Anberlin Band • Page 60

No Love to Speak
Other Side
Self-Starter
Type Three
Someone Anyone
Little Tyrants
Said Too Much
Desires

 

No Love To Speak
Other Side
God, Drugs, & Sex
Modern Age
Orpheum
Little Tyrants
Said Too Much
Desires

 

AM totals:

Unstable: 8
No Love To Speak: 6

Other Side: 14
City Electric: 0

God, Drugs, & Sex: 5
Self Starter: 9

Type Three: 6
Modern Age: 8

Someone Anyone: 6
Orpheum: 8

Little Tyrants: 10
Intentions: 4

Innocent: 9
Said Too Much: 5

Dead American: 2
Desires: 12

 

I'm giving this whole album another listen right now, so I'll have my votes in early this afternoon!

 

Unstable
Other Side
Self-Starter (too hard of a choice, but this is a perfect opener)
Modern Age
Orpheum
Little Tyrants
Innocent
Desires

 

Type Three potentially losing in this round makes me really sad. It's crushing that not everybody feels the same way about your favorite song(s) on an album lol.

I feel like this album will have the most divided favorite song list

 

Man. What a fucking album.

 

It really is incredible how strong this album is after New Surrender and Dark is the Way were both relative disappointments.

 

I didn't expect it for sure. My exception for them after NS and DisW was for them to keep putting out albums with only few great songs on them but never reach the City/NTFP days again. This album was such a treat.

 

That was the absolute hardest matchup for me.

 

When you read interviews with the band about NS it sounds like they had a lot of pressure from the new label, didn't get to fully do the album they wanted. DitW has some moments that point to the next album (Art of War wouldn't sound out of place on Vital).

But agreed, Vital/Devotion is amazing. I actually didn't even get into Vital when it came out and waited til the Devotion release. What a great surprise that was

 

Unstable
Other Side
Self-Starter
Modern Age
Someone Anyone
Little Tyrants
Said Too Much
Dead American

Some tough ones this round!

 

Modern age is my favorite, so it would have my vote, but yea I was disappointed when I saw Type Three match with it, it’s a top 4-5 song on the album for me.
“I look to heaven...cursed with disbelief” is one of my favorite moments.

 

Past the 24 hour mark...time for the next round? :)

 

Commentary on this round because I'm bored:

I'm a little surprised at how many people voted for No Love to Speak. It's definitely solid, but it's never stood out much to me.

The match up between Other Side and City Electric was, as they say, over before it ever began. One of the few match ups in the entire thread where I was sure it'd be blow out.

Another unfortunate matchup between an opener and closer. But the choice is clear to me. I think Self-Starter is as good an opener as Godspeed was and Godspeed is one of my favorite openers of all-time.

Hate that Type Three is biting it so early. But I'd hate it if Modern Age was biting it so early too. Worst match up since the Cities bracket by far.

Orpheum beating Someone Anyone is the only genuine surprise of this round for me. Pleasantly surprised, although I wouldn't have cared much either way.

Surprised Intentions even got four votes, but I'm glad cause it owns. It's just against Little Tyrants so what are you going to do.

Innocent is marginally better than Said Too Much. Glad it won.

Desires is my least favorite on Vital, but it's a testimony to the strength of the album that I wouldn't be that mad if it went all the way. Dead American is HUGE though. Wish it got more than two votes.

 

Lol. It'd be hilarious if after all of that ten people swooped in and swung the votes the other way.

 

This discog voting has made it apparent that I am missing all of their B-sides from all of their albums. Anyone know of a place to get all of them from? PM me if possible, thanks in advance.

 

Thank y’all for your patience. Busy day today. But onwards we go!

Unstable: 10
No Love To Speak: 6

Other Side: 16
City Electric: 0

God, Drugs, & Sex: 5
Self Starter: 11

Type Three: 6
Modern Age: 10

Someone Anyone: 7
Orpheum: 9

Little Tyrants: 12
Intentions: 4

Innocent: 10
Said Too Much: 6

Dead American: 3
Desires: 13


Next round!

Unstable Vs. Other Side

Self Starter Vs. Modern Age

Orpheum Vs. Little Tyrants

Innocent Vs. Desires

Begin!

 

I find NLTS’s chorus really elegant and captivating, so that’s why I’d have voted for it probably.

I’m surprised Orpheum won too but only bc SA won the last round, I think orpheum is way better.
Can we all agree the transition into the chorus on SA is painfully awkward?

 

Other Side

Self Starter

Orpheum

Innocent

Hmm that wasn't too bad. Sad to see Type Three go

 

Other Side
Modern Age
Little Tyrants
Desires

 

-Other Side
-Self Starter
-Little Tyrants
-Desires

 

Other Side
self starter
Little Tyrants
Desires

 

Elegant is a good way of putting it. That song really has grown on me a lot.

And are you talking about the pre-chorus to SA or the guitar part bridging the pre-chorus to the chorus? I've never considered either one being awkward myself.

 

Other Side
Self-Starter
Little Tyrants
Innocent

Voting against Modern Age twice feels like a sin, but it simply had to be done.