#339 The Best Album of 1989, Round 2 Match #87: The B-52’s vs. Pop Will Eat Itself
Hey folks!
Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is:
#10 The B-52's, COSMIC THING
vs.
#55 Pop Will Eat Itself, THIS IS THE DAY... THIS IS THE HOUR... THIS IS THIS!
To vote, follow this link to the Google Form. You will need a Google login to vote. If you can’t or won’t have one, let me know ASAP (either through this newsletter, my email [kentmbeeson@hey.com] or on the Best Album Brackets Bluesky account) and I’ll see what I can do.
I was supposed to provide a Designated Cheerleader for THIS IS THE DAY... THIS IS THE HOUR... THIS IS THIS!, but life conspired against me. It’s my favorite album of 1989, and it’s difficult to communicate why, regardless how many words I have to spend on the task. Basically, it’s a soundtrack tailor-made for a 80s kid who grew up on comics (particularly UK ones), hiphop, industrial music, SF, and lived in the shadow of nuclear armageddon. (Possibly one way to describe it is that it was for me what DELTRON 3030 was for some in 2000.) It’s also part of the “Mount Rushmore” of early sample-crazy hiphop music, alongside PAUL’S BOUTIQUE and 3 FEET HIGH AND RISING, where it felt like you never knew what crazy bit of sound was going to pop up next. (I recall how delighted I was when Genesis’ beat for “Mama” showed up out of the blue, PWEI confirming my suspicion that that shit hit hard.) Anyway, I’ll ask you to vote for THIS IS THE DAY…, and while I know it has no chance of winning, my hope is that it, like Wire’s IBTABA, makes a strong showing and goes out with pride.
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, #39 Jungle Brothers, DONE BY THE FORCES OF NATURE defeated #26 Bob Mould, WORKBOOK, 82-63-2.
Thanks for reading and voting!
Kent