#174 Best Album of 2000 Tournament: Week #23 Wrap-Up
Hey folks!
Well, I know I said that in Round 3, the choices get tougher and there’s more opportunity for upsets. We didn’t get any upsets this last week, but in my defense (I guess), we nearly had two: VOODOO only beat SUPREME CLIENTELE by 5 votes, in a match that saw SC take the lead a number of times, and SINCE I LEFT YOU had to fight tooth and nail to put down THE NOISE MADE BY PEOPLE, resulting in a 59-56 win. Find someone who loves you as much as some people love THE NOISE MADE BY PEOPLE. Next week, I see this status-quoing continuing; there’s only one match that I think could end in an upset, but I didn’t foresee the noise made by THE NOISE MADE BY PEOPLE, so grain of salt as always.
THE BEST ALBUM OF 2000 PREDICTION BRACKET TOP 20 COUNTDOWN
You have GOT to be Kid A-ing me! continues at #1, while O Twitter, Where Art Thou? jumps up 4 to #2 and You're Pretty Good Looking (For a Bracket) rebounds for 6 to get back to #3. Other big moves include Like Water for Chocolate Starfish (up 7 to #4), Millennial Labor (up 6 to #9), Mr. Me's Beautiful Bracket (up 7 to #10) and our biggest mover of the week, What'll We Do With The Bracket-O (up 8 to #11). The Discovery of a World Outside The Polls is the biggest dropper, falling 11 notches to #15. We have four debuts and three of them are redebuts. Drink Milk revisits at #19, My Bracket is More Sad and Painful Than Yours reappears at #19 as well, brand new bracket Aarcraft debuts at #17, and Rated R you serious? re-emerges at #13. Welcome, and welcome back! We gained four, but only lost three this week, as we say goodbye to I’m Sorry Ms. Harvey, I Am Surreal (last week #16), KID B (last week #13), and The Color of Molasses (dropping off the chart all the way from #3). Hope you folks can make it back before the end of the tourney!
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
On Monday, #9 The Avalanches, SINCE I LEFT YOU defeated #24 Broadcast, THE NOISE MADE BY PEOPLE, 59-56 (115 votes, +3).
On Tuesday, #4 Radiohead, KID A defeated #29 Johnny Cash, AMERICAN III: SOLITARY MAN, 104-28-3. (135 votes, +76).
On Wednesday, #20 Erykah Badu, MAMA’S GUN defeated #52 Lambchop, NIXON, 58-36-1. (95 votes, +22).
On Thursday, #5 Yo La Tengo, AND THEN NOTHING TURNED ITSELF INSIDE-OUT defeated #37 Jurassic 5, QUALITY CONTROL, 75-35. (110 votes, +40).
On Friday, #12 D'Angelo, VOODOO defeated #21 Ghostface Killah, SUPREME CLIENTELE, 65-60 (125 votes, +5).
NEXT WEEK’S MATCHES
Monday, January 27th: #2 PJ Harvey, STORIES FROM THE CITY, STORIES FROM THE SEA vs. #31 Shellac, 1000 HURTS.
Tuesday, January 28th: #15 Aimee Mann, BACHELOR NO. 2 (OR, THE LAST REMAINS OF THE DODO) vs. #82 Dead Prez, LET'S GET FREE.
Wednesday, January 29th: #7 Modest Mouse, THE MOON & ANTARCTICA vs. #26 Clinic, INTERNAL WRANGLER.
Thursday, January 30th: #10 Elliott Smith, FIGURE 8 vs. #23 The Hives, VENI VIDI VICIOUS.
Friday, January 31st: #3 The New Pornographers, MASS ROMANTIC vs. #30 Billy Bragg & Wilco, MERMAID AVENUE VOL. II.
If you haven’t heard these 10 albums yet, well, darn it, do so.
Kent