Weekly Poll: Favorite Silverstein Album

Rank em, tell us why, or just pick one.

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Discovering The Waterfront
Dead Reflectiin
This Is How The Wind Shifts
A Shipwreck In The Sand
When Broken Is Easily Fixed
Arrivals & Departures
Rescue
I Am Alive In Everything I Touch
Short Songs

 

Discovering the Waterfront but This Is How the Wind Shifts isn’t too far behind

 

Wind or Dead Reflection for me and I voted the latter. I didn't get into this band Wind though so I have no nostalgia for the old stuff.

 

I started listening at Shipwreck so my order is obviously somewhat influenced by that, but surprisingly I enjoy all of their full lengths

This Is How The Wind Shifts
Dead Reflection
I Am Alive In Everything I Touch
Discovering The Waterfront
A Shipwreck In The Sand
Rescue
Arrivals & Departures
When Broken Is Easily Fixed

 

This Is How The Wind Shifts is my favorite album of all time. Every song is 9+/10. The whole concept of small decisions having spanning consequences is so well executed, and the a-side/b-side parallel tracks concept is absolutely brilliant. The fact "This Is How" & "The Wind Shifts" being right/left pans of the same song is so fucking cool too. "Arrivals" is a beautifully heartfelt song, the the "Departures" reprise is so rewarding. Every song has so much emotion. From the very first track, 'Stand Amid The Roar' about struggling with the morality of a life of crime, it immediately is just packed with far more impactful subject matter than most post-hardcore bands. Every riff hits, the drums and guitar tones combined with the scream/clean dualing vocals from Shane just make the listener feel like they're at the top of a mountain taking over the world. The imagery is great. The bridge of SATR is beautiful and such a great example of the band's lyrical mastery. The bridge riff on On Brave Mountains We Conquer is so gnarly and really shows the breadth of Silverstein's metal influences, and the verses' show of Shane's versatility. Massachusetts is an equally hard hitting song, the verse riff is so urgent, and the lyrical subject matter about escaping an abusive relationship is something most bands wouldn't dare tackle, but Silverstein do it so tastefully and turn it into an empowering anthem. A Better Place shows Silverstein's more pop-punk/alternative side but the storytelling and songwriting is them on their A-Game-- heartbreaking as all hell. And that breakdown... OOF. Hide Your Secrets is a perfect power ballad, and once again, a showing of Silverstein's lyricism-- it connected to me when I was a lonely pre-teen and I still connect to it today. In A Place Of Solace is some insane experimental scream/ballad stuff, and shows how the band isn't afraid to take risks. California is just the band's songwriting at it's A-Game and the deserving sequel to California. To Live And To Lose is also a perfect sequel to A Better Place, as it just tears your heart in two from the perspective of the girl who died in 'A Better Place'. With Second Chances is just an awesome rock banger. I've said it before but Arrivals is just an amazing singer-singwriter venture about missing someone, and Departures is equally great, with the reverbed chord progression, the backwards chorus riff. And of course 'This Is How The Wind Shifts' is such a relatable track about the struggle of the human condition and the confusing mess of emotions we all are.

This was the first "heavy" album I ever got into, after I started listening to rock in 6th Grade with bands like blink-182 & Zebrahead. I saw a drum cover of "On Brave Mountains We Conquer" on the channel of a video game youtuber I liked, and immediately fell in love. This was the album 12-year old me needed, and I'm beyond thankful for it today.

"This Wind Changed Me"
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Ranking:

This Is How The Wind Shifts
Shipwreck In The Sand
Discovering The Waterfront
Dead Reflection
When Broken Is Easily Fixed =
I Am Alive In Everything I Touch
Rescue
Arrivals & Departures

 

This is how
Shipwreck
Rescue
I am alive
Discovering
Short songs
Dead reflection
Arrivals
Broken

 

I've been listening since Shipwreck, as well, but my favourite is This Is How The Wind Shifts. I think this is their best as a cohesive album, and just overall best sound/vocals, which is why it has some of my favourite Silverstein tracks and ones I return to most. As it was mentioned above, the parallel tracks and concept just made it have the "it" factor even more.

 

I remember loving broken in high school. I don't know if I didn't like the sound of the second record or AP elitism got to me. Gonna have to give them a try. I'll see what ends up coming out on top here.

 

Listen to this is how the wind shifts now

 

ur not my dad

 

Well yeah @oldjersey is everyone's dad

 

Wind Shifts. I think it encompasses the best of everything they did on previous records and also the concept was pretty cool.

 

It was Discovering the Waterfront for years, but Dead Reflection won me over.

 

Havent listened to them in a long time but shipwreck was my favorite up to that point.

 

Discovering The Waterfront
This Is How The Wind Shifts
Dead Reflection
I Am Alive In Everything I Touch
Short Songs
Rescue
A Shipwreck In The Sand
Arrivals & Departures
When Broken Is Easily Fixed

 

Voted Shipwreck because of how massive that album was for me when it came out, and I still enjoy it a fair amount. Wind is hands-down their best, though, and I feel Arrivals is way underrated.

 

Listening to Wind Shifts rn what an amazing album. Easily their best

 

This is ridiculously hard to rank

 

Tried out Wind and this band just isn't for me anymore. Oh well.

 

Silverstein have been one of my favorite bands since I first heard em but TIHTWS was the first that floored me when I first heard it and it gets my vote. DR settled into the 2 spot quickly though, I was so excited when it placed on the site’s EOTY list.

TIHTWS
DR
DTW/SITS
Rescue (their most underrated imo)
Arrivals (also underrated)
IAAIEIT (this one bored me)
Short Songs
Broken (good debut but just too raw/underdeveloped to place higher)

definitely think this band gets overlooked in the best/most consistent discog discussion

 

Definitely think Rescue is way underrated. Understand the criticism of it not being cohesive at all though

 

The top 3 is firmly DTW, Wind Shifts, and Dead Reflection.

I voted DTW but it could have easily gone to Wind Shifts.

the rest of their discography is so solid. I can’t wait to see what they have for this new record

 

Under my opinion
This Is How the Wind Shifts
2013
- Was the Best !

Discovering the Waterfront
2005

When Broken Is Easily Fixed
2003

Dead Reflection
2017

A Shipwreck in the Sand
2009

This Is How the Wind Shifts
2013

Arrivals & Departures
2007

I Am Alive in Everything I Touch
2015

Redux: The First Ten Years
2019

Rescue
2011

Short Songs
2012

Decade (Live at the El Mocambo)
2010

A Shipwreck In The Sand (Bonus Track Version)
2009

Rescue (Deluxe Version)
2011

18 Candles: The Early Years
2006

When the Shadows Beam
2002, EP

Summer's Stellar Gaze
2000, EP
Four Minutes Being Cool
2013, EP
Transitions
2010, EP
Support Your Local Record Store
2011, EP
Decade (Live at the El Macambo)
2010

 

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