The National High Violet
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Mongi123
June 12th 2015


22035 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I THINK THE KIDS ARE IN TROUBLE

PappyMason
June 12th 2015


5702 Comments


They always are...

zakalwe
June 12th 2015


38890 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Someone send a runner mumble mumble weather mumble under.



Classic

DrJohn
June 12th 2015


1041 Comments


... 'n featuring a proper baritone.

YetAnotherBrick
June 12th 2015


6693 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

it's a classic but it's no Alligator

NorthernSkylark
June 13th 2015


12134 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

agreed

theBoneyKing
June 13th 2015


24422 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Classic but better then Alligator, imho the National goes High Violet>Boxer>Alligator>Trouble Will Find Me>Sad Songs>S/T.

Pangea
June 13th 2015


10518 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

dont see a classic, still rules of course

NorthernSkylark
June 13th 2015


12134 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

everytime people rank i die a little inside

theBoneyKing
June 13th 2015


24422 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

But isn't the very act of rating music essentially ranking it? Yes, opinion on music is very subjective and kinetic, but it has a purpose. Yes, if someone wanted to see my National ranking they could have looked at my ratings but I wanted to show my opinion compared to others mentioned just before.

NorthernSkylark
June 13th 2015


12134 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

well not really. you can't really compare different albums/artists and say these two albums are of equal quality, but you can certainly think that's the case. personally i'm not rating to rank, i'm rating so i know i what i like and what i don't (degrees are always hard to pin-point). favorite albums lists are just attempts of acchieving some sort of inner scheme as to what one individual prefers over some other albums.

theBoneyKing
June 13th 2015


24422 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I can see where you're coming from. Everyone enjoys and likes to think about music in different ways, and no one way is really any more viable than any other. The very idea of placing any sort of quantitative value onto something as inherently qualitative as music is a pretty large conceit no matter how you view it. Therefore, I somewhat prefer ranking over rating, since it only provides a general sense of relative quality as opposed to a specific quantitative value.

argonaut
June 17th 2015


818 Comments


I STILL OWE MONEY, TO THE MONEY, TO THE MONEY I OWE
THE FLOORS ARE FALLING OUT FROM EVERYBODY I KNOW




theBoneyKing
June 17th 2015


24422 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Sorrow found me when I was young / sorrow waited, sorrow won

KerfuffleinaHussle
June 17th 2015


1033 Comments


Usually I don't have 'favourite songs' but Bloodbuzz Ohio is straight-up my fave The National song

argonaut
June 17th 2015


818 Comments


Nice choice, might be top 5 for me. Slow Show is definitely my favorite from this band though.

AmericanFlagAsh
June 17th 2015


13295 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Bloodbuzz fav agreed

theBoneyKing
June 17th 2015


24422 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Bloodbuzz is about as perfect a song as I've ever heard

zakalwe
June 17th 2015


38890 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

England is the Nationals unsung gem.

theBoneyKing
June 17th 2015


24422 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

England is one of my favorites from this album, it is totally underappreciated



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