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Wow, thats obsessive all right, with graphics and calculations! :lol: :lol: IVL for me is much better than M@W. The only songs I really dig on M@W are Stay, The Completeist, Lake Fever, M@W and The Bastards; while the only weak songs on IVL for me are Are you Ready and The Dire Wolf.
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I took a stab at your process, and I heres what I came up with:
8.75 - Fully Completely
8.58 - Day For Night
8.54 - Road Apples
8.24 - Phantom Power
8.27 - Up To Here
7.63 - Trouble At The Henhouse
7.50 - Music @ Work
7.25 - In Violet Light
7.19 - The Tragically Hip
Thats kind of how I always perceived the positioning in my head. I think IVL is too short, and it loses validity for that reason. I find it interesting how you have the EP ranked higher than IVL and TATH, but to each their own. I really hope their new album is a lot longer than IVL and Battle of the Nudes... combined they were only 15 minutes longer than DFN.
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I tried but failed to give a number rating to the hip albums. Instead I just go from 1-9 of my favourite albums. Each album holds a different merit for me making a points list impossible. EX. Phantom Power has that muskoka kinda cottage feeling I really dig and fully completely is just good to rock out to.
1.)Phantom Power
2.)Road Apples
3.)Fully Completely
4.)Up to Here
5.)The Tragically Hip
6.)Music@Work
7.)IVL
8.)Trouble at the Henhouse
9.)Day For Night
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1. Fully Completely
2. Day for Night
3. Road Apples
4. Up to Here
5. Phanton Power
6. Trouble at the Henhouse
7. Music at Work
8. TTH
9. IVL
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Here's what I got...
9.41 Phantom power
9.32 Fully Completely
9.09 Road Apples
8.65 Day For Night
8.19 Up To Here
7.96 TATH
7.92 M@W
6.68 IVL
5.54 The EP
Phantom Power is the best modern rock album ever.
Two years later, I just plain don't like IVL. A few great songs, a whole lot of middle-of-the-road stuff. I expect more from the new album!
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I really like IVL as well....
I will not give up. My face is set,my gait is fast,my goal is heaven,my road is narrow,my way is rough,my companions are few,my guide is reliable,my mission is clear. I cannot be bought,compromised,detoured,lured away,turned back,diluted or delayed. I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice,hesitate in the presence of adversity,negotiate at the table of the enemy,ponder at the pool of popularity,or meander in the maze of mediocrity. I will not give up,shut up or slow down....Blessed Be!
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To be honest beside a few brightly shining gems I felt Day for Night to be the most unimpressive CD yet. IVL to me is a laid back sort of groove cd that doesn't hold the same bang as say Up to Here but yet manages to keep me listening to every song.
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dude! Day for Night like makes me want to have their babies! Day for Night Rob Baker is my HERO. The guitar is AMAZING! i find that album more than any other can really take me into the music where I experience as opposed to just hear it.
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That stings... DFN makes me cry sometimes... after I looked over my album evaluation, it came to me that it doesn't define the most solid albums... them being DFN and PP in my mind...
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I find PP and DFN the most similar albums in the Hip's ever evolving career... but both are just damn delicious... the most mature of all, I would say... but then again they're all damn delicious...
hock
although I'd be curious) but how would you rate IVL compared to the other albums?
