I've got a theory that track three is where it's at. Here are but a few examples:
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing The Hardline
3. "Wishing Well"
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes
3. "Watch Me Jumpstart"
Sebadoh - Bakesale
3. "Magnet's Coil"
The Oranges Band - The World & Everything In It
3. "Open Air"
Sonny Sharrock - Ask The Ages
3. "Little Rock"
Tears For Fears - The Hurting
3. "Pale Shelter"
There are certainly others*...
* please exclude Beck's Odelay from consideration...
Track Three Is Where It's At
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, Feb 04 2007 01:53 AM
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Posted 04 February 2007 - 01:55 AM
Ah! I have similar theory about Track 2!
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Posted 04 February 2007 - 01:57 AM
Hmmmm...back to the drawing board...
EDIT: Realy?...track two?!
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Posted 04 February 2007 - 02:02 AM
Oasis lived by this for their first two albums:
Definitely Maybe: #3 - Live Forever
Morning Glory: #3 - Wonderwall
"The public are collectively fucking retarded." - tylerdurden74
"The world is filled with people who are no longer needed - and who try to make slaves of all of us - and they have their music and we have ours - theirs, the wasted songs of a superstitious nightmare - and without their musical and ideological miscarriages to compare our song of freedom to, we'd not have any opposite to compare music with - and like the drifting wind, hitting against no obstacle, we'd never know it's speed, it's power..." Woody Guthrie
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Posted 04 February 2007 - 02:03 AM
art brut -- emily kane
neko case -- hold on, hold on
new pornographers -- my slow descent into alcoholism
i spent way too much time just now looking through my itunes at track 3s. way too much time.
Music Is My Girlfriend (click for playlists) -- my brother's weekly radio show (new time!), Mondays, 2pm CST, out of Crested Butte, CO. Hear it at KBUT fm online
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Posted 04 February 2007 - 02:07 AM
seamus is drunk, i can tell.
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Posted 04 February 2007 - 02:12 AM
Ah! I have similar theory about Track 2!
Okay, this might work with The Wrens - The Meadowlands and possibly The Mothers Of Invention - Weasels Ripped My Flesh...but that's for another thread...
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
3. "Sugarcube"
Yo La Tengo - Painful
3. "Double Dare"*
* though tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, & 11 are also awesome.
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Posted 04 February 2007 - 02:13 AM
Hmmmm...back to the drawing board...
EDIT: Realy?...track two?!
Absolutely!
When I review cd's for the radio station I almost always listen to track 2 first.
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Posted 04 February 2007 - 02:17 AM
seamus is drunk, i can tell.
well then, call me*
* and stop pointing out that every night I start a bunch of threads I'm automatically drunk.
Hmmmm...back to the drawing board...
EDIT: Realy?...track two?!
Absolutely!
When I review cd's for the radio station I almost always listen to track 2 first.
Well, it doesn't fly with the first batch of records I cited...with the posible exception of Alien Lanes...which is pretty much awesome.
FUCK! It's -11 out right now...I almost need gloves while I type.
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Posted 04 February 2007 - 02:30 AM
Look...more!
Manishevitz - Rollover
3. "Some Men"
The Motels - All Four One
3. "Only The Lonely"
Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
3. "Babies On Fire"
The Police - Outlandos d'Amour
3. "Roxanne"
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
3. "Bros"
The Velvet Underground - Loaded
3. "Rock & Roll"
Pink Floyd - Meddle
3. "Fearless"
Van Halen - Diver Down
3. "Cathedral"
Manishevitz - Rollover
3. "Some Men"
The Motels - All Four One
3. "Only The Lonely"
Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
3. "Babies On Fire"
The Police - Outlandos d'Amour
3. "Roxanne"
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
3. "Bros"
The Velvet Underground - Loaded
3. "Rock & Roll"
Pink Floyd - Meddle
3. "Fearless"
Van Halen - Diver Down
3. "Cathedral"
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Posted 04 February 2007 - 03:55 AM
* please exclude Beck's Odelay from consideration...
I only opened the thread to make that joke
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Posted 04 February 2007 - 04:00 AM
Nah, dude, it's track four.
No, it'll be stupid, and we're already doing something stupid.
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Posted 04 February 2007 - 08:53 AM
So are you saying track 3's are the best songs on the album, or just good-ass solid tracks?
Hmmmm, I guess more of the latter--but occasionally the former. That would be tough to sort out, I guess.
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Posted 04 February 2007 - 09:46 AM
I've recently discovered that it's all about track 1. In fact if track 1 fails to draw me in, screw the whole record.
Sail Away: The Songs of Randy Newman -7.5/10
Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis 8.5/10
Buddy & Julie Miller - Written in Chalk wow, first listen, but great great record! 9.3/10
Justin Townes Earle - Midnight at the Moviessurprisingly great, never picked up his past releases, but this one's knocking my socks off right away, 8.7/10
M. Ward - Hold Time 8.0/10
Neko Case -Middle Cyclone her best I've heard is my initial impression, but too soon to rate, haven't had a really good listen yet 7.8/10
Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis 8.5/10
Buddy & Julie Miller - Written in Chalk wow, first listen, but great great record! 9.3/10
Justin Townes Earle - Midnight at the Moviessurprisingly great, never picked up his past releases, but this one's knocking my socks off right away, 8.7/10
M. Ward - Hold Time 8.0/10
Neko Case -Middle Cyclone her best I've heard is my initial impression, but too soon to rate, haven't had a really good listen yet 7.8/10
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Posted 04 February 2007 - 09:53 AM
I've recently discovered that it's all about track 1. In fact if track 1 fails to draw me in, screw the whole record.
very true, though there must be exceptions.
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Posted 04 February 2007 - 10:09 AM
As do I.Ah! I have similar theory about Track 2!
Again, yes, very true, with very few exceptions.
I've recently discovered that it's all about track 1. In fact if track 1 fails to draw me in, screw the whole record.
very true, though there must be exceptions.
Damo Suzuki: So, um, yeah. Getting older isn't as bad as it sounds. Better than being young & poor (DjDrake) or young & slutty (SG) or young, poor and slutty (Paves); am I right?
Alright, my friends. It's time for another solid little rock jam
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Posted 04 February 2007 - 10:22 AM
I just think that, you know--once you run the numbers--the percentage of truly awesome tracks 3 will edge out any other conventional track number, say on an album of up to 13 songs...tough I can't speak authoritatively as to whether this is actually the case with 13 Songs...I'm tempted to say it's not.
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Posted 04 February 2007 - 10:50 AM
I used to live by the Track Four Theory. Especially with Metallica: can't fuck with Fade to Black/Sanitarium/One.Nah, dude, it's track four.
Funnily enough, Bad Mouth is proper my fave tune on that disc. Track three.I just think that, you know--once you run the numbers--the percentage of truly awesome tracks 3 will edge out any other conventional track number, say on an album of up to 13 songs...tough I can't speak authoritatively as to whether this is actually the case with 13 Songs...I'm tempted to say it's not.
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Posted 04 February 2007 - 11:06 AM
I've always been a track 7 guy.
