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Ecnalzen
March 4th 2019


12163 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I put Cities and Blueprints both down at the bottom, but each have a couple songs I really like.

joshieboy
March 5th 2019


8270 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Cities at the bottom? No wayyyy

Ecnalzen
March 5th 2019


12163 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah...



It just doesn't do much for me, and it definitely isn't an album I can listen to straight through. I have had it since it was originally released, and I don't remember thinking it was all that great back then either. That 4+ average has always perplexed me ever since I first got on this site.



I will give it the slightest notch above Blueprints solely because of Foreign Language, which I think that is one of their absolute worst songs.

joshieboy
March 5th 2019


8270 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Godspeed, Adelaide, Unwinding Cable Car, Hello Alone, Fin?



5 of the best songs they ever made imo.

Ecnalzen
March 5th 2019


12163 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I'll agree on Godspeed and Cable Car!

Rolling Girl
March 6th 2019


2029 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

There aren't many bands like this around these days are there?

Ecnalzen
March 6th 2019


12163 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Have you ever listened to The Classic Crime? They have a similar alt/pop/rock vibe that Anberlin has with a stellar vocalist.



The Silver Cord is my favorite of theirs, but just about everything I have heard from them is really good.

Rolling Girl
March 7th 2019


2029 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

No but I'm digging it so far, cheers!

Project
March 7th 2019


5835 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

TCC was great and never got the love they deserved. Their recent work hasn't done much for me, but The Silver Cord is a hard 5. Matt MacDonald has an incredible voice too. Cheers Ecnalzen for good taste!



...except how on earth do you not love Cities??

Mongi123
March 7th 2019


22036 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Cities is such a fun nostalgic romp I love it

Point1
March 7th 2019


863 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

If I didn't hear Cities for the first time when I was 13 I probably wouldn't love it now. But god damn does it get me going.



Same thing with this album in a way honestly, in a vacuum it probably isn't that great but for a pop rock album it gets you fired up.

onionbubs
March 7th 2019


21123 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

still gotta get into these guys

Project
March 7th 2019


5835 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

If I could hear Cities for the first time at 27 instead of 14 I'd still probably be enraptured by Fin, at the very least

Ecnalzen
March 7th 2019


12163 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Yes, fellow TCC fan(s) rejoice! I have always really liked them, ever since I heard The Fight. The hooks were in. Still need to try out How to be Human, tho. I meant to and it just never happened.



I dunno, Project. I have been listening to this band on the regular since I heard/saw a video for Readyfuels a long time ago and picked up Blueprints and just kept grabbing their albums as they were released. I have changed my mind on a few of them over the years, but I am pretty sure Cities was always in the 3-3.5 range for me.

KjSwantko
June 11th 2019


12082 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Damnnnn, forgot all about Intentions and the groove of it

dmathias52
Staff Reviewer
June 11th 2019


1799 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Also just went back to reslisten to this lol. Seeing if I can pick up the production issues folks mentioned

KjSwantko
June 11th 2019


12082 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

The production still fuckin blows but there is some bangers here

dmathias52
Staff Reviewer
June 11th 2019


1799 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

What are the issues with production? I guess I'm not as well versed in that side of music

KjSwantko
June 11th 2019


12082 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

It just sounds like shit. The mixing is very amateurish and rough. It doesn't sound like a professionally released album from a major band.

dmathias52
Staff Reviewer
June 11th 2019


1799 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Huh. I'll have to see if I notice it more this listen through. Cause normally that does bother me, but I guess I might have nostalgia goggles on to hard



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