Stellar songwriting, really deep layered production, some of petes best lyrics, by far Patrick's best vocal showing, a lot of ambition in trying new styles across the whole album yet it makes an intensely cohesive whole
I'm almost saying it's better than Folie at times. Ask me again in a year. I know I'll catch flack but I like it so much more than anything post-reunion. And I didn't AB/AP
I agree, probably the best post-reunion album for me too. SRAR didn’t age super well IMO, and the lows on AB/AP are lower than the lows here.
SRAR holds up imo but this is defitely better. It's not only their best post reunion album but it's pretty close to being their best album. Recency bias makes me want to put it over Folie.
Champion is pretty much the only thing holding this record back from definitely being their best. I wonder if there will be any (full) bsides I can swap it out with lol
My local alternative radio station has been playing Church all the time lately and that's really awesome. ALT 92.3 for anyone in the NYC area
i’m thrilled ppl still love this record. me too. def my second favorite fob record at this point after folie
MANIA can definitely hang with the pre-hiatus albums. Still fighting for my top album this year and I don’t see that changing.
Champion is absolutely a good song... a decent song. Probably the weakest or second weakest on this album, but it is by no means a bad song.