Sweet 16: Jessie Ware v. Adrianne Lenker

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Poll: Please listen to both albums in full before voting, then choose your favorite.
What's Your Pleasure? by Jessie Ware:
52%
 52%  [10]
Songs by Adrianne Lenker:
47%
 47%  [9]
Total Votes : 19

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  • #1
  • Posted: 07/27/2021 00:28
  • Post subject: Sweet 16: Jessie Ware v. Adrianne Lenker
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Seed #4:


What's Your Pleasure? by Jessie Ware

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

Seed #9:


Songs by Adrianne Lenker

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

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If you have not already, 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 seven days. See Tournament Spreadsheet for the full bracket.
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  • #2
  • Posted: 07/27/2021 21:22
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On paper one of the marquee matchups of the sweet sixteen, but we'll see if it ends up being close. Ware or bust.
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  • #3
  • Posted: 07/27/2021 22:48
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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.
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  • #4
  • Posted: 07/28/2021 00:34
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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.

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  • #5
  • Posted: 08/02/2021 02:51
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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
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  • #6
  • Posted: 08/02/2021 19:01
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Wouldn't have minded this one being the finals tbh. Going with Lenker though.
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  • #7
  • Posted: 08/02/2021 20:10
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Oh no.

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  • #8
  • Posted: 08/02/2021 20:25
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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.
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  • #9
  • Posted: 08/02/2021 21:19
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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.
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baystateoftheart Neil Young as a butternut squash Profile
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  • #10
  • Posted: 08/03/2021 00:33
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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.
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