Album Rating: 5.0
boxer and alligator may be better but this is still a masterpiece in every sense of the word
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Album Rating: 3.5
My favorite is probably Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers, although I still enjoy their eponymous LP for a couple of songs. That's just the indie critic in me.
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Album Rating: 5.0
songwriting
lyrics
perfectly achieved atmospheres/moods
etc.
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Album Rating: 3.5
definitely a moody album
I liked England for the songwriting, but the rest of this doesn't come close in my books. The National has really perfected their sound, but there just wasn't enough room for them to grow into this one, i.e. why it sounds homogeneous I think.
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Album Rating: 5.0
Not to be a dick, but if you think the songwriting of the rest of the album doesn't touch England, I don't think you're listening hard enough. Honestly, the only song I could maaaaaaybe see someone considering weak in terms of songwriting is Lemonworld. All of the others have beautiful peaks and valleys, and they all happen at exactly the right times.
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Album Rating: 3.5
Okay, I said songwriting. I meant lyrics. My mistake, brick. I posted the lyrics for England on
another page of this thread.
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Album Rating: 5.0
Also, all the songs click a lot harder if you're listening to them while sad/depressed/etc. When the atmospheres match your emotions, it's much easier to immerse yourself in them. Especially when they're this good.
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Album Rating: 5.0
Well, the quality of the lyrics in all the other songs is even more prominent, so... lol
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Album Rating: 3.5
Minor singing airheads sing for me
"England" haha
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Album Rating: 5.0
I could quote a brilliant line from every other song if I wanted to or you could just listen to the album again haha
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Album Rating: 3.5
@Brick I agree, but I think that one in particular sums up this album, and recent The National more
than any other lyric.
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I really, really have tried to get into this band and this album in particular, but I just find them incredibly boring. Honestly cannot get beyond how slow and monotone it all is. I just don't get it.
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Album Rating: 3.5
Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers isn't all that slow. I like that one better than this.
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Album Rating: 5.0
"Honestly cannot get beyond how slow and monotone it all is"
it's not all slow and monotone
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Album Rating: 4.5
Sad Songs is criminally underrated. 'Tis my second favourite after Alligator. Boxer pips this for bronze.
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Album Rating: 4.5
I really, really have tried to get into this band and this album in particular, but I just find them incredibly boring.
you are not alone sir
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Album Rating: 4.5
i am the national authority and sad songs isn't underrated because it's not an amazing album
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Album Rating: 4.5
lol
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Album Rating: 4.5
you should
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Album Rating: 4.5
Are you Californian?
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