the pure essence of an album

I haven't listened to this record for years but I can remember "Decades", and let's face it, the here are the young men bits are iconic.

ABBA - Arrival

1 When I Kissed the Teacher (3:02)
2 Dancing Queen (3:51)
3 My Love, My Life (3:51)
4 Dum Dum Diddle (2:53)
5 Knowing Me, Knowing You (4:01)
6 Money, Money, Money (3:06)
7 That's Me (3:15)
8 Why Did It Have to Be Me (3:21)
9 Tiger (2:55)
10 Arrival (3:01)
11 Fernando

(Fernando is on the remastered version and was on the Australian pressing of the original too, also, it's good.)

I will remove My Love, My Life - big ballads are deffo part of the ABBA magic but this isn't a great one and I don't think the balladry is what Arrival will be remembered for.

1 When I Kissed the Teacher (3:02)
2 Dancing Queen (3:51)
3
4 Dum Dum Diddle (2:53)
5 Knowing Me, Knowing You (4:01)
6 Money, Money, Money (3:06)
7 That's Me (3:15)
8 Why Did It Have to Be Me (3:21)
9 Tiger (2:55)
10 Arrival (3:01)
11 Fernando

1 When I Kissed the Teacher (3:02)
2 Dancing Queen (3:51)
3
4 Dum Dum Diddle (2:53)
5 Knowing Me, Knowing You (4:01)
6
7 That's Me (3:15)
8 Why Did It Have to Be Me (3:21)
9 Tiger (2:55)
10 Arrival (3:01)
11 Fernando

1 When I Kissed the Teacher (3:02)
2 Dancing Queen (3:51)
3
4 Dum Dum Diddle (2:53)
5 Knowing Me, Knowing You (4:01)
6
7 That's Me (3:15)
8 Why Did It Have to Be Me (3:21)
9 Tiger (2:55)
10 Arrival (3:01)
11

xpost. they may beat Dancing Queen but we all know that's the very essense of ABBA. did you see the 30years of ABBA documentary where they were discussing Dancing Queen?

1 When I Kissed the Teacher (3:02)
2
3
4 Dum Dum Diddle (2:53)
5 Knowing Me, Knowing You (4:01)
6
7 That's Me (3:15)
8 Why Did It Have to Be Me (3:21)
9 Tiger (2:55)
10 Arrival (3:01)
11

=================

Knowing Me, Knowing You...AH HA!

simple pleasures!

ok, here's my pick:

1 When I Kissed the Teacher (3:02)
2
3
4
5 Knowing Me, Knowing You (4:01)
6
7 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!

1 When I Kissed the Teacher (3:02)
2
3
4
5 Knowing Me, Knowing You (4:01)
6
7 That's Me (3:15)
8
9 Tiger (2:55)
10 Arrival (3:01)
11

1 When I Kissed the Teacher (3:02)
2
3
4
5
6
7 That's Me (3:15)
8
9 Tiger (2:55)
10 Arrival (3:01)
11

i hope three more people come along to help us figure this out, so we can move on to a new album.

1 When I Kissed the Teacher (3:02)
2
3
4
5
6
7 That's Me (3:15)
8
9
10 Arrival (3:01)
11

1
3
4
5
6
7 That's Me (3:15)
8
9
10 Arrival (3:01)
11

Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets

1. Needle in the Camel's Eye
2. Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch
3. Baby's On Fire
4. Cindy Tell Me
5. Driving Me Backwards
6. On Some Faraway Beach
7. Blank Frank
8. Dead Finks Don't Talk
9. Some of them Are Old
10. 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 Eye
2. Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch
3.
4. Cindy Tell Me
5. Driving Me Backwards
6. On Some Faraway Beach
7. Blank Frank
8. Dead Finks Don't Talk
9. Some of them Are Old
10. Here Come the Warm Jets

Anyway, Driving Me Backwards is like nails on a chalkboard to me.

1. Needle in the Camel's Eye
2. Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch
3.
4. Cindy Tell Me
5.
6. On Some Faraway Beach
7. Blank Frank
8. Dead Finks Don't Talk
9. Some of them Are Old
10. Here Come the Warm Jets

1. Needle in the Camel's Eye
2. Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch
3.
4. Cindy Tell Me
5.
6. On Some Faraway Beach
7. Blank Frank
8. Dead Finks Don't Talk
9.
10. Here Come the Warm Jets

1. Needle in the Camel's Eye
2. Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch
3.
4. Cindy Tell Me
5.
6. On Some Faraway Beach
7.
8. Dead Finks Don't Talk
9.
10. Here Come the Warm Jets

"Faraway Beach" however, belongs on "Another Green World" so it gets the axe here.

1. Needle in the Camel's Eye
2. Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch
3.
4. Cindy Tell Me
5.
6.
7.
8. Dead Finks Don't Talk
9.
10. Here Come the Warm Jets

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.

damn, tough assignment. fun thread, tho'

wow, i must hear this song very differently from you; it seems like such an album closer to me!

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?

1. Needle in the Camel's Eye
2.
3.
4. Cindy Tell Me
5.
6.
7.
8. Dead Finks Don't Talk
9.
10. Here Come the Warm Jets

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!

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.

The title track isn't THAT good, to stay here last.

C'mon someone be spiteful ... or is it just a ploy?

1. Needle in the Camel's Eye
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Thinking of a new album...

k gotcha DC:)

"Storms" is outta here. Too goddamn long. Too goddamn slow. The kind of track (so many of them, in fact) that makes me wonder if Tusk is truly an Exile-style masterpiece of energy depletion or just boring. Thank gawd Stevie offered up "Sara" because she's definitely the weakest line for me here. The only other track of hers I'd keep were I to winnow Tusk down to one (vinyl) disc is "Sisters of the Moon" because at least it rocks (probably besides the point, I know but voila).

1. Over & Over - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine
2. The Ledge - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
3. Think About Me - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine
4. Save Me a Place - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
5. Sara - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
6. What Makes You Think You're the One - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
7.
8. That's All for Everyone - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
9.
10. Sisters of the Moon - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
11. Angel - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
12. That's Enough for Me - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
13. Brown Eyes - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine
14.
15.
16.
17. Beautiful Child - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
18. Walk a Thin Line - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
19. Tusk - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
20. Never Forget - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine

1. Over & Over - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine
2. The Ledge - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
3. Think About Me - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine
4. Save Me a Place - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
5. Sara - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
6. What Makes You Think You're the One - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
7.
8. That's All for Everyone - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
9.
10. Sisters of the Moon - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
11. Angel - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
12.
13. Brown Eyes - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine
14.
15.
16.
17. Beautiful Child - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
18. Walk a Thin Line - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
19. Tusk - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
20. Never Forget - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine

That's enough for me too...

Aw, "Storms is probably my favourite.

It's your fave song on the album? Mais pourquoi?

1.
2. The Ledge - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
3. Think About Me - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine
4. Save Me a Place - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
5. Sara - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
6. What Makes You Think You're the One - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
7.
8. That's All for Everyone - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
9.
10. Sisters of the Moon - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
11. Angel - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
12.
13. Brown Eyes - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine
14.
15.
16.
17. Beautiful Child - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
18. Walk a Thin Line - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
19. Tusk - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
20. Never Forget - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine

Too long, too plodding, too boring. Not weird enough. Totally the wrong beginning for this album, which is kind of fitting but does not make for fun listening. It took me years to listen to it all the way through.

re: It Ain't Easy: mainly just really fun to sing along to the chorus, but I also like the texture of the verse, the way it bumps back and forth...it's a good track, I dunno!

I don't know why it gets such a bad rap either, it's a fine song.

1.
2. The Ledge - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
3. Think About Me - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine
4. Save Me a Place - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
5. Sara - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
6. What Makes You Think You're the One - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
7.
8. That's All for Everyone - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
9.
10. Sisters of the Moon - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
11. Angel - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
12.
13. Brown Eyes - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine
14.
15.
16.
17. Beautiful Child - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
18. Walk a Thin Line - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
19.
20. Never Forget - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine

"Tusk" has to go, its bizarre and I love it, but as a song it can't really compete with the heavy hitters on this album.

wouldn't mind doing The Dreaming if this one ever gets wrapped up...

Just to spite you for chucking Starman.

1. "Five Years" – 4:43
2.
3. "Moonage Daydream" – 4:35
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10. "Suffragette City" – 3:19
11.

― Sickamous (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, August 30, 2009 3:00 AM Bookmark

This is still waiting for its last couple of cuts!

REVIVE

YESTER/HENSKE FAREWELL ALDEBARAN

1 "Snowblind" - 3:07
2 "Horses on a Stick" - 2:10
3 "Lullaby" - 2:55
4 "St. Nicholas Hall" - 3:35
5 "Three Ravens" - 3:30
6 "Raider" - 5:12
7 "Mrs. Connor" - 2:17 (also listed as "One More Time")
8 "Rapture" - 4:09
9 "Charity" - 3:17
10 "Farewell Aldebaran" - 4:21

farewell mrs connor

also

1. "Five Years" – 4:43
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10. "Suffragette City" – 3:19
11.

please, let five years win, i love the hell out of "Suffragette City" but it is by no means the essence of this creepy waiting-for-death weirdo from space record

there you go

1. "Five Years" – 4:43
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10. "Suffragette City" – 3:19
11.

YESTER/HENSKE FAREWELL ALDEBARAN

1 "Snowblind" - 3:07
2 "Horses on a Stick" - 2:10
3 "Lullaby" - 2:55
4 "St. Nicholas Hall" - 3:35
5 "Three Ravens" - 3:30
6 "Raider" - 5:12

8 "Rapture" - 4:09
9 "Charity" - 3:17
10 "Farewell Aldebaran" - 4:21

yeahhhhh! justice is served

i wholeheartedly love every song that's still left on this one except...

1.
2. The Ledge - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
3. Think About Me - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine
4. Save Me a Place - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
5. Sara - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
6. What Makes You Think You're the One - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
7.
8. That's All for Everyone - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
9.
10. Sisters of the Moon - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
11. Angel - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
12.
13. Brown Eyes - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine
14.
15.
16.
17. Beautiful Child - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
18. Walk a Thin Line - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
19.
20. Never Forget - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine

(also, i just searched my itunes for the word "sisters" and that was my least favorite of the six songs that showed up.)

Storms & OAO nixed already? This is madness.

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?

can't believe somebody didn't cut this already:

1.
2. The Ledge - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
3. Think About Me - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine
4. Save Me a Place - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
5. Sara - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
6. What Makes You Think You're the One - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
7.
8. That's All for Everyone - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
9.
10.
11. Angel - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
12.
13. Brown Eyes - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine
14.
15.
16.
17. Beautiful Child - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
18. Walk a Thin Line - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
19.
20. Never Forget - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine

can't believe somebody did cut the title song. speaking of madness.

How is "Beautiful Child" any kind of obvious cut? It's one of the best songs on the album!

seriously fuck you for cutting "beautiful child"

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.

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

1.
2. The Ledge - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
3. Think About Me - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine
4. Save Me a Place - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
5. Sara - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
6. What Makes You Think You're the One - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
7.
8. That's All for Everyone - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
9.
10.
11. Angel - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
12.
13. Brown Eyes - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine
14.
15.
16.
17. Beautiful Child - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
18. Walk a Thin Line - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
19.
20. Never Forget - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine

swear to god youll thank me later

oops

1.
2. The Ledge - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
3. Think About Me - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine
4. Save Me a Place - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
5. Sara - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
6. What Makes You Think You're the One - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
7.
8. That's All for Everyone - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
9.
10.
11. Angel - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
12.
13. Brown Eyes - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine
14.
15.
16.
17.
18. Walk a Thin Line - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
19.
20. Never Forget - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine

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, Christine
4. Save Me a Place - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
5. Sara - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
6. What Makes You Think You're the One - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
7.
8. That's All for Everyone - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
9.
10.
11. Angel - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
12.
13. Brown Eyes - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine
14.
15.
16.
17.
18. Walk a Thin Line - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
19.
20. Never Forget - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine

my first post was itt!

^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)

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!

the casualness with which people cut things is pretty great

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.

the casualness with which people cut things is pretty great

― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, August 9, 2013 5:04 AM (13 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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, August 9, 2013 5:06 AM (13 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

OTMZ

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.

1.
2.
3. Think About Me - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine
4. Save Me a Place - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
5. Sara - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
6. What Makes You Think You're the One - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
7.
8. That's All for Everyone - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
9.
10.
11. Angel - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
12.
13. Brown Eyes - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine
14.
15.
16.
17.
18. Walk a Thin Line - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
19.
20. Never Forget - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine

I keed, I keed

1.
2.
3. Think About Me - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine
4. Save Me a Place - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
5. Sara - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
6. What Makes You Think You're the One - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
7.
8. That's All for Everyone - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
9.
10.
11. Angel - Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, Stevie
12.
13. Brown Eyes - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine
14.
15.
16.
17.
18. Walk a Thin Line - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham, Lindsey
19.
20. Never Forget - Fleetwood Mac, McVie, Christine

― No longer active (Moka), Fri

David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive

1. September
2. The Boy With The Gun
3.
4. Orpheus
5.
6.
7.
8. Let The Happiness In
9. Waterfront
10.

actually, missed one. should look like this now:

1.
2.
3.
4. Orpheus
5.
6.
7.
8. Let The Happiness In
9. Waterfront
10.

1.
2.
3.
4. Orpheus
5.
6.
7.
8. Let The Happiness In
9. Waterfront
10.

(Hint to next person: Let the Happiness In)