The National formed in 1999 when five friends from Cincinnati, OH met again after all relocating to Brooklyn, NY. For years the band has received critical praise but it wasn't until 2005's Alligator that a wider audience finally discovered them. Alligator ended up topping scores of year-end critics' lists and music polls and the band found themselves selling out large venues across the U.S.
The National's Beggars Banquet debut, Alligator, is an album whose reception closely mirrored the kind of sounds they made on recordit started out quiet, and ended up very, very loud. Alligator became one of the most widely discussed and critically acclaimed independent albums of 2005album of the year to one Los Angeles Times critic. It also earned top marks in a poll of Americas bloggeratti and rapturous reviews throughout the U.S. and Europe. (Uncut, selecting it as an album of the month, called the record "their first masterpiece.") More importantly, The National became an object of growing obsession among a thriving community of fansstrands of their lyrics decorated MySpaces; during shows, audience members sang along in unison, echoing through concert halls; news of celebrity admirers like Bruce Springsteen shot across the interwebs. The National became famous in an alternate universeone where the gossip rags talk about the people you actually care about.
Alligator, The National's third critically acclaimed album released in April 2005 is now available on high quality 140gram vinyl.
Features:
140g Vinyl
Download high quality of MP3's of entire album plus Five Additional tracks FREE
Selections:
1. Secret Meeting
2. Karen
3. Lit Up
4. Looking For Astronauts
5. Daughters Of The Soho Riots
6. Baby, We'll Be Fine
7. Friend Of Mine
8. Val Jester
9. All The Wine
10. Abel
11. The Geese Of Beverly Road
12. City Middle
13. Mr. November
The National's Beggars Banquet debut, Alligator, is an album whose reception closely mirrored the kind of sounds they made on recordit started out quiet, and ended up very, very loud. Alligator became one of the most widely discussed and critically acclaimed independent albums of 2005album of the year to one Los Angeles Times critic. It also earned top marks in a poll of Americas bloggeratti and rapturous reviews throughout the U.S. and Europe. (Uncut, selecting it as an album of the month, called the record "their first masterpiece.") More importantly, The National became an object of growing obsession among a thriving community of fansstrands of their lyrics decorated MySpaces; during shows, audience members sang along in unison, echoing through concert halls; news of celebrity admirers like Bruce Springsteen shot across the interwebs. The National became famous in an alternate universeone where the gossip rags talk about the people you actually care about.
Alligator, The National's third critically acclaimed album released in April 2005 is now available on high quality 140gram vinyl.
Features:
140g Vinyl
Download high quality of MP3's of entire album plus Five Additional tracks FREE
Selections:
1. Secret Meeting
2. Karen
3. Lit Up
4. Looking For Astronauts
5. Daughters Of The Soho Riots
6. Baby, We'll Be Fine
7. Friend Of Mine
8. Val Jester
9. All The Wine
10. Abel
11. The Geese Of Beverly Road
12. City Middle
13. Mr. November
