2009年 01月 13日 火曜日 15:05

Here it is, the new Battle Of The Albums. This time records from 2008 will fight for honor.

The rules of this stage:
256 albums
32 groups with 8 albums each
you vote for 2 out of 8 in each group
in each group the 2 first proceed to the next phase
when it's undecided who should proceed, there'll be an extra poll
voting until Sunday the 25th January

If you like this one, just join this group.

Have fun with it:

Group 1
¡Forward, Russia! - Life Processes
Akimbo - Jersey Shoes
Melvins - Nude With Boots
Mr. Oizo - Lambs Anger
H2O - Nothing To Prove
Russian Circles - Station
Fucked Up - The Chemistry Of Modern Life
Deichkind - Arbeit Nervt
Group 2
Anberlin - New Surrender
The Kooks - Konk
Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul
Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night
American Music Club - The Golden Age
Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
Marianne Faithfull - Easy Come Easy Go
Lambchop - OH (Ohio)
Group 3
The (International) Noise Conspiracy - The Cross Of My Calling
The Walkmen - You & Me
Woven Hand - Ten Stones
Portugal. The Man - Censored Colors
Anathema - Hindsight
36 Crazyfists - The Tide And Its Takers
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
Dr. Dog - We All Belong
Group 4
Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone
In Flames - A Sense Of Purpose
Hercules And Love Affair - Hercules And Love Affair
Matt Costa - Unfamiliar Faces
Why? - Alopecia
Late Of The Pier - Fantasy Black Channel
The Caesars - Strawberry Weed
Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns
Group 5
Herman Dune - Next Year In Zion
Bullet For My Valentine - Scream Aim Fire
The Hellacopters - Heads Off!
Pete Philly & Perquisite - Mystery Repeats
Deerhunter - Microcastle
The Dodos - Visiter
Aimee Mann - @#%&! Smilers
Mugison - Mugiboogie
Group 6
R.E.M. - Accelerate
Blackmail - Tempo Tempo
The Streets - Everything Is Borrowed
Everlast - Love, War And The Ghost Of Whitey Ford
Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
Horse The Band - A Natural Death
Ben Folds - Way To Normal
Disturbed - Indestructible
Group 7
Sons And Daughters - This Gift
Fujiya & Miyagi - Lightbulbs
Beck - Modern Guilt
The Black Crowes - Warpaint
The Sword - Gods Of The Earth
Cat Power - Jukebox
Juana Molina - Un Dia
Rosenstolz - Die Suche Geht Weiter
Group 8
Fear My Thoughts - Isolation
Deadlock - Manifesto
Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain Lookout Sea
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Donots - Coma Chameleon
Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
Less Than Jake - GNV FLA
Adele - 19
Group 9
These Arms Are Snakes - Tail Swallower And Dove
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Pershing
A.Armada - Anam Cara
Donovan Frankenreiter - Pass It Around
Jolie Holland - The Living And The Dead
Calexico - Carried To Dust
Tindersticks - Tindersticks
The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me
Group 10
September Malevolence - After This Darkness, There Is A Next
Misery Speaks - Catalogue Of Carnage
Eaten By Sheiks - Bold
Phantom Planet - Raise The Dead
The Black Keys - Attack And Release
Jaguar Love - Take Me To The Sea
Santogold - Santogold
Portishead - Third
Group 11
Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Lie Down In The Light
The Cure - 4:13 Dream
Brian Wilson - That Lucky Old Sun
Mudhoney - The Lucky Ones
Kettcar - Sylt
The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
Volbeat - Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood
Group 12
Get Well Soon - Rest Now, Weary Head! You Will Get Well Soon
Leech - The Stolen View
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Sunday At Devil Dirt
Klee - Berge Versetzen
Murder By Death - Red Of Tooth And Claw
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!
Misery Index - Traitors
Feeder - Silent Cry
Group 13
The Haunted - Verses
Heaven Shall Burn - Iconoclast
31 Knots - Worried Well
Have Heart - Songs To Scream At The Sun
PeterLicht - Melancholie Und Gesellschaft
AC/DC - Black Ice
Motorpsycho - Little Lucid Moments
Rose Kemp - Unholy Majesty
Group 14
Burst - Lazarus Bird
Bring Me The Horizon - Suicide Season
Underoath - Lost In The Sound Of Seperation
Al Green - Lay It Down
Emil Bulls - The Black Path
Pennywise - Reason To Believe
The Offspring - Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace
The Zutons - You Can Do Anything
Group 15
These New Puritans - Beat Pyramid
Tomte - Heureka
Panic At The Disco - Pretty. Odd.
Judas Priest - Nostradamus
Attack In Black - Marriage
Sigur Rós - Með Suð I Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust
Fall Out Boy - Folie À Deux
Disco Ensemble - Magic Recoveries
Group 16
Die Toten Hosen - In Aller Stille
Lucinda Williams - Little Honey
Jack's Mannequin - The Glass Passenger
Emirsian - Yelq
Duffy - Rockferry
Billy Bragg - Mr. Love & Justice
Stereolab - Chemical Chords
Randy Newman - Harps And Angels
Group 17
Soulfly - Conquer
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam In Goliath
Metronomy - Nights Out
I Am Kloot - Play Moolah Rouge
Able Baker Fox - Voices
Funeral For A Friend - Memory And Humanity
Alkaline Trio - Agony & Irony
Polarkreis 18 - The Colour Of Snow
Group 18
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
Ellen Alien - Sool
Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head
Ólafur Arnalds - Variations Of Static
Katy Perry - One Of The Boys
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes - Have Another Ball!
High Places - High Places
The Fratellis - Here We Stand
Group 19
John Mellencamp - Life, Death, Love And Freedom
The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
Glasvegas - Glasvegas
Unkle - End Titles... Stories For Film
Jack Johnson - Sleep Through The Static
Farin Urlaub - Die Wahrheit Übers Lügen
Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
Counting Crows - Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
Group 20
Los Campesinos! - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
Jackson Browne - The Time Conqueror
Van Morrison - Keep It Simple
Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God
Audrey - The Fierce And The Longing
Paul Weller - 22 Dreams
Black Kids - Partie Traumatic
Torche - Meanderthal
Group 21
The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely
The Dandy Warhols - Earth To The Dandy Warhols
Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling
Trivium - Shogun
Gregor Samsa - Rest
WE - Tension & Release
The Duke Spirit - Neptune
Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
Group 22
Beehover - Heavy Zooo
Nada Surf - Lucky
Dirty Pretty Things - Romance At Short Notice
Ry Cooder - I, Flathead
Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
The Rumble Strips - Girls And Weather
Travis - Ode To J. Smith
From First To Last - From First To Last
Group 23
Augustana - Can't Love, Can't Hurt
Madsen - Frieden Im Krieg
Tilly And The Wall - O
John Hiatt - Same Old Man
Gonzales - Soft Power
Klimt 1918 - In Case We'll Never Meet Again
Weezer - The Red Album
Motörhead - Motörizer
Group 24
Man Man - Rabbit Habits
dEUS - Vantage Point
+/- - Xs On Your Eyes
Joan As Police Woman - To Survive
Bon Iver - For Emma Forever Ago
N*E*R*D - Seeing Sounds
Land Of Talk - Some Are Lakes
Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life
Group 25
TV On The Radio - Dear Science
Lightspeed Champion - Falling Off The Lavender Bridge
Damiera - Quiet Mouth Loud Hands
Primal Scream - Beautiful Future
Neva Dinova - You May Already Be Dreaming
Slut - StillNo1
Black Stone Cherry - Folklore & Superstition
Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy
Group 26
The Roots - Rising Down
Ron Sexsmith - Exit Strategy Of The Soul
Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
The Futureheads - This Is Not The World
Stephen Malkmus - Real Emotional Trash
Bloc Party - Intimacy
The Indelicates - American Demo
Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward
Group 27
This Will Destroy You - This Will Destroy You
Thrice - The Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV: Air & Earth
Thomas D - Kennzeichen D
Atlas Sound - Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
Blood Red Shoes - Box Of Secrets
Scars On Broadway - Scars On Broadway
Al Stewart - Sparks Of The Ancient
Unearth - The March
Group 28
The Bronx - III
Tricky - Knowle West Boy
A Fine Frenzy - One Cell In The Sea
Blacklisted - Heavier Than Heaven Lonelier Than God
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
Caspian - The Four Trees
Group 29
Elvis Costello - Momofuku
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
James Yorkston - When The Haar Rolls In
Backyard Babies - Backyard Babies
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
Anna Ternheim - Leaving On A Mayday
Grace Jones - Hurricane
Mia. - Willkommen Im Club
Group 30
Albert Hammond Jr. - ¿Cómo Te Llama?
Black Mountain - In The Future
The Killers - Day And Age
Opeth - Watershed
Sport - Unter Den Wolken
Constantines - Constantines
Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads
Foals - Antidotes
Group 31
The Kills - Midnight Boom
The Subways - All Or Nothing
Metallica - Death Magnetic
Blitzen Trapper - Furr
Sugarplum Fairy - The Wild One
CSS - Donkey
Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
The Rascals - Rascalize
Group 32
Little Joy - Little Joy
The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
Hot Club De Paris - Live At Dead Lake
Rise Against - Appeal To Reason
Bison B.C. - Quiet Earth
Nickelback - The Dark Horse
Steve Winwood - Nine Lives
The Sound Of Animals Fighting - The Ocean And The Sun