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Paramore NEEK'D

if this doesnt get featured but johnnys does its discrimination
5Paramore
After Laughter

3.7/5
“Nostalgia’s cool, but it won’t help you now”


S: “Pool”
A: “Tell Me How” “No Friend”
B: “26” “Hard Times” “Told You So” “Forgiveness”
C: “Rose-Colored Boy” “Fake Happy” “Grudges” “Caught in the Middle”
D: “Idle Worship”
F:
4Paramore
All We Know Is Falling

3.9/5
A crunchy slice of pop rock, Paramore’s uncommonly sure debut was far from a clunker despite a few shaky choruses and underdeveloped tunes. Songs like “Emergency” and “Here We Go Again” both nailed the formula early and hold up with the highlights of their catalogues, and the weaker tracks are cute and easily excusable. From an early age Paramore largely eschewed eye-rolling pop-punk cliches (except for Whoa, ew) in favor of muscly guitars and Williams’ soaring against-type vocal chops.


S: “Emergency”
A: “Here We Go Again” “Pressure” “Conspiracy” “My Heart”
B: “Franklin” “All We Know”
C: “Brighter” “Never Let This Go”
D: “Whoa”
F:
3Paramore
Paramore

4.2/5
Wrongfully underrated by only this specific website (RYM has this on par with BNE, a few points ahead of Riot!), Paramore’s S/T represents a creative peak for the band, throwing themselves wherever the hell they see fit in a joyous romp. There are definitely a few misses, but the highlights are either ecstatic or deeply moving, and I just can’t imagine what their discography would look like without it. Take the chan-plugs out of your ears and give this thing another chance, or you’re like, unbelievably lame.


S: “Future” “Part II” “Ain’t it Fun”
A: “Last Hope” “Still into You” “Hate to See Your Heart Break” “Daydreaming”
B: “Now” “Anklebiters” “(One of Those) Crazy Girls” “[Interludes]”
C: “Fast in My Car” “Proof” “Be Alone”
D: “Grow Up”
F:
2Paramore
Riot!

4.4/5
As much as the Johnnys of this world like to discount the deep cuts here, this album is a goldmine for fans of all sides of Paramore. It’s easily their most eclectic offering until the S/T, fashioning the pressure-cooker atmosphere of “crushcrushcrush,” one of their most personal anthems “We Are Broken,” and the addictive stomp of “Fences” all in a back-to-back creative flurry. Not to mention “When It Rains” perhaps being their strongest ballad to-date. As fun as it is to call the album with their most iconic singles a “singles album,” to Paramore, Riot! was clearly anything but.


S: “When it Rains”
A: “Misery Business” “crushcrushcrush” “We Are Broken” “Fences” “That’s What You Get” “Let the Flames Begin”
B: “For a Pessimist, I’m Pretty Optimistic” “Hallelujah”
C: “Miracle” “Born for This”
D:
F:
1Paramore
Brand New Eyes

4.8/5
The sound of a band blossoming and imploding at the same time, Brand New Eyes featured Paramore at their most hopeful and hateful. As redundant as the “Feeling Sorry” to “Where the Lines Overlap” streak is, the album otherwise spins several of the band’s all-timers back-to-back, from the blistering opener “Careful” to the heartwrenching caterwaul of “All I Wanted.” Foreshadowing the band’s imminent breakup, Brand New Eyes was both hugely important album for the band, and also the best album they ever put to tape.


S: “Careful” “Turn it Off” “Brick By Boring Brick” (“Decode”!!!!)
A: “Ignorance” “Misguided Ghosts” “All I Wanted” “The Only Exception” “Playing God”
B: “Where the Lines Overlap”
C: “Feeling Sorry” “Looking Up”
D:
F:
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