Alkaline Trio - Blood, Hair and Eyeballs (January 26, 2024) • Page 30

Good mourning
Goddamnit
crimson
Remains (if we count it)
From here to infirmary
Blood hair and eyeballs
Self titled
Maybe I’ll catch fire
Agony and irony
Is this thing curse
My shame is true
This addiction (although fine is a top 5 trio song)

 

I think I like ITTC more than a lot of people here. It’s up there with Infirmary and Good Mourning. Still need to have this new album sink in a bit but it’s probably going to be in the tier with these others.

 

Crimson
Agony & Irony
Good Mourning
From Here to Infirmary
Blood, Hair and Eyeballs
Is This Thing Cursed?
My Shame Is True
Self titled/Goddammit/Maybe I’ll Catch Fire
This Addiction

First record I got initial them was FHTI, bought it the day after seeing them and NFG open for Blink on the Pop Disaster tour.

I would rate Good Mourning higher but Matt’s voice is…ROUGH. The songs slap though.

Agony & Irony has the second-strongest hooks from start to finish of any record they have ever made; it’s almost a pop masterpiece. I said what I said.

 

Hot take my favorite matt has ever sounded is on good mourning lol. I know his voice is fucked but it sounds awesome

 

To be fair, I don't think that's a particularly hot take! Matt sounds great on GM

 

Matt's fucked up voice on GM adds so much character to it. just listen to Blue in the Face on Damnesia in comparison, it's lacking all of the emotion and feeling

 

Hell yes

 

I got a cold yesterday so I haven’t listened much to it since I don’t want to associate it with not being able to breathe through my nose lol.

Will update with my rankings in a week or two, but it’s up there with ITTC for me as better than the three albums after Crimson.

 

Honestly I thought Matt's voice on GM was intentional until I read this thread. I was introduced to the band with Good Mourning, they had the ~spooky~ vibe going in the We've Had Enough video and I just thought it was part of the aesthetic - guy sounded like a fuckin' ghoul.

 

Infirmary, Mourning and Cursed was my exact order of faves with Crimson right there at 4th. This is easily jumping in my top 3 right away though

 

Crimson
From Here To Infirmary
Good Mourning
Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs
Maybe I’ll Catch Fire
Agony and Irony
My Shame Is True
This Addiction
Is This Thing Cursed?
Goddamnit

 

You’re not wrong

 

Infirmary
Crimson
Good Mourning
Maybe I’ll Catch Fire
Blood/Hair/Eyeballs
Goddamnit
Agony & Irony
My Shame
Is This Thing Cursed?
This Addiction

 

Goddamnit last is an absolutely wild opinion lmao

 

I thought I remembered people loving My Shame is True when it came out.

 

Honestly I get it. GD and MICF are so raw compared to everything we get after FHTI.

 

I've always thought Shame was their weakest tbh. Matt's songs on that album are all super bland and the production isn't really helping him there, just a thin and awkward sounding mix. everything Dan wrote in that era is absolute heat though, Broken Wing is one of his best

 

Shame is better than This Addiction, but I remember @Drew Beringer really liking Shame when it came out too!

 

gonna disagree there, Fine is maybe my favourite Alk3 song and the first half of that album is pretty great overall. Lead Poisoning, American Scream and Off the Map are sick

 

Good Mourning
From Here to Infirmary
Crimson
Is This Thing Cursed
Goddamnit
Agony & Irony
Maybe I'll Catch Fire
This Addiction/My Shame is True

Off the top of my head. A lot of tracks I love on TA/MSIT but just feel the quality overall isn't there.
BHE too early to rate, but I think it's joint with Cursed after a few listens. They contrast and compliment each other well imo.

 

This Addiction is great.

Dead On The Floor
American Scream
Title track
Fine
Those Lungs
Piss & Vinegar

 

Yeah idk I go back and forth on them. I think both would be far better if you cut some lame Matt songs (Draculina, Dorothy, One Last Dance, etc.) and replace them with the absolute heaters that got left off the albums (Kick Rocks, Those Lungs, the entire Broken Wing EP).

Honestly whoever picked the track listings for those albums should be fired lol

 

Balanced on a Shelf should've been the opener for Shame and Only Love should've been the closer I always thought. they contrast each other really powerfully

 

Shame is so good

 

Good Mourning
From Here to Infirmary
Maybe I'll Catch Fire
Goddamnit
Crimson
Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs
Is This Thing Cursed?
My Shame is True
Agony & Irony
This Addiction

BH&E just might surpass Crimson, but I didn't want to be too hasty. It's still settling in but goddamnit I love it.