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Post by mtm4319 on Oct 10, 2006 19:11:01 GMT -4
We don't have a music news forum or a non-singles one, so I guess this topic will go here.
I downloaded the leak of this about two weeks before it came out in stores. Despite Fallen being one of my favorite albums of the decade, I didn't listen to all of The Open Door on my first listen. I got through track 7, "Lacrymosa", because I'd heard it was a standout and I wanted to make sure I heard it. It is good, but I'd place it around the middle of the road. Before I bought the physical CD on the 4th (one day after release), I'd also listened to tracks 8 and 9. Interestingly enough, "Lose Control" (track 9) was probably my favorite song at that point besides the two singles.
So I finally listen to the whole CD as I'm driving to Baton Rouge yesterday, and sure enough, tracks 8-12 (the next songs I would have heard had I cared enough to sit down and listen to it all the first time) is probably the best 5-song stretch on the CD. "The Only One" (track 10) will probably wind up as my favorite on TOD.
If I had to rank them (keep in mind, many of these I've only heard once or twice)...
1. The Only One 2. Lithium 3. Call Me When You're Sober 4. Lose Control (2 through 4 are very close) 5. All That I'm Living For 6. Like You 7. Snow White Queen 8. Sweet Sacrifice 9. Lacrymosa 10. Weight of the World 11. Cloud Nine 12. Good Enough 13. Your Star
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Post by a Nick O! on Oct 17, 2006 19:25:50 GMT -4
I own it and once I give it my full, undivided attention, I'll get back to this. But no song has really stood out as of yet...
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Post by crash46 on Oct 19, 2006 11:53:10 GMT -4
(topic moved at the author's request...my first administrative action not involving the layout in over a year of board existance...)
I don't own the album, but like "Call Me When You're Sober", I was not disappointed despite expecting to be. I've heard it a few times and don't know any of the track names, but my girlfriend singled out "Lithium" as her standout track and I do really like that one as well.
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Post by a Nick O! on Nov 21, 2006 3:53:14 GMT -4
I finally gave this my definitive, "album ranker" listen today, and I'd give it a 4/5. Here's what I came up with:
01. Sweet Sacrifice 02. Weight of the World 03. Lithium 04. Call Me When You're Sober 05. Snow White Queen 06. Cloud Nine 07. The Only One 08. Like You 09. Lose Control 10. Lacrymosa 11. All That I'm Living For 12. Your Star 13. Good Enough.
It's strange; there's only a few of these tracks I like better than my least favorite track off Fallen, and while that one was a 4.5 and this is still a 4, I think the songwriting has improved dramatically, as the album overall doesn't feel like every song was written with radio airplay in mind. Yet, while I respect the artistry of this one more, I still prefer Fallen by a longshot.
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