Final Score Fallout - 4 (win) Haven't Had Enough - 4 I vote for Haven’t Had Enough. Lots of matches this album where I moved a match into a tie, but since I won’t allow myself a double vote, any tie goes to the other song that was winning before my vote. Haven’t Had Enough is probably my seventh favourite on the album, and Fallout is the tenth, so super weak final round IMO. Nonetheless, congrats to Fallout for winning the Ever After round! Been away for work for seven days, so sorry for the delay here. At the airport waiting to head home, will get the Astoria bracket up later tonight once I get home. Note that I am planning on removing the interludes on Astoria from the voting, since I’m adding a few additional songs from the Astoria era into the voting for this round. In the next few hours, if anyone has a problem with me removing the interludes and adding b-sides and single releases from this era, speak now or forever hold your peace.
Yeah, interesting result! Ever After is one of my favorite songs of all time, but I guess Fallout is good too haha
Final album time! Here we go everyone, it's time for Astoria. As I mentioned above, to make the bracket less unwieldy, I removed all five interlude tracks from Astoria, and included three separate releases from this era (Pop 101, Here's to the Zeros, Rhythm of Your Heart). As always, the match-ups were created by a randomizer application. Have fun, share your thoughts, and here we go. (1) End of an Era vs. While We're Young (2) This Means War vs. Shut Up and Kiss Me (3) Pop 101 vs. Here's to the Zeros (4) Yesterday vs. Rhythm of Your Heart (5) Who Do You Love vs. Burning Up (6) Astoria vs. Forget Me Not (7) Wildfire vs. One Love Quarterfinal round Winner of 1 vs. Dearly Departed Winner of 2 vs. Winner of 3 Winner of 4 vs. Winner of 5 Winner of 6 vs. Winner of 7
Fuck, some brutal matchups here! (1) End of an Era (2) This Means War (3) Here's to the Zeros (4) Yesterday (5) Why Do You Love (almost an impossible decision) (6) Astoria (7) One Love (also a super close matchup)
I agree, match-up #5 is the definition of a Sophie's Choice. Such an amazing album, gonna be some difficult match-ups throughout the next week!
While We're Young This Means War Here's to the Zeros Yesterday Who Do You Love Astoria Wildfire (I had just chosen One Love and was typing how close it is and decided to change it. I’ve listened to One Love way more but this feels right maybe)
Current Results End of an Era - 1 While We're Young - 1 This Means War - 2 Shut Up and Kiss Me - 0 Pop 101 - 0 Here's to the Zeros - 2 Yesterday - 2 Rhythm of Your Heart - 0 Who Do You Love - 2 Burning Up - 0 Astoria - 2 Forget Me Not - 0 Wildfire - 1 One Love - 1
(1) While We're Young (2) This Means War (3) Pop 101 (4) Rhythm of Your Heart (5) Burning Up (6) Astoria (7) One Love Burning Up is a fucking jam, and I still can't believe they didn't release it as a single. Also, bummed it's going up against another good song, and will probably lose.
Current Results End of an Era - 2 While We're Young - 2 This Means War - 4 Shut Up and Kiss Me - 0 Pop 101 - 1 Here's to the Zeros - 3 Yesterday - 3 Rhythm of Your Heart - 1 Who Do You Love - 2 Burning Up - 2 Astoria - 4 Forget Me Not - 0 Wildfire - 2 One Love - 2
Such an incredible album. By the way, End of an Era is objectively a better song than While We're Young
Wow this round is absolutely brutal haha End of An Era This Means War Pop 101 Rhythm of Your Heart Burning Up Astoria Wildfire
While We're Young This Means War Here's to the Zeros Yesterday Burning Up Forget Me Not One Love Such a good album!
Current Results End of an Era - 3 While We're Young - 4 This Means War - 6 Shut Up and Kiss Me - 1 Pop 101 - 3 Here's to the Zeros - 4 Yesterday - 5 Rhythm of Your Heart - 2 Who Do You Love - 3 Burning Up - 4 Astoria - 6 Forget Me Not - 1 Wildfire - 4 One Love - 3
About 15 hours left to go, get your votes in - for anyone who hasn't voted yet. Current Results End of an Era - 3 While We're Young - 5 This Means War - 7 Shut Up and Kiss Me - 1 Pop 101 - 3 Here's to the Zeros - 5 Yesterday - 6 Rhythm of Your Heart - 2 Who Do You Love - 3 Burning Up - 5 Astoria - 6 Forget Me Not - 2 Wildfire - 4 One Love - 4
My votes End of an Era - Such a great track, so it's a shame to see it go out in the opening round. This Means War - Shut Up and Kiss Me has grown on me a lot, but This Means War is a pitch-perfect single and a great track. Pop 101 - Here's to the Zeros never really grew on me, so Pop 101 it is. I can appreciate it for being a simple, fun song. Yesterday - I absolutely adore Rhythm of Your Heart, but especially after seeing the band perform Yesterday live, I fell in love with that track just a little bit more. Who Do You Love - Toughest match-up this round, for me. Went with WDYL by the smallest of margins. Astoria - Forget Me Not is one of the songs on this album that has resonated with me the least, so this was an easy choice. Wildfire - I don't particularly like One Love, so this was an easy decision for me. Sorry fam - first tie I've had to break in a while. Final Results End of an Era - 4 While We're Young - 5 This Means War - 8 Shut Up and Kiss Me - 1 Pop 101 - 4 Here's to the Zeros - 5 Yesterday - 7 Rhythm of Your Heart - 2 Who Do You Love - 4 Burning Up - 5 Astoria - 7 Forget Me Not - 2 Wildfire - 5 One Love - 4