warehouse wrote:Waiting for Stevie (Dark Matter)
Dance of the Clairvoyants (Gigaton)
Upper Hand (Dark Matter)
Setting Sun (Dark Matter)
Quick Escape (Gigaton)
Comes Then Goes (Gigaton)
React, Respond (Dark Matter)
Scared of Fear (Dark Matter)
River Cross (Gigaton)
Who Ever Said (Gigaton)
Take the Long Way (Gigaton)
Dark Matter (Dark Matter)
Got to Give (Dark Matter)
Something Special (Dark Matter)
Wreckage (Dark Matter)
Won't Tell (Dark Matter)
Running (Dark Matter)
Buckle Up (Gigaton)
Alright (Gigaton)
Superblood Wolfmoon (Gigaton)
Never Destination (Gigaton)
Retrograde (Gigaton)
Seven O'Clock (Gigaton)
well this was interesting. my top 10 are split 5/5 between albums. it looks like what separates Dark Matter from Gigaton for me are the songs i'm not big on. bottom 6 on this list are all Gigaton. i dunno if it's recency bias or what, but i found it surprise how my list shook out.
I haven't felt bold enough to attempt this ranking yet, but I think what you said is likely directionally true for me, too.
I love Gigaton, and Buckle Up and Comes Then Goes are 4-stars and 5-stars, respectively. But it seems likely that the rest of the back half of that album falls below everything on Dark Matter for me. And even at 4-stars, Buckle Up is behind most of DM.
Gave this a shot while consciously attempting to fight recency bias. Songs are 5-stars through Won't Tell, and 4-stars down through Buckle Up (with perhaps the exception of Alright; it's good but also gets a sequencing-based boost).
Waiting for Stevie (Dark Matter)
Seven O'Clock (Gigaton)
Quick Escape (Gigaton)
Who Ever Said (Gigaton)
Setting Sun (Dark Matter)
Dance of the Clairvoyants (Gigaton)
Comes Then Goes (Gigaton)
Upper Hand (Dark Matter)
Won't Tell (Dark Matter)
Got to Give (Dark Matter)
Scared of Fear (Dark Matter)
Wreckage (Dark Matter)
Superblood Wolfmoon (Gigaton)
React, Respond (Dark Matter)
Alright (Gigaton)
Running (Dark Matter)
Buckle Up (Gigaton)
Dark Matter (Dark Matter)
Take the Long Way (Gigaton)
Never Destination (Gigaton)
River Cross (Gigaton)
Retrograde (Gigaton)
Something Special (Dark Matter)
Dance of the Clairvoyants
Take the Long Way
Upper Hand
Scared of Fear
Buckle Up
Who Ever Said
Superblood Wolfmoon
Dark Matter
React Respond
Never Destination
Quick Escape
Wreckage
Setting Sun
Waiting For Stevie
Got To Give
Running
Comes Then Goes
Retrograde
Won't Tell
Seven O'Clock
River Cross
Alright
Something Special
Having given Gigaton some recent listening lets do this again. The first 6 are the five star territory. Dark Matter through Quick Escape are very close.
Waiting for Stevie (Dark Matter)
Dance of the Clairvoyants (Gigaton)
Scared of Fear (Dark Matter)
Superblood Wolfmoon (Gigaton)
Setting Sun (Dark Matter)
Who Ever Said (Gigaton)
Dark Matter (Dark Matter)
Wreckage (Dark Matter)
Quick Escape (Gigaton)
Running (Dark Matter)
React, Respond (Dark Matter)
Comes Then Goes (Gigaton) at its best this moves up about two more spots but it's not an every day song Upper Hand (Dark Matter)
Never Destination (Gigaton)
Buckle Up (Gigaton)
Something Special (Dark Matter)
Won't Tell (Dark Matter)
Seven O'Clock (Gigaton) this whole sequence is very flip a coinish
River Cross (Gigaton) in the right moment this still hits very powerfully
Retrograde (Gigaton) we just dip below four stars around here
Got to Give (Dark Matter)
Alright (Gigaton) this is GREATLY enhanced by its album placement, but as a stand alone song is less effective
Take the Long Way (Gigaton)
Dance of the Clairvoyants (Gigaton)
React, Respond (Dark Matter)
Setting Sun (Dark Matter)
Won't Tell (Dark Matter)
Comes Then Goes (Gigaton)
Waiting for Stevie (Dark Matter)
Quick Escape (Gigaton)
Scared of Fear (Dark Matter)
Dark Matter (Dark Matter)
Wreckage (Dark Matter)
Got to Give (Dark Matter)
Who Ever Said (Gigaton)
Seven O'Clock (Gigaton)
Upper Hand (Dark Matter)
Something Special (Dark Matter)
Take the Long Way (Gigaton)
River Cross (Gigaton)
Running (Dark Matter)
Alright (Gigaton)
Buckle Up (Gigaton)
Never Destination (Gigaton)
Retrograde (Gigaton)
Superblood Wolfmoon (Gigaton)
Upper Hand (Dark Matter)
Waiting For Stevie (Dark Matter)
Setting Sun (Dark Matter)
Dance of the Clairvoyants (Gigaton)
Quick Escape (Gigaton)
Wreckage (Dark Matter)
Scared of Fear (Dark Matter)
Who Ever Said (Gigaton)
React, Respond (Dark Matter)
Take the Long Way (Gigaton)
Retrograde (Gigaton)
Got to Give (Dark Matter)
Dark Matter (Dark Matter)
Seven O’Clock (Gigaton)
Never Destination (Gigaton)
Superblood Wolfmoon (Gigaton)
Won’t Tell (Dark Matter)
Alright (Gigaton)
Buckle Up (Gigaton)
Comes Then Goes (Gigaton)
River Cross (Gigaton)
Running (Dark Matter)
Something Special (Dark Matter)
As I did this, realized I legitimately care for every one of these songs. What an era.
Upper hand
Setting Sun
Wreckage
Waiting for Stevie
Won't Tell
Dotc
Scared of Fear
Who Ever Said
Got to Give
Blood Moon
Running
React Respond
Comeback
Retrograde
Dark Matter
Take The Longway
Something Special
Never Destination
Seven o'clock
Alright
RiverCross
Quick Escape
Buckle up
liebzz wrote:Upper Hand (Dark Matter)
Waiting For Stevie (Dark Matter)
Setting Sun (Dark Matter)
Dance of the Clairvoyants (Gigaton)
Quick Escape (Gigaton)
Wreckage (Dark Matter)
Scared of Fear (Dark Matter)
Who Ever Said (Gigaton)
React, Respond (Dark Matter)
Take the Long Way (Gigaton)
Retrograde (Gigaton)
Got to Give (Dark Matter)
Dark Matter (Dark Matter)
Seven O’Clock (Gigaton)
Never Destination (Gigaton)
Superblood Wolfmoon (Gigaton)
Won’t Tell (Dark Matter)
Alright (Gigaton)
Buckle Up (Gigaton)
Comes Then Goes (Gigaton)
River Cross (Gigaton)
Running (Dark Matter)
Something Special (Dark Matter)
As I did this, realized I legitimately care for every one of these songs. What an era.
same - even take the long way, which i have at the bottom of both records, is still perfectly fine. i probably would like it even more if it was on a riot act or binaural
Setting Sun (Dark Matter)
Waiting for Stevie (Dark Matter)
Dance of the Clairvoyants (Gigaton)
Seven O'Clock (Gigaton)
Comes Then Goes (Gigaton)
Upper Hand (Dark Matter)
Wreckage (Dark Matter)
Quick Escape (Gigaton)
Scared of Fear (Dark Matter)
React, Respond (Dark Matter)
Running (Dark Matter)
Dark Matter (Dark Matter)
Retrograde (Gigaton)
Take the Long Way (Gigaton)
Superblood Wolfmoon (Gigaton)
Who Ever Said (Gigaton)
Buckle Up (Gigaton)
Got to Give (Dark Matter)
Won't Tell (Dark Matter)
Never Destination (Gigaton)
Alright (Gigaton)
Something Special (Dark Matter)
River Cross (Gigaton)
Upper Hand
React, Respond
Whoever Said
Won’t Tell
Scared of Fear
Quick Escape
Take the Long Way
Superblood Wolfmoon
Got to Give
Setting Sun
Running
Dark Matter
Alright
Wreckage
Something Special
Waiting for Stevie
7 o’clock
Comes Then Goes
Retrograde
Never Destination
Buckle up
River Cross
Dance of the Clairvoyants
Listened to both in full a few days ago, so with the caveat that they've got different aims, here's the list. It gets pretty murky in the middle...I feel pretty sure about the top and bottom 5-6 but it's alot tougher after that.
Dance of the Clairvoyants
Quick Escape
Who Ever Said
Upper Hand
Wreckage
Seven O’Clock
Comes Then Goes
React Respond
Buckle Up
Scared of Fear
Take the Long Way
Won’t Tell
River Cross
Waiting for Stevie
Setting Sun
Superblood Wolfmoon
Dark Matter
Alright
Retrograde
Never Destination
Got to Give
Running
Something Special
Won't Tell (Dark Matter)
Wreckage (Dark Matter)
Waiting for Stevie (Dark Matter)
Dance of the Clairvoyants (Gigaton)
Upper Hand (Dark Matter)
Seven O'Clock (Gigaton)
Quick Escape (Gigaton)
Comes Then Goes (Gigaton)
Superblood Wolfmoon (Gigaton)
Who Ever Said (Gigaton)
Scared of Fear (Dark Matter)
Setting Sun (Dark Matter)
Retrograde (Gigaton)
Dark Matter (Dark Matter)
Got to Give (Dark Matter)
Alright (Gigaton)
Buckle Up (Gigaton)
Take the Long Way (Gigaton)
River Cross (Gigaton)
Something Special (Dark Matter)
React, Respond (Dark Matter)
Running (Dark Matter)
Never Destination (Gigaton)
