thinkdontpray wrote:I'm not saying that I'm onto something here or that this is the "right" order but I really think everyone should listen to the album with the tracks in this order
1,17,2,16,3,15,4,14,5,13,6,12,7,11,8,10,9
I actually flows really well....absurdedly well IMO but I'd like to hear what you guys think. Not that there la anything wrong with the original track order at all but some of the transitions are a bit jarring and in my order it's not at all the case
Like I said though I'm not implying these tracks are paired up to their sister tracks but its interesting to say the least.
so this is how im going to be listening to the album from now on..it just works better for me. ending with collapse is a bit odd...the song ends with a whoosh..as if the air is being taken out of a room...perhaps the last sound one would hear after an atomic bomb hits
Its out in AUS. Im a happy man. Finish Uni, got a gig tonight playing all my Warp records in celebration, new BOC (officially) on my computer. So happy with the album. great stuff
thinkdontpray wrote:I'm not saying that I'm onto something here or that this is the "right" order but I really think everyone should listen to the album with the tracks in this order
1,17,2,16,3,15,4,14,5,13,6,12,7,11,8,10,9
I actually flows really well....absurdedly well IMO but I'd like to hear what you guys think. Not that there la anything wrong with the original track order at all but some of the transitions are a bit jarring and in my order it's not at all the case
Like I said though I'm not implying these tracks are paired up to their sister tracks but its interesting to say the least.
so this is how im going to be listening to the album from now on..it just works better for me. ending with collapse is a bit odd...the song ends with a whoosh..as if the air is being taken out of a room...perhaps the last sound one would hear after an atomic bomb hits
You could be on to something there... The brother's said in their Guardian interview:
There's a palindromic structure centred around the track Collapse in the middle.
thinkdontpray wrote:I'm not saying that I'm onto something here or that this is the "right" order but I really think everyone should listen to the album with the tracks in this order
1,17,2,16,3,15,4,14,5,13,6,12,7,11,8,10,9
I actually flows really well....absurdedly well IMO but I'd like to hear what you guys think. Not that there la anything wrong with the original track order at all but some of the transitions are a bit jarring and in my order it's not at all the case
Like I said though I'm not implying these tracks are paired up to their sister tracks but its interesting to say the least.
so this is how im going to be listening to the album from now on..it just works better for me. ending with collapse is a bit odd...the song ends with a whoosh..as if the air is being taken out of a room...perhaps the last sound one would hear after an atomic bomb hits
You could be on to something there... The brother's said in their Guardian interview:
There's a palindromic structure centred around the track Collapse in the middle.
So their idea was for the album to be pulled apart and resequenced?
Thanks for figuring this out!
Yeah I want to listen to it in that order to hear the "sister tracks" side by side.
I also think we shouldn't take palindromic too literally. If it were a literal palindrome you wouldn't have to listen to it in reverse order (ie track 17, 16, 15...) because it would be exactly the same. It's not like that. It's just that either side of the album each song has a similar song. It's not like you can spell "racecar" in reverse. It's exactly the same.
On the other hand you can listen to this in reverse track order and see how that is. I think it's a lot more interesting that way than if it were literal palindrome.
All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
Just got the iTunes preorder and all I can say is that the digital booklet (PDF version of the paper booklet from the CD) is gorgeous. A real piece of art.
Just listened to the album today. I have to say its up there with the best. I think the album is somewhat reminiscent of Geogaddi in parts. I was rather surprised that it wasn't something completely different from them. But in saying that they have their signature sound that is weaved throughout their discography. I would give the album a 9/10.
I was thinking something similar the other day though, i mean there was 21000+ people listening to the live stream wasn't there? if each one of those ordered a copy of the vinyl.... well... might explain the photo above
awesome!
