This is easily the best project the duo ever put out. It definitely has that slightly aged sound of 2010s electronic music, but regardless of that it's still pretty alright! Genuinely wouldn't say there's a skip or a single song on here that's leagues worse than the rest, so that's nice.

HE DANCED ON DRAKES GRAVE LMFAOOOOOOO ITS SO OVER

I still can't get over this diss. If euphoria was a calculated shot, a purposeful shot from a sniper, or sting from an insect, Meet the Grahams is watching a man tear another man's throat out with his bare teeth. It's brutal, and insane, and disgusting, but that's what makes it this great. This doesn't even mention the context or sheer insanity of the night it dropped too.

My hot take is that this Houdini is better than the Dua Lipa one.

Sometimes the best Strokes song ain't even a Strokes song... it be Instant Crush by Daft Punk featuring Julian Casablancas...

The most bombastic, confident, and rock-y album from the band yet. It wastes no time sending you on a break-neck speed ride through it's opening track and only stops for respite a few times in it's tracklist. The vocals on this are a new high for the band, Johnny sounds far more confident in himself and his ability and it permeates throughout the entire album.

Yeah I won't lie this one kinda gets weaker for me with time. Sample game is incredibly strong and it's used really well to make some quite catchy and fun songs, but the voice of the actual lead, the repetitiveness of some songs, and the rather upfront and constant themes of sex get rather bland and tiresome after a while.

People of the Sun, Bulls On Parade, Down Rodeo, and Tire Me make this legendary for me in it's own. Add on a really funky and memorable experience outside of those and you have yourself a winner.

An amazing debut album that revitalised a genre that desperately needed a shake-up. I think a lot of people put this on a pedestal and expect to be something profound, which it certainly isn't. It's a bunch of boarding school kids singing about sex, drugs, and good ol' rock & roll. If you go into it expecting more than that you'll be disappointed, but if you go into it wanting to have a fun time with it, you'll be hard-pressed to find something better from the rock genre.

It just didn't click with me the way I was expecting to. It has it's moments of excellence but it never quite is more than a damn good indie album for me. It's good, but not the be all end all. Still enjoyed it a lot though, and return to it from time to time.

A perfect companion to what is a heart-wrenching and beautiful game. It allows you to be fully immersed in the world that you're in, and make you feel the exact emotion you should feel at the exact moment you need to. While it feels weird to give this such a high rating, I truly think it's unfair to compare this to albums that aren't made and crafted around a secondary piece of media. This is one of the best soundtracks I've heard, it fully deserves the praise and lofty rankings on best of ... read more

Regardless of what Kanye does, this album will always remain a masterpiece. I don't think a single song is a skip (yes, even Blame Game).

Shoutout Devil in a New Dress, the second time I listened to this album I was like "oh shit wait this is the best song on the album" because I was distracted by the rest of the album the first time around.

This album ended up with something that can be summed up as middle-child syndrome in the band's list of music. I believe this album in particular finds itself rather overlooked and underrated both among fans of the band, and in the wider scope of rock music as a whole. The enfusion of piano rock, jazz, and punk all come together to make a truly one of a kind album, that gives some breathtaking songs. (See: Lightning, Crush, Gestapo).

A great compilation of songs that turned into a fan-favorite album that remains popular with a cult following to this day. When looking at individual songs, I think the ones on this album can go toe-to-toe with any other song from the band, even if they don't exactly have any connection (as this is a compilation of singles plus a title track). I do wish at times that the order of the songs could have been chosen better, but this is a minor issue in the end. It's still an excellent album ... read more

A personal favorite of mine due to what it means to me, and what it gave to me during the time of my life in which it came out. It does more than serve as a somber nostalgia piece for me though, as it has, in my opinion, some of the best writing and emotional songs in the band's entire discography. While I still think OBBS is a more palatable album from the same band, this is overall the superior album, and the songs work together better to create one cohesive experience.

While it was never gonna be able to keep up the iconography or sheer perfection of Shout / EWtRtW / Head Over Heels over the entire span of it's 41 minutes, it's still very worthwhile and enjoyable.

An album that contains some of the very best of Coldplay, at a time where they were still truly great. The first five tracks are legitimately amazing and they're unfortunately somewhat letdown by the album's second half.

The Scientist is a classic, it fully deserves that status. It will never not hit me like a gut-punch when I hear it.

While there was a time I would've given this album a perfect 100, I don't think that time exists anymore. That being said it is still a genre defining album with some of the songs I find myself playing the most on a daily basis regardless of what I am doing. It's never not enjoyable, although it does have, in my opinion at least, an undeniably weaker second half than it's first.

Despite what I just said, Something About Us / Veridis Quo are my two favorites here. The second one has been the ... read more

Legitimately one of the most complete albums start to finish I have ever had the joy of listening to. My first instinct when finishing Ode to the Mets is to restart the entire album from the top again. Despite dealing with somewhat downer subject matter in some of it's songs, it remains infinitely replayable and enjoyable at any time no matter what mood.

Ode to the Mets is the best song on the album. I think I ascended to a higher plane of being first time I heard this...

I LOVED this album when I was younger, and when I returned to it I was slightly disappointed as it wasn't nearly as amazing as I had remembered it being. It has a few pop-"rock" songs (if you want to call it rock), but there are some legitimately forgettable songs on here. It also feels like it devolves into *noise* sometimes rather than music.

Shoutouts Twin Skeletons though, that song slaps.