Summer Madness: PA's Battle of the Albums

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!!

anyhow... I'll start the 2nd round of modern polls when I can.. likely later today/tonight.

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 best most popular albums and going with a lesser aclaimed gem...   that would have worked.. but I wasn't consistent and did the same with other 2nd tier heavy hitters like VDGG or Gentle Giant. Again.. why I predicted Pawn Hearts and Octopus would meet in the final.  If I had to do over again I would have gone with H to He and Acquiring the Taste

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

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.

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.

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.

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

A whole month without contests??

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!!