Brew's Corner: First Round – Pop Culture Bracket Update

First Round – Pop Culture Bracket Update

The first half of the opening round is in the books—and we had more than a few surprises.

#1 Nevermind defeated #16 Back to Black
#9 London Calling edged out #8 The Chronic
#5 Are You Experienced slipped past #12 Band on the Run
#4 The Wall over #13 Cheek to Cheek — you Tony Bennett haters out there 👀
#6 Kind of Blue (Miles Davis) upset #11 A Night at the Opera (you guys are killing me)
#3 Highway 61 Revisited edged out #14 Eminem
#10 Captain Fantastic defeats #7 No Fences (Garth Brooks)
#2 Abbey Road unanimously defeats #15 The Bodyguard (RIP Whitney)

#1 Thriller defeated #16 A Hard Day’s Night
#9 Born in the U.S.A. edged #8 Straight Outta Compton by a single vote
#5 The Joshua Tree (U2) beat #12 Folsom Prison (Johnny Cash)
#4 The Stranger beat #13 Elvis
#6 Pet Sounds defeated #11 Crosby, Stills & Nash by a single vote
#3 Songs in the Key of Life routed #14 American Idiot
#7 Hotel California wins unanimously over #10 Appetite for Destruction
#2 Purple Rain also wins unanimously over #15 The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

The second half of Round 1—featuring the Beatles and Pink Floyd Regions—is now open:

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Voting is open until end of day Thursday.

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