the pure essence of an album

1
2 Isolation
3 Passover
4 Colony
5
6 Heart and Soul
7 Twenty Four Hours
8 Eternal
9 Decades

1
2 Isolation
3 Passover
4
5
6 Heart and Soul
7 Twenty Four Hours
8 Eternal
9 Decades

1
2
3 Passover
4
5
6 Heart and Soul
7 Twenty Four Hours
8 Eternal
9 Decades

1
2
3
4
5
6 Heart and Soul
7 Twenty Four Hours
8 Eternal
9 Decades

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1
2
3
4
5
6 Heart and Soul
7
8 Eternal
9 Decades

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8 Eternal
9 Decades

I haven't listened to this record for years but I can remember "Decades", and let's face it, the here are the young men bits are iconic.

ABBA - Arrival

1 When I Kissed the Teacher (3:02)
2 Dancing Queen (3:51)
3 My Love, My Life (3:51)
4 Dum Dum Diddle (2:53)
5 Knowing Me, Knowing You (4:01)
6 Money, Money, Money (3:06)
7 That's Me (3:15)
8 Why Did It Have to Be Me (3:21)
9 Tiger (2:55)
10 Arrival (3:01)
11 Fernando

(Fernando is on the remastered version and was on the Australian pressing of the original too, also, it's good.)

I will remove My Love, My Life - big ballads are deffo part of the ABBA magic but this isn't a great one and I don't think the balladry is what Arrival will be remembered for.

1 When I Kissed the Teacher (3:02)
2 Dancing Queen (3:51)
3
4 Dum Dum Diddle (2:53)
5 Knowing Me, Knowing You (4:01)
6 Money, Money, Money (3:06)
7 That's Me (3:15)
8 Why Did It Have to Be Me (3:21)
9 Tiger (2:55)
10 Arrival (3:01)
11 Fernando

1 When I Kissed the Teacher (3:02)
2 Dancing Queen (3:51)
3
4 Dum Dum Diddle (2:53)
5 Knowing Me, Knowing You (4:01)
6
7 That's Me (3:15)
8 Why Did It Have to Be Me (3:21)
9 Tiger (2:55)
10 Arrival (3:01)
11 Fernando

1 When I Kissed the Teacher (3:02)
2 Dancing Queen (3:51)
3
4 Dum Dum Diddle (2:53)
5 Knowing Me, Knowing You (4:01)
6
7 That's Me (3:15)
8 Why Did It Have to Be Me (3:21)
9 Tiger (2:55)
10 Arrival (3:01)
11

xpost. they may beat Dancing Queen but we all know that's the very essense of ABBA. did you see the 30years of ABBA documentary where they were discussing Dancing Queen?

1 When I Kissed the Teacher (3:02)
2
3
4 Dum Dum Diddle (2:53)
5 Knowing Me, Knowing You (4:01)
6
7 That's Me (3:15)
8 Why Did It Have to Be Me (3:21)
9 Tiger (2:55)
10 Arrival (3:01)
11

=================

Knowing Me, Knowing You...AH HA!

simple pleasures!

ok, here's my pick:

1 When I Kissed the Teacher (3:02)
2
3
4
5 Knowing Me, Knowing You (4:01)
6
7 That's Me (3:15)
8 Why Did It Have to Be Me (3:21)
9 Tiger (2:55)
10 Arrival (3:01)
11

Goodbye Dum Dum Diddle!

1 When I Kissed the Teacher (3:02)
2
3
4
5 Knowing Me, Knowing You (4:01)
6
7 That's Me (3:15)
8
9 Tiger (2:55)
10 Arrival (3:01)
11

1 When I Kissed the Teacher (3:02)
2
3
4
5
6
7 That's Me (3:15)
8
9 Tiger (2:55)
10 Arrival (3:01)
11

i hope three more people come along to help us figure this out, so we can move on to a new album.

1 When I Kissed the Teacher (3:02)
2
3
4
5
6
7 That's Me (3:15)
8
9
10 Arrival (3:01)
11

1
3
4
5
6
7 That's Me (3:15)
8
9
10 Arrival (3:01)
11

Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets

1. Needle in the Camel's Eye
2. Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch
3. Baby's On Fire
4. Cindy Tell Me
5. Driving Me Backwards
6. On Some Faraway Beach
7. Blank Frank
8. Dead Finks Don't Talk
9. Some of them Are Old
10. Here Come the Warm Jets

This may be a tad bit controversial, but "Baby's On Fire"always struck me as sort of meandering.. and considering how awesome the rest of the album is it's pretty easily the worst;

1. Needle in the Camel's Eye
2. Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch
3.
4. Cindy Tell Me
5. Driving Me Backwards
6. On Some Faraway Beach
7. Blank Frank
8. Dead Finks Don't Talk
9. Some of them Are Old
10. Here Come the Warm Jets

Anyway, Driving Me Backwards is like nails on a chalkboard to me.

1. Needle in the Camel's Eye
2. Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch
3.
4. Cindy Tell Me
5.
6. On Some Faraway Beach
7. Blank Frank
8. Dead Finks Don't Talk
9. Some of them Are Old
10. Here Come the Warm Jets

1. Needle in the Camel's Eye
2. Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch
3.
4. Cindy Tell Me
5.
6. On Some Faraway Beach
7. Blank Frank
8. Dead Finks Don't Talk
9.
10. Here Come the Warm Jets

1. Needle in the Camel's Eye
2. Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch
3.
4. Cindy Tell Me
5.
6. On Some Faraway Beach
7.
8. Dead Finks Don't Talk
9.
10. Here Come the Warm Jets

"Faraway Beach" however, belongs on "Another Green World" so it gets the axe here.

1. Needle in the Camel's Eye
2. Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch
3.
4. Cindy Tell Me
5.
6.
7.
8. Dead Finks Don't Talk
9.
10. Here Come the Warm Jets

needles - makes me bob my head uncontrollably like wayne and garth. covered finely by volcano suns, which has same effect

paw paw - the long break, the phased guitar, the completely different sonic flavor of 'send for an ambulance..." verse

cindy - couldn't part with the buzzsaw guitar solo intro

dead finks - oh cheeky cheeky - oh perfect masters - need I say more?

here come the warm jets - because it's so much more than it seems. drums falling out of sync. guitar/synth combo sounding both balls-out hard and kind of background at the same time. the idea of ending an album with a song that doesn't resolve a friggin thing.

damn, tough assignment. fun thread, tho'

wow, i must hear this song very differently from you; it seems like such an album closer to me!

Should there be a time limit? After X-hours if an album has not been further reduced by any takers it shall be considered boiled-down?

1. Needle in the Camel's Eye
2.
3.
4. Cindy Tell Me
5.
6.
7.
8. Dead Finks Don't Talk
9.
10. Here Come the Warm Jets

heh, I actually think of it the same way, but that's actually the reason why it feels like such an album-closing song to me. I mean, it seems strange to me that a song that feels like it will continue long after the record is over would be anything but the last track!

What I meant, I think, is it is such the antithesis of the Big Rock Ending, the big final chord or cutoff. The anti-Day-In-The-Life ending.

It's the ending that refuses to end.

Okay after that much discussion if this doesn't boil down to title track = essence I'll be sad.

The title track isn't THAT good, to stay here last.

C'mon someone be spiteful ... or is it just a ploy?

1. Needle in the Camel's Eye
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Thinking of a new album...

1 Synchronicity I
2 Walking in Your Footsteps
3 O My God
4 Mother
5 Miss Gradenko
6 Synchronicity II
7 Every Breath You Take
8 King of Pain
9 Wrapped Around Your Finger
10 Tea in the Sahara
11 Murder by Numbers

It's easiest to ax "King of Pain" (considering that I get perverse pleasure from "Mother" and don't want to be the one to pull it), it's depressing and a little plodding.

1 Synchronicity I
2 Walking in Your Footsteps
3 O My God
4 Mother
5 Miss Gradenko
6 Synchronicity II
7 Every Breath You Take
8
9 Wrapped Around Your Finger
10 Tea in the Sahara
11 Murder by Numbers

1 Synchronicity I
2
3 O My God
4 Mother
5 Miss Gradenko
6 Synchronicity II
7 Every Breath You Take
8
9 Wrapped Around Your Finger
10 Tea in the Sahara
11 Murder by Numbers

1 Synchronicity I
2
3 O My God
4 Mother
5 Miss Gradenko
6
7 Every Breath You Take
8
9 Wrapped Around Your Finger
10 Tea in the Sahara
11 Murder by Numbers

1 Synchronicity I
2
3 O My God
4 Mother
5 Miss Gradenko
6
7 Every Breath You Take
8
9 Wrapped Around Your Finger
10 Tea in the Sahara
11

1 Synchronicity I
2
3 O My God
4
5 Miss Gradenko
6
7 Every Breath You Take
8
9 Wrapped Around Your Finger
10 Tea in the Sahara
11

I hope track #1 is the winner.

'Wrapped Around Your Finger' is just a boring Sting solo track. OUT!

1 Synchronicity I
2
3 O My God
4
5 Miss Gradenko
6
7
8
9
10 Tea in the Sahara
11

I never liked the stalker love song though.

Secrets Of The Beehive - David Sylvian

1. September
2. The Boy With The Gun
3. Maria
4. Orpheus
5. The Devil's Own
6. When Poets Dreamed Of Angels
7. Mother And Child
8. Let The Happiness In
9. Waterfront
10. Promise (The Cult Of Eurydice)

First, let's cut out the tune that never fit amongst the others. "Ride" should have held that spot, but alas...darn record company demands...

1. September
2. The Boy With The Gun
3.
4. Orpheus
5. The Devil's Own
6. When Poets Dreamed Of Angels
7. Mother And Child
8. Let The Happiness In
9. Waterfront
10. Promise (The Cult Of Eurydice)

1. September
2. The Boy With The Gun
3.
4. Orpheus
5. The Devil's Own
6. When Poets Dreamed Of Angels
7. Mother And Child
8. Let The Happiness In
9. Waterfront
10.

1. September
2. The Boy With The Gun
3.
4. Orpheus
5. The Devil's Own
6. When Poets Dreamed Of Angels
7.
8. Let The Happiness In
9. Waterfront
10.

now on to Secrets:

1. September
2. The Boy With The Gun
3.
4. Orpheus
5.
6. When Poets Dreamed Of Angels
7.
8. Let The Happiness In
9. Waterfront
10.

Unless anyone objects, I'm reviving here:

1. Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
2. Crosseyed And Painless
3. The Great Curve
4. Once In A Lifetime
5. House In Motion
6. Seen And Not Seen
7. Listening Wind
8. The Overload

While I'm tempted to remove the last track since it's the only one you can't somehow dance to, it's way more interesting than #7, which is catchy and sweet but never seemed worthy of the rest of the album. so...

1. Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
2. Crosseyed And Painless
3. The Great Curve
4. Once In A Lifetime
5. House In Motion
6. Seen And Not Seen
7.
8. The Overload

1. Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
2. Crosseyed And Painless
3. The Great Curve
4. Once In A Lifetime
5. Houses In Motion
6.
7.
8. The Overload

1. Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
2. Crosseyed And Painless
3. The Great Curve
4. Once In A Lifetime
5. Houses In Motion
6.
7.
8.

1. Born Under Punches
2.
3. The Great Curve
4. Once in a Lifetime
5. Houses in Motion
6.
7.
8.

And also, how on Earth did "Once in a Lifetime" survive this long?

Anyway, of the ones left, my least favorite is also the busiest. hence:

1. Born Under Punches
2.
3.
4. Once in a Lifetime
5. Houses in Motion
6.
7.
8.

Anyway, "Houses In Motion" is great and all but by the time you get to it "Remain In Light" has given up most of its secrets.

1. Born Under Punches
2.
3.
4. Once in a Lifetime
5.
6.
7.
8.

1.
2.
3.
4. Once in a Lifetime
5.
6.
7.
8.

1. Back in the U.S.S.R.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
5. Wild Honey Pie
6. Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
9. Martha My Dear
10. I'm So Tired
11. Blackbird
12. Piggies
13. Rocky Raccoon
14. Don't Pass Me By
15. Why Don't We Do It in the Road?
16. I Will
17. Julia
18. Birthday
19. Yer Blues
20. Mother Nature's Son
21. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
22. Sexy Sadie
23. Helter Skelter
24. Long, Long, Long
25. Revolution 1
26. Honey Pie
27. Savoy Truffle
28. Cry Baby Cry
29. Revolution 9
30. Good Night

What's that you said? What? WHAT?

1. Back in the U.S.S.R.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
5. Wild Honey Pie
6. Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
9. Martha My Dear
10. I'm So Tired
11. Blackbird
12. Piggies
13. Rocky Raccoon
14. Don't Pass Me By
15. Why Don't We Do It in the Road?
16. I Will
17. Julia
18. Birthday
19. Yer Blues
20. Mother Nature's Son
21. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
22. Sexy Sadie
23. Helter Skelter
24.
25. Revolution 1
26. Honey Pie
27. Savoy Truffle
28. Cry Baby Cry
29. Revolution 9
30. Good Night

1. Back in the U.S.S.R.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4.
5. Wild Honey Pie
6. Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
9. Martha My Dear
10. I'm So Tired
11. Blackbird
12. Piggies
13. Rocky Raccoon
14. Don't Pass Me By
15. Why Don't We Do It in the Road?
16. I Will
17. Julia
18. Birthday
19. Yer Blues
20. Mother Nature's Son
21. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
22. Sexy Sadie
23. Helter Skelter
24.
25. Revolution 1
26. Honey Pie
27. Savoy Truffle
28. Cry Baby Cry
29. Revolution 9
30. Good Night

1. Back in the U.S.S.R.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4.
5. Wild Honey Pie
6. Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
9. Martha My Dear
10. I'm So Tired
11. Blackbird
12. Piggies
13. Rocky Raccoon
14. Don't Pass Me By
15.
16. I Will
17. Julia
18. Birthday
19. Yer Blues
20. Mother Nature's Son
21. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
22. Sexy Sadie
23. Helter Skelter
24.
25. Revolution 1
26. Honey Pie
27. Savoy Truffle
28. Cry Baby Cry
29. Revolution 9
30. Good Night

I am going to get rid of "Yer Blues", I think it's ghastly emo nonsense, even if it's tongue is slightly in its cheek.

1. Back in the U.S.S.R.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4.
5. Wild Honey Pie
6. Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
9. Martha My Dear
10. I'm So Tired
11. Blackbird
12. Piggies
13. Rocky Raccoon
14. Don't Pass Me By
15.
16. I Will
17. Julia
18. Birthday
19.
20. Mother Nature's Son
21. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
22. Sexy Sadie
23. Helter Skelter
24.
25. Revolution 1
26. Honey Pie
27. Savoy Truffle
28. Cry Baby Cry
29. Revolution 9
30. Good Night

1. Back in the U.S.S.R.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4.
5. Wild Honey Pie
6. Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
9. Martha My Dear
10. I'm So Tired
11. Blackbird
12. Piggies
13. Rocky Raccoon
14. Don't Pass Me By
15.
16. I Will
17.
18. Birthday
19.
20. Mother Nature's Son
21. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
22. Sexy Sadie
23. Helter Skelter
24.
25. Revolution 1
26. Honey Pie
27. Savoy Truffle
28. Cry Baby Cry
29. Revolution 9
30. Good Night

1. Back in the U.S.S.R.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4.
5. Wild Honey Pie
6. Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
9. Martha My Dear
10. I'm So Tired
11. Blackbird
12. Piggies
13. Rocky Raccoon
14. Don't Pass Me By
15.
16. I Will
17.
18. Birthday
19.
20. Mother Nature's Son
21. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
22.
23. Helter Skelter
24.
25. Revolution 1
26. Honey Pie
27. Savoy Truffle
28. Cry Baby Cry
29. Revolution 9
30. Good Night

Right, so if the next dude wants to do "Goodnight", then the album is perfect.

1. Back in the U.S.S.R.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4.
5. Wild Honey Pie
6. Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
9.
10. I'm So Tired
11. Blackbird
12. Piggies
13. Rocky Raccoon
14. Don't Pass Me By
15.
16. I Will
17.
18. Birthday
19.
20. Mother Nature's Son
21. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
22.
23. Helter Skelter
24.
25. Revolution 1
26. Honey Pie
27. Savoy Truffle
28. Cry Baby Cry
29. Revolution 9
30. Good Night

I guess reasons would be too much to ask for from the inveterate list-heads of ILM, right?

1. Back in the U.S.S.R.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4.
5. Wild Honey Pie
6. Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
9.
10. I'm So Tired
11. Blackbird
12. Piggies
13.
14. Don't Pass Me By
15.
16. I Will
17.
18. Birthday
19.
20. Mother Nature's Son
21. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
22.
23. Helter Skelter
24.
25. Revolution 1
26. Honey Pie
27. Savoy Truffle
28. Cry Baby Cry
29. Revolution 9
30. Good Night

Blackbird can go, Mother Nature's Son can stay. For now.

xpost awww I was hopinf Blackbird would make it through to the last few.

1. Back in the U.S.S.R.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4.
5. Wild Honey Pie
6. Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
9.
10. I'm So Tired
11.
12. Piggies
13.
14.
15.
16. I Will
17.
18. Birthday
19.
20. Mother Nature's Son
21. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
22.
23. Helter Skelter
24.
25. Revolution 1
26. Honey Pie
27. Savoy Truffle
28. Cry Baby Cry
29. Revolution 9
30. Good Night

1. Back in the U.S.S.R.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4.
5. Wild Honey Pie
6. Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
9.
10. I'm So Tired
11.
12. Piggies
13.
14.
15.
16. I Will
17.
18. Birthday
19.
20. Mother Nature's Son
21. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
22.
23.
24.
25. Revolution 1
26. Honey Pie
27. Savoy Truffle
28. Cry Baby Cry
29. Revolution 9
30. Good Night

1. Back in the U.S.S.R.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4.
5. Wild Honey Pie
6. Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
9.
10. I'm So Tired
11.
12. Piggies
13.
14.
15.
16. I Will
17.
18. Birthday
19.
20. Mother Nature's Son
21. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
22.
23.
24.
25. Revolution 1
26.
27. Savoy Truffle
28. Cry Baby Cry
29. Revolution 9
30. Good Night

1. Back in the U.S.S.R.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4.
5. Wild Honey Pie
6. Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
9.
10. I'm So Tired
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16. I Will
17.
18. Birthday
19.
20. Mother Nature's Son
21. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
22.
23.
24.
25. Revolution 1
26.
27. Savoy Truffle
28. Cry Baby Cry
29. Revolution 9
30. Good Night

1.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4.
5. Wild Honey Pie
6. Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
9.
10. I'm So Tired
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16. I Will
17.
18. Birthday
19.
20. Mother Nature's Son
21. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
22.
23.
24.
25. Revolution 1
26.
27. Savoy Truffle
28. Cry Baby Cry
29. Revolution 9
30. Good Night

1.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4.
5. Wild Honey Pie
6. Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
9.
10. I'm So Tired
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16. I Will
17.
18. Birthday
19.
20. Mother Nature's Son
21. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
22.
23.
24.
25. Revolution 1
26.
27. Savoy Truffle
28. Cry Baby Cry
29.
30. Good Night

1.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4.
5. Wild Honey Pie
6. Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
9.
10. I'm So Tired
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16. I Will
17.
18.
19.
20. Mother Nature's Son
21. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
22.
23.
24.
25. Revolution 1
26.
27. Savoy Truffle
28. Cry Baby Cry
29.
30. Good Night

1.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4.
5. Wild Honey Pie
6. Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
9.
10. I'm So Tired
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16. I Will
17.
18.
19.
20.
21. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
22.
23.
24.
25. Revolution 1
26.
27. Savoy Truffle
28. Cry Baby Cry
29.
30. Good Night

1.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4.
5.
6. Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
9.
10. I'm So Tired
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16. I Will
17.
18.
19.
20.
21. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
22.
23.
24.
25. Revolution 1
26.
27. Savoy Truffle
28. Cry Baby Cry
29.
30. Good Night

"I Will," you survive this round, but if I had my druthers...

1.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4.
5.
6. Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
9.
10. I'm So Tired
11.
12.
13.
14.
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16. I Will
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21. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
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25. Revolution 1
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28. Cry Baby Cry
29.
30. Good Night

1.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4.
5.
6. Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
9.
10. I'm So Tired
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16. I Will
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21. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
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25. Revolution 1
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28. Cry Baby Cry
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1.
2. Dear Prudence
3.
4.
5.
6. Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
9.
10. I'm So Tired
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16. I Will
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21. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
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25. Revolution 1
26.
27.
28. Cry Baby Cry
29.
30.

peace BB

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2. Dear Prudence
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8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
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10. I'm So Tired
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16. I Will
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21. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
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25. Revolution 1
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27.
28. Cry Baby Cry
29.
30.

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2. Dear Prudence
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8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
9.
10. I'm So Tired
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16. I Will
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21. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
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27.
28. Cry Baby Cry
29.
30.

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2. Dear Prudence
3.
4.
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8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
9.
10. I'm So Tired
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16. I Will
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28. Cry Baby Cry
29.
30.

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2. Dear Prudence
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4.
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7.
8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
9.
10. I'm So Tired
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16. I Will
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2. Dear Prudence
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8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
9.
10. I'm So Tired
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2. Dear Prudence
3.
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10. I'm So Tired
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30.

But the enjoyable thing about this thread is that we have to wait for someone else to come along and decide.

xpost Hurrah!

Eliminate Dear Prudence.

I'm So Tired wins.

Everybody should know this one, so it should go fast...

Blondie: Parallel Lines

1. Hanging On The Telephone
2. One Way Or Another
3. Picture This
4. Fade Away and Radiate
5. Pretty Baby
6. I Know but I Don’t Know
7. 11:59
8. Will Anything Happen
9. Sunday Girl
10. Heart of Glass
11. I’m Gonna Love You Too
12. Just Go Away

Next.

"will anything happen" bothers me a little, and feels, in general, like one of the less-essential traxxx.

1. Hanging On The Telephone
2. One Way Or Another
3. Picture This
4. Fade Away and Radiate
5. Pretty Baby
6. I Know but I Don’t Know
7. 11:59
8.
9. Sunday Girl
10. Heart of Glass
11. I’m Gonna Love You Too
12. Just Go Away

With that said...

1. Hanging On The Telephone
2. One Way Or Another
3. Picture This
4. Fade Away and Radiate
5. Pretty Baby
6.
7. 11:59
8.
9. Sunday Girl
10. Heart of Glass
11. I’m Gonna Love You Too
12. Just Go Away

1. Hanging On The Telephone
2. One Way Or Another
3. Picture This
4. Fade Away and Radiate
5. Pretty Baby
6.
7. 11:59
8.
9. Sunday Girl
10. Heart of Glass
11. I’m Gonna Love You Too
12.

1. Hanging On The Telephone
2.
3. Picture This
4. Fade Away and Radiate
5. Pretty Baby
6.
7. 11:59
8.
9. Sunday Girl
10. Heart of Glass
11. I’m Gonna Love You Too
12.

1. Hanging On The Telephone
2.
3. Picture This
4. Fade Away and Radiate
5. Pretty Baby
6.
7. 11:59
8.
9. Sunday Girl
10.
11. I’m Gonna Love You Too
12.

1. Hanging On The Telephone
2.
3. Picture This
4. Fade Away and Radiate
5. Pretty Baby
6.
7. 11:59
8.
9. Sunday Girl
10.
11.
12.

That's why I chose I'm So Tired over Dear Prudence. Prudence is too pretty, and not nearly weird enough to be the essence of such a strange and schizophrenic record. Happiness is a Warm Gun is probably the most representative, but it got shot down early.

1.
2.
3. Picture This
4. Fade Away and Radiate
5. Pretty Baby
6.
7. 11:59
8.
9. Sunday Girl
10.
11.
12.

btw, do you think "heart of glass" is in the same league as "i feel love?" im unsure; IFL is better, im sure, but HOG is really sublime, if not as exciting.

1.
2.
3. Picture This
4. Fade Away and Radiate
5.
6.
7. 11:59
8.
9. Sunday Girl
10.
11.
12.

"Fade Away and Radiate" is probably the only song on the album that gets worse with repeated listens.

j/k!

I have a much stronger feeling about which one should stay than which one should go, but hell, let's just go ahead and knock out Sunday Girl.

1.
2.
3. Picture This
4.
5.
6.
7. 11:59
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

I'm gonna let someone else cut the blonde's hair.

1.
2.
3. Picture This
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

"Picture This" = girl-group heaven = the essence of Blondie

1. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
2. Baby Be Mine
3. The Girl Is Mine
4. Thriller
5. Beat It
6. Billie Jean
7. Human Nature
8. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
9. The Lady In My Life

Plus, only 9 tracks.

1. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
2. Baby Be Mine
3. The Girl Is Mine
4. Thriller
5. Beat It
6. Billie Jean
7. Human Nature
8. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
9.

Anyway I have removed the only one I can't instantly call to mind, which seems like a good way to proceed. I doubt "The Girl Is Mine" will last long but I think it's kind of endearing.

This album sorta peters out after track six, doesn't it?

1. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
2. Baby Be Mine
3. The Girl Is Mine
4. Thriller
5. Beat It
6. Billie Jean
7. Human Nature
8.
9.

1. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
2. Baby Be Mine
3.
4. Thriller
5. Beat It
6. Billie Jean
7. Human Nature
8.
9.

I was both genuinely curious to see what would win (I do think there's a good case to be made for at least half of the tracks here) and interested to see if the trend of someone killing the obvious choice early would continue.

1. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
2.
3.
4. Thriller
5. Beat It
6. Billie Jean
7. Human Nature
8.
9.

1.
2.
3.
4. Thriller
5. Beat It
6. Billie Jean
7. Human Nature
8.
9.

1.
2.
3.
4. Thriller
5. Beat It
6. Billie Jean
7.
8.
9.

1.
2.
3.
4. Thriller
5.
6. Billie Jean
7.
8.
9.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. Billie Jean
7.
8.
9.

1. Welcome To The Jungle
2. It's So Easy
3. Nightrain
4. Out Ta Get Me
5. Mr Brownstone
6. Paradise City
7. My Michelle
8. Think About You
9. Sweet Child O' Mine
10. You're Crazy
11. Anything Goes
12. Rocket Queen

1. Welcome To The Jungle
2. It's So Easy
3. Nightrain
4. Out Ta Get Me
5. Mr Brownstone
6. Paradise City
7. My Michelle
8. Think About You
9. Sweet Child O' Mine
10. You're Crazy
11. Anything Goes
12.

Oh, and honestly, I think "Billie Jean" is a better single, but as essence, it's "Wanna Be Startin Something" all the way. Not JUST because of the latin-beat breakdown, but that helps.

But not the essence of parallel lines at all! argh!!11!

1. Welcome To The Jungle
2. It's So Easy
3. Nightrain
4. Out Ta Get Me
5. Mr Brownstone
6. Paradise City
7. My Michelle
8. Think About You
9. Sweet Child O' Mine
10. You're Crazy
11.
12.

1. Welcome To The Jungle
2. It's So Easy
3. Nightrain
4. Out Ta Get Me
5. Mr Brownstone
6. Paradise City
7. My Michelle
8.
9. Sweet Child O' Mine
10. You're Crazy
11.
12.

but let's get rid of one of their more half-asses anthems right now:

1. Welcome To The Jungle
2. It's So Easy
3. Nightrain
4. Out Ta Get Me
5. Mr Brownstone
6.
7. My Michelle
8. Think About You
9. Sweet Child O' Mine
10. You're Crazy
11.
12.

1. Welcome To The Jungle
2. It's So Easy
3. Nightrain
4. Out Ta Get Me
5. Mr Brownstone
6.
7. My Michelle
8.
9. Sweet Child O' Mine
10. You're Crazy
11.
12.

update:
1. Welcome To The Jungle
2. It's So Easy
3. Nightrain
4. Out Ta Get Me
5. Mr Brownstone
6.
7.
8.
9. Sweet Child O' Mine
10. You're Crazy
11.
12.

1.
2. It's So Easy
3. Nightrain
4. Out Ta Get Me
5. Mr Brownstone
6.
7.
8.
9. Sweet Child O' Mine
10. You're Crazy
11.
12.

1.
2. It's So Easy
3. Nightrain
4. Out Ta Get Me
5.
6.
7.
8.
9. Sweet Child O' Mine
10. You're Crazy
11.
12.

1.
2. It's So Easy
3. Nightrain
4.
5.
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7.
8.
9. Sweet Child O' Mine
10. You're Crazy
11.
12.

1.
2. It's So Easy
3. Nightrain
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5.
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7.
8.
9. Sweet Child O' Mine
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12.

not

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2. It's So Easy
3. Nightrain
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Lets do Robyn

1. Who's That Girl
2. Handle Me
3. Robotboy
4. Be Mine!
5. Crash And Burn Girl
6. Konichiwa Bitches
7. Bum Like You
8. Eclipse
9. Should Have Known
10. Anytime You Like

Robotboy bugs me, na na na na na na

1. Who's That Girl
2. Handle Me
3.
4. Be Mine!
5. Crash And Burn Girl
6. Konichiwa Bitches
7. Bum Like You
8. Eclipse
9. Should Have Known
10. Anytime You Like

1. Who's That Girl
2. Handle Me
3.
4. Be Mine!
5. Crash And Burn Girl
6. Konichiwa Bitches
7. Bum Like You
8.
9. Should Have Known
10. Anytime You Like

until it's an album you've never heard of...

(I mean, actually, there are! Nobody ever decided the last two on the Police one, and also everybody agreed to ignore David Sylvian - so there may even be three!)

I think finding the essence of Robyn is a noble and worthwhile cause but frankly it's going to take a while especially as most of the people who like her are sleeping in Europe right now.

T.S. Eliot, Allen Tate, Yvor Winters, and M.H. Abrams to thread.

1. Who's That Girl
2. Handle Me
3.
4. Be Mine!
5. Crash And Burn Girl
6. Konichiwa Bitches
7. Bum Like You
8.
9.
10. Anytime You Like

1.
2. Handle Me
3.
4. Be Mine!
5. Crash And Burn Girl
6. Konichiwa Bitches
7. Bum Like You
8.
9.
10. Anytime You Like

"...while the vinyl is spread out against the sky like a patient etherized upon a table."

Tom, I agree Robyn is a worthy cause, and when those people wake up I'll return to find we're on something entirely different. That's the beauty of it too.

1.
2. Handle Me
3.
4. Be Mine!
5. Crash And Burn Girl
6.
7. Bum Like You
8.
9.
10. Anytime You Like

(OMG, these remaining songs are all so good; christ this is a great record.)

1.
2. Handle Me
3.
4. Be Mine!
5. Crash And Burn Girl
6.
7. Bum Like You
8.
9.
10.

One of those records where the big single doesn't capture the odd essence - and besides, "Be Mine!" doesn't do it for me like it seems to for some of you.

1.
2. Handle Me
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5. Crash And Burn Girl
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2. Handle Me
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10.

Since I swiped mindinrewind's new album privlidges previously, someone else can take a shot.

1. Speed Of Life (2:45)
2. Breaking Glass (1:42)
3. What In The World (2:20)
4. Sound and Vision (3:00)
5. Always Crashing In The Same Car (3:26)
6. Be My Wife (2:55)
7. A New Career In A New Town (2:50)
8. Warszawa (6:17)
9. Art Decade (3:43)
10. Weeping Wall (3:25)
11. Subterraneans (5:37)

1. The Fix
2. Safe
3. In Cold Blood
4. Guess Who's Back
5. On My Block
6. Keep Me Down.
7. What Can I Do?
8. In Between Us
9. Someday
10. Sellout
11. Heaven
12. I Ain't the One
13. Fixed

ahh xpost!

I adore all the pop side and wouldn't lose any of it, whereas elements of the second side (which I also love) feel more or less interchangeable, so I picked "Weeping Wall" almost at random.

It's an interesting pick this because the two side 1 instrumentals might be considered both disposable and also the gap-bridgers, hence essential. If I had to pick an 'essence' "New Career" might be it.

1. Speed Of Life (2:45)
2. Breaking Glass (1:42)
3. What In The World (2:20)
4. Sound and Vision (3:00)
5. Always Crashing In The Same Car (3:26)
6.
7. A New Career In A New Town (2:50)
8. Warszawa (6:17)
9. Art Decade (3:43)
10.
11. Subterraneans (5:37)

I am gonna refrain from being a big meany: I've always disliked side 2 of Low and think it's a huge disappointment; I don't think the two sides belong together at all. So, I am abstaining from side 2. Side 1, on the other hand, is a masterpiece, and considerably more sentimental than a still-coked-up-near-sunrise collection oughta be. Except "Breaking Glass," which is cute but gimmicky, and while the album is largely about various moods in contrast, this one's not the center. Peace out, "Breaking Glass."

1. Speed Of Life (2:45)

3. What In The World (2:20)
4. Sound and Vision (3:00)
5. Always Crashing In The Same Car (3:26)
6.
7. A New Career In A New Town (2:50)
8. Warszawa (6:17)
9. Art Decade (3:43)
10.
11. Subterraneans (5:37)

1. Speed Of Life (2:45)

3. What In The World (2:20)
4. Sound and Vision (3:00)
5. Always Crashing In The Same Car (3:26)
6.
7. A New Career In A New Town (2:50)
8. Warszawa (6:17)
9.
10.
11. Subterraneans (5:37)

1. Speed Of Life (2:45)

3. What In The World (2:20)
4. Sound and Vision (3:00)
5. Always Crashing In The Same Car (3:26)
6.
7. A New Career In A New Town (2:50)
8.
9.
10.
11. Subterraneans (5:37)

1. Speed Of Life (2:45)

3. What In The World (2:20)
4. Sound and Vision (3:00)
5. Always Crashing In The Same Car (3:26)
6.
7. A New Career In A New Town (2:50)
8.
9.
10.
11.

Then I was going to exclude "Be My Wife", but got beaten to it again. DAMN!

Then it was going to be "Subterraneans", but I could't demolish Side 2.

So now it's going to be "Sound And Vision", because it's the one tgrack which has an independent life above and beyond Low. ie. when I hear it, I don't think Low.

1. Speed Of Life (2:45)
2.
3. What In The World (2:20)
4.
5. Always Crashing In The Same Car (3:26)
6.
7. A New Career In A New Town (2:50)
8.
9.
10.
11.

xpost my animus toward side 2 is decades old, this is like a great unburdening for me to see it go down in flames!

"Heroes" would probably be an interesting choice for this thread, too. Once you killed the title track anyway, which is clearly NOT the essence of that album.

1. Speed Of Life (2:45)
2.
3. What In The World (2:20)
4.
5. Always Crashing In The Same Car (3:26)
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.

1. Speed Of Life (2:45)
2.
3.
4.
5. Always Crashing In The Same Car (3:26)
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.

You are missing out!

"Heroes" would probably be an interesting choice for this thread, too. Once you killed the title track anyway, which is clearly NOT the essence of that album.

I'd hope that "Heroes" would make it 'til very near the end of the thread in a hypothetical "Heroes" reduction, though. Prior to its broader uses, it occupied a pretty special place in the Bowie canon: such an obvious masterpiece, such a gorgeous lyric, such an incredible synthline. Though I think the album's essence is "Blackout."

http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=tbn:q48c_xWZu6EJ:www.amadirectlink.com/news/2005/images/Speed.jpg vs http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=tbn:480yNHbrk78J:people.freenet.de/f1network/picture11.jpg

1. Alone Again Or
2. House Is Not A Motel, A
3. Andmoreagain
4. Daily Planet, The
5. Old Man
6. Red Telephone, The
7. Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark And Hilldale
8. Live And Let Live
9. Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This, The
10. Bummer In The Summer
11. You Set The Scene

Yeah, that or 'Joe The Lion'.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5. Always Crashing In The Same Car (3:26)
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.

1. Alone Again Or
2. House Is Not A Motel, A
3. Andmoreagain
4. Daily Planet, The
5. Old Man
6. Red Telephone, The
7. Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark And Hilldale
8. Live And Let Live
9. Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This, The
10. Bummer In The Summer
11. You Set The Scene

1. Alone Again Or
2. House Is Not A Motel, A
3. Andmoreagain
4. Daily Planet, The
5. Old Man
6. Red Telephone, The
7. Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark And Hilldale
8. Live And Let Live
9. Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This, The
10.
11. You Set The Scene

1. Alone Again Or
2. House Is Not A Motel, A
3. Andmoreagain
4. Daily Planet, The
5. Old Man
6. Red Telephone, The
7. Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark And Hilldale
8.
9. Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This, The
10.
11. You Set The Scene

I did! It was a rap album! It got no love!

1. Alone Again Or
2. House Is Not A Motel, A
3.
4. Daily Planet, The
5. Old Man
6. Red Telephone, The
7. Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark And Hilldale
8.
9. Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This, The
10.
11. You Set The Scene

1. Alone Again Or
2. House Is Not A Motel, A
3.
4. Daily Planet, The
5.
6. Red Telephone, The
7. Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark And Hilldale
8.
9. Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This, The
10.
11. You Set The Scene

1. Alone Again Or
2. House Is Not A Motel, A
3.
4. Daily Planet, The
5.
6. Red Telephone, The
7. Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark And Hilldale
8.
9. Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This, The
10.
11.

"Live and Let Live" jaunty and whimsical?!??!?! It's the darkest song on the album!!!!!!!!

"Good Humor Man" - now that is jaunty and whimsical, so must go

1. Alone Again Or
2. House Is Not A Motel, A
3.
4. Daily Planet, The
5.
6. Red Telephone, The
7. Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark And Hilldale
8.
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10.
11. You Set The Scene

1 Synchronicity I
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1. Alone Again Or
2. House Is Not A Motel, A
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4. Daily Planet, The
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6. Red Telephone, The
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10.
11.

xpost, removing 11. You Set The Scene

1. Alone Again Or
2.
3.
4. Daily Planet, The
5.
6. Red Telephone, The
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8.
9.
10.
11.

let me piss you off by eliminating everyone's favorite. but here's my thinking: not only was it done with a "studio band" instead of the "real" Love band, and not only is it just too standalone epic/iconic to really be the essence of an album..but Chris Perez covered it better in the 1990s in Spanish. Therefore:

1.
2. House Is Not A Motel, A
3.
4. Daily Planet, The
5.
6. Red Telephone, The
7.
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9.
10.
11.

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6. Red Telephone, The
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1. Vanishing Girl (Red Curtain) - 2:30
2. Have You Seen Jackie? (Johns) - 3:17
3. Little Lighthouse (Johns) - 4:24
4. You're a Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You... (Johns) - 3:04
5. Collideascope (Johns) - 3:21
6. You're My Drug (Johns) - 3:16
7. Shiny Cage (Red Curtain) - 3:15
8. Brainiac's Daughter (Johns) - 3:38
9. The Affiliated (Red Curtain) - 2:17
10. Pale and Precious (Johns) - 4:55

1. Vanishing Girl (Red Curtain) - 2:30
2. Have You Seen Jackie? (Johns) - 3:17
3. Little Lighthouse (Johns) - 4:24
4. You're a Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You... (Johns) - 3:04
5. Collideascope (Johns) - 3:21
6.
7. Shiny Cage (Red Curtain) - 3:15
8. Brainiac's Daughter (Johns) - 3:38
9. The Affiliated (Red Curtain) - 2:17
10. Pale and Precious (Johns) - 4:55

1. Vanishing Girl (Red Curtain) - 2:30
2. Have You Seen Jackie? (Johns) - 3:17
3. Little Lighthouse (Johns) - 4:24
4. You're a Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You... (Johns) - 3:04
5. Collideascope (Johns) - 3:21
6.
7. Shiny Cage (Red Curtain) - 3:15
8. Brainiac's Daughter (Johns) - 3:38
9. The Affiliated (Red Curtain) - 2:17
10.

For being a left-over XTC track really...

1. Vanishing Girl (Red Curtain) - 2:30
2. Have You Seen Jackie? (Johns) - 3:17
3.
4. You're a Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You... (Johns) - 3:04
5.
6.
7. Shiny Cage (Red Curtain) - 3:15
8. Brainiac's Daughter (Johns) - 3:38
9. The Affiliated (Red Curtain) - 2:17
10.

Oh - ha ha Grouty has rubbed it out anyway! Oh well.

1. Vanishing Girl (Red Curtain) - 2:30
2. Have You Seen Jackie? (Johns) - 3:17
3.
4. You're a Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You... (Johns) - 3:04
5. Collideascope (Johns) - 3:21
6.
7. Shiny Cage (Red Curtain) - 3:15
8.
9. The Affiliated (Red Curtain) - 2:17
10.

1. Vanishing Girl (Red Curtain) - 2:30
2.
3.
4. You're a Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You... (Johns) - 3:04
5. Collideascope (Johns) - 3:21
6.
7. Shiny Cage (Red Curtain) - 3:15
8.
9. The Affiliated (Red Curtain) - 2:17
10.

I only really like the music hall pastiches now, so goodbye Shiny Cage.

Hey, how come the 'winners' are up on the first thread message? Is this a backwards thread after all?

OK, I'll pitch in:

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2.
3.
4. You're a Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You... (Johns) - 3:04
5. Collideascope (Johns) - 3:21
6.
7.
8.
9. The Affiliated (Red Curtain) - 2:17
10.

Goodbye "Red Curtain."

Collideascope should have been throw out earlier.

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4. You're a Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You... (Johns) - 3:04
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Next up, trim the fat off the album with less fat than any other. What is the essence of Wire's Pink Flag?
1. Reuters
2. Field Day for the Sundays
3. Three Girl Rhumba
4. Ex Lion Tamer
5. Lowdown
6. Start To Move
7. Brazil
8. It’s So Obvious
9. Surgeon’s Girl
10. Pink Flag
11. The Commercial
12. Straight Line
13. 106 Beats That
14. Mr. Suit
15. Strange
16. Fragile
17. Mannequin
18. Different To Me
19. Champs
20. Feeling Called Love
21. 12XU
22. Options R

1. Reuters
2. Field Day for the Sundays
3. Three Girl Rhumba
4. Ex Lion Tamer
5. Lowdown
6.
7. Brazil
8. It’s So Obvious
9. Surgeon’s Girl
10. Pink Flag
11. The Commercial
12. Straight Line
13. 106 Beats That
14. Mr. Suit
15. Strange
16. Fragile
17. Mannequin
18. Different To Me
19. Champs
20. Feeling Called Love
21. 12XU
22. Options R

1. Reuters
2. Field Day for the Sundays
3. Three Girl Rhumba
4. Ex Lion Tamer
5. Lowdown
6.
7. Brazil
8. It’s So Obvious
9. Surgeon’s Girl
10. Pink Flag
11. The Commercial
12. Straight Line
13. 106 Beats That
14. Mr. Suit
15.
16. Fragile
17. Mannequin
18. Different To Me
19. Champs
20. Feeling Called Love
21. 12XU
22. Options R

1. Reuters
2. Field Day for the Sundays
3. Three Girl Rhumba
4. Ex Lion Tamer
5. Lowdown
6.
7. Brazil
8. It’s So Obvious
9. Surgeon’s Girl
10.
11. The Commercial
12. Straight Line
13. 106 Beats That
14. Mr. Suit
15.
16. Fragile
17. Mannequin
18. Different To Me
19. Champs
20. Feeling Called Love
21. 12XU
22. Options R

Also, "Options R" was a bonus track on the CD reissue.

1. Reuters
2. Field Day for the Sundays
3. Three Girl Rhumba
4. Ex Lion Tamer
5. Lowdown
6.
7. Brazil
8. It’s So Obvious
9. Surgeon’s Girl
10.
11. The Commercial
12. Straight Line
13. 106 Beats That
14.
15.
16. Fragile
17. Mannequin
18. Different To Me
19. Champs
20. Feeling Called Love
21. 12XU
22. Options R

1.
2. Field Day for the Sundays
3. Three Girl Rhumba
4. Ex Lion Tamer
5. Lowdown
6.
7. Brazil
8. It’s So Obvious
9. Surgeon’s Girl
10.
11. The Commercial
12. Straight Line
13. 106 Beats That
14.
15.
16. Fragile
17. Mannequin
18. Different To Me
19. Champs
20. Feeling Called Love
21. 12XU
22. Options R

as it was a tagged on b-side

1.
2. Field Day for the Sundays
3. Three Girl Rhumba
4. Ex Lion Tamer
5. Lowdown
6.
7. Brazil
8. It’s So Obvious
9. Surgeon’s Girl
10.
11. The Commercial
12. Straight Line
13. 106 Beats That
14.
15.
16. Fragile
17. Mannequin
18. Different To Me
19. Champs
20. Feeling Called Love
21. 12XU
22.

1.
2. Field Day for the Sundays
3. Three Girl Rhumba
4. Ex Lion Tamer
5. Lowdown
6.
7. Brazil
8. It’s So Obvious
9. Surgeon’s Girl
10.
11. The Commercial
12. Straight Line
13. 106 Beats That
14.
15.
16. Fragile
17. Mannequin
18.
19. Champs
20. Feeling Called Love
21. 12XU
22.

there's always that masterpiece of a Scarface album upthread that got orphaned

but whats done is done. the essence will be more clear-cut, it seems.

heisenberg!

I'm killing Feeling Called Love. The straight ahead one-four-five thing, even if sarcastic (is it?) doesn't stand up to the freshness of the rest.

1.
2.
3. Three Girl Rhumba
4. Ex Lion Tamer
5. Lowdown
6.
7. Brazil
8. It’s So Obvious
9. Surgeon’s Girl
10.
11. The Commercial
12. Straight Line
13. 106 Beats That
14.
15.
16. Fragile
17. Mannequin
18.
19. Champs
20.
21. 12XU
22.

Goodbye Brazil. It doesn't do anything that the others don't. Champs must win, thx bye.

1.
2.
3. Three Girl Rhumba
4. Ex Lion Tamer
5. Lowdown
6.
7.
8. It’s So Obvious
9. Surgeon’s Girl
10.
11. The Commercial
12. Straight Line
13. 106 Beats That
14.
15.
16. Fragile
17. Mannequin
18.
19. Champs
20.
21. 12XU
22.

"reuters" - just because its not representative doesnt mean it isnt the essence. i mean, maybe its longer for a reason. and opening tracks get a little extra consideration in my mind.
"field day" - see an above post for my flipout regarding this one.
"three girl rhumba" - iconic - maybe the best and most memorable riff on an album full of riffs.
"ex lion tamer" - almost as good a riff as 3GR, and the clearest display of wire's polemics and the physical momentum of the playing.
"pink flag" - see "reuters" description - title tracks seem to deserve more attention for this, too.
"12XU" - vitriolic, riffy - probably the talking at the beginning makes this one the obvious choice AND the best choice.

just missing the cut are "it's so obvious" and "106 beats that."

1.
2.
3. Three Girl Rhumba
4. Ex Lion Tamer
5. Lowdown
6.
7. Brazil
8. It’s So Obvious
9. Surgeon’s Girl
10.
11.
12. Straight Line
13. 106 Beats That
14.
15.
16. Fragile
17. Mannequin
18.
19. Champs
20.
21. 12XU
22.

But it's just a game. Hence:

It would seem 12XU would be the favorite, but I hope it doesn't win. It's not nearly artsy enough to be the essence of this record.

I've seen the 'popular' track win more times than not, and oh well, that really just ends up confirming for me that me 'n' the masses (even ILM masses?? is there such a thing?) never seem to agree (see my post on "Driving Me Backwards" up thread) but from what I've observed in a brief time here isn't disagreement the spice of ILM?

1.
2.
3. Three Girl Rhumba
4. Ex Lion Tamer
5. Lowdown
6.
7. Brazil
8. It’s So Obvious
9. Surgeon’s Girl
10.
11.
12. Straight Line
13. 106 Beats That
14.
15.
16. Fragile
17. Mannequin
18.
19.
20.
21. 12XU
22.

1.
2.
3. Three Girl Rhumba
4. Ex Lion Tamer
5. Lowdown
6.
7.
8. It’s So Obvious
9. Surgeon’s Girl
10.
11.
12. Straight Line
13. 106 Beats That
14.
15.
16. Fragile
17. Mannequin
18.
19.
20.
21. 12XU
22.

1.
2.
3. Three Girl Rhumba
4. Ex Lion Tamer
5. Lowdown
6.
7.
8.
9. Surgeon’s Girl
10.
11.
12. Straight Line
13. 106 Beats That
14.
15.
16. Fragile
17. Mannequin
18.
19.
20.
21. 12XU
22.

1.
2.
3. Three Girl Rhumba
4. Ex Lion Tamer
5. Lowdown
6.
7.
8.
9. Surgeon’s Girl
10.
11.
12. Straight Line
13.
14.
15.
16. Fragile
17. Mannequin
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.

1. The Things The Dreams Are Made Of
2. Open Your Heart
3. The Sound Of The Crowd
4. Darkness
5. Do Or Die
6. Get Carter
7. I Am The Law
8. Seconds
9. Love Action
10.

Get Carter is inessential, yet is a link back to those old HL/The Future instrumentals, which seems a shame to lose. So 'Don't You Want Me' takes the fall - it feels like a stand-alone single to me.

1. The Things The Dreams Are Made Of
2. Open Your Heart
3. The Sound Of The Crowd
4. Darkness
5. Do Or Die
6. Get Carter
7.
8. Seconds
9. Love Action
10.

1. The Things The Dreams Are Made Of
2. Open Your Heart
3. The Sound Of The Crowd
4. Darkness
5.
6. Get Carter
7.
8. Seconds
9. Love Action
10.

I don't like the way he sings "Darkness DA-AAARK-ness" much.

I would be happy with any of the others as essence, except Get Carter maybe.

1. The Things That Dreams Are Made Of
2. Open Your Heart
3.
4.
5.
6. Get Carter
7.
8. Seconds
9. Love Action
10.

'Get Carter' is a little too referential to sum up such a bright, shiny modern pop artefeact, even though itworks perfectly in the context of the album.

1 The Things That Dreams Are Made Of
2 Open Your Heart
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 Love Action
10

Did you see what I did just then?

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9 Love Action
10

Björk, Debut

1 Human Behaviour
2 Crying
3 Venus As A Boy
4 There's More To Life Than This
5 Like Someone In Love
6 Big Time Sensuality
7 One Day
8 Aeroplane
9 Come To Me
10 Violently Happy
11 The Anchor Song
12 Play Dead

1 Human Behaviour
2 Crying
3 Venus As A Boy
4 There's More To Life Than This
5
6 Big Time Sensuality
7 One Day
8 Aeroplane
9 Come To Me
10 Violently Happy
11 The Anchor Song
12 Play Dead

1 Human Behaviour
2 Crying
3 Venus As A Boy
4 There's More To Life Than This
5
6 Big Time Sensuality
7 One Day
8 Aeroplane
9 Come To Me
10 Violently Happy
11 The Anchor Song
12

1 Human Behaviour
2 Crying
3 Venus As A Boy
4 There's More To Life Than This
5
6 Big Time Sensuality
7 One Day
8 Aeroplane
9 Come To Me
10
11 The Anchor Song
12 Play Dead

1 Human Behaviour
2 Crying
3
4 There's More To Life Than This
5
6 Big Time Sensuality
7 One Day
8 Aeroplane
9 Come To Me
10
11 The Anchor Song
12

I always found the Come To Me/Violently Happy section a bit irritating, so...

1 Human Behaviour
2 Crying
3
4 There's More To Life Than This
5
6 Big Time Sensuality
7 One Day
8 Aeroplane
9
10
11 The Anchor Song
12

1 Human Behaviour
2 Crying
3
4 There's More To Life Than This
5
6 Big Time Sensuality
7 One Day
8
9
10
11 The Anchor Song
12

"Crying" as I don't remember it and so can't be its essence.

1.
2.
3. Three Girl Rhumba
4. Ex Lion Tamer
5.
6.
7.
8.
9. Surgeon’s Girl
10.
11.
12. Straight Line
13.
14.
15.
16. Fragile
17. Mannequin
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.

"Lowdown" obviously. Too slow, way too long (almost 2 and a half minutes! ;-) ) (Mannequin is even longer, but those opening lines are so great)

1 Human Behaviour
2
3
4 There's More To Life Than This
5
6 Big Time Sensuality
7
8
9
10
11 The Anchor Song
12

1 Human Behaviour
2
3
4 There's More To Life Than This
5
6
7
8
9
10
11 The Anchor Song
12

1 Human Behaviour
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11 The Anchor Song
12

1 Human Behaviour
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

xpost, hooray!

01 Being Boring
02 This Must Be The Place I Waited Years To Leave
03 To Face The Truth
04 How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?
05 Only The Wind
06 My October Symphony
07 So Hard
08 Nervously
09 The End Of The World
10 Jealousy

01 Being Boring
02 This Must Be The Place I Waited Years To Leave
03 To Face The Truth
04
05 Only The Wind
06 My October Symphony
07 So Hard
08 Nervously
09 The End Of The World
10 Jealousy

No Neil, no, NOT THE HIGH VOICE, aaargh.

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2.
3. Three Girl Rhumba
4. Ex Lion Tamer
5.
6.
7.
8.
9. Surgeon’s Girl
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16. Fragile
17. Mannequin
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.

01 Being Boring
02 This Must Be The Place I Waited Years To Leave
03
04
05 Only The Wind
06 My October Symphony
07
08 Nervously
09 The End Of The World
10 Jealousy

01 Being Boring
02 This Must Be The Place I Waited Years To Leave
03
04
05 Only The Wind
06 My October Symphony
07
08 Nervously
09
10 Jealousy

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2.
3. Three Girl Rhumba
4. Ex Lion Tamer
5.
6.
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8.
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10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16. Fragile
17.
18.
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21.
22.

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2.
3. Three Girl Rhumba
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16. Fragile
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21.
22.

Now we haven't had any dance music in this bitch yet, so - Orbital, In Sides.

1. The Girl with the Sun in Her Head
2. P.E.T.R.O.L.
3. The Box pt 1
4. The Box pt 2
5. Dwr Budr
6. Adnan's
7. Out There Somewhere pt 1
8. Out There Somewhere pt 2

I've heard it done live pretty well but on this disc P.E.T.R.O.L. just don't cut it -

1. The Girl with the Sun in Her Head
2.
3. The Box pt 1
4. The Box pt 2
5. Dwr Budr
6. Adnan's
7. Out There Somewhere pt 1
8. Out There Somewhere pt 2

01 Being Boring
02
03
04
05 Only The Wind
06 My October Symphony
07
08 Nervously
09
10 Jealousy

01
02
03
04
05 Only The Wind
06 My October Symphony
07
08 Nervously
09
10 Jealousy

1. The Girl with the Sun in Her Head
2.
3. The Box pt 1
4. The Box pt 2
5. Dwr Budr
6.
7. Out There Somewhere pt 1
8. Out There Somewhere pt 2

part 1 of The Box feels rather superfluous and too strict in it's purpose as scene-stetter, compared to part 1 of OTS, so out it goes:

1. The Girl with the Sun in Her Head
2.
3.
4. The Box pt 2
5. Dwr Budr
6.
7. Out There Somewhere pt 1
8. Out There Somewhere pt 2