To be differentiated between the quantitative ranking by song. I listened to every song on the album. Then listened to something completely different to cleanse the palate, so to speak. Then I listened a 2nd time. If I ranked any songs differently between the 1st and 2nd listen, I gave them a 3rd listen. Then I worked out the percentages of awesome, good, OK, meh, and skips. From those calculations, I put the albums in order from the most liked songs to least. So it was a big process. But this is just my feeling. Which I guess is more judging the vibe of each album.
I’ll give you 3 words I think of when I see these albums:
1 Staring Down the Brilliant Dream
featuring, southern-reconciliation, concerned
2 Become You
sentimental, lonely, quietly-righteous
3 Nomads Indians and Saints
raw, dark, novel
4 Holly Happy Days
diverse, inclusive, interesting
5 Despite Our Differences
angry, real, personal is political
6 Poseidon and the Bitter Bug
concerts, introspective, hooks
7 Self-Titled
staples, grammy, #1 song all time
8 Come On Now Social
rabble-rousing, political, call-to-action
9. 1200 Curfews
romantical, covers, sing-alongs
10 Beauty Queen Sister
compassion, retro, punk-vibes
11 Look Long
country, children, looking back
12 All That We Let In
George W Bush, community, hopeful
13 Shaming of the Sun
race, grass roots, immigrants
14 One Lost Day
travel, memories, geography
15 Strange Fire
repeats, before my time, yearning
16 Swamp Ophelia
gay, covers, slow
17 Rites of Passage
rural, history, classical
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