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Post by Strange_frontier on Jul 10, 2021 0:35:40 GMT
I have a tendency to (in my mind) re-order tracks in an album so that the "upbeat" ones appear towards the beginning, and the slower ones towards the end. (Not saying there's anything wrong with the albums as-is, but having the tracks in a different order allows for one to see them all in a fresh light. Obviously there are some exceptions (i.e. if the closing track was meant to be the closing track in my opinion, or if there's an obvious segue which would sound off if disjointed).
I apologize in advance if any of these "ideal tracklistings" would be unconventional. Suggestions to improve them are welcome, even if that means not tampering with the order at all.
(note: Some of my re-orders include additions with B-sides or related tracks)
Queen 1: Keep Yourself Alive - Modern Times - Mad the Swine - Great King Rat - My Fairy King - Son and Daughter - Liar - Jesus - Night Comes Down - Doing Alright - Seven Seas teaser.
Queen II: Procession - Father to Son - Seven Seas - Loser - SWAFIB - March - Ogre Battle - Fairy Feller - White Queen - Funny How Love Is - Some Day One Day - Nevermore.
SHA: Now I'm Here - Stone Cold - Bring Back - Misfire - Brighton Rock - Tenement/Flick/Lily (segue) - Lap of the Gods - Killer Queen - She Makes Me - Lap (revisited) - Dear Friends.
Opera: Death on Two Legs - Seaside Rendezvous - Sweet Lady - Prophet's - Good Company - I'm in Love with My Car - You're My Best Friend - 39' - Lazing - Love of My Life - Bo Rhap - GSTQ.
Races: Tie Your Mother Down - Long Away - White Man - You and I - Lover Boy - Drowse - Millionaire Waltz - Somebody to Love - You Take My Breath Away - Teo Torriatte.
News: WWRY - SHA - Fight from the Inside - Get Down Make Love - Feelings - Sleeping on the Sidewalk - It's Late - Melancholy Blues - Who Needs You - All Dead - Spread Your Wings - WATC.
Jazz: Don't Stop Me Now - Let Me Entertain You - Dead on Time - Bicycle Race - FBG - Fun It - Mustapha - If You Can't Beat Them - Leaving Home - In Only Seven Days - Dreamer's Ball - Jealousy - MOTJ.
Game: Dragon Attack - Another One Bites the Dust - Rock It - Crazy Little Thing - Need Your Loving Tonight - Don't Try Suicide - A Human Body - Play the Game - Coming Soon - Save Me - Sail Away Sweet Sister. (and maybe even Flash and The Hero as add-ons at the end)
Hot Space: Calling All Girls - Back Chat - Under Pressure - Staying Power - Dancer - Soul Brother - Action This Day - Put Out the Fire - Cool Cat - Las Palabras - Life is Real.
Works: Tear it Up - I Go Crazy - Hammer - Man on the Prowl - Ga Ga - Machines - Break Free - Keep Passing - It's a Hard Life - Is This the World We Created.
Magic: One Vision - Don't Lose Your Head - A Kind of Magic - Princes - Pain is So Close to Pleasure - Gimme the Prize - Friends will Be Friends - Who Wants to Live Forever - One Year of Love.
Miracle: Invisible Man - Rain Must Fall - Hang On In There - Party/Khashoggi's (segue) - My Baby Does Me - Breakthru - I Want it All - Hijack My Heart - Stealin' - Scandal - The Miracle - Was it All Worth It.
Innuendo: Ride the Wild Wind - Headlong - Slightly Mad - The Hitman - Lost Opportunity - Delilah - All God's People - I Can't Live With You - Bijou - These are the Days of Our Lives - Don't Try So Hard - Innuendo - The Show Must Go On.
Heaven: It's a Beautiful Day - You Don't Fool Me - I Was Born to Love You - Let Me Live - Made in Heaven - My Life Has Been Saved - Mother Love - Heaven for Everyone - Too Much Love - Winter's Tale - Beautiful Day Reprise/Yeah/13.
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Post by Strange_frontier on Jul 10, 2021 0:50:27 GMT
Solo Albums: Back to the Light: Driven By You - I'm Scared - Love Token - Resurrection - Rollin' Over - Let Your Heart Rule Your Head - Back to the Light - Nothin But Blue - Just One Life - Too Much Love - Last Horizon. Another World: On My Way Up - Slow Down - China Belle - Cyborg - One Rainy Wish - All the Way From Memphis - Guvnor - Wilderness - Business - Why Don't We Try Again - Another World. Fun in Space: No Violins - Let's Get Crazy - Good Times are Now - My Country - Airheads - Turn on the TV - Fun in Space - Interlude in Constantinople - Laugh or Cry - Magic is Loose. Strange Frontier: Man on Fire - Strange Frontier - Racing in the Street - Two Sharp Pencils - Abandonfire - Killing Time - It's an Illusion - I Cry For You - Masters of War - Beautiful Dreams. Happiness?: Nazis 94 - Revelation - The Key - Freedom Train - Old Friends - You Had to Be There - Mr Murdoch - Foreign Sand - Everybody Hurts Sometime - Happiness - Loneliness - Touch the Sky. I wouldn't rearrange the tracks on Electric Fire. Fun on Earth: One Night Stand - Whole House Rockin' - I Don't Care - Say it's Not True - Up - Quality Street - I Am the Drummer - Small - Unblinking Eye - Smile - Fight Club - Be With You - Be My Gal - Sunny Day. Shove It: Shove It - Contact - Cowboys and Indians - Stand Up for Love - Love Lies Bleeding - Manipulator - Rough Justice - Love on a Tightrope - Feel the Force - Heaven for Everyone. Mad Bad: In Charge of My Heart - Top of the World Ma - Sister Blue - Penetration Guru - Passion for Trash - Closer to You - Foxy Lady - Liar - Power to Love - Breakdown - Better Things - Old Men (Lay Down) - Final Destination. Blue Rock: Bad Attitude - Dirty Mind - Heartland - Millionaire/Put it All Down to Love (segue) - Ain't Put Nothin' Down - New Dark Ages - The Also Rans - Baby It's Alright - Hand of Fools - Life Changes. |
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Post by dysan on Jul 10, 2021 5:36:52 GMT
The idea certainly works in some cases. Queen album running orders usually annoy me! YTMBA straight after TYMD on ADATR kills the album dead for me. Same with ADAD after SHA on NOTW or Jealousy on Jazz. But conversely, I wouldn't change stuff like LOASA after DOTL on ANATO or WQ after FTS on QII as both complement each other like 2 movements of the same piece. Things like Document by REM or Bossanova by The Pixies feel like they run out of steam with the rocking stuff places earlier but are good for getting ready to go out as you only get through the first few tracks anyway. I do like albums that work to a crescendo with the up-tempo stuff towards the end before the album finale (like Bowie did on ZS and HD perhaps, a trick Suede did on their debut), but then again I also like those albums that have the slowest song just before the last tracks - CC on Hot Space or MBDM on The Miracle works nicely for me. Lots of tricks with tracklistings depending on the material and architecture of an album which Queen usually ignored, almost pre-empting the shuffle generation. Not a bad thing, just in some cases it's a real head scratcher! That said, I wouldn't change them for listening purposes if I do have an album play through to keep the integrity of the album. I trust the artist even if some choices baffle me  |
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Post by logexpTommy on Jul 10, 2021 7:50:22 GMT
I did some sort of re-tracking for Jazz a while ago, thought I'll share it here:
1) Let Me Entertain You
2) Mustapha
3) Fat Bottomed Girls
4) Bicycle Race
5) Jealousy
6) If You Can't Beat Them
7) Dead On Time
8) Dreamer's Ball
9) In Only Seven Days
10) Leaving Home Ain't Easy
11) Don't Stop Me Now
As you can see I omitted Fun It and More Of That Jazz, I'm not very big on those songs and they don't fit too well on the album, at least imo.
I think with this track list and with a much better production (like News Of The World or A Day At The Races), it would be a much better album.
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Post by Lord Fickle on Jul 10, 2021 8:23:29 GMT
I have a tendency to (in my mind) re-order tracks in an album so that the "upbeat" ones appear towards the beginning, and the slower ones towards the end. (Not saying there's anything wrong with the albums as-is, but having the tracks in a different order allows for one to see them all in a fresh light. Obviously there are some exceptions (i.e. if the closing track was meant to be the closing track in my opinion, or if there's an obvious segue which would sound off if disjointed). I apologize in advance if any of these "ideal tracklistings" would be unconventional. Suggestions to improve them are welcome, even if that means not tampering with the order at all. ( note: Some of my re-orders include additions with B-sides or related tracks) Queen 1: Keep Yourself Alive - Modern Times - Mad the Swine - Great King Rat - My Fairy King - Son and Daughter - Liar - Jesus - Night Comes Down - Doing Alright - Seven Seas teaser. Queen II: Procession - Father to Son - Seven Seas - Loser - SWAFIB - March - Ogre Battle - Fairy Feller - White Queen - Funny How Love Is - Some Day One Day - Nevermore. SHA: Now I'm Here - Stone Cold - Bring Back - Misfire - Brighton Rock - Tenement/Flick/Lily (segue) - Lap of the Gods - Killer Queen - She Makes Me - Lap (revisited) - Dear Friends. Opera: Death on Two Legs - Seaside Rendezvous - Sweet Lady - Prophet's - Good Company - I'm in Love with My Car - You're My Best Friend - 39' - Lazing - Love of My Life - Bo Rhap - GSTQ. Races: Tie Your Mother Down - Long Away - White Man - You and I - Lover Boy - Drowse - Millionaire Waltz - Somebody to Love - You Take My Breath Away - Teo Torriatte. News: WWRY - SHA - Fight from the Inside - Get Down Make Love - Feelings - Sleeping on the Sidewalk - It's Late - Melancholy Blues - Who Needs You - All Dead - Spread Your Wings - WATC. Jazz: Don't Stop Me Now - Let Me Entertain You - Dead on Time - Bicycle Race - FBG - Fun It - Mustapha - If You Can't Beat Them - Leaving Home - In Only Seven Days - Dreamer's Ball - Jealousy - MOTJ. Game: Dragon Attack - Another One Bites the Dust - Rock It - Crazy Little Thing - Need Your Loving Tonight - Don't Try Suicide - A Human Body - Play the Game - Coming Soon - Save Me - Sail Away Sweet Sister. (and maybe even Flash and The Hero as add-ons at the end) Hot Space: Calling All Girls - Back Chat - Under Pressure - Staying Power - Dancer - Soul Brother - Action This Day - Put Out the Fire - Cool Cat - Las Palabras - Life is Real. Works: Tear it Up - I Go Crazy - Hammer - Man on the Prowl - Ga Ga - Machines - Break Free - Keep Passing - It's a Hard Life - Is This the World We Created. Magic: One Vision - Don't Lose Your Head - A Kind of Magic - Princes - Pain is So Close to Pleasure - Gimme the Prize - Friends will Be Friends - Who Wants to Live Forever - One Year of Love. Miracle: Invisible Man - Rain Must Fall - Hang On In There - Party/Khashoggi's (segue) - My Baby Does Me - Breakthru - I Want it All - Hijack My Heart - Stealin' - Scandal - The Miracle - Was it All Worth It. Innuendo: Ride the Wild Wind - Headlong - Slightly Mad - The Hitman - Lost Opportunity - Delilah - All God's People - I Can't Live With You - Bijou - These are the Days of Our Lives - Don't Try So Hard - Innuendo - The Show Must Go On. Heaven: It's a Beautiful Day - You Don't Fool Me - I Was Born to Love You - Let Me Live - Made in Heaven - My Life Has Been Saved - Mother Love - Heaven for Everyone - Too Much Love - Winter's Tale - Beautiful Day Reprise/Yeah/13. The trouble with your first four albums is that you've disrupted some existing segues, so you would have to find or create stand alone versions of some of those tracks. Fairy Feller / Nevermore being one example. To be honest, I think Queen were usually pretty spot on with their running orders. I will admit, You Take My Breath Away following TYMD does tend to flatten things a bit, but when you think about it where else would you put it and what else could be track 2? The obvious switch would be with Long Away, but then it would be unusual to have a non-Freddie vocal track so early in an album, and you'd then have YTMBA followed by Millionaire. |
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Post by dysan on Jul 10, 2021 8:34:33 GMT
You Take My Breath Away following TYMD does tend to flatten things a bit, but when you think about it where else would you put it and what else could be track 2? The obvious switch would be with Long Away, but then it would be unusual to have a non-Freddie vocal track so early in an album, and you'd then have YTMBA followed by Millionaire. That's why it's just best to leave them alone  |
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Jul 10, 2021 8:44:39 GMT
I have a tendency to (in my mind) re-order tracks in an album so that the "upbeat" ones appear towards the beginning, and the slower ones towards the end. (Not saying there's anything wrong with the albums as-is, but having the tracks in a different order allows for one to see them all in a fresh light. Obviously there are some exceptions (i.e. if the closing track was meant to be the closing track in my opinion, or if there's an obvious segue which would sound off if disjointed). I apologize in advance if any of these "ideal tracklistings" would be unconventional. Suggestions to improve them are welcome, even if that means not tampering with the order at all. ( note: Some of my re-orders include additions with B-sides or related tracks) Queen 1: Keep Yourself Alive - Modern Times - Mad the Swine - Great King Rat - My Fairy King - Son and Daughter - Liar - Jesus - Night Comes Down - Doing Alright - Seven Seas teaser. Queen II: Procession - Father to Son - Seven Seas - Loser - SWAFIB - March - Ogre Battle - Fairy Feller - White Queen - Funny How Love Is - Some Day One Day - Nevermore. : isn't there a segue between GKR/MTS? therefore; Great King Rat - Mad the Swine - My Fairy King makes more sense Queen II: this section is purposely laid out this way- well should be left alone - the natural running order is perfect: Fairy Feller - Nevermore - MoTBQ - Funny How Love Is Innuendo: By the 90s, artists were loading their album side1 with big-hitters, the title track should start the album - it's a a grand statement of intent and perfect opening. I've always thought that TSMGO as a finale is a (kinda) contradiction - maybe better placed at end of Side 1? |
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Post by Lord Fickle on Jul 10, 2021 9:02:15 GMT
I've always thought that TSMGO as a finale is a (kinda) contradiction - maybe better placed at end of Side 1? It's always seemed odd playing it in the middle of a live show, but I do think it belongs at the end of the album. My interpretation is that Freddie is saying the show should go on, but without him, so it's a final statement from him. |
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Post by Strange_frontier on Jul 10, 2021 18:50:07 GMT
You Take My Breath Away following TYMD does tend to flatten things a bit, but when you think about it where else would you put it and what else could be track 2? The obvious switch would be with Long Away, but then it would be unusual to have a non-Freddie vocal track so early in an album, and you'd then have YTMBA followed by Millionaire. That's why it's just best to leave them alone Note to self - don't mess with segues 🤞🏻 |
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Post by Strange_frontier on Jul 10, 2021 18:51:39 GMT
I have a tendency to (in my mind) re-order tracks in an album so that the "upbeat" ones appear towards the beginning, and the slower ones towards the end. (Not saying there's anything wrong with the albums as-is, but having the tracks in a different order allows for one to see them all in a fresh light. Obviously there are some exceptions (i.e. if the closing track was meant to be the closing track in my opinion, or if there's an obvious segue which would sound off if disjointed). I apologize in advance if any of these "ideal tracklistings" would be unconventional. Suggestions to improve them are welcome, even if that means not tampering with the order at all. ( note: Some of my re-orders include additions with B-sides or related tracks) Queen 1: Keep Yourself Alive - Modern Times - Mad the Swine - Great King Rat - My Fairy King - Son and Daughter - Liar - Jesus - Night Comes Down - Doing Alright - Seven Seas teaser. Queen II: Procession - Father to Son - Seven Seas - Loser - SWAFIB - March - Ogre Battle - Fairy Feller - White Queen - Funny How Love Is - Some Day One Day - Nevermore. : isn't there a segue between GKR/MTS? therefore; Great King Rat - Mad the Swine - My Fairy King makes more sense Queen II: this section is purposely laid out this way- well should be left alone - the natural running order is perfect: Fairy Feller - Nevermore - MoTBQ - Funny How Love Is Innuendo: By the 90s, artists were loading their album side1 with big-hitters, the title track should start the album - it's a a grand statement of intent and perfect opening. I've always thought that TSMGO as a finale is a (kinda) contradiction - maybe better placed at end of Side 1? I don't recall/notice any segue between GKR and Mad. Maybe bc Mad the Swine isn't on the proper Queen 1.... |
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Post by Strange_frontier on Jul 10, 2021 18:57:18 GMT
I've always thought that TSMGO as a finale is a (kinda) contradiction - maybe better placed at end of Side 1? It's always seemed odd playing it in the middle of a live show, but I do think it belongs at the end of the album. My interpretation is that Freddie is saying the show should go on, but without him, so it's a final statement from him. Agreed. The Show Must Go On was meant to be a closer imho. |
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Post by Strange_frontier on Jul 10, 2021 19:03:16 GMT
The idea certainly works in some cases. Queen album running orders usually annoy me! YTMBA straight after TYMD on ADATR kills the album dead for me. Same with ADAD after SHA on NOTW or Jealousy on Jazz. But conversely, I wouldn't change stuff like LOASA after DOTL on ANATO or WQ after FTS on QII as both complement each other like 2 movements of the same piece. Things like Document by REM or Bossanova by The Pixies feel like they run out of steam with the rocking stuff places earlier but are good for getting ready to go out as you only get through the first few tracks anyway. I do like albums that work to a crescendo with the up-tempo stuff towards the end before the album finale (like Bowie did on ZS and HD perhaps, a trick Suede did on their debut), but then again I also like those albums that have the slowest song just before the last tracks - CC on Hot Space or MBDM on The Miracle works nicely for me. Lots of tricks with tracklistings depending on the material and architecture of an album which Queen usually ignored, almost pre-empting the shuffle generation. Not a bad thing, just in some cases it's a real head scratcher! That said, I wouldn't change them for listening purposes if I do have an album play through to keep the integrity of the album. I trust the artist even if some choices baffle me Not to mention, it's always seemed weird to me to have slower-paced tracks come right after faster tracks, or vice versa. |
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Post by saintjiub on Jul 10, 2021 19:11:07 GMT
Queen album running orders usually annoy me! YTMBA straight after TYMD on ADATR kills the album dead for me. Same with ADAD after SHA on NOTW or Jealousy on Jazz. I always loved the abrupt changes as a breather from rough to smooth ... particularly for YTMBA and ADAD.
The 80's and beyond were relatively disappointing for me as they were missing Freddie's abrupt mood changes within song for MotBQ, Bo Rhap, tMW, and Bi Race.
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Post by dysan on Jul 10, 2021 19:17:11 GMT
Queen album running orders usually annoy me! YTMBA straight after TYMD on ADATR kills the album dead for me. Same with ADAD after SHA on NOTW or Jealousy on Jazz. I always loved the abrupt changes as a breather from rough to smooth ... particularly for YTMBA and ADAD.
The 80's and beyond were relatively disappointing for me as they were missing Freddie's abrupt mood changes within song for MotBQ, Bo Rhap, tMW, and Bi Race.
Oh yeah don't get me wrong, I'm totally into all that stuff, but not that early on in the tracklisting. In those cases it's a bit like being called into a pit stop after your first lap. |
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Post by Lord Fickle on Jul 10, 2021 21:16:27 GMT
Queen 1: isn't there a segue between GKR/MTS? therefore; Great King Rat - Mad the Swine - My Fairy King makes more sense Queen II: this section is purposely laid out this way- well should be left alone - the natural running order is perfect: Fairy Feller - Nevermore - MoTBQ - Funny How Love Is Innuendo: By the 90s, artists were loading their album side1 with big-hitters, the title track should start the album - it's a a grand statement of intent and perfect opening. I've always thought that TSMGO as a finale is a (kinda) contradiction - maybe better placed at end of Side 1? I don't recall/notice any segue between GKR and Mad. Maybe bc Mad the Swine isn't on the proper Queen 1.... MTS was apparently meant to be between GKR and My Fairy King. Why it didn't appear I don't think has ever been clarified, but it might explain the drum fade out at the end of GKR and the little guitar 'blip' at the start of MFK, which, if I recall correctly from trying it out, would 'fit' with the end of MTS. MTS also has a slightly abrupt beginning, like something (possibly "I've"?) has been cut off. |
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Jul 10, 2021 21:20:02 GMT
I don't recall/notice any segue between GKR and Mad. Maybe bc Mad the Swine isn't on the proper Queen 1.... try and think back to when MTS was officially first released (by Hollywood Records). the beginning is abrupt - and that was because the tape it was sourced from also contained GKR. the terrible edit of MTS was down to MTS's first note being sung during the GKR fade. |
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Post by Sammy B. Willickers on Jul 10, 2021 22:46:56 GMT
I don't recall/notice any segue between GKR and Mad. Maybe bc Mad the Swine isn't on the proper Queen 1.... MTS was apparently meant to be between GKR and My Fairy King. Why it didn't appear I don't think has ever been clarified, but it might explain the drum fade out at the end of GKR and the little guitar 'blip' at the start of MFK, which, if I recall correctly from trying it out, would 'fit' with the end of MTS. MTS also has a slightly abrupt beginning, like something (possibly "I've"?) has been cut off. I heard that it was because of a disagreement on the percussion quality, so they just left it off the album |
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Post by Lord Fickle on Jul 10, 2021 23:52:11 GMT
MTS was apparently meant to be between GKR and My Fairy King. Why it didn't appear I don't think has ever been clarified, but it might explain the drum fade out at the end of GKR and the little guitar 'blip' at the start of MFK, which, if I recall correctly from trying it out, would 'fit' with the end of MTS. MTS also has a slightly abrupt beginning, like something (possibly "I've"?) has been cut off. I heard that it was because of a disagreement on the percussion quality, so they just left it off the album There's been lots of speculation, one reason being that there would have been too many tracks with a religious theme on the album. |
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Post by saintjiub on Jul 11, 2021 1:31:42 GMT
I also recall it was a disagreement between Roy Thomas Baker and the band about the percussion ...
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Jul 11, 2021 8:23:55 GMT
I also recall it was a disagreement between Roy Thomas Baker and the band about the percussion ... me too. the only thing that didn't make sense with that is: they decided to use the de lane lea demo version of TNCD because they couldn't get it right, so: how wrong must the MTS percussion actually sound for that decision to be taken? - and if it was that bad, then why release it 20 years later - or even at all? |
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Post by dysan on Jul 11, 2021 9:16:49 GMT
Opinion on a track can change especially when it involved the complex algebra of performance / sound (I can imagine the overall 'feel' of TNCD trumped the retake - it's a unique smoky late night vibe). I think it was useful serving up MTS as extra content at that time. I guess they dug it out for the Hollywood records reissue and then added it to the Headlong single as a bonus at the time (for the benefit of UK fans?). I think Queen's view of these unreleased things is 'ah, this will be a nice treat' rather than 'lets put out every take' hence tracks like this are usually released with extensive caveats on the sleevenotes (See KYA on the HR debut and the 2011 bonus EPS). David Richards supposedly did extra mixing work on MTS which contradicts the fact the opening sounds cut. I would wager it was left of the record because it just wasn't a good song and then with 20 years hindsight it was fine as a bonus track. And bonus tracks, whatever the quality = $$$$$ |
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Post by saintjiub on Jul 11, 2021 16:18:52 GMT
Opinion on a track can change especially when it involved the complex algebra of performance / sound (I can imagine the overall 'feel' of TNCD trumped the retake - it's a unique smoky late night vibe). I think it was useful serving up MTS as extra content at that time. I guess they dug it out for the Hollywood records reissue and then added it to the Headlong single as a bonus at the time (for the benefit of UK fans?). I think Queen's view of these unreleased things is 'ah, this will be a nice treat' rather than 'lets put out every take' hence tracks like this are usually released with extensive caveats on the sleevenotes (See KYA on the HR debut and the 2011 bonus EPS). David Richards supposedly did extra mixing work on MTS which contradicts the fact the opening sounds cut. I would wager it was left of the record because it just wasn't a good song and then with 20 years hindsight it was fine as a bonus track. And bonus tracks, whatever the quality = $$$$$ I recall that Hollywood Records found MTS on the mastertapes? I recall that Hollywood records was going to release it as a bonus track ... regardless of band opinion?
Also, I recall the percussion disagreement on the MtS percussion was related to the mixing or production ... but don't quote me on that LOL.
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Post by dysan on Jul 11, 2021 16:36:14 GMT
I recall that Hollywood Records found MTS on the mastertapes? I recall that Hollywood records was going to release it as a bonus track ... regardless of band opinion?Also, I recall the percussion disagreement on the MtS percussion was related to the mixing or production ... but don't quote me on that LOL. Let's just be thankful Hollywood Records didn't get Junior Vasquez or Freddy Bastone to put some house beats on it |
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Jul 13, 2021 8:35:28 GMT
Opera: Death on Two Legs - Seaside Rendezvous - Sweet Lady - Prophet's - Good Company - I'm in Love with My Car - You're My Best Friend - 39' - Lazing - Love of My Life - Bo Rhap - GSTQ. News: WWRY - SHA - Fight from the Inside - Get Down Make Love - Feelings - Sleeping on the Sidewalk - It's Late - Melancholy Blues - Who Needs You - All Dead - Spread Your Wings - WATC. a couple of further observations: Prophet Song does technically segue into Love of My Life, so I feel those two songs should be side-by-side. WWRY/WATC - should never be split, if for any other reason than radio airplay broadly treats these as one track. |
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Post by greatsoundingmaracas on Jul 18, 2021 19:26:30 GMT
The idea certainly works in some cases. Queen album running orders usually annoy me! YTMBA straight after TYMD on ADATR kills the album dead for me. Same with ADAD after SHA on NOTW or Jealousy on Jazz. I personally love these complete mood changes! Especially on NOTW: you have these really loud guitars, the fast beat and all of a sudden, it stops, you have a second of silence, and then these slow minor chords from All Dead All Dead. I have to grin every time  |
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Post by Frank on Jul 19, 2021 1:51:56 GMT
The idea certainly works in some cases. Queen album running orders usually annoy me! YTMBA straight after TYMD on ADATR kills the album dead for me. Same with ADAD after SHA on NOTW or Jealousy on Jazz. I personally love these complete mood changes! Especially on NOTW: you have these really loud guitars, the fast beat and all of a sudden, it stops, you have a second of silence, and then these slow minor chords from All Dead All Dead. I have to grin every time I have to agree. Especially TYMD going into YTMBA. It's just so surprising it catches you off guard which then makes you really pay attention. It's like Queen's telling you "We're more than that, we can also do THIS." I wouldn't have it any other way. |
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Post by greatsoundingmaracas on Jul 19, 2021 12:30:26 GMT
[/b]: Now I'm Here - Stone Cold - Bring Back - Misfire - Brighton Rock - Tenement/Flick/Lily (segue) - Lap of the Gods - Killer Queen - She Makes Me - Lap (revisited) - Dear Friends. [/quote] I also think that if you would end the album with Dear Friends after ILOTG Revisited, it would feel odd for a simple reason: it would be weird to have a anthem-like song, and after that a slow 1min lullaby to finish off the album. Also, imo, Dear Friends is not a song that leaves you amazed but instead you wanna go to bed... imo, In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisited is the perfect ending for that album! |
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Post by littlequeenie97 on Jul 19, 2021 20:27:29 GMT
A while ago i did my custom AKOM Tracklisting, it also includes a full version of New York from the Highlander soundtrack.
Princes Of The Universe-A Kind Of Magic-Don't Lose Your Head-Friends Will Be Friends-Pain is So Close to Pleasure-One Vision-Gimme The Prize-One Year Of Love-New York, New York-Who Wants To Live Forever
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Post by Strange_frontier on Jul 29, 2021 23:04:53 GMT
A while ago i did my custom AKOM Tracklisting, it also includes a full version of New York from the Highlander soundtrack. Princes Of The Universe-A Kind Of Magic-Don't Lose Your Head-Friends Will Be Friends-Pain is So Close to Pleasure-One Vision-Gimme The Prize-One Year Of Love-New York, New York-Who Wants To Live Forever That order, actually makes sense! |
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Post by ThomasQuinn on Jul 30, 2021 5:45:36 GMT
IMHO, running order is part of the creative expression of the artist. I would NOT mess with the order of tracks unless there's a pretty damn good reason for doing so - to me, it's not unlike cutting a novel apart and rearranging the chapters.
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