The National - First Two Pages... & Laugh Track Album • Page 78

you can take it, I'm only gonna break it

 

this is perfectly how I feel about FTPOF and I enjoy the album, I just don't find myself reaching for it ever any more when I am looking to listen to them.

 

Each National record has at least 1-2 skips on it for me:

aligator - looking for astronauts, friend of mine
boxer - guest room
high violet - anyone’s ghost, runaway
trouble will find me - heavenfaced
sleep well beast - born to beg, guilty party

And more on IAETF, FTPOF, Sad Songs and self-titled. Laugh Track might only have 1-2 slips on it, based on two listens. I also recognize all of these skips are some other people’s favorites and my favorites may be skips for others, which speaks to how good the National is. They’re a band with a couple 9/10 records, a few 8/10s, and only a couple 6/10s. Remarkably consistent for 10 albums in 20 years.

 

Absolutely not.

 

And Boxer has no skips because it is a perfect, untouchable album. What an absolutely flawless batch of songs that was, recorded and sequenced to perfection.

 

This is fantastic. It's funny because I am in the ultra minority where I wasn't huge into TWFM and could not get into SWB at all. IAETF brought me back, loved it and return regularly for a full listen. Also really love FTPOF and have spun it quiet often since release. Laugh Track is excellent.

 

Imagine skipping anyone’s ghost SMDH

 

Turtleneck rules. They debuted on this tour in Toronto and I went nuts haha.

 

Fireproof
Heavenfaced
Instrumental interludes in IAETF

I think those are the only legit skips for me since Alligator and I don’t even skip them when I listen to the individual records.

 

I can't imagine losing roughly half these songs! I think what they did with two separate releases was absolutely the way to go, even if "Weird Goodbyes" shoulda been on Frankenstein instead of Laugh Track.

 

can't we all agree that Not In Kansas overstays its welcome?

 

No way - I want the extended version.

 

I think so but then I listen to it and I'm not so sure.

 

Yeah. There are certain universally accepted opinions like how Vanderlyle is [criticism redacted for my own safety].

 

Heavenfaced is incredible. I don't get that.

 

Just need to remove the 'when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie" part

 

Guilty Party?? Whaaa?!

 

Skipping either Guilty Party or Dark Side of the Gym melts my brain

 

you don't know where it is whenever you need it

...I make a good argument, admit it

 

I love IAETF but not in Kansas is a bad song and I always skip it.

 

On repeat the whole day - I like it even more than First Two Pages!

 

finally spinning, back to back with FTPOF. really dig this so far (even enjoy Weird Goodbyes on here).

 

Friend of Mine is so underrated. That man’s a balloon!

 

I GOT TWO SETS OF HEADPHONES I MISS YOU LIKE HELL