Taking Back Sunday - Tidal Wave (September 16, 2016) Album • Page 98

I had to force myself not to just put 10 Tidal Wave songs as my list. Even if I did the song Tidal Wave would not have made it, lol

 

tidal wave (the song) is one of the weakest songs they've done since coming back for me

flicker fade was very close to making my list and i remember the first time i heard it very fondly

 

That managed to make it sound like they were both nowhere near recording and fairly close to recording. lmao

 

Best places to be a mom
This is all now
You should have waited
Flicker, Fade
Beat up car
better Homes and Gardens
We were Younger Then
You can’t look back
Call come running
I’ll Find a way to make it what you want

 

Chronological order

Best Places
This Is All Now
Call Me In the Morning
Flicker, Fade
Beat Up Car
Better Homes
How I Met Your Mother
Death Wolf
You Can’t Look Back
Call Come Running

 

Mark is a goddamn beast. I feel like over the course of their career, he’s the member that has improved the most from album to album.

 

I think it works well in context of the album

 

What do they mean they don’t know who they are working with yet! The answer is obvious

 

Who's the guy who produced WYWTB? It'd be awesome for them to work with him again. But Sapone and Marc Hudson really brought out their best with the last 2 albums so I wouldn't be mad if they went that route again.

 

So now we are ranking top 10 songs post-reunion?

*pulls up tracklists*

1) You Can't Look Back
2) Flicker, Fade
3) Homecoming
4) We Were Younger Then
5) I'll Find a Way
6) Call Me in the Morning
7) Best Places
8) Nothing At All
9) Stood a Chance
10) This is All Now

 

Top 10 from the last 3 albums? (in chronological order, excluding B-sides because they'd take up half the list)

Best Places to Be a Mom
It Doesn't Feel a Thing Like Falling
Call Me in the Morning
Flicker Fade
All the Way (tough choice between this and Beat Up Car)
Better Homes and Gardens
We Were Younger Then
You Can't Look Back
Fences
I Felt It Too (Also a tough choice between this, Call Come Running, Death Wolf and In the Middle of It All)

 

Lou Giordano. He also worked with Sunny Day and Goo Goo Dolls.

 

I'm pretty stoked to see so much love for "We Were Younger Then" in these rankings. Kinda wish the band felt the same way (meaning it'd be so cool if they put it in their sets).

 

That's right! Yeah, he did an awesome job with WYWTB

 

they should work with jmj

jk but i do think everyone should work with jmj

 

Top 10 post-reunion songs you say? (In no particular order and completely off the top of my head)

1. Beat up Car
2. El Paso
3. Death Wolf
4. Doesn't Feel A Thing Like Falling
5. All Excess
6. This Is All Now
7. We Were Younger Then
8. Best Places To Be A Mom
9. All The Way
10. In The Middle Of It All

 

i forgot about the s/t demos when i was making my list so maybe replace "beat up car" with "you were right'

 

I'm stumping for Lou Giordano mainly because WYWTB has the most stacked back-half of any of their albums.

 

Just went through New Again for the first time in years and I actually enjoyed it. Fazzi made some interesting contributions. It's got a weird jazzy element to it that is both good and bad. Bad cause it comes off as cheesy sometimes, good because it's something different.

 

Jazz is my shit, so I guess that’s why I admire Fazzi so much

 

1. Fences
2. Better Homes And Gardens
3. Call Come Running
4. Beat Up Car
5. This Is All Now
6. We Were Younger Then
7. Best Places To Be A Mom
8. All Excess
9. Call Me In The Morning
10. Death Wolf

 

I actually would love this mainly for the fact that TBS has been experimenting with different sounds/textures on the last 2 albums and JMJ would really take that to a whole new level for them, plus he'd push Shaun to take his bass playing to the next level as well. It'd be super interesting.

 

Homecoming is becoming a go-to song for me when I need my spirits lifted. That first proper acoustic guitar strum is like sun through the clouds, soooo fucking good

 

I loved Shaun’s bass playing on Tidal Wave. Complimented the songs well and was a step up from the last couple. Rubano’s playing deservedly gets more praise but Shaun feels like a perfect fit in the band

 

I agree. I feel like since the reunion, he's been a given little more room on each album to add cool fills/runs into song.