Summer Madness: PA's Battle of the Albums |
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micky
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Posted: July 18 2015 at 06:09 |
2nd classics winners
Aja Si On Avait Besoin D'Une Cinquième Saison Ommadawn Leftoverture Palepoli TIE between Red Queen to Gryphon Three and A Salty Dog Pawn Hearts Mirage Illusions On A Double Dimple Birds of Fire A Farewell to Kings The Rotters Club YS Caravanserai Hot Rats Peter Gabriel 3 tiebreaker poll between Red Queen to Gryphon Three and A Salty Dog to commence!! |
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micky
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Posted: July 18 2015 at 06:15 |
Illusions On A Double Dimple? The surprise of the tournament so far.
Yes it is a great album... personal tastes aside.. there were 256 great albums here. However to beat Area and Caravan in the first two rounds both famous and high qualty bands with large fan clubs..not bad for an album rarely to ever mentioned here except for the groups #1 fan (and only member OF the groups fanclub here hahah).. Impressive... |
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micky
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Posted: July 18 2015 at 06:17 |
anyhow... I'll start the 2nd round of modern polls when I can.. likely later today/tonight.
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Moogtron III
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Posted: July 18 2015 at 08:17 |
Well, you posted a nice soundbyte of IOADD which, I think, was in their favour. The exploration game is not only in the modern polls. The classic polls also have some surprises for some of us( definitely for me). That they beat Area is not sp surprising: that's an acquired taste. That they beat Caravan was more surprising, but Waterloo Lily is less popular than the other classic albums by them (yes, maybe not worse ) |
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micky
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Posted: July 18 2015 at 10:18 |
hmmm true that. I do think I tend to forget that not everyone knows all teh classics... though I suppose if I ever needed reminder I just have to look at some of the polls. The ones without the 'usual suspects' and note they get a 1/3 or half the number of votes as the more well known ones.
Poor Area... they lost out to IOADD on a tiebreaker. Which surprised me, as it was percentage of 4 and 5 star reviews to numbers of reivews. and for losing out on that they got a bad matchup against M.O. Caravan? Yeah... other than a few albums I regret not including.. my main regret was doing Caravan wrong. Or not doing to others what I did to Caravan. Removing its |
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Moogtron III
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Posted: July 18 2015 at 10:44 |
Area is still an acquired taste and I think the 4 and 5 star reviews come from a distinct group of people on PA. I could imagine that the 'masses' aren't ready for Area yet. Triumvirat may have a broader possible audience. But the people who like Area, often really love Area. Methinks. |
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micky
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Posted: July 18 2015 at 10:45 |
yeah... perhaps...*grumble grumble grumble*
I do forget sometimes this is supposed to be a prog forum.. you know progressive challenging music... not a easy listening music forum |
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micky
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Posted: July 18 2015 at 11:28 |
so A Salty Dog move on to the 3rd round.
updated Classic brackets here. http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=459336 Interesting side note... of the 16 1st round poll winners... 14 won their 2nd round matchups. Give a hand to the 2 1st round runner-ups that beat 1st round winners. A Salty Dog and The Rotters Club Next up.. starting the Modern Polls. |
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micky
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Posted: July 18 2015 at 11:31 |
which means there will be 2 'semi' 1st round rematches
Palepoli and A Salty Dog and A Farewell to Kings and The Rotters Club will be interesting to see if the 3rd round results are different due to not having the other 2 1st round albums taking potential votes. |
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Moogtron III
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Posted: July 18 2015 at 14:36 |
You got to give people some time going from... let's say... crossover to RIO/avant. I remember somebody who went that route |
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micky
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Posted: July 18 2015 at 14:43 |
yeah.. but.. well... ummm.. got me there.
funny you mention that. Perhaps my first real RIO-avant attempts were ..well before Romantic Wariors 2.. before Ian became my musical mentor ... before my break from the site where the live music scene we have been exploring (mainly rio-avant)... even before I was king of Xover.. to discovering and actually enjoying the Demetrio Stratos solos albums.. whew... definitely not easy listening there I think it is unfair and unwise to attempt to pigeonhole Area. We dealt and debated this group heavily among a couple of the teams as J-R had them and RPI wanted them. Area is not RIO/Avant.. not any more than they are a merely fusion group. They sort of mix all those cool ingredients including Italian/Mediterranean music into one unique and ass kicking kind of stew. That is why some, including myself, consider them one of the most unique.. thus valid.. of all prog groups. They didn't follow anyone.. just their own paths.. both politically.. and musically..and of course the inevitable merger of the two, musical and political, which was the trump card we threw down in getting them into RPI. |
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zravkapt
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Posted: July 24 2015 at 18:53 |
For the latest polls these ones didn't accept my vote in bold:
Images & Words v. Disco Volante (surprisingly won't need my vote) Kid A v. Nothingface (love both but wanted to vote for the underdog) Detta Har Hant v. Quickly Quick (this one might need my vote) |
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micky
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Posted: July 25 2015 at 06:00 |
noted! Since some votes are still coming in... leaving it open a bit this morning as one is still in play.
and yeah.. your vote may well make a difference. |
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micky
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Posted: July 25 2015 at 06:23 |
alright... putting the modern polls on the clock.
Let's go ..one hour... in case there are some votes still left out there |
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micky
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Posted: July 25 2015 at 07:29 |
and that closes the books on the current modern album polls!!
updated modern bracket.. http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=459422 not a good showing for the favorites... 2 close wins over less heralded albums.. 6 first round poll winners crash out in the 2nd round against first round poll runner-ups |
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micky
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Posted: July 26 2015 at 07:19 |
here is the upcoming scedule for the battle of the album polls.
John had wondered how long this was going to continue and started making me wonder. So posting this for myself as much as for the few interested themselves. next weekend (8-1-15) - 2nd round - bottom half of moderns 16 polls (8-8) - 3rd round - classic bracket 16 polls (8-15) - 3rd round - modern bracket 16 polls (8-22) - 4th round - classic bracket 8 polls (8-29) - 4th round - modern bracket 8 polls (9-5) - Progspin offices closed for Progday weekend (9-12) - Quarterfinals - classic and moderns 8 polls (9-19) - Semi-Finals - classic and moderns 4 polls (9-26) - Finals - Classic and moderns 2 polls (10-3) - PA's Title Match - Classic v Modern 1 poll cool that works.. gives the forum a month break before the next contest starts |
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Moogtron III
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Posted: July 26 2015 at 07:34 |
A whole month without contests??
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micky
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Posted: July 26 2015 at 07:39 |
got to build up the anticipation for the last.. and best.. of the 3 bouts of contest madness. Then we go silent for the next 10 years till we do this all over again for the 20 yr reunion of the PA's class of '05 Will be fun to see SWilson get the DT treatment.. Micky prophetizes.. time will prove him right. Flavor of the month man in the grand scheme of prog |
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micky
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Posted: August 01 2015 at 06:50 |
well today should be fun... posting the new polls should be an ordeal considering how wonky the forum seems to be. Oh well...
Last call for votes on the 2nd round classics.. a couple are still very much in play! 1 hour to close!! |
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Moogtron III
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Posted: August 01 2015 at 07:33 |
Voted for everything.
I'm ready for closing time.
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