Best Ever Albums

Re: Rearrange an Album

craola — Wed, 5 Oct 2016 02:07:39 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 10/05/2016 06:07

LordMark wrote:

Unfortunately, I believe that Thom's edited tracklist excluded "Backdrifts", "I Will", and "A Punch Up At A Wedding", all of which I love.

it's long bothered me that he excludes APUAAW. it's one of my top five on the record. way underrated (even by Thm)

Re: Rearrange an Album

Thad — Tue, 4 Oct 2016 21:09:16 GMT

Author: Thad

Posted: 10/05/2016 01:09

As soon as I saw this thread the first thing I thought of was Hail to the Thief. It's a bloated album with a few great tracks, but man it has some great songs too. Seems like a lot of people feel the same way!

Re: Rearrange an Album

LordMark — Tue, 4 Oct 2016 20:13:56 GMT

Author: LordMark

Posted: 10/05/2016 00:13

boyd94 wrote:

I believe there's a HTTT tracklist floating about the internets to which Thom Yorke pretty much gave his approval. He's always said that he's not happy with the original and they should've spent more time honing it down.

Unfortunately, I believe that Thom's edited tracklist excluded "Backdrifts", "I Will", and "A Punch Up At A Wedding", all of which I love.

Re: Rearrange an Album

boyd94 — Tue, 4 Oct 2016 18:39:01 GMT

Author: boyd94

Posted: 10/04/2016 22:39

I believe there's a HTTT tracklist floating about the internets to which Thom Yorke pretty much gave his approval. He's always said that he's not happy with the original and they should've spent more time honing it down.

Re: Rearrange an Album

LordMark — Tue, 4 Oct 2016 15:05:54 GMT

Author: LordMark

Posted: 10/04/2016 19:05

Houses of the Holy

1. The Song Remains The Same
2. The Rain Song
3. Over The Hills And Far Away
4. The Crunge
5. Dancing Days
6. D'yer Maker
7. No Quarter
8. The Ocean

Hail To The Thief

1. 2+2=5
2. Sit Down, Stand Up
3. Sail To The Moon
4. Backdrifts
5. Go To Sleep
6. Where I End And You Begin
7. We Suck Young Blood
8. The Gloaming
9. There, There
10. I Will
11. A Punch Up At A Wedding
12. Myxomatosis
13. Scatterbrain
14. A Wolf At The Door

Lullabies To Paralyze

1. This Lullaby
2. Medication
3. Everybody Knows That You're Insane
4. Tangled Up In Plaid
5. Burn The Witch
6. In My Head
7. Little Sister
8. I Never Came
9. Someone's In The Wolf
10. The Blood Is Love
11. Skin On Skin
12. Broken Box
13. You Got A Killer Scene There, Man
14. Long Slow Goodbye

Re: Rearrange an Album

craola — Tue, 4 Oct 2016 11:15:57 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 10/04/2016 15:15

dividesbyzero wrote:

psh backdrifts is one of the best on the album

it's a great track... it just feels (along with th glmng) so Tom-York-solo-album and not so very The Radio Heads. and it's more or less SitDown.StandUp Jr.

and to the other (ElfKi//'r), I Will is great, but it was on Amnesiac (albeit reversed) and executed waaaay better. heck, the Com Lag version is better too. this incarnation is downright flaccid next to LSP and the ComLagIWill..

EDIT: whoa!! dude below me > Scatterbrain is easily the best track on the album. and mixing-my-toes-up is a pretty thrill track too. i get why some don't cnnct w/ Mixy, but what the heck you thinking leavin' Sk8'rboi off the mix? it's it 's i t ' s s s incredds.

Re: Rearrange an Album

Anonymous — Tue, 4 Oct 2016 05:29:13 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/04/2016 09:29

craola wrote:

i have a playlist i frequently run where i take-out what should've been b-sides: :: my alternate OK Compy:

2 + 2 = 5 (The Lukeworm.)
Sit Down. Stand Up. (Snakes & Ladders.)
Sail To The Moon (Brush The Cobwebs Out Of The Sky.)
Backdrifts (Honeymoon Is Over.)
Go To Sleep (Little Man Being Erased.)
Where I End And You Begin (The Sky Is Falling In.)
We Suck Young Blood (Your Time Is Up.)
The Gloaming (Softly Open Our Mouths In The Cold.)
There, There (The Boney King Of Nowhere.)
I Will (No Man's Land.)
A Punchup At A Wedding (No No No No No No No No.)
Myxomatosis (Judge, Jury & Executioner.)
Scatterbrain (As Dead As Leaves.)
A Wolf At The Door (It Girl. Rag Doll.)

psh backdrifts is one of the best on the album

Re: Rearrange an Album

kickerofelves — Tue, 4 Oct 2016 05:14:35 GMT

Author: kickerofelves

Posted: 10/04/2016 09:14

Space-Dementia wrote:

Muse's Origin of Symmetry is one of my favorite albums of all time, but one of the flaws it has is its track order. What I love about the album is how in sync everything sounds with everything else: even the slower songs like Megalomania and Screenager fit perfectly on an album with super heavy songs like Citizen Erased and New Born. But it would sound so much better if the whole thing flowed a little more. Here's how I listen to Origin:
1. New Born
2. Space Dementia
3. Citizen Erased
4. Micro Cuts
5. Hyper Music
6. Plug In Baby
7. Feeling Good
8. Bliss
9. Screenager
10. Dark Shines
11. Megalomania

Huh, might give that track listing a listen. it always baffled how they bunched all the really heavy ones together in the middle.

Re: Rearrange an Album

Space-Dementia — Mon, 3 Oct 2016 22:56:13 GMT

Author: Space-Dementia

Posted: 10/04/2016 02:56

Muse's Origin of Symmetry is one of my favorite albums of all time, but one of the flaws it has is its track order. What I love about the album is how in sync everything sounds with everything else: even the slower songs like Megalomania and Screenager fit perfectly on an album with super heavy songs like Citizen Erased and New Born. But it would sound so much better if the whole thing flowed a little more. Here's how I listen to Origin:
1. New Born
2. Space Dementia
3. Citizen Erased
4. Micro Cuts
5. Hyper Music
6. Plug In Baby
7. Feeling Good
8. Bliss
9. Screenager
10. Dark Shines
11. Megalomania

In Rainbows also flows a little awkwardly at times, mostly with Bodysnatchers, probably their heaviest song, being in between the electronic "15 Step" and the really slow and relaxed "Nude", and then putting the really sudden acoustic guitars right of "Faust Arp" right after the super climactic ending of "All I Need." But then again, I really shouldn't be complaining about In Rainbows since it's my favorite album of all time.

Re: Rearrange an Album

indieshins — Mon, 3 Oct 2016 20:01:56 GMT

Author: indieshins

Posted: 10/04/2016 00:01

craola wrote:

That's Hail to the Thief, not OK Computer... but I love I Will and kind of wish the album ended with it. I can't really imagine taking it out. Agree with the rest though- they would be my choice for weaker tracks on the album.

Re: Rearrange an Album

craola — Mon, 3 Oct 2016 18:58:23 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 10/03/2016 22:58

i have a playlist i frequently run where i take-out what should've been b-sides: :: my alternate OK Compy:

2 + 2 = 5 (The Lukeworm.)
Sit Down. Stand Up. (Snakes & Ladders.)
Sail To The Moon (Brush The Cobwebs Out Of The Sky.)
Backdrifts (Honeymoon Is Over.)
Go To Sleep (Little Man Being Erased.)
Where I End And You Begin (The Sky Is Falling In.)
We Suck Young Blood (Your Time Is Up.)
The Gloaming (Softly Open Our Mouths In The Cold.)
There, There (The Boney King Of Nowhere.)
I Will (No Man's Land.)
A Punchup At A Wedding (No No No No No No No No.)
Myxomatosis (Judge, Jury & Executioner.)
Scatterbrain (As Dead As Leaves.)
A Wolf At The Door (It Girl. Rag Doll.)

Re: Rearrange an Album

kickerofelves — Mon, 3 Oct 2016 17:40:38 GMT

Author: kickerofelves

Posted: 10/03/2016 21:40

I stumbled upon a great mashup of the 3 Guided By Voices albums from 2012, Class Clown Spots a UFO, Lets Go Eat the Factory and The Bears For Lunch. Extremely patchy individually, but phenomenal when stuck together.

King Arthur the Red (TBFL)
The Corners are Glowing (TBFL)
Have a Jug (TBFL)
Hangover Child (TBFL)
Class Clown Spots a UFO (CCSAU)
Chain to the Moon (CCSAU)
The Unsinkable Fats Domino (LGETF)
Starfire (CCSAU)
Jon the Croc (CCSAU)
Doughnut for a Snowman (LGETF)
The Room Taking Shape (LGETF)
The Challenge is Much More (TBFL)
Waving at Airplanes (TBFL)
The Military School Dance Dismissal (TBFL)
White Flag (TBFL)
Keep it in Motion (CCSAU)
She Lives in an Airport (TBFL)
Waking up the Stars (TBFL)

Re: Rearrange an Album

RoundTheBend — Sun, 2 Oct 2016 21:59:33 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 10/03/2016 01:59

The first copy of Absolution I owned was copied from a friend who had it all wrong. I fell in love with that version of the album and is what had me fall in love with Muse from about 2006 until about 2010. I don't have that CD anymore as I bought the original, but I remember it opened with Endlessly and actually ended on the into... it was kind of an awesome outro.

Sorry I don't have the tracklisting/can't remember it completely.

But I do agree track listing plays a big role in an album. For some it makes or breaks the album... for others the songs stand on their own so well it's kinda like putting the album on mix and it still is amazing.

Rearrange an Album

pranafilms — Sat, 1 Oct 2016 23:40:44 GMT

Author: pranafilms

Posted: 10/02/2016 03:40

Do you have a different way of listening to an album or just an interesting alternate tracklist?

Then, Share it here.