Jack's Mannequin Band • Page 25

Miss California always felt like the most EIT song from the TGP sessions for me, so that's part of why I like it so much. If Rescued and MFEO is the end of summer transitioning into fall, Miss California sounds like the epilogue taking place in late fall/early winter

 

For the record, I don’t dislike any songs on that album, but something needs to be at the bottom!

 

I also really like Bloodshot, Suicide Blonde, and What Gets You Off, and Hammers as well, but I just don't come back to them as much as I do the songs in the top 2 tiers.

Maybe I should have made a 4th tier for Orphans and Drop Out....just could never get into those two a lot.

 

"suicide blonde" is so crunchy, i play air guitar every time

 

The bridge of “Bloodshot” really sells it for me. Andrew never recorded anything that sounds that creepy and cool.

 

100% wrong and 100% not even sorry.

 

Honestly, I was super Christian when it came out and the line about Jesus hooked me haha

 

Fuck it, but with the context that I like every song. This album sold me on Jack’s Mannequin. I liked EIT, but I wasn’t blown away and wasn’t into the back half overall. I was very stupid and even made a thread saying I liked the William Tell album more (ooof). Years later I bumped the thread apologizing for such an awful take. EIT grew on me over the years, but I think I’d give TGP my favorite Jack’s release. Just that initial time of listening where I felt like I was brought into what others had loved so much so far.

Swim
Annie Use Your Telescope
Hammers
Miss Cali
Caves

The Resolution
Bloodshot
What Gets You Off

Crashin
Spinning
American Love
Suicide Blonde

Drop Out
Orphans

 

Woah, I have not thought about that William Tell album in…a decade? More?

 

Exactly hahaha I had moved on from it so quickly after I made that thread. So embarrassing haha another reason I’m glad AP has been wiped off the internet.

 

Love this album so I'll join in the rank fun. I'm super low on Swim compared to others I see here.

The Resolution
Caves
Miss California
Spinning
Crashin
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Drop Out
Annie
Hammers
What Gets You Off
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Bloodshot
Suicide Blonde
Swim
American Love
Orphans (maybe all time worst JM song)

 

Have you ever had severe depression? If not, I can see why Swim wouldn’t hit you as hard. But if you have you don’t vibe with it, I’m confused haha

 

Andrew is a great storyteller and the lyrics are powerful. I just don't like the melody or song itself. The music box version on the Dear Jack EP is probably better to me overall.

 

It's the vocal performance that really sells "Swim" for me. That last verse, man...

 

What happened in my case was I switched from my initial download (obviously from a long while ago) straight to Apple Music when it was released. IIRC Apple Music matched all the music I already had with their versions of them to make the transition ‘seamless’. It didn’t reorganize the order…

I did, however, never notice the album cover.

 

This is for all of you!

 

“This is a Vagrant records advanced promotional stream.”

 

Remember getting that a few times, definitely on the leak of Thrice's Beggars.

 

I only ever heard it on Beggars

 

Only change is I move Miss California to the bottom tier.

 

Drop Out at the bottom???? I love this song. I remember when I first heard it I was like..."now this sounds like it could have been on "North" and brought me back to the SoCo days.

 

I like it a level above those bottom three, but I wouldn't be that torn up about this change.

 

Just didn’t resonate with me. I still like it.

 

I have argued with Craig many times about how “American Love” is easily one of the BEST songs on TGP, so I’ll leave him alone.

But the rest of you? For shame!

 

Ha, I used to not like it at all, but I’ve come around on it being a good song. Just still lower tier on the album for me.