Been listening to both Circle and HAND recently for comparison, before the Circle arrived HAND was my fave of the last 10 year of albums, when the Circle came out there was a huge furor over how good the circle was and I thought HAND was crushed by the circle, however, now the circles been out for a while I've started leaning back toward HAND.

I rated each song out of ten and worked out a % for each album.

1. "Have a Nice Day" 8/10
2. "I Want to be Loved" 7/10
3. "Welcome to Wherever You Are" 5/10
4. "Who Says You Can't Go Home" 6/10
5. "Last Man Standing" 6/10
6. "Bells of Freedom" 7/10
7. "Wildflower" 5/10
8. "Last Cigarette" 5/10
9. "I Am" 8/10
10. "Complicated" 8/10
11. "Novocaine" 7/10
12. "Story of My Life" 7/10

Overall score: 79/120 which translates into about 65%

As for my current Circle song ratings (a noticable drop from when they first came out):

1. "We Weren't Born to Follow" 6/10
2. "When We Were Beautiful" 6/10
3. "Work for the Working Man" 5/10
4. "Superman Tonight" 9/10
5. "Bullet" 8/10
6. "Thorn in My Side" 8/10
7. "Live Before You Die" 7/10
8. "Brokenpromiseland" 7/10
9. "Love's the Only Rule" 9/10
10. "Fast Cars" 8/10
11. "Happy Now" 6/10
12. "Learn to Love" 6/10

Overall Score: 85/120 which works out as 70%

On paper, I prefer the circle but for some reason my gut instinct is HAND. So which album do you guys prefer out of the two and why?