STYE:
Evil in a Closet
The Quiet Place
Touch of Red
Borders and Shading
Like You Better Dead
Dead Alone
Superhero of the Computer Rage
Discover Me Like Emptiness
In Search For I
Dial-595 Escape
My Sweet Shadow
F(r)iend
Bottled
I've italicised six of the songs because I basically rank all of those in the same place, they're all 7/10 tracks for me. A better way of grouping for my selections would be by ratings:
9/10 - Evil in a Closet
8.5/10 - The Quiet Place
7.5/10 - Touch of Red, Borders and Shading, Like You Better Dead
7/10 - Dead Alone, Superhero of the Computer Rage, Discover Me Like Emptiness, In Search For I, Dial-595 Escape, My Sweet Shadow
5/10 - F(r)iend
1/10 - Bottled
As far as ASOP is concerned...
Eraser
Abnegation
Condemned
Tilt
Sleepless Again
The Mirror's Truth
Disconnected
Alias
Sober and Irrelevant
I'm the Highway
Drenched in Fear
Move Through Me
March to the Shore
Delight and Angers
The Chosen Pessimist
Again, a lot of songs basically in the same or similar brackets:
8/10 - Eraser, Abnegation, Condemned
7.5/10 - Tilt, Sleepless Again
7/10 - The Mirror's Truth, Disconnected, Alias
6.5/10 - Sober and Irrelevant, I'm the Highway, Drenched in Fear, Move Through Me, March to the Shore
3/10 - Delight and Angers
2/10 - TCP
Production and vocals on this album drag everything down, though, and make even the good songs tough to listen to. Most of them sound a lot better live. TMT live is awesome, but on album it's quite average.
Although I'm not really sure about the number gradings, STYE goes like this for me-
Borders and Shading [10/10]
Discover Me Like Emptiness [10/10]
Touch of Red [9.5/10]
The Quiet Place [9.5/10]
F(r)iend [8.5/10]
My Sweet Shadow [8.5/10]
Dead Alone [8.5/10]- Criminally underrated imo
Like You Better Dead [8.5/10]
In Search For I [7.5/10]- I like the vocals, the lyrics don't really take me out of the moment, but it's probably the one song that doesn't work with STYE's production
Dial 595-Escape [7.5/10]
My Sweet Shadow (Remix) [7.5/10]- I quite like it for the most part, but I hate that one really loud electronic noise in the second verse
Varmlandsvisan [7.5/10]- I always forget about this one, but it's good
Evil in a Closet [6/10]- Don't care for the latter half of the song
Superhero of the Computer Rage [2/10]- The melodic lead is cool, that's it
Bottled [0/10]
Average- 7.5/10
It's always strange and surprising to me just how much Superhero resonates with everyone else except me. Sure, the lead is absolutely classic In Flames, but that's pretty much the only really enjoyable part of the song for me. I'm not exactly sure what I'm just not hearing, but yeah, I wish it was better. I don't necessarily think it should've been left off the album though- That honor is reserved for Bottled exclusively.
ASoP-
Disconnected [10/10]
Move Through Me [10/10]
Eraser [10/10]
The Mirror's Truth [9/10]- Ranked higher than some with better scores because I love the composition and hate some production choices that aren't just the guitar tone
Tilt [9.5/10]
Drenched In Fear [9.5/10]- Also underrated as fuck
Abnegation [9/10]
Sleepless Again [8/10]
Alias [8/10]
The Chosen Pessimist [7.5/10]- Would rate this a lot higher if they just cut out a minute of the buildup because it just doesn't quite justify its length in the same way as other long songs or even Wallflower
I'm the Highway [6.5/10]
Condemned [6/10]
March to the Shore [6/10]
Delights and Angers/Sober and Irrelevant [0/10]- Both should've been left off the album
Average- 7.5/10
I've always tended to believe that I like ASoP more when I'm more depressed, and these scores are genuinely startling to me because of that. I don't know if it's actually grown on me or if I'm in a worse headspace than I realize- Though then again, I work retail and have been forced to listen to Christmas music nonstop since November started, so maybe anything's honey for the wound.
Also, I swear that that tie wasn't intentional, I generally find STYE to be way more enjoyable than ASoP.