The National: Alligator (2005)

"I used to be carried in the arms of cheerleaders"

From a review of Alligator:

"The National may sound like a garage band turned down, but there's as much primal energy lurking behind Alligator as in any mop-topped group of city kids with bloodstained Danelectros in a dusty warehouse." [source]

I have a CD copy of this release, from 2005. My vinyl copy is a 2011 repressing on lime green vinyl. In truth, it looks more yellow than lime green, at least to me. Alligator has a bunch of awesome songs. In fact, the LP contains two of my top tracks from The National. Those are Lit Up and Mr. November. My least favourite track on this LP is Looking for Astronauts, but that's still not a bad song.