Quick question regarding the old guard fans versus the Crack the Skye crowd...
I notice that what seems like a majority of Mastodon fans on this forum like the albums in this order: CtS, BM, LV, RM. But most longtimers like me like either RM or LV best followed by the other one and then CtS and BM end up as #3 and #4 in either order. For me this happened because I wasn't immediately thrilled by CtS and to this day I don't really get excited for BM except for Colony of Birchmen or This Mortal Soil(maybe Sleeping Giant too.)
Over time though, CtS has grown on me a good bit to where I like it enough to position it JUST on the outskirts of the nice neighborhood RM and LV reside in.
So now the actual question...
For CtS n00bs: Even if Remission and Leviathan remain your two least favorite full length albums have either of them closed that gap a little to where they are at least in the same neighborhood as CtS or have they remained boring/too heavy/undesirable for whatever reason to you?
For the old guard fans...
This is basically an inverse of the question I just asked the CtS noobs. For those who love Remission and Leviathan best and were not immediate lovers of CtS, has CtS managed to work its way into your heart as deeply as RM and LV?