Best Ever Albums

Re: Sweet 16: Jessie Ware v. Adrianne Lenker

Mercury — Tue, 3 Aug 2021 00:19:45 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 08/03/2021 04:19

baystateoftheart wrote:

Hayden wrote:

This is what the Olympics feels like right now.

Geez.

For what it's worth, this is the first time in the four year history of the tournament that a match has been decided by the second tiebreaker.

that is bloody epic. was like one of those weird years when the 2 best teams end up facing off early in a tourney. And in my case I would say that works because I think Songs and What's Your Pleasure are indeed my #1 and #2.

Edit: no, Charli XCX is my number 2 in this tournament as of now, so this was the #1 vs #3 match in my mind.

Re: Sweet 16: Jessie Ware v. Adrianne Lenker

baystateoftheart — Mon, 2 Aug 2021 22:50:10 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 08/03/2021 02:50

Hayden wrote:

This is what the Olympics feels like right now.

Geez.

For what it's worth, this is the first time in the four year history of the tournament that a match has been decided by the second tiebreaker.

Re: Sweet 16: Jessie Ware v. Adrianne Lenker

Hayden — Mon, 2 Aug 2021 20:49:36 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 08/03/2021 00:49

baystateoftheart wrote:

What's Your Pleasure? ties Songs 9-9. The first tiebreaker (rating) ties 79-79. What's Your Pleasure? defeats Songs in the second tiebreaker (trimmed mean) 79.6-79.1 to advance to the elite eight.

This is what the Olympics feels like right now.

Geez.

Re: Sweet 16: Jessie Ware v. Adrianne Lenker

Mercury — Mon, 2 Aug 2021 20:35:53 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 08/03/2021 00:35

well that is heartbreaking... still what's your pleasure is also very good.

Re: Sweet 16: Jessie Ware v. Adrianne Lenker

baystateoftheart — Mon, 2 Aug 2021 20:33:11 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 08/03/2021 00:33

What's Your Pleasure? ties Songs 9-9. The first tiebreaker (rating) ties 79-79. What's Your Pleasure? defeats Songs in the second tiebreaker (trimmed mean) 79.6-79.1 to advance to the elite eight.

Re: Sweet 16: Jessie Ware v. Adrianne Lenker

LedZep — Mon, 2 Aug 2021 17:19:35 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 08/02/2021 21:19

I'm not as high on this matchup as some people, but it's still two very good albums. Like I mentioned previously, songs gets better with every listen (especially on summer nights), but I'd have to play it 10 more times for it to reach Ware's level, which I don't have time for 😁

What's Your Pleasure indeed bangs in da club and gets my vote.

Re: Sweet 16: Jessie Ware v. Adrianne Lenker

kokkinos — Mon, 2 Aug 2021 16:25:34 GMT

Author: kokkinos

Posted: 08/02/2021 20:25

One of the closest matchups for me, despite being so different, I like them almost equally - far from being a big fan though, let's say I mildly like them. What ended up making the difference for me is that What's Your Pleasure? was a refreshing release for 2020. On the other hand, it's much easier to find a decent singer/songwriter album - even though one could argue that Songs belongs near the top tier of the genre's modern representatives.
So, What's Your Pleasure? gets my vote.

Re: Sweet 16: Jessie Ware v. Adrianne Lenker

Hayden — Mon, 2 Aug 2021 16:10:46 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 08/02/2021 20:10

Oh no.

Just remember, Ingydar doesn't slap at the club.

Re: Sweet 16: Jessie Ware v. Adrianne Lenker

travelful — Mon, 2 Aug 2021 15:01:28 GMT

Author: travelful

Posted: 08/02/2021 19:01

Wouldn't have minded this one being the finals tbh. Going with Lenker though.

Re: Sweet 16: Jessie Ware v. Adrianne Lenker

baystateoftheart — Sun, 1 Aug 2021 22:51:06 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 08/02/2021 02:51

Fischman wrote:

By a narrow margin, I didn't vote for LinkedIn in the last round. In this round that changes as I give her the slight edge.

Every album in this tournament is better than LinkedIn, change_my_mind.jpg

Re: Sweet 16: Jessie Ware v. Adrianne Lenker

Fischman — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 20:34:09 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 07/28/2021 00:34

By a narrow margin, I didn't vote for Lenker in the last round. In this round that changes as I give her the slight edge.

Re: Sweet 16: Jessie Ware v. Adrianne Lenker

EyeKanFly — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 18:48:32 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 07/27/2021 22:48

Ware seems to be the clear favorite here. I also voted for Ware but just barely. When I laid out my 2020 chart in January 2021, they were actually ranked back-to-back. Songs cleared round 1 overwhelmingly (more so than I think any other matchup), so it'll be interesting to see what happens here.

Re: Sweet 16: Jessie Ware v. Adrianne Lenker

baystateoftheart — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 17:22:08 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 07/27/2021 21:22

On paper one of the marquee matchups of the sweet sixteen, but we'll see if it ends up being close. Ware or bust.

Sweet 16: Jessie Ware v. Adrianne Lenker

baystateoftheart — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 20:28:48 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 07/27/2021 00:28

Seed #4:

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What's Your Pleasure? by Jessie Ware

Nominated by: Hayden
Genres [RYM]: Dance-Pop, Disco

Seed #9:

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Songs by Adrianne Lenker

Nominated by: Mercury
Genres [RYM]: Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter

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