#306 Best Album of 1989 Tournament: Week #12 Wrap-Up
Hey folks!
No surprises this week, as all the top seeds defeated the lower seeds. The closest things we had to surprises were the DIFFERENT TRAINS/ELECTRIC COUNTERPOINT and THE SEEDS OF LOVE wins. DIFFERENT TRAINS is, I believe, the highest seeded album ever in the Best Album tournaments in a non-pop based/non-rock based/non-soundtrack music genre, which in this case I guess would be called experimental composition. (I don’t think we’ve had a jazz or country album seeded that high, but don’t quote me on that.) I thought maybe it was overseeded, but it triumphed rather easily over FREE, by 44 votes, so, nope, y’all regard it quite highly. (You should; it’s good!) The other semi-surprise was just how close THE SEEDS OF LOVE came to being defeated. Now, twelve votes isn’t that close, but this was a 30ish seed versus a 90ish seed; it should’ve been a steeper victory. (If you’ll recall, I noted last week how three 30ish seeds lost this round, and a fourth was tied, and told THE SEEDS OF LOVE to watch its back. To its credit, it did.)
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
On Monday, #46 Steve Reich, DIFFERENT TRAINS/ELECTRIC COUNTERPOINT defeated #83 Concrete Blonde, FREE, 83-39-2. (124 total votes, +44)
On Tuesday, #6 Nirvana, BLEACH defeated #123 The Rolling Stones, STEEL WHEELS, 169-15-1. (185 total votes, +154)
On Wednesday, #59 Blake Babies, EARWIG vs. #70 Red Hot Chili Peppers, MOTHERS MILK, 104-50-1. (155 total votes, +54)
On Thursday, #27 Fine Young Cannibals, THE RAW & THE COOKED vs. #102 Godflesh, STREETCLEANER, 95-51-1. (147 total votes, +44)
On Friday, #38 Tears for Fears, THE SEEDS OF LOVE vs. #91 The Tragically Hip, UP TO HERE, 78-66-3. (147 votes, +12)
NEXT WEEK’S MATCHES
Monday, August 18th: #11 Fugazi, 13 SONGS vs. #118 Paul McCartney, FLOWERS IN THE DIRT.
Tuesday, August 19th: #54 The Pogues, PEACE AND LOVE vs. #75 Nomeansno, WRONG.
Wednesday, August 20th: #22 Neil Young, FREEDOM vs. #107 Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster, Panaiotis, DEEP LISTENING.
Thursday, August 21st: #43 Spacemen 3, PLAYING WITH FIRE vs. #86 Pere Ubu, CLOUDLAND.
That’s the end of Round 1! Congratulations, everyone! Back in line, Round 2 starts immediately.
Friday, August 22nd: #1 Pixies, DOOLITTLE vs. #65 Beat Happening, BLACK CANDY.
Have a great rest of your weekend! See you Monday!
Kent