Lightning Bolt -- guess the tracks!

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which song artwork is your favorite?

Mind Your Manners
5
7%
Future Days
6
9%
Sirens
5
7%
Yellow Moon
12
18%
Swallowed Whole
7
10%
Getaway
4
6%
Let The Records Play
2
3%
My Father's Son
10
15%
Sleeping By Myself
0
No votes
Lightning Bolt
2
3%
Infallible
9
13%
Pendulum
6
9%
 
Total votes: 68

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Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
philpritchard wrote:Based on the imagery, the song titles, and the songs we've already heard, I'm buying the apocalypse theme, and I'm really looking forward to it.
ive hoped for the apocalypse concept album since a few were talking about it a couple of weeks ago
I remember the album rumor "Revelations" a bunch back in the day and i was always a little sad when i learned it was not correct. I'm getting pretty darn excited.

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so swallowed whole is unthought known (reprise)?
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pnjguy wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:Really like the Russian Roulette idea to this image...

Image
To me the gun is pointing at me. We look out at the world and see beauty, but we don't see that the world is going to kill us, because of our irresponsibility of not keeping the planet clean.
I don't see a gun. It kinda looks like a revolver in a way, but i think it is something else protons,neutrons , worm holes string theorie. I don't know something else though. Something deeper than a gun and a moon.
Although the type of clip used in a revolver is called a moon clip
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Lament wrote:I hope if it's a concept record, at the end there's a hidden song where Ed tells us that we're all to blame we fucking blew it and we can all burn in hell, and then he gets on a spaceship with his family and leaves the world behind.

I'm not even joking. That'd be fucking great.
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I can't wait for the Alford Pleas and Billy Billy Micro Penis artwork.
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Maybe it's an homage to Le Voyage dans la lune

Colourised version with a yellow moon.
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Original film:
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Vic Cognac wrote:I can't wait for the Alford Pleas and Billy Billy Micro Penis artwork.
you missed one of them.
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Sgt. Crackpot wrote:Maybe it's an homage to Le Voyage dans la lune

Colourised version with a yellow moon.
Image

Original film:
I know I've recently watched a movie about the guy who made that film. What the hell was it? I can't think of it now and it's going to drive me nuts.
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I can't wait to see what we get tomorrow, these things have been great
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bluestate wrote:
Sgt. Crackpot wrote:Maybe it's an homage to Le Voyage dans la lune

Colourised version with a yellow moon.
Image

Original film:
I know I've recently watched a movie about the guy who made that film. What the hell was it? I can't think of it now and it's going to drive me nuts.
Hugo incorporates it.
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Remember when the artwork for Backspacer was released on image at a time prior to the launch of the album? There was a flurry of excitement over finding classic images that matched the artwork in some way.

Maybe this is in a similar vein?
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Sgt. Crackpot wrote:Remember when the artwork for Backspacer was released on image at a time prior to the launch of the album? There was a flurry of excitement over finding classic images that matched the artwork in some way.

Maybe this is in a similar vein?
And Im still a fan of the backspacer artwork, but i like these better
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Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
Sgt. Crackpot wrote:Remember when the artwork for Backspacer was released on image at a time prior to the launch of the album? There was a flurry of excitement over finding classic images that matched the artwork in some way.

Maybe this is in a similar vein?
And Im still a fan of the backspacer artwork, but i like these better
:thumbsup: Same. These imply a much darker mood for the album.
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Sgt. Crackpot wrote:Remember when the artwork for Backspacer was released on image at a time prior to the launch of the album? There was a flurry of excitement over finding classic images that matched the artwork in some way.

Maybe this is in a similar vein?
http://www.theskyiscrape.com/2009/08/st ... hirst.html
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B wrote:
Sgt. Crackpot wrote:Remember when the artwork for Backspacer was released on image at a time prior to the launch of the album? There was a flurry of excitement over finding classic images that matched the artwork in some way.

Maybe this is in a similar vein?
http://www.theskyiscrape.com/2009/08/st ... hirst.html
http://www.theskyiscrape.com/index.php? ... &Itemid=54
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Tj wrote:
pnjguy wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:Really like the Russian Roulette idea to this image...

Image
To me the gun is pointing at me. We look out at the world and see beauty, but we don't see that the world is going to kill us, because of our irresponsibility of not keeping the planet clean.
I don't see a gun. It kinda looks like a revolver in a way, but i think it is something else protons,neutrons , worm holes string theorie. I don't know something else though. Something deeper than a gun and a moon.
Although the type of clip used in a revolver is called a moon clip
I like how the artwork so far can be a bunch of things at once. When I first looked at this one, I saw the moon, and then a gun pointing at my face, and then wait, no, looking from behind the chamber?
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I wonder if they are releasing the names of the tracks from last to first, end to beginning. It would make sense that FD would be song 12 to close the record.


1.
2. Mind You Manners
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
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9. Swallowed Whole
10. Yellow Moon
11. Sirens
12. Future Days

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Farmer John wrote:
Tj wrote:
pnjguy wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:Really like the Russian Roulette idea to this image...

Image
To me the gun is pointing at me. We look out at the world and see beauty, but we don't see that the world is going to kill us, because of our irresponsibility of not keeping the planet clean.
I don't see a gun. It kinda looks like a revolver in a way, but i think it is something else protons,neutrons , worm holes string theorie. I don't know something else though. Something deeper than a gun and a moon.
Although the type of clip used in a revolver is called a moon clip
I like how the artwork so far can be a bunch of things at once. When I first looked at this one, I saw the moon, and then a gun pointing at my face, and then wait, no, looking from behind the chamber?
I'm pretty sure it's from behind the chamber, due to the pattern on the remaining bullet:

Image

Also, perhaps the moon is a reference to a moon clip which is used in revolvers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_clip

Edit: You can also see a half moon clip in the above image.

i.e. this thing that holds the bullets together for easier loading:

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Lament wrote:I hope if it's a concept record, at the end there's a hidden song where Ed tells us that we're all to blame we fucking blew it and we can all burn in hell, and then he gets on a spaceship with his family and leaves the world behind.

I'm not even joking. That'd be fucking great.

I rarely ever log on here, but I had to log in just to tell you I laughed hard when I read this. Brilliant.

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I am assuming that the fish in Swallowed Whole is Leviathan. Good cross reference with Hobbes.
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