Run Quick EMO ALBUMS; Here I’ll POLL, You VOTED

change > e&i
but i know i'm the only one who believes in that

no i do too

ok but srs thank you's to everyone who participated

tt and I are in the cinema so we'll miss the real top four, but good luck emos

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4. Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I (1999)
499 points, 15 votes, 1 number one

Thirded (xposts)

there it is. maybe aged the worst of any album i loved at the time.

lol I'm dumb

o shit i was wrong on my 90s/00s breakdown :-0

lol i also think change is much better but voted for this cause it felt more emo

p much every one of my friends was berzerk over this when it came out

I saw them in like 95-96 touring for "!" & hated them, then when E&I came out couldn't believe it was the same band

I voted for this one

Yeah I find a few of these songs grate on me like "You Are Invited" or "What Do You Want Me To Say." I like them but "Face Of The Earth" and especially "Superpowers" are songs I can enjoy anytime.

i adopted my dog when she was 8 weeks old & the family that had the dog that had the litter she was a part of let their pre-teen girls name all the puppies. mine was named Charlotte for what i could only assume was a GC ref.

i named her Charlie

xp But maybe that's because the former are more traditionally emo.

"you are invited" still rules

imo emergency and i doesn't fit any of the genre parameters established but whatev

never was a huge fan of emergency &i but it made my ballot - "the city" is so crazy and awesome

that song still rules

they were/are in insanely tight band but travis's schtick just did not hold up

one of my favorite rhythm sections for sure

also remember Travistan? his schtick didn't last past the dissolution of the band

I've actually never heard this. I have no idea what it even sounds like. Excited to find out!

I still love that album to bits. the last 4 tracks are unbelievable.

^e&i, not travistan. Good luck making it through that one.

ugh fuck travis

"a life full of possibilities" is still such a weird/ballsy opener

i definitely remember hearing it for the first time and wondering what i had gotten myself into

Top 3 is pretty obvious at this point.

I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE THE TOP 3

I THINK I CAN NAME 2 OF IT BUT EVEN THEN I DONT KNOW

MY GF IS WELL MORE EMO THAN I EVER WAS AND IVE GOT HER INTO THIS

idk why i capslocked that

I dunno I know his shtick wears on people but I admire travis for taking a shit ton of risks both lyrically and vocally

fingers crossed 6-7 ppl voted for PMFS s/t debut as #1, c'moonnnnnnnnn

I didn't mind Travistan when I finally got around to hearing it although I never felt the need to give it a second listen...

in reverie
johnny foreinger vs. everything
day three of my new life

there's going to be at least one completely shocking omission is all I know

man who would've guessed that three Joyce Manor albums would top the poll? anyway thanks Mordy and congrats to Joyce Manor!

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3. The Promise Ring - Nothing Feels Good (1997)
518 points, 17 votes, 1 number one

surprised relationship of command got this far

never in doubt xp

grrrrreat record

man who would've guessed that three Joyce Manor albums would top the poll? anyway thanks Mordy and congrats to Joyce Manor!

lol. they're gonna slay when we run this again in 2027

delaware are you aware of air supply and television

I voted for this one

So relationship of command, diary, and black parade - one of them is getting 101'ed

worth posting my favorite lol emo music video of all time

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So relationship of command, diary, and black parade - one of them is getting 101'ed

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rip black parade

more shockingly, RIP city by the light divided

Promise ring is one of my two guesses. The other is infinity on high.

TOO LOW

nothing feels good was my #1 without even a second thought, some days it feels like my #1 album of all time

WARNING: TMI/EMO:
i just listened to NFG on my morning commute in anticipation of its placing today (walking in 30°weather lol). this week’s rollout has beautifully coincided with an emotionally heavy period for me at work and the result was some legit fighting back exhaustion-tears from behind my sunglasses

END OF EMO

contrasting with simon’s description of domestica:

one of the starkest and most stressful rock albums ever, no relief or release at all (or when it comes it feels mocking)

NFG swerves and crashes between stress and relief at such a rapid clip that the result is a dizzying euphoria.

if the loud-quiet-loud formula the pixes perfected is emotional arithmetic , promise ring’s sonics feel like emotional chaos theory

i could go on but I’ll just defy thread convention and instead link to a brilliant pitchfork review for a change, ian cohen’s writeup of the 2015 re-release: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21125-nothing-feels-good/