once again, i am indie pete

[rone]

I normally don't get too wrapped up in an album's track order; i can tell what albums are well constructed, which tracks hang well together in the order in which they were released, and which albums are a bit of a hodge-podge but ultimately aren't hindered by their track order.  I listen to my music library on shuffle, anyway, so i can go from Ministry to Beethoven to Juan Luis Guerra 440 to Robert Fripp and i don't really so much as blink.

However, i feel very strongly about the fact that the track order of the first four tracks on The Arcade Fire's Neon Bible is completely backwards.  The album should start off with "Intervention" in order to have, with "My Body Is a Cage", two big pipe organ songs bookending the album.  Then the pacing quiets with "Neon Bible", picks up again with "Keep the Car Running", then slows again with "Black Mirror".  The rest of the album flows quite nicely, but the first four songs as released are simply awkward.  Go on, give it a listen and tell me i'm wrong.

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Comments

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

See, that's a classic example of an album that's well paced. Well, except for "Your Time Is Gonna Come" which just flat out sucks. I should make my "Worst 10 Led Zeppelin Songs" post.

[pennyhill.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah! Make a Worst 10 Led Zeppelin Songs!
I would not be opposed to "Your Time Is Gonna Come" being on that list.

And yeah - LZ-1 is fabulously well-paced, especially if you're, um, horizontal.
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