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AmericanFlagAsh
September 27th 2016


13689 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Can we talk about how amazing The Avalanche and Springfield are off of the outtakes?

StallionMang
September 27th 2016


9003 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

or pittsfield or the mistress witch

wwf
October 7th 2016


7198 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

man I forgot how this album makes me feel



so bittersweet

xfearbefore
October 18th 2016


2057 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

As much as I disliked Age of Adz when it came out (haven't listened to it since), this is such a great record.

theBoneyKing
November 13th 2016


24890 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

This album as a whole doesn't vibe with me a whole ton, but once in a while I absolutely need to hear "Come On! Feel the Illinoise". Part 2 in particular is just absolutely transcendent. If I liked the rest of the album half as much as that song this would be an easy 5. Maybe someday...



I cried myself to sleep last night...

Rowan5215
Emeritus
November 13th 2016


48421 Comments

Album Rating: 3.6

I have a similar experience where Palisades and Casimir are like two of my favourite songs and the rest of this is like boring as heck

theBoneyKing
November 13th 2016


24890 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I guess the issue is just that there's so much here and instead of being able to bask in all of it I just latched onto the first song that stood out to me and quickly realized that that was all I ever needed from this. Though John Wayne Gacy is also truly amazing in its own right. The rest is never really bad exactly but it just kind of goes in one ear and out the other for the most part.

Rowan5215
Emeritus
November 13th 2016


48421 Comments

Album Rating: 3.6

Oh yeah John Wayne Gacy is a great song for sure. This album is padded harder than a sumo wrestler though, soooo much filler

theBoneyKing
November 13th 2016


24890 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah this is bloated. C&L makes for a much much better front to back listen, even though it's less varied than this.

ashcrash9
Emeritus
November 13th 2016


3492 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Decatur, The Man of Metropolis, and Night Zombies are the only actual songs on here I could foresee being called filler, the rest is amazing

AmericanFlagAsh
November 15th 2016


13689 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

This finally entered the top 100 albums on RYM (not including live and archival) and I'm so happy about it

theBoneyKing
November 15th 2016


24890 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I'm kinda surprised the RYM crowd rates this so high tbh.

AmericanFlagAsh
November 15th 2016


13689 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

It's like perfect though. I know you don't agree.

It's so varied, yet so well put together. Gives you breaks in between main songs to really capture you in the essence of the work as an album and not a collection of singles. Plus the breaks are not boring. Like Black Hawk Down is amazing.

theBoneyKing
November 15th 2016


24890 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I mean I think my relatively low opinion of this is more a personal thing, I do understand why people adore this, I meant that more in the sense that this doesn't seem like the kind of thing RYM would rate as high as it does. They give it what, a 3.98 or something like that? I'd think it'd be more of a 3.80 or so for them. Idk what I'm saying rn.

AmericanFlagAsh
November 15th 2016


13689 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

RYM loves Sufjan

As do I

theBoneyKing
November 15th 2016


24890 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I love me some Carrie & Lowell for sure. I've still only heard this and that (and Silver and Gold).

AmericanFlagAsh
November 15th 2016


13689 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

You'd like Seven Swans

theBoneyKing
November 15th 2016


24890 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Probs yeah.

I should probably have this another chance, I've probably only listened to it front to back like 7 times

WatchItExplode
November 15th 2016


10702 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

It's a lot to absorb in a single sitting. That's my main issue with it.

AmericanFlagAsh
November 15th 2016


13689 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Idk my best memories of this were listening to it in full while driving 7 hours to NYC by myself and loving every minute



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