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
[lottery ball machine noises go here]
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 Quarterfinal #2
1989 #AlbumBowl Quarterfinal #3
1989 #AlbumBowl Quarterfinal #4
1989 #AlbumBowl Semifinal #1
1989 #AlbumBowl Semifinal #2
1989 #AlbumBowl CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
@derek I can't even be mad if NIN loses to Disintegration
@neoncoughh I think Beasties/NIN is the closer (and thus better) final, but at this point, these are four albums I like to love, so I'm with you
@derek this is Super Tuesday all over again
@derek I told yaaaaas
@derek I thought this was going to be the "They definitely shared a bill" matchup - close, but not quite!
https://post-punk.com/when-joy-division-opened-for-the-cure/
@firewally I'll allow it
@firewally also is De La and the Beasties both win, they 100% shared a bill, right?
@derek My gut says yes but both groups have taken a number of hiatuses, so I'm not 100% on it. I'll wait until the matchup to find out for real
@derek Here is where we make our stand against the rockists #AlbumBowl
@firewally I mean Paul's Boutique is also just the better record
@derek @firewally bleach is a novelty PB is a revolution
@alex <3 <3 <3
@derek @firewally imo there's a reason that bleach is not the album that got nirvana famous imo
1989 #AlbumBowl Quarterfinal #1