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October 22, 2025

#361 The Best Album of 1989, Round 3 Match #103: Nine Inch Nails vs. Yo La Tengo

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Hey folks!

First pic: A digitized photgraph of some kind of machinery. It kinda looks like "Predator Vision" but the colors are blue and pink. It could be the wheelwell of a motorcycle? Maybe an engine? A close up of an indoor fan? No idea. Second pic: A black and white still of Yo La Tengo in concert, showing a white guy playing guitar and a woman on drums, but the still is, I think, being warped and burned as if caught in a projector. I think. I could not find a good, large version of this picture, so I'm working from a very small one, and my 53 year old eyes can only do so much.
Nine Inch Nails, PRETTY HATE MACHINE vs. Yo La Tengo, PRESIDENT YO LA TENGO

Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is:

#5 Nine Inch Nails, PRETTY HATE MACHINE

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vs.

#28 Yo La Tengo, PRESIDENT YO LA TENGO

Listen on Spotify (Tracks 1-7) or YouTube

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Yesterday, #13 Janet Jackson, JANET JACKSON'S RHYTHM NATION 1814 defeated #20 Julee Cruise, FLOATING INTO THE NIGHT, 100-72.

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Kent

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