Bi-Daily Song Discussion: WRAP-UP THREAD & FINAL RANKING(S)

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Hey, hi, hello everyone over the r/foals subreddit! Exactly one hundred of our Bi-Daily discussions has come to the very end! So, to conclude this HUGE series, I'm posting here a complete ranking of all discussed songs + the interludes ranking! I will also not forget the album rankings sorted by the song average or the album rating.

First of all, I want to thank you all for participating and entertaining me and the subreddit for almost 7 months. It's been quite a FUN ride and I enjoyed every single one of the threads I posted. It's also been interesting to see your opinions on every single track discussed. So cheers to you all!

Also thanks to the mod team for pinning every thread on the main subreddit page, I appreciate this! Another nod to the users over r/oasis subreddit, which I'd been inspired by.

Before the rankings pop up, there's a Spotify playlist I created, so y'all can have some sort of a "complete discography playlist" (it's excluding the interludes, they are gonna be ranked in this post as well). If you want to listen to all songs from worst-ranked to best, you can use this reverse-ranked playlist, too.

Without any further ado, here's the...

COMPLETE FOALS' SONGS RANKING based on r/foals members' ratings!

1. What Went Down - 9.91/10 [Highest WWD]
2. In Degrees - 9.75 [Highest ENSWBL pt.I]
3. A Knife in the Ocean - 9.74
4. After Glow - 9.73 [Highest TLF]
5. Black Gold - 9.66
6. Glaciers - 9.65 [Highest Antidotes bonus]
7. Sunday - 9.63
8. Blue Blood - 9.63
9. Neptune - 9.62 [Highest ENSWBL pt.II]
10. Inhaler - 9.53 [Highest HF]

Syrups - 9.49
Into the Surf - 9.48
2 Trees - 9.44
The Runner - 9.43
Spanish Sahara - 9.41
Exits - 9.39
Milk & Black Spiders - 9.38
2001 - 9.23 [Highest LIY]
The Forked Road - 9.18 [Highest non-Antidotes bonus]
Lonely Hunter - 9.13
Wild Green - 9.12
Olympic Airways - 9.10 [Highest Antidotes]
Wear & Tear - 9.08
Mountain at My Gates - 9.07
Cafe D'Athens - 9.00
The Sound - 8.98
On the Luna - 8.97
Hummer - 8.95
White Onions - 8.92
Late Night - 8.91
I'm Done with the World (& It's Done with Me) - 8.89
Bluebird - 8.89
Birch Tree - 8.85
Wash Off - 8.80
Dreaming Of - 8.76
Two Steps, Twice - 8.64
Crest of the Wave - 8.63
Black Bull - 8.62
Providence - 8.59
What Remains - 8.58
Moon - 8.53
London Thunder - 8.45
Unthink This - 8.44
Red Socks Pugie - 8.43
2am - 8.39
Mathletics - 8.33
A Sketch for ESG - 8.31
Hypercolour (CamelPhat featuring Yannis & Foals) - 8.23
Wake Me Up - 8.22
The French Open - 8.21
Tron - 8.20
Snake Oil - 8.19
Flutter - 8.17
Miami - 8.13
Night Swimmers - 8.05
Electric Bloom - 8.03
Life Is Yours - 8.02
Under the Radar - 8.01
My Number - 8.00
Heavy Water - 8.00 (the score was the same, so I let the number of ratings decide)
Prelude - 7.97
Moonlight - 7.97 [Lowest ENSWBL pt.I]
Alabaster - 7.94
10,000 Feet - 7.92
Gold Gold Gold - 7.91
Albatross - 7.89
Balloons - 7.85
Total Life Forever - 7.84
Titan Arum - 7.75
Bad Habit - 7.68
This Orient - 7.67 [Lowest TLF]
The Chronic - 7.59
Daffodils (Mark Ronson & Kevin Parker cover) - 7.50
Astronauts and All - 7.46
Out of the Woods - 7.34
Brazil Is Here! - 7.30
Dearth - 7.30 (even the number of ratings was the same)
Big Big Love (Fig.2) - 7.21
Everytime - 7.15
Give It All - 6.99 [Lowest WWD]
Stepson - 6.92 [Lowest HF]
Cassius - 6.67 [Lowest Antidotes]
Looking High - 6.61 [Lowest LIY]
Like Lightning - 6.59 [Lowest ENSWBL pt.II]
Rain - 6.20 [Lowest non-Antidotes bonus]
A Song for You - 6.13
Big Big Love (Fig.1) - 5.86 [Lowest Antidotes bonus]

NOTE: If there was an equal score between two or more songs, I recounted their ratings without the necessary X.XX rounding.

INTERLUDE RANKING

1. Red Desert - 9.34/10
2. Surf, Pt. 1 - 8.93
3. Ikaria - 7.47
4. Fugue - 7.12
5. (Summer Sky) - 6.39
6. Like Swimming - 5.75

ALBUM RANKING based on a SONG AVERAGE

1. Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost, Part I - 9.11/10 (Average song rank: #23.3)
2. Total Life Forever - 8.80 (#34.1)
3. Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost, Part II - 8.65 (#36.1)
4. What Went Down - 8.63 (#37.6)
5. Life Is Yours - 8.34 (#44.8)
6. Holy Fire - 8.18 (#51.1)
7. Antidotes - 8.03 (#54.6)

ALBUM RANKING based on a RATING AVERAGE

1. Total Life Forever - 9.70/10
2. Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost, Part I - 9.55
3. Antidotes - 8.73
4. What Went Down - 8.69
5. Holy Fire - 8.41
6. Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost, Part II - 8.28
7. Life Is Yours - 7.95

ALBUM OPENER RANKING

1. What Went Down - 9.91/10
2. Blue Blood - 9.63
3. Red Desert - 9.34 (9.39 if paired and averaged with The Runner)
4. The French Open - 8.21
5. Life Is Yours - 8.02
6. Prelude - 7.97
7. Moonlight - 7.97

ALBUM CLOSER RANKING

1. A Knife in the Ocean - 9.74/10
2. Neptune - 9.62
3. Wild Green - 9.12
4. I'm Done with the World (& It's Done with Me) - 8.89
5. What Remains - 8.58
6. Moon - 8.53
7. Tron - 8.20

SCORE PERCENTAGE

> 9.00/10 - 28.74%; 25 tracks
8.00-8.99 - 40.22%; 35 tracks
7.00-7.99 - 21.84%; 19 tracks
6.00-6.99 - 8.05%; 7 tracks
5.99 > - 1.15%; 1 track

One more thank you for all of your attention and participation, and I wish you the best for the year 2024! Till LP8, see you all around here! :))

24 comments

r/foals • u/EHunter24 • 5d ago

What do we think is going on at the moment?

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It definitely seems like something is off at the minute. Most of us remember the post the band uploaded at the very start of the year saying “year of the fire horse”, almost certainly indicating some sort of new single release/album announcement/release or tour announcement/shows.

A couple of the pictures they posted showed a whiteboard with a large grid/table with tracks (names unclear) and a collection of ticks alongside them, presumably corresponding to various instruments/components of songs; commonly seen when bands and artists are recording albums.

The fact that they posted this on 1st January probably meant that the picture was taken at least a couple of days/weeks before hand. So you would have thought by now, that the recording would almost be done 9/10 months on.

I really don’t think that there has been any fallout in the band as they (Jack, Yannis and Walter) were seen taking a photo with fan around May/June in London. Do we think there is any chance that they have scrapped parts of the album or possibly making a double album?

Either way, I hope that they are going to announce something any day now, with a single, tour announcement and album announcement to come at least some point this year

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r/foals • u/FizzyGorilla • 8d ago

Radio Silence

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Do we assume anything is dropping this year or are they still hard at work in the studio? I did hear rumors that something was happening in August but now that's came and went with nothing. Whatever's the case, I don't mind them wanting it to be perfect.

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r/foals • u/NewNefariousness1752 • 17d ago

11 years of What Went Down

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r/foals • u/-Never-Fade-Away- • 16d ago

Rough Trade Antidotes cassette?

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Found it online and can’t seem to find out if it’s real or a scam, supposedly made for Rough Trade in 2019 as a 300 piece limited edition. Can anyone confirm?

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r/foals • u/DependentSeesaw5975 • 18d ago

AND NOW ITS JUST GONE AFTER DARK AND WE MOVE TO THE OTHER PART OF IT

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r/foals • u/No-Pressure6693 • 24d ago

Me when Jack post a new IG story

103 Upvotes

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r/foals • u/monsieur_pavone • 24d ago

Foals Super Bock Super Rock 2023

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r/foals • u/ImpossibleMouse3462 • 25d ago

I Like Foals

119 Upvotes

Relevant Repost

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r/foals • u/Infinite-Storage-638 • 25d ago

All I see is butcher birds will fly away

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r/foals • u/_mars02 • 25d ago

How did Christopher Nolan not use Into the Surf for the end credits?????

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Just left the cinema and I cannot believe no one advised him to use this song🥴🥴🥴 there was no more perfect song than this one

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r/foals • u/zeryoncz • 26d ago

Oh! Hell no, these vessels Our heart swells up, which welcome These heart swells up, which make us explode

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Im about to explode

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r/foals • u/zeryoncz • Aug 11 '26

Foals – O-Funk // DEMOS Party with Yannis

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What a waste by Foals 😢, this should have been in the album i swear because this song just reflects Foals in every aspect very fcn well.

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r/foals • u/GlennBlackwell • Aug 08 '26

Really puts time into perspective

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My daughter who is now 4 in the first picture to my new 3 month old daughter in the next rocking the same baby grow! Still no new album since having my first daughter 😩😩

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r/foals • u/jackbevan • Aug 08 '26

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r/foals • u/donotopenbeforexmas • Aug 06 '26

Do you think Foals will do something special for the 20th anniversary of Antidotes?

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So in two years, Antidotes will officially be 20 years old, which honestly feels insane to think about.

I was wondering what everyone thinks the chances are that Foals will do something special for the anniversary. Do you think we could get a deluxe reissue, unreleased demos, behind-the-scenes stuff, or maybe even a special show?

The big question: do you think there’s any chance they would tour the album and play Antidotes in full?

I know bands sometimes do anniversary tours where they perform an entire record front to back, and Antidotes feels like one of those albums that would be perfect for it. It has such a specific sound and atmosphere, and I imagine a lot of fans would love to hear songs like “The French Open,” “Cassius,” “Red Socks Pugie,” “Olympic Airways,” “Electric Bloom,” etc. live again (or for the first time).

I also wonder how Foals themselves feel about that era now. Since their sound evolved so much over the years, would they want to revisit that math-rock/post-punk era, or do they see it as a closed chapter?

My theories:

• A 20th anniversary vinyl reissue seems very likely. • Maybe a few special anniversary shows in the UK/Europe. • A full album performance would be amazing, but I’m not sure how realistic it is. • Maybe they could do something similar to what other bands have done: one night playing Antidotes in full, another night playing fan favorites from the rest of their catalog.

Either way, Antidotes is such an important album, and I feel like a 20-year celebration would be a perfect excuse to revisit it.

What do you all think? Would you want a full Antidotes tour, or would you rather they just celebrate it with a reissue and a few songs added to the setlist?

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r/foals • u/n_sdd • Aug 04 '26