The 1975 - Notes on a Conditional Form (May 22, 2020) Album • Page 347

It’s wild how self-referential this album is after they seemed to be stepping away from it on ABI. One of my favorite things about this band is the way they build their own musical and lyrical universe, so I’m super happy to discover what I’ve missed so far.

 

idk how but every song on this album is the best song on this album

also! “i’d like to meet myself and swap clothes” reminds me a ton of the sincerity is scary video and that makes me super happy and just wanted to mention it.

 

Give me a chromatics remix of What Should I Say

 

Speaking of them being self referential, I love the “Frail State of Mind” lyric “I always get this way sometimes.” Voicing the sentiment of “I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)” over a song that musically reminds me of “Too Time” is really perfect.

Speaking of best 1975 songs, I think I’ve already mentioned this in this fast moving thread, but “Frail State” is behind only “Sincerity is Scary” for me right now.

 

Me
fallingforyou
Sex
Robbers
Change of Heart
The Ballad of Me and My Brain
Give Yourself a Try
Mine
Frail State of Mind
Me & You Together Song

Those are my favs from every era of the band. I love how diverse they are. So many great songs.

 

If I forced myself to make, like, a top 10 or something, the top slots would probably be pretty well populated by these last couple "Music for Cars" albums. My favorite song outside of these albums, though, is probably "Change of Heart"?

I honestly probably wouldn't put anything pre-ILIWYS in my top 10, lol. Lots of good songs I like putting into my work shuffle, but "Love Me" was the first song I heard of theirs that I specifically vibed with. I don't think I could really pick a real personal favorite from that earlier material.

 

I don't know if this is an all-time list, but:
I Couldn't Be More In Love
Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)
She's American
Sex
Robbers
Ugh!
Paris
What Should I Say
The Birthday Party
It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)

 

Sure, I’ll try

Paris
Somebody Else
I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)
I Couldn’t Be More In Love
If I Believe You
Love It If We Made It
Lostmyhead
It’s Not Living
Sex
What Should I Say

 

The delivery of that last “I’d like to meet myself and swap clothes”
OMG I wanna eat it

 

this is a gorgeous visual companion wow

 

Anobrain
Me
Undo
You
Medicine
Ballad
Give Yourself a Try
Love It If We Made It
It’s Not Living
The Birthday Party

Nah, 10 is impossible

 

How about this Apple Music short film though

 

10 is almost impossible, but I'm gonna go with (roughly in order, I guess):

Sincerity is Scary
Lostmyhead
Paris
Me & You Together Song
It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)
Milk
A Change of Heart
I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)
Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied
She's American

 

I just picked two from each album and the EPs.

 

A Change of Heart
Me
Frail State of Mind
How to Draw/Petrichor
I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)
ILIWYS
Love It If We Made It
Medicine
UGH
I Think There's Something You Should Know

 

The rapping in nothing revealed almost ruins the song for me but the rest of it is so good.

 

The “rap” is just a flow like menswear imo

 

I'm like 5 listens in and I think the only thing that bugs me is Streaming? I realize it's only 1:30 but a break right after The End (which is fantastic) drags a bit. FSOM right into Birthday Party would flow much nicer IMO.

The record as a whole wasn't as immediate as ABIIOR for me but is definitely growing on me with each listen.

 

Streaming into TBP is one of the most cohesive parts about this album tho!!

 

I agree! I just think it feels like a lot of starting and stopping in the beginning of the record

 

if "The 1975" is their playstation start-up sound or whatever maybe the stopping and starting is like when you turn on your console and it needs an update lol

 

Really they should of just added another song after frail state of mind so it's 23 songs

 

this thing is yellow

 

really can’t stress enough that any complaints I could make about the sequencing are completely made up for by the fact that I have no complaints about any of the actual tracks here. I love every second of this record.