While I do love Big Love and Caroline (and Down Endless Street if we are counting any bonus tracks), just on Everywhere and Little Lies alone, even before you get to Isn't It Midnight, I gotta give this one to Chris.
Weirdly enough, voting in these polls gives me some insight into Lindsey's frustration with his role in the band and not feeling seen. I think that in many cases, his contributions make other songwriters' songs better, and that is his strong suit, but even on TITN, which one could argue is the best showcase of Lindsey's songwriting (mainly because Stevie was so absent and more room was available for his songs), it's still (to me) not as strong as the work that Christine was able to do (with his input).
Like I want to give Lindsey props, but each time, I do find myself preferring the actual final product songs from Stevie and Christine, even if the album as a whole benefited greatly from Lindsey's input.
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