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Larkinhill
June 18th 2019


8315 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Almost every song on M/M is at least a 4. To me, it might be their most CONSISTENT album (along with Vheissu).

outliers
June 18th 2019


5324 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

just checked out Illusion for the first time. what a jarringly different sound from this even understanding it's nearly 2 decades old

Larkinhill
June 18th 2019


8315 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Yeah lots of people love Illusion, but I think most of them started off there/have been listening to Thrice since the beginning.



It’s definitely good, but Artist is better, shows more growth, better songwriting and cohesiveness. And of course Vheissu was where they perfected that style imo — which I think is why they took a different turn with Alchemy Index. They knew they had perfected it, so doing it again would probably be boring for them.

Pikazilla
June 18th 2019


32373 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

I actually prefer M/M over Beggars, it feels a lot more dynamic to me. The highlights also hit much harder.

Larkinhill
June 18th 2019


8315 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

@outliers did you like it or will it take a few more listens to adjust to the difference?



@Pika, agreed. I love Beggars, but M/M is way more consistent and just has better songs, and the highs are higher. I’d say two songs off Beggars can match the best on M/M — The Weight And Circles. Still a 4 tho.

outliers
June 18th 2019


5324 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

@Lark Didn't care much for it. It's not bad, but I've largely outgrown & overplayed that early 2000's emo sound. Wish I would have known about it 10+ years ago, I probably would have loved it then haha. I'm digging Vheissu so far though

Ecnalzen
June 18th 2019


12169 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

You good, Larkin, ha.



I don't like to rank the alchemy indexes in the pairs, even tho they were released like that. I mean, technically, they did get their own discs, so why not think of them as their own individual release?



Artist=Water

Illusion=Vheissu=Beggars

Air

M/m

Fire=Earth

TBEITBN

Identity Crisis

Deeper Wells

Palms



I feel like I am forgetting something.

Larkinhill
June 18th 2019


8315 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Yeah Vheissu is their best outliers but the albums after are great too.



Check out Artist sometime, it’s better than IOS for sure.

Larkinhill
June 18th 2019


8315 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

@ecz looks like you got it all to me.



Yeah I like the idea of ranking the AI’s separately. Just as far as those go:



Water (such a gorgeous and tranquil, serene album)



Fire (Firebreather is a top 5 Thrice song for me so that elevates this a lot for me)



Air (a few great songs, a few boring songs)



Earth (not my style. Well done but after a few listens, I felt done with it — bored me a bit)

Larkinhill
June 18th 2019


8315 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Ecz, M/M is a bit low. Unacceptable.

Pikazilla
June 18th 2019


32373 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

I love how everyone agrees that Palms is their worst lol

JohnnyoftheWell
June 18th 2019


64287 Comments


Oh boi no question about that

Ecnalzen
June 18th 2019


12169 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I really like Earth. I can understand why ppl think it's boring but I have always enjoyed it, especially The Earth Isn't Humming.



Fire is good all the way through, but it is the only Alchemy for me that doesn't have at least one standout track on it.



M/m has some really choice songs, Promises, Words in the Water, and Listen Through Me specifically, but it also has Blur, and Blur kind of sucks.

ashcrash9
Emeritus
June 18th 2019


3492 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Beggars

Artist

Alchemy (Water > Air > Fire > Earth)

Illusion

M/M

TBEITBN

Vheissu (sorry)

big-ass gap

Palms/DW

Identity Crisis

for me

Pikazilla
June 18th 2019


32373 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Fire is good all the way through, but it is the only Alchemy for me that doesn't have at least one standout track on it.



Not even Firebreather? :O

JohnnyoftheWell
June 18th 2019


64287 Comments


If anything, Water's the one with no standout (for all the right reasons)

Pikazilla
June 18th 2019


32373 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Water is just pretty and meditative. As it should be.

XingKing
June 18th 2019


16346 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Firebreather and The Messenger!

JohnnyoftheWell
June 18th 2019


64287 Comments


And Burn the Fleet! and that world-devouring closer...

Larkinhill
June 18th 2019


8315 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

ire is good all the way through, but it is the only Alchemy for me that doesn't have at least one standout track on it.



It’s called Firebreather. The Messenger is awesome too.



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