Trying to pick a favorite of this is impossible for me right now. I've had the opener stuck in my head since I saw him play it at Rough Trade. I also really like Little Nightmares a lot though. I guess this is a good problem to have haha
The Backseat Here's Lookin At You, Kid '59 Sound Great Expectations Blue Jeans & White T-Shirts Cherry Blossoms Blood Loss Watson Painkillers The Spirit of Jazz This changes so much though it's so hard to pick
I was able to do 5 off the top of my head, but I can't narrow it down to only 5 more, and I'm sure Sleepwalkers songs will make their way into the top tier Fallon songs, I just haven't had enough time with them to rank them against a lot of his other works Blue Jeans Divorce Open All Night Blood Loss The Backseat
Divorce and River's Edge always sneak in there too. I seriously love everything he's done so it's hard to pick 10 favorites only.
Howl Diamond Street We're Getting a Divorce Say I Won't Etta James Halloween Great Expectations Bring it On Selected Poems 1930 no order, but that may be my top ten
I know my local record store got the vinyl in, because they posted about it on Facebook. I was going to order on Amazon, but it said shipping in '1 to 3 weeks' so I was going to hit up my record store soon instead.
Sleepwalkers will be my Album of the Year. So many right decisions made I making this album. I listened to 3 of the songs released in advance to the album, and was just hoping there would be more of that caliber. Come Wander With Me and Little Nightmares hooked me right away. I love that Proof Of Life slows the album down for a moment and creates a balance to See You On The Othr Side. I like the how the album doesn’t have a weak point. I like how the song Sleepwalkers uses horns to add something to the song and embrace New Orleans for a moment. It’s nice how the songs are “Sleepwalkers” era songs. I hope Brian’s got another EP or some recorded covers still come from this recording session. Can’t get enough.
Speaking of rankings, I'm ready to give my preliminary rank of the Sleepwalkers songs, would be curious to see others'. 1) Neptune 2) Little Nightmares 3) See You On The Other Side 4) Watson 5) Forget Me Not 6) Color Me Black 7) Etta James 8) Sleepwalkers 9) If Your Prayers Don't Get To Heaven 10) Come Wander With Me 11) Her Majesty's 12) Proof of Life
10 favorite Fallon songs? shit.... Wherefore Art Thou Elvis? Go Tell Everybody The Backseat Old Haunts I Coulda Been A Contender Neptune Nobody Wins Great Expectations Blood Loss Get Hurt
Speaking of people referencing "Little Nightmares", there's something about that guitar melody playing underneath the words "...but little nightmares..."/"...but I get this nightmare" that makes me so happy. It just works so well with his vocal melody.
The guitar bit I love on the album is that intro to Her Majesty's, that little acoustic riff is so good.
A top 10 hmmm... It’s hard but I would definitely have Bring it On Open All Night Painkillers Here’s Looking At You Kid Sugar Mae ..... Honestly I can’t do it haha. They would rotate all the time. So many great songs.
just bought my ticket for Brooklyn Steel. gonna have to take off work to get there in time because i'm coming from upstate, but i can't miss this.
My top 10 without thinking too hard, this is always changing and is not in order Smoke Dark Places She Loves You Bring It On We Came To Dance Here's Looking at You Kid Even Cowgirls Get The Blues Handwritten Here Comes My Man Selected Poems Honorable Mention - Boxer, Divorce/Diner, The rest of the '59 Sound album
I def don't have an order, but I think this will do... 1930 Backseats Halloween Have Mercy Here's Looking At You Kid Blood Loss Mae We're Getting A Divorce, You Keep The Diner Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis? She Loves You Ask me tomorrow, i'll change it all out probably. Edit: Not including Sleepwalkers. Need that album to last for a while before knowing it can compete with these guys.