Best Ever Albums

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #15 v. #32

Repo — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 13:30:32 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 09/20/2018 17:30

Purplepash wrote:

Wanderwelle easily!

This!

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #15 v. #32

Purplepash — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 21:23:52 GMT

Author: Purplepash

Posted: 09/15/2018 01:23

Wanderwelle easily!

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #15 v. #32

baystateoftheart — Wed, 5 Sep 2018 23:13:26 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 09/06/2018 03:13

Two great albums, but I have to go with the Sufjan Stevens record. Not only are its otherworldly* textures and atmospheres the equal of Wanderwelle, but it has some damn good songs as well. Its well-executed concept is also a big positive. I hope it wins and goes deep in the tournament, but it's not even my favorite Sufjan Stevens record from 2017. That would be:

Carrie & Lowell Live by Sufjan Stevens

This takes the great songs from his 2015 record, plus several extras, and presents them with a fresh new sonic palette. Sensational performances and a must for anyone who likes his music.

* 😨

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #15 v. #32

dihansse — Tue, 4 Sep 2018 14:08:57 GMT

Author: dihansse

Posted: 09/04/2018 18:08

Both albums are a bit etherical; I already listened to Planetarium in 2017 an I relistened to it today; I really appreciate that it’s a totally ambitieus album but there’s sth I miss; some of the the tracks are destroyed for me by the autotune use and others don’t really lead to sth; so while I do like some of them the album as a whole doesn’t work for me; but overall it’s still a bit better than wanderwelle

2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #15 v. #32

baystateoftheart — Tue, 4 Sep 2018 13:32:26 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 09/04/2018 17:32

Seed #15:

Planetarium by Sufjan Stevens / Nico Muhly / Bryce Dessner / James McAlister

Nominated By: Mercury
Genres [RYM]: Art Pop, Ambient Pop, Indietronica

Seed #32:

Lost In A Sea Of Trees by Wanderwelle

Nominated By: Jimmy Dread
Genres [RYM]: Dub Techno, Ambient, Ambient Dub

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.