Red Mosquito

Thejambi wrote:Go
Nothing as it Seems
Given to Fly
Who You Are
Alive
Dance of the Clairvoyants
I am Mine
Spin the Black Circle
Mind Your Manners
World Wide Suicide
The Fixer


Trying not to overrate. Middle of the pack seems like a good spot though. Not an incredibly strong group honestly.

Your bottom 5 and top 6 are the same grouping but in different order. And I think the top 6 are top notch and the bottom 5 are okay.

Go
Alive
Who You Are
Given to Fly
I am Mine
Spin the Black Circle
Dance of the Clairvoyants
Nothing As It Seems
WWS
Mind Your Manners
The Fixer

I caught first singles from Riot Act to now. So I mostly ranked them by songs I enjoy the most and by relevancy to the era they announced...

Go (clear departure from the Ten sound, no pun intended)

Nothing as it seems (way to start new millenium !)

Given to fly (kind of a « return to form », aka Arena rock)

Spin the black circle (playful, kind of joyful single)

Who you are (totally different from the past three albums)

Dance of the clairvoyants (one of the most interesting. could have happened sooner...)

I am mine (great song. At the time, I was really excited for the album as it was my first « new album »)

Alive (classic)

World Wide Suicide (good rocker, but started to feel like a formula. I had attended a 2005 concert and it sounded weird, not translating the live feel of the shows of that era, or the space in the Binaural and Riot Act recordings)

The Fixer (pop, positive, but I lost track of them at the time)

Mind your Manners (one of the songs I like the most on the albums. Lack interesting production. Could have been I cool nod to Spin the black circle).

Nothing as it Seems
Go
Spin the Black Circle
Dance of the Clairvoyants
Alive
Given to Fly
Who You Are
World Wide Suicide
Mind Your Manners
The Fixer
I am Mine

1. Go
2. Given to Fly
3. Spin the Black Circle
4. Who You Are
5. Nothing As It Seems
6. Dance of the Clairvoyants
7. World Wide Suicide
8. I am Mine
9. The Fixer
10. Mind Your Manners

Not including Alive since i discovered the band sometimes after the release of Ten but well before Vs. was released.

Thurman Murman wrote:Not including Alive since i discovered the band sometimes after the release of Ten but well before Vs. was released.

I was just ranking how much I like the songs right now.

I can’t rank these right now. This is the most excited I’ve been about new PJ in almost 20 years. I don’t know where that ranks right now, but I can unequivocally say fuck Can’t Deny Me, MYM, Fixer, WWS, and I Am Mine. This new song is better than all that shit. Binaural or better from here out.

Go
Alive
Spin the Black Circle
Nothing As It Seems
Given to Fly
Dance of the Clairvoyants
Who You Are
Mind Your Manners
World Wide Suicide
I Am Mine
The Fixer
Can't Deny Me

Birds in Hell wrote:

Thurman Murman wrote:Not including Alive since i discovered the band sometimes after the release of Ten but well before Vs. was released.

I was just ranking how much I like the songs right now.

that's what i'm doing

nothing as it seems
go
who you are
dance of the clairvoyants
given to fly
i am mine
mind your manners
spin the black circle
alive
the fixer
world wide suicide
can't deny me

1. Nothing As It Seems
2. I Am Mine
3. Dance of the Clairvoyants
4. Alive
5. Go
6. Given To Fly
7. Mind Your Manners
8. Who You Are
9. The Fixer
10. World Wide Suicide
11. Spin the Black Circle

Bump for Dark Matter

Go
Spin the Black Circle
I Am Mine
Alive
Dark Matter
Dance of the Clairvoyants
Worldwide Suicide
Mind Your Manners
The Fixer
Given to Fly
Who You Are
NaiS

Go
Given to Fly
Nothing As It Seems
Alive
Dance of the Clairvoyants
Who You Are
I Am Mine
Spin the Black Circle
Mind Your Manners
Worldwide Suicide
Dark Matter
The Fixer

Go
Alive
Who You Are
Given to Fly
Dance of the Clairvoyants
Spin the Black Circle
Nothing As It Seems
I Am Mine
Dark Matter
Mind Your Manners
WWS
The Fixer

Not a bad group of songs for the most part, but the only one I really love is Go.

Overall, I’d give them a grade of B- on their choice of first singles.

Nothing As It Seems
Go
Alive
Dance of the Clairvoyants
Given to Fly
Dark Matter
Who You Are
Mind Your Manners
Spin the Black Circle
World Wide Suicide
I Am Mine
The Fixer
Can’t Deny Me (Forthcoming hasn’t been taken off the table yet, right?)

Nothing As It Seems
Go
Alive
Who You Are
Spin the Black Circle
Given to Fly
Dance of the Clairvoyants
The Fixer
I Am Mine
Dark Matter
World Wide Suicide
Mind Your Manners

All this NAIS love is getting me rather excited.

They're kinda bad at picking first singles, huh. Aside from Go and DOTC, there were stronger singles to follow.

Dance of the Clairvoyants
Nothing As It Seems
I Am Mine
Given To Fly
Alive
Go
Dark Matter
Mind Your Manners
Who You Are
The Fixer
World Wide Suicide
Spin the Black Circle