Lightning Bolt: the official album thread

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Rank Lightning Bolt

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1%
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5%
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38%
1 star
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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damnit harmless, either listen to LTRP or L-bolt
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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definitely some groove in LTRP
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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More than a leak, I need the new Roots/Costello album out so I can be momentarily distracted from this.

Really, I am an unequivocal positive fan who chomps at the bit at these things. I was way calmer in the lead up to Backspacer.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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stip wrote:damnit harmless, either listen to LTRP or L-bolt
No listen to getaway, it's better!
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Thurman Murman wrote:
taffer wrote:So coz it is not allowed to share that content, i'd like to know what the running time(length) of the songs :D
Getaway - 3:26
Lightning Bolt - 4:13
Swallowed Whole - 3:51
Let The Records Play - 3:47

Ok, thanks. Gotta wait.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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It's not really fair to compare Getaway to Johnny Guitar, right? Read that somewhere. Like it a lot on a first listen!

Like I said: LB album version is better than live

Not really feeling the LTRP fit in with the other songs. It's really something else. Ed's vocals sound distorted sang through a vocal-effect mic

Swallowed Whole is nice too

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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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stip wrote:damnit harmless, either listen to LTRP or L-bolt
Yeah I'll be doing this when I have a quiet house in approximately 5 minutes.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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I can't get past how much like a solo Pete track LB is, on record.

I think all of these songs have elements/moments that I like. Getaway has a decent chorus, Lightning Bolt makes me want to listen to Pete, Let the Records Play....the cheeseball groove sounds good under the solo, anyway. And the chorus reminds me of a muppet song or something. Swallowed Whole has a good chorus, too, and though I'll never get past the heavy lift of the Thin Air bridge for the verse's primary hook, that song might be the one in the group that I still want to listen to three weeks from now.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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drunk on ego wrote:It's not really fair to compare Getaway to Johnny Guitar, right? Read that somewhere. Like it a lot on a first listen!
that was my read on it
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Also the strings/synths/whatever in the bridge of Swallowed Whole are very well used.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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I stopped listening to this about a minute into Getaway... cause... I kind of like this. I'm waiting for the release now!
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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I'm sure others will dump on this lyric but I like the line in getaway 'sometimes you have to put all your faith in your faith'
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Getaway into MYM. :li:
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Enjoying all of these and they aren't even the ones i was looking forward to from the reviews.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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stip wrote:I'm sure others will dump on this lyric but I like the line in getaway 'sometimes you have to put all your faith in your faith'
I liked that one. It certainly tops "we've all been thinking with our different brains," or whatever he says.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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HardTI wrote:I stopped listening to this about a minute into Getaway... cause... I kind of like this. I'm waiting for the release now!
you of all people should at least listen to l-bolt before you pack it in
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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stip wrote:I'm sure others will dump on this lyric but I like the line in getaway 'sometimes you have to put all your faith in your faith'
That's not bad. I wonder what it sounds like when he sings it.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Jaeti wrote:
stip wrote:I'm sure others will dump on this lyric but I like the line in getaway 'sometimes you have to put all your faith in your faith'
That's not bad. I wonder what it sounds like when he sings it.
The whole second half of that song is strong, and it's mostly Ed's delivery of lines like that one and "for god's sake!"
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Thejambi wrote:Enjoying all of these and they aren't even the ones i was looking forward to from the reviews.
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