Thanks for the numbers Pat.

The 10th match of the tournament witnessed victory easily registered for 'Is This It' by The Strokes. It will now progress through to the next round (seeded) as a consequence of said victory. Joining it in the next Round also (albeit unseeded) will be 'HATE' by The Delgados after it finished runner-up on this occasion. Eliminated from the competition at the first hurdle are 'A Rush of Blood To The Head' by Coldplay and 'My Maudlin Career' by Camera Obscura.

Round 1/Game 11 -

The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free



Released - 17th May 2004
Bands Origin - Birmingham, England 
Album Chart Position/s - 1 (UK) 1 (IRE)

V's

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not



Released - 23rd January 2006
Bands Origin - Sheffield, England
Album Chart Position/s - 1 (UK) 1 (AUS)

V's

Brian Wilson - Smile



Released - 28th September 2004
Artists Origin - Inglewood, California (US)
Album Chart Position - 7 (UK)

V's

The Manic Street Preachers - Lifeblood



Released - 1st November 2004
Bands Origin - Blackwood, Wales
Album Chart Position/s - 13 (UK) 15 (IRE)

Voting closes tomorrow (Wednesday 23rd January) at 10PM
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Albums Eliminated in Round 1 -

1.Kanye West - The College Dropout
2.Daft Punk - Discovery
3.MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
4.Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
5.Damien Rice - O
6.Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
7.Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
8.The Vines - Winning Days
9.Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
10.Coldplay - Parachutes
11.Beck - Sea Change
12.Eels - Daisies of the Galaxy
13.Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
14.Blur - Think Tank
15.The Temper Trap - Conditions
16.Doves - Last Broadcast
17.Jamie T - Panic Prevention
18.Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
19.Coldplay - A Rush of Blood To The Head
20.Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
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Albums Through Round 1 -

1.The White Stripes - Elephant (S)
2.The Zutons - Who Killed The Zutons?
3.The Libertines - Up The Bracket (S)
4.Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
5.Eminem - The Marshal Mathers LP (S)
6.Glasvegas - Glasvegas
7.Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (S)
8.Ian Brown - Music of the Spheres
9.Bloc Party - A Weekend in The City (S)
10.Keane - Hopes And Fears
11.Amy Winehouse - Back To Black (S)
12.Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
13.The Killers - Hot Fuss (S)
14.The Coral - The Coral
15.The Streets - Original Pirate Material (S)
16.The Horrors - Primary Colours
17.The Libertines - The Libertines (S)
18.The View - Hats of To The Buskers
19.The Strokes - Is This It (S)
20.The Delgados - HATE
 

The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free

Superb concept album. The last track in particular is fucking outstanding.

P.s. Manics album underrated and the Arctic monkeys one a wee bit overrated imo.

Streets

Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys, please Tek.
 

Full Time - 

The Streets - 4
Arctic Monkeys - 3
Manics - 1
Brian Wilson - 1