"Alternative" tracklisting

[Travis]

I’ll play along.

BD only needed a minor change for the very reason you stated. It has too slow of a beginning in my opinion. Switching SDMHA and KOW evens it out.

BELLA DONNA
Bella Donna
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around
Kind of Woman
Think About It
After the Glitter Fades
Edge of Seventeen
How Still My Love
Leather & Lace
Outside the Rain
The Highwayman

WH actually is perfect in my opinion. Keep in mind though, back then they were sequencing songs with only one album side in mind, not as a continuous listen. You had a bit of a breather whenever you flipped the album or cassette. Inserting Garbo into the mix “fixes” that problem here.

THE WILD HEART
Wild Heart
If Anyone Falls
Gate & Garden
Enchanted
Nightbird
Garbo
Stand Back
I Will Run To You
Nothing Ever Changes
Sable on Blonde
Beauty and the Beast

RAL starts out with a bang and I think it needs “Sister Honey” to follow ICW to keep the momentum going, so I made a few minor switcheroos. Also, I would save the 12” remix of ICW for those “special compilations” BUT, I would make the album version with the same kind of ending the 12” remix has, so that it flows better into SH.

ROCK A LITTLE
I Can’t Wait (with a cold fade ending)
Sister Honey
Rock A Little
Imperial Hotel
I Sing for the Things
Some Become Strangers
Talk To Me
The Nightmare
If I Were You
No Spoken Word
Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You

No changes necessary for OSOTM, I think it flows perfectly.

Only a minor change for SA, replace "Docklands" with "Thousand Days." Docklands following Street Angel is too much of a downer. Another possible change would be to simply switch Docklands and Listen to the Rain for a better flow.

STREET ANGEL
Blue Denim
Greta
Street Angel
Thousand Days
Listen to the Rain
Destiny
Unconditional Love
Love is Like A River
Rose Garden
Maybe Love
Just Like A Woman
Kick It
Jane