Rilo Kiley broke up

I remember hearing Let Me Back In live way back when they were touring for More Adventurous - great song. The single got released today. Funny that it ends with The Frug - though I could've sworn there was another pre-Take Offs & Landings single that's not on there.

There was a whole e.p. that came before Takeoffs & Landings that the Frug was on - 8 songs, I think.

Initial Friend is the EP

I loved this band, and the first Jenny Lewis solo record. After Acid Tongue, it all went wrong. That was one of the great momentum killing records of the 2000s.

If Portions For Foxes had a better title, it could have been a hit.

Not sure why everybody here loves Under The Blacklight so much. Half of it is great but side 2 has some truly poor songs. I dare you to listen to Smoke Detector again.

smoke detector has some of the worst lyrics i have ever heard ever and for that i treasure it

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The failure of "Portions for Foxes" to be a hit was the final nail in the coffin of my ever trying to predict popular tastes.

xxp Under the Blacklight generally disappointed me on release, despite a few really good ones in there. I still wince thinking about Dejalo and can't believe they're putting a remix of that on the compilation. Thought Acid Tongue was generally OK, but I haven't listened to it in a long time.

Count me in as surprised that Portions For Foxes wasn't a hit either

I blame "Since U Been Gone."

I wonder if they mulled over how much Blake hates "Dejalo" so they made this godawful remix with Too Short

That said, this album achieved its likely goal of making me REALLY nostalgic for Blake and Jenny's earlier days

rkives is my favorite album of the year.

I've got a few friends saying likewise.

Well get those friends on some rock list polls because it's not showing up anywhere.

I might've found a way to justify squeezing it into my Top 10 as an "album" (rather than relegating it to the separate category of "reissue"/"compilation") were it not for that horribly garish Too $hort thing.

Also, I expect it to place well on Christgau's ballot.

Yes, the Dean will come through.

It's definitely in a gray area because it's an unreleased songs compilation, but no record that came out this year gave me more enjoyment.

As craven commercial sellouts go, I kinda like the Too Short verse.

Then again, I'm almost certainly going to have Patty Griffin's 13(?)-year-old Silver Bell on my ballots, so an album of mostly unheard Rilo Kiley songs is completely justifiable.

Do it, man! Do it for Jenny.

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Were any of the songs "singles?" I could definitely see including "It'll Get You There" or "All The Drugs" on a singles ballot?

i remember "Let Me Back In" was released early

amazingly, it's almost got a phish-like funk. but album phish, not live.

Oh, that was supposed to go on the posts very much in character thread. dejalo.

Twenty good choons.

"Love U Forever" was actually a Jenny & Johnny joint

Was that Nice as Fuck album worth a listen?

More Adventurous is probably in my top ten or twenty fave albums of all time at this point, so while I'm happy to see anything from it show up on your list, it still feels under-represented, to me. "Accidental Deth," in particular, is a miracle of storytelling in pop song form.

Good song! But I like concision in lists.

nothing at all from acid tongue? man i love that record (well, 3/4s of it as with every rilo/jenny release). jenny is an insane talent who never really seemed interested in putting it all together.

Nothing came together as well as Execution of All Things, imo

jesus Acid Tongue is 8 years old...

“it’s a hit” is the worst rilo kiley song i think

execution and the voyager are my favorite things lewis has done. i revisited rabbit fur coat recently and i gotta say most of the lyrics on that record are terrible

Was that Nice as Fuck album worth a listen?

Yes yes yes! It is fantastic. Cookie Lips is my favorite song on it.

Nice list Alfred. I'm glad you included a bunch from rkrives, which could be my favorite album of theirs. Under The Blacklight should have had at least 5 songs from it.

Debut finally getting a rerelease:

https://www.stereogum.com/2092747/rilo-kiley-debut-reissue-vinyl-streaming/news/

Nice! I just want it available digitally.
Didn't know Dave Foley was involved, wild.