#121 Best Album of 2000 Tournament: Week #13 Wrap-Up
Hey folks
Just one big announcement this week, or perhaps two small announcements that are connected.
First, next week will be the end of Round 1! Yay! Future congratulations to everybody! That’ll be 32 matches you’ll have decided, and that means there’s only 32 more matches to go before we crown the Best Album of 2000. Fasten your seatbelts, it’s gonna go quick.
Second, since Round 1 will end in the middle of the week, and because I enjoyed having a few days off, we’re going to move the start of Round 2 to Monday. By this time, you should have heard every album in the tournament, but if not, this’ll be a fine time to get caught up with the Round Two-ers.
Oh! Almost forgot. When Round 2 begins, that’s when I traditionally break out two beloved (???) events. First, I’ll debut this edition of the weekly Best Album Prediction Brackets Top 20. Who’s currently leading? Who’s nipping at their heels? Am I the only one who enjoys this chart? (I very much do.) Second, we’ll begin talking about albums for the next Best Album tournament, covering the year 1989. Holy smokes, if you’re not familiar with 1989, lemme tell ya, that was a great year for music… 35 years ago. Christ.
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
On Monday, #6 Sleater-Kinney, ALL HANDS ON THE BAD ONE defeated #67 #123 Michael Penn, MP4 (DAYS SINCE A LOST TIME ACCIDENT), 79-26. (105 total votes, +53)
On Tuesday, #59 Steve Earle, TRANSCENDENTAL BLUES defeated #70 Songs: Ohia, THE LIONESS, 50-29-1. (80 total votes, +21)
On Wednesday, #27 At the Drive-In, RELATIONSHIP OF COMMAND defeated #102 Ween, WHITE PEPPER, 66-33-1. (100 total votes, +33)
On Thursday, #38 Warren Zevon, LIFE'LL KILL YA defeated #91 The Handsome Family, IN THE AIR, 47-29-1. (77 total votes, +18)
On Friday, #11 Godspeed You! Black Emperor, LIFT YOUR SKINNY FISTS LIKE ANTENNAS TO HEAVEN defeated #118 Cursive, DOMESTICA, 62-24-1. (87 total votes, +38)
NEXT WEEK’S MATCHES
Monday, November 18th: #54 Common, LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE vs. #75 Asian Dub Foundation, COMMUNITY MUSIC.
Tuesday, November 19th: #22 Queens of the Stone Age, RATED R vs. #107 Calexico, HOT RAIL.
Wednesday, November 20th: #43 Elastica, THE MENACE vs. #86 A Perfect Circle, MER DE NOMS.
Thursday, November 21st: BYE DAY
Friday, November 22nd: BYE DAY
If you haven’t heard these 6 albums, what are you waiting for? See you next week!
Kent