Siren Song Sufferer Revolutions Per Minute Appeal to Reason The Unraveling Wolves Endgame The Black Market
Siren Song of the Counter Culture (My first exposure, and still holds up - for me) Revolutions Per Minute (got into this late, after Appeal came out, but it nailed it for me) Appeal To Reason Sufferer (probably can flip flop with Appeal) Wolves (I really like this one) Endgame (its fine) The Black Market (only listened maybe twice) The Unraveling (only ever listened to a couple tracks)
Siren (one of the best albums from that era) Sufferer Wolves Appeal Endgame RPM Black Market Unraveling
Glad to see so many others rate Siren Song as their best. Sufferer is not far behind and RPM is not far behind those two. One of the finest three-album runs in punk history. It's definitely interesting that Tim thinks Endgame is the band's best since that was the first time the band came across as formulaic to me, and that's how I've felt about all of their subsequent albums (except the B sides album and Ghost Note Symphonies). What I wouldn't give for an album with a 1.20 hardcore banger, or a 7-minute deep exploration of a political issue, or anything else to break the monotony. I liked Wolves but it's just not as much fun to listen to song after song knowing exactly when the chorus will hit, and then after the second chorus will be the bridge, and then back to chorus to close the song. Since Appeal to Reason (inclusive), Rise Against's shortest song has been 3.03 and their longest 4.38. That is from 48 songs.
Just saw Tim’s rankings. I think it’s BS lol. I mean, I get where he’s coming from...he wrote the stuff. But damn is that ranking all over the place coming from a fan’s perspective. Siren Song RPM Sufferer Wolves Appeal (really grew on me over the years) Unraveling Black Market Endgame I am impressed with how many great songs this band has in their catalog too. It’s awesome to see that each album has essentials.
I re-listened to The Black Market a few times today for the first time in a while and damn I still think it rips. The Great Die-Off, Tragedy + Time, The Black Market, The Eco-Terrorist in Me, Methadone, People Live Here are all solid songs in my opinion.
I’m sure their riot fest set will be all the hits Hopefully we get lucky and they play a new song cuz I know they are recording either already or going to later so... there’s def gonna be a new album next year. Zack basically confirmed that to me back in April at the acoustic tour stop in Chicago
I don’t think I’ll ever not be stoked about a new Rise Against album! Any ideas who they’re recording with?
I hope they work with Bill again on the next album. I love Wolves, but Bill basically became a member of the band over the years.
Tim did a interview with Lauren from 101wkqx and confirmed this Bill Stevenson is doing the new rise against record and will be recorded in Fort Collins Colorado
The set list last night was solid as fuck basically a song off every recorded except the unraveling Rise Against Setlist at Riot Fest Chicago 2019
I hope they look at what went wrong on Black Market and what went right on Wolves. Bill is pretty much my favourite producer going - and let's be real, this band is largely responsible for him being a "mainstream" producer these days - but I think the band got a bit too comfortable with him and vice versa. That said, I think they literally described him as the fifth member of the band in an interview leading up to one of the albums (Endgame maybe?) and they basically said the only reason they did Wolves with Nick was because Bill was busy with Descendants.
Hopefully them working with someone new on wolves showed them what Bill REALLY did with and for them. I like Wolves a lot, but part of of me will always wonder what it would’ve been like with Bill’s influence.
Same. What kills it for me is the production choices on Wolves. Some songs sound fine but little things bothered me. One that stood out was the echo in Tims voice when the backing harmonies come in (not sure if it's just me that noticed/disliked this) but Far From Perfect comes to mind when I think back.
Edit: I can't tell if it's appearing but, presumably to tie in with the climate strikes, a Black Market B-side and a spoken word piece previously RSD exclusive have gone live digitally.
Been listening to Appeal To Reason a lot recently. It’s grown on me a shit ton over the years and seems to be their most timeless record. also, I’m still into Wolves a lot, but the production is not on par with their previous releases. There’s something about it that irks me now.
Pretty much my issue with Wolves unfortunately. I still spin some of the songs from that project though.