Summer Madness: PA's Battle of the Albums

last call... last call for votes in the modern polls.  Vote now while I get a cup of coffee and have my morning cigarette.  Will be closing polls shortly!

top half bracket Modern polls the winnners and runners-up!

poll#1
1) Hybris (1992) - Anglagard 2) The Viewing Point (2009) - The Future Kings Of England

poll#2
1) The Human Equation (2004) - Ayreon 2) 4th (2008) - DFA

poll#3
1) The Raven that Refused to Sing (2013) - Steve Wilson 2) Viva Koenji (1997) - Koenji Hyakkei

poll#4  A TIE!!!
1) Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) - Iron Maiden 2) TIE between I A Moon (2011) - North Sea Radio Orchestra and Young Team (1996) - Mogwai

poll#5
1) Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1987) - Dead Can Dance 2) One Armed Bandit (2010) - Jaga Jazzist

poll#6 ATIE!!!!!
1) Five Suns (2003) - Guapo 2) TIE between Random Avenger (2006) - Magyar Posse and L'axe du Fou (2009) - Forgas Band Phenomena

poll#7
1) The Masquerade Overture (1996) - Pendragon 2) s/t (1990) - UTotem

poll#8
1) Mirrored (2007) - Battles 2) In A Flesh Aquarium (2006) - UneXpect

poll#9 A TIE!!!!
1) Sleeping in Traffic Part 2 (2008) - Beardfish 2) TIE between Of Natural History (2004) - Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Songs From Mirage (2009) - Aranis

poll#10
1) Night (2007) - Gazpacho 2) Crack the Skye (2009) - Mastodon

poll#11
1)SMPTe (2000) - Transatlantic 2) S.U.S.A.R. (2005) - Indukti

poll#12
1) Vemod (1993) - Anekdoten 2) ~ (2012) - iamthemorning

poll#!3
1) Mei (2002)- Echolyn 2) Disco Volante (1995) - Mr. Bungle

poll#14
1) Images & Words (1992) - Dream Theater 2) Part the Second (2009) - Maudlin of the Well

poll#15
1) Kid A (2000) - Radiohead 2) Quickly, Quickly, Quickly (2012) - The Tea Club

poll#16
1) Detta Har Hant (2009) - Gosta Berling Saga 2) Nothingface (1989) - Voivod

ties to be broken by a group of 3 collabs selected previously. Results to be announced after their deliberations are complete.  On to the next set of polls!!!!

Meltdowner wrote: micky wrote: and closed and recording votes. I was only able to vote on the first six polls

make sure you 'post' your votes if they don't record .. if I don't know about them I can't count them.

ahhh...  I got it.  Ehhh...  just keep a chugging along. Seriously though.. who really cares about the modern results.. it is the classic contest we care about . The important thing with the moderns is the voyage not the destination.

Yeah, you're both right. I discovered lots of great music, even from sub-genres I don't usually listen

Meltdowner wrote: Yeah, you're both right. I discovered lots of great music, even from sub-genres I don't usually listen

yeah...  many of us. most of us know pretty much all or close to all of the classics and damnit.. you do get attached to them. Sentimental, nostalgia whatever. Obviously more people know more of them so the classic poll voting is far more interesting, and involved. 

With the modern however I sort of saw the results as secondary to the discovery of albums that people might have missed.  Funny..  for the completed classic polls I had always been keeping tabs on the results. I generally knew who I was voting for. With the moderns I rarely if ever really kept track of the results. I really only had 3 albums I had a real attachment to.. and it was obvious after the first day than none were going to advance  I pretty much just took the opportunity to explore. Btw good call on TFKoE. I remember your comment and along with Ian's hearty recommendation made me really curious and impatient to hear it. I saved that for last and loved it.  I broke the tie on that right before I closed the polls this morning.

so here is what the 2nd round is looking like. As noted earlier.. the 2nd place ties are being worked on by a team of 3 I asked to settle any ties.  I'll announce those when they settle those out.

2nd round matchups
Hybris (1992) - Anglagard v. 4th (2008) - DFA

The Human Equation (2004) - Ayreon v. The Viewing Point (2009) - The Future Kings Of England

The Raven that Refused to Sing (2013) - Steve Wilson v. TIE-BREAK winner between I A Moon (2011) - North Sea Radio Orchestra and Young Team (1996) - Mogwai

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) - Iron Maiden v. Viva Koenji (1997) - Koenji Hyakkei

Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1987) - Dead Can Dance v. TIE-BREAK winner between Random Avenger (2006) - Magyar Posse and L'axe du Fou (2009) - Forgas Band Phenomena

Five Suns (2003) - Guapo v. One Armed Bandit (2010) - Jaga Jazzist

The Masquerade Overture (1996) - Pendragon v. In A Flesh Aquarium (2006) - UneXpect

Mirrored (2007) - Battles v.  s/t (1990) - UTotem

Sleeping in Traffic Part 2 (2008) - Beardfish v. Crack the Skye (2009) - Mastodon

Night (2007) - Gazpacho v. TIE-BREAK winner between Of Natural History (2004) - Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Songs From Mirage (2009) - Aranis

SMPTe (2000) - Transatlantic v. ~ (2012) - iamthemorning

Vemod (1993) - Anekdoten v. S.U.S.A.R. (2005) - Indukti

Mei (2002)- Echolyn v. Part the Second (2009) - Maudlin of the Well

Images & Words (1992) - Dream Theater v. Disco Volante (1995) - Mr. Bungle (HAHAHAH.. really? do I have to vote on that one )

Kid A (2000) - Radiohead v. Nothingface (1989) - Voivod

Detta Har Hant (2009) - Gosta Berling Saga v. Quickly, Quickly, Quickly (2012) - The Tea Club

micky wrote: yeah...  many of us. most of us know pretty much all or close to all of the classics and damnit.. you do get attached to them. Sentimental, nostalgia whatever. Obviously more people know more of them so the classic poll voting is far more interesting, and involved.  With the modern however I sort of saw the results as secondary to the discovery of albums that people might have missed.  Funny..  for the completed classic polls I had always been keeping tabs on the results. I generally knew who I was voting for. With the moderns I rarely if ever really kept track of the results. I really only had 3 albums I had a real attachment to.. and it was obvious after the first day than none were going to advance  I pretty much just took the opportunity to explore. Btw good call on TFKoE. I remember your comment and along with Ian's hearty recommendation made me really curious and impatient to hear it. I saved that for last and loved it.  I broke the tie on that right before I closed the polls this morning.

I think I'm impartial, since there are a lot of albums I don't know on both, and I don't feel nostalgia since I didn't know what was Prog five years ago I'm always happy to discover gems that I didn't know though
Yes, I really liked that album, it's also on my wish list as well. I'm glad it's going to advance

I'm guessing the NSRO/Mogwai tiebreaker doesn't really matter as they run into the buzz saw that is Steve Wilson

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: I'm guessing the NSRO/Mogwai tiebreaker doesn't really matter as they run into the buzz saw that is Steve Wilson

  perhaps next round we will find hard evidence evidence of funny business perhaps of Steve Wilson using mult ID's here to vote for his albums.. and be able to DQ his album

micky wrote: so here is my tally... 4 of the new discoveries stood out..  hit me hard.. grabbed me immediately. Will be ordered or ordered already! I A Moon - North Sea Radio Orchestra Gusi-Lebedi  - Vezhlivy Otkaz The Viewing Point - The Future Kings Of England Songs for Insects - Thought Industry some others that I really liked.. and will get if I see them (will definitely be having a list for Greg Walker and the other vendors at Progday ) Hungers Teeth (1994) - 5UU's SUSAR - Indukti Talu - Phlox One Armed Bandit - Jaga Jazzist Young Team  - Mogwai