Rock Album Survivor - SCD Edition

[Psy-Fi]

Can - Tago Mago

[GD]

Can has been eliminated; heading into the final round now

Final Round

3. Neu! - Neu!
7. Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos

Vote 1 off by August 24. [edit]

[GD]

Popol Vuh

[Lexi Darling]

Neu! - Neu!

[GD]

Sorry I haven't had time to update in the last few days. It's  a dead tie between the finalists with no way to break the tie. I'm extending the deadline a little more until August 24 to give @Psy-Fi or someone else a chance to vote

[Psy-Fi]

Sorry I haven't had time to update in the last few days. It's  a dead tie between the finalists with no way to break the tie. I'm extending the deadline a little more until August 24 to give @Psy-Fi or someone else a chance to vote

Thanks for the extension. I forgot the deadline was yesterday.

[Psy-Fi]

Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos

[GD]

I guess is settled then; Popol Vuh has been eliminated, which means Neu! takes the win in this battle

Results

10. Faust - Faust IV
9. Sand - Golem
8. Kraftwerk - Autobahn
7. Cluster - Zuckerzeit
6. Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation
5. Amon Düül II - Yeti
4. Harmonia - Musik von Harmonia
3. Can - Tago Mago
2. Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos
1. Neu! - Neu!

[GD]

Announcement:

I've taken the liberty of deciding the order of all the remaining battles by using a random sequence generator to determine it, with some minor edits to ensure variety and avoid too many samey consecutive genre battles. First up in the order came the second of four Revival battles (one having already been completed over on MB).

I now welcome everyone to have a look at the Finished Battles list on the first page and nominate non-first place albums for revival, preferably among those that placed second or third in their respective battles, but other options can also be discussed if there is a good argument for it.
edit: Forgot to mention it but any albums that were featured in the first Revival round (see under "Finished battles") can be disregarded, in case it wasn't clear. In other words, when an album is nominated for revival it has only that one chance to be "revived" and only the album that places first in the respective battles will get to move on, same as the regular genre battles. /edit

I will take suggestions until we've filled up the first revival list of 10 albums, but don't don't hesitate to suggest as many as you want; if we get to more than 10 I will just keep adding them to the subsequent revival round list, considering there's two more of those left after we've done the upcoming one.

Once we have a good list we'll get going with the battle, though I expect it might get to be at least a week from now until we've settled on those 10 albums.

I'll also soon be posting a tentative schedule for the most immediate upcoming battles including the next one, so that people can prepare their rankings in advance a little earlier than we've been able to do in the past, so look out for that.

Until then!

[Psy-Fi]

So we choose one album that placed second or third from each finished battle genre for consideration in a new battle in their respective genres?

Is that correct or am I misunderstanding this?

[DJChameleon]

Prince - 1999
Ramones - Ramones
Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On


Idk how many suggestions per person but I decided to go with three and picked from generally the top 4 of the previous battles.

[GD]

So we choose one album that placed second or third from each finished battle genre for consideration in a new battle in their respective genres?

Is that correct or am I misunderstanding this?

Essentially, but you don't have to nominate something from every finished battle, just the ones you feel are deserving of an extra chance. The resulting list will thus contain albums representing a variety of genres, similar to the first Revival battle (where Devo ended up winning)

I'll nominate a few just to give a concrete example for everyone:

So, when looking through the overview of the battles we've done so far I'm seeing albums by Neil Young, Pixies and Can placing in 2nd or 3rd that I feel might deserve another shot, so I will nominate those and start adding them in my preliminary list like so:
1. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
2. Pixies - Doolittle
3. Can - Tago Mago
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9.
10.

There are other albums I might like to nominate, like Iggy Pop's The Idiot, but that was already included in the first revival battle, and is therefore not eligible.
So basically everyone else can nominate as many as they feel like, and if we end up with more than 10 albums it's no problem because we'll just keep adding the albums into the subsequent revival rounds, keeping in mind that we should leave a few spots empty for albums from the genre lists we've yet to do.
Any other questions?

[GD]

Prince - 1999
Ramones - Ramones
Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On


Idk how many suggestions per person but I decided to go with three and picked from generally the top 4 of the previous battles.

Great! I'll add those, although Ramones were already in Revival battle #1, so they aren't eligible sadly:
1. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
2. Pixies - Doolittle
3. Can - Tago Mago
4. Prince - 1999
5. Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

These are the albums that were included in the last revival round, in case anyone has trouble finding where it's listed:

Spoiler

10. Nirvana - Nevermind
9. Depeche Mode - Violator
8. Glenn Branca - The Ascension
7. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
6. Ramones - Ramones
5. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven!
4. Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle
3. Iggy Pop - The Idiot
2. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
1. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!

[close]

[Lexi Darling]

I'll nominate three as well.

David Bowie - Low
Yes - Close to the Edge
The Cure - Disintegration

Assuming I'm reading the rules right, those are my picks.

[GD]

I'll nominate three as well.

David Bowie - Low
Yes - Close to the Edge
The Cure - Disintegration

Assuming I'm reading the rules right, those are my picks.

Yes, those are all fine, and good choices btw

Current nominees:
1. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
2. Pixies - Doolittle
3. Can - Tago Mago
4. Prince - 1999
5. Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
6. David Bowie - Low
7. Yes - Close to the Edge
8. The Cure - Disintegration
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10.-