Claude says:The National's second album marked the first time they worked with producer Peter Katis and became a five-piece with Bryce Dessner joining as a full member — a lineup that would carry them through Alligator and Boxer. You picked it up six years after release with a stray play in 2009, then circled back this past spring to hear what "Lucky You" and "Thirsty" were about, but it hasn't stuck around.