AmericanFlagAsh: The National - Boxer (Ranked)

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
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
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
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]