Album Rating: 5.0

Bad rating

Album Rating: 5.0

will you put my hands away, will be my man??

Album Rating: 4.0

just listened to the album, nyc is gorgeous

Album Rating: 5.0

What an album, truly

Album Rating: 4.5

It’s high time I checked this innit

Album Rating: 5.0

I don't know, would you like to experience what a real eargasm feels like, be my guest.

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This album deserves a 4.4 or even 4.5 community average tbqh fam. Obstacle 1 is objectively the best track on this fucking outstanding record.



Is This It is probably the only Post-Punk Revival album even remotely in this league, and even then I think this takes it out back and beats it like it owes Interpol money

Album Rating: 5.0

Agree with everything you've said.

Album Rating: 4.5

Good to see it at least got bumped up to a 4.3

Always thought the average on here was relatively low compared to other sites

Album Rating: 5.0

It's 4.3 now ? Nice

It was 4.2 like two days ago.

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Can confirm. This album has floated between 4.2-4.3 on several occasions.



This album is about as fucking perfect as it could've been. No other album I know of from the time period captures New York City more vividly/tonally, and a majority of the track list was simply what the lads had been playing in dingy little NYC clubs for years; it was a snapshot of its time and circumstances. Back in the early 2000s Interpol and The Strokes were the fuckin kings of New York. When I was younger I'd imagine what a collaboration between the lads and Casablancas might produce, but Julian has diverged so far from his origins that that would seem strange and inappropriate at this point.

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"Really underrated drum work" - Respect to the review for this.



The most undervalued and under-credited member of this group is easily Sam motherfucking Fogarino. He's a tremendous percussionist, completely un-selfish, never steals the spotlight, is always tight as a nun's arse, and to top it all off is just a wonderful guy (and a snappy dresser!). He's a well-spoken, down to earth, knowledgeable dude who's a joy to talk with. He has loads of great interviews on YT and did a super endearing episode of "Kids Interview [band]". Just great vibes from him. Paul and Carlos rightly get alot of love, as they're so distinctive in their role, but Daniel is the real heart of the group (literally, as he founded the band, and most of the songwriting is headed by him), but Sam doesn't get enough love, and I can tell he's fine with that, cause he's quite a modest chap. If Sam ever left the band I'd be gutted.

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lmao there are actually real human beings that rated this 3 and below.



>Listens to this icon



"S'alright, I guess"



Check Your pulse m8

Album Rating: 5.0

Have you listened to the almost-final versions of Gavilan and Precipitate ? Not the ones on the turn on the bright lights deluxe edition, but the versions that are floating around on the internet, as they are superior to the deluxe ones.



Precipitate also has an EP version before the TOTBL LP but it's also a lot inferior than the one I'm talking about.

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Hey, Valk :D



I've heard the TOTBL reissue version, and the EP version. If You've a link to the one You're talking about I'm down. I think I've only heard "Gavilian/Cubed" from the TOTBL demos. Hit me up with some links if You find anything!



"Got The Girls/Song 5" is pretty fuckin sick, and I adore the "Interlude" B-Side. The "A Time To Be So Small" demo is pretty moody and interesting, but the Antics mix is wholly superior. That said, the absolute best non-album Interpol track is "Mind Over Time" by a fucking mile, it's not even close for me

Album Rating: 5.0

Ok, so the songs that I was talking about were on a cd disc titled 15 that was passed around and included the enture totbl + these tracks , but some were demos and still weren't mastered. That disc was passed around in a small circuit of people and I don't remember how, but one user on reddit got his hands on it and shared it online. The tracks are now on youtube I think.

Here is precipitate :

https://youtu.be/5e9D3F35oZk



And here is Gavilan :

https://youtu.be/MNfLGpUsFUE



The quality on these tracks is bad as they weren't mastered yet I believe, but these version are far and beyond better than the ones Interpol has publicly put out.

Album Rating: 3.0

Album is an impression of savoir faire.

Considered through style not created through substance.

A pastiche of the immortal qualities of artistry dragged from the depths of the soul and manufactured with intent for a sput brat to 5.

Album Rating: 5.0

Lmao zak shut up, this album is gorgeous

Album Rating: 3.0

:D

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If You were trying any harder You'd have a hernia. If You took any time to research the band's early years and personal interviews on this record and time in their lives You wouldn't need to thesaurus-shit all over this thread.



The band's name itself points to this fact - they are a consolidation of disparate musical backgrounds. Daniel was doing the lion's share of the writing, so naturally his post-punk influences came through loudest. They were never a deliberate "style" and the only member that intended to play up to a 'scene' was Carlos. This album was 5 years of playing dingy old clubs in New York and refining over time, not 4 lads pontificating in a studio of how to impress future music hipsters on the internet.



Edit: lmao ffs You're just a troll lookin for a quick fix of schadenfreude