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The band showcases their musical malleability by going punk.Ħ1. “People” // ‘Notes On A Conditional Form’ The 1975 made their mark incorporating social activism into their music with her spoken-word feature on the band’s first single from Notes On A Conditional Form’.Ħ2. If everyone had a quarter of the passion that environmental activist Greta Thunberg has with making a difference in the world, our foresight on the future condition of life might not be so bleak. “The 1975” // ‘Notes On A Conditional Form’ “So Far (It’s Alright)” // ‘The 1975’Ī song about reflecting and staying sanguine through turmoil and friendships coming to an end.Ħ3. The closest The 1975 come to a rap track, this song has a standout vocal cadence.Ħ4. “Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied” // ‘Notes On A Conditional Form’ If you haven’t caught onto the band’s tendency to give nods to past songs, this one puts it right in your face.Ħ5. “I Think There’s Something You Should Know” // ‘Notes On A Conditional Form’ I also forget this exists, but because it’s a hidden track.Ħ6. “102” // ‘A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships’ Here, Matty Healy opens up about his mother’s postpartum depression.Ħ7. “She Lays Down” // ‘I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It’ “Me And You Together Song” strays away from the polarity between music and lyrics present throughout the band’s repertoire and instead retains an innate innocence.Ħ8. “Me And You Together Song” // ‘Notes On A Conditional Form’ “Playing On My Mind” // ‘Notes On A Conditional Form’ĭiscerning the relationship between head and heart and intimately demonstrates inquisitively figuring things out.Ħ9. Quintessential to ‘A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships’, but it was only redeemed in the second half with “Petrichor”.ħ0. “How To Draw / Petrichor” // ‘A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships’ The pan flute sound is too aurally jarring for me on this one, but I can respect its presence in a jazz track.Īn instrumental alluding to an aggressively debilitating illness with a 50% survival rate.ħ1. “Mine” // ‘A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships’ “12” is very brief and lacks the anticipation some of the band’s other instrumentals build.ħ3. Somber instrumentation is complemented by a lyrically heart wrenching narrative. “Is There Somebody Who Can Watch You?” // ‘The 1975’ There are instrumentals (and minimalistic tracks that might as well be considered such) that are some of my favorites, but I’ll get to that later.ħ5. “Having No Head” // ‘Notes On A Conditional Form’ “Yeah I Know” // ‘Notes On A Conditional Form’Įxtremely minimal and centered around a few words, “Yeah I Know” walks a borderline of unlistenable and enjoyable with sufficient replay.ħ6. It precedes “The Birthday Party”, but not in a way that really feels like it’s really contributing to its atmosphere– and that song outdoes itself.ħ7. “Streaming” // ‘Notes On A Conditional Form’ “Surrounded By Heads and Bodies” // ‘A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships’ħ8. It feels unassumingly out of character in context of the album and otherwise.ħ9.
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The 1975 went tropical with a song in dire need of a Drake feature– seriously, Drake: cover this. “TOOTIMETOOTIME” // ‘A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships’ Merging two songs either goes really well or really badly this one is a robotic monologue that needs the context of the album to stand on its own.Ĩ0. “The Man Who Married A Robot / Love Theme” // ‘A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships’ “Shiny Collarbone” // ‘Notes On A Conditional Form’Īll four instrumentals off the band’s fourth album ‘ Notes On A Conditional Form’ felt like an arduous endurance more than anything, but I especially don’t like this one.Ĩ1.
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Without including covers, alternate versions, remixes, or admittedly the only live album I ever revisit- here is every song by The 1975, ranked worst to best.Ĩ2. The band’s songwriting talent, transcendence of genre limitations, and sense of aesthetic identity- paired with relatable and thought-provoking motifs persisting within their lyrics- deliver an extremely important discography that ultimately led them to be widely accepted in the mainstream, pioneering in the realms of pop, indie, alternative, and even rock music. Whether you agree with this hierarchy or are ready to crucify me after reading this, we can hopefully agree on one thing: The 1975 have become the biggest, most iconic indie band of their generation.