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Originally Posted by redtulip
Since it's been a while since Seeds We Sow was released, I though it would be fun to do a new poll of Lindsey's solo studio albums now that we've had a chance to really listen to the new album and compare it to his previous releases. So pick your favorite studio album and leave a comment explaining what you like about it or why it's your favorite  |
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Originally Posted by ryan4136
I really enjoy the fact that all of the albums are completely different from eachother (except SWS).
L & O to Go Insane totally different journey, then to OOTC, sounds like a totally different artists etc.
SWS is probably the exception, because when I listen to that I feel like I'm listening almost to a Greatest Hits album, with completely new songs. It's a rehashing of old sounds, and ideas, from all of those eras but with new songs.
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i like your analysis, although i think that GOS and SWS both fit bolded description of SWS. i probably wouldn't say
rehashing but
further developing all kinds of different old ideas and directions he started in the past. except SWS has the added bonus you mention of sounding like greatest hits. every single song on it can stand on its own but still they are sequenced together so perfectly. (UTS and GOS especially would greatly benefit from better sequencing.)
so without a second thought it's Seeds We Sow for me. not a bad song on it, and majority are fantastic - In Our Own Time, That's The Way That Love Goes, Rock Away Blind, Seeds We Sow (electric!), Gone Too Far..... plus it's the only album that came out since i became a fan, and i've heard first 6 songs live months before it came out. when i listened to the live versions on Songs from the Small Machine last week, first time in a while, it felt like being in Saban again, hearing them for the first time, and realizing that LB still got it as a songwriter!
(with my usual caveat - i'm not sure whether or not SWS would keep its first place on my list if the original GOS2001 was released.
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