Backspacer 2.0

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  • mshnayder
    mshnayder Posts: 106
    I'm at least glad it seems like we're done pretending backspacer is this awful album when it's really quite solid. 
  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
    There is no such thing as an awful PJ album.
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  • RS151862
    RS151862 Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 2,727
    cdthomas1981 said:
    There is no such thing as an awful PJ album.
    Some are just significantly better than others.
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  • KN219077
    KN219077 Montana Posts: 1,201
    mshnayder said:
    I'm at least glad it seems like we're done pretending backspacer is this awful album when it's really quite solid. 
    It’s uneven, it has its high points but the bad songs are just so much worse than pretty much any of the other songs that made it onto pj albums.
  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
    KN219077 said:
    mshnayder said:
    I'm at least glad it seems like we're done pretending backspacer is this awful album when it's really quite solid. 
    It’s uneven, it has its high points but the bad songs are just so much worse than pretty much any of the other songs that made it onto pj albums.
    I can agree with the opinion of it being uneven.  That's a reason I wanted to try to move around the track listing, because I think the "rockers" and the more dramatic tracks are clumped together too much.  Usually, I prefer to have them more dispersed like I did up above.

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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,886
    This is a cool thread, covering a handful of different things at this point.

    Closers?  My list:
    1. Release
    2. Indifference
    3. Inside Job
    4. All Those Yesterdays
    5. The End
    6. Around The Bend
    7. All of None
    8. Parting Ways
    9. Future Days
    10. Stupid Mop

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  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
    What really drove my reordering of Backspacer was my want to change up the closer.  I did this with a reorder of Avocado a while back too, where I wanted to try Come Back at the end and I love it.  It's not to say I don't like The End and Inside Job as closers, but I like Come Back and Just Breathe even more.

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  • pledgeagrievance
    pledgeagrievance Posts: 2,874
    Closers:

    indifference 
    Release
    All those Yesterdays
    All or None
    Parting Ways
    Around the Bend
    The End
    Inside Job
    Future Days 


  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
    Likewise, I can't see Gonna See My Friend as anything else but an opener.  I didn't bother trying that out in different spots of the track listing.
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  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,470
    cdthomas1981 said:
    What really drove my reordering of Backspacer was my want to change up the closer.  I did this with a reorder of Avocado a while back too, where I wanted to try Come Back at the end and I love it.  It's not to say I don't like The End and Inside Job as closers, but I like Come Back and Just Breathe even more.

    I like this re-order. Not to derail too much, but I did a deluxe Binaural playlist a few years back where I added in the Lost Dogs tracks from that recording period timeframe. It was hard to fit in some and I think I ended up making Sweet Lew a hidden track after Parting Ways. It would be a terrible normal track to end on. And actually, looking at that playlist, I am going to reorder it again. I don't like the placement of some songs now.

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  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,384
    I dont feel like SBWM is a fit for Backspacer at all.  
  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,470
    Abe Froman said:
    I dont feel like SBWM is a fit for Backspacer at all.  
    It doesn't fit for me either. I definitely don't pick up on Johnny Guitar similarities that some have mentioned. The only comparison I could get on board with is in relation to the poppier sound and upbeat mood. Nothing on LB seemed like this so naturally people associate to the next closest album.
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  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,384
    tbergs said:
    Abe Froman said:
    I dont feel like SBWM is a fit for Backspacer at all.  
    It doesn't fit for me either. I definitely don't pick up on Johnny Guitar similarities that some have mentioned. The only comparison I could get on board with is in relation to the poppier sound and upbeat mood. Nothing on LB seemed like this so naturally people associate to the next closest album.
    I agree. I don’t hear the Johnny Guitar comparisons either. So far both singles seem very unique from anything we have previously heard. Obviously SBWM has a little more classic PJ sound but still is very new to me. It’s also stuck in my head on a daily basis!
  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
    Abe Froman said:
    tbergs said:
    Abe Froman said:
    I dont feel like SBWM is a fit for Backspacer at all.  
    It doesn't fit for me either. I definitely don't pick up on Johnny Guitar similarities that some have mentioned. The only comparison I could get on board with is in relation to the poppier sound and upbeat mood. Nothing on LB seemed like this so naturally people associate to the next closest album.
    I agree. I don’t hear the Johnny Guitar comparisons either. So far both singles seem very unique from anything we have previously heard. Obviously SBWM has a little more classic PJ sound but still is very new to me. It’s also stuck in my head on a daily basis!
    It's stuck in my head too!  I love DotC, but it hasn't been constantly playing in my head as much as SBWM.

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