The album's tracklisting

[U2girl]

How do you feel about it ?

Upon first listen I thought MOS would fit in the lower half with COL and WAS and FEZ better, but the whole Magnificent/MOS/UC section really works well.

The one thing I'd maybe switch is is Breathe wasn't moved up in the uptempo part, just above Crazy/Boots/SUC. That way we'd get a great ending with FEZ/WAS/COL.

 

[digitize]

I personally think it's about perfect as it is. Breathe in the uptempo section would really send the first half of the album over the edge... I'm not sure why, but I like it between two dark songs. The feeling I get with it is something like: "the world is collapsing, but we're going to walk out into the streets and enjoy ourselves as much as we can before that." And then comes Cedars.

 

[U2girl]

Also, the trippy lyrics on Breathe would be a nice follow up to the likewise bizzaro lines on UC.

 

[mikal]

Also, the trippy lyrics on Breathe would be a nice follow up to the likewise bizzaro lines on UC.

yeah, this i will agree with. otherwise, i LOVE the tracklisting.

one nice thing though is that Breathe follows UC on Linear, and i plan on using that as an alternate tracklisting once we get Winter.

 

[JoRu]

I think we need a song like Breathe down there because even if it isn't anything like the other songs around it, the second part of the album wouldn't have much variety without it. After a song like White As Snow I personally enjoys a song like Breathe, since it's a nice change of pace before ending the album peacefully with Cedars of Lebanon.

The Magnificent/MOS/UC section is awesome and is next to Streets/Haven't Found/WOWY my favourite three-song section from any U2 album. However, I think Magnificent would be a better song to start off with. It has a building intro, Streets-style and happens to be about Bono "giving back his voice" and all that. It would really be like "U2 is back"! NLOTH is not a bad song, but IMO not the best song to start off an album like this with.

 

[brianvox]

Loving the tracklisting. The opening four tracks just run perfectly and you couldn't put COL anywhere else but as the closing track.