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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

The 11 Best Songs By The National


I get a lot of crap from people that my lists are all wrong.  But these lists are by no means definitive.  They are my opinion of the best songs by a band.  I listen to the entire catalogue by a band before doing a list, so the music is fresh in my head.  I usually rate it on listenability, originality, how has it held up over the years.  My lists change.  If you look at bands that have been featured many times on my site, you will notice that the lists are different.  I even don't agree with myself.  But that's kind of the whole point.  This site isn't about me forcing my opinion on you...it's about everyone sharing their opinions of a band.  I love it when people submit their own lists.  That's the fun of it. 

But the one thing that has to stop...check the date of my lists before getting pissed that I neglected to include a song that hadn't been released when my list was made.

Here Are the 11 Best Songs By the National:

1.  Slipping Husband (Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers)
2.  Mistaken For Strangers (Boxer)
3.  Available (Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers)
4.  Son (The National)
5.  Brainy (Boxer)
6.  Cherry Tree (Cherry Tree EP)
7.  Abel (Alligator)
8.  John's Star (The National)
9.  So Far Around the Bend (Dark Was The Night)
10.  Trophy Wife (Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers)
11.  Pretty in Pink (Daytrotter)

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15 comments:

  1. ~Kevin10:06 AM

    Am not as familiar with the first 2 LPs as I am the last 3, so I'd have to have in my list:
    Abel
    Mr. November
    Start A War
    Fake Empire
    Terrible Love (live version)
    Apartment Story
    Mistaken For Strangers
    Lit Up
    Looking For Astronauts
    Brainy
    and a bonus because it's just a great tune with a great title:
    The Thrilling of Claire

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  2. chaps7:47 AM

    Picking eleven favorite songs of The National is like picking your favorite child, but I'll give it a shot. (*Note--this list could change at any time).

    1. About Today
    2. Mistaken for Strangers
    3. Bloodbuzz Ohio
    4. Slow Show
    5. Afraid of Everyone
    6. Fake Empire
    7. Mr. November
    8. Daughters of the SoHo Riots
    9. Lucky You
    10 Coversation 16
    11 Apartment Story

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  3. Unknown1:32 AM

    1. About Today
    2. Abel
    3. Fake Empire
    4. Afraid of Everyone
    5. Santa Clara
    6. Apartment Story
    7. Lemonworld
    8. Slow Show
    9. Green Gloves
    10. Available
    11. Bloodbuzz Ohio

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  4. Unknown1:32 AM

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  5. CALVIN LAI8:23 PM

    1. Fake Empire
    2. Mistaken for Strangers
    3. Bloodbuzz Ohio
    4. Afraid of Everyone
    5. All the Wine
    6. Secret Meeting
    7. Slow Show
    8. Available
    9. Lemonworld
    10. About Today
    11. Squalor Victoria

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  6. Rhody12:36 PM

    1 Conversation 16 High Violet
    2 City Middle Alligator
    3 Baby We'll Be Fine Alligator
    4 Secret Meeting Alligator
    5 Cardinal Song Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers
    6 Cherry Tree The National
    7 Slow Show Boxer
    8 Bloodbuzz Ohio High Violet
    9 Terrible Love High Violet
    10 Runaway High Violet

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  7. Unknown4:27 PM

    This is possibly the most difficult list to create, but I'll do my best.
    In no particular order:
    Baby, We'll Be Fine
    Apartment Story
    (The recently released) Exile Vilify
    Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks
    Gospel
    Racing Like A Pro
    Brainy
    Lucky You
    City Middle
    Afraid Of Everyone
    Squalor Victoria (Live)

    The very end of Cardinal Song is also pretty damn beautiful, but I'm not sure that counts.

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  8. pimpim2111:12 PM

    1- Secret Meeting
    2- Mr November
    3- England
    4- Abel
    5- About Today
    6- Lucky You
    7- Slow Show
    8- Rest Of Years
    9- Fake Empire
    10- Terrible Love
    11- Afraid Of Everyone

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  9. pimpim2111:14 PM

    1- Secret meeting
    2- Mr November
    3- England
    4- Abel
    5- Slow Show
    6- About Today
    7- Lucky You
    8- Fake Empire
    9- Rest Of Years
    10- Terrible Love
    11- Afraid Of Everyone

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  10. Chris11:45 PM

    1.Slow Show
    2. About Today (Live on the Virginia EP)
    3. Fake Empire
    4. All Dolled-Up In Straps
    5. Available
    6. Slipping Husband
    7. Cherry Tree
    8. Mr November
    9. Green Gloves
    10. Secret Meeting
    11. Daughters of the Soho Riots

    Impossible list to make though.

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  11. kunk10:24 AM

    1. walk off
    2. apartment story
    3. available
    4. mistaken for strangers
    5. daughters of the soho riots
    6. england
    7. vanderlyle crybaby geeks
    8. brainy
    9. secret meeting
    10. bloodbuzz ohio

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  12. Withnail and you4:06 AM

    In no particular order:
    Ada
    Brainy
    Fake empires
    Abel
    Slow show
    Conversation 16
    Mistaken for strangers
    Green gloves
    Mr November
    Apartment story
    Abel

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  13. nire9:07 AM

    Slow Show
    Conversation 16
    About Today
    Cherry Tree
    Fake Empire
    It never happened
    Ada
    Available

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  14. Michael6:29 PM

    1. terrible love
    2. anyone's ghost
    3. blank slate (this song should be more popular, it's so good)
    4. about today
    5. fake empire
    6. brainy
    7. daughters of the soho riots
    8. abel
    9. wasp nest
    10. the perfect song
    11. looking for astronauts

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  15. Pieter9:33 AM

    I'll leave a few slower, more unknown songs. These songs are almost as beautiful as the lyrics:
    Favourites marked with '*'

    *Patterns of Fairytales, Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers
    -Val Jester, Alligator
    -Fake Empire, Boxer
    *About Today, Cherry Tree EP
    -Sorrow, High Violet
    *You Were A Kindness, High Violet(Expanded)
    -Lean, Recently Released Single
    -Son, The National
    -Cardinal Song, Sad Song for Dirty Lovers
    -Rylan, Single
    -Exile Vilify, Single

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