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June 19, 2025

#256 The Best Album of 1989, Round 1 Match #19: XTC vs. Pizzicato Five

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Hey folks!

First pic: A cartoonish drawing of the members of XTC done in a psychedelic, YELLOW SUBMARINE (the movie) way. It's full of color, lots of reds, yellows, oranges and deep blues. One figure is playing a guitar, and the neck of the guitar is turning into the airstream of a jet fighter airplane. Another guitarist sits on a bass drum labled XTC. Behind them is a guy playing standup bass. There is a pink horn shooting out oranges and lemons behind them.  Second pic: A color photograph of a nude blonde woman on her stomach, facing the right, her chin sitting on her palms, words painted on her skin. The light from above colors her red.
XTC, ORANGES AND LEMONS vs. Pizzicato Five, BY HER MAJESTY’S REQUEST.

Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is:

#29 XTC, ORANGES AND LEMONS

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vs.

#100 Pizzicato Five, BY HER MAJESTY'S REQUEST

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Click here to see the current results for the entire tournament, and click here to see the current results for the prediction bracket contest.

Yesterday, #68 Soul II Soul, CLUB CLASSICS VOL. ONE a.k.a. KEEP ON MOVIN' defeated #61 The Blue Nile, HATS 80-69-3.

Thanks for reading and voting,

Kent

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