Ranking Every Alvvays Song For Lack of a Better Idea by Billy Bratton

Ranking Every Alvvays Song For Lack of a Better Idea

Billy Bratton

In preparation for making this list, I decided to do a grueling relistening of the entire Alvvays discography. One hour later, my ranking was complete. Without further ado, here is the definitive ranking of Alvvays songs from not that good to that good.

23. Already Gone

22. Echolalia

21. Forget About Life

20. Underneath Us

19. Supine Equine

18. Dives

17. Ones Who Love You

16. Hey

15. Red Planet

14. Party Police

13. Lollipop (Ode to Jim)

12. Your Type

11. Saved by a Waif

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10. The Agency Group

This is my cool “deep cut” pick.

9. Next of Kin

Fun little tune about death by drowning as a relationship metaphor.

8. Not My Baby

I definitely underrated this but to acknowledge that would be to acknowledge my fallibility.

7. Plimsoll Punks

I have no idea what a “plimsoll punk” is but that doesn’t really impact my listening experience.

6. Atop a Cake

Featuring potentially the best Alvvays lyric: “how could I lose control when you’re driving from the backseat?”

5. Archie, Marry Me

The verses aren’t as strong as the chorus but that’s pretty much a nitpick.

Photo: Isaac Crown-Manesis

4. Pecking Order

Alvvays’s hidden gem and possibly their best chorus.

3. Adult Diversion

Secretly better than “Archie” although no one wants to admit it.

2. In Undertow

If the rest of this song were as good as the last minute or so, it would be one of my all-time favorite songs. I mean it already is but even more so.

1. Dreams Tonite

Yeah it’s the best.

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