The NationalBest The National Albums Ranked
8.0
Avg Score
112
Opinions
15
Albums
20
Reviewers
Summary from 112 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated The National’s catalog across 15 albums from 112 opinions, with an overall average of 8.0/10. The top-rated The National album is High Violet (Bonus Track Version) (2010) with a 8.3/10 average from 6 ratings, followed by Sleep Well Beast and Trouble Will Find Me. The discography on Rate.fm spans 2001 to 2024. Bloodbuzz Ohio ranks as the highest-rated The National song on Rate.fm with a 9.4/10 average.
First Two Pages of Frankenstein
““I go in and out of phases of exhaustion, dejection and despair, but not in the way that some people do,” The National frontman Matt Berninger told NME in 2020 when discussing what shaped his stately debut solo album ‘Serpentine Prison‘. “You can get so lost inside the weight of all of it.” Berninger found himself at sea in the years that followed, battling depression and writer’s block. With his”
Laugh Track
“There’s something to be said about a band that never gets worse. You can point to any post-Beatles band and find a dip in quality someplace, but it’s hard to perform such a task when piecing through The National’s catalog—which has grown one album larger this week, upon the surprise release of Laugh Track. If you believe that Boxer or High Violet or even Trouble Will Find Me are the various apexes”
I Am Easy to Find
“For all intents and purposes, Matt Berninger is a New Yorker. Though not born in the Big Apple, he moved to Brooklyn in 1996 and has written a bevy of songs about the five boroughs, “Daughters of the Soho Riots,” “The Geese of Beverly Road,” and “Born to Beg” standing out the most, the latter of which features the prophetic line, “New York is older and changing its skin again / It dies every 10 ye”
Trouble Will Find Me
“I almost never listen to this cause it’s too emotional lmao. Hard to explain. In my feels ig. Really really incredible album though. Maybe I’ll try to face it again now that I’m in a good spot in life :)”
High Violet (Expanded Edition)
“I like this album. A lot of solid tracks, especially bloodbuzz Ohio. But it’s a little 1D.”