Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off
Interesting ranking Doof... I can't even think about ranking yet but I think mine will ultimately look somewhat different. I'm taking this album really slow, trying to savor it as much as possible. Still only spun it 5 times and for now I'm going to try to only listen to it when I know I have time to hear the whole thing and when I can give it fairly close attention. In true National fashion, it's unfolding itself a bit more with every spin.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Yeah, my ranking will change a lot - on my first three spins I would have put 'Day I Die' in the top 3 and 'Empire Line' probably bottom.
The one's to watch are 'Walk it Back' and the title track - they're the underlying unique 'SWB' sound for me and why this album definitely deserves that 5.
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Album Rating: 4.5
An even more tentative album ranking would go...
1. Trouble Will Find Me
2. Boxer
3. Sleep Well Beast
4. High Violet
5. Alligator
6. Sad Songs
7. The other one
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Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off
I've already decided this won't ever top High Violet or Boxer unless I have some sort of personal tragedy soon and this helps me get through it or something. It's possible it could end up better than Alligator or Trouble though, but not for a long time.
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Album Rating: 4.5
I think 'Trouble' is secure as my favourite, it has the most classic songs on it for me and I do associate it with meeting the missus.
Plus the first time I watched the band was in support of that album.
If I enjoyed Side A of 'High Violet' a fraction more that would probably be my favourite but as it is it possibly slips to 4th. Fine margins tbh.
Seeing the band support this one in a couple of weeks will lock in that 5 rating for good I'd wager, it could even climb to second favourite. 'Boxer' is genius though and probably the most consistent overall.
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Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off
High Violet is perfect front to back for me, on the best days it's my favorite album ever. Boxer is also totally God-tier. Ultimately I think the fact that I'm not getting to know this one as organicallly as those will prevent it from reaching the same level.
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Album Rating: 4.5
I was worried I was rushing/overplaying 'Trouble Will Find Me' when it came out but in the long run it didn't harm my appreciation...so that's why I'm not worried with this one ;D
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Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off
It's less that I'm worried about overplaying it but rather that albums like Boxer, HV, and Alligator and to a somewhat lesser extent Trouble I grew to love naturally and very gradually over time without the mystique of being National albums. Inevitably I'm going to over-analyze this a bit and compare it too much to their older work and it'll be hard to tell whether I love it for its own merits or just because it's The National.
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Album Rating: 2.5
"track 1 is basically their last album but this time they're trying [x1000]"
Why are people saying this. This is retarded. Almost everything on trouble is better than anything here
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Album Rating: 2.5
1. Trouble
2. Boxer
3. Alligator
4. High violet
5. Sleep well best
6 and 7. Whatever their other 2 albums are called
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Album Rating: 2.5
those other two
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Album Rating: 3.3
trouble is only a bit above mediocrity
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Album Rating: 4.5
I love that The National have their own equivalent 'The Bends' fans who most rate 'Alligator' and hark back to it.
I genuinely prefer where the band have ended up, particularly on 'Trouble', but I get that some preferred the breakthrough albums '('Alligator' and 'Boxer'). I like all their albums except the swimming pool one, so its all just minor preferences.
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Album Rating: 2.5
Ha, that's a laugh. This is a barren desert by comparison to the gorgeous melodies and great hooks on trouble. I should live in salt, this is the last time, slipped, sea of love, graceless, etc. Album is packed with some of their best material
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Album Rating: 4.0
"trouble is only a bit above mediocrity"
get out
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Album Rating: 4.0
looks like we found the jabroni in the room
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Album Rating: 3.0
yea trouble and this r nowhere near as good as boxer/alligator
not even remotely close
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Album Rating: 4.5
Depends on like, what you like?
Imo The National weren't quite The National we know and love yet on the transitional 'Alligator' but that's how I've always found that album.
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Album Rating: 3.0
thats exactly right
they were still kids, or at least talking about being kids and transitioning into mundane adulthood
and it was executed perfectly
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Album Rating: 4.5
They weren't kids, nowhere near to still being kids.
I see the appeal but I don't see why that topic is inherently worthy of extra praise in and of itself :/
'Boxer' continued covering that subject matter and with far greater success for me.
'Alligator' has a scrappy charm...but scrappy is still scrappy and that's not what I personally want from this band I guess.
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