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Re: Lightning Bolt: the official album thread
Posted: Thu November 02, 2023 3:31 pm
by Jaeti
Used the song ranker to help me settle intuitive uncertainty about Binaural/Riot Act. Tough, though, because Insignificance alone makes me want to swap their order.
Gigaton
Riot Act
Binaural
S/T
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Lightning Bolt
Re: Lightning Bolt: the official album thread
Posted: Thu November 02, 2023 3:32 pm
by Monkey_Driven
Binaural
Riot Act
Gigaton
S/T
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Lightning Bolt
Re: Lightning Bolt: the official album thread
Posted: Thu November 02, 2023 3:49 pm
by Farmer John
Monkey_Driven wrote:Binaural
Riot Act
Gigaton
S/T
Backspacer
Lightning Bolt
Swap Gigaton and S/T, and narrow the gap between Binaural and Riot Act slightly, and this is me exactly.
Re: Lightning Bolt: the official album thread
Posted: Fri November 03, 2023 3:24 pm
by blueviper
Lightning Bolt (trim the fat edition)
1. "Getaway"
2. "Mind Your Manners"
3. "Sirens"
4. "Lightning Bolt"
5. "Infallible"
6. "Swallowed Whole"
7. "Sleeping by Myself"
8. "Yellow Moon"
9. Pendulum
Re: Lightning Bolt: the official album thread
Posted: Fri November 03, 2023 3:40 pm
by dad
blueviper wrote:Lightning Bolt (trim the fat edition)
Re: Lightning Bolt: the official album thread
Posted: Fri November 03, 2023 3:49 pm
by Farmer John
Lightning Bolt (trim the fat edition)
1. The intro to "Let the Records Play"
Re: Lightning Bolt: the official album thread
Posted: Fri November 03, 2023 3:52 pm
by Vitalogist
Farmer John wrote:Lightning Bolt (trim the fat edition)
1. The intro to "Let the Records Play"
LOL
Re: Lightning Bolt: the official album thread
Posted: Fri November 03, 2023 4:32 pm
by wease
Farmer John wrote:Lightning Bolt (trim the fat edition)
1. The intro to "Let the Records Play"
2. The intro to Mind Your Manners
Re: Lightning Bolt: the official album thread
Posted: Fri November 03, 2023 4:35 pm
by stip
Lightning Bolt deserves a better class of fandom!
Re: Lightning Bolt: the official album thread
Posted: Fri November 03, 2023 5:58 pm
by guitar_davey
stip wrote:Lightning Bolt deserves a better class of fandom!
Lightning Bolt (the song) should have been a classic. The live renditions, strained as they can be, really elevate, especially towards the end. The studio version barely hints at it.
Re: Lightning Bolt: the official album thread
Posted: Fri November 03, 2023 6:17 pm
by liebzz
guitar_davey wrote:stip wrote:Lightning Bolt deserves a better class of fandom!
Lightning Bolt (the song) should have been a classic. The live renditions, strained as they can be, really elevate, especially towards the end. The studio version barely hints at it.
Why would they do a fade out over that wonderful jam at the end that recalls all things I love about Life Wasted and Severed Hand!?
Re: Lightning Bolt: the official album thread
Posted: Fri November 03, 2023 9:06 pm
by Leatherhead
Being named Lightning Bolt, I expected this album to rock hard.
Re: Lightning Bolt: the official album thread
Posted: Fri November 03, 2023 9:09 pm
by epilogue
Leatherhead wrote:Being named Lightning Bolt, I expected this album to rock hard.
Wasn't this also the reason Riot Act "sucked" when it came out?
Re: Lightning Bolt: the official album thread
Posted: Fri November 03, 2023 9:14 pm
by VinylGuy
I might open a bottle of wine and listen to this one on vinyl
Re: Lightning Bolt: the official album thread
Posted: Fri November 03, 2023 9:18 pm
by Jaeti
VinylGuy wrote:I might open a bottle of wine and listen to this one on vinyl
15 songs. Better open two. Drink through the fat.
Re: Lightning Bolt: the official album thread
Posted: Fri November 03, 2023 9:34 pm
by epilogue
VinylGuy wrote:I might open a bottle of wine and listen to this one on vinyl
Re: Lightning Bolt: the official album thread
Posted: Fri November 03, 2023 9:55 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Lightning Bolt: the official album thread
Posted: Fri November 03, 2023 10:06 pm
by VinylGuy
tragabigzanda wrote:epilogue wrote:Leatherhead wrote:Being named Lightning Bolt, I expected this album to rock hard.
Wasn't this also the reason Riot Act "sucked" when it came out?
It seemed to me that because the album was lacking in any of the experimental hallmarks of the last couple albums, and fronted by Ed's beleaguered vocals, it somehow felt phoned in. Obviously that's not been the case for a while. But I remember more than one person saying to me something like "How long did this album take them, a week?"
yeah around the time most folks felt it was too poppy too, specially the rock tunes. Only Save You was considered a heavy track and other like Get Right or Green Desease werent heavy enough.
Re: Lightning Bolt: the official album thread
Posted: Fri November 03, 2023 10:11 pm
by epilogue
tragabigzanda wrote:epilogue wrote:Leatherhead wrote:Being named Lightning Bolt, I expected this album to rock hard.
Wasn't this also the reason Riot Act "sucked" when it came out?
It seemed to me that because the album was lacking in any of the experimental hallmarks of the last couple albums, and fronted by Ed's beleaguered vocals, it somehow felt phoned in. Obviously that's not been the case for a while. But I remember more than one person saying to me something like "How long did this album take them, a week?"
I just remember so many people expecting it to RAWK simply because it was called Riot Act. And when it wasn't a full on thrasher, folks felt mislead and disappointed.
Re: Lightning Bolt: the official album thread
Posted: Fri November 03, 2023 10:16 pm
by tragabigzanda