Jimmy Eat World -- Bleed American

i know the middle and sweetness will probably win it all, but "if you don't, don't" is seriously the only dud imo

get it faster, your house, authority song all classic (of the non-singles)

An old editor had a spare ticket when these guys came through town a few years back, and "A Praise Chorus" was amazing live, so as much as I love "The Middle" I'll throw a vote to their heart-on-sleeve fandom.

praise chorus. love this record.

Should have included the bonus cuts!

Praise Chorus for me too.

Will always be "Sweetness" for me.

killer record. when the album dropped i was surrounded by emo dorks who felt so betrayed by this band, and i was all 'whaaat they finally got good!'

i wanna do right by you
i'm finding out
cheating gets it faster OH OHOHOH OH OH OH OH

fitting story, in eighth grade i had the cd in my locker and the girl who had a crush on/terrorized me stole it and never gave it back. first of several times that happened.

Sweetness, for me

But I could've gone with a couple other songs

this is one of the records left behind at a famous ilx crime scene, no?

voted a praise chorus but maybe should have picked the middle

the dj never has it
jamc automatic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5qtxgwEoMQ

this'll probably end up being my vote, i'm in love with emo rusted root

The Authority Song I would gladly listen to today

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lol top 4 as expected but only 2 for the middle??

Guidance counsellor rock = dud

The top 3 here and "If You Don't. Don't" are my keepers from this.

man i was in middle school for 'the middle' and the entire song applied to me but i somehow didn't relate to it at all and i still loved it

like even as a middle schooler i could appreciate that song as an old man

I assumed "The Middle" would walk away with this and voted elsewhere!

If I'd seen this, The Sweetness would've had 6

I still fucking love that song so hard.

yeah it is killer

forgot how much i used to crush on "if you don't..."

my wife and i used to play the living fuck out of this record

I was the only voter for If You Don't... and I only decided to vote for it because zach was knocking it upthread. Really, every song on this record is brilliant aside for Hear You Me, and even that works as a nice breather on the album.

i always end up skipping it, but every song has its fans and whatnot

Lest my vote sounded too reactionary in my above post, I should add that I was like 80% likely to vote for that song anyway.

nothing but hits on this record

Cautioners 1

deserved 8 more votes

Best album - not a single bad song on it.

"Hear You Me" is my least favourite but it was on the soundtrack of a ton of terrible teen movies/dramas in the 00s, so I appreciate its existence.

Listening again tonight and yeah, there's really not a duff track in the batch. This kind of music is not really my thing, but the songs are so good and well-arranged it kind of transcends (my) taste.