Monday, November 28, 2005

Nickel Creek - Why Should the Fire Die? (2005)

1. When in Rome (4)
2. Somebody More Like You (4)
3. Jealous of the Moon (3)
4. Scotch & Chocolate (3)
5. Can't Complain (4)
6. Tomorrow is a Long Time (3)
7. Eveline (3.5)
8. Stumptown (2)
9. Anthony (2)
10. Best of Luck (3.5)
11. Doubting Thomas (3)
12. First and Last Waltz (2.5)
13. Helena (3.5)
14. Why Should the Fire Die? (2.5)

Overall: 3.1

Sufjan Stevens - Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lakes State (2003)

1. Flint (3.5)
2. All Good Naysayers... (3)
3. For the Windows in Paradise... (5)
4. Say Yes! To M!ch!gan! (3)
5. The Upper Peninsula (2.5)
6. Tahquamenon Falls (n/a)
7. Holland (3)
8. Detroit, Lift Up... (4.5)
9. Romulus (4)
10. Alanson, Crooked River (n/a)
11. Sleeping Bear, Sault Saint Marie (2.5)
12. They Also Mourn... (3)
13. Oh God, Where Are You Now?... (3)
14. Redford (n/a)
15. Vito's Ordination Song (3)

Overall: 3.3

The Wrens - The Meadowlands (2003)

1. The House that Guilt Built (2.5)
2. Happy (5)
3. She Sends Kisses (5)
4. This Boy is Exhausted (5)
5. Hopeless (5)
6. Faster Gun (4.5)
7. Thirteen Grand (4)
8. Boys, You Won't (5)
9. Ex-Girl Collection (4.5)
10. Per Second Second (3)
11. Everyone Chooses Sides (5)
12. 13 Months in 6 Minutes (4)
13. This is Not What You Had Planned (2.5)

Overall: 4.2

Death Cab for Cutie - Plans (2005)

1. Marching Bands of Manhattan (3)
2. Soul Meets Body (2.5)
3. Summer Skin (2)
4. Different Names for the Same Thing (3.5)
5. I Will Follow You Into the Dark (2)
6. Your Heart is an Empty Room (2)
7. Someday You Will Be Loved (2.5)
8. Crooked Teeth (2.5)
9, What Sarah Said (3.5)
10. Brothers on a Hotel Bed (2)
11. Stable Song (2)

Overall: 2.5