i really get bugged by front-loaded cd's

[Baliset]

case in point.

soilwork-a predator's portrait

first five songs are incredible and then it just drops off in quality until the last song. wtg.

 

[xfer]

joe strummer and the mescaleros' "streetcore" = FRONT-LOADED AS FUCK

 

[Baliset]

also that album Bath. i mean what was THAT band smokin.

 

[lizard]

isn't that all an industry thing from back in the LP days, when they would put the "best" song(s) at the beginning of each side to make it easier for DJs to cue up the songs slated for airplay...plus the average LP would be 35-40 minutes long, and today's CDs typically have 50 or 60, up to 70 some minutes of play time, meaning even more and more filler...

 

[xfer]

well, i think it's not just an industry leftover. they do it so you actually listen to the good songs, instead of hitting two or three crappy ones and shutting the CD off. most people (including myself) have heard the first half of even albums i love many more times than the last half--i usually just start an album at the beginning and i don't always finish before i have to leave or something.

 

[lizard]

I almost never listen to a complete CD all the way through.

 

[FuSoYa]

Coldplay's "Parachutes"

Am I right?

guys?

 

[Baliset]

i never listened to that album.

 

[xfer]

i dont know that album in order.

 

[avi]

"Parachutes" starts sucking from the get-go

 

[Absolut_Jim_Varney]

the first 6 tracks are good

 

[xfer]

wah wah i'm avi i'm too hard for Coldplay, listen to my swede music!

 

[avi]

I listen to lots of soft pop stuff, but Coldplay is just flat out boring. I don't get their appeal at all.

 

[mindspell]

I always listen to an album all the way through. If the disc is front loaded then it is not good enough to keep me interested therefore is an average record. I would rather see artists do 30 min CDs instead 70 min full of fillers.

 

[mindspell]

Coldplay bores me to tears.

 

[lizard]

I would rather see artists do 30 min CDs instead 70 min full of fillers.

probably me, also.

or I should say, depending on the band. If a band's raison d'etre (sp) is to jam, then by all means jam away. but if a band is centered around concise songs, then EPs are the way to go.

 

[TheNewChupe]

how much would you say it costs to record a coldplay album anyway?


(jellyfish's spilt milk always comes to mind as front loaded- first 4-5 tracks, through new mistake are amazing, melodic rock stuff and then it drops off for me instantaneously)

 

[avi]

at least with jellyfish you can listen to the recording and be amazed. and trying to picture their singer/drummer performing all that stuff is mind-boggling. on his stand-up cocktail kit.

 

[ChromeLife]

AVI(SWE) \m/

 

[Novembers Paul]

Haters. I adore Coldplay. Also, the new Moonspell "The Antidote" is pretty well front loaded. The first 4 songs rock, then its sort of drifts off.