Dark Matter: Official Album Thread

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Rank Dark Matter

5 Stars
119
56%
4 Stars
66
31%
3 Stars
18
9%
2 Stars
2
1%
2 Star
1
0%
%#*! Andrew Watt
5
2%
 
Total votes: 211

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Jorge wrote:
Farmer John wrote:Stip is out of control!

"5+"? Is that allowed?
And during No Rank October, no less
This is a very good point. What a slap in the face.

At least he had the decency not to do it during No Rate November (stay tuned!)
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Farmer John wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:I think Gigaton has three solid four star songs (WES, DOTC and TTLW) which is pretty remarkable, all things considered.
Three solid four star songs that you never would have heard if it weren't for us. So YOU'RE WELCOME.
Swings and roundabouts, I’ve also spent precious moments of my life listening to Lightning Bolt.
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Someday you will look back on those moments and realize there could have been more of them. And then, finally, you will feel…something
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My ears aren’t nuanced enough to really have accurate 4 or 5 star song ratings. I’ll say this: Never been a Just Breathe fan. Seen it live a bunch and resented it because of what might have been played instead. But at Wrigley a couple months ago it was my favorite performance of the two nights. It isn’t in the same conversation as Immortality or Black or Given to Fly, but it was 5 stars for me that night. The Running/React Respond combo was my runner up for the weekend.
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Birds in Hell wrote:Hmm, let’s see:

Alone
Animal
Daughter
Last Exit
Tremor Christ
Hail, Hail
Faithfull
Do the Evolution
Evacuation

Maybe I overestimated!

There are many four star songs right behind the above, including a lot of my favourites.
I messed up by not including Rats in the list above.

That brings things to an even 10 (and cements Vs as the band's best record.)
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I can't say I've ever sat down and ranked 5 star songs in their catalog, but I would venture to guess there are about 15-20 songs that meet that criteria on my personal rating scale. As Trag mentioned, there are a ton of four star songs.
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it gets hard sometimes because there are songs that are hsiorically 5 stars i dont listen to ir get excited for anymore and newer ones that are at the top of the mountain now that will fade

i guess (chronologically)

even flow
alive
black
jeremy
porch
release
breath
solat
yellow ledbetter
go
animal
RVM
Small Town
Indifference
Last exit
nothingman
corduroy
betterman
immortality
given to fly
wishlist
DTE
Life Wasted
WWS
Comatose
Mind Your Manners
Who Eve Said
Superblood
Dance
Wreckage
Dark Matter
WFS
Setting Sun

so 33ish
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How many are 5+?
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My guess is that if we looked at all the song polls and categorized anything averaging above 4.5 as a 5, there would be at least three dozen that RM at large thinks are 5 star songs.
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RockPusher wrote:My guess is that if we looked at all the song polls and categorized anything averaging above 4.5 as a 5, there would be at least three dozen that RM at large thinks are 5 star songs.

Just look at the songs that have consistently made it far in March Madness contests (ex. Corduroy).
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Running is better than Waiting for Stevie.
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and that is not a knock on WFS
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Monkey_Driven wrote:
RockPusher wrote:My guess is that if we looked at all the song polls and categorized anything averaging above 4.5 as a 5, there would be at least three dozen that RM at large thinks are 5 star songs.

Just look at the songs that have consistently made it far in March Madness contests (ex. Corduroy).
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Strat wrote:Running is better than Waiting for Stevie.
Eh, they're both 3-star songs
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Monkey_Driven wrote:
Strat wrote:Running is better than Waiting for Stevie.
Eh, they're both 3-star songs
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Jorge wrote:How many are 5+?
like 5?
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stip wrote:
Jorge wrote:How many are 5+?
like 5?
Those are your 5 star (top tier) songs. The others are now 4 star songs (second tier).

There. I solved it
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Jorge wrote:
stip wrote:
Jorge wrote:How many are 5+?
like 5?
Those are your 5 star (top tier) songs. The others are now 4 star songs (second tier).

There. I solved it
Grade inflation at its finest
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5 star songs with extra credit
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Back on topic. I wish R/R had SoF's bridge.
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