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TQID cited in Guardian article about getting trackorder right
posted by davidt on Friday July 25 2008, @03:00AM
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Getting your order right - The Guardian music blog
July 24, 2008 1:30 PM
Great artists like David Bowie and The Smiths knew the importance of track sequencing - it can make or break an album
The opener isn't always a big hit single. The Smiths' classic The Queen Is Dead opens with the rampaging title track
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Getting your order right - The Guardian music blog
July 24, 2008 1:30 PM
Great artists like David Bowie and The Smiths knew the importance of track sequencing - it can make or break an album
The opener isn't always a big hit single. The Smiths' classic The Queen Is Dead opens with the rampaging title track
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I don't believe that the track order (by itself) would have a monumental effect on The Queen is Dead.
Here's why: The Smiths had already gained a huge following well before The Queen is Dead. Track order would not have had any measurable or significant effect. Each song "belongs" on this album without regard to track order.
I will also take this one step further. "Vicar in a Tutu" would have been a GREAT opener--
It would not be as stirring, but it still would have been terrific--especially if it were to be followed by "Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty."
I do wish, however, that "There is a Light..." would have been the last track. But there is something haunting about "Some Girls...", and it is a terrific ending track, too.
This debate has been discussed before. I don't think it makes a great deal of difference. If you have to twist my arm, "Louder than Bombs" has a perfect track listing.
Peace.
Ken
sycophantic_slag -- Friday July 25 2008, @07:13AM (#308292)Here's why: The Smiths had already gained a huge following well before The Queen is Dead. Track order would not have had any measurable or significant effect. Each song "belongs" on this album without regard to track order.
I will also take this one step further. "Vicar in a Tutu" would have been a GREAT opener--
It would not be as stirring, but it still would have been terrific--especially if it were to be followed by "Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty."
I do wish, however, that "There is a Light..." would have been the last track. But there is something haunting about "Some Girls...", and it is a terrific ending track, too.
This debate has been discussed before. I don't think it makes a great deal of difference. If you have to twist my arm, "Louder than Bombs" has a perfect track listing.
Peace.
Ken
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Re:I disagree. by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday July 25 2008, @08:45AM
Re:I disagree. by Skorzeny (Score:1) Saturday July 26 2008, @01:32AM
Re:I disagree. by emmanuela_7 (Score:1) Saturday July 26 2008, @02:34AMRe:I disagree. by Skorzeny (Score:1) Saturday July 26 2008, @01:35AM
but TQID is a bad example of a great job of it.
the opener is perfect, but its unthinkable that they couldve opened that album with anything else given the songs they were choosing from- its obviously an opener.
they didnt execute the rest of the sequencing to full effect- not by a long shot. "I Know It's Over" and "Never Had No One Ever" back to back at tracks 3 and 4 is way too heavy and "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" should have been the closer, though ive warmed to "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others" as a closer over the past while.
TQID is actually a prime example of a great album with poor sequencing.
chrisarclark <clarkinatorclark@hotmail.com> -- Saturday July 26 2008, @09:17AM (#308326)the opener is perfect, but its unthinkable that they couldve opened that album with anything else given the songs they were choosing from- its obviously an opener.
they didnt execute the rest of the sequencing to full effect- not by a long shot. "I Know It's Over" and "Never Had No One Ever" back to back at tracks 3 and 4 is way too heavy and "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" should have been the closer, though ive warmed to "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others" as a closer over the past while.
TQID is actually a prime example of a great album with poor sequencing.
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Re:track order/sequencing does matter... by Ceiling_Shadow (Score:1) Tuesday August 05 2008, @01:32AM
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Oasis kicking off What's the Story Morning Glory with 'Hello', Strangeways kicking off the last album by the Smiths with the deliriously ambiguous 'A Rush And A Push...' and Vauxhall opening with the achingly beautiful 'Now My Heart Is Full' set the tone and pace far better than any written explanation would allow.