Taking Back Sunday - Tidal Wave (September 16, 2016) Album • Page 90

Happiness is, is insanely underrated

 

Idk it’s mostly bc it seems your knowledge of theory seems to elevate your love for certain songs/bands/albums, and to me, New Again is the most impressive this band has ever been on a technical level.

 

Listened to Tidal wave on the way into work. Goddamn it's a beautiful record.

 

Tidal Wave is on a completely different level compared to their past works. I always find something enjoyable about each of their albums - but goddamn this one just flows like no other.

 

Well it was mostly Adams vocals that bothered me I think lol. I’m going to try to go back to it soon.

As fast as like theory stuff is concerned I do appreciate things but it usually doesn’t dictate whether or not I like it. Give me
4 diatonic chords and a great melody and I’m happy lol.

I also like odd time signatures and secondary harmonies most when you almost don’t even notice it. I was listening to a mwy song on catch for us the foxes and I just realized they used 5/4 on an outro for the first time haha, I’ve listened to that album like 100 times. Sort of cool I didn’t notice though, felt so natural.

 

glad I bumped this thread lol

 

This.

 

Can’t look back is an incredible song, the lyrics are incredible and god damn if it isn’t one of the best bridges this band has written

 

Wait wait wait...You're gonna say that a band whose album closers include "Slowdance on the Inside" "Everything Must Go" "Call Me in the Morning" and "I'll Find a Way..." doesn't know how to do album closers? C'mon now haha I agree on the "Jacksonveeeele" part though. His pronunciation of that always irked me

 

That's another thing this band does better than most- bridges. With Eddie's departure, I wonder what will become of that aspect of their songwriting because I believe he wrote a lot of their bridges and outros.

 

maybe they can bring eddie back for the records lol

 

I think john writes the bridges I love though bc they all sound like straylight run lol

 

Especially EMG. New Again is my least favorite album but damn if EMG isn’t a top 10 tbs track

 

top 5 TBS songs for me

1. 180 by Summer
2. Can't look Back
3. Better Homes and Gardens
4. Call Come Running
5. You Know how I Do

 

Spin
180 By Summer
Set Phasers
Fences
Better Gones And Gardens

 

I'm pretty fresh off hearing a lot of the discog for the first time, buuut

1. Holy Water
2. Your Own Disaster
3. Ghost Man on Third
4. Everything Must Go
5. Sad Saviour

 

No surprises from me, just all heavy hitters my dude.

1. A Decade Under the Influence
2. Flicker Fade
3. Best Place To Be a Mom
4. Everything Must Go
5. You Can't Look Back

a top 10 would include 180 and Tidal Wave for sure.

 

It changes all the time for me, but currently I’d say:

180 by summer
What’s it feel like to be a ghost
Cant look back
Beat Up Car
Homecoming

Honorable Mentions: Bonus Mosh Pt 2. And Carpathia

Never understood why they don’t play Carpathia live with this OG line up. I think could pull it off.

 

I would love to see Shaun's take on the bass solo. I think they could pull it off too.

 

I'd really need to think on my top 5 songs. Timberwolves is forever tops for me though

 

I went on to explain that the closers on the last two albums were very underwhelming.

 

Nice to see some love for Beat Up Car. A fav song from HI for me

 

Homecoming should've been the closer on Tidal Wave. Thats really my only complaint about that album lol. Well, that and the long ass intro to Death Wolf. Luckily, those are easy fixes.

 

Yeah, idk I like Adam’s vocals on NA, they actually bug me most on the S/T onwards.

I get that, I def didn’t get the impression that theory was all that dictated your enjoyment of music, just that it elevates it sometimes. I just would have pegged NA to be one of those albums that you’d appreciate on that level, idk.

 

You fast forward through Death Wolf into?