Most appreciated:
1) FTR
2) HCDR
3) RRF
4) HB
5) AYDY
6) Something Wild
7) Blooddrunk
Listening to the most today:
1) HCDR
2) RRF
3) FTR
4) AYDY
5) HB
6) Something Wild
7) Blooddrunk
Seems like HCDR is the best album for me in terms of appreciate:listen ratio and Bodom Beach Terror for song. I can't get enough of "wash your hands in the lake of your blood, just before you die" or whatever he says, followed by that amazing melody. I used to love the atmospheric sections but it's either I listened to those songs too much or something because I can't get through most of the old songs without pressing next. The only bits of COB music that can give me that musical high these days are high energy melodic parts like BBT and SKO choruses.
You probably think I'm crazy that I don't rate Hatebreeder so highly, but the fact of the matter is most of the rhythm on that album is boring. For instance, Downfall has some amazing parts like the intro and leads, but the parts in between are long and standard. I only have SNBN and TDE on my ipod these days since they're the only ones I can listen the entire way through nowadays. Both of them are truly elite songs all the way through.
And for the millionth time, I'm gonna say that RRF is a super underrated album around here just because it doesn't sound like people want it to. I've been reading stupid shit like the music doesn't flow, which is absolutely ridiculous. All of the songs are extremely well written and flow PERFECTLY. Something Wild and HB (and to some extent AYDY and BD) are the only albums that suffer with flow and piecing song bits together. I seriously can't understand how someone can be a COB fan and not love songs like SKO and NMF to death. The other songs on the album are mostly quite good pieces of metal music that will go under appreciated. Pussyfoot miss suicide is such a great song but it's so incredibly different than most COB that people think it's shit. Personally, I think Pussyfoot is more enjoyable and more well written than songs like Wrath Within, Black Widow, or Northern Comfort.