***Official AFTW Midnight Stream Review Thread***

[TrippinNancies1]

Originally Posted by TrippinNancies1

My initial ranking:
Drunken Soldier
The Riff
Rooftop
Belly Belly Nice
Snow Outside
Broken Things
Gaucho
If Only
Sweet
Mercy
Belly Full (I still love this song, the album's just so damn good!!!)

Currently:

Drunken Soldier
The Riff
Snow Outside
Rooftop
Broken Things
Belly Belly Nice
Gaucho
Mercy
If Only
Sweet
Belly Full


A couple changes... Really ended up falling in love with Snow Outside.

[njdevil26]

My album rankings:

1. Before These Crowded Streets
2. Under the Table and Dreaming
3. Crash
4. Busted Stuff
5. Away From the World
6. Big Whisky
7. Everyday

8. An hour of me talking about the ups and downs of today's real estate market

9. Chimp farts

10. Stand Up

[Jworley98]

Originally Posted by superfan

No way these songs are better then Busted Stuff........I like this album but not as much as the top 4 albums.

Busted Stuff is really not that good and this album is light years better than it. Maybe the songs themselves aren't as good, but as far as production and quality goes, this album kills it. I can't even remember the last night I actually listened to BS. The songs on BS are great, but they were produced terribly and as a result they sound like shit on that record. I also think the music is better and much more complex on this album as well. Basically the only thing BS has going for it is the lyrics, but I'll take music over lyrics any day.

[superfan]

Originally Posted by Jworley98

Busted Stuff is really not that good and this album is light years better than it. Maybe the songs themselves aren't as good, but as far as production and quality goes, this album kills it. I can't even remember the last night I actually listened to BS. The songs on BS are great, but they were produced terribly and as a result they sound like shit on that record. I also think the music is better and much more complex on this album as well. Basically the only thing BS has going for it is the lyrics, but I'll take music over lyrics any day.

I completely disagree......I love BS. It was the first studio album I ever bought and it is still one of my favorites. I see nothing wrong with the production on that album. Apparently I'm in in the minority on that, but whatever.

[kav2312]

Originally Posted by Jworley98

Busted Stuff is really not that good and this album is light years better than it. Maybe the songs themselves aren't as good, but as far as production and quality goes, this album kills it. I can't even remember the last night I actually listened to BS. The songs on BS are great, but they were produced terribly and as a result they sound like shit on that record. I also think the music is better and much more complex on this album as well. Basically the only thing BS has going for it is the lyrics, but I'll take music over lyrics any day.

In my opinion the songs on busted stuff are absolutely better than the songs on AFTW (both musically and lyrically). I would agree that the production is better on AFTW, but quality song writing is more important to me than quality production since great studio production does not mean the songs excel in a live setting.

[TrippinNancies1]

Originally Posted by superfan

I completely disagree......I love BS. It was the first studio album I ever bought and it is still one of my favorites. I see nothing wrong with the production on that album. Apparently I'm in in the minority on that, but whatever.

I personally agree.. The production is different than Lillywhite's, but I never think of the mix/ production as being bad. It certainly doesn't trump the quality of the songs themselves.

That being said, Captain was absolutely ruined IMO. TLWS version is incredible..

[bigbeartilidie]

Originally Posted by superfan

No way these songs are better then Busted Stuff........I like this album but not as much as the top 4 albums.

I really feel like comparing them is unfair. I grew up eating pizza, and wasn't introduced to Thai food until my 20s. I absolutely love both now, but Thai could never unseat pizza as my favorite food. It has been a part of me for too long. This is how I honestly feel about those 90s songs. Just because I will never be able to say that I like Snow Outside more than Say Goodbye doesn't take anything away from this album, which I think is phenomenal.

[dizzle]

I love Dave's lyrics on this... Some very mature stuff with a very strong underlying sense of hope.

[TrippinNancies1]

Originally Posted by bigbeartilidie

I really feel like comparing them is unfair. I grew up eating pizza, and wasn't introduced to Thai food until my 20s. I absolutely love both now, but Thai could never unseat pizza as my favorite food. It has been a part of me for too long. This is how I honestly feel about those 90s songs. Just because I will never be able to say that I like Snow Outside more than Say Goodbye doesn't take anything away from this album, which I think is phenomenal.

Well said

Originally Posted by dizzle

I love Dave's lyrics on this... Some very mature stuff with a very strong underlying sense of hope.

Completely agree...


Just thinking that the "whole damn life" lyric in The Riff works better than the "whole fucking life" line. It just fits better, he doesn't have to sing it so rushed to keep up with the music.

[dmbredsox36]

Couple listens later and some more thoughts...

1. Belly Belly Nice and Rooftop should be in consideration for the second single. Has one already been chosen? Anything's better then Mercy.

2. The Riff still isn't doing it for me. It's gotten better after several plays, but there's something I'm not crazy about.

3. I personally like If Only just for it's laid back, jazzy feel. Very Sugar Willish to me, which should make many of you happy.

4. Belly Full should've been saved or cut for another time/b-sides. I like it, but it breaks the flow up pretty bad. Much more so then Sweet.

[mackie2110]

More of a reader than a poster, but after I took a few listens to AFTW I wanted to chime in with my thoughts. As said by many, I think this is easily the best album since Lillywhite / Busted Stuff (putting together since it was nearly all one writing session). The whole record has such a great flow that has been missing since Lillywhite left after the LS. This whole process from tour debuts to singles and now the full stream has given me so much hope for where things can go with DMB in the future.

Current thoughts on songs:

1 - Drunken Soldier
2 - Belly Full
3 - Snow Outside
4 - Belly Belly Nice
5 - Rooftop
6 - Sweet
7 - Broken Things
8 - Mercy
9 - Gaucho
10 - If Only
11 - The Riff

[dmbredsox36]

Another note, Dave's chorus vocal ('Don't waste time' in particular) in Drunken Soldier bothers the crap outta me. It's a little weak, with not much depth behind it. They should've cleaned it up or had some backing vocals behind it.

[kittensXLI]

Originally Posted by superfan

No way these songs are better then Busted Stuff........I like this album but not as much as the top 4 albums.

Not even close to BS. Criminal how much that album is not appreciated on this forum.

[pathetic]

Originally Posted by kittensXLI

Not even close to BS. Criminal how much that album is not appreciated on this forum.

when will you figure out it's not the songs that are bashed, it's the production?

[DannoMac21]

Any help on getting this to work on Android (Galaxy S2) would be greatly appreciated. I feel like I'm just fucking my phone up trying to download all these apps/files to get this to work.

[dmbmuskie]

This album just goes to show how shitty Busted Stuff is.

[styx491]

The Gaucho into Sweet transition is really making me warm up to Sweet. It's such a badass transition. I hated Sweet at first and now I'm liking it more and more every listen, it really fits where it's placed and is a great tempo change. It also makes The Riff stand out more.

[kittensXLI]

Originally Posted by dmbmuskie

This album just goes to show how shitty Busted Stuff is.

You must really hate BW and the new album and SU.

[jas230314]

Busted Stuff has songs that are better songs on it. If you look at it that way, Busted Stuff is going to have an edge on this album. But AFTW has much better production, and more importantly, it is a 55 minute piece of artwork. Each song flows into the next intentionally and often beautifully. The mellow nature of this album, and in many cases, the lack of lyrics (as opposed to earlier albums being criticized for having too many lyrics) creates an atmosphere that connects the whole album. That's what unifies this album and really, from this perspective, gives it an edge over Busted Stuff.

And for those who initially dislike the lyrics - keep in mind, Dave has made a concerted effort to say more with less words in the last several albums. This album, for me, connected lyrically and musically, and I can't wait to listen to it from start to finish again!

[Dramageek]

Originally Posted by kittensXLI

Not even close to BS. Criminal how much that album is not appreciated on this forum.

The problem is that tLWS leaked. To many, even the unfinished versions of those songs are superior to the "finished" versions on BS. For my part, I usually throw on tLWS when I want to listen to studio versions of those songs. If tLWS never leaked, it is likely that BS would be more appreciated.

[wampa3]

Originally Posted by Dramageek

The problem is that tLWS leaked. To many, even the unfinished versions of those songs are superior to the "finished" versions on BS. For my part, I usually throw on tLWS when I want to listen to studio versions of those songs. If tLWS never leaked, it is likely that BS would be more appreciated.

This and the fact that it came off the heels of ED. If none of the tracks had been heard before, it would have come across as a hallelujer chorus to the fan base.

Though, I started intensely listening to DMB right when BS came out and it took me awhile to really appreciate it even without having herad tLWS before.

[ericvol]

Me the whole time I have been listening to this album.

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[Faz#41]

I love belly full... and the rest obvi.

[Faz#41]

Originally Posted by ericvol

Me the whole time I have been listening to this album.

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Me during the entire first listen...

AFTW reaction

[TrippinNancies1]

Just learned Belly Full on the guitar... It really is a gorgeous melody.

[davestheman40]

@grantg EMPTY YOUR INBOX.... or send me a link please..

[hpman247]

I cannot stop listening to this album.. I had to bring headphones to work today. It is incredible. On my 8th listen now and I just keep loving it more and more

[Evans]

The stream CONSTANTLY cuts out on me, it's driving me INSANNNNNNNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wampa3]

Originally Posted by Evans

The stream CONSTANTLY cuts out on me, it's driving me INSANNNNNNNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

all your problems will be instantly solved if you just download the m4p file from the direct link thats been posted around.

[jaymas9]

The problem with Busted Stuff is it completely lacks emotion and contains neutered versions of Captain and BEF. Seriously, the damn record sounds like it's on a sedative, it was such a going through the motions album. Those songs will always be Lillywhite Sessions songs to me (outside of YNK obviously, WAYG is pretty average so I'm not bringing it into discussion).

AFTW blows BS out of the water, hell BW blows Busted Stuff out of the water as an album