i find myself starting the trey songz album midway through as often as not: it opens with a few ok-to-good radio-friendly songs, sags in the middle, then gets pretty outré and compelling towards the end
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Friday, 29 October 2010 10:45 (thirteen years ago) link
are the later tracks on nevermind really that much better?
I am sure they are for those who hated the idea of Nirvana having catchy hit singles.
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Friday, 29 October 2010 15:36 (thirteen years ago) link
every super furry animals album since Phantom Power has been like this. It's kind of frustrating.
― peter in montreal, Friday, 29 October 2010 15:49 (thirteen years ago) link
high on fire's recent snakes for the divine ends with the two best songs on the album. so that.
― naked human hands and a foam rubber head (contenderizer), Friday, 29 October 2010 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost I hope you're including Phantom Power in that, because it's got this trend more than the others - mediocre (save for Hello Sunshine and The Piccolo Snare) right up until Cityscape Skybaby, then killer for the rest
― ukhhchavvin' (acoleuthic), Friday, 29 October 2010 15:57 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, I'm including Phantom Power and I agree that it does this more than the others
― peter in montreal, Friday, 29 October 2010 16:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Even "Radiator" is kinda backloaded, but that one has some good stuff earlier on too.
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Friday, 29 October 2010 16:02 (thirteen years ago) link
never could decide about daydream nation, go back and forth. first LP's got "silver rocket", "the sprawl", "eric's trip" and "total trash", but the 2nd has "hey joni", "candle", "rain king" (forever), "hyperstation" and "eliminator jr." FITE
― naked human hands and a foam rubber head (contenderizer), Friday, 29 October 2010 16:02 (thirteen years ago) link
^ would be my favorite record ever. plus "providence" as a b-side.
― naked human hands and a foam rubber head (contenderizer), Friday, 29 October 2010 16:03 (thirteen years ago) link
anyone who thinks nevermind is backloaded has no business listening to it
something I think Super Furry Animals would be a lot more popular if only they were better at track sequencing
― peter in montreal, Friday, 29 October 2010 16:05 (thirteen years ago) link
I would say the main reason for SFA not being as popular as they deserve is their lack of ability to pick the best singles.
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Friday, 29 October 2010 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link
especially for the past three albums! single choices mostly killer up until and including RATW
― ukhhchavvin' (acoleuthic), Friday, 29 October 2010 16:17 (thirteen years ago) link
songbook 2 is gonna be kinda lame :(
― ukhhchavvin' (acoleuthic), Friday, 29 October 2010 16:18 (thirteen years ago) link
anyway RATW is their only perfectly-sequenced record IMO, even guerrilla doesn't quite get it right
― ukhhchavvin' (acoleuthic), Friday, 29 October 2010 16:19 (thirteen years ago) link
single choices mostly killer up until and including RATW
Other than "Demons" and maybe "Play It Cool", I feel the singles choices from "Radiator" were completely wrong. Just the fact that "She's Got Spies" was not a single. That one remains my fave SFA moment.
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 30 October 2010 00:28 (thirteen years ago) link
There was some other thread where I said that the rule of thumb on the Pretenders s/t debut was that every track was better than the one preceding it.
I suppose that means that Side 2 >>>>>>> Side 1. Which it is.
― Dodo Lurker (Slim and Slam), Saturday, 30 October 2010 04:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Tunnel of Love
― smash williams, Monday, 16 January 2012 01:23 (twelve years ago) link