Timeline
- First scrobble: Jan 10, 2009
- Latest scrobble: Aug 10, 2026
- Listening span: 17 yr, 7 mo
- Peak month: Jan 2009 · 75 plays
- Avg per year: 38 scrobbles
Albums
- 1
High Violet457
- 2
Trouble Will Find Me63
- 3
Boxer46
- 4The Alligator26
- 5
Rome18 - 6
Cherry Tree15
- 7
Laugh Track13
- 8
Sleep Well Beast12
- 9
First Two Pages of Frankenstein9
- 10
Cherry Tree (2021 Remaster)6
- 11
The Virginia EP4
- 12
Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers3
- 13If a Lot of Bands Play in the Woods3
- 14Dark Was the Night3
- 15
The National2 - 16
Spotify Singles1
Top tracks
- 1Runaway56
- 2Terrible Love51
- 3Sorrow44
- 4Afraid of Everyone39
- 5Little Faith37
- 6Bloodbuzz Ohio36
- 7England35
- 8Lemonworld35
- 9Conversation 1632
- 10Anyone’s Ghost31
- 11Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks26
- 12Don't Swallow the Cap17
- 13Fake Empire9
- 14Anyone's Ghost7
- 15I Need My Girl7
- 16Slow Show7
- 17Graceless7
- 18
Obsession timeline
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Recent listens
| Time | Track | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026, 10:32 AM | Don't Swallow the Cap | Trouble Will Find Me |
| Jul 31, 2026, 5:47 PM | Don't Swallow the Cap | Trouble Will Find Me |
| Jun 16, 2026, 9:52 PM | Bloodbuzz Ohio | High Violet |
| Jun 16, 2026, 10:24 AM | Guest Room | Boxer |
| Jun 16, 2026, 9:37 AM | Slow Show | Boxer |
| Jun 15, 2026, 7:15 PM | Don't Swallow the Cap | Trouble Will Find Me |
| Jun 15, 2026, 5:31 PM | Fake Empire | Boxer |
| May 23, 2026, 10:17 PM | Don't Swallow the Cap | Trouble Will Find Me |
| May 11, 2026, 3:19 PM | Don't Swallow the Cap | Trouble Will Find Me |
| Apr 24, 2026, 11:01 AM | Conversation 16 | High Violet |
| Apr 23, 2026, 10:50 AM | Don't Swallow the Cap | Trouble Will Find Me |
| Apr 22, 2026, 1:30 PM | Fireproof | Trouble Will Find Me |
| Apr 21, 2026, 7:23 PM | This Is the Last Time | Trouble Will Find Me |
| Apr 21, 2026, 6:38 PM | Don't Swallow the Cap | Trouble Will Find Me |
| Apr 21, 2026, 6:17 PM | Fake Empire | Boxer |
| Apr 21, 2026, 5:50 PM | About Today - 2021 Remaster | Cherry Tree (2021 Remaster) |
| Mar 31, 2026, 5:25 PM | Conversation 16 | High Violet |
| Nov 26, 2025, 5:09 PM | Afraid of Everyone | High Violet |
| Nov 24, 2025, 7:19 PM | Terrible Love | High Violet |
| Nov 23, 2025, 3:00 PM | Twenty Miles to NH (Part 2) | If a Lot of Bands Play in the Woods (Original Album and Covers/Remix Album) |
| Nov 21, 2025, 8:49 PM | Afraid of Everyone | High Violet |
| Nov 17, 2025, 9:37 PM | Twenty Miles to NH (Part 2) | If a Lot of Bands Play in the Woods (Original Album and Covers/Remix Album) |
| Nov 13, 2025, 8:36 PM | Terrible Love | High Violet |
| Nov 9, 2025, 3:08 PM | Twenty Miles to NH (Part 2) | If a Lot of Bands Play in the Woods (Original Album and Covers/Remix Album) |
| Oct 20, 2025, 9:28 PM | This Is the Last Time | Trouble Will Find Me |
| Oct 19, 2025, 10:51 AM | Terrible Love | High Violet |
| Oct 13, 2025, 2:09 PM | I Need My Girl | Trouble Will Find Me |
| Oct 11, 2025, 7:45 PM | I Need My Girl | Trouble Will Find Me |
| Oct 9, 2025, 2:11 PM | This Is the Last Time | Trouble Will Find Me |
| Oct 8, 2025, 9:50 PM | I Need My Girl | Trouble Will Find Me |
| Oct 6, 2025, 4:19 AM | Lemonworld | High Violet |
| Oct 4, 2025, 9:05 AM | Afraid of Everyone | High Violet |
| Sep 29, 2025, 7:25 PM | Lemonworld | High Violet |
| Sep 29, 2025, 1:28 PM | England | High Violet |
| Sep 28, 2025, 9:40 AM | Afraid of Everyone | High Violet |
| Sep 24, 2025, 8:18 PM | England | High Violet |
| Sep 21, 2025, 2:24 PM | Terrible Love | High Violet |
| Sep 4, 2025, 10:57 AM | Fake Empire - Live in Rome | Rome |
| Sep 3, 2025, 2:25 PM | Fake Empire - Live in Rome | Rome |
| Sep 3, 2025, 2:20 PM | Graceless - Live in Rome | Rome |
| Sep 3, 2025, 2:15 PM | England - Live in Rome | Rome |
| Sep 3, 2025, 2:11 PM | Murder Me Rachael - Live in Rome | Rome |
| Sep 3, 2025, 2:06 PM | Humiliation - Live in Rome | Rome |
| Sep 3, 2025, 2:01 PM | Alien - Live in Rome | Rome |
| Sep 3, 2025, 1:58 PM | Lit Up - Live in Rome | Rome |
| Sep 3, 2025, 1:54 PM | The Geese of Beverly Road - Live in Rome | Rome |
| Sep 3, 2025, 1:50 PM | Lemonworld - Live in Rome | Rome |
| Sep 3, 2025, 1:46 PM | I Need My Girl - Live in Rome | Rome |
| Sep 3, 2025, 1:42 PM | The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness - Live in Rome | Rome |
| Sep 3, 2025, 1:37 PM | Bloodbuzz Ohio - Live in Rome | Rome |
