Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Reunions (May 15, 2020) Album • Page 17

Man I hate to do it but I'm pretty close to deleting the opener.

 

deleting songs/re-ordering is completely whack but do you

 

Well if you skip a song every time why keep it in there?

 

I deleted “To a Band That I Loved” from SMTF for the same reason. I basically always turned the album off or started it back over as soon as I got to that song.

 

The opener is definitely the worst song on here

 

skipping songs is for herbs

 

I usually don’t skip songs, but occasionally I skip “Super 8” on Southeastern. Not because it’s a bad song, more so because it always feels jarring to me. I’d say that it’s just the sequencing that bothers me but I’m not sure where would be better.

 

one of my favorites of his lol

 

Skipping Super 8 ?????

 

I would never skip Super 8 but that song certainly does come out of nowhere.

 

Super 8 is a great song but it is a strange fit on the album. It’s also probably the song that reminds me the most of his DBT material.

 

For the first few years I listened to Isbell, I literally just put all his stuff on shuffle. So I really still have a hard time always remembering what’s on Here We Rest/SMTF/Southeastern, because those records all sound similar enough production wise that they could be on the same project. Which is totally fine, because every song is perfect.

 

I will admit to skipping Super 8 lol

 

Couldn't imagine skipping anything from SE/SMTF... y'all crazy

 

whack!

 

The idea of deleting a song is absolutely off-the-rails to me. If you don't want to hear it, you can just un-check it.

 

Am I the only one that thinks Nashville Sound is slightly better than SMTF?

 

Not even on the same planet for me tbh

 

A few takes, in response to the last couple of pages:

-Something More Than Free is fantastic, but has always felt a little less cohesive to me than Southeastern and The Nashville Sound (and now Reunions, which I'd argue is probably his most cohesive record ever). It's why I don't rank it quite as high, even though it has a lot of unbelievable songs. The other issue, for me, is that "To a Band I've Loved" is easily his weakest closer.

-"Super 8" is a very good song that sounds a tad limp on record. It's considerably better live. I don't think Cobb had figured out how to capture Isbell in rock mode yet.

-I have the remixed/remastered version of The 400 Unit on vinyl, and a lot of the changes Cobb made just don't make sense to me. He really strips away some of the grandeur of "The Last Song I Will Ever Write."

 

Super 8 is fun as hell

before we could afford anything nice whenever my friends and I would go to atlantic city, we would cram like 7 of us into one shitty room in a local Super 8, and I have definitely thought 'i'm gonna die in this place' on more than one occasion lol

 

the resolve of the melody in the chorus is so, so good

 

I have a take and this is it: all his songs are good and I like them all

 

wow! true!!

 

I don’t think I’ve listened to anything pre-Southeastern, I really need to change that because Southeastern on he doesn’t have a bad song

 

the first three are uneven and have his worst songs, but also a handful of his absolute best