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March 13, 2007
Album Insanity - Second round voting: Lou Reed bracket
To vote on who makes it to the Sweet Sixteen, click here.
Below is the results from the first round.
For those of you scoring at home, an album could receive a maximum of four points (one point for my vote, one points for the aggregate of the other Swankster's vote, and two points from the community). In the case of a tie (which happened twice), the album with the highest victory percentage from either constituency (the community or MS.com) won. These albums will face each other in the next round. If you wish to vote on the fourth bracket's first round, click here. Voting for all other three brackets have closed.
1. Radiohead - Ok Computer
Overall Ranking: 1
[Pitchfork Rank 1]
Key songs: Paranoid Android, No Surprises
Year: 1997
Defated Rage Against the Machine S/T 4-0
VS
9. Mogwai - Young Team
Overall Ranking: 33
[PF 97]
Key songs: Katrien, Mogwai Fear Satan
Year: 1997
Defeated Hole - Live Through This 3- 1
5. Beck - Odelay
Overall Ranking: 17
[PF 19]
Key songs: Where It's At, The New Pollution
Year: 1996
Defeated 12 seed Outkast - Aquemini 4-0
VS
4. Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Overall Ranking: 16
[PF 3]
Key songs: Waitin' for a Superman, A Spoonful Weighs a Ton
Year: 1999
Defeated Wilco Summerteeth 3-2. Holy crap was this close. Keith voted Summerteeth; Swanksters voted 2-1 for Summerteeth (66%); publics voted 11-5 for Soft Bulletin (68.75%)
3. Pixies – Bossanova
Overall Ranking: 9
[PF 28]
Key songs: Velouria, Allison
Year: 1990
Defeated 14 seed Boards of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children 4-0
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6. Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
Overall Ranking: 24
[PF 25]
Key songs: My Little Corner of the World, Autumn Sweater
Year: 1997
Defeated 11 seed GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords 3-1
10. Sonic Youth- Goo
Overall Ranking: 40
[PF 82]
Key songs: Kool Thing, Dirty Boots
Year: 1990
Defeated 10 seed Ghostface Killah - Ironman 4-0
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15. PJ Harvey – Rid of Me
Overall Rankings: 57
[PF 52]
Key songs: Rid of Me, 50ft Queenie
Year: 1993
Defeated 2 seed - Liz Phair -Exit in Guyville 3-1 (another close one; Keith: Liz Phair; Swankster editors PJ Harvey; community: PJ Harvey) Our biggest upset yet.
Posted by Keith O'Brien at March 13, 2007 10:15 AM
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Like the genuine NCAA bracket, there are some real surprises here.
The new voting format sure is easier, but it's not half as fun as the comments sections.
Posted by: Randall Monty at March 12, 2007 08:36 PM
