Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off
Also, might be Boney's thing...a lot of pedal steel on track 2
Pedal steel, you say?
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Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off
Ok just tried that track and it was very good, is the rest of the album like that at all?
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Album Rating: 4.5
Not really but it sems to be finishing very strong in a more trad folk style
My hunch...you'll be fine with this
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Album Rating: 4.0
it's a mixture of piano ballads and fingerpicked folk songs :]
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Album Rating: 4.5
A lot of atmospherics too and even some conceptual touches
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Album Rating: 4.0
Not a Holy Grail, just an empty cup
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Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off
Alright then, I'll give it a go.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Love the abruptness with which she says "cup" in that track. Someone review plz
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Album Rating: 4.5
I've only recently starting listening to The National. The first time I heard them was on "warrior" and I must admit after listening to this record I'm becoming a fan. Still not ready to drop a rating but it's gonna be a 4+ for sure...
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Album Rating: 4.5
Current Ratings (things starting to settle so this could be a lot more how my eventual ratings end up):
1. Walk it Back [5]
2. The System Only Dreams [5]
3. Sleep Well Beast [5]
4. Guilty Party [5]
5. Carin Liquor Store [4.5]
6. Nobody Else [4.5]
7. Dark Side of Jim [4.5]
8. Born to Beg [4.5]
9. Day I Die [4]
10. Empire Line [3.5] (this has dropped off)
11. I'll Destroy [3.5] (yet to bond with this)
12. Turtlehead [3] (still can't bring myself to 3.5)
I'd now say I might prefer the run of the first five songs to the last four song run. At any rate, both stretches are about even. Tracks 6-8 are a confirmed dip but no disaster.
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Carin, I'll Still Destroy You, and Dark Side are top 3
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Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off
I still think Dark Side is the only clear 5/5 here.
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Album Rating: 4.5
I'll Still Destroy You still just feels like a bit of a bells and whistles job for me, a 'the star is the studio' tune - it might grow on me but I've spun the album 30 times now
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Dark Side might be the weakest for me besides Turtleneck
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Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off
title track, Carin and guilty party are top 3 for me
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Album Rating: 4.5
'Dark Side' is the most War-on-Drugs-y :D
I really like the track, it sounds a million dollars, the song at the heart is a teeny bit too mellow for me to 5/5 it
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Day I Die, System.. then an eternal back-and-forth with Born to Beg and Carin
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Album Rating: 4.5
5/5: I'll Still Destroy You > Guilty Party > Empire Line > The System Only Dreams...
4.5/5: Carin at the Liquor Store > Dark Side of the Gym
4/5: Turtleneck > Day I Die > Sleep Well Beast
3.5/5: Nobody Else Will Be There = Born to Beg
3/5: Walk It Back
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Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off
Dark Side has a subtle soul/r&b thing going that I love
And damn Doof, 30 times already? I've barely hit 10!
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Matt and Bryan are both absolutely stellar on Destroy You and the lyrics are amazing. Probably my favorite chorus of the album
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