Lightning Bolt: the official album thread

[harmless]

With the band not being happy about the inclusion of Sleeping by Myself, I hope it increases the chances of some B-Sides.

have we heard that they arent happy with it? or just the bob pushed to get it added?

If It was pushed on, something was probably pushed off yeah?

Not necessarily, could've started with 11 tracks like Backspacer.

[stip]

there we go. One stop shopping. If there are things I fail to add to that thread just pm them to me or Doc or B or Ruddo

[Thejambi]

With the band not being happy about the inclusion of Sleeping by Myself, I hope it increases the chances of some B-Sides.

have we heard that they arent happy with it? or just the bob pushed to get it added?

If It was pushed on, something was probably pushed off yeah?

Not necessarily, could've started with 11 tracks like Backspacer.

Nah.

[E.H. Ruddock]

there we go. One stop shopping. If there are things I fail to add to that thread just pm them to me or Doc or B or Ruddo

Preferably B

[harmless]

Thanks stip, that'll help those of us who don't want to immerse themselves in this thread too much but are still interested.

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

With the band not being happy about the inclusion of Sleeping by Myself, I hope it increases the chances of some B-Sides.

have we heard that they arent happy with it? or just the bob pushed to get it added?

If It was pushed on, something was probably pushed off yeah?

im still thinking it was gonna be 11 tracks but he pushed to get it added and make the album 12 tracks, but i dont know if its been confirmed one way or the other

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

there we go. One stop shopping. If there are things I fail to add to that thread just pm them to me or Doc or B or Ruddo

Preferably B

[broken iris]

With the band not being happy about the inclusion of Sleeping by Myself, I hope it increases the chances of some B-Sides.

How do you know that? If they aren't happy, why go through the time and effort of finishing the track? They drop plenty of good stuff of the studio floor, they have admitted as much since Riot Act, so that doesn't make a lot of sense to end up with that on the album unless they didn't have anything better.

[Jorge]

Getaway:
- I think the second verse was only voice and drums which was pretty cool.

[harmless]

I really hope that it's a little throwaway novelty (preferably better than that) that announces the last two songs as more folky ones. The song before it is LTRP (if I remember) so maybe that's like the last of the 'rock' songs.

[harmless]

With the band not being happy about the inclusion of Sleeping by Myself, I hope it increases the chances of some B-Sides.

How do you know that? If they aren't happy, why go through the time and effort of finishing the track? They drop plenty of good stuff of the studio floor, they have admitted as much since Riot Act, so that doesn't make a lot of sense to end up with that on the album unless they didn't have anything better.

They had better stuff when they decided to leave Sad and Fatal off Binaural and Down off Riot Act (?). They do it all the time. Not saying that's what's happened here, but BO'B really wanted it on there so it's on there. They're happy enough to release it so I guess that's OK by them.

[harmless]

Getaway:
- I think the second verse was only voice and drums which was pretty cool.

Matt is certainly in fine fettle.

[stip]

Getaway:
- I think the second verse was only voice and drums which was pretty cool.

it's gonna be a real long while before that gets old

[EJ]

With the band not being happy about the inclusion of Sleeping by Myself, I hope it increases the chances of some B-Sides.

How do you know that? If they aren't happy, why go through the time and effort of finishing the track? They drop plenty of good stuff of the studio floor, they have admitted as much since Riot Act, so that doesn't make a lot of sense to end up with that on the album unless they didn't have anything better.

They had better stuff when they decided to leave Sad and Fatal off Binaural and Down off Riot Act (?). They do it all the time. Not saying that's what's happened here, but BO'B really wanted it on there so it's on there. They're happy enough to release it so I guess that's OK by them.

Yeah, I'm not buying that they were unhappy with SBM.

[Cleverman]

Getaway:
- I think the second verse was only voice and drums which was pretty cool.

it's gonna be a real long while before that gets old

It has a Smurfs theme quality to it

[harmless]

I'm just hoping that people are locked into the 'Ugh, folk is horrible and Mumford & Sons are like Matchbox 20 with a banjo' mindset.

[stupidmop]

We should add all the fans versions of the songs to the other thread too. Theres two for getaway and one for sirens.

[stip]

I went through the reviews we have so far (through alternative nation) and tried to track the general impressions of each song. Either positive, negative, or unsure (either because the reviewer only gave descriptions without any indication if they liked what they were hearing, or the listener wasn't sure themselves. Obviously this is all subject to the huge caveat that this is my interpretation of their remarks. Some of those unsure's may very well be negatives that the reviewer did not want to admit, although most of them reflect (iirc) just descriptions without commentary

Getaway:
Positive-IIIIIII
Negative-
Unsure-

My Father’s Son
Positive-IIIII
Negative-I
Unsure-I

Sirens
Positive-III
Negative-II
Unsure-II

Lightning Bolt
Positive-II
Negative-
Unsure-IIIII

Infallible
Positive-IIII
Negative-
Unsure-III

Pendulum
Positive-IIIIIII
Negative-
Unsure-

Swallowed Whole
Positive-III
Negative-I
Unsure-III

Let the Records Play
Positive-IIIII
Negative-
Unsure-I

Sleeping By Myself
Positive-
Negative-IIIII
Unsure-II

Yellow Moon
Positive-III
Negative-I
Unsure-III

Future Days
Positive-II
Negative-I
Unsure-IIII



So getaway, my father's son, infallible, pendulum, let the records play, and possibly yellow moon look to be the standout tracks thus far. Obviously MYM isn't included.

[Thejambi]

With the band not being happy about the inclusion of Sleeping by Myself, I hope it increases the chances of some B-Sides.

How do you know that? If they aren't happy, why go through the time and effort of finishing the track? They drop plenty of good stuff of the studio floor, they have admitted as much since Riot Act, so that doesn't make a lot of sense to end up with that on the album unless they didn't have anything better.

They had better stuff when they decided to leave Sad and Fatal off Binaural and Down off Riot Act (?). They do it all the time. Not saying that's what's happened here, but BO'B really wanted it on there so it's on there. They're happy enough to release it so I guess that's OK by them.

Yeah, I'm not buying that they were unhappy with SBM.

Sorry I forgot this wasn't the speculation thread.

[harmless]

With the band not being happy about the inclusion of Sleeping by Myself, I hope it increases the chances of some B-Sides.

How do you know that? If they aren't happy, why go through the time and effort of finishing the track? They drop plenty of good stuff of the studio floor, they have admitted as much since Riot Act, so that doesn't make a lot of sense to end up with that on the album unless they didn't have anything better.

They had better stuff when they decided to leave Sad and Fatal off Binaural and Down off Riot Act (?). They do it all the time. Not saying that's what's happened here, but BO'B really wanted it on there so it's on there. They're happy enough to release it so I guess that's OK by them.

Yeah, I'm not buying that they were unhappy with SBM.

Sorry I forgot this wasn't the speculation thread.

Weeell OK, I'm gonna let you go just this once. But just don't forget again, ya hear?