And I'll be salty when What I've Done loses to Hands Held High. HHH is one of my least favourite LP songs.
Hot Take: TLTGYA and In Between are my least favorite songs on the album. So good thing I'm not voting because that would be a hard pick in not in a good way.
Shadow Of The Day Bleed It Out No Roads Left Across The Line The Little Things Give You Away What I've Done Shadow Of The Day vs. Leave Out All The Rest was the toughest one for me. Two of my favorites on the album, but unfortunately matched up in the first round. In Pieces vs. Bleed It Out was the second hardest one for me. In Pieces is a really great song but I just have always liked the energy that Bleed It Out Brings ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ No Roads Left vs. Wake was an easy one for me since No Roads Left is a song I like and Wake is an intro track. Sorry, gotta go with the actual song here. Across The Line vs. Valentine's Day was pretty easy for me. Valentine's Day is one of my least favorite on the album. The Little Things Give You Away vs. In Between was another easy one for me. I like The Little Things Give You Away a lot and In Between is my other (along with Valentine's Day) least favorite track on the album. What I've Done vs. Hands Held High is a pretty good matchup. While I do enjoy Hands Held High, What I've Done is an awesome song and deserves to move on to the next round. Kinda funny how the two loudest/heaviest songs got first round byes too haha
I am starting to think if I was in a car with you I'd be very confused. On one hand we seem to like a lot of the same bands. On the other hand our opinion on their songs seems to be polar opposite half the time lmao
To me, WID is similar in vibe to Leave Out and Shadow, both of which are vastly superior songs. I kinda don't need another one of those on the first half of the album. I think the three you mentioned are good to great songs that benefit from being placed very well in the track listing.
I will agree with your point that Shadow and Leave Out are superior songs. The three I mentioned are bottom tier, WID and HHH is mid tier, and those two plus GU, BIO, NMS, IP, and NRL are top tier.
Hmm, let's see. Top tier: Given Up Leave Out All the Rest Bleed It Out Shadow of the Day (the beginning of this album is fucking amazing) In Pieces Middle tier: Wake (whatever, doesn't really count) Hands Held High No More Sorrow Valentine's Day The Little Things Give You Away Bottom tier: What I've Done In Between I think that's what I would do.
The tier thing is a more fun version of ranking to me haha. I could not rank the songs on this album.
Top: Given up Bleed it out No more sorrow Valentine's Day No roads left Middle: Shadow of the day Leave out all the rest (on the cusp of top tier) In between What I've done Little things Bottom: Hands held high Wake In pieces Now that I write it out like that I realize this albums better than I thought it was
In Pieces is too low! I enjoy seeing other people's lists even if they don't align perfectly with mine haha
Top tier: Given Up Leave Out All the Rest Bleed it Out Shadow of the Day No More Sorrow In Pieces Middle tier: What I've Done Valentines Day Little Things Give You Away Bottom tier: Hands Held High In Between
Since we're doing this... (in no particular order within tiers) Top Tier Given Up Leave Out All The Rest Bleed It Out Shadow Of The Day No More Sorrow The Little Things Give You Away In Pieces Middle Tier Wake (hard to put anywhere honestly) What I've Done Hands Held High No Roads Left Across The Line Bottom Tier Valentine's Day In Between I think my top tier is too big but it's my list so that's how it's going to stay