The Used Band • Page 35

This sounds like fun! Top three for each album:
The Used: Noise and Kisses, Blue and Yellow, Pieces Mended (this album is the hardest to rank)
In Love and Death: Sound Effects and Overdramatics, Listening, All That I’ve Got
Lies for the Liars: Paralyzed, Hospital, Earthquake
Artwork: Empty With You, Meant to Die, Watered Down
Vulnerable: Hands and Faces, Hurt No One, Shine
Imaginary Enemy: Cry, Imaginary Enemy, A Song to Stifle Imperial Progression
The Canyon: I haven’t listened to this album cause the first few songs were ROUGH

The Used were once my favorite band but I’ve definitely drifted away from listening to them. I think I should do a deep dive into their music again and see how much holds up. I never gave The Canyon much of a chance, but the first few tracks just sounded horrible to me. Also, The Ocean of the Sky is a great EP.

 

Top 3's is more interesting than a top 10 or whatever, I'll bite

S/T: Buried Myself Alive, Poetic Tragedy, Blue and Yellow
ILAD: I Caught Fire, Listening, Sound Effects and Overdramatics
LFTL: Hospital, The Ripper, The Bird and The Worm
SHALLOW BELIEVER: Choke Me, Into My Web, My Pesticide
ARTWORK: Meant To Die, Born To Quit, Men Are All The Same
VULNERABLE: Hurt No One, Moving On, Give Me Love
IMAGINARY ENEMY: Cry, Make Believe, Imaginary Enemy
CANYON: Over and Over Again, The Nexus, Vertigo Cave

 

I saw someone walking downtown NYC today wearing an Imaginary Enemy shirt. Had to do a double take.

 

I feel like anyone who likes Ocean of the Sky would be into The Canyon. Honestly probably their two most sonically similar releases imo.

 

Lies for the Liars - Vulnerable is my favorite The Used era. Glad to see some deep cuts from those albums getting this much love.

 

I’ll have to try and give The Canyon another try then!

 

After Warped Tour, I wanna get more into these guys. I loved the first two albums but didn’t like LFTL and stopped listening

Also, “I’m a fake” is such an awesome track and I’m bummed I never got to see it live. The screaming in that song and “Sound effects and overdramatics” is unreal

 

Artwork is a really solid album. I think it's my 3rd favorite after their first two albums.

 

I’ve always loved Artwork as well, that’s a good one to check out!

 

Start with “Artwork” and then go backwards through their discography beginning with “The Canyon”

 

Excited to hear their next batch of songs.

 

I still haven’t listened to The Canyon but I’m always down to see what these guys do

 

Good or bad, I'm super interested to hear what they choose to do next

 

Of course I'm stoked for new music, still not stoked on the back to basics approach though.

 

Yeah, I’ve always loved that each album by The Used has a very different sound, but I’m excited to see them revisit their first few albums but add a new twist.

 

I still have to listen to The Canyon

 

Nahhh

 

"Back to basics" doesn't really work when half the lineup that wrote those songs aren't there anymore and the singer has a different vocal style now.

Everything that made the band interesting and unique in the beginning isn't there anymore. So I would take "back to basics" with a very large grain of salt. Even though they're working with Feldmann again, it's still going to be totally different.

 

I didn’t realize they’re working with Feldmann again. Ugh.

 

Well at least Feldmann won't record it to a cassette on a boombox. That's literally how the Canyon sounds to me. Which sucks cause I really like most of it

 

I used to have that poster on my wall

 

I can only imagine what your room looks like

 

I miss that Used so much.

 

I miss the era of puking Bert

 

I miss the vibes of it all, but if he kept living like that we might not have him around anymore. Glad he's better now!