Round 2 Has Some Tough Choices

After scoring some very dominating wins in spherical one, 16 of the ’80s greatest rock albums transfer on to new and tougher battles in spherical two of our March Insanity bracket.

You possibly can see the outcomes of the 16 first-round battles beneath, after which vote within the eight battles of the “Candy 16” spherical of our match.

Spherical One Outcomes:

AC/DC’s Again in Black defeated the Speaking Heads’ Stay in Gentle 86% to 14%.

Phil Collins’ No Jacket Required defeated Kiss’ Creatures of the Night 64% to 36%

Bon Jovi’s Slippery When Moist defeated the Vehicles’ Heartbeat Metropolis 57% to 43%

Ozzy Osbourne’s Blizzard of Ozz defeated David Bowie’s Let’s Dance 68% to 32%

Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the usA. defeated R.E.M.’s Murmur 72% to twenty-eight%

U2’s The Joshua Tree defeated Iron Maiden’s Powerslave 59% to 41%

Tom Petty’s Full Moon Fever defeated Paul Simon’s Graceland 78% to 22%

The Police’s Synchronicity defeated Genesis’ Invisible Contact 73% to 27%

Weapons N’ Roses Urge for food for Destruction defeated Rush’s Everlasting Waves 62% to 38%

Prince’s Purple Rain defeated Judas Priest’s Screaming for Vengeance 60% to 40%

ZZ Prime’s Eliminator defeated Motley Crue’s Shout on the Satan 57% to 43%

Journey’s Escape defeated Peter Gabriel’s So 64% to 36%

Dire Straits’ Brothers in Arms defeated Neil Younger’s Freedom 84% to 16%

Def Leppard’s Hysteria defeated Billy Idol’s Insurgent Yell 72% to twenty-eight%

Van Halen’s 1984 defeated the Rolling Stones’ Tattoo You 79% to 21%

Metallica’s Grasp of Puppets defeated Aerosmith’s Pump 61% to 39%

There are 4 rounds remaining in Final Basic Rock’s Finest ’80s Album match:

• Spherical Two: March 24-27
• Spherical Three: March 28-30
• Closing 4: March 31-April 3
• Championship: April 4-7

You possibly can solid your votes beneath for the Finest ’80s album in eight second spherical head-to-head match-ups – two in every area. You possibly can vote as soon as per hour now by means of March 27 at 11:59PM ET.

The winners of every spherical will likely be revealed the day after votes shut and a brand new spherical of voting will start that very same day.