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February 09, 2006
Track 3
I have a theory about records.
The determinative moment of a given record is Track 3. Inhale this track, and you will gain a gestalt knowledge of the entire album.
Track 3 makes you ill? "Put down the disc, son, and back away slowly from the crate!"
Track 3 speaks to your head? Cop two, no six, no twelve, baker's dozen!
That's my music heuristic for the day. Merry ipodding.
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Right on yet again, Etienne. I also think track 4 follows closely thereafter, not only sequentially, but also as an album quality indicator. Observe the track 3/4 (from the 5 CD's currently in my diskchanger):
X&Y (Coldplay) - White Shadows/Fix You
Led IV - The Battle of Evermore/Stairway to Heaven
pronounced leh-nerd skin-nerd (Skynyrd) - Gimmee 3 steps/Simple Man
Weezer - The World has turned.../Buddy Holly
rearviewmirror (Pear Jam) - Evenflow/Jeremy (this probably shouldn't count because it's a greatest hits doubledisk. but a good album and song, so...)
Posted by: Luther at February 9, 2006 08:25 PM
on second thought, that test really may not prove anything more than that I don't buy bad CD's. Of course, then again, assuming I only buy good CD's, and every track 3 and 4 are good on the CD's i own, then I guess that proves our point too. whatever.
Posted by: Luther at February 9, 2006 08:28 PM
Luther, you can't use a greatest hits disc in support of an argument about sequencing!
Besides, Track 1 off the new Coldplay is the best.
I think that including another track only confuses matters. It's best to make snap judgements.
Posted by: Noel at February 9, 2006 09:38 PM
to be fair, i did insert the disclaimer that the Pearl Jam CD shouldn't count because of the greatest hits. I only used it because it was in my diskchanger.
I disagree about track 1 on the new Coldplay. Fix You is by far the best song, followed closely by Kingdom Come (track 13). But to each his own.
I'm sticking to my guns on this one. If a two track evaluation method only complicates, then I rely on track 4.
Posted by: Luther at February 10, 2006 10:46 PM
I don't think it is necessary to say that track 3 is the best of an album, but rather maybe determinative of the rest of the album. Perhaps it is even a strategy musicians purposefully employ when they really want to make albums than the sums of their parts.
My Top 3 U2 albums, for example:
Boy: An Cat Dubh
The Joshua Tree: With or Without You
Achtung Baby: One
Posted by: casselberry at February 11, 2006 07:41 PM