Best Ever Albums

Re: +1500 Tourney Bracket

Hayden — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 15:57:13 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 07/21/2014 19:57

Still in it:

Cross Paths
Africa Brasil
Creep on Creepin On
In Sides
Jane From Occupied Europe
Light Up Gold
Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps
The Red In The Sky Is Ours (about to lose)
Repetition
Sackcloth 'n' Ashes
The Tired Sounds Of Stars Of The Lid (about to lose)
Visitor (about to lose)

Sadly, I really don't care who wins. If Quatour Pour La Fin Du Temps wins, I'm not even sure if that's fair 🤔

I guess I'm rooting for Africa Brasil....

Re: +1500 Tourney Bracket

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 20:31:27 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/20/2014 00:31

SuedeSwede wrote:

I think you should order the chart with those still in / those knocked out, ordered by round currently in / round knocked out... if you get me.

On it now. Thanks for the suggestion 😄

Re: +1500 Tourney Bracket

SuedeSwede — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 20:30:20 GMT

Author: SuedeSwede

Posted: 07/20/2014 00:30

I think you should order the chart with those still in / those knocked out, ordered by round currently in / round knocked out... if you get me.

Re: +1500 Tourney Bracket

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 20:25:02 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/20/2014 00:25

19loveless91 wrote:

Hey, could somebody direct me to the up-to-date bracket? Wanna see what's still in.

The bracket website wouldn't cooperate with the number of noms that we had, so I made a chart instead.

Re: +1500 Tourney Bracket

19loveless91 — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 13:34:46 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 07/19/2014 17:34

Hey, could somebody direct me to the up-to-date bracket? Wanna see what's still in.

Re: +1500 Tourney Bracket

Anonymous — Sat, 5 Jul 2014 14:46:09 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/05/2014 18:46

denmarkman wrote:

Hm, I actually found it to be a rather strong pool of albums. There were only 3 or 4 which I'd say are potentially chart worthy for me, but I tend to be pretty strict on that. I rather enjoyed well over half of the albums for sure.

Completely agree. My childhood faves The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion don't even make an appearance until the low 30s of my first pass 1500+ chart. And we still have one batch to go. Pretty solid tourney!

The RepoMan 1500

Re: +1500 Tourney Bracket

denmarkman — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 22:52:07 GMT

Author: denmarkman

Posted: 06/26/2014 02:52

drakonium wrote:

sweden had said he didn't even like his nom that much anymore (which isn't very motivating).

Oops, did I say that? 🤣

Well I retract it. My album is veritably mad dope, and I'm definitely ready to back it up. I just go through phases.

Re: +1500 Tourney Bracket

Skinny — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 12:41:09 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 06/24/2014 16:41

denmarkman wrote:

Fair enough. I wasn't expecting to be turned onto a bunch of albums that would suddenly become favourites, but I'd say I found less than half of them enjoyable, which is a pretty poor return. Actually, of the albums I wasn't already familiar with (the vast majority of them), I only found three or four that I really liked (shout-out to joyofdivision, Necharsian, JasonConfused, and 19loveless91). Of course, it also lead me to reassess some albums, one being the fantastic King of Da Playaz Ball, and reminded me of a few gems I'd forgotten about, such as In Sides or Snowball, but I was just hoping for more. Glad to hear that others found a lot of stuff they liked though.

Re: +1500 Tourney Bracket

Listmeister — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 00:09:33 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 06/24/2014 04:09

sp4cetiger wrote:

Tbh, I'm not a big fan of the open-ended format, where it's basically any album over 1500 (though I'm not opposed to putting rank restrictions on future tournaments). I enjoy tournaments more when they have some kind of unifying theme, maybe a bit more apples-to-apples comparisons and a way to connect discussions from one match to the next. Quality issues aside, I just don't see myself caring much about the winners of these matches.

Maybe I'm wrong, but even if it bombs, I think it was definitely an experiment worth trying. It will also be interesting to see how Listmeister's year tournament goes, assuming he still wants to run that.

I'm ready to go as soon as I get a green light. No, scratch that. I'm ready to go once the first round of the 1500+ tournament is finished, but I don't want to start before then. After the 2nd round might be better.

My approach to these tournaments is, I wait until the match is posted, listen to the two back to back, then vote and comment. During the first round, that means that I'm usually hearing these albums for the first time (especially in this tournament).

Re: +1500 Tourney Bracket

denmarkman — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 22:47:54 GMT

Author: denmarkman

Posted: 06/24/2014 02:47

Skinny wrote:

I've now listened to the vast, vast majority of these albums more than once, and I can't help but feel there just aren't that many great albums in the tournament. There's maybe like ten or twelve that I'll be returning to. I mean, 20-25% isn't a terrible hit rate, but considering I was already familiar with a few of those it's just a bit disappointing. I'm not trying to put down people's nominations, everybody likes what they like and it would be strange if every album in this tournament appealed to me, but is anybody else having this issue? Like, I'm struggling to get excited about many of these matchups, because all too often it's just two albums that do nothing for me. Hopefully I get a bit more interested as we begin to sort the wheat from the chaff.

Re: +1500 Tourney Bracket

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 19:20:12 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/23/2014 23:20

Tbh, I'm not a big fan of the open-ended format, where it's basically any album over 1500 (though I'm not opposed to putting rank restrictions on future tournaments). I enjoy tournaments more when they have some kind of unifying theme, maybe a bit more apples-to-apples comparisons and a way to connect discussions from one match to the next. Quality issues aside, I just don't see myself caring much about the winners of these matches.

Maybe I'm wrong, but even if it bombs, I think it was definitely an experiment worth trying. It will also be interesting to see how Listmeister's year tournament goes, assuming he still wants to run that.

Re: +1500 Tourney Bracket

SuedeSwede — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 19:19:52 GMT

Author: SuedeSwede

Posted: 06/23/2014 23:19

Skinny wrote:

Yep. I mean it's an eclectic mix and I like it for that, but the matchups are often "album I think is alright vs album I think is alright". I'm still excited for how this tournament turns out, but there's some matchups that just seem bland.

Re: +1500 Tourney Bracket

Skinny — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 19:01:10 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 06/23/2014 23:01

I've now listened to the vast, vast majority of these albums more than once, and I can't help but feel there just aren't that many great albums in the tournament. There's maybe like ten or twelve that I'll be returning to. I mean, 20-25% isn't a terrible hit rate, but considering I was already familiar with a few of those it's just a bit disappointing. I'm not trying to put down people's nominations, everybody likes what they like and it would be strange if every album in this tournament appealed to me, but is anybody else having this issue? Like, I'm struggling to get excited about many of these matchups, because all too often it's just two albums that do nothing for me. Hopefully I get a bit more interested as we begin to sort the wheat from the chaff.

Re: +1500 Tourney Bracket

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 19:51:43 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/20/2014 23:51

Just wanted to let you guys know, all matches will be lasting for 3 days.

Re: +1500 Tourney Bracket

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 13:21:04 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/18/2014 17:21

Why I didn't nominate Take Care baffles me.

Re: +1500 Tourney Bracket

benpaco — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 12:06:42 GMT

Author: benpaco

Posted: 06/18/2014 16:06

drakonium wrote:

Well OK, it might have been a stupid thing to say 🤣 I guess I just generalized from the fact that I'm not sure I'll ever have the will to listen to Poe's five hour or so long album, and that sweden had said he didn't even like his nom that much anymore (which isn't very motivating). Y'all have confused me, I guess I'll just stop posting shit and just wait for the tourney to begin :oops:

lol its k drako, I actually agree, part of the reason I like the tourneys is I like knowing who the music's coming from. IDK though, frankly I'm not gonna be on much for the next 14 days so ... yeah, you know, lemme know how bad 1st Day In loses by ( 😢 )

Re: +1500 Tourney Bracket

drakonium — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 07:17:44 GMT

Author: drakonium

Posted: 06/18/2014 11:17

Well OK, it might have been a stupid thing to say 🤣 I guess I just generalized from the fact that I'm not sure I'll ever have the will to listen to Poe's five hour or so long album, and that sweden had said he didn't even like his nom that much anymore (which isn't very motivating). Y'all have confused me, I guess I'll just stop posting shit and just wait for the tourney to begin 🫢

Re: +1500 Tourney Bracket

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 20:09:54 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/18/2014 00:09

Happymeal wrote:

Why? I thought the point of the tourney was the nominations, not the people nominating them.

^ Seconded.

Re: +1500 Tourney Bracket

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 19:34:18 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/17/2014 23:34

drakonium wrote:

And I'm just not motivated to listen to something recommended by a guy who left.

Why? I thought the point of the tourney was the nominations, not the people nominating them.

Re: +1500 Tourney Bracket

mickilennial — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 18:51:52 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 06/17/2014 22:51

Plenty of people who missed the recc train, just sayin'.