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August 15, 2025

#305 The Best Album of 1989, Round 1 Match #60: Tears for Fears vs. The Tragically Hip

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Hey folks!

First pic: An extremely busy photograph of the two members of Tears for Fears with a number of objects superimposed in front of them, while standing in front of a mural on a wall. Tears for Fears are two white men, one with long black hair and one with short black hair. Each one holds a small pole in front of them, with an object attached to the top of it. The first one is a handkerchief, I think? The second one has a small sun shape. The first man is dressed in blue, the second in gold. The objects superimposed in front of them are things like sunflowers, a wooden cube, a wooden sphere, wooden pyramid, blue sunflowers. The mural behind them shows a sun with a human face, that appears to be made of metal, with a blue sky and a mountain range in front of it.  Second pic: A photoshopped color photo of the band on a city street, possibly in Europe somewhere. They're just standing there, being photographed for an album cover. The buildings in the background and parts of the band members look like they have been painted over digitally, and in some cases warped. If this came out today, people would say it was bad AI art. (Meaning even worse than the usual AI art.)
Tears for Fears, THE SEEDS OF LOVE vs. The Tragically Hip, UP TO HERE

Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is:

#38 Tears for Fears, THE SEEDS OF LOVE

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vs.

#91 The Tragically Hip, UP TO HERE

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Yesterday, #27 Fine Young Cannibals, THE RAW & THE COOKED defeated #102 Godflesh, STREETCLEANER, 95-51-1.

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