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The Championship awaits! In this podcast, we go from our final 4 to our final 2 Albums that won the Grammy for Album of the Year. This week we explore each of these albums in depth. We go track by track and talk about who wrote the album, what the song was about, how successful the song was on the charts, and did the song win any awards. Then this week, you decide who is the greatest Grammy Winning Album of all time!  Welcome to the Madness!

Bracket time stamps

Modern vs Ladies – 2:50

Soundtrack vs Grab Bag – 16:15

Where to vote:

https://freeonlinesurveys.com/s/CWjkYGKe

Website and where to listen:

https://musicmadnesspodcast.wordpress.com/

Where to the songs

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2SaS8OSez1v86GyLVkslIK?si=ea09f1276bd64e09

Socials:

Instagram - @Musicmadnesspod

Twitter - @MusicMadnessb

Discord:

https://discord.com/invite/raZMrXmezx

Description

We are down to the Final 4 of our Grammy’s Album of the Year bracket! Who survived these titanic matchups in the elite 8? This week, we will explore the 8 artists that make up our elite 8 albums. Who were they, where did they come from? And who were they before they won Album of the year. Welcome to the Madness!

Bracket time stamps

Modern – 1:35

Ladies – 12:08

Soundtrack – 19:28

Grab Bag – 29:32

Where to vote:

https://freeonlinesurveys.com/s/sm5VB2Qe

Website and where to listen:

https://musicmadnesspodcast.wordpress.com/

Where to the songs

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2SaS8OSez1v86GyLVkslIK?si=ea09f1276bd64e09

Socials:

Instagram - @Musicmadnesspod

Twitter - @MusicMadnessb

Discord:

https://discord.com/invite/raZMrXmezx

On to the Elite 8! There were some massive albums eliminated this week and there will only be big albums going home from here on out. This week, we’re going to explore what albums our final 16 had to beat in order to win their Grammy Album of the Year award. There are a lot of names I’d never heard of but some of our finalist had massive competition even in the year they were nominated; incluing some of the biggest albums of all. If those albums would have come out pretty much any other year, they’d have been part of our bracket. Welcome to the Madness!

Bracket time stamps

Modern – 3:30

Ladies – 16:20

Soundtrack – 26:15

Grab Bag – 35:30

Where to vote:

https://freeonlinesurveys.com/s/OFkf1GpM

Website and where to listen:

https://musicmadnesspodcast.wordpress.com/

Where to the songs

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2SaS8OSez1v86GyLVkslIK?si=ea09f1276bd64e09

Socials:

Instagram - @Musicmadnesspod

Twitter - @MusicMadnessb

Discord:

https://discord.com/invite/raZMrXmezx

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Sweet 16, here we go! The matchups this week were intense, and the voting was tight for many of them. Did our underdogs come through, or did the favorites continue their dominance? The Grammy’s had a lot of great albums, but they can’t all survive! This week, your votes decide who moves on to the Elite 8! Welcome to the Madness!

Bracket time stamps

Modern – 4:56

Ladies – 10:01

Soundtrack – 14:27

Grab Bag – 19:01

Where to vote:

https://freeonlinesurveys.com/s/JtbaIHSB

Website and where to listen:

https://musicmadnesspodcast.wordpress.com/

Where to the songs

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2SaS8OSez1v86GyLVkslIK?si=ea09f1276bd64e09

Socials:

Instagram - @Musicmadnesspod

Twitter - @MusicMadnessb

Discord:

https://discord.com/invite/raZMrXmezx

We’re on to the round of 32! There was a lot of carnage in round 1, and we expect more in round 2! 32 albums were eliminated this week, and another 16 are on the line. There were several upsets, and many of the favorites had tighter contests than some may have expected. Did your favorite make it, or did they fall to an upset? In this pod, Kent runs through the results and lays out the matchups for the next round. This week, your votes decide who moves on to the Sweet 16! Welcome to the Madness!

Bracket time stamps

Modern – 4:02

Ladies – 9:13

Soundtrack – 14:55

Grab Bag - 20:23

Where to vote:

https://freeonlinesurveys.com/s/BRxyrGuf

Website:

https://musicmadnesspodcast.wordpress.com/

Socials:

Instagram - @Musicmadnesspod

Twitter - @MusicMadnessb

Discord:

https://discord.com/invite/raZMrXmezx

Music Playlist:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2SaS8OSez1v86GyLVkslIK?si=c877cdc4278a4ffe

The Grammy Theme – Episode 1

And here we go! For our first theme, we will dive into albums that have won Album of the Year from the Gramophone Awards, AKA The Grammy’s. The Grammy’s first gave out the Album of the Year award in 1959, which gives us 65 years’ worth of winners to debate. This is a diverse set of artists from country, rock, pop, folk, jazz, and even comedy to discuss and pick winners. I’m really excited to see how this plays out.

I believe the best way to listen to this would be in chunks. Listen to the first region, and then listen to some of the songs from the albums. Then dive into the next region. Because I don’t have the rights to these songs, I don’t play any of them during the podcast, but I have included a Spotify playlist that includes all the songs I mention in the pod. Use the link below for the playlist.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2SaS8OSez1v86GyLVkslIK?si=5bd32c5df51c4c22

Below are the time stamps for the different regions

Modern region – 5:30

Ladies’ region – 17:35

Soundtrack region – 28:59

Grab bag region – 41:00

Second, voting! I will leave this poll open for one week, 1 ET on May 4^th. That means you have time to think about your vote. It also leaves you time to share this with your friends! The more voters we have, the better. Use the link below to vote. I’ll try to get the next pod up before next weekend.

https://freeonlinesurveys.com/s/jTivJbcR

Third, please follow us and share on social media. We’re on Twitter and Instagram, but we have only a few followers since we’re a new pod. You'll do us a big favor if you could help spread the word.

Twitter - @MusicMadnessb

Instagram – musicmadnesspod

Website - https://musicmadnesspodcast.wordpress.com/

And last but not least, please join our discord server. We’ll use this to debate, discuss the albums, talk about matchups, and think about future themes, and in the case of a tie, we’ll turn to our server members for a vote-off.

https://discord.gg/raZMrXmezx

Thanks for checking it out! Hope you enjoy it, as I had a lot of fun pulling it together. Let’s get to the madness!

This podcast introduces the show, the host, and how the madness will proceed.

Please join our discord server below, and follow us on Twitter and Insta. Share with your friends and subscribe. Keep an eye out for the start of theme one soon!

Discord Server invite: https://discord.gg/raZMrXmezx

Twitter: @MusicMadnessb

Instagram: musicmadnessb

Theme song attribution:

Title: Loop_nothing_can_stop_progress

Author: little robot sound factory

Source: https://freesound.org/people/LittleRobotSoundFactory/sounds/321020/

License: CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/