You get the point. Best one-two punch, maybe, 5-7 can hit hard, love a good 11-12. Flow can never be underrated, always fun to wonder why things were set up the order they were too, really makes one have to wonder about lyrical themes and maybe even musical motifs!
My favorite run of songs is probably “In the Valley of the Dying Sun”, “Code Name: Raven”, and “By Your Side” off of The End is Not The End by House of Heroes.
I really remember loving the first half of that next record of theirs while thinking in general this was the one that people responded to. Maybe I’d like it more now
U2- Where The Streets Have No Name --> I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For --> With Or Without You Janet Jackson- Control --> Nasty --> What Have You Done For Me Lately
Returning Empty Handed > Casting Such A Thin Shadow > Moving For The Sake of Motion Hanging On > Explosions > I Know You Care
Motorcycle Drive By -> God of Wine Rejoice -> Vessels -> Go Home The end of both of those albums just wreck me.
Lotus Flower -> Codex -> Give Up The Ghost -> Separator (Radiohead - The King Of Limbs) Tiny Vessels -> Transatlanticism -> Passenger Seat (Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism) Doin' The Cockroach -> Cowboy Dan -> Trailer Trash (Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West) Townie -> First Love/Late Spring -> Francis Forever (Mitski - Bury Me At Make Out Creek) Hard Times -> Rose-Coloured Boy -> Told You So (Paramore - After Laughter) Conversation 16 -> England -> Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks (The National - High Violet)
younger us > the house that heaven built > continuous thunder (japandroids - celebration rock) take a walk > i'll be alright > carried away (passion pit - gossamer) the (shipped) gold standard > (coffee's for closers) > what a catch, donnie (fall out boy - folie a deux) new slaves > hold my liquor > i'm in it (kanye - yeezus)
Dark Island City -> For Exes -> I, Stateside Usually if For Exes or I, Stateside come on shuffle, I have to go back to Dark Island City and just let it play all the way through.