There Cannot Be A Close Second Brightest California She Changes Your Mind When Finally Set Free Easily my favorites of that album
Brightest, California, and When Finally Set Free are my favorites. So the opener, centerpiece and closer haha
I LOVE BMT so much. I always compare Copeland and Thursday in that they have great progression throughout their albums. BMT feels like their Full Collapse in that it's a great album, but the band went on to do better things. ESR is their ACBTLD
Listened to the twin edition today. It definitely stands on its own. I probably listen to the combined version the most though.
I think their last four are all incredible at what they do. ESR is my favourite though. Walking Downtown is the only song of theirs I think is bad.
YAMS = ESR > BMT > In Motion > Ixora, but Ixora is absolutely not a bad album in any way. I adore it. I just find myself going back to the older stuff way more.
Ixora is definitely my favorite for personal reasons (and also because it's just a gorgeous album) and after that it probably goes chronologically, honestly. Some days I may prefer ESR over Sunshine but generally speaking I think each record is better than the last. One of the only bands I can say that about.
Yep I can agree with this. Team ESR Also my Thursday comparison was just from a purely progression standpoint. Ixora is an absolute masterpiece and a great progression from YAMS.
Agreed. ESR vs YAMS changes depending on the day lol. Such fantastic albums. Cannot wait to see them again in December. 10 days later I get to see The Starting Line as well!
Did Copeland delete the YouTube video of the Ixora announcement that had Ordinary playing while the band jammed out?
yep yep yep. that album defined my high school years for me. so many memories attached to it. i think it's just about perfect.