Taking Back Sunday 152
» Back to review

Comments:Add a Comment 
onionbubs
January 24th 2024


20890 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

new again is a mess, gets pretty bland sometimes (if yall wanna call the 2014-2016 stuff generic and stand by that record in particular then lmfao) and has a ton of holes on it but its above this and self titled for sure. most of the better songs from those sessions are bonuses but the main tracklist has a few good jams too, including sink into me



but yeah everything must go is top 5 tbs easy. insane insane song

nash1311
January 24th 2024


8085 Comments


New Again is their best yeah, and everything after it is dogshit

onionbubs
January 24th 2024


20890 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

new again at number 1 is def a wilder take than me heralding tidal wave as their masterpiece ngl lmao i gotta respect the chaos there

Feather
January 24th 2024


10130 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

New Again is just behind TAYF and LN. Tidal Wave is 5 after those 3 and WYWTB.

onionbubs
January 24th 2024


20890 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

s tier: tidal wave



a tier: happiness is, louder now (both of these albums could hop up a tier with bonuses subbed in but they kinda fucked the tracklists for both not doing that), wywtb



b tier: tayf, new again



c tier: this



d tier: self titled

bellovddd
January 24th 2024


5900 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

new again isn't very good.



louder now is a underrated classic

pizzamachine
January 25th 2024


27187 Comments


How underrated we talking

Slex
January 25th 2024


16571 Comments


Tidal Wave is festering dog shit

Louder Now is an underrated classic [2]

New Again is pretty great

bellovddd
January 25th 2024


5900 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

@PIZZA if you don't 5 it it's underrated.



TIDAL WAVE IS SO BAD

Odal
Staff Reviewer
January 25th 2024


2059 Comments


wow, legit didn't realize they dropped an album last year lmao

I gotta peep

onionbubs
January 25th 2024


20890 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

no album with up against and error operator is a 5 but sub those for sleep and brooklyn and maybe youre talkin

Slex
January 25th 2024


16571 Comments


Error Operator is a top tier track, Up Against sucks tho yeah

onionbubs
January 25th 2024


20890 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

error operator isnt bad in isolation but it makes like no sense in the context of the record. textbook soundtrack cut crammed in for the sake of it. hooks kinda annoying too



not huge on twenty twenty either. rest is heat. sleep and brooklyn are huge essentials tho would take them over everything but my blue heaven at this point

bellovddd
January 25th 2024


5900 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

can't believe they left Sleep and Brooklyn off.

ConcubinaryCode
January 25th 2024


7575 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Up against isn't that bad, its got some cool vocal hooks. 20/20 I agree with though, no clue how that got pushed as a single.



Onion why is tayf on par with na?

onionbubs
January 25th 2024


20890 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

production really kneecaps tayf and i feel like it doesnt really come together as an album all that well, largely in part bc some of the stuff the band wanted got shelved in favor for a few tracks that sound like they wrote them in minutes. head club is particularly a terrible closer and lets the record down pretty badly



dont think their chemistry was fully locked in really either. i love tf out of john (more than i do adam tbh) but he and adam sound much more together and purposeful on something like happiness is for instance vs tayf. ghost man on third is one of their very very best tho, and i do still fw it for nostalgia purposes, but the extreme allegiance to it vs intense animosity towards their later work has always been a little silly to me lol, particularly as someone with large adoration for some of the later stuff

ConcubinaryCode
January 25th 2024


7575 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Interesting, I've never heard people bring up the production as a con before but that is something I've felt ambivalent about with WYWTB. I get the album has some real low points too, bike scene fucking blows, but have you considered pretty much every other songs fucking slaps?

onionbubs
January 25th 2024


20890 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

oh i like (but dont love) bike scene lol. blue channel/head club def my biggest lows off that



wywtb sounds pretty rough at points too but with tayf its specifically that infamous ringing tinny feedback sound that can be heard a lot throughout the record that unfort outright gives me a headache lol. i like how the clean guitar parts sound tho the start of great romances is stunning

ConcubinaryCode
January 25th 2024


7575 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Yeah, I was reading some of the posts on the tayf thread. I already have mild tinnitus so maybe I'm just immune. Or maybe it caused it? 🤔 they also made like ten different versions of the album so maybe i just got lucky with a different mix?



Great romances in general is just amazing. Also v big on Timberwolves, arguably better than cut from the team and you're so last summer.

onionbubs
January 25th 2024


20890 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

yeah i feel that ive started experiencing tinnitus recently too lol no fun at all



timberwolves was my first tbs song so i got a lot of love for it. really killer bridge on that



You have to be logged in to post a comment. Login | Create a Profile





STAFF & CONTRIBUTORS // CONTACT US

Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


Site Copyright 2005-2023 Sputnikmusic.com
All Album Reviews Displayed With Permission of Authors | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy