The National - First Two Pages... & Laugh Track Album • Page 5

Apart from a few songs each, I haven’t connected with either of the last two albums. Conversely, High Violet and Trouble are all-time favorites for me, and everything before that is excellent. I will always listen to a new album from The National, but my expectations aren’t particularly high.

 

1 I’ll Still Destroy You
2 Secret Meeting
3 Brainy
4 Driver, Surprise Me
5 So Far Around the Bend
6 Wasp Nest
7 The Thrilling of Claire
8 Sleep Well Beast
9 Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks
10 Graceless

 

Thrilled to learn that others agree with me about I'll Still Destroy You, honestly didn't expect that

 

1. Geese
2. City Middle
3. Fake Empire
4. Blank Slate
5. Mr. November
6. I Am Easy to Find
7. I’ll Still Destroy You
8. Slow Show
9. Rylan
10. So Far Around the Bend

 

Literally can’t make that list. But I’ve thought about trying

 

Trouble Will Find Me is their best

 

Sleep Well Beast is my favorite, but there aren’t any of their albums that I’d say I dislike

 

Glad to see some Blank Slate love

 

1. Sleep Well Beast
2T. TWFM/IAETF/Boxer
5. Alligator
6. HV
7. SSFDL
8. S/T

 

Random aside, does anyone remember hearing that the fairly young-ish band you fell in love with a year or two ago was getting a documentary and it was being released with a new EP, feeling super excited to watch, and then entering the DVD in your PlayStation on release day and Vincent Moon’s 40 minute contrasted-to-hell art film with abstract instrumentals played?

 

Some ridiculous bsides between Alligator and Boxer

 

1. Bloodbuzz Ohio
2. Apartment Story
3. I'll Still Destroy You
4. Fake Empire
5. Start A War
6. I Should Live In Salt
7. Pink Rabbits
8. Terrible Love (Alternate Version)
9. Guilty Party
10. Day I Die

 

not trying to be a dick but this is the most generic top 10 list!

 

Mr November isn’t in it. Love the song, but I feel like most other people do too lol

 

Yeah go fuck yourself Craig!!!

 

Where my So Far So Fast truthers at huh

 

I said I wasn’t trying to be a dick!

 

I respect anyone who leaves off Vanderlyle and England from their top 10 list.

 

England kinda sucks ngl

 

And they play it almost every time I see them since I’m in LA.

 

that’s right

 

that’s right

 

yeah this is one of my favourites! the "don't you know someday someone will come and find you" bit is exquisite

 

Current Top 10 (in chronological order)