Re: Away From The World or Big Whiskey?
obviously everyone has their own opinions. i find some of the reasoning behind some tto be interesting.
listening to all the bands albums, knowing what they became famous for as their "sound", i find it surprising what some elieve to be their sound and not their sound. that doesn't touch on which is the better album, just which one sounds more like the band that everyone loves from those "big 3" days.
BW is a heavy album with electric guitar driven songs. that isn't the sound i became attached to from them. AFTW has a polar opposite base sound. Even having tim more involved in the overall sound than the big 3 days, having him on the acoustic keeps the sound more similar to the big 3. looking at the other players, they are much more present in AFTW. i think they are placed, utilized and highlighted very well in AFTW. In BW, they grab very few spots. So many intricacies on AFTW, where BW has so much brashness (and that has a place, the albmu has a lot of great moments and a bunch of good songs)
Overall,it's not close. AFTW is superior in all regards to me. i think the album sounds like DMB to me. the dmb of old. I love the album.
breaking down the songs...this list is in no order, just what i consider the best songs the band has released. not the short list. but the more inclusive, these are all great songs, list. here are the songs off both that i would include
LITHOG
Broken things
Riff
Snow Outside
Drunken Soldiers. (best song on album. best song written since bartender)
i haven't really enjoyed listening to any albums straight thru since the big 3. NONE. i am really enjoying that with AFTW.
i think the conversation of which albums flow? while i like listening to AFTW straight thru, i don't think that is what makes an album great. it's a nice thing, but i think that typically reflects the overall strength of an album. that's what makes BTCS so good. great songs beginning to end. the band put fillers in between songs because they hated the flow of the album. the fans loved the album because the songs are great. and they are all followed by another great song. that's why it flows!
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Dont drink the water
There seems to have been some blood in the water
And so you shouldnt drink it
typical
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