Many times I plumped for albums that had just been mentioned enthusiastically by muppets in the monthlies, and most of those times I plumped for what turned out to be a stinker. Saw them live at All Points East two years back and they were good if not great, the singer being on water rather than wine that day. But I agree that a 10th anniversary reissue feels like a slight occasion. This feels like an album that has been laboured over. They go on the same shelf as, say, Arcade Fire.My copy of High Violet arrived this very morning. It’s a nuanced and subtle record, one that reveals its charms slowly and takes a while to seep under your skin, but once it’s there it’s there for good. What’s not to like?Introspection, headphones, late nights, a vague sense of unease and feeling adrift.It seems a bit strange to be re-releasing an album after just 10 years.Love the band, love the album. They were (possibly are – I care not) one of the most disappointing hypes of whenever it was that I spent wasted hours browsing the CD racks up at the top of the escalator at Paddington, trying to pass the time until the next Bristol train from platform 4 wasn’t cancelled. I’m a bit of a fan.I was late to the National, not latching until Glasto telly about 3 or 4 years ago. Slightly odd, as many of the acts I do like – The Dawn Chorus, The Slow Show, to a lesser extent Elbow – are described as sounding National-like.

: 2010 was a key year for The National. But what about the extras on this tenth anniversary reissue? I think I only ever played it once or twice and the video link has put me off doing that again, even if I could locate it. The National – High Violet 10th Anniversary Edition. Which I’ve probably had for a year and played maybe two or three times. I’ll dig it out tomorrow. I don’t mean it’s tired and weary, more that it’s been pored over and crafted by people who have done their apprenticeship and are ready to show what they can do.

*I’ve just shelled out for thirty quid’s worth of sorbothane feet for the darling; in operation it sits slightly behind but less than a foot from the top driver of a Spendor 5 which pushes out quite a lot of oomph when asked. Give one of them a call.I bought this on release as part of a spending spree during my “£50 guy” period (remember him?) Good band.I too discovered them via Glastonbury tv and bought a few of theirs including this one. Hence my question! Its amongst 8 trays of CDs in plastic wallets in the attic/office.Two kids since 2009 mean stuff like this that I thought I should/would like at the time will probably never cross my path again.I love High Violet. This next album was crucial. Most notably, by example, the two Arcade Fire albums I bought; the first ‘cos they were the new hip thang, and then a year or two later ‘cos they had another out and maybe I’d misjudged the first one.
High Violet is the fifth studio album by the National, which was released on May 10, 2010 in Europe and on May 11, 2010 in North America via 4AD.

I don’t fancy (i.e. In contrast, I can’t remember where my copies of the two Arcade Fire albums I own are, or even what they are called, but even if I could I doubt they’d get a spin. The National's 2010 album High Violet is turning 10 this year, and to celebrate the anniversary, the band have announced an expanded vinyl reissue. 10 years ago. The National have announced that they'll be releasing their seminal 2010 album 'High Violet' on vinyl for the first time – and will celebrate by livestreaming a special show from the era tonight. I’d rather stick to the quirky top-loading delight that’s the Planet if I can. The songs feel polished and strong, but it’s an album that lives on its arrangements. It could consolidate their success and launch them onwards to the next level and the next and the next after that, the big font at the top of a festival listing and You get the sense the band knew that. The National are reissuing High Violet to mark the 10th anniversary of the release. I bought Boxer after their apperance on Later, and was a bit underwhelmed. Think I now have ‘em all, except, paradoxically the latest. Originally released May 11, 2010, the critically acclaimed fifth studio album features the now-classics ‘Terrible Love’, ‘Bloodbuzz Ohio’, ‘England’, and perennial show closer, ‘Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks’. Trouble Will Find Me is even better.