Album Rating: 4.5

Haven't spun any of their EPs yet either though, so it's possible something from one of them could gatecrash my top 10.

What would yours be?

1. Secret Meeting

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

You don't even know what you're in for Full.

Dylan it'll take a bit of thought but I'll assemble a tentative top 10 soon.

Haha yeah Secret Meeting and Karen are the only two National songs I've heard

Album Rating: 5.0

1. Sorrow

2. Slow Show

3. Slipped

4. Brainy

5. Lemonworld

6. Crybaby Geeks

7. Blank Slate

8. Humiliation

9. Lucky You

10. Think You Can Wait



There's loads of others close...Geese, Fake Empire, About Today, Pink Rabbits...

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

The couple of B sides in your picks is reminding me I really need to get on their EPs

Album Rating: 4.5

"Geese," "Brainy," "Lemonworld" and (for what it's worth) "This Is the Last Time" bubble just under my top 10.



Just revisited this album for the first time in ages, so good. Probably would have bumped my rating to a 4.5 if my listen hadn't been segregated into two parts (got hungry and took a break to make dinner)



They can all just kiss off into the air...

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

"Hard to Find" is such a wonderful closer.

You were beautiful and close and young

In those ways we were the same...

Album Rating: 4.5

Blank Slate is so good

1. Geese of Beverly Road
2. Slow Show
3. Start A War
4. Fake Empire
5. This Is The Last Time
6. City Middle
7. Sorrow
8. Secret Meeting
9. Mr. November
10. Conversation 16

Big shout out to About Today, Bloodbuzz Ohio, Graceless, Pink Rabbits, Ada, and Squalor Victoria

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Another good selection, aside from "City Middle" which is probably their most overrated song imo.

City Middle has arguably my favorite lyrics of theirs along with Geese

city middle is probably my favorite haha

It also got me into Tennessee Williams and he's been my favorite writer since, soo

Album Rating: 3.4

alright lads



1. All the Wine

2. Pink Rabbits

3. About Today

4. Daughters of the Soho Riots

5. Geese

6. Lemonworld

7. Lucky You

8. Slow Show

9. Blank Slate

10. England

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

I've never been a fan of the melody on "City Middle" and lyrically it's kind of repetitive and it has the same problem that a few other songs on Alligator have where it approaches nonsense in places whereas on most other songs the lyrics are absurd in a good way.

It's a decent 3/5 song but possibly my least favorite national song post-Sad Songs. I know this is heresy to some but alas it's just my opinion.

About Today justttt missed my top 10, glad to see it getting love from you Rowbro
Fake Empire has the best drumming OF ALL TIME
England is super overrated imo
Alright y'all so
1. Boxer
2. TWFM
3. Alligator
4. HV
(HV used to be my fave by these guys for a long time, speaks to the quality of all 4 albums)

Album Rating: 3.4

the alternate version of About Today too that shit breaks me



all I know is this is last, Sad Songs is just above, the other two are tied and Alligator is the #1

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

What about the debut ;-P

Album Rating: 3.4

reported, we do not speak of it