Alkaline Trio - Is This Thing Cursed? (August 31, 2018) Album • Page 15

Probably all Dan songs (half-kidding)

 

Eh it just feels like they tried to write a Ramones song or something and it doesn't really do anything for me. I like the bridge tho? Lol

 

There are some really weird takes in this thread. I can't believe there are people in existence who have A&I/TA over Goddamnit.

One of my favorite later era deep cuts is Buried. One of my least favorite "popular" tracks is This Could Be Love. I think I picked up this band sometime between FHTI and GM so I definitely skew towards the production on the earlier albums. It took a while to get into Crimson and now I find I usually visit the demos instead of the studio album.

 

Opinions, gee they are crazy aren’t they?

 

Buried is fucking great, great lyrics and totally unique atmosphere

 

Should have gone with "Opinions, gee they are crazy, see"

 

Since everyone else is listing:

Good Mourning
From Here to Infirmary
Goddammit
Remains
Self-titled
Crimson
Maybe I'll Catch Fire
My Shame is True
This Addiction
Agony & Irony

 

Since everyone else is listing

Crimson
Good Mourning

That’s all I’ve heard

 

Bruh.

 

Eh it doesn't bother me if people have newer stuff over early albums like Goddamnit. If Agony or Crimson was someone's first album that they listened to and loved can't blame them if they don't dig an album that raw. However or whenever people got into them I welcome it

 

Good Mourning
Crimson
My Shame is True
From Here to Infirmary
Maybe I'll Catch Fire
Agony & Irony
Goddammit
This Addiction

 

Good Mourning
From Here to Infirmary

Goddammit
Self-titled
Remains

Maybe I'll Catch Fire
Crimson

My Shame is True

Agony & Irony
This Addiction

Separated into tiers to better represent my ranking.

 

So as I’m sure some of you are aware, maybe, Alkaline Trio has a new album coming out and a fall tour looking to launch soon. Today I was met with an interesting premise. For me, it’s been a while since I listened to some of their older albums. @ComedownMachine has only ever listened to Good Mourning and Crimson. Because of this, he and I decided to do a discography run starting tomorrow night from their first album to their most recent to prepare for the tour. This has led me to an idea I am going to test run.

CMCS DISCOGRAPHY RUN
ALKALINE TRIO


As he and I go through the albums, I am going to record his first impressions of the albums and my refreshed impressions/opinions, and do write ups of each album. Unlike album reviews this will be more of a loose structured mini review in a sense.

Looking forward to giving this segment a trial run. I will be posting this over on the Chorus Music Society:

The Chorus Music Club Society

 

Good Mourning
My Shame Is True (deluxe)
Maybe I’ll Catch Fire
Crimson
(Remains)
From Here To Infirmary
(Self-titled)
Agony & Irony
Goddammit
This Addiction

This was so hard, but it’s pretty current for me. It changes all the time from FHTI down.

 

Honestly, that album would be higher for me if they didn’t leave Dan’s songs as bonus tracks. They should’ve been mixed in the actual track list.

 

It's last for me album-wise but I love Off The Map, Lead Poisoning, Dead On The Floor, Fine and probably not popular opinions: Dorothy and Eating Me Alive. And the bonus songs are great.

 

"Dead on the Floor" was the fucking jewel of that record

 

Great song!

 

I have extra love for Dead On The Floor cause I was at the show when they first played it and announced that record, and that was my one news credit on absolutepunk haha.

 

The first 6 tracks on TA are good to great, plus the closer, but that stretch from Draculina through Dorothy is just

 

Easily

 

This Addiction has some good tracks but collectively is definitely their worst. I really don't think Agony is that far off from it though

 

Honestly, if "Help Me" was taken off that record, dragged to an alley, and beaten, I may have enjoyed it more.

 

I like Help Me. Nothing spectacular but a solid song. I liked it more when they just had a performance type music video for it at first. Than they put out that other one ugh lol.

 

love the pre-chorus in that song.