The Gaslight Anthem - History Books (October 27th 2023) Album • Page 57

This was a lot harder than I expected.

1. The Backseat
2. Mae
3. The '59 Sound
4. Great Expectations
5. Michigan, 1975
6. Old White Lincoln
7. Here Comes My Man
8. 45
9. Old Haunts
10. Autumn
11. Dark Places
12. American Slang
13. High Lonesome
14. Keepsake
15. The Patient Ferris Wheel
16. Orphans
17. The Spirit of Jazz
18. Meet Me by the River's Edge
19. Here's Looking at You, Kid
20. Stay Lucky
21. Bring It On
22. Howl
23. Get Hurt
24. Blue Jeans & White T-Shirts
25. History Books
26. Boxer
27. Film Noir
28. Miles Davis & The Cool
29. National Anthem
30. Positive Charge
31. Spider Bites
32. Little Fires
33. Handwritten
34. Mulholland Drive
35. Blue Dahlia
36. The Weatherman
37. 1930
38. We Did It When We Were Young
39. The Queen of Lower Chelsea
40. The Diamond Church Street Choir
41. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
42. We Came to Dance
43. Casanova, Baby!
44. Wooderson
45. Biloxi Parish
46. She Loves You
47. Boomboxes and Dictionaries
48. Desire
49. Drive
50. 1,000 Years
51. I Live in the Room Above Her
52. Have Mercy
53. I'da Called You Woody, Joe
54. Empires
55. Break Your Heart
56. Angry Johnny and the Radio
57. The Navesink Banks
58. Senor and the Queen
59. Coul'da Been a Contender
60. Rollin' and Tumblin'
61. We're Getting a Divorce, You Keep the Diner
62. Too Much Blood
63. A Lifetime of Preludes
64. Ain't That a Shame
65. Red Violins
66. Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis?
67. Halloween
68. Red in the Morning
69. Red at Night
70. Say I Won't (Recognize)
71. Selected Poems
72. Underneath the Ground
73. Stay Vicious
74. Helter Skeleton
75. Sweet Morphine
76. Mama's Boys
77. Stray Paper

 

1. The Backseat
2. Great Expectations
3. The '59 Sound
4. Mae
5. Miles Davis & The Cool
6. Mulholland Drive
7. Here's Looking at You, Kid
8. Bring It On
9. American Slang
10. Old White Lincoln
11. We Came to Dance
12. Get Hurt
13. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
14. Dark Places
15. Too Much Blood
16. History Books
17. 45
18. Boomboxes and Dictionaries
19. High Lonesome
20. Little Fires
21. Film Noir
22. Autumn
23. Positive Charge
24. Orphans
25. Drive
26. I Live in the Room Above Her
27. 1930
28. Blue Jeans & White T-Shirts
29. Selected Poems
30. Keepsake
31. Howl
32. 1,000 Years
33. Handwritten
34. The Spirit of Jazz
35. Meet Me by the River's Edge
36. Stay Lucky'
37. National Anthem
38. The Patient Ferris Wheel
39. The Diamond Church Street Choir
40. Old Haunts
41. Casanova, Baby!
42. Red at Night
43. We're Getting a Divorce, You Keep the Diner
44. Ain't That a Shame
45. Rollin' and Tumblin'
46. Underneath the Ground
47. Break Your Heart
48. The Navesink Banks
49. Coul'da Been a Contender
50. I'da Called You Woody, Joe
51. Red in the Morning
52. Here Comes My Man
53. Boxer
54. Angry Johnny and the Radio
55. Have Mercy
56. Spider Bites
57. A Lifetime of Preludes
58. Wooderson
59. The Weatherman
60. Biloxi Parish
61. Desire
62. The Queen of Lower Chelsea
63. We Did It When We Were Young
64. Blue Dahlia
65. Red Violins
66. Michigan, 1975
67. Empires
68. Senor and the Queen
69. Sweet Morphine
70. Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis?
71. Say I Won't (Recognize)
72. Helter Skeleton
73. Stray Paper
74. Stay Vicious
75. Mama's Boys
76. Halloween
77. She Loves You

 

Man, Get Hurt got absolutely rinsed in my rankings. Didn't realize exactly how lukewarm I was on a lot of those songs until I was actually playing through the bias sorter.

 

Yeah this was really hard:
1. Blue Jeans & White T-Shirts
2. Here's Looking at You, Kid
3. Get Hurt
4. Mae
5. Great Expectations
6. Michigan, 1975
7. Handwritten
8. The Weatherman
9. Miles Davis & The Cool
10. Here Comes My Man
11. Keepsake
12. Spider Bites
13. Film Noir
14. Bring It On
15. 45
16. Mulholland Drive
17. Empires
18. Autumn
19. The '59 Sound
20. History Books
21. Have Mercy
22. Selected Poems
23. Stay Lucky'
24. Boxer
25. Old Haunts
26. Dark Places
27. I Live in the Room Above Her
28. We Did It When We Were Young
29. She Loves You
30. The Backseat
31. American Slang
32. The Navesink Banks
33. The Spirit of Jazz
34. Break Your Heart
35. The Diamond Church Street Choir
36. The Queen of Lower Chelsea
37. Angry Johnny and the Radio
38. Red at Night
39. We're Getting a Divorce, You Keep the Diner
40. Red Violins
41. Little Fires
42. Positive Charge
43. Orphans
44. Casanova, Baby!
45. National Anthem
46. Biloxi Parish
47. Say I Won't (Recognize)
48. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
49. Helter Skeleton
50. Meet Me by the River's Edge
51. Senor and the Queen
52. Stay Vicious
53. A Lifetime of Preludes
54. Boomboxes and Dictionaries
55. Coul'da Been a Contender
56. Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis?
57. High Lonesome
58. The Patient Ferris Wheel
59. Drive
60. Underneath the Ground
61. We Came to Dance
62. Halloween
63. 1930
64. Blue Dahlia
65. Old White Lincoln
66. Desire
67. Rollin' and Tumblin'
68. Wooderson
69. 1,000 Years
70. Howl
71. Stray Paper
72. Red in the Morning
73. I'da Called You Woody, Joe
74. Too Much Blood
75. Ain't That a Shame
76. Sweet Morphine
77. Mama's Boys

 

Going to assume these low Halloween rankings are strictly for the botched Get Hurt version, and not the immaculate 45RPM Club version.

 

Yeah there was a video of a live performance that I used to watch all the time and was really disappointed with the recorded version

 

It’s not very good

 

This one? I go back to it a lot.

I was referring to this, which I think is technically a demo? It just sounds infinitely more lively than the version on Get Hurt.

 

You’re right.

It’s great. :)

 

I used to watch this one from the handwritten tour

 

Stray Paper is not remotely bad enough to be basically the only consensus bottom five track. That's so wild to me.

 

I had way too hard of a time with this once I hit like 60% and stopped.

 

Man, I’m seeing mama’s boys last on a few rankings and I absolutely love that song.

 

it’s not bad but I always thought it was so blah, lazy. It’s not a bad song but it IS “bad Gaslight”. To me.

 

I agree with so much of your list but cannot fathom She Loves you at 77. Top 15 for me. Mind blown

 

Is there a reason nobody is including Teenage Rebellion? Is that song a cover and I don’t know it??

I’ll try this tomorrow.

 

it's lesser gaslight for sure but there's at least five worse songs on Get Hurt alone

 

yeah not for me. I have Vicious and Stray Paper both bottom 5 overall

 

I knocked it down because I've oy listened a couple of times. Will revisit and give it more of a chance.

 

I like that you can do a ranking of songs that feature that guitar line from She Loves You lol

 

Yeah yeah yeah.

 

“Stray Paper” is one of the only Gaslight songs that I would plainly say just sucks. Easy bottom five.

 

Alright, someone give me the link to rank every gaslight song. I'm ready to do this.

 

who hurt y’all

 

1. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
2. The Backseat
3. 45
4. Mulholland Drive
5. American Slang
6. Here's Looking at You, Kid
7. Miles Davis & The Cool
8. The Queen of Lower Chelsea
9. Bring It On
10. The Patient Ferris Wheel
11. Autumn
12. High Lonesome
13. The '59 Sound
14. Little Fires
15. Blue Jeans & White T-Shirts
16. I Live in the Room Above Her
17. Blue Dahlia
18. Stay Lucky'
19. Positive Charge
20. 1930
21. Meet Me by the River's Edge
22. The Diamond Church Street Choir
23. The Weatherman
24. We Did It When We Were Young
25. We Came to Dance
26. Great Expectations
27. Underneath the Ground
28. Old White Lincoln
29. Drive
30. Orphans
31. Spider Bites
32. Red Violins
33. Casanova, Baby!
34. I'da Called You Woody, Joe
35. Boxer
36. Old Haunts
37. Too Much Blood
38. Say I Won't (Recognize)
39. Michigan, 1975
40. Handwritten
41. We're Getting a Divorce, You Keep the Diner
42. Coul'da Been a Contender
43. Biloxi Parish
44. Desire
45. Stray Paper
46. Angry Johnny and the Radio
47. Here Comes My Man
48. Wooderson
49. Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis?
50. A Lifetime of Preludes
51. The Spirit of Jazz
52. Senor and the Queen
53. Dark Places
54. Boomboxes and Dictionaries
55. The Navesink Banks
56. Red at Night
57. Film Noir
58. 1,000 Years
59. Halloween
60. She Loves You
61. Sweet Morphine
62. History Books
63. Red in the Morning
64. Mae
65. Howl
66. Keepsake
67. Have Mercy
68. Empires
69. Rollin' and Tumblin'
70. Mama's Boys
71. Ain't That a Shame
72. Selected Poems
73. Break Your Heart
74. Helter Skeleton
75. Get Hurt
76. National Anthem
77. Stay Vicious