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| Poll: Please listen to both albums in full before voting, then choose your favorite. |
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| Ctrl by SZA |
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55% |
[10] |
| The Underside Of Power by Algiers |
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44% |
[8] |
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| Total Votes : 18 |
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baystateoftheart
Neil Young as a butternut squash
Age: 29
Location: Massachusetts
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- #1
- Posted: 09/04/2018 17:50
- Post subject: 2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #6 v. #12
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Seed #6:
Ctrl by SZA
Nominated By: mdbaxter
Genre [RYM]: Alternative R&B
Seed #12:
The Underside Of Power by Algiers
Nominated By: Tha1ChiefRocka
Genres [RYM]: Post-Punk, Post-Industrial
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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.
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- #2
- Posted: 09/05/2018 05:33
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SZA, easily.
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Purplepash
ranker, rater, & music list maker
Gender: Male
Age: 54
Location: Western Australia
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- #3
- Posted: 09/06/2018 09:11
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Two albums I already know. The Underside Of Power is a really good follow up to a great debut. His voice just really suits the post punkish sound. It was already in my 2017 chart, and relistening now confirms it should be there.
But I don't get the fuss about SZA. It bored me.
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dihansse
Gender: Male
Age: 60
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- #4
- Posted: 09/06/2018 16:43
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I had a slight preference for Algiers
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craola
crayon master
Location: pdx
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- #5
- Posted: 09/06/2018 17:39
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it's easily sza for me.
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RoundTheBend
I miss the comfort in being sad
Location: Ground Control
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- #6
- Posted: 09/07/2018 02:20
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Algiers, easily.
Banging so and so just never really was banging for me.
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Tha1ChiefRocka
Yeah, well hey, I'm really sorry.
Location: Kansas
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- #7
- Posted: 09/07/2018 03:32
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I like SZA a lot, but if I were to pick an album (I did) which was most representative of the year 2017 (the political climate in particular) it would easily be The Underside of Power.
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baystateoftheart
Neil Young as a butternut squash
Age: 29
Location: Massachusetts
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- #8
- Posted: 09/10/2018 22:03
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Wow, this was a tough choice. I liked the SZA record a lot when I first heard it, and liked it even more this time around. However, I'm definitely less of a fan than many of my offline peers, who seem to think that this is AOTY and that she is one of the greatest artists alive. The instrumentals and vocals are indeed outstanding. On the negative side, the lyrics are hit and miss, and the rap verses feel extraneous instead of essential.
The Algiers album was a pleasant surprise. It was a lot more musically diverse and passionate. My favorite songs involved soulful vocals with gospel choirs over trap-influenced beats. I could go for a whole album of that haha. Not every song was a winner, but ultimately I preferred The Underside Of Power to Ctrl.
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BeA Sunflower
Location: Forest Park
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- #9
- Posted: 09/12/2018 02:08
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I really like that Algiers album, but SZA is just outstanding!
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