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| 5.0 classic | Adam Knott CONTRIBUTOR | July 14th 09 | Some days I'm not sure whether The National's Boxer might be just as good as Alligator, but I always come to two conclusions. The first of those conclusions is that, however good its follow-up is, Alligator is a basically flawless record, and the second conclusion is that I should stop thinking about it and listen to it. Baritone indie-rock, whatever you want to call it, has never been done this well; the imagery, the flow, the downbeat melodies, are all sublime. This is my fallback record when I don't know what to listen to, it's my hangover record, and it's all the album I do most of my thinking to. City Middle, Mr November and Lit Up are standouts but every single track is part of a whole that never fails to astound.
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| 4.5 superb | Jips66 | October 30th 09 | anyone else get an Arcade fire, badly drawn boy vibe from this..?
Karen is a great track...
still listening for other standouts...
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| 4.5 superb | Andrew Hartwig STAFF | January 10th 07 | Like all of the greatest albums, Alligator is one of those records that works beautifully as a unit, yet still has 4 or 5 near-perfect standout tracks. The third full-length from New York band The National, Alligator is 13 tracks of varied, clever and emotional indie-rock. Highlights include the melodic opener "Secret Meeting", the anthemic "Lit Up", the soft and subtle "Daughters of the Soho Riots", the furious uptempo track "Abel" and the gorgeous "The Geese of Beverly Road", which features orchestral arrangements. Quite possibly the best album of 2005, Alligator comes painfully close to perfection.
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| 3.5 great | Writer | November 18th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Adam Thomas CONTRIBUTOR | November 16th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | HHD87 | November 13th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | sblount | October 12th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | Lew is EMERITUS | October 6th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | JoRos | October 5th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Tom | September 12th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | narf405 | September 1st 09 |
| 4.5 superb | durkl | August 12th 09 |
| 3.5 great | foxxxy | July 20th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | Spare | July 18th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Comj | June 29th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | jc1587 | June 18th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | alex | May 4th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | Cam STAFF | May 4th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | Ethan | March 24th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | ٩๏̯͡๏)۶ | March 7th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | Careyb | February 24th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | lucati | February 12th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | Arnold | February 4th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | pettri | January 23rd 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Yotimi | December 24th 08 |
| 4.5 superb | Fasty | October 13th 08 |
| 3.5 great | Neoteric EMERITUS | July 9th 08 |
| 3.5 great | AMson | May 17th 08 |
| 3.0 good | woee | April 27th 08 |
| 5.0 classic | JAD | March 23rd 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | tuff | October 30th 07 |
| 4.5 superb | Kirgasm | October 30th 07 |
| 4.5 superb | bpkybe | October 10th 07 |
| 4.0 excellent | aikdog | August 5th 07 |
| 4.0 excellent | doqtor | August 5th 07 |
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