AmericanFlagAsh
05.20.15 | Holy shit this was hard. I kept moving things around. Still not too sure about it. |
argonaut
05.20.15 | Pretty good. 1 is definitely my favorite too. 1, 2, and 7 would probably be my top three. |
Pangea
05.20.15 | Pretty great ranking. Might agree with 1 but im not sure
would put 9 and 7 higher and 5 lower though
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dbizzles
05.20.15 | This is a pretty tight ranking, I'd say. I feel like a bandwagoner when I say my favorites are Ada and Fake Empire, but they are. |
AmericanFlagAsh
05.20.15 | @Pangea No see I'm really drawn toward 5 for some reason |
Pangea
05.20.15 | It never really grabbed me tbh but it's still great of course |
RadioSuicide
05.20.15 | 5 has also gotten to me, so you're not the only one. 10 is 1, 8 is 2, 5 is 3. |
Artuma
05.20.15 | tough one to rank. i guess mine would be something like this:
1, 9, 2, 3, 8, 7, 6, 4, 12, 11, 5, 10 |
AmericanFlagAsh
05.20.15 | Mistaken For Strangers so low Art |
Artuma
05.20.15 | yeah it's just a pretty standard rocker but in the national way so it's still awesome |
AmericanFlagAsh
05.20.15 | I love all these songs |
Ryus
05.20.15 | 9 is probably 1 for me
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DoofusWainwright
05.20.15 | 1, 6, 7, 8, 3, 4, 12, 11, 9, 5, 2, 10 for me. Top 7 is the first half of the album plus Ada |
DoofusWainwright
05.20.15 | High Violet is equally easy for me to rank top 7 - last 6 songs plus Sorrow |
Ryus
05.20.15 | 9, 4, 2, 3, 6, 5, 12, 8, 1, 11, 7, 10 |
AmericanFlagAsh
05.20.15 | I'll be doing HV as well. Substitute Afraid of Everyone with Runaway because that is probably my least favorite. And Ryus you are crazy for having 1 so low. |
Ryus
05.20.15 | still a great song but it never hit me as hard as the others |
AmericanFlagAsh
05.20.15 | YOU KNOW I DREAMED ABOUT YOU
FOR 29 YEARS
BEFORE I SAW YOU |
Ryus
05.20.15 | yeah that part is amazing and clearly the best part of the song |
ShadowRemains
05.20.15 | 4, 1, 10, 3, 2, 11, 6, 5, 8, 9, 7, 12 |
DoofusWainwright
05.20.15 | I like how unique Runaway is, has an old school western weary gunslinger vibe for me - the line 'we don't bleed when we don't fight' is great and feeds into that feel |
DoofusWainwright
05.20.15 | No love for Squalor - ok not the best standalone track maybe but in terms of album variety/pacing it's a masterstroke |
Artuma
05.20.15 | squalor used to be one of my faves on here but the truth is it's not quite as strong as the majority |
AmericanFlagAsh
05.20.15 | I've jammed Squalor a lot, but yeah doesn't compare to the others here |
DoofusWainwright
05.20.15 | Squalor is so important for the flow of the first half of the album and it's one of the first tracks I think of whenever I recall the album, it is the sound of 'Boxer' (the drums! The stately atmosphere!) - somewhere between a skit and a theme. I like that it breaks up the 'regular songs' with something different, id like them to experiment with song structure like this a bit more in the future. |
AmericanFlagAsh
05.20.15 | Hmm. See I don't get that from it, but that's exactly how I feel with Brainy. |
DoofusWainwright
05.21.15 | Yeah Brainy is one of their best songs and has a similarly great intro to Squalor |
DoofusWainwright
05.21.15 | This exercise shows there really isn't a bad song on the album - in fact I'd go further and say there isn't a less than good song on here. |
NightProwler
05.21.15 | Amazing album. Hard to rank. So obvs I'll give it a go as well:
3 > 9 > 1 > 4 > 6 > 10 > 7 > 5 > 2 > 8 > 11 > 12
I feel so bad putting some songs so low. |
RadicalEd
05.21.15 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrjwaqZfjIY |
AmericanFlagAsh
05.21.15 | So radical |
theBoneyKing
05.30.15 | "Squalor Victoria" needs to be higher. But classic album = classic songs = nearly impossible to rank. |
wayfaringstranger
05.30.15 | I would have Squalor Victoria higher but this is a good ranking. Slow Show is perfect |
barcafan21
06.24.15 | slow show
gospel
mistaken for strangers
apartment story
racing like a pro
fake empire
green gloves
ada
brainy
start a war
guest room
squalor victoria |
barcafan21
06.24.15 | but alligator is better than this album sooooo |
theBoneyKing
06.24.15 | Alligator is not better |
barcafan21
06.24.15 | but it is |
Snake.
06.24.15 | slow show
gospel
apartment story
mistaken for strangers
fake empire
squalor victoria
green gloves
start a war
brainy
racing like a pro
ada
guest room |
theBoneyKing
06.24.15 | Alligator is damn good, but it doesn't have Fake Empire or Slow Show or Squalor Victoria or Apartment Story so sorry |
Artuma
06.24.15 | but alligator has geese. then again it also has val jester and baby we'll be fine so boxer wins |
barcafan21
06.24.15 | alligator has geese, city middle, all the wine, and also the feeling of teen angst in a very nationally way that is amazing |
theBoneyKing
06.24.15 | I have honestly never understood City Middle that is the big one that prevents me from 5ing alligator. So many people love that song but I don't get it. I mean it's ok. |
barcafan21
06.24.15 | oh its the best, the lyrics are top notch and it captures a certain mood perfectly, looking outside your window alone on a rainy day |
theBoneyKing
06.24.15 | Idk for some reason that song has never stood out to me and I always want to skip it and just get to Mr. November. |
barcafan21
06.24.15 | the main reason i rank alligator above boxer is cause geese, city middle, and mr. november is possibly my favorite last three tracks to an album ever
i have this vivid image in my head of listening to city middle in vietnam when i was stuck at a meditation retreat and my brother and i were really despondent and city middle captured my feelings perfectly |
barcafan21
06.24.15 | honestly i might like twfm more than this.. |
theBoneyKing
06.24.15 | High Violet is above Boxer for me |
theBoneyKing
06.24.15 | But by the tiniest margin possible |
Royl123
06.24.15 | Gospel is 1 for me. Great ranking tho... |
barcafan21
06.24.15 | high violet is the worst of their last 4 imo, pretty easily |
Snake.
06.24.15 | sigh val jester is one of the best off alligator tho |
barcafan21
06.24.15 | nahhhhh |
theBoneyKing
06.24.15 | To each his own. We all love the National but can't agree on their best stuff, which probably validates their greatness. |
AmericanFlagAsh
06.24.15 | High Violet is best National |
theBoneyKing
06.24.15 | FlagAsh knows where it's at |
barcafan21
06.24.15 | yo boneyking i like that a lot
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theBoneyKing
06.24.15 | Yeah barcafan I see you 5 the National's last 4 albums so yeah what am I even trying to defend here, clearly you love High Violet as well. |
barcafan21
06.24.15 | yeah but i love high violet the least lol |
theBoneyKing
06.24.15 | Well I'll admit High Violet was my first National so I may be a little biased |
AmericanFlagAsh
06.24.15 | Same hahaha |
barcafan21
06.24.15 | alligator was my first hehe |
theBoneyKing
06.24.15 | Yeah, looks like there's a pattern here... |
barcafan21
06.24.15 | and i'm sure we all can write forever about why we think our favorite is our favorite but maybe that's just our rationalizations... |
Pangea
06.25.15 | high violet is the worst of their last 4 imo, pretty easily [2] |