#343 Best Album of 1989 Tournament: Week #18 Wrap-Up
Hey folks!
An exciting week! We had two upsets, as #39 DONE BY THE FORCES OF NATURE defeated #26 WORKBOOK (by a decent margin, too; 19 votes) and #42 BIZARRO just squeaked past #23 INDIGO GIRLS by 2 little votes. I hinted last week that I saw some potential upsets, and these were the two I was talking about. (I also thought KEY LIME PIE vs. MARCH might be close; that one not so much.) (Second aside: these insights only come to me once the matches start, not before, so my Prediction Bracket isn’t great. That said, apparently I foresaw the WORKBOOK upset several months ago. Yay me!) Looking towards next week, I see some matches that I think might be closer than expected, but no actual upsets. I will say that I think WRONG is the best choice to go up against 11-seed 13 SONGS. I won’t lie, I’d like to see them pull off the upset — it’s my second most favorite of 1989 — but I wouldn’t put any money on it.
THE BEST ALBUM OF 1989 PREDICTION BRACKET TOP 20
Two upsets usually means a shake-up in the Top 20 — who saw it coming? Who got blindsided? So our top two remain the same: CORNY stays at #1 for a fourth week, and Breathe! Breathel Breathe! Breathe, You Bracket! is again at #2, despite each bracket missing one match. But jumping up 5 big notches to #3 is PRETTY much HATE tin MACHINE, which got every match right last week. Great job! BUT! They were not the biggest mover on the chart this week. That honor goes to i Doolittle Deep Listening, which rockets up 12(!) notches to land back in the top ten at #8 after getting every match right.. (That still wasn’t their highest position to date, so no blue rectangle for them.) We have two debuts this week, both re-debuts: style. class. love technique., last seen in Week #4, arrives back at #18, and 6 Feet High and Drivin' N' Cryin’, last seen back in Week #2, is also at #18.
The biggest droppers this week were Partyman's Revenge and Drink Milk, both falling five spots to #13 and #16, respectively. We had two (re)debuts, and this week we lost three brackets: That one Turtles sample that got De La in trouble (last week #20), I'II Believe in My Bracket (Or I'II Be Leavin' You Tonight) (last week #17), and Deep Dark Truthful Bracket (last week #15). Hope to see you all again soon!
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
On Monday, #39 Jungle Brothers, DONE BY THE FORCES OF NATURE defeated #26 Bob Mould, WORKBOOK, 82-63-2. (147 total votes, +19)
On Tuesday, #10 The B-52's, COSMIC THING defeated #55 Pop Will Eat Itself, THIS IS THE DAY... THIS IS THE HOUR... THIS IS THIS!, 125-51-2. (178 total votes, +74)
On Wednesday, #42 The Wedding Present, BIZARRO, 103-42 defeated #23 Indigo Girls, INDIGO GIRLS, 91-89. (180 total votes, +2)
On Thursday, #3 De La Soul, 3 FEET HIGH AND RISING defeated #67 Queen Latifah, ALL HAIL THE QUEEN, 115-32-1. (148 total votes, +83)
On Friday, #30 Camper Van Beethoven, KEY LIME PIE defeated #94 Michael Penn, MARCH, 77-41-1. (119 votes, +36)
NEXT WEEK’S MATCHES
Monday, September 29th: #14 The Jesus and Mary Chain, AUTOMATIC vs. #78 3rd Bass, THE CACTUS ALBUM.
Tuesday, September 30th: #19 Neneh Cherry, RAW LIKE SUSHI vs. #46 Steve Reich, DIFFERENT TRAINS/ELECTRIC COUNTERPOINT.
Wednesday, October 1st: #6 Nirvana, BLEACH vs. #59 Blake Babies, EARWIG.
Thursday, October 2nd: #27 Fine Young Cannibals, THE RAW & THE COOKED vs. #38 Tears for Fears, THE SEEDS OF LOVE.
Friday, October 3rd: #11 Fugazi, 13 SONGS vs. #75 Nomeansno, WRONG.
Thanks! See you Monday!
Kent