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- 7.5
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Tracklist
- 1Never Meant4:28
- 2The Summer Ends4:46
- 3Honestly?6:11
- 4For Sure3:16
- 5You Know I Should Be Leaving Soon3:43
- 6But the Regrets Are Killing Me3:55
- 7I’ll See You When We’re Both Not So Emotional3:42
- 8Stay Home8:10
- 9The One With the Wurlitzer2:43
Reviews
Rated 8/10
wow
nice
NEED TO HEAR RATING: DEFINITELY HEAR
Best song: Stay Home
Worst song: I'll See You When We're Both Not So Emotional
Underrated: But The Regrets Are Killing Me
Rated 5/10
what do you mean they made pleasant mellow emo
Rated 8/10
Not first listen!
One of the most autumn-est albums to exist, but there's still a week left of summer, damn it!
I give it a low four, in my arbitrary rating system that I have yet to properly define since starting this project. A consistent album that, for whatever reason, my interest wanes in the middle before coming back strong at the end.
This isn't really a knock at the music, but Kinsella, the singer, describes their early days as "noodly and meandering". That's kinda my take on American Football's debut, but sometimes it helps to be noodly.
HL: "Never Meant", "The Summer Ends", "For Sure", "Stay Home"
September 16, 2026
Rated 6/10
These guys are really good instrumentalists, and also the inclusion of a trumpet in emo music isn't something I would have considered, but it works. Pretty solid album, especially given these guys were a college band that initially had a really short run. I'm glad to have heard this, even though emo isn't really in my regular rotation for listening, I still appreciate their talent.
Favourite songs: Honestly?, You Know I Should Be Leaving Soon, The Summer Ends, For Sure
Least favourite songs: The One With the Wurlitzer
3/5
Rated 8/10
I was kind of dreading this because it's marked as "emo" (and I shouldn't really have a problem with emo tbf), but it really helped me understand where emo came from as an extension of the lo-fi, downcast work of Pavement. I feel like the Alan Grant of music now.
Rated 10/10
A titan of the emo genre. This 100% deserves to be on the base list. It still hits so hard to this day.
Rated 8/10
Proto emo, in a good way.
Rated 2/10
Of course a miserable emo album. Because this is the miserable internet ruled by miserable white American men in the suburbs. Fuck you.
Rated 8/10
Such a classic. As a pretty big emo fan in circa 2001, I was always aware of American Football but it wasn't something that I ever delved into with any seriousness. Have come to enjoy it much more in the past 5 years. 4/5
Rated 6/10
not sure i get all the hype
Rated 8/10
The classic emo album, already within my rotation, deserves to be on the orginal list.