The 1975 - Being Funny in a Foreign Language (Oct 14, 2022) Album • Page 253

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

 

“Boot World”

 

“Chlorine”

 

This is very good

 

In that doom podcast, Matty dropping Glassjaw as one of like 3 examples of heavy music done properly was surprising.

 

This reminds me so much of their ambience and orchestral chord progression

 

Haven’t listened to this in a while and almost forgot that it’s pretty much the best 1975 album

 

that depends on what version of the 1975 is your favorite imo

 

I go between this and ILIWYS as my favorite. Really depends on the mood/vibe that day.

 

Spent the last few weeks listening to their entire discography and ranked every song on Saturday because that’s what no plans does to a mfer

Can say with confidence that ILIWYS is my favorite with ABIIOR coming in second

 

Post the list

 

ILIWYS
NOACF
BFIAFL
S/T
ABIIOR

probably… S/T and ABIIOR is a toss up. BFIAFL is great but ironically its greatest strength (it’s an incredibly concise record by their standards and feels like the band really leans mostly into one particular lane of their sound) is also a bit of a weakness for me. I prefer them when they’re more sprawling and genre hopping, even when some of those forays are better executed than others. that said it is a much better album experience for me than ABIIOR and S/T.

 

Yup, more tiers for me even if I’d say ILIWYS is #1 gun to head
ILIWYS / ABIIOR
NOCF/BFIAFL
S/T

 

ILIWYS
ABIIOR
BFIAFL
S/T
NOCF

 

ABIIOR
ILIWYS
NOCF
BFIAFL
S/T

 

NOCF - BFIAFL

ABIIOR
ILIWYS
S/T

 

ABIIOR
NOACF
ILWYS
S/T
BFIAFL

I like this album but the back half is a bit disappointing to me, and the S/T slightly edges it out even if I don't really care to hear "The City" or "Chocolate" again. I also prefer chaotic 1975 albums, but I get having the opposite preference. It just feels part of their chronically-online-in-an-earnest-way vibe.

 

BFIAFL
ABIIOR
ILIWYS
NOACF
ST

Love all 5 a lot.

 

i think you might have just leaked the title of the next record

 

It would be an honor

 

Funny to see this bumped as I've been on a kick the last few days and been missing having a tour of theirs to look forward to.

I think my taste is all over the place and not at all consistent of the type of song that I like.

Example, 'be my mistake' does absolutely nothing for me, but I love other ballad type songs like 'I couldn't be more in love' and 'If I believe you' and 'All I need to hear'.

I also always think I'm over the self titled until I listen to the guitars. 'Noodly' riffs as I call them - like the guitar in 'Girls' and 'Chocolate' are always going to be amongst my faves, even if the vocals are 'rougher'.

I probably rank ILIWYSFYASBYSUOI as my favorite as I like more songs off of it in general, but there are stronger songs on other albums if that makes sense.

When they do tour again, I'd love to hear Love Me and Ugh on the setlist back to back as they are on the album. UGH! is 100% an all time top 10 for me.

 

a few of my absolute favorite songs by the band are on ABIIOR, but as an album experience it has never really worked for me and I don’t know if it ever will. part of that is that I played the absolute shit out of the singles leading up to the album, so some of them I had been so deeply familiar with for almost half of a year prior to the release of the album proper and so they just kinda feel separate from the album to me by nature. I think even besides that I would have issues with the record’s flow regardless tho. what’s funny tho is I don’t have the same kinds of issues with NOACF, even tho some of those songs we had even longer and that record is pretty infamous for some of its oddball sequencing choices. something about it just works for me more for whatever reason.

 

Album ranking:

Brief Inquiry
Being Funny
I Like It When You Sleep
Self-Titled

*massive gap*

Notes