Weekly Poll: Favorite The National Album • Page 2

Fake Empire was the first song I ever heard by them and I think will always be my favorite

 

I picked High Violet, but Boxer and SWB are 1b and 1c honestly

 

still one of the best things I’ve ever witnessed

 

I can’t wait to read this!

 

Bloodbuzz and England were the first two songs I've heard from them. Still absolute perfection

 

That song is so haunting. I'm a little lukewarm on that album in general--just a little too long and a little too consistently mid-tempo to hold my interest--but it's got some big highlights.

Nah man, "Fake Empire" is one of the greatest openers of all time. And "I Should Live In Salt"! "Nobody Else Will Be There" is probably fourth for me.

It was really fun to go back to that album and revisit it. I come at it from a completely different place now than I did when it came out.

 

"Bloodbuzz" remains my favorite. I love that song so much.

 

Bloodbuzz is a perfect song

 

Bloodbuzz is a perfect song. Right after a pink Rabbits for me as the GOAT

 

nice. look forward to reading that.

lots of great records have birthdays these few months

 

Yeah, spring/summer 2010 was a pretty special run of records. I look back fondly on that time.

 

My favorite album from this band has changed so much, and I usually say TWFM, but for this poll I'll go back to where it all started for me... High Violet.

 

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DIDNT ANYBODY TEEEEELL YOU

DIDNT ANYBODY TEEEEELL YOU

THIS RIVER’S FULL OF LOST SHARKS

This poll came at a good time lol Ive been kickin a lot of National lately. What a good discog.

 

Sleep Well Beast
Trouble Will Find Me
Boxer

I’ve never actually listened to High Violet, I’ll have to remedy that today.

 

Eve Owen, the guest vocalist on Where Is Her Head from IAETF, put out her debut record today. It’s really good! Aaron Dessner produced it, as well.

Eve Owen - Don’t Let The Ink Dry (May 8, 2020) • forum.chorus.fm

 

It's High Violet for me, the three song run of Bloodbuzz, Lemonworld and Runaway is just perfection. The whole thing really moved me when it was released.

I do love them all dearly though.

 

Yeah also HV for me, I think it’s the first album of theirs that completely clicked with me and I’ve loved it the most ever since. I now also love TWFM after listening to it a few more times though it’s still got a couple of tracks I’m not the biggest fan of.

I was gonna comment about a three track run but mine was Afraid Of Everyone, Bloodbuzz and Lemonworld haha

 

Actually the run of Conversation 16, England, Vanderlyle might beat it now I think about it more. What an album.

 

Alligator followed closely by Trouble Will Find Me.

 

High Violet
Trouble Will Find Me
Sleep Well Beast
Boxer
Alligator
I Am Easy to Find
Sad Songs
S/T

 

Swap Trouble and Boxer and this is probably mine.

 

Wow, def didn’t expect HV to be winning this

 

I'm kinda unsurprised.

I used to be lower on that album than everyone else but that's because I was approaching it the same way as Boxer and Alligator. It's not really the same kind of record at all. I've come to appreciate its strong production and mood-setting.

 

Take out Anyone's Ghost and Runaway and throw in Wake Up Your Saints and Exile Vilify and High Violet is the best.

 

Take out Runaway? The mind reels.