on a related note, if anyone has a copy of the Best Buy version of Vital, please rip the Pretend to Be Friends documentary and put it on YouTube.
I got that version when it came out, and the documentary is literally worthless and a huge waste of time. Basically them driving go karts and playing some stuff in the studio under an instrumental track.
This. (But I imagine I can rip it if somebody really wants to see it, I've already ripped mp3s of the instrumental tracks featured on it)
On a related note, with all the different bonus track versions (Target, itunes, Best Buy) I really miss Grooveshark. I need one place to go for all those album extras. Youtube usually works but still not the same
Cadence Paperthin Hymn A Whisper & A Clamor (legitimately shocked nobody has said this one yet) Breaking Art of War Other Side Atonement Nothing Lost Lacerate
This is just about the only reason I still think mp3 collections matter these days. But, so many artists are just releasing "deluxe" versions of older albums on streaming services that feature all the bonus tracks from any given era, which generally works for me. Anberlin's definitely got some stuff I wish was on streaming but isn't (True Faith cover is the biggest one that comes to mind).
True Faith is on the deluxe version of New Surrender at least on Apple Music. not sure about Spotify.
because in the middle of the night my head forgot god drugs and sex is on vital and not new surrender lollll When listening to vital I stop at modern age so apparently my brain took that too far I love dismantle repair but might like hello alone and reclusion even more
i first thought that the shorter version of fin was on the normal cd and the longer version was just for the special edition (with the darker artwork and bonus songs) ... i only had the special edition but had heard the shorter version from a friend also: dismantle.repair. is their best song and my favourite song of all time
the final part of the song that’s missing here is the reason Fin is the top closer for me! anyways: Cadence Paperthin Reclusion Retrace Down Modern Age (no love to speak from devotion bonuses) Losing it all Circles Nothing more
I find the rest of the song average for their closers, I didn’t realize it was a hindrance for anybody!
A Whisper & A Clamor is my least favourite on Cities but I'd still take it over anything on Dark is the Way.
I left God, Drugs, and Sex off of my phone when I originally downloaded the album and kinda have always had Modern Age close it out. I still listen to it on vinyl and live stream stuff. Just not my favorite song.
The line of that song containing the title (“There’s a clamour in your whispering”) is such a clunker, otherwise it’s excellent.
If they'd just written a better line there, regardless of what they called the song, I'd be a lot more into it. I feel like Cities is Stephen trying his hardest to write literary, wordy lyrics, and when it works it works, but when it doesn't, yikes. (The "conversate" instead of "converse" slip up is rough too, but then again, I majored in teaching language arts, so I often pick bones unnecessarily.) edit - like, even melodically the line doesn't work for me, I'm just not sure those syllables fit there after "clap your hands all ye children"
That never bothered me, but he is at his wordiest here, and it seems like he scaled that back the next two albums, when you went from “hands like secrets are the hardest thing to keep from you, lines and phrases like knives, your words they cut me through, dismantle me down (repair), you dismantle me” to “closer, closer, closer. Are you out there somewhere, come where I can see.” for a single chorus.