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September 16, 2026

#592 The Best Album of 2001, Round 7 (Third-Place Match) Match #127: The Strokes vs. Björk

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Hey folks!

First pic: So according to Wikipedia, this is a "psychedelic photograph of subatomic particle tracks in a bubble chamber." Let me do my best to describe it. On a bright orange background are many, many bright light blue lines most of them curving into a spiral and then terminating into a dot. Across this, also in bright blue, are crosses, like crosshairs. It looks more like some kind of occult drawing than something scientific. Second pic: A black and white photo, tinted in a bluish-grey, of Björk, a white woman, laying on concrete in the sun, one arm over her face and casting it in shadow. Her eyes are closed and mouth is slightly open, intending a kind of sensual feeling. I believe she's naked, but her chest is obscured by a drawing of a goose or swan overlaying the image. The word VESPERTINE can just be made out in the bird's feathers.
The Strokes, IS THIS IT vs. Björk, VESPERTINE

Today’s Best Album of 2001 match is the incredibly-popular, all-important, Third Place Match. The winner of this match will be declared the Third Best Album of 2001, a high honor.

#2 The Strokes, IS THIS IT

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vs.

#5 Björk, VESPERTINE

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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 [[email protected]] or on the Best Album Brackets Bluesky account) and I’ll see what I can do.

No Designated Cheerleaders today! By now, you should be pretty familiar with both the albums and their DCs. If not, you can find those and more in the newsletter archive.

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, #3 The White Stripes, WHITE BLOOD CELLS defeated #2 The Strokes, IS THIS IT, 201-161-1.

Thanks,

Kent

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