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Post by stopdead on Mar 27, 2024 12:45:37 GMT -5
The first three albums (plus So Red The Rose) each included nine tracks. These albums are arguably perfect albums. Nine songs seemed to be the magic number for the LP format. I challenged myself to reimagine every DD studio album by limiting it to just nine tracks and splitting it up with an A-side and a B-Side. I allowed non-album tracks (e.g. Late Bar) to be swapped in, but only if they were recorded for that particular album. Remixes, night versions, and demos (e.g. Beautiful Colours) were not allowed. I allowed myself to change the order of the songs--I found this particularly useful on albums that maybe weren’t recorded with two sides in mind or I cut the last track and wanted to replace it with an appropriate closer. I have no doubt that I cut songs that others here adore--I probably love them, too. This was a challenging exercise, particularly on albums that are loaded with great songs. Don’t like my choices? Give it a shot if you have the time and desire. Just play by the same rules, please, otherwise it misses the point. DURAN DURAN A) Girls On Film, Planet Earth, Anyone Out There, Late Bar B) Careless Memories, Night Boat, Sound Of Thunder, Friends of Mine, Tel Aviv RIO A) Rio, My Own Way. Lonely In Your Nightmare, Hungry Like The Wolf, Hold Back The Rain B) New Religion, Last Chance On The Stairway, Save A Prayer, The Chauffeur SEVEN AND THE RAGGED TIGER A) The Reflex, New Moon On Monday, (I’m Looking For) Cracks In The Pavement, I Take The Dice, Of Crime And Passion B) Secret Oktober, Union Of The Snake, Shadows On Your Side, The Seventh Stranger NOTORIOUS A) Notorious, American Science, Skin Trade, A Matter Of Feeling, Hold Me B) Vertigo (Do The Demolition), So Misled, Meet El Presidente, Winter Marches On BIG THING A) Big Thing, I Don’t Want Your Love, All She Wants Is, Too Late Marlene B) Do You Believe In Shame, Palomino, Land, The Edge Of America, Lake Shore Driving LIBERTY A) Violence Of Summer (Love’s Taking Over), Liberty, Serious, All Along The Water B) My Antarctica, First Impression, Read My Lips, Can You Deal With It, Venice Drowning THE WEDDING ALBUM A) Too Much Information, Ordinary World, Love Voodoo, Drowning Man, Falling Angel B) Come Undone, U.M.F., None Of The Above, Sin Of The City THANK YOU A) White Lines, I Wanna Take You Higher, Perfect Day, Watching The Detectives, 911 Is A Joke B) Lay Lady Lay, Success, Crystal Ship, Thank You MEDAZZALAND A) Medazzaland, Big Bang Generation, Out Of My Mind, Silva Halo B) Sinner Or Saint, Be My Icon, Midnight Sun, So Long Suicide, Undergoing Treatment POP TRASH A) Someone Else Not Me, Lava Lamp, Playing With Uranium. Starting To Remember, Pop Trash Movie B) Mars Meets Venus, Lady Xanax, The Sun Doesn’t Shine Forever, Last Day On Earth ASTRONAUT A) (Reach Up For The) Sunrise, Want You More!, What Happens Tomorrow, Astronaut, Bedroom Toys B) Taste The Summer, Nice, Finest Hour, Still Breathing RED CARPET MASSACRE A) The Valley, Red Carpet Massacre, Nite-Runner, Falling Down B) Skin Divers, Tempted, Tricked Out, Zoom In, Last Man Standing ALL YOU NEED IS NOW A) Runway Runaway, Girl Panic !, All You Need Is Now, Blame The Machines, Being Followed B) The Man Who Stole A Leopard, Mediterranea, Too Bad You’re So Beautiful, Before The Rain PAPER GODS A) Paper Gods, Pressure Off, Face For Today, Valentine Stones B) Northern Lights, Cinderella Ride, Change The Skyline, Only In Dreams, The Universe Alone FUTURE PAST A) Invisible, All Of You, Give It All Up, Anniversary B) Velvet Newton, Future Past, Wing, Nothing Less, More Joy! DANSE MACABRE A) Nightboat, Black Moonlight, Love Voudou, Bury A Friend, Supernature B) Danse Macabre, Spellbound, Psycho Killer, Secret Oktober 31st
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Post by Guapito on Mar 27, 2024 13:20:51 GMT -5
An interesting idea. I agree that the 9-track album works well. Too many of their later albums have filler.
DURAN DURAN A) Girls On Film, Planet Earth, Anyone Out There, To The Shore, Careless Memories B) Night Boat, Sound Of Thunder, Friends of Mine, Tel Aviv
RIO A) Rio, My Own Way. Lonely In Your Nightmare, Hungry Like The Wolf, Hold Back The Rain B) New Religion, Last Chance On The Stairway, Save A Prayer, The Chauffeur
SEVEN AND THE RAGGED TIGER A) The Reflex, New Moon On Monday, (I’m Looking For) Cracks In The Pavement, I Take The Dice, Of Crime And Passion B) Secret Oktober, Union Of The Snake, Shadows On Your Side, The Seventh Stranger
NOTORIOUS A) Notorious, American Science, Skin Trade, Winter Marches On, Hold Me B) Vertigo (Do The Demolition), So Misled, Meet El Presidente, Proposition
BIG THING A) Big Thing, I Don’t Want Your Love, All She Wants Is, Too Late Marlene B) Do You Believe In Shame, Palomino, Land, The Edge Of America, Lake Shore Driving
LIBERTY A) Violence Of Summer, Liberty, Serious, All Along The Water, My Antarctica B)First Impression, Read My Lips, Venice Drowning, Downtown.
THE WEDDING ALBUM A) Too Much Information, Ordinary World, Love Voodoo, Drowning Man, Breath After Breath B), U.M.F. None Of The Above, Shelter, Sin Of The City
THANK YOU A) White Lines, I Wanna Take You Higher, Perfect Day, Watching The Detectives, Lay Lady Lay, B) Drive By, Ball of Confusion, Crystal Ship, Thank You
MEDAZZALAND A) Medazzaland, Out Of My Mind, Silva Halo, Electric Barbarella, Midnight Sun B) Be My Icon, So Long Suicide, Michael, Undergoing Treatment
POP TRASH A) Someone Else Not Me, Playing With Uranium, Starting To Remember, Pop Trash Movie, Fragment. B) Mars Meets Venus, Lady Xanax, Kiss Goodbye, Last Day On Earth
ASTRONAUT A) (Reach Up For The) Sunrise, Want You More!, What Happens Tomorrow, Astronaut, Bedroom Toys B) Finest Hour, Chains, One of Those Days, Still Breathing
RED CARPET MASSACRE A) The Valley, Red Carpet Massacre, Nite-Runner, Dirty Great Monster, B) Tempted, Tricked Out, Zoom In, Last Man Standing
ALL YOU NEED IS NOW A) All You Need Is Now, Being Followed, Runway Runaway, Girl Panic !, Mediterranea B) The Man Who Stole A Leopard, Too Bad You’re So Beautiful, Before The Rain
PAPER GODS A) Paper Gods, Pressure Off, Face For Today, Cinderella Ride, Valentine Stones B) Northern Lights, On Evil Beach, Only In Dreams, The Universe Alone
FUTURE PAST A) Invisible, All Of You, Wing, Nothing Less, Laughing Boy, B) Hammerhead, Future Past, More Joy! Falling.
DANSE MACABRE A) Nightboat, Black Moonlight, Super Lonely Freak, Bury A Friend, Supernature B) Spellbound, Psycho Killer, Secret Oktober 31st, Confession in The Afterlife.
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Post by stopdead on Mar 27, 2024 14:43:20 GMT -5
Good choices, Guapito. What I found interesting about this exercise it that by shortening up these albums, I like some of them even more. For example, at nine songs (my cut), Future Past is a top three DD album for me.
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Post by Dew on Mar 27, 2024 19:01:31 GMT -5
Interesting (and fun) exercise stopdead , particularly imaging the long pause between the end of side A and start of side B, while flipping the album. I agree that later DD albums, where the CD started to increase runtimes, suffer from too many lesser-quality songs. These albums probably would have been reviewed more favorably as a result too. I'd still want my edits as b-sides / bonus tracks. Ignoring albums where I think they're fine as-isLiberty A: VOS, Liberty, Hothead, Serious, All Along the Water B: First Impression, Read My Lips, My Antartica, Downtown TWA - This becomes a very solid albumA: TMI, OW, LV, Come Undone, Breath After Breath B: UMF, Falling Angel, None of the Above, Sin of the City Thank You A: White Lines, Higher, Perfect Day, Watching the Detectives, Lay Lady Lay B: 911 is a Joke, Diamond Dogs, Crystal Ship, Thank You Medazzaland A: Medazzaland, BBG, Electric Barbarella, Out of My Mind, Who Do You Think You Are? B: Buried in the Sand, Midnight Sun, Ball and Chain, Undergoing Treatment A: Astronaut A: Sunrise, Want You More!, Astronaut, Bedroom Toys, Taste The Summer B: Virus, Chains, Point of No Return, Still Breathing RCM A; Valley, RCM, Nite-Runner, Falling Down, Box Full O'Honey B: Tricked Out, Cry Baby Cry, She's Too Much, Last Man Standing AYNIK A: AYNIK, Blame the Machines, Being Followed, Safe, Girl Panic B: Too Bad You're So Beautiful, Leopard, Mediterranea, Before the Rain Paper Gods - Also becomes a very solid albumA; Paper Gods, Pressure Off, Butterfly Girl, Face for Today, Sunset Garage B: Valentine Stones, Cinderella Ride, Northern Lights, The Universe Alone Future Past A: Invisible, All of You, Give it All Up, Anniversary, Wing B: More Joy, Nothing Less, Laughing Boy, Falling Danse Macabre A: Nightboat, Voudou, Black Moonlight, Danse Macabre, Supernature B: Bury a Friend, Paint It Black, Spellbound, Secret Oktober 31st
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Post by americanscientist on Mar 27, 2024 21:06:36 GMT -5
Love this exercise. Some albums can be greatly improved upon and others simply cannot be saved.
DD 81: Swap out To the Shore for Khanda and Night Boat for Faster than Light. Done
Rio: Perfect
7ATRT: Cut I Take the Dice, add Sekret Oktober after Of Crime and Passion to end side 1. Done
Notorious: Perfect, but if it has to be 9 songs, cut So Misled
Big Thing A) 1. Big Thing 2. IDWYL 3. ASWI 4. Marlene 5. I Believe B) 6. DYBIS 7. Palomino 8. Land 9. Edge/Lake Shore Medley
Liberty A) 1. First Impression 2. Liberty 3. Serious 4. All Along the Water 5. My Antarctica B) 6. Read My Lips 7. Can You Deal 8. Venice 9. Downtown .. really wish I could swap in a demo like Worth Waiting For
DD 93 A) 1. TMI 2. Fallen Angel 3. OW 4. Love Voodoo 5. Come Undone B) 6.BAB 7. NOTA 8. Shelter 9. Sin of the City
Thank You ..sorry this should be an EP: A)1. White Lines 2. Take You Higher 3. Perfect Day B) 4. Lay Lady Lay 5. Diamond Dogs 6. Thank You
Medazzaland A) 1. Medazzaland 2. BBG 3. EB 4. OOMM 5. WDYTYA (alternate mix) B) 6. Be My Icon 7. Buried in the Sand 8. Michael 9. Midnight Sun (alternate mix with amazing solo at the end)
Pop Trash A) 1. PWU 2. Lava Lamp 3. SENM 4. Starting to Remember 5. Pop Trash Movie B) 6. Mars Meets Venus 7. Lady Xanax 8. Sun Doesn't Shine (woof) 9. Last Day on Earth ..just like Liberty, that was rough
Astronaut A) 1. Sunrise 2. WYM 3. WHT 4. Astronaut 5. Nice B) 6. Finest Hour 7. Chains 8. Point of No Return 9. Still Breathing
RCM A) 1. The Valley 2. RCM 3. Nite Runner 4. Tempted 5. Tricked Out B) 6. Cry Baby Cry 7. Box Full of Honey 8. She's Too Much 9. Last Man Standing
AYNIN: Swap out Safe for TBYSB on original 9 song release. Done
Paper Gods A) 1. Pressure Off 2. Face for Today 3. Valentine Stones 4. Cinderella Ride 5. What Are the Chances B) 6. Paper Gods 7. Sunset Garage 8. Northern Lights 9. Universe Alone
Future Past A) 1. Invisible 2 All of You 3. GIAU 4. Anniversary 5. Future Past B) 6. Laughing Boy 7. Beautiful Lies 8. Nothing Less 9. Wing ... a near perfect album
Danse Macabre A) 1. Black Moonlight 2. Love Voudou 3. Bury A Friend 4. Supernature 5. Sekret Oktober 31st B) 6. Spellbound 7. Psycho Killer 8. Super Lonely Feak 9. Confessions
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Post by stopdead on Mar 29, 2024 14:30:03 GMT -5
Love this exercise. Some albums can be greatly improved upon and others simply cannot be saved. Agreed. I never listen to Pop Trash as I don't really care for any of the songs, but I suppose I like it slightly more when its condensed to nine songs. Other albums that I enjoy, like TWA and Astronaut, I think are improved quite a bit and it was tough to make certain cuts from both. Paper Gods was tough because I really love Cinderella Ride and Valentine Stones and want them included but they also feel very unfinished despite being officially released. (I'd love for the band to clean those tracks up so they fit in better with the album but I doubt that will ever happen.)
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Post by skintrade on Mar 29, 2024 14:59:40 GMT -5
I’ll Play.
DURAN DURAN A) Girls On Film, Planet Earth, Anyone Out There, Faster than Light B) Careless Memories, Night Boat, Sound Of Thunder, Friends of Mine, Late Bar
RIO A) Rio. Lonely In Your Nightmare, Hungry Like The Wolf,Like an Angel Hold Back The Rain B) New Religion, Last Chance On The Stairway, Save A Prayer, The Chauffeur
SEVEN AND THE RAGGED TIGER A) The Reflex, New Moon On Monday, (I’m Looking For) Cracks In The Pavement, I Take The Dice, Of Crime And Passion B) Secret Oktober, Union Of The Snake, Shadows On Your Side, The Seventh Stranger
NOTORIOUS A) Notorious, American Science, A Matter Of Feeling, Hold Me B) Vertigo (Do The Demolition), we need you. So Misled, skin trade Winter Marches On
BIG THING A) Big Thing, I Don’t Want Your Love, All She Wants Is, Too Late Marlene B) Do You Believe In Shame, Palomino, Land, The Edge Of America, Lake Shore Driving
LIBERTY A) Violence Of Summer (Love’s Taking Over), Liberty, Serious, All Along The Water B) My Antarctica, First Impression, Read My Lips, Can You Deal With It, Venice Drowning
THE WEDDING ALBUM A) Too Much Information, Ordinary World, Love Voodoo, Stop Dead, Falling Angel B) Come Undone, Time for Temptation, None Of The Above, Sin Of The City
THANK YOU A) White Lines, I Wanna Take You Higher, Perfect Day, Watching The Detectives, needle and the damage done B) Lay Lady Lay, Success, Crystal Ship, Thank You
MEDAZZALAND A) Medazzaland, Big Bang Generation, Out Of My Mind, Silva Halo B) Sinner Or Saint, Be My Icon, Midnight Sun, So Long Suicide, Undergoing Treatment
POP TRASH A) Someone Else Not Me, Lava Lamp, Playing With Uranium. Starting To Remember, Pop Trash Movie B) Mars Meets Venus, Lady Xanax, The Sun Doesn’t Shine Forever, Last Day On Earth
ASTRONAUT A) (Reach Up For The) Sunrise, Want You More!, What Happens Tomorrow, Astronaut, chains B) Taste The Summer, Nice, Finest Hour, Still Breathing
RED CARPET MASSACRE A) The Valley, Red Carpet Massacre, She’s too much,. Cry baby cry B) Box full of Honey Tempted, Tricked Out, Dirty Great monster, Last Man Standing
ALL YOU NEED IS NOW A) Runway Runaway, Girl Panic !, All You Need Is Now, Blame The Machines, Being Followed B) Leave a light on, Mediterranea, Too Bad You’re So Beautiful, Before The Rain
PAPER GODS A) Paper Gods, Pressure Off, Face For Today, Butterfly Girl B) Northern Lights, Planet roaring, Change The Skyline, Only In Dreams, The Universe Alone
FUTURE PAST A) All Of You, Give It All Up, laughing boy. Anniversary, Falling. B) Beautiful Lies, Wing, Nothing Less, More Joy!
DANSE MACABRE A) Nightboat, Black Moonlight, Love Voudou, Bury A Friend, Supernature B) Danse Macabre, Spellbound, Psycho Killer, Secret Oktober 31st
This was harder than I first thought
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Post by intravenus on Mar 29, 2024 15:55:32 GMT -5
DURAN DURAN A) Planet Earth, Late Bar, Girls On Film, Anyone Out There, Careless Memories B) Night Boat, Sound Of Thunder, Friends Of Mine, Faster Than Light B-sides: To The Shore, Khanada, Tel Aviv SEVEN AND THE RAGGED TIGER A) The Reflex, New Moon On Monday, I Take The Dice, Of Crime And Passion, Secret Oktober B) Is There Something I Should Know?, Union Of The Snake, Shadows On Your Side, The Seventh Stranger B-sides: Faith In This Colour, Cracks In The Pavement, Tiger Tiger, Make Me Smile ITSISK?, while not recorded during the 7&tRT sessions, was their first song with Ian Little & Alex Sadkin and could easily have been held back for the album... sort of like Strawberry Fields Forever if it had been included on Sgt Pepper
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Post by Max Zorin on Mar 29, 2024 18:05:02 GMT -5
I'll start with "Liberty", because on 80s albums there's really nothing interesting to change.
LIBERTY A) Violence Of Summer, Liberty, Serious, All Along The Water, My Antarctica B) Read My Lips, Can You Deal With It?, Venice Drowning, Downtown
THE WEDDING ALBUM A) Too Much Information, Ordinary World, Love Voodoo, Come Undone, Breath After Breath B), U.M.F., Shelter, To Whom It May Concern, Sin Of The City
THANK YOU A) White Lines, I Wanna Take You Higher, Perfect Day, The Needle And The Damage Done, Lay Lady Lay B) Success, Crystal Ship, Watching The Detectives, Thank You
MEDAZZALAND A) Medazzaland, Out Of My Mind, PL You, Buried In The Sand B) Electric Barbarella, Sinner Or Saint, Be My Icon, Ball And Chain, So Long Suicide
POP TRASH A) Lava Lamp, Starting To Remember, Someone Else Not Me, Playing With Uranium, Fragment B) Pop Trash Movie, Lady Xanax, Last Day On Earth, Prototypes
ASTRONAUT A) Sunrise, Want You More!, Astronaut, Nice, Finest Hour B) Chains, One Of Those Days, Point Of No Return, Still Breathing
RED CARPET MASSACRE A) The Valley, Nite-Runner, Box Full O' Honey", Skin Divers B) Tempted, Cry Baby Cry, Tricked Out, Zoom In, Last Man Standing
ALL YOU NEED IS NOW A) All You Need Is Now, Blame The Machines, Being Followed, Girl Panic! B) The Man Who Stole A Leopard, Other People's Lives, Too Bad You’re So Beautiful, Runway Runaway, Leave A Light On
PAPER GODS A) Paper Gods, Valentine Stones, Pressure Off, You Kill Me With Silence, On Evil Beach B) Northern Lights, Sunset Garage, Cinderella Ride, The Universe Alone
FUTURE PAST A) Invisible, All Of You, Beautiful Lies, Wing, Nothing Less B) Laughing Boy, Hammerhead+Invocation, More Joy!, Falling
DANSE MACABRE A) Danse Macabre, Black Moonlight, Love Voudou, Bury A Friend, Supernature B) Super Lonely Freak, Spellbound, Psycho Killer, Confession In The Afterlife
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