Bad Exit
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Ok, here's my second attempt, this time including more songs and 2 more albums.
The goal of this thing I made, was to help me organize my U2 files in one big collection.
Instead of having 13 albums + 100 songs or so floating around all on their own, which makes it very hard for me to remember all the songs there are, I tried to make them fit into some aditional albums.
I tried to include as much songs as I could, the end result is -so far- 25 albums (the official 13 plus 12 new ones).
If you're nitpicky about which U2 songs should be in an album and which aren't, then probably you'll hate this thread, sorry.
If you enjoy pretty much everything they've recorded so far, then take a look.
I've created a cover for each new album.
I've tried to make good tracklists, including openers and closers for every new album.
I've modified the tracklists of the official albums.
I've made a couple of modifications to the official albums, changing a couple of songs for a different version that I personally prefer.
I've modified Rattle and Hum to leave it as a full studio album, removing the live tracks and including the studio version of Silver and Gold.
About the modified tracklists:
The goal of this thing I made, was to help me organize my U2 files in one big collection.
Instead of having 13 albums + 100 songs or so floating around all on their own, which makes it very hard for me to remember all the songs there are, I tried to make them fit into some aditional albums.
I tried to include as much songs as I could, the end result is -so far- 25 albums (the official 13 plus 12 new ones).
If you're nitpicky about which U2 songs should be in an album and which aren't, then probably you'll hate this thread, sorry.
If you enjoy pretty much everything they've recorded so far, then take a look.
I've created a cover for each new album.
I've tried to make good tracklists, including openers and closers for every new album.
I've modified the tracklists of the official albums.
I've made a couple of modifications to the official albums, changing a couple of songs for a different version that I personally prefer.
I've modified Rattle and Hum to leave it as a full studio album, removing the live tracks and including the studio version of Silver and Gold.
About the modified tracklists:
I've ditched the 2-side traditional format on all official albums.
Why? basically because it's 2015 and I haven't had a turntable since ages ago.
Also, because I've seen that albums usually instead of being divided 50%-50%, I see them more like 60/80% - 20/40%, either because that 20-40% doesn't fit thematically, musically or just because I don't like it as much as the rest of the album.
So, I've tried to put up a strong consistent first part (60-80% of the album), that includes the opener, a strong ballad in one of the first 4 slots, and the songs that -imho- best define the album, and then close it with the final 20-40% consisting of tracks that either don't sound like the rest of the album, or tracks that I don't like enough to be upfront in the album, or just tracks that together seem to work great as closers. Speaking of which, I've tried to work the closing of the albums in a way that 2 or 3 songs at least are involved in the "final act" instead of just 1 final closer song, more like some sort of an encore for the album.
Anyway, the tracklists as I'm posting them, work fine for me, but surely they won't work for everybody else. Still, I'm posting them in case somebody wants to give them a try or modify them for their own.
Why? basically because it's 2015 and I haven't had a turntable since ages ago.
Also, because I've seen that albums usually instead of being divided 50%-50%, I see them more like 60/80% - 20/40%, either because that 20-40% doesn't fit thematically, musically or just because I don't like it as much as the rest of the album.
So, I've tried to put up a strong consistent first part (60-80% of the album), that includes the opener, a strong ballad in one of the first 4 slots, and the songs that -imho- best define the album, and then close it with the final 20-40% consisting of tracks that either don't sound like the rest of the album, or tracks that I don't like enough to be upfront in the album, or just tracks that together seem to work great as closers. Speaking of which, I've tried to work the closing of the albums in a way that 2 or 3 songs at least are involved in the "final act" instead of just 1 final closer song, more like some sort of an encore for the album.
Anyway, the tracklists as I'm posting them, work fine for me, but surely they won't work for everybody else. Still, I'm posting them in case somebody wants to give them a try or modify them for their own.
