AtomicHorizon
The Fly
- Joined
- Dec 3, 2017
- Messages
- 52
After one year with this album, I am enjoying and appreciating it more than ever! A great sign for an excellent album's staying power. I tried to make my favorite track list keeping as true as possible to the band's theme and track listing. It took some alternate mixes to take this album to the next level for me.
Fore example, Get Out (Womankind Mix) is leaps and bounds above the album cut. If you are not a fan of this song, I believe this version will at least allow you to tolerate the song. This version removes Kendrick's sermon and the first 25 seconds of the song, which show the band trying to hard to make a "pop" song. This mix makes the song just 3 minutes long and truly accentuates the better elements of the song.
I never totally took to Summer of Love, except for the excellent lyrics. The Egan Driftaway mix elevates the song to new heights with its strings and spare yet prominent piano part. The song and Bono's vocal have room to breathe and make the song's weighty subject matter resonate more deeply.
I also made a homemade mix of the worst song on the album, American Soul, removing Kendrick and starting the song with the big guitar riff. This makes the song just 4 minutes long for those of you who cannot wait until it's over. This song can easily be replaced by Book of Your Heart or simply eliminated.
My new track list is the following:
1. Love is All We Have Left
2. Lights of Home (Strings Version)
3. Best Thing
4. Get Out (Womankind Mix)
5. American Soul (Lamarless Mix)
6. Summer of Love (Driftaway Mix)
7. Red Flag Day
8. The Showman
9. Little Things
10. Landlady
11. Book of Your Heart
12. The Blackout
13. Love is Bigger
14. 13
Fore example, Get Out (Womankind Mix) is leaps and bounds above the album cut. If you are not a fan of this song, I believe this version will at least allow you to tolerate the song. This version removes Kendrick's sermon and the first 25 seconds of the song, which show the band trying to hard to make a "pop" song. This mix makes the song just 3 minutes long and truly accentuates the better elements of the song.
I never totally took to Summer of Love, except for the excellent lyrics. The Egan Driftaway mix elevates the song to new heights with its strings and spare yet prominent piano part. The song and Bono's vocal have room to breathe and make the song's weighty subject matter resonate more deeply.
I also made a homemade mix of the worst song on the album, American Soul, removing Kendrick and starting the song with the big guitar riff. This makes the song just 4 minutes long for those of you who cannot wait until it's over. This song can easily be replaced by Book of Your Heart or simply eliminated.
My new track list is the following:
1. Love is All We Have Left
2. Lights of Home (Strings Version)
3. Best Thing
4. Get Out (Womankind Mix)
5. American Soul (Lamarless Mix)
6. Summer of Love (Driftaway Mix)
7. Red Flag Day
8. The Showman
9. Little Things
10. Landlady
11. Book of Your Heart
12. The Blackout
13. Love is Bigger
14. 13