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The National
High Violet


4.5
superb

Review

by c0ffee USER (7 Reviews)
March 26th, 2012 | 71 replies


Release Date: 2010 | Tracklist


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Comments:Add a Comment 
Funeralopolis
March 26th 2012


14586 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

review is inadequate all you are saying is that you like it and relate to it because of the lyrics. Lyrics aren't everything, tell us why you relate to it deeper than just the words.

Trebor.
Emeritus
March 26th 2012


59810 Comments

Album Rating: 4.7

Music is not a book

Funeralopolis
March 26th 2012


14586 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

^lol

jdennis31
March 26th 2012


6511 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

i agree with ya'll except in the case of frank turner. i was never into his music or even vocal melodies until i read his lyrics

chambered69
March 26th 2012


1253 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

best natl by far

johnnyblaze
March 26th 2012


3405 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

yup^

TooLateToGoBack
March 26th 2012


2106 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Definitely the best National album.



Conversation 16 is such a brilliant song.

blastOFFitsPARTYtime
March 26th 2012


1976 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Fourth best National.



But fuck yea Conversation 16 is AWEsome.

jdennis31
March 26th 2012


6511 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

i haven't dug too far into the other albums, alligator needs a few more listens so i can bump up my score, but if high violet is really the fourth best album i need to get my ass on the other ones

jdennis31
March 26th 2012


6511 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

bloodbuzz ohio is like one of my favorite songs ever. anything else by them that has a similar drive?

Funeralopolis
March 26th 2012


14586 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

yea this isn't even close to Alligator

NeutralThunder12
March 26th 2012


8742 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

boxer and alligator are better yeah

NeutralThunder12
March 26th 2012


8742 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

@jdennis bloodbuzz is one of their more open, catchy songs so try



All the Wine

Mistaken for Strangers

Available

Lit Up

jdennis31
March 26th 2012


6511 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

cool thank you neutral, will check those out now. rated alligator and high violet after two listens and then continued to check out high violet. took me a bit but finally fell in love with high violet so need to check out alligator again for sure

NeutralThunder12
March 26th 2012


8742 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

it takes 50x longer to fall in love with boxer because it's slower and more subdued, but its their best album and my favorite ever

jdennis31
March 26th 2012


6511 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

ahh, i was told high violet is usually the one that national noobs fall in love with first. i love the slower songs on high violet as well. runaway is an amazing song. well pretty much all of them are haha

NeutralThunder12
March 26th 2012


8742 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

well they all rule hard except for like 3, but boxer is perfect and classy all the way through. if u like the way the band does slower songs, listen to slow show, favorite song of all time or one of them

NeutralThunder12
March 26th 2012


8742 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

and yeah when i saw them live they opened with runaway and it was



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jdennis31
March 26th 2012


6511 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

man, that was amazing. i didn't understand why everyone liked the drummer so much but i'm beginning to understand. guy is so amazing at taking a softer slower song like slow show and giving it energy and drive without taking over. think thats the my favorite instrumentation for a 'the national' song so far, thanks man. actually bout to check out boxer right now

jdennis31
March 26th 2012


6511 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

tbh i'm probably gonna listen to slow show a couple times first....



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