After Laughter is such a special album to me. By far my favourite. I love everything about that album and I think that This Is Why is a tremendous follow up too. Both albums far superior to anything that came before it. I'd probably go for Brand New Eyes from their older albums.
I’d put BNE first and AL probably second but while I generally don’t emphasize nostalgia too much in rankings, here we go again hits just as hard as any nostalgic song does so I’d probably put that record higher than most. That and emergency were absolutely massive to me, to say nothing of brighter, never let this go, and my heart. Also my second favorite album cover after BNE fwiw.
Stumbled across a TikTok yesterday that was calling on people to acknowledge that “Grow Up” is an underrated banger, and that person is right. I think there’s a lot of filler on S/T, but that run of songs between “Now” and “Anklebiters” is peak Paramore IMO, with the pairing of “Grow Up” and “Daydreaming” being the best part.
Listened to a podcast this morning with Spotify exec saying that the top 200 artists on the platform grossed at least $5M from streaming last year. Was just checking the charts, Paramore is ranked 199. $$$
i’d include Fast In My Car for sure here. that song imo is a huge indication on what would later become the blueprints of TIW. especially that pre chorus