There have been a bunch of albums that would have benefited from a different production approach.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 8 November 2011 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
First person to suggest editing The White Album down to a single disc gets an sb.
ditto for The River
― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
Here's one:
Swap "Transcendental Meditation" on Friends with "I Went To Sleep" from 20/20. Both albums pretty much improved.
― Glo-Vember (dog latin), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
I'd like to this collaboratively
This is not going to work, not unless everyone has the same problem with the album that you do. Personally, I think this is the last well-sequenced Radiohead album and I wouldn't change a thing on it.
― dense macabre (DJP), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
> Swap "Transcendental Meditation" on Friends with "I Went To Sleep" from 20/20. Both albums pretty much improved.
I long ago swapped "TM" for "I Went To Sleep" on my Friends playlist since it's such an obvious album closer, especially since it was recorded during the Friends sessions and far better fits the mood of the album. I never thought to put "Transcendental Meditation" on 20/20 though, but I think you're right, that would work. Actually, I should probably make 20/20 a repository for extraneous Beach Boys tracks...
― Everything else is secondary (Lee626), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
I slightly resequenced Bat Out Of Hell, placing "2 Out Of 3 Ain't Bad" after "Paradise By The Dashboard Light" rather than before. Flows much better that way IMO.
― Everything else is secondary (Lee626), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
Second Toughest in the Infants
Juanita/Kiteless/To Dream of LoveBanstyle/Sappy's CurryOich OichCherry PiePearl's GirlAirtowelPuppiesStagger
*drools*
― frogbs, Tuesday, 8 November 2011 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
Cut "Home of the Brave" and 10 minutes from "Cop Shoot Cop" out of Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space.
― monster_xero, Tuesday, 8 November 2011 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
-excise What You Need and Spoilt Victorian Child
-Couldn't Get Ahead between LA and Gut of the Quantifier
-SVC can be the A-side for Rollin Dany! (<--first of the Fall covers iirc?)
― stay tuned for more BLAHBLAHBLAH I'M A PEDANT (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
excise What You Need and Spoilt Victorian Child
*grimaces*
i do think that nearly every Fall album could be improved. just take the deluxe versions with the B-sides and singles and cut like 20-30% of the tracks.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
eh What You Need is kinda dumbed-down C'n'C to me, and I dont know, I'm just not crazy about SVC; methinks I have some hidden birth defect or something...
TNSG is a fantastic album though; I've been revisiting it today, and the great tracks (of which there are many) are endlessly fascinating. Any album that ends on a run that consists of My New House/Paintwork/I am Damo Suzuki is pure twenty-four karat...
― stay tuned for more BLAHBLAHBLAH I'M A PEDANT (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 15:13 (twelve years ago) link
resequence Recurring by Spacemen 3 so the Sonic/Jason tracks are mixed up.
― fit and working again, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
i would improve Blind Melon's self-titled debut album (RIP SHANNON HOON) by changing key lyrics in the lead single to . . .
and all i can do is read a book to stay awakeand enrich my life awaybut it's a great escape
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 31 July 2018 17:28 (five years ago) link
As the first track Who Loves the Sun overshadow the rest of the songs on Loaded. And add Ocean instead of Lonesome Cowboy Bill.
A1 Rock & Roll A2 Sweet JaneA3 Cool It DownA4 Who Loves The Sun A5 Ocean B1 New Age B2 Head Held High B3 I Found A Reason B4 Train Round The Bend B5 Oh! Sweet Nuthin'
― everything, Tuesday, 31 July 2018 19:45 (five years ago) link
The Mollusk by Ween is already a pretty much perfect album but I have no idea how "Pink Eye (On My Leg)" made the cut instead of "Kim Smoltz", which uses the same melody and is maybe one of the best songs they ever wrote
in fact you could do this for every Ween album really
― frogbs, Tuesday, 31 July 2018 19:48 (five years ago) link
xp "Ocean" totally doesn't fit the mood of the album, dude
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Tuesday, 31 July 2018 19:49 (five years ago) link
would improve both angel olsen phases and snail mail Lush by cutting out the back-loaded slow songs..the energy peters out so much that it is like taking the air out of a balloon.
― transcendental headache (Ross), Tuesday, 31 July 2018 21:01 (five years ago) link
It was recorded after the album came out, but if The 1975's I like it when you sleep ended with their cover of Sade's By Your Side it would probably be my album of the decade
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Tuesday, 31 July 2018 23:01 (five years ago) link
Blood On The Tracks would be better if "Meet Me In The Morning" were removed. Never liked that song.
Swap out Meet Me In The Morning for Call Letter Blues from the Bootleg series 1-3 (Same melody, much more personal lyrics) and swap out Lily Rosemary for Up To Me and you have Bob's best album.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 31 July 2018 23:26 (five years ago) link
This Year's Model....swap out Living In Paradise for Big Tears.
By the way, how the hell did Big Tears not make the album? That is my favorite EC song ever.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 31 July 2018 23:28 (five years ago) link
and swap out Lily Rosemary for Up To Me and you have Bob's best album.
Including both "Up to Me" & "Shelter From the Storm" would be repetition... very similar melody, no?
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Tuesday, 31 July 2018 23:36 (five years ago) link
(Also, it's hard to imagine that album without "Lily, Rosemary"!)
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Tuesday, 31 July 2018 23:39 (five years ago) link