 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 08/26/2014 21:34

Skinny wrote:

So why isn't Sweet Exorcist going through anyway? It got more votes than the others. It's almost as though you're making this up as you go along. :wink:

Fair question. The extra vote for Sweet Exorcist will be a tie-breaker if needed.

Given that we needed a run-off, it seems more interesting to have people picking two of four than one of three. Maybe you're right, and I should have let Sweet Exorcist slide through, but keep in mind it did lose it's match, and its shot at redemption must be earned.

As to making it up as I go, I hadn't expected it to be so close at the top--and there were another five albums with 7 votes. So I made a judgment call. With any new procedure, tweaks have to be made along the way.

Re: Best of 1974: Wild Card playoff.

Skinny — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:38:35 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 08/26/2014 14:38

Listmeister wrote:

Each of these albums got 8 votes either for itself or in the "liked both" option, but it was not enough to beat the other album it's match. Except for Sweet Exorcist, which got 9 votes.

So why isn't Sweet Exorcist going through anyway? It got more votes than the others. It's almost as though you're making this up as you go along. 😉

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974: Wild Card playoff.

meccalecca — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:36:28 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 08/26/2014 14:36

Yeah. This is all about my 2 nominations. Since No Other looks like a lock. The End gets my vote.

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974: Wild Card playoff.

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 05:36:05 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/26/2014 09:36

sp4cetiger wrote:

This is actually easier than most of the second round match-ups.

No Other

edit: Wish I read Listmeister's post before voting. No Other clearly already had a lock for the tourney.

Would have voted The End.

1. No Other
2. The End
3. The Meter's Rejuvenation
4. The Seldom Scene's Old Train
5. Batsumi

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974: Wild Card playoff.

Norman Bates — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 03:29:30 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 08/26/2014 07:29

I'm the one bloke who voted for Nico.

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974: Wild Card playoff.

NickVolos — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 16:21:20 GMT

Author: NickVolos

Posted: 08/25/2014 20:21

None other but No Other.

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974: Wild Card playoff.

Skinny — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:53:15 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 08/25/2014 19:53

Curtis.

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974: Wild Card playoff.

WindowAbove — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:38:59 GMT

Author: WindowAbove

Posted: 08/25/2014 19:38

sp4cetiger wrote:

This is actually easier than most of the second round match-ups.

No Other

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974: Wild Card playoff.

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:04:18 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/25/2014 19:04

This is actually easier than most of the second round match-ups.

No Other

[Closed] Best of 1974: Wild Card playoff.

Listmeister — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:00:33 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 08/25/2014 19:00

We had two "Didn't Like Either" results in the first round. The top of the alternate race is very tight, so we're going to have a playoff. Each of these albums got 8 votes either for itself or in the "liked both" option, but it was not enough to beat the other album it's match. Except for Sweet Exorcist, which got 9 votes. Two of the following will go into Round 2 to replace "Didn't Like Either" Results.

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Sweet Exorcist by Curtis Mayfield

No Other by Gene Clark

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The End by Nico

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Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

So, which two albums get a second chance in this tournament? Two of these will go to round 2.