2022 Album Eliminations Tier 2 Week 1

Tier 2 begins this week! The albums that passed through Tier 1 are now taking on new music from Feburary and March, heading towards a mid-year Top 10. Here’s how things played out:

Men I Trust – The Untourable Album VS. Damon Albarn – The Nearer the Fountain, The More Pure the Stream Flows
Men I Trust – The Untourable Album

ABBA – Voyage VS. The Buggles – The Age of Plastic
The Buggles – The Age of Plastic

Fire-Tools – Eternal Home VS. Liquid Tension Experiment – LTE3
Liquid Tension Experiment – LTE3

Ben Kweller – Sha Sha VS. Sharhabil Ahmed – The King of Sudanese Jazz
Ben Kweller – Sha Sha

The most contentious showdown this week was Fire-Toolz vs. Liquid Tension Experiment. Fire-Tools is a project that I find really, really intriguing, but a combination of the album’s overall length and the ridiculous chops of the Liquid Tension Experiment tipped the scales in their favor.