Album Rating: 2.5

you don't count tho, your opinions on the national are ass. you think system is one of their best songs and it's the most w/e song ever.

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System is top 25 and yeah it has one of the most perfect chorus melodies for Matt



Top 10 is the real stuff:

Slow Show

Sorrow

Lemonworld

Slipped

Brainy

Fake Empire

Humiliation

Blank Slate

About Today

Vanderlyle



Something like that off the top of my head, don’t have my iTunes top 100 to hand right now lol

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If you honestly rate Baby top 10 then I think I’m putting your National opinions in the box marked ‘niche’ bro

Album Rating: 2.5

see, i feel that way about seeing humiliation and brainy in your top 10. they're both great but top 10? eh. sorrow, lemonworld, slipped, and fake empire would make mine tho so i forgive you. mr. november, all the wine, conversation 16, baby we'll be fine, this is the last time, and i should live in salt would probably make up the rest of my top 10

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Conversation 16 would be close to the top 10



Brainy is the archetypal genius National song for me. Their most iconic drumming intro if nothing else - but the lyrics are also top tier imo

Exile Vilify

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Exile is top 20



Also maybe Lucky You would be in my top 10 ahead of About Today dunno



A lot of incredible tunes. NONE on this album is just my honest assessment sadly

All national takes months if not years to grow. Except the debut and beast which are both a bit turd no matter what way you look at it.

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Nah, I knew if a National album was going to be something special six spins in other than Alli which didn’t get me into the band massively (still, I liked it to a 4/5 degree)



Trouble took a little longer just to make sure it had more to offer than being High Violet mk 2



Boxer, HV and SWB I had a good handle on from first few goes and loved them

Album Rating: 3.0

Going to have to agree that nothing here comes close to my top 10:



Pink Rabbits



Ada



Lucky You



Bloodbuzz Ohio



Conversation 16



Brainy



The Geese of Beverly Road



Guilty Party



The System Dreams in Total Darkness



Slow Show

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Gyro - do you listen to the Tindersticks because Baby sounds like a middle hitter Tindersticks tune to me :/



Just trying it now and it’s missing something for me. I do find Alli a bit of a transition, a half sketched out blueprint for the successes to come and Baby and the song after really give that feeling to me.

Album Rating: 2.0

I think Where Is Her Head is a top twenty for me just because melodically it's one of Natty's best songs period. But for emotional resonance? Little here does it, gotta be honest, and that's from someone who likes this album.

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Give it a fortnight and I might put up a top 100 track selection list with descriptions like I did for Lambchop and Radiohead - this band now JUST have enough material to make it worth doing at this point.

Album Rating: 3.0

First impressions of this are that it's just very loose melodically compared to their previous stuff. Feels tailor made to play in the background of a J.Crew. The drumming was once one of my favorite aspects and I can't even remember a track that features it well.



I liked Quiet Night and Rylan because they sound the most stylistically similar to their old stuff, but they wouldn't stand out from the pack if included there.

Album Rating: 2.0

I still agree with most of my top ten, give or take one or two. https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=1114165&listid=180206

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gigantism gets it, 100% agreement



Maybe this is proof my ears do in fact still work :D

Album Rating: 2.0

Leaning towards this being a mixed bag, tracks 5-8 are the weakest point. The interludes in general just don’t work. Quiet Light is very good, I like Oblivions, Rylan & Where is Her Head... Kansas is an odd-ball track and now I’ve gotten over the initial shock value it’s settling in as ‘a nice little intrigue’, it’s decent enough and probably in the ‘high mid-range’ here. Light years is alright, as is the opener, a little undecided on Dust Swirls and Roman Holiday.



Nearly formed an opinion on everything but not ready to rate it yet.

Album Rating: 3.0

I dunno Doof, we definitely disagree on Humiliation, Slipped, and Blank Slate in top 10. That's pretty wild to me.

Album Rating: 2.5

the end of it with the strings is so so good. one of their most emotional moments imo. and yes i enjoy the tindersticks

Album Rating: 2.5

baby we'll be fine is great yeah. always loved the lyrics on that one.