Best Ever Albums

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 3BD: No Other vs. Zuckerzeit

Listmeister — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 13:26:53 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 09/15/2014 17:26

The above pun attempts to say "Eat your vegetables. Sugartime is over." in what is probably really bad German.

Sorry.

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 3BD: No Other vs. Zuckerzeit

Listmeister — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 13:26:04 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 09/15/2014 17:26

Iss deine Gewächse. Die Zuckerzeit ist vorbei.

No Other 11-8

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 3BD: No Other vs. Zuckerzeit

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 12:04:58 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/14/2014 16:04

Zuckerzeit was my least favorite krautrock entry in this tournament at the start and repeat listens haven't changed that.

No Other

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 3BD: No Other vs. Zuckerzeit

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 09:14:13 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/14/2014 13:14

If there were awards in this tourney for best production and best sounds, I'd give them to Zuckerzeit in a second. Some of these "songs" are the equivalent of aural taffy such as Caramel, Caramba, & James. But, unlike Autobahn, Phaedra and even Blackdance, I don't feel it coheres as an album or that there's any special synergy betweeen the tracks. It just feels like twelve great sounds that could have almost randomly been queued up.

I'm still trying to decide whether No Other is a masterpiece or not. Without question, it winning these games would be the coolest story, especially since it would put the spotlight on Listmeister's arcane tourney design. Definitely added an unknown, quixotic element to this tourney which I loved. There was at least one matchup in the second round that had me longing for that "Neither" button. LOL.

No Other

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 3BD: No Other vs. Zuckerzeit

WindowAbove — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 14:29:31 GMT

Author: WindowAbove

Posted: 09/11/2014 18:29

I'll have to think about this one, leaning towards No Other

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 3BD: No Other vs. Zuckerzeit

Norman Bates — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 13:50:37 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 09/11/2014 17:50

Zuckerzeit, easy.

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 3BD: No Other vs. Zuckerzeit

NickVolos — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:59:03 GMT

Author: NickVolos

Posted: 09/11/2014 13:59

No Other. One of the greatest albums ever made.

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 3BD: No Other vs. Zuckerzeit

meccalecca — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:25:32 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 09/11/2014 13:25

Went with No Other. Zuckerzeit's dope too though.

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 3BD: No Other vs. Zuckerzeit

Skinny — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:22:03 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 09/11/2014 13:22

Went with Zuckerzeit. No Other's dope too though.

[Closed] Best of 1974 3BD: No Other vs. Zuckerzeit

Listmeister — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 17:20:18 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 09/10/2014 21:20

No Other by Gene Clark

In its first round match, No Other got 5 votes. Three responders voted "Liked both". Meet the Residents got 10 votes. But, No Other's 8 votes were enough to get it into the Wild Card Playoff, where it got the most votes, enough to move on to the second round. But, unlike the other wild card (Nico's The End), this one is moving on to the 3rd round, scraping Pretzel Logic off of its 1920's style shoes.

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Zuckerzeit by Cluster

In round 1 it bested folk legend Leonard Cohen's New Skin for the Old Ceremony with three times the votes and three times the excitement. In round 2 it went against genre-mate Blackdance by Klaus Schulze, and prevailed 9-4.

Have a good weekend, enjoy the matches. Any suggestions about how to introduce the Quarter-finals are welcome.