#214 Final Weekend to Submit Your Ballot for the 1989 Tournament!
Hey folks!
This is it — the final weekend to get your ballot in for the upcoming Best Album of 1989 tournament. It closes Monday night at midnight! Meaning Tuesday, 12:01 AM. Or, substantially more accurately, it closes Tuesday morning, around 9AM, when I wake up. Regardless! Time to send it in! Follow the link below to the Google Form to do so.
The Best Album of 1989 Tournament - Nomination Form
Hello! This is the nomination form for the Best Album of 1989 Tournament, as run by The Artist Formerly Known As @bestalbum95, now called @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social on Bluesky (personal account: @kentmbeeson.bsky.social). If you could list every 1989 album you'd like to see in the tournament in the form below, I'd greatly appreciate it. The number of nominations an album receives will determine if it makes it into the tournament, so be sure to list everything you love! You may list as many a...
We currently stand at 122 ballots entered, and the previous Best Album of 2000 tournament had 123, so I’d like to think we can meet or beat that this time around.
If you’re still looking for albums to add to your ballot, may I suggest:
Late 80s and 90s country was basically twangy pop, really not different than say, the Monkees (complementary). HILLBILLY ROCK is 33m of that, just catchy tune after catchy tune. Don’t fear the twang!
Also! The Young Fresh Fellows’ THIS ONE’S FOR THE LADIES is not on any streaming service or YouTube, but thanks to Best Album Bracketeer @renamj.bsky.social, you can download it right here. If you’re familiar with Scott McCaughey of The Minus 5 (and R.E.M. touring musician), this is his old band. Also features Kurt Bloch of the Fastbacks on guitar!
