Good morning y'all and welcome to the draw for the 1989 #AlbumBowl
a reminder of the guidelines I use for these: this is a two-stage event, with a group stage and a knockout stage; no live albums, no compilations (sorry, Minor Threat), one album per group, entirely at my discretion; ties will be broken up by whoever is in the higher pod for the draw
one row, one group; the action starts tomorrow!
1989 #AlbumBowl - Group A
1989 #AlbumBowl - Group B
1989 #AlbumBowl - Group C
1989 #AlbumBowl - Group D
1989 #AlbumBowl - Group E
1989 #AlbumBowl - Group F
1989 #AlbumBowl - Group G
1989 #AlbumBowl - Group H
1989 #AlbumBowl - Round of 16, Match #1
1989 #AlbumBowl - Round of 16, Match #2
1989 #AlbumBowl - Round of 16, Match #3
1989 #AlbumBowl - Round of 16, Match #4
1989 #AlbumBowl - Round of 16, Match #5
1989 #AlbumBowl - Round of 16, Match #6
1989 #AlbumBowl - Round of 16, Match #7
1989 #AlbumBowl - Round of 16, Match #8
@derek so Milli Vanilli is the meme vote this time, right
@balrogboogie I regret to inform you the Millis did not mkae the cut
@balrogboogie but I think there *is* a meme vote
@derek
Oof, tough draw.
@derek Sophie's Choice
@derek wow this one hurt
:queer:
@derek what do we vote for if we don't know these?
@MrsMouse either is fine, but also neither is fine; the #AlbumBowl Selection Committee endorses all forms of voting, including not voting
@derek Group G is a straight up battleground #AlbumBowl
@anemoia I think this is our Group of Death
@derek see, losing to The Cure's best album? An acceptable end for Amy and Emily
@derek if Indigo Girls loses to like, Aerosmith or Motley Crue I’m going to burn this place to the fucking ground
@neoncoughh my official prognosticator's pick is that it sneaks into the round of 16 where it gets trounced by Paul's Boutique
@derek that’s fine, as long as it loses to something good
@derek ooooft. ‘89 was a good year.
@derek I’m late to the game… how are evaluating the winners?
@micah I'm going to start running some polls tomorrow; you vote for your fave, top two in each group go to the knockout round, finals are Saturday, we crown a champ on Sunday
@derek oh fun! I didn’t realize it was crowdsourced. Looking forward to participating 😃
@derek It sure was a HECK of a year, wasn't it?
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