porcupinetheater: Ranking Katatonia's Lp's

porcupinetheater 09.17.14	Controversial choice for my least favorite, but it don't grab me as much. Still a great album. It was Fritter's favorite, but Fritter's fucking gone now, so I guess his opinion is worthless and invalid.
JohnnyoftheWell 09.17.14	The low placement of 7 (only one I know; I found it pretty meh and overrated) makes me think I should check some more out
DungeonBoy 09.17.14	The three albums that came after Viva Emptiness were much better overall. I like Viva Emptiness but if that was your only exposure definitely check out Night Is the New Day, as I prefer it much more. Dead End Kings is my favorite, and it was definitely much more of a grower than Night is the New Day. I never really got into The Great Cold Distance as much as the other two, but it is a great album and thinking about it now I should probably go revisit it.
porcupinetheater 09.17.14	Viva Emptiness has some great tracks on it, but also some material that just feels a bit too plodding. I love Katatonia primarily for the isolating atmosphere of their music, and I don't think Viva Emptiness does it as well or as consistently as the albums higher up on the list. Last Fair Deal Gone Down is a fucking masterpiece by any stretch.