The National: Boxer poll

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Boxer is the fourth studio album by Brooklyn-based indie rock band The National. It was released on May 22, 2007 by Beggars Banquet Records and since then has sold over 150,000 copies in the United States. Following its release, it debuted at number 68 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 9,500 copies in its first week.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
1. Fake Empire	8
7. Apartment Story	5
2. Mistaken for Strangers	5
5. Green Gloves	3
4. Squalor Victoria	2
6. Slow Show	2
10. Racing Like a Pro	2
3. Brainy	1
11. Ada	1
9. Guest Room	0
8. Start a War	0
12. Gospel	0

― Bee OK, Wednesday, 16 December 2009 03:32 (fifteen years ago)

Green gloves. No question. That song does it to me every time.

― ★彡☆ ★彡 (ENBB), Wednesday, 16 December 2009 03:34 (fifteen years ago)

was there an Alligator poll?

― 囧 (dyao), Wednesday, 16 December 2009 03:37 (fifteen years ago)

fake empire

― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 16 December 2009 03:42 (fifteen years ago)

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― Bee OK, Wednesday, 16 December 2009 04:04 (fifteen years ago)

I heard "Fake Empire" at the supermarket a few months ago!

"Mistaken For Strangers" is the keeper. The rest is mumbly portents.

― Hell is other people. In an ILE film forum. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 16 December 2009 04:06 (fifteen years ago)

i actually got a chance to listen to this today. it was much better than i remembered. i never over played it but burned out on it really quickly, so i thought it was hugely overrated.

i want to vote for "Slow Show" but already voted for "Fake Empire."

― Bee OK, Saturday, 19 December 2009 04:09 (fifteen years ago)

Had massive National burnout and had forgotten how many excellent songs were on this album. The production is distant and reverby - many alt. & live versions are better than the studio ones - but in the backlash I'm a bit ashamed of how I hipsterly dropped this band when they got ubiquitous (at least, ubiquitous on shuffle on my iPod). Will have to give a considered listen tomorrow while doing the dishes to determine Which! Will! Be! The! WINNAH!

― I was in a drop-D metal band we called Requiem (staggerlee), Saturday, 19 December 2009 05:29 (fifteen years ago)

Apartment Story.

― President Danny Glover (Millsner), Saturday, 19 December 2009 08:52 (fifteen years ago)

Another listen confirms: the production on this record sucks. The strings, horns & misc. instruments work against the songs & arrangements rather than for them. It's as though they went to every pain to disguise their two greatest assets: a killer guitarist and monster drummer.

Still: Racing Like a Pro.

― I was in a drop-D metal band we called Requiem (staggerlee), Saturday, 19 December 2009 23:41 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Sunday, 20 December 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago)

this seems like a really weird statement. i love the production on this album, obv just a matter of taste there, but objectively the drums seem really loud and clear so i'm not sure why you think they're disguising the drumming?

anyways i voted for "brainy"

― congratulations (n/a), Sunday, 20 December 2009 01:19 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Monday, 21 December 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago)

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