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Re: New SP album details announced
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 12:17 pm
by Ghost Hip
Speaking of un-released machina.... I still want to know what the Death Boogie is.
http://www.spfc.org/songs-releases/song ... ong_type=1
Re: New SP album details announced
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:00 am
by Antero
PumpkinPieces wrote:Antero wrote:Let's be honest, guys, Mellon Collie was 28 tracks at the height of the group's powers and it still had filler.
Really? Can't say I agree with you on that one. Yeah the 44 tracks may be terrible but I think all of mellon collie and it's b-sides were brilliant.
Take Me down is the only track I could label as filler, just because it seems they have it in there for james, not because it fits with the vibe of the album.
The theory I've developed about
Mellon Collie, in conversation with a friend who is also really into SP, is that the strength of the overall album vibe allows some songs that would be inconsequential on their own to be listenable in the album context.
Obviously there's a lot of SP love around here so there's no point in getting into any sort of larger argument but seriously, "In The Arms of Sleep" is pretty boring.
Re: New SP album details announced
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:10 am
by ohsojayadeva
Antero wrote:but seriously, "In The Arms of Sleep" is pretty boring.
Re: New SP album details announced
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 12:03 pm
by veteransdaypoppy
Antero wrote:but seriously, "In The Arms of Sleep" is pretty boring.
I enjoyed In the Arms of Sleep... But I'm a weirdo. and hey, we're all entitled to our own opinions.
Re: New SP album details announced
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:44 pm
by 1,2,3, Pull Out!
bigchiefbc wrote:1,2,3, Pull Out! wrote:Bulk albums almost always suck.
Except for "Ghosts", which was fan-fucking-tastic
the "almost" part was basically for Ghosts.
Re: New SP album details announced
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 2:16 pm
by Ghost Hip
by itself I think in the arms of sleep wouldn't be too entertaining, but I think in context the ebow leads and ambient qualities are a nice break before 1979 kicks in. I think the order of the tracks played a good part in making that album a treat.
Re: New SP album details announced
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 3:13 pm
by Antero
PumpkinPieces wrote:I think the order of the tracks played a good part in making that album a treat.
This is definitely true. It's very well sequenced and very well recorded, with a consistent quality and characteristics to the sound even when tracks are based in radically divergent instrumental elements. This is why I listen to it all the way through even though there are a number of songs on there that I would never cue up on their own.