Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted March 27, 2005 And bloated single albums into solid EPs. From double LP to single LP Ryan Adams - Gold 01. New York, New York 02. Answering Bell 03. La Cienga Just Smiled 04. The Rescue Blues 05. When the Stars Go Blue 06. Sylvia Plath 07. Enemy Fire 08. Gonna Make You Love Me 09. Harder Now That It's Over 10. Tina Toledo's Street Walkin' Blues 11. Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd. From LP to EP Hüsker Dü - Candy Apple Grey 01. Crystal 02. Don't Want to Know if You Are Lonely 03. Sorry Somehow 04. Hardly Getting Over It 05. Eiffel Tower High I removed five songs from each album, for what it's worth. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murmuring Beast 0 Report post Posted March 27, 2005 (Inevitably) The White Album by The Beatles 1. Back In The USSR (McCartney) 2. Dear Prudence (Lennon) 3. Glass Onion (Lennon) 4. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Harrison) 5. Blackbird (McCartney) 6. Julia (Lennon) 7. Birthday (McCartney) 8. Revolution 1 (Lennon) 9. Honey Pie (McCartney) 10. Revolution 9 (Lennon) 11. Good Night (Lennon) Those credits are off the top of my head so one or two might be wrong. There's no McCartney bias at all, I just reckon that the Lennon songs were much more biting in general. McCartney did a lot of wanking on this album. A Harrison song and a song that Starr sings on gives the album a bit of balance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AboveAverage484 0 Report post Posted March 27, 2005 This is a pretty obvious choice: Use Your Illusion: 1. Civil War 2. Live and Let Die 3. Don't Cry 4. Knockin' on Heaven's Door 5. Get in the Ring 6. Breakdown 7. November Rain 8. Estranged 9. You Could Be Mine 10. Don't Damn Me 11. Dead Horse 12. Coma Still a pretty bloated LP, but whatever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted March 27, 2005 I wouldn't remove a single song from the White Album; even the lesser tracks fit the album's overall mood. I suppose Sandanista! is ripe for this thread, but I'm not gonna be arsed to do it myself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted March 27, 2005 Wilco's A Ghost is Born: just remove "Less Than You Think." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
godthedog 0 Report post Posted March 27, 2005 i agree more or less about the white album. it's more about mood and scope than about tight, solid songs (which is what most double albums are about anyway, but the beatles did it better than anyone else). i'll try to cut the fat anyway and play around with the order a little, for the hell of it: back in the ussr dear prudence obladi, obladah happiness is a warm gun martha my dear blackbird birthday mother nature's son everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey while my guitar gently weeps sexy sadie helter skelter long long long yer blues julia (cut 17 tracks) most of the unnecessary stuff is on sides 2 and 4. side 2 is still solid and has probably the most cohesive vibe on the whole album (very stripped-down material with a distinctive unified feel to it), but it doesn't have the sheer volume of "knock you on your ass" material that side 3 does. side 4 always struck me as just weak, like a dumping ground for the "not quite there yet" tracks. throwaways and gimmick songs, with the possible exception of "goodnight" (which only works as a closer anyway, and which i chunked cause i think "julia" makes a better closer). rolling stones, 'exile on main street' (which, again, kinda defeats the whole point of the album, but oh well): rocks off rip this joint shake your hips casino boogie tumbling dice loving cup turd on the run ventillator blues all down the line let it loose (cut 8 tracks) that one seems like it'd be a tight little rocking album. pearl jam, 'vitalogy': last exit tremor christ nothingman satan's bed corduroy better man immortality (cut 7 tracks) too easy. madonna, 'true blue': papa don't preach open your heart live to tell true blue la isla bonita (cut 6 tracks i think) way too easy. i love all those singles, but every deep track is exceedingly shitty. cat power, 'you are free': good woman werewolf fool shaking paper baby doll names keep on runnin (cut 7 tracks) good EP to slit your wrists to. which is essentially what cat power's really good for anyway. bob dylan, 'time out of mind': not dark yet tryin' to get to heaven make you feel my love cold irons bound can't wait highlands (cut 5 tracks) the whole stretch from "standing in the doorway" to "til i fell in love with you" all sound like pretty much the same song, so i took the best of the bunch ("tryin to get to heaven") and threw the rest away. "dirt road blues" kinda sucks, and "lovesick" is all atmosphere with very little substance to it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted March 27, 2005 Radiohead - Amnesiac will get the EP treatment: 01. Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box 02. Pyramid Song 03. You & Whose Army? 04. I Might Be Wrong 05. Knives Out 06. Life In a Glass House Even with five songs missing, I'd still not like Amnesiac very much, but I think some editing would make it a lot more digestable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
godthedog 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2005 i'd cut "packt like sardines..." and replace it at the beginning with "knives out," then put "like spinning plates" back in (which i think is the best song on the album), but i essentially agree. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2005 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' No More Shall We Part becomes an EP: 01. As I Sat Sadly By Her Side 02. Hallelujah 03. God is In the House 04. Oh My Lord I don't know if NMSWP was released on vinyl, but, had it been, it would've been a double. Also, "Hallelujah" isn't yet another version of the song originally performed by Leonard Cohen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2005 i'd cut "packd like sardines..." and replace it at the beginning with "knives out," then put "like spinning plates" back in (which i think is the best song on the album), but i essentially agree. I haven't bothered altering the tracklist for anything I've listed, as—like with Amnesiac and Gold—I haven't listened to some of these albums in a very long time. Speaking of which, "Like Spinning Plates" might be a song I like, as couldn't remember whether it was that one or "Life..." I know I hate one of them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2005 i'd cut "packt like sardines..." and replace it at the beginning with "knives out," then put "like spinning plates" back in (which i think is the best song on the album), but i essentially agree. I like "Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors" though. "Dollars and Cents" and "Hunting Bears" don't do it for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2005 i'd cut "packd like sardines..." and replace it at the beginning with "knives out," then put "like spinning plates" back in (which i think is the best song on the album), but i essentially agree. I haven't bothered altering the tracklist for anything I've listed, as—like with Amnesiac and Gold—I haven't listened to some of these albums in a very long time. Speaking of which, "Like Spinning Plates" might be a song I like, as couldn't remember whether it was that one or "Life..." I know I hate one of them. Spinning Plates is when he's singing backwards recorded backwards, Life In A Glass House has the brass section. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2005 I recalled the last track having horns, which made me assume I liked that one. Because I like horns. If I were in the same building as my copy, I'd just dig it out and settle this matter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
godthedog 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2005 i'd cut "packt like sardines..." and replace it at the beginning with "knives out," then put "like spinning plates" back in (which i think is the best song on the album), but i essentially agree. I like "Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors" though. "Dollars and Cents" and "Hunting Bears" don't do it for me. "doors" is the wankiest thing on the album. it's like they mashed together "fitter happier" and "kid a," removing the content from "fitter happier" and the interesting textures from "kid a." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2005 The track itself is kinda blah, yet I feel it makes for a good opener. Works better in context. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2005 Pretty much. It's just compelling in its unlistenability, I guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
godthedog 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2005 for me, not "unlistenable" so much as "bland." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2005 The new U2 album can be quite easily knocked down to a double A-side: 1. City of Blinding Lights 2. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2005 Vertigo is still pretty cool too. But yeah I bought the album and it was quite full of filler. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2005 I don't agree- I love almost every song on HTDAAB- the only ones I don't care for is Crumbs from Your Table and Love and Peace Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2005 They're okay, but not great. The album is specifically the reason I didn't try to get tickets for this tour; if it's going to be half new album/ATYCLB, I'm not terribly interested. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2005 It's not based on rehearsal reports. They're doing three songs from Boy, a couple of ATYLCB songs, half HTDAAB and the rest the usual stuff they always play live. Rehearsal setlist: City of Blinding Lights The Electric Co. An Cat Dubh Into The Heart Beautiful Day Miracle Drug Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own Love And Peace Or Else Elevation Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of Yahweh Bullet The Blue Sky / The Hands That Built America (snippet) Running To Stand Still Zoo Station The Fly Vertigo / Stories For Boys (snippet) Encore(s): Pride (In The Name Of Love) Where The Streets Have No Name One All Because Of You 40 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2005 Incandenza will be upset if this becomes a U2 thread (and I will too, I'd say), so: Massive Attack, Mezzanine 1. Angel 2. Risingson 3. Teardrop 4. Inertia Creeps 5. Group Four (cut 6 tracks) This is a great album, but the first four tracks are really great. Little else on the album introduces new concepts--it's kind of "Angel" part 2, "Teardrop" part 2, etc. "Group Four" stays because it's long, epic, fantastic, and pretty much encompasses all the moods of the first four stunners, leaving 30 perfect minutes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
godthedog 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2005 shocking. i find the last half a lot more satisfying. they kinda explore the same territory, but they tend to cut a lot deeper and explore a lot more (save for "inertia creeps," which is a mini-epic in its own right). i always thought of the first half as being more about surfaces and kind of surveying the sounds they were going for, then exploring them more fully later. "angel" is catchy as hell, but something about it seems more superficial than "dissolved girl" or "black milk." if i had to choose between, say, "mezzanine" and "risingson," i'd pick "mezzanine" in an instant. so basically, i guess my edit would be: inertia creeps dissolved girl black milk mezzanine group four either way, makes a pretty mindblowing EP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richard 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2005 It's not a double album but it's long enough to be Stinkfist Eulogy H 46 & 2 Hooker with a penis Jimmy Die Eier Von Satan Pushit AEnima Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2005 It's not a double album but it's long enough to be As I alluded to earlier, that it fits on one CD is irrelevant to the criteria of the thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hogan Made Wrestling 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2005 Physical Graffiti is a great album, maybe the best hard rock album of all time. But it could be an even tighter package if edited down. Here's my edited version: 1. Custard Pie 2. The Rover 3. In My Time of Dying 4. Houses of the Holy 4. Trampled Underfoot 5. Kashmir 6. In The Light 7. Down by the Seaside 8. Ten Years Gone 9. Sick Again Most of the cutting is from Side 4, which is decent but certainly the weakest part of the album. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
godthedog 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2005 It's not a double album but it's long enough to be Stinkfist Eulogy H 46 & 2 Hooker with a penis Jimmy Die Eier Von Satan Pushit AEnima you only cut one real song. not much of an edit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
godthedog 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2005 ween, 'quebec': it's gonna be a long night zoloft transdermal celebration happy colored marbles the fucked jam the argus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2005 Tool's Aenima Stinkfist Eulogy H 46 & 2 Hooker with a penis Jimmy Die Eier Von Satan Pushit AEnima Isn't that just slashing the interludes and "Third Eye"? There are only 9 tracks I'd consider real songs on that album. Tool somehow seems wrong without bloat. Edit: I hate you godthedog, and your heathen alacrity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
