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5.0 classic | braveasanoun | March 28th 12 | before i say anything about this album, i'll just throw out there that i am a HUGE JD fanboy. he is the only lyricist that i would put ahead of dylan. i love pretty much anything he records. 'we shall all be healed' features some of his best lyrics, which are based on people john used to know who are "mostly dead or in jail by now". he paints the most vivid pictures in the most creative and witty ways with his astounding wordplay. this album has a perfect mix of the lo-fi mountain goats sound and his more polished sound. now i dont know much about meth-addicts other than they are usually pretty fucked up people. but somehow JD manages to not only give us a sense of what life as a meth-addict is like, but he also makes us empathize with these messed up people. i guess i'll just finish this with a verse from one of his most moving songs 'your belgian things'. "The arteries are clogging in the mainframe/ There's too much information in the pipes/ I saw the mess you left up in the east bedroom/ A tiger's never gonna change its stripes/ I guess, I guess/ but Jesus what a mess/ One way in and no way out."
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4.5 superb | soundofgravity | March 10th 08 | This is one of my favorite albums ever. The emotion John Darnielle sings this album with is infectious and carries you through this entire meth-recovery epic.
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4.0 excellent | samthebassman | January 2nd 07 | Excellent album, this album got me into the mountain goats, this is probably john darnielle's strongest album, i highly recommend it.
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4.0 excellent | Timmy | January 18th 23 |
3.5 great | exciter | November 20th 22 |
4.0 excellent | Yep321 | August 23rd 22 |
4.5 superb | Josh | May 3rd 21 |
4.5 superb | Soupjan | February 21st 18 |
3.5 great | Yotimi | January 24th 18 |
4.5 superb | amoeba | October 2nd 17 |
5.0 classic | robin | June 18th 17 |
5.0 classic | bSmith | May 19th 17 |
4.0 excellent | marggy | April 22nd 16 |
4.0 excellent | Preston | March 1st 16 |
4.5 superb | Rodin | January 29th 16 |
4.0 excellent | Tom Read CONTRIBUTOR | September 13th 15 |
4.5 superb | LOGOFF | August 2nd 15 |
5.0 classic | bungy | July 3rd 15 |
4.0 excellent | Walt | November 9th 14 |
4.5 superb | mh13 | October 30th 14 |
4.0 excellent | lecube | July 9th 14 |
3.5 great | jmh886 | January 13th 14 |
4.0 excellent | Trebor. EMERITUS | October 27th 13 |
4.0 excellent | Scomadi | September 28th 13 |
4.0 excellent | Eko | August 5th 13 |
5.0 classic | Lakes. | January 1st 13 |
4.0 excellent | SWAGBRVH | November 24th 12 |
4.0 excellent | tom79 | November 22nd 12 |
4.0 excellent | Smevin | October 21st 12 |
3.5 great | lerem | May 8th 12 |
4.0 excellent | Maniac! | April 18th 12 |
4.0 excellent | 9MgTar | April 17th 12 |
3.5 great | mvood | January 29th 12 |
4.5 superb | Sejine | January 3rd 12 |
3.5 great | iGuter | December 7th 11 |
4.5 superb | cb123 | July 5th 11 |
5.0 classic | Aids | March 26th 11 |
4.0 excellent | Lorax | March 8th 11 |
4.0 excellent | Remer17 | February 22nd 11 |
4.0 excellent | mallen- | January 20th 11 |
3.5 great | occer | January 1st 11 |
4.0 excellent | BigTuna | August 4th 10 |
3.5 great | Zoso4 | July 31st 10 |
4.0 excellent | IsItLuck? EMERITUS | November 5th 09 |
4.5 superb | valrus | January 7th 09 |
5.0 classic | Reillyr | November 14th 07 |
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