Album Rating: 4.5

Best National

Album Rating: 4.0

used to be for me, then boxer overtook it

Album Rating: 5.0

there's too many meh tracks to 5 this. so many incredible ones though

Album Rating: 5.0

best national though

Album Rating: 4.2

yeah this would be a hard 5 if they had axed Runaway

Album Rating: 5.0

what makes you think I enjoy being led to the flood?

Album Rating: 5.0

yeah this would be a hard 5 if they had axed Runaway

Album Rating: 4.2

what the balls where did that come from

Album Rating: 4.5

runaway just drags on 2 minutes past its expiration date, it would be a really good song had they cut it three and a half minutes in a la start a war



the high points on this are untouchable within the national's catalogue, even if it isn't my fave overall. terrible love, conv 16, vanderlyle, england, bloodbuzz, afraid of everyone are easily some of the best songs they ever did

Album Rating: 5.0

runaway is an ok song. there's much better here but at least it does something for me unlike some of the other tracks, even the ones others rave about (convo 16 never got the hype)

Album Rating: 4.5

conv 16 is easily one the best songs here imo, the combination of matt's soaring vocals and that sighing choir is almost unbeatable

Album Rating: 4.0

convo 16 rules

Album Rating: 4.5

Sorrow is the best one on this imo. It's the aural equivalent of sad drinking.

Album Rating: 5.0

sorrow is best national



afraid of everyone, anyone's ghost, lemon world and bloodbuzz ohio are amazing too

Album Rating: 4.5

terrible love

Album Rating: 5.0

"Sorrow found me when I was young

Sorrow waited sorrow won"



Stunning stuff that

Album Rating: 4.5

Can't help but feel that they should have gone with the alternate version of Terrible Love.

Album Rating: 5.0

terrible love's really good but not top tier

Album Rating: 4.5

Agreed.

Album Rating: 4.5

The alternate version of Terrible Love is incredible, its at least as good as the one that was used on the record. Turning down the distortion and bringing the drums further into the mix works brilliantly. That outro.