Summer Madness: PA's Battle of the Albums

Too bad MoeTar has bitten the dust.

Moogtron III wrote: Too bad MoeTar has bitten the dust. And DFA was already out... Oh well, you can't always get what you want...

but if you try sometimes... you just might find... you get what you need


Edited by micky - August 08 2015 at 07:58

micky wrote: no ties this week..... here are the updated modern brackets... 3rd round to go next weekend some interesting matchups.. not quite as killer as the classics.. but then again.. those are the classics http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=459422 after a short break... WW3 commences... the 3rd round classics..

Meltdowner wrote: Ozric Tentacles crushed La Maschera Di Cera though Was it the only modern RPI album on the contest?

there were two.... Discesa Agl’Inferi D’Un Giovane Amante didn't make it out of the 1st round. Strange... I thought it was the better album of the two.

maybe?  I think the only one that really has a good chance is Talk Talk

micky wrote: Meltdowner wrote: Ozric Tentacles crushed La Maschera Di Cera though Was it the only modern RPI album on the contest? there were two.... Discesa Agl’Inferi D’Un Giovane Amante didn't make it out of the 1st round. Strange... I thought it was the better album of the two.

That one is really good, I also think it's the best of the two. I don't remember seeing it 

looking forward to Talk Talk kicking the sh*t out of IQ though next round

through my experiences Rob.. I think the results in some will look very different in a day or two. Many albums have surged forward or kept pace only to fall Way off the pace. There is a large silent majorty which votes later.  I still think VDGG will pull away.. less than a third of the votes I've noted.. actually are registered via comment. There is a large pool of voters out there yet to vote.  I still think VDGG wins it and pull away. Same with PG3.. believe that album has a large number of faceless voters still in its corner.

will be interesting to see what results look like ..say Monday morning..

well it seems... a full day in.. only two of the 16 are runaways...  Oldfield and the Hatchet album.  Just following results as I do.. it seems there are two main surges.. of course the first day surge.. where generally half the votes will come in. Then by the first of the week the 2nd bulk set has tended to come in.. from people that actually have lives and weren't hanging around the forum today haha. Generally by Monday you know the ones that are over.. and the ones that will go to the last votes.

I'm not really a fan of that VDGG album.. both Raff and I adore other albums from them.. however.. if they don't lose to Camel I think they go all the way to the final...  I had picked Octopus to face them but they appear to be setting up to being in a dogfight with Gong... and think they could have a real fight with the PFM album if they both make the Quarterfinals but PFM has a hard road getting past the Moodies then likely the Supertramp album.

Really there are only two albums I'd vote for over in any in the field.

YS actually has a decent chance to make the semi-finals.. I do think it matches up well against either Zappa or PG in the 4th round as well as against any of the 4 possible opponents it might face in the QF's. It is one of the few RPI albums that has a fame that transcends it being an 'Italian album' due to its sheer ferocity, uniqueness, and its pretty much generally considered status as one of the (if not THE) greatest prog (rock) keyboard album ever made.

Palepoli?  Don't like its chances as much..  granted I didn't think Mirage would beat Pawn Hearts but definitely wouldn't have thought Palepoli would. Perhaps it would have even less chance against Mirage.. while Camel is a far inferior group to VDGG.. Mirage doesn't have the warts or turn-offs Pawn Hearts does.  Either way... it would be a fun matchup just to rally the anti-Camel forces and pull a Wild Bunch finale out of that matchp and go down with the guns a blazin'.

micky wrote: well it seems... a full day in.. only two of the 16 are runaways...  Oldfield and the Hatchet album.  Just following results as I do.. it seems there are two main surges.. of course the first day surge.. where generally half the votes will come in. Then by the first of the week the 2nd bulk set has tended to come in.. from people that actually have lives and weren't hanging around the forum today haha. Generally by Monday you know the ones that are over.. and the ones that will go to the last votes. I'm not really a fan of that VDGG album.. both Raff and I adore other albums from them.. however.. if they don't lose to Camel I think they go all the way to the final...  I had picked Octopus to face them but they appear to be setting up to being in a dogfight with Gong... and think they could have a real fight with the PFM album if they both make the Quarterfinals but PFM has a hard road getting past the Moodies then likely the Supertramp album. Really there are only two albums I'd vote for over in any in the field. YS actually has a decent chance to make the semi-finals.. I do think it matches up well against either Zappa or PG in the 4th round as well as against any of the 4 possible opponents it might face in the QF's. It is one of the few RPI albums that has a fame that transcends it being an 'Italian album' due to its sheer ferocity, uniqueness, and its pretty much generally considered status as one of the (if not THE) greatest prog (rock) keyboard album ever made. Palepoli?  Don't like its chances as much..  granted I didn't think Mirage would beat Pawn Hearts but definitely wouldn't have thought Palepoli would. Perhaps it would have even less chance against Mirage.. while Camel is a far inferior group to VDGG.. Mirage doesn't have the warts or turn-offs Pawn Hearts does.  Either way... it would be a fun matchup just to rally the anti-Camel forces and pull a Wild Bunch finale out of that matchp and go down with the guns a blazin'.

Of my three favourites - I think Palepoli is going to get eaten alive by the Camel, or edged out by VDGG (I think the people who don't like odd albums could just not vote there, which'd make it closer). Rock Bottom is likely to lose to Voyage of the Acolyte if it makes it through (Voyage isn't even a great Hackett album imho; a lot of his recent stuff is leagues ahead of it in playing and composition). If The Rotters Club gets past Rush I think it could go very far indeed.