Run Quick EMO ALBUMS; Here I’ll POLL, You VOTED

SOS: too low

he said about a record he didn't vote for

shoulda voted for this

I caved and I'm listening to In Reverie at work and having all kinds of feelings for all kinds of reasons, so THANKS EVERYONE

i saw them live the week (day?) this was released - such a big beautiful dumb golden retriever of an album

I liked the first STD record because it sounded like Lifetime filtered through a more poppy filter. Didn't much care for the stuff after that, though I should revisit I think.

Love the Promise Ring.

fyi i'm going to drop these every 20 min so that we hit #61 by 5:00PM EST.

I voted for the promise ring (and the moss icon that placed earlier)

I'm going to be in a meeting for the next hour and if I miss a Juno record or something I'm gonna be (more) sad (than normal)

Wow, I completely missed STD during the voting period. Listening to 'See You' on headphones now, and wow! at those ghostly wooo-hoo-hoos before the second chorus.

(more) sad (than normal)

AS strongly as Brad feels about In Reverie I feel about Stay What You Are. I had it top 3.

voted for another Promise Ring alb but this is obv classic

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70. Dashboard Confessional - The Swiss Army Romance
142 points, 4 votes

too high

yeah, not their best imo

not their best but was very integral for my emo listening path

I love the sound of the acoustic guitars and the superior version of 'Again I Go Unnoticed'.

I'll never forget that Dashboard Confessional MTV Unplugged special, which is one of the creepiest things I have ever seen. All those kids singing along, tranquilized by really pedestrian songs, like they'd fallen into some kind of cult

my older sis lives in Boca Raton and is a semi-super fan ie she got engaged at a roller skating rink to a Dashboard song. Anyway she was at the library w her kids and saw Carrabba there w his family. she sparked up a convo, their kids go to the same school, etc etc. he ended up inviting them over to his house for a bbq and chill. they are still in contact and friends.

lol xp that was a classic mtv unlpugged

felt like everyone had that playing on repeat in their apartments at college for like 6 months straight

I enjoyed that unplugged.

MTV Unplugged was imo the absolute worst thing he ever did and to this day i find it borderline unlistenable

havent listened to it since then (2003?) not really sure i care to visit again to solidify any opinion on it.

the unplugged is great to watch and hard to listen to. my cats love it for some reason

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69 [TIE]. Pinegrove - Cardinal
143 points, 5 votes
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69 [TIE]. Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree
143 points, 5 votes

this tie alone is begging for its own poll

From Under the Cork Tree way too low, was my no. 6, know the later albums are more liked but hard to describe how massive this was when it hit my school

i was never a huge form under the cork tree fan (tho i've heard it many times bc significant other is from chicago) - i always felt their sound was a little generic and underbaked until infinity on high, but i was relistening to this during the poll and def the blueprint is there from the getgo. the band benefited substantially imo from shifting its emphasis from pete wentz to the true heart + soul of the band patrick stump. maybe it's just me but it does seem like the "frontman" did switch at some pt??

This poll is rolling out very nicely. I'm the guy who voted for Lifetime, Against Me and Refused, as said above it's all so interrelated that it doesn't matter to me.

from under the cork tree is actually imo at exactly the right place (lol 69 nice). it's def the least good fob album (even stump agrees)

i mean, least good fob album not counting evening out with your girlfriend which no one does

the band benefited substantially imo from shifting its emphasis from pete wentz to the true heart + soul of the band patrick stump. maybe it's just me but it does seem like the "frontman" did switch at some pt??

i mean, pete is 100 percent the heart of the band/the "frontman" throughout their entire career, but infinity is when stump starts singing the shit out of the songs

also we didn't nom some of the more recent albums but i want to note that they're all good and i was rocking out to american beauty / american psycho on a car trip recently. save rock and roll also not nominated and also great. when i'm falling asleep at the wheel they are the band most consistently able to wake me up.

this poll is making it very clear that i left emo behind in the 20th century

btw describing very emergency as a "big beautiful dumb golden retriever of an album" = perfecto

Wait, lol, Will, did you take improv lessons from N1ck?? Those guys went to my high school, a couple years behind me.

― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Tuesday, March 7, 2017 8:16 AM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yup! I guess we went to the same high school then! (MHS?)

Yup (more like 03-04 but still) xps

it's def the least good fob album (even stump agrees)

Dear god they made an album worse than American Beauty/American Psycho?

btw describing very emergency as a "big beautiful dumb golden retriever of an album" = perfecto

you can use that for the book, just attribute it in a footnote, thx

i was never a huge form under the cork tree fan (tho i've heard it many times bc significant other is from chicago) - i always felt their sound was a little generic and underbaked until infinity on high, but i was relistening to this during the poll and def the blueprint is there from the getgo. the band benefited substantially imo from shifting its emphasis from pete wentz to the true heart + soul of the band patrick stump. maybe it's just me but it does seem like the "frontman" did switch at some pt??

― Mordy, Tuesday, March 7, 2017 1:08 PM (eleven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I def didn't love fall out boy at the time, didn't like them until infinity as well

Yup! I guess we went to the same high school then! (MHS?)

Yeah, I graduated (from OAC/Gr 13!) in 1997.

I also haven't liked anything since Folie a Deux

Too funny. I was the last year of OAC, in 2003. Gn1ck was smack in the middle between us.

btw, essential visual companion thread:

Lonely guy just thinking baout things

maybe it's just me but it does seem like the "frontman" did switch at some pt??

Feel like this was a very smart move on the band's part. Pete Wentz is so indelibly associated with the '00s that seeing him feels like receiving an email from MySpace. Patrick Stump is a much more versatile canvas to project an image on

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67 [TIE]. Knapsack - This Conversation is Ending Starting Right Now
145 points, 4 votes
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67 [TIE]. Copeland – Beneath Medicine Tree
145 points, 4 votes

two great records