#18 The Best Album of 2000 Run-Off Tournament Begins! Vote now: Pearl Jam or Amon Tobin?
Hey folks!
Yes, the Best Album of 2000 Run-Off Tournament is here! You should be familiar with the details by now, but if you aren’t, or if you’re new (welcome!), then read up on it here.
This tournament is going to run Monday through Friday, from today (Monday, May 27th) to Monday, June 17th, so expect a newsletter for each of those days, revealing the winner of the previous day’s match and announcing the new one.
If you haven’t listened to one or both albums yet, I encourage you to do so before voting. If that’s time prohibitive, then see if you can listen to the first 2-3 tracks of each — trust me, you’ll know how you feel about each after that.
To vote, go to the Google Form located here. You will be required to sign in to Google; if you can’t or won’t do this, shoot me an email (kentmbeeson@hey.com) and we’ll figure something out.
MATCH #1
Seed #16 Pearl Jam, BINAURAL
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1RuYprt6Qlqu286h1f4dzZ?si=pqfxgNy1ReKgJdRsjEhmhA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cqZc29DBfw
Seed #17 Amon Tobin, SUPERMODIFIED
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/54zaC0AviuCfkDwHsUJIra?si=1iwlgcOiTFye4jDRfR8oeg
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6M5_sCIIYI
KENT’S KORNER
I only listened to BINAURAL once, a few days ago, and despite a bit of chattering that it’s boring or weak or whatnot, it seemed like a pretty standard set of Pearl Jam tunes, strong if not particularly distinctive. If you like Pearl Jam, I don’t see why you wouldn’t like this. I’ve heard SUPERMODIFIED twice now, and I liked it the first time and even more the second. “I”EDM can be a bit stand-offish, but this one has, imo, a very open and friendly feel to it. The only thing that bugs me (incoming pun not intended) about it is that the original release had a single called “Four Ton Mantis” that has been disappeared from the Internet, presumably because of sample clearance issues. So completely gone, in fact, that I’m afraid we have to consider the current incarnation of this album canon.
BINUAURAL: Like
SUPERMODIFIED: Like/Love
KENT SEZ: vote SUPERMODIFIED