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Knowing Me, Knowing You...AH HA!
simple pleasures!
ok, here's my pick:
1 When I Kissed the Teacher (3:02)234 5 Knowing Me, Knowing You (4:01)67 That's Me (3:15)8 Why Did It Have to Be Me (3:21)9 Tiger (2:55)10 Arrival (3:01)11
Goodbye Dum Dum Diddle!
― biz, Friday, 23 September 2005 15:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 23 September 2005 15:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Friday, 23 September 2005 15:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Friday, 23 September 2005 15:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― carly (carly), Friday, 23 September 2005 15:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― petesmith (plsmith), Friday, 23 September 2005 15:38 (eighteen years ago) link
1 When I Kissed the Teacher (3:02)234 5 Knowing Me, Knowing You (4:01)67 That's Me (3:15)8 9 Tiger (2:55)10 Arrival (3:01)11
― carly (carly), Friday, 23 September 2005 15:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― AleXTC (AleXTC), Friday, 23 September 2005 15:43 (eighteen years ago) link
1 When I Kissed the Teacher (3:02)234 5 67 That's Me (3:15)8 9 Tiger (2:55)10 Arrival (3:01)11
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Friday, 23 September 2005 18:36 (eighteen years ago) link
i hope three more people come along to help us figure this out, so we can move on to a new album.
― carly (carly), Friday, 23 September 2005 18:42 (eighteen years ago) link
1 When I Kissed the Teacher (3:02)234 5 67 That's Me (3:15)8 9 10 Arrival (3:01)11
― jonviachicago, Friday, 23 September 2005 18:51 (eighteen years ago) link
134 5 67 That's Me (3:15)8 9 10 Arrival (3:01)11
― Guilty Boksen (Bro_Danielson), Friday, 23 September 2005 18:55 (eighteen years ago) link
Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
1. Needle in the Camel's Eye2. Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch3. Baby's On Fire4. Cindy Tell Me5. Driving Me Backwards6. On Some Faraway Beach7. Blank Frank 8. Dead Finks Don't Talk9. Some of them Are Old10. Here Come the Warm Jets
This may be a tad bit controversial, but "Baby's On Fire"always struck me as sort of meandering.. and considering how awesome the rest of the album is it's pretty easily the worst;
1. Needle in the Camel's Eye2. Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch3. 4. Cindy Tell Me5. Driving Me Backwards6. On Some Faraway Beach7. Blank Frank 8. Dead Finks Don't Talk9. Some of them Are Old10. Here Come the Warm Jets
― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Friday, 23 September 2005 19:06 (eighteen years ago) link
Anyway, Driving Me Backwards is like nails on a chalkboard to me.
1. Needle in the Camel's Eye2. Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch3. 4. Cindy Tell Me5. 6. On Some Faraway Beach7. Blank Frank 8. Dead Finks Don't Talk9. Some of them Are Old10. Here Come the Warm Jets
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Friday, 23 September 2005 19:07 (eighteen years ago) link
1. Needle in the Camel's Eye2. Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch3. 4. Cindy Tell Me5. 6. On Some Faraway Beach7. Blank Frank 8. Dead Finks Don't Talk9. 10. Here Come the Warm Jets
― righteousmaelstrom (righteousmaelstrom), Friday, 23 September 2005 19:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― carly (carly), Friday, 23 September 2005 19:27 (eighteen years ago) link
1. Needle in the Camel's Eye2. Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch3. 4. Cindy Tell Me5. 6. On Some Faraway Beach7. 8. Dead Finks Don't Talk9. 10. Here Come the Warm Jets
― aaron d.g. (aaron d.g.), Friday, 23 September 2005 19:43 (eighteen years ago) link
"Faraway Beach" however, belongs on "Another Green World" so it gets the axe here.
1. Needle in the Camel's Eye2. Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch3.4. Cindy Tell Me5.6. 7.8. Dead Finks Don't Talk9.10. Here Come the Warm Jets
― declan zimmerman, Friday, 23 September 2005 19:48 (eighteen years ago) link
needles - makes me bob my head uncontrollably like wayne and garth. covered finely by volcano suns, which has same effect
paw paw - the long break, the phased guitar, the completely different sonic flavor of 'send for an ambulance..." verse
cindy - couldn't part with the buzzsaw guitar solo intro
dead finks - oh cheeky cheeky - oh perfect masters - need I say more?
here come the warm jets - because it's so much more than it seems. drums falling out of sync. guitar/synth combo sounding both balls-out hard and kind of background at the same time. the idea of ending an album with a song that doesn't resolve a friggin thing.
― declan zimmerman, Friday, 23 September 2005 19:54 (eighteen years ago) link
damn, tough assignment. fun thread, tho'
― declan zimmerman, Friday, 23 September 2005 19:58 (eighteen years ago) link
wow, i must hear this song very differently from you; it seems like such an album closer to me!
― aaron d.g. (aaron d.g.), Friday, 23 September 2005 20:06 (eighteen years ago) link
Should there be a time limit? After X-hours if an album has not been further reduced by any takers it shall be considered boiled-down?
― declan zimmerman, Friday, 23 September 2005 20:50 (eighteen years ago) link
1. Needle in the Camel's Eye2. 3.4. Cindy Tell Me5.6. 7.8. Dead Finks Don't Talk9.10. Here Come the Warm Jets
― Eppy (Eppy), Friday, 23 September 2005 20:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Eppy (Eppy), Friday, 23 September 2005 20:57 (eighteen years ago) link
heh, I actually think of it the same way, but that's actually the reason why it feels like such an album-closing song to me. I mean, it seems strange to me that a song that feels like it will continue long after the record is over would be anything but the last track!
― aaron d.g. (aaron d.g.), Friday, 23 September 2005 21:10 (eighteen years ago) link
What I meant, I think, is it is such the antithesis of the Big Rock Ending, the big final chord or cutoff. The anti-Day-In-The-Life ending.
It's the ending that refuses to end.
Okay after that much discussion if this doesn't boil down to title track = essence I'll be sad.
― declan zimmerman, Friday, 23 September 2005 21:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Christopher Costello (CGC), Friday, 23 September 2005 21:33 (eighteen years ago) link
The title track isn't THAT good, to stay here last.
― zeus, Friday, 23 September 2005 21:46 (eighteen years ago) link
C'mon someone be spiteful ... or is it just a ploy?
― declan zimmerman, Friday, 23 September 2005 21:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― baht habit, Saturday, 24 September 2005 00:09 (eighteen years ago) link
1. Needle in the Camel's Eye2. 3.4.5.6. 7.8.9.10.
Thinking of a new album...
― I think I may need a bathroom break? (wetmink2), Saturday, 24 September 2005 00:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― I think I may need a bathroom break? (wetmink2), Saturday, 24 September 2005 00:58 (eighteen years ago) link
1 Synchronicity I2 Walking in Your Footsteps 3 O My God4 Mother5 Miss Gradenko6 Synchronicity II7 Every Breath You Take8 King of Pain9 Wrapped Around Your Finger10 Tea in the Sahara 11 Murder by Numbers
It's easiest to ax "King of Pain" (considering that I get perverse pleasure from "Mother" and don't want to be the one to pull it), it's depressing and a little plodding.
1 Synchronicity I2 Walking in Your Footsteps 3 O My God4 Mother5 Miss Gradenko6 Synchronicity II7 Every Breath You Take89 Wrapped Around Your Finger10 Tea in the Sahara 11 Murder by Numbers
― I think I may need a bathroom break? (wetmink2), Saturday, 24 September 2005 01:09 (eighteen years ago) link
1 Synchronicity I23 O My God4 Mother5 Miss Gradenko6 Synchronicity II7 Every Breath You Take89 Wrapped Around Your Finger10 Tea in the Sahara11 Murder by Numbers
― the, Saturday, 24 September 2005 03:09 (eighteen years ago) link
1 Synchronicity I23 O My God4 Mother5 Miss Gradenko6 7 Every Breath You Take89 Wrapped Around Your Finger10 Tea in the Sahara11 Murder by Numbers
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Saturday, 24 September 2005 03:15 (eighteen years ago) link
1 Synchronicity I23 O My God4 Mother5 Miss Gradenko67 Every Breath You Take89 Wrapped Around Your Finger10 Tea in the Sahara11
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Saturday, 24 September 2005 03:17 (eighteen years ago) link
1 Synchronicity I23 O My God4 5 Miss Gradenko67 Every Breath You Take89 Wrapped Around Your Finger10 Tea in the Sahara11
I hope track #1 is the winner.
― sleeve (sleeve), Saturday, 24 September 2005 03:28 (eighteen years ago) link
'Wrapped Around Your Finger' is just a boring Sting solo track. OUT!
― zeus, Saturday, 24 September 2005 06:18 (eighteen years ago) link
1 Synchronicity I23 O My God45 Miss Gradenko67 8910 Tea in the Sahara11
I never liked the stalker love song though.
― js (honestengine), Saturday, 24 September 2005 12:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Saturday, 24 September 2005 14:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― baht habit, Saturday, 24 September 2005 16:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― MeganD, Saturday, 24 September 2005 16:52 (eighteen years ago) link
Secrets Of The Beehive - David Sylvian
1. September2. The Boy With The Gun3. Maria4. Orpheus5. The Devil's Own6. When Poets Dreamed Of Angels7. Mother And Child8. Let The Happiness In9. Waterfront10. Promise (The Cult Of Eurydice)
First, let's cut out the tune that never fit amongst the others. "Ride" should have held that spot, but alas...darn record company demands...
1. September2. The Boy With The Gun3.4. Orpheus5. The Devil's Own6. When Poets Dreamed Of Angels7. Mother And Child8. Let The Happiness In9. Waterfront10. Promise (The Cult Of Eurydice)
― Brian Gilbert, Saturday, 24 September 2005 17:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― sleeve (sleeve), Saturday, 24 September 2005 18:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― tricky (disco stu), Saturday, 24 September 2005 18:23 (eighteen years ago) link
1. September2. The Boy With The Gun3.4. Orpheus5. The Devil's Own6. When Poets Dreamed Of Angels7. Mother And Child8. Let The Happiness In9. Waterfront10.
― jed_ (jed), Saturday, 24 September 2005 18:29 (eighteen years ago) link
1. September2. The Boy With The Gun3.4. Orpheus5. The Devil's Own6. When Poets Dreamed Of Angels7. 8. Let The Happiness In9. Waterfront10.
― tricky (disco stu), Saturday, 24 September 2005 18:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― tricky (disco stu), Saturday, 24 September 2005 18:33 (eighteen years ago) link
now on to Secrets:
1. September2. The Boy With The Gun3.4. Orpheus5. 6. When Poets Dreamed Of Angels7. 8. Let The Happiness In9. Waterfront10.
― baht habit, Saturday, 24 September 2005 18:54 (eighteen years ago) link
Unless anyone objects, I'm reviving here:
1. Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)2. Crosseyed And Painless3. The Great Curve4. Once In A Lifetime5. House In Motion6. Seen And Not Seen7. Listening Wind8. The Overload
While I'm tempted to remove the last track since it's the only one you can't somehow dance to, it's way more interesting than #7, which is catchy and sweet but never seemed worthy of the rest of the album. so...
1. Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)2. Crosseyed And Painless3. The Great Curve4. Once In A Lifetime5. House In Motion6. Seen And Not Seen7. 8. The Overload
― Declan Zimmerman (Declan Zimmerman), Sunday, 25 September 2005 23:53 (eighteen years ago) link
How is "Beautiful Child" any kind of obvious cut? It's one of the best songs on the album!
― JRN, Thursday, 8 August 2013 17:38 (ten years ago) link
seriously fuck you for cutting "beautiful child"
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 8 August 2013 17:40 (ten years ago) link
hahaha hey that's the breaks here, sorry! It never did much for me. Came in #8 on the album poll, which honestly surprises me.
Don't Say That You Love Me: The TUSK Poll.
― sleeve, Thursday, 8 August 2013 17:43 (ten years ago) link
Surely the title track has to win on Farewell Aldebaran? Or do I need to listen to the album more because I'm an idiot?
― emil.y, Thursday, August 8, 2013 4:26 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
youre not an idiot, but you need to listen to it more
― 69, Thursday, 8 August 2013 17:46 (ten years ago) link
1.2. The Ledge - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey3. Think About Me - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine4. Save Me a Place - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey5. Sara - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie6. What Makes You Think You're the One - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey7.8. That's All for Everyone - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey9.10.11. Angel - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie12.13. Brown Eyes - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine14.15.16.17. Beautiful Child - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie18. Walk a Thin Line - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey19.20. Never Forget - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine
swear to god youll thank me later
― 69, Thursday, 8 August 2013 17:48 (ten years ago) link
oops
1.2. The Ledge - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey3. Think About Me - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine4. Save Me a Place - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey5. Sara - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie6. What Makes You Think You're the One - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey7.8. That's All for Everyone - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey9.10.11. Angel - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie12.13. Brown Eyes - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine14.15.16.17.18. Walk a Thin Line - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey19.20. Never Forget - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine
― 69, Thursday, 8 August 2013 17:49 (ten years ago) link
Tusk is my favourite album of all time but of the remaining tracks I'd definitely cut 'Save Me a Place' - 'Walk a Thin Line' does the same sort of thing better.
1.2. 3. Think About Me - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine4. Save Me a Place - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey5. Sara - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie6. What Makes You Think You're the One - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey7.8. That's All for Everyone - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey9.10. 11. Angel - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie12.13. Brown Eyes - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine14.15.16.17. 18. Walk a Thin Line - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey19. 20. Never Forget - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 8 August 2013 17:52 (ten years ago) link
my first post was itt!
― we run zings, zings don't run we (The Reverend), Friday, 9 August 2013 00:42 (ten years ago) link
^cool Rev. i hope you're still proud of it!
xp in general: i really think there's a tension here between the title of the thread ("the pure essence of an album") and the suggested procedure. not so much the whittling away (necessarily painful, but i'm cool with that), but the fact that we're to whittle away what we think the "worst" remaining track is. or let me put it in more straightforward terms: i don't think the procedure of removing the songs we just don't like is a way for us to collectively arrive at the "essence" of an album. for example, on led zep iv, "stairway to heaven" is probably my least favorite track. but it would be one of the last tracks i would remove in trying to get at the essence of the album. similarly, i can totally get why someone might not dig "tusk" or "storms", but i like to think even these people would think the former to be one of the signature tracks of the album, and as for the latter, yeah, it's a little languid and doesn't "rock", but its naked, lo-fi, at times tune-less intimacy is exactly the kind of thing you'd find on this album and no other by this band.
(but yeah i'll admit my username strips me of any claims to objectivity)
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Friday, 9 August 2013 03:34 (ten years ago) link
i think i proposed this thread-type originally (though i cant find that thread)? and like DEFINITELY its some hyperbole but like i feel you, i like storms too!
― 69, Friday, 9 August 2013 05:02 (ten years ago) link
the casualness with which people cut things is pretty great
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 9 August 2013 05:04 (ten years ago) link
I for one never followed the 'worst' line of thinking, or maybe took it as "the worst in terms of fitting the pure essence criteria." I actually think there are probably some very good albums whose 'essence' song might be among the worst tracks! Like, "Four Sticks" might actually be it for Zoso.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 9 August 2013 05:06 (ten years ago) link
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, August 9, 2013 5:04 AM (13 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Doctor Casino, Friday, August 9, 2013 5:06 AM (13 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
OTMZ
― 69, Friday, 9 August 2013 18:31 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, Doctor C, it was clear to me from your comment on Five Years that you were thinking about this in exactly the right way.
But instead of acknowledging you, I chose to pout, harrumph and take my ball home because some of the other boys were being mean to songs i like.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Saturday, 10 August 2013 06:14 (ten years ago) link
― No longer active (Moka), Friday, 11 November 2016 20:45 (seven years ago) link
I keed, I keed
― No longer active (Moka), Fri
― No longer active (Moka), Friday, 11 November 2016 20:46 (seven years ago) link
David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive
1. September2. The Boy With The Gun3.4. Orpheus5. 6.7. 8. Let The Happiness In9. Waterfront10.
― bitcoin bajas (diamonddave85), Friday, 11 November 2016 20:57 (seven years ago) link
actually, missed one. should look like this now:
1. 2. 3.4. Orpheus5. 6.7. 8. Let The Happiness In9. Waterfront10.
― bitcoin bajas (diamonddave85), Friday, 11 November 2016 21:04 (seven years ago) link
1.2.3.4. Orpheus5.6.7.8. Let The Happiness In9. Waterfront10.
(Hint to next person: Let the Happiness In)
― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 12 November 2016 05:23 (seven years ago) link