Album track's. what would you pick if you only had two song's from each album

manatthetop · In the Long Grass

Album track's. what would you pick if you only had two song's from each album

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

manatthetop wrote:
Here goes,
Boomtown rats. I can make it if you can & Joey's on the street again. (What can I say just two great song's)
Tonic for the troops. I never loved Eva Braun & Me and Howard Hughes.
Fine art. Keep it up & Sleep.
Mondo Bongo. Please don't go & This is my room
V. Deep. He watches it all & Skin on skin.
ITLG. Hard times & Lucky.
In my opinion great album tracks

Excluding UK singles...

Joey & Neon Heart

Eva & Howard Hughes

Nothing Happened Today & Keep It Up

Go Man Go & Fall Down

He Watches It All & Up All Night

Another Sad Story & Up or Down

bigbosscentral · House on Fire

I'd go for

Joey/Neon Heart

eva braun/living on an island

when the night comes/having my picture taken

fall down/cheerio

he watches it all/the little death

another sad story/up or down

Mark L · Loudmouth

I'd choose:

Joey and I can make it if you can

Eva Braun and Living on an Island

Having my Picture taken and Wind Chill Factor

Go man go and Hurt hurts

He watches it all and Skin on skin

Hard Times/Another Sad Story

Lisa · Mondo Bongo

1. I Can Make It If You Can and Joey
2. Eva Braun and Living on an Island
3. Wind Chill Factor Minus Zero and Keep It Up
4. Under Their Thumb and Fall Down

And as I'm not overly keen on last 2 albums, can I have some bonus tracks from the first 4 (as it's just so hard to pick only 2 from these!): Close As You'll Ever Be, Howard Hughes, Having My Picture Taken and Hurt Hurts? Thanks!

do the rat · The Elephant's Graveyard

I would go for-

close as you`ll ever be/(shes gonna)do you in.

eva braun/(watch out for the normal people.

keep it up/nothing happened today.

hurt hurts/go man go.

talking in code/skin on skin.

another sad story/an icicle in the sun.

suss · In the Long Grass

Joey and Close As You'll Ever Be

Eva Braun and Living In an Island

Wind Chill Factor and Having My Picture Taken

Go Man Go and Hurt Hurts

He Watches it All and Skin on Skin

Over and Over and Lucky

suss · In the Long Grass

Which seems to indicate Mark and I think along broadly similar lines having reviewed the above smile

Mark L · Loudmouth

Quite! Although something of a divergence when it comes to ITLG. I recall in Rank the Singles, we have a different relative view of Dave (which I am looking forward to becoming in 10 posts or so time!) so it's odd how most of the tracks on that album grab us more differently than others. Having said that, similar view on A Hold of Me which I know works for Noel, but which I struggle with and remember being surprised at, when selected as the 4th single from ITLG. I think it would have struggled as the first lift, never mind the 4th.

Drag me Down was the obvious first lift from ITLG for me.

suss · In the Long Grass

I think ITLG is the one album for me that doesn't polarise so much. First 2 had either excellent or VG (with possible exception of Can't Stop, which I'd class 'good' smile )

Surfacing and Mondo Bongo ranged from excellent to distinctly average in places, whilst V Deep went from (almost) sublime to ridiculous.

ITLG was a solid set of VG/Good, so my choices from that are marginal. Wouldn't disagree that the 4 singles are the strongest, and in the VG camp, and with hindsight would agree Drag Me Down may have captured public slightly more effectively than Tonight, but only because it's more immediate. Overall I think I now prefer Tonight.

Hard Times and Another Sad Story are both good tracks, but there are elements of Over and Over plus Lucky that just 'get' to me better. Even found the JFK line coming back to me time and again on Friday, 50 years on.

Would be dull if every one of us had the same views on every track though, and I've certainly reappraised more than one song through comments on the various threads down the years.

suss · In the Long Grass

suss wrote:
I think ITLG is the one album for me that doesn't polarise so much.

Perhaps on reflection would say first album is equally 'consistent', but first album is premier league while ITLG is lower half of Championship.

Mark L · Loudmouth

There's a great interview out there with Bob from early '85 (Metro Radio I think) where he says Over Again was nearly canned as he couldn't get it to sound right but Simon persevered with Pete to get it so. He mentions A Hold of Me as being atmospheric and like Million Years. I'll try and link to it if anyone's interested although someone may have beaten me to it. Richard Duncan previously of Beacon Radio interviewed and did so well as he was a fan of theirs and you can tell Bob appreciates he is not with a robotic ILR airhead.

bigbosscentral · House on Fire

Someone's Looking At You 10

I Don't Like Mondays 10

Mary of the 4th Form 9

She's So Modern 9

Rat Trap 9

Drag Me Down 8

Diamond Smiles 8

Lookin' After Number 1 8

Like Clockwork 7

Never In A Million Years 7

Elephant's Graveyard 7

House On Fire 7

Banana Republic 7

A Hold Of Me 7

Dave 6

Up All Night 5

Charmed Lives 4

Tonight 3

suss · In the Long Grass

Guessing the above was intended for Rank the Singles thread?

noelindublin · Loudmouth

manatthetop wrote:
Here goes,
Boomtown rats. I can make it if you can & Joey's on the street again. (What can I say just two great song's)
Tonic for the troops. I never loved Eva Braun & Me and Howard Hughes.
Fine art. Keep it up & Sleep.
Mondo Bongo. Please don't go & This is my room
V. Deep. He watches it all & Skin on skin.
ITLG. Hard times & Lucky.
In my opinion great album tracks

Joey/Close As You'll Ever be

Blind Date/Late Last Night (taking liberty here)

keep It Up/When The Night Comes

Go Man Go/ This Is My Room

Up All Night/Europe Looked Ugly (If lyrics can get past Mary Whitehouse and the beep)

Over Again/Hard Times

Mark L · Loudmouth

An icicle in the sun is least popular from album 6 so far. I would think that's about right, never really had much time for that or Lucky, although slightly prefer the latter.

Mark L · Loudmouth

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