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washing machine wrote:RM did some April Fool's joke leaks of WWS,
It was better than the real one!
I can’t stop singing the title line from this to myself now oh my god
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McParadigm wrote:
McParadigm wrote:
washing machine wrote:RM did some April Fool's joke leaks of WWS,
It was better than the real one!
I can’t stop singing the title line from this to myself now oh my god
They should have let Buggy record the whole album
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Chris_H_2 wrote:the lyrics for inside job are no worse than the embarrassment that is "alright," yet people seem to heap praise on that song.
I second that. Cannot understand the love for Alright.
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Bugs
Stupidmop
Mankind
Dont gimme no lip
Sweet Lew
Future days
Sleeping by myself
Unthought known
Sometimes
Whale song

...I'm not including interludes like Pry, To and Red Dot. Seems a bit unfair. Like kicking a dog.
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igotworms wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:the lyrics for inside job are no worse than the embarrassment that is "alright," yet people seem to heap praise on that song.
I second that. Cannot understand the love for Alright.
Yikes. Starting to regret my Inside Job tattoo.
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I really like Inside Job. Alright..... not so much.
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Inside Job benefitted a lot from the Spotify master. It feels more dynamic and climactic. I still cringe at that “on my knees to rise and fix my broken soul again” (or whatever the line is) moment where it sounds like everyone is trying to figure out the new key in real time, but I like it a lot more since that version came out than I did for the first 10 years it existed.

Alright is awesome.
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I love the avocado album front to back. Inside Job is a lesser song on the album for me. BUT I remember being excited about it potentially signposting where the band might go in the future - more expansive, longer tracks. And then they released Backspacer haha.
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igotworms wrote:I love the avocado album front to back. Inside Job is a lesser song on the album for me. BUT I remember being excited about it potentially signposting where the band might go in the future - more expansive, longer tracks. And then they released Backspacer haha.
We’re in this together. Gigaton seems like an expansion of this album in many ways, though I would argue it is stronger than the self-titled record. I do love both of these albums.
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liebzz wrote:
igotworms wrote:I love the avocado album front to back. Inside Job is a lesser song on the album for me. BUT I remember being excited about it potentially signposting where the band might go in the future - more expansive, longer tracks. And then they released Backspacer haha.
We’re in this together. Gigaton seems like an expansion of this album in many ways, though I would argue it is stronger than the self-titled record. I do love both of these albums.
I actually see Avocado and Gigaton as two alternate perspectives stemming from Riot Act, which was of course a product of world events that we are all still reeling from in a lot of ways. Considering the climate Riot Act came from, it makes sense that an immediate statement and a far removed one would have much different perspectives.

Avocado is full of knee jerk reactions to the world portrayed in Riot Act. Anger, aggression, contempt, and a bit of sorrow and regret. The one good thing I'll say about Inside Job is that the sentiment in that song reins all that negativity in.

Gigaton is what it feels like when your soul makes it through Riot Act relatively unscathed and with a more balanced grasp of the chaos around you.
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liebzz wrote:
igotworms wrote:I love the avocado album front to back. Inside Job is a lesser song on the album for me. BUT I remember being excited about it potentially signposting where the band might go in the future - more expansive, longer tracks. And then they released Backspacer haha.
We’re in this together. Gigaton seems like an expansion of this album in many ways, though I would argue it is stronger than the self-titled record. I do love both of these albums.
Yeah I never really thought of that before, but Gigaton is probably the album I thought/hoped would follow Avocado in terms of the trajectory PJ were on. I guess at least we got there in the end.
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Supersonic
Let The Records Play
Just A Girl
My Father's Son
Infallible
Future Days
Sweet Lew
Big Wave
Once
Porch
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Not including non-album tracks and goofy non-song-type tracks on albums in no particular order plus two extra for good measure...

MFC
Light Years
Sleight of Hand
Ghost
Bushleaguer
Green Disease
Parachutes
Come Back
Comatose
Severed Hand
Force of Nature
Supersonic
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blueviper wrote:Not including non-album tracks and goofy non-song-type tracks on albums
doing the same

Alright
You Are
Supersonic
Let The Records Play
Future Days
Pendulum
Retrograde
Quick Escape
Getaway
Inside Job
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Comatose and Inside Job almost made my list; I suppose if I was feeling very nostalgic I'd replace my two Ten songs with those
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Mike wrote:
blueviper wrote:Not including non-album tracks and goofy non-song-type tracks on albums
doing the same

Alright
You Are
Supersonic
Let The Records Play
Future Days
Pendulum
Retrograde
Quick Escape
Getaway
Inside Job
Hey Mike, I hate your list.
Infallible and LTRP are two of the few songs on LB I genuinely like. You Are might be my favorite song on Riot Act. Quick Escape is definitely top 3 on Gigaton. You should re-listen and do a better job.
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blueviper wrote:Not including non-album tracks and goofy non-song-type tracks on albums in no particular order plus two extra for good measure...

MFC
Light Years
Sleight of Hand
Ghost
Bushleaguer
Green Disease
Parachutes
Come Back
Comatose
Severed Hand
Force of Nature
Supersonic
Supposed to be Bottom 10, not Top 12, c'mon. All great songs except Supersonic.
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daft twat wrote:
Mike wrote:
blueviper wrote:Not including non-album tracks and goofy non-song-type tracks on albums
doing the same

Alright
You Are
Supersonic
Let The Records Play
Future Days
Pendulum
Retrograde
Quick Escape
Getaway
Inside Job
Hey Mike, I hate your list.
Infallible and LTRP are two of the few songs on LB I genuinely like. You Are might be my favorite song on Riot Act. Quick Escape is definitely top 3 on Gigaton. You should re-listen and do a better job.
I did enough listening to these songs. :cry:
I actually don't really hate any of them. I just couldn't think of any I like less.
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I still love Sirens
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