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Today's album of the day

Sleep Well Beast by The National (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 2017.
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Overall rank: 732
Average rating: 79/100 (from 461 votes).

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Tracks:
1. Nobody Else Will Be There
2. Day I Die
3. Walk It Back
4. The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness
5. Born To Beg
6. Turtleneck
7. Empire Line
8. I’ll Still Destroy You
9. Guilty Party
10. Carin At The Liquor Store
11. Dark Side Of The Gym
12. Sleep Well Beast

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[RoundTheBend]

Honestly this and Alligator are probably my favorite.

No you are wrong... haha.

[baystateoftheart]

To me, this is where it started to go wrong for The National. I wonder if they'll ever approach the heights of their golden decade (2004-13) again.

That said, I still enjoy both this album and their latest.
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[911Turbo]

i really love to listen to "high violet" and "trouble will find me".
Also, i find boxer really interesting and a pleasure to listen to.
it seems, after i listen to these albums , i never have the feeling like i wasted my time.

Truthfully when i was starting to listen to this particular album i found it lacking in performance.
i was expecting greatness along the same "sound" as the mentioned albums above.
also, my expectations were higher since it was the grammy winner for best alternative album.
I wasn't addicted to the album. I found it had some really good songs but alot of the songs didnt hit the mark.
that was then (approximately 2 yrs ago).

Fast forward to today:
i listened to this album about 3 weeks ago (4x)- i have to admit, it sounded phenomenal
the band changed their sound and they sound fresh. There was nothing wrong with the album- it was me who wasn't ready.
the pace of the music on this album is good, the songwriting is always great.
there are 3 songs that are absolutely fantastic "nobody else will be there" & "carin at the liquor store" & "empire Line"
in summary, The National are masters of growing old gracefully, getting better with age.

[Daydreamer]

I think this album is excellent and it is really not where it started to go wrong with The National. Trouble Will Find Me, while a very good album on its own, really sounded like High Violet pt. 2, so a change in sound was necessary and welcome.
On this album the band employed some electronic textures and a slightly darker overall sound. I found the guitar work to be phenomenal, at times sounding like something you would find in a Radiohead album. The only downside of the album is that it's slightly overlong and drags a bit in the middle section, but man those first for songs and a couple of those at the end are among their best ever songs. I hoped this would be a transitional album and that the next one would explore these kinds of sounds even more, but I feel like they regressed with I Am Easy To Find. It is a fine album, but it's even longer and has less stand out songs. So that's where it went wrong, but hopefully it's just a temporary decline.
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[theblueboy]

The System only Dreams in Total Darkness is a jam.