… it’s rare that I get exactly 128 albums. Usually, it’s more like 100 albums with (for example) 10 nomination votes, and if I lower the bar to, say, 9 nomination votes, then suddenly there’s like 148 qualifying albums — too many. [2/x]
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So then those 100 albums qualify (assuming the release date is correct & there’s a free version to hear) and those 28 open slots are filled with contest winner picks, etc. Then, once the 128 are finalized, we do another round of voting, and the album with the most seed votes is #1, next is #2, etc.
sep 3, 2025, 1:16 pm • 1 0 • view
Also for 1989 there were like 125 qualifying albums(!) but for other tournaments we had a lot more open slots.
sep 3, 2025, 1:30 pm • 1 1 • view
And you're telling me that Nitzer Ebb's "Belief" wasn't one of those?! Smh, I had more faith in the Electorate....
sep 3, 2025, 6:14 pm • 4 1 • view
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sep 3, 2025, 6:45 pm • 1 0 • view
I'm sorry I wasn't around to get them into the bracket, Kent! (Thanks for sharing.)
sep 3, 2025, 6:51 pm • 3 1 • view
It was one vote short of qualifying. ☹️
sep 3, 2025, 6:15 pm • 1 1 • view
Alas, if only I had known of the Tournament at that time...
sep 3, 2025, 6:16 pm • 3 1 • view