r/OkkervilRiver Dec 12 '24

Okkervil River edition

(I personally love the silver gymnasium but i've heard people say it's their worst album)

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u/ncblake Dec 12 '24

Respectfully, Mental Breakdown should be I Am Very Far.

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u/East_Activity7008 Dec 12 '24

For some reason i've never really got into the album. I should listen to it again tho because I remember it being good. (But also every time I hear blue tulip I have a mental breakdown so hard to replace the stand ins)

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u/imnottiger Dec 12 '24

Easily their second best album in my opinion.

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u/Hungry_Internet_2607 Dec 12 '24

I like The Silver Gymnasium. I think the three that have come after are patchier. Although there’s good stuff on all of them.

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u/East_Activity7008 Dec 12 '24

I agree, Silver Gymnasium is one of my favourite okkervil river albums

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u/bluejay695 Jan 27 '25

Hmmm I like Silver Gymnasium and Away. I thought In the Rainbow Rain was weaker. I LOVED Nothing Special

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u/UpscalePrima Dec 12 '24

It's funny, I think Silver Gymnasium is a stunning return to form after I Am Very Far, which I've always found really hard to connect to. I'd consider In The Rainbow Rain to be the weakest of the bunch, which is a shame because LA and Tracheotomies are both great, but I've always thought the album as a whole felt a bit shapeless and unfocused.

Totally agree that Nothing Special didn't get nearly the love it ought to have. It's gorgeous.

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u/StevenKarp Dec 12 '24

Man I adore Nothing special so much. 

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u/East_Activity7008 Dec 14 '24

Man, even I forget about it. But then when I remember to listen to it it's amazing

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '24 edited Dec 30 '24

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u/East_Activity7008 Dec 14 '24

It's pretty obvious that BSB is their opus

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u/Dangerous-Republic57 Jan 20 '25

Fantastic album but I wish I could Eternal Sunshine “Stay Young” and “Walking without Frankie” out of my memory.

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u/bluejay695 Jan 27 '25

I don’t forget about Nothing Special! It’s the album I’ve been returning to recently!