Anberlin Band • Page 264

not to flip the coin but yall have me thinking about my old favorites now lmao. if i may share my goats from every album

- cadence
- blase
- fin
- retrace
- art of war
- self starter
- safe here
- hearing voices

still havent heard silverline + convinced

 

I would imagine there has to be research that shows that naming songs the main line of the chorus makes it easier for people to access

 

Symphony of blase is the best song on the record

 

Damn, I meant Foreign Language

 

Correct.

 

There are so many better songs on NTFP than Blase

 

I’ve always thought no mathematics was underrated. No one ever talks about it but it’s a great song and they were a bit ahead of the curve doing some cool things electronically on that song.

 

Blase is probably my fav on NTFP as well

 

maybe it’s because I held onto those songs as the heaviest on the album (and I’m surprised others didn’t) but I love closer and to the wolves lol. I think the buildup in closer’s chorus is epic. Like everyone else I lamented the simpler songs on Dark when it was released but I still think it’s a really well put together, well produced, graceful album.

Idr what visu sounds like but retrace and Armageddon are also some of my favorites on their respective albums lol

 

Definitely gravitate to the heavier songs of Anberlin for sure.

 

Least favorite/most favorite

Love Song (covers are whatever to me)/Ready Fuels
The Runaways/Symphony of Blase or Stationary
Adelaide/Reclusion or (*Fin)
Haight St/The Resistance
Take Me/Down
Innocent/Desires

I need to revisit Lowborn to make pics. I like it overall. Same for the EP’s.

 

Can I just say how refreshing it is to be talking about this band and not Matty?

Can we all make a pact to treat this thread like an alternate timeline where the Matty thing never happened, and just share all the fond memories we have of this band that’s no longer with us?

 

No, but it’s a nice thought.

 

least/most

foreign language/cold war transmissions
audrey, start the revolution!/dance, dance, christa paffgen
adelaide/dismantle. repair.
younglife/retrace
you belong here/art of war
someone anyone/modern age
dissenter/hearing voices
banshee/asking

fun discography run today!

 

least/most (non-Matty songs)

Foreign Language/Glass to the Arson
Audrey/NTFP
Adelaide/Dismantle.Repair.
Younglife/Disappear
You Belong Here/Depraved
Innocent/Modern Age
Losing It All/Stranger Ways
Body Language/Lacerate

 

i love audrey. 4 pumps of pure euphoria in that hook

 

i don't hate it, but of all the Anberlin songs my old church played over the loudspeakers in our youth center (which is how i first discovered them), they played that one the most, and boy, it got old very quickly, lol

 

Adelaide not being the one is wild

 

It’s a good song, but it does not fit on Cities at all.

 

Yeah, probably top 3 on that album for me.

 

just now remembering that my church might've actually played Adelaide more than Audrey, which probably explains why i rank it so low

 

there’s not too many anberlin tracks i straight up don’t like, but something’s gotta be my least favorite. i don’t listen to the first four albums as much anymore, so those choices were just what stuck out to me on my listen through today. ntfp and cities are really good albums! audrey and adelaide are good songs!

 

Everyone and the band says Adelaide doesn't fit on Cities, but I just can't hear the end of Godspeed without hearing the beginning of Adelaide coming right after it. It's a cool scene change. Same with Mathematics coming right after Cable Car. Or Inevitable after Reclusion.

It's my favorite album of all-time, so of course I'm gonna be complimentary, but one of my favorite things about Cities is how diverse it is, and how it shifts moods so smoothly without ever feeling disjointed.

 

Can’t imagine not enjoying Adelaide or Audrey