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I'm liking Speed of Sound.....

1STmammal2wearPants1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,834
edited September 2009 in The Porch
the more I listen to it. It's VERY produced, but damn, Brendan O'Brien can produce it and not ruin it as much as Gone was ruined on the last album. If anything, I think -- sigh -- The End is the weak link on this album........
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    orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    I'll take it a step further, Speed of Sound is the best overall song on the album.

    why?

    The production. Those tiny soundbursts u hear at certain points throughout the song representing the actual speed of sound make for poignant moments.

    The song is sweet all the way through and at times, it rocks with urgency.
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    slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,750
    It sounds like something that the main character would sing at the end of a Broadway musical. I don't mean lyrically ... I mean just the way it sounds, the melody.

    Not that that's necessarily a terrible thing, I guess. But the best song on this album can't sound like something the Phantom would be singing at the Opera.

    The lyrics (which are stellar) save this song from being schlocky. Overall, I put it somewhere in the lower middle of the Backspacer songs.
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