The New Album Thread

[BLY]

Agree about SWS. I do think the "White Album" recording approach could work considering just like 1975 they have 10-12 songs already to work.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

I agree completely. Try to replicate the White Album. Go in and hammer out 10-12 good songs. Work TOGETHER, and enough with the studio tricks(a gift he seems to have lost, anyway)!

You mean you're tired of him tapping the mic as percussion?

[shackin'up]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

You mean you're tired of him tapping the mic as percussion?

me not!!!!

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by shackin'up

me not!!!!

To be honest, the song he does that on.. "Great Day" is one of my fav tunes of his...

[elle]

white album is boring.

some epic songs, most of them much more interesting in newer versions. but as an album, when listening all the way through, i can't - i'm bored.

[I'msoAfraid95]

Originally Posted by elle

white album is boring.

some epic songs, most of them much more interesting in newer versions. but as an album, when listening all the way through, i can't - i'm bored.

I agree with ya, Elle. I've only made it fully through that album one time.

[elle]

Originally Posted by RockawayBlind

I have no enthusiasm for a FM album. If it sounds like the EP, it will be pablum and a sad way for FM to go out on. Because, believe it, this thing will likely sell even less than SYW and the band will never record again. At least if SYW is the band's last studio album, it will stand up as a collection of songs with some real flashes of brilliance, even though it is uneven as a set.

Lindsey seems to have talked himself into believing he has to write these really uninteresting pop songs for FM. He followed SWS, which was exciting and brilliant, and the This is 40 contributions, which were as shiny and well-crated as any pop songs Lindsey has ever done, with probably what I see as some of his worst output, the EP. I'd rather he gave up on the whole thing and went back into the studio to give us some more of his solo weirdness.

If FM must record as a band, then thrown out the rule book and start from scratch. Seat the band members in a circle and do some live recordings. Use real acoustic guitars. Forget the studio wizardry. Give us an organic sound. Go listen to bands like Lone Bellow and Mumford and Songs to get a sense of how to update the FM sound from the 70s-meets-the-80s-meets-the-90s inconsistency of SYW. I want something cohesive, smart and well-produced. Otherwise, as I said, Lindsey should go back to the studio and give us more weirdness, synthetic sounds and all.

yes. Mumford's version of The Chain was the worst cover of it i've ever heard.

i'm with you on SWS and SYW, not so much on This is 40. and i'm with you on solo.

[RockawayBlind]

Originally Posted by shackin'up

Agreed. But not on the bold part. SWS is tremendous, including the productionsheen.

I'm actually torn on this. I wouldn't say he's lost it altogether, but some of the stuff isn't working anymore. There's too much synthetic-sounding stuff, to my taste. It's like he can't entirely shed that 80s sheen. When it works, though, it works brilliantly.

[ChickenStu]

As much as I love the Mac the idea of a new album doesn't really excite me that much. As I said before in another thread a new live album would be an essential purchase - but a new album? I'd rather they were out on the road doing their thing.

I think they were on the right track with Extended Play. Just every now and then release a couple of new tracks through iTunes.

[bombaysaffires]

Originally Posted by RockawayBlind

I'm actually torn on this. I wouldn't say he's lost it altogether, but some of the stuff isn't working anymore. There's too much synthetic-sounding stuff, to my taste. It's like he can't entirely shed that 80s sheen. When it works, though, it works brilliantly.

Right. Problem for me has been that he's been using some of the same old tricks in the studio now for-evah (as we say in Boston). We got it Linds, we understand it, we appreciate it. Now keep evolving into something new, please.

[TrueFaith77]

The This is 40 productions are perfection.

[michelej1]

Cher has just been complaining about Warner Bros. She says they don't care about her new CD and the decision makers have no interest in it. I suspect we'll be crying the same blues by the end of this year. She's sold 285,000 copies so far.

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[James89]

I would be extremely disappointed if the new album didn't do as well as 'Say You Will'. I would like to think it would at least go gold and hit the top 3, even #1 maybe.

[MikeVielhaber]

Originally Posted by James89

I would be extremely disappointed if the new album didn't do as well as 'Say You Will'. I would like to think it would at least go gold and hit the top 3, even #1 maybe.

11 years ago was a different time. Music overall doesn't sell as well. Especially old bands. In the past decade the only classic rock bands with any success seem to be those that made a deal with Walmart (such as the Eagles, Journey, AC/DC). SYW sold nearly 1 million copies in the US. That seems like a lot to me now, but at the time I remember being slightly disappointed that it didn't get there.

[Richard B]

Just saw this today...got a little chuckle.