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

I ended up not voting for any Get Up Kids. I listened to bits of a couple records and they didn't hit me like I thought they were going to. And yet I really like "I'm a Loner, Dottie, a Rebel..." which reminds me I forgot to vote for the Post Marked Stamps comp CD.

I saw the Hold Steady open for the Get Up Kids years ago. Weird bill. The emo kids were not into THS. Six months later I saw THS again in a small venue and mentioned the show to Craig outside the club. His response: "Well, when you fuck with emo, emo fucks with you."

breakdown in "fall semester" is all time

I voted for a different get up kids record

I had this on my list and one of their EPs in my top 10.

if i ever write that book about emo (lol) four minute mile will be extremely central to its thesis bc it's, as far as i know, the first record of its kind to be so simultaneously recognizably emo and recognizably pop-punk, plus it inspired almost every band that came after

"Saw my baby boy, digging his own hole/keeping alive family tradition" makes me tear up every time.

"Well, when you fuck with emo, emo fucks with you."

this is funnier than any actual Hold Steady lyric

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46. Gospel - The Moon Is a Dead World
199 points, 5 votes

GET IN

https://open.spotify.com/album/0w4VXJ2DBfUmX5StTj69q6

This was enormous and I voted for it on the strength of one listen as well

great record, thanks for repping it kerr

i guess i would argue that it's wayyyyyyyyyyyyy too prog for this poll but it's also great so fine

or if you have a spare $150
https://www.discogs.com/sell/item/425688631

one of the more amusing inadvertently combined Spotify profiles

here's mine
http://i.imgur.com/oUuZxQQ.jpg

oh man that's gorgeous, the only competition I have is my Oh, Common Life starburst red vinyl (though that only ran me 10 bucks CAD lol)

This probably only cost $10 + $10 shipping when it came out

oh man that's gorgeous, the only competition I have is my Oh, Common Life starburst red vinyl (though that only ran me 10 bucks CAD lol)

― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, March 8, 2017 12:32 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

.... oh goddammit, were fireworks nominated in this poll

i'm so upset with myself

Oh, to have been into vinyl in the 90s.

YES BECAUSE I NOMINATED THEM

I also have the 10" split with Kodan Armada and the live tape. Would love to get the 2nd tape but there's only 29 of them

YES BECAUSE I NOMINATED THEM

― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, March 8, 2017 12:34 PM (twenty-eight seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hate to break this to you but they were not on the list

there's only one Gospel CD on discogs too. They totally need a reissue
https://www.discogs.com/sell/item/441452079

oh fuck you're right! xp

well, shit. in that case I would like to take a moment to honor this beautiful version of "One More Creature Dizzy With Love" I've been obsessed with lately

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH6YBJHnnmA

Simon I just checked the original thread and you did nominate them. They somehow failed to get from that thread into the nomination list. I'm so sorry :(

Hey it's not emo without a little tragedy

Definitely going to have to listen to Gospel.

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45. Thursday - No Devolución
199 points, 6 votes

Another brilliant final album

iirc this was top five for me

it came out the same year as let england shake and i always associate them with each other bc they're both ghostly reinventions

...I completely forgot to vote for this it turns out, thankfully it did fine without me

when you first notice the buried horns on "Fast to the End" >>>>>>

it came out the same year as let england shake and i always associate them with each other bc they're both ghostly reinventions

literally dropped everything I was doing to go play this after reading this. I don't even recall reading/hearing anything about this album

they sound absolutely nothing alike but I can see how someone would associate their ~vibes~

10 minutes in and I'm getting Leaves Turn Inside You vibes more than anything, which, well fuck yeah bring it

So far this is my favorite of the albums I discovered as a result of this poll.

they sound absolutely nothing alike but I can see how someone would associate their ~vibes~

― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, March 8, 2017 12:54 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah it's all vibe

finally listening to the Gospel album and it's incredible (tho I concur with the "not emo" diagnosis)

It's screamo though

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44. Cursive - The Ugly Organ
205 points, 7 votes

one of my faves

i've always thought the ugly organ was pretty uneven compared to domestica but the first five or so tracks are all fire

Great album, look for it in the local discount bin

I still don't understand this genre that encompasses both a pedro the lion album and jimmy eat world

I have The Ugly Organ on CD and im sure its more grey than green on the cover

hey man we haven't even gotten to Converge yet

xpost to akm

did anyone else do a "where's tim" scan of the accompanying art after hearing "I'm hiding in the leaves / in the CD jacket sleeve"