Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface (July 28, 2017) Album • Page 170

bump up maze a few and this is basically my ranking rn

 

Yeah, don't get me wrong, I love it, but the run from Lead to The Wolf is the bread and butter of this album for me personally.

 

Gonna try this:

The Silence
The Wolf
The Moth
The Maze
The Gold
The Alien-The Sunshine-The Grocery
The Parts
Lead, SD
The Mistake

If I don't conflate The Alien, The Sunshine, and The Grocery:

The Silence
The Wolf
The Moth
The Maze
The Gold
The Grocery
The Parts
The Alien
The Sunshine
Lead, SD
The Mistake

 

I couldn't even begin to rank the songs on this record, outside of "The Grocery" and "The Silence" being my favorites, and "The Mistake" being my least favorite(but still great)

 

It was HARD. And I'm sure that ranking will change indefinitely for the rest of forever.

 

I should go back and rank each people's ratings to see as a whole average what they are ranked.

Or maybe we should do elimination rounds

 

why is no one into the mistake.

 

ELIMINATION ROUNDS

 

I love it more each listen. I thought i heard a little fun. in there when I listened this morning? anyone else?

 

I love The Mistake! I felt so bad putting it that low. But something has to be at the bottom, I guess.

 

2 things. 1, we should do elimination rounds. Second, will you do another of your rating breakdowns ??

 

I'm into every track, just less into that one

 

I am absolutely going to do Elimination rounds. And I would love to do my ratings breakdown for this one but I feel like if every song doesn't get an 11 I will get burned at the stake

 

the track that has fallen off the most for me since my initial listens is the parts

 

I can hear that. I think it's because the time signature is in 3/4 but played in regular time. Something rhythmically Circa does a lot

 

I'll be honest I was slightly underwhelmed with the Moth when I first heard it because i feel like it was really really hyped (I didn't listen to it until I had the album).

 

Before I post the elimination.....Do I allow people to see the results during the voting or do I keep that secret? I am requiring a sign-in for google.

 

keep it hidden. i dont want people pity voting if a song isnt doing well.

 

A Black Mile To The Surface Elimination: Round 1

 

boom

 

This is tough, I might be in the minority but I really didn't like the video for "The Sunshine" at all and it's having a weird affect on how I might rank the song now - even though I know that's ridiculous.

 

I'm not ready to rank all the tracks yet

 

Yeaah I don't think I am yet, I don't see it as pieces of a whole and rather just as a full, rounded body of work.

 

I don't think I can make it poll official yet but I think I'd rank them this way at this point:

The Silence
The Wolf
The Grocery
The Maze
The Gold
The Alien
The Parts
Lead, SD
The Sunshine
The Moth
The Mistake

The Mistake is easily the least amazing on the record, but The Mistake is amazing.

 

the bassline in the beginning (and i assume the whole song) is so tasty.