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class=728000713-19022008>I would also exchange two tracks, but certainly not
'One in a million'. Very is probably the album I've heard most times ever, and
interestingly I used to think that 'One in a million' was among the weakest
tracks on the album, but somewhere around the 200th listen I changed my mind. I
think it has a great energy, fine lyrics and my favourite part is
where Neil says 'Feel free to leave...etc.". It also took me a long time to
discover the 'Oh baby baby' part in the chorus which is also one of my favourite
things about the song.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=728000713-19022008>I certainly don't think it's unsuited to come
before Go West - in fact I often skip that song and go straight to
Postscript.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=728000713-19022008>Instead, I feel that Liberation,Young Offender and One
and one make five could well have been replaced with Decadence, Too Many People
and Shameless, though the album is brillant the way it is, really, and to have
fantastic songs like 'Too Many People' and 'Shameless' on the b-sides only makes
it better. Combined with great remixes and videos, this truly was a fantastic
time for the boys and their fans. The pinnacle, of course, also marked the
beginning of a sadly steady decline in consistency, though even now they can
still come up with utter brillance. Too bad the gems have to be surrounded by
quite a bit of redundancy, especially on the last two
albums.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=728000713-19022008>You choose as the best closing track? I think it is
probably the worst. Postscript is the ultimate album closer, of course, but
Jealousy and King's Cross also do that job incredibly
well.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=728000713-19022008>I agree, of course, that 'I didn't get where I am
today' shouldn't have been a b-side, but I don't think it would have fit into
Release. Always, on the other hand, would certainly have improved the album,
though it would take more major surgery to remove the stain left by, say, 'The
Night I fell in love'.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=728000713-19022008>Johan</SPAN></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial
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<FONT face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> introspective-bounces@lists.jameslick.com
[mailto:introspective-bounces@lists.jameslick.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>various99
_<BR><B>Sent:</B> 18. februar 2008 07:51<BR><B>To:</B>
introspective<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Introspective] Very tracks (Please
2)<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>This week's Very poll is interesting to me because, unlike the
previous albums polled, I've always wanted to replace two tracks on it -- not
just one. In reality, of course, I find the album suitable as is, but I
always toyed with the idea of replacing "One and one make five" with "Too many
people," and replacing "One in a million" with "Shameless." <BR><BR>If
forced to choose, I guess I'd have to replace "One in a million," because it's a
bit anticlimactic coming before "go West," and because it just sounds much too
poppy to me (this is what Erasure would sound like if produced by
Stock-Aitken-Waterman). It almost makes the other songs on Very sound like
hard-core album tracks.<BR><BR>While "Very" may not be the best PSB album (and
with PSB, almost any album could be though of it as their best (save for
Nightlife)), I think it was certainly their most memorable, because it defined
them in a new way for the first time since their "Actually" period. When
Very was out, it just felt like "Please 2" to me, because it felt like a totally
new beginning, yet somehow it reminded me of the flavor of Please.<BR><BR>Now
that I'm counting, "Fundamental" seems to me like "Actually 2." I guess
one could make a case that "Release" was, somewhat, a "Behaviour 2." And
"Nightlife" seemed, to me, a poor attempt at recreating the energy of
Very, owing to much less cohesive material.<BR><BR>"I didn't get where I am
today" should have been on "Release." "Always" should have been on there,
too. I love all the "Release" b-sides. <BR><BR>"Here" didn't seem like a proper
album track, to me. I thought of it as a toss-off from "Closer to
Heaven." But over the years I've warmed up to it, and quite look
forward to it when the album's playing.<BR><BR>Although I hate to admit it, "You
choose" is quite possibly the best closing track of any PSB album. I'm not
kidding.<BR><BR>-Ali<BR> <BR> </BODY></HTML>