TISL vs. IYD (Track by Track) Day One

[RavenOfRhiannon]

Since the IYD Survivor is doing so well, I thought I'd see how TISL and IYD stack up track by track. I did this on facebook and it was pretty interesting. I'm going to post one track from TISL and (what I think of as) the corresponding track from IYD. Vote for your favorite. I'll do one a day until we finish the albums and tally up the votes. Each poll will close at 2pm CDT (approximately).
Remember, vote for your favorite!

[RavenOfRhiannon]

This was kinda tough. I really like Wide Sargasso Sea, but to me, Trouble in Shangri-La is just so Epic. I love that it opens the album. The first time I heard it, all I could think was, 'She's BACK!!'

[KarmaContestant]

I *love* Wide Sargasso Sea. It is one of my top-3 tracks from In Your Dreams.

That said, pairing it with Trouble In Shangri La all but guarantees it will lose - I personally would have paired TISL with In Your Dreams, since both are title tracks.

My two cents. I voted for TISL.

[RavenOfRhiannon]

I personally would have paired TISL with In Your Dreams, since both are title tracks.


I was originally going to do that, or just run down the track order on both cds. Both times it seemed that one of the songs would get the advantage. Instead, I tried to pair 'like' songs together as much as possible. It didn't always work, but I think it's more of a fair fight.

[mylittledemon]

TISL hands down ;)

[ShangriLaTroubl]

Definitely TISL. I will never forget the first time I heard a little 30 sec snippet of the song TISL before the album came out. I played that 30 sec clip over and over, imagining what the entire song must be like. The entire song sure did not disappoint. It is still one of my all-time fav. Stevie songs.

[Jondalar]

This is the wrong pairing. TISL should be paired with In Your Dreams.

[RavenOfRhiannon]

This is the wrong pairing. TISL should be paired with In Your Dreams.

See my previous post.

[KarmaContestant]

I was originally going to do that, or just run down the track order on both cds. Both times it seemed that one of the songs would get the advantage. Instead, I tried to pair 'like' songs together as much as possible. It didn't always work, but I think it's more of a fair fight.

I definitely understand. Pairing up songs is tricky.

[Christopher]

I was originally going to do that, or just run down the track order on both cds. Both times it seemed that one of the songs would get the advantage. Instead, I tried to pair 'like' songs together as much as possible. It didn't always work, but I think it's more of a fair fight.

Sorry, not to pile on, but I personally think "Moonlight" would of been the worthy competitor against TISL. Both songs are among the top tier, if not the top on most fan lists from each respective record. :shrug: That would have been a close competetion. And maybe POTU against Annabel Lee or YMBTO.
Doing track by track sequence is never a good competition or indicator imo. I think one has to have a good gauge of song quality/popularity/song type to get as close of an accurate read of which is a more popular record overall. That's why most of these "track by Track are completly arbitrary and have unclear outcomes. Just my 2 cents.

[Neal]

I love both, but "TISL" gets my vote...

[ShangriLaTroubl]

Going to listen listen to "TISL" now - been way too long since I've heard this great song!