Jetro Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 I think this is the tracklist I've come to: (Sorry for pic but I love the colours.) Liquid State introduces Chris straight away, with this little neat rocker. Supremacy fits wonderfully after LS Prelude is perfect after Madness. Big Freeze seems to fit after Survival, the cheesy songs in the middle Explorers calms everything down a bit. Save Me fits very much after Explorers Follow Me picks up the pace after two slow songs. Animals - one of the best and most progressive tracks near the end, theme flows neatly into Isolated System. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter. Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 I've posted one before, but I came up with a better one (perhaps). it has often been said that the Unsustainable--->Isolated System flow is very bad. But what about the Isolated System--->Unsustainable flow? I think it's pretty good. and in this regard, IS could be just as good as album opener as album closer. something like: Isolated System Unsustainable Supremacy Animals Liquid State Panic Station Big Freeze Madness Save Me Explorers Follow Me Survival I don't know wether sacraficing IS from the closing position for the sake of the IS--->Unsustainable flow is worth it, but perhaps it is. Also, I like the idea of finishing off the album big. not sure yet which one's better though: calmly watching as the world gets fucked up, or singing loudly in a rock-choir about how I'm going to survive it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Museic Syndrome Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Wow some of these tracklists seem more absurd to me than the way it actually is on the album... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrummingSpain Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 I'd remove the backing vocals from the verses of Big Freeze. It'd be kinda not bad if not for them. Quite agree - but even with them its a decent track. It certainly doesn't deserve all the flack its received Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic. Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Supremacy Liquid State Animals Follow Me Unsustainable Madness Panic Station Big Freeze Prelude Survival Isolated System Bangin' I've actually had that playlist since it came out, don't like the actual tracklisting at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetro Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Wow some of these tracklists seem more absurd to me than the way it actually is on the album... I tried to not do that, at least. Maybe I could have put Follow Me after Panic Station instead, Save Me goes kinda neatly into Animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Museic Syndrome Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 I tried to not do that, at least. Maybe I could have put Follow Me after Panic Station instead, Save Me goes kinda neatly into Animals. Oh no yours was OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanicStationofCydonia77 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Supremacy Liquid State Animals Follow Me Unsustainable Madness Panic Station Big Freeze Prelude Survival Isolated System Bangin' I've actually had that playlist since it came out, don't like the actual tracklisting at all In my opinion, I really like Survival and Isolated System back to back. Now that I think about it, the two general feelings of the song really contradict each other. Survival has that "Lifesaraceandimgonnawin" logic, while Isolated system transitions that feeling to a calm, losing hope feeling. Great way to end an album on an emotional note. I thought that the album was gonna open with Unsustainable at first before they announced the setlist, given the preview trailer that was released in June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayFan9876 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 1) To me, the order of the songs seems rather off. It feels like I've put the album on shuffle when I play it through. 2) I always wondered why Big Freeze was such a calm song, and it's actually irritating me a lot. I mean, the big freeze symbolises the end of the Universe, I thought it would be a little darker than being the lightest song on the album. 3) Big Freeze should have been partnered with, or at least have included a B-side called Heat Death. 4) Unsustainable and Isolated System, while being awesome, feel like they have their lyrics/words lifted straight off Wikipedia, and it's a little in-your-face. I know thermodynamics are probably the coolest thing to have ever existed, but tone it down a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim59 Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Holy shit RayFan is alive ermegherd! My soul-mate (I wonder if you still remember) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kashelle357 Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I wouldn't change it at all. I'm perfectly happy with it the way it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim59 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Panic Station into Prelude is really jolting. As is Unsustainable --> Isolated System Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetro Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 1) To me, the order of the songs seems rather off. It feels like I've put the album on shuffle when I play it through. 2) I always wondered why Big Freeze was such a calm song, and it's actually irritating me a lot. I mean, the big freeze symbolises the end of the Universe, I thought it would be a little darker than being the lightest song on the album. 3) Big Freeze should have been partnered with, or at least have included a B-side called Heat Death. 4) Unsustainable and Isolated System, while being awesome, feel like they have their lyrics/words lifted straight off Wikipedia, and it's a little in-your-face. I know thermodynamics are probably the coolest thing to have ever existed, but tone it down a bit. For a six-year-old, you're pretty wise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maelzoid Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 The crazy tracklisting of this album has driven me to reconfigure it to my own needs. I think that the frontloading of the big singles ruins the pace of the album, and it seems as if Matt disappears half way through, registering only with a few howls in the last 4 tracks. Anyway, I've enjoyed reading the other track lists and humbly submit my own, which I have burned to CD and am enjoying. Unsustainable Supremacy Liquid State Panic Station Follow Me Big Freeze Prelude / Survival Animals Madness Save me Isolated System Explorers being a vinyl-head I tend to think of albums as having 2 'sides', and have sequenced the album in such a way Unsustainable is such a bold piece of music it works perfectly as an opener, an overture of sorts for the themes of the album. It crashes straight into Supremacy. I edited a bit of the silences out so the 2 flow into each other very tightly. Liquid State - i wanted to introduce Chris's vocals early - in the true track list, I find they are kind of left at the end, squirrelled away at the back where only people with patience can wait to hear them! Panic Station and Follow Me feel like 2 singles and i like them back to back here. 'Side one' ends with Big Freeze, which is an upbeat anthemic way to end the side (can't understand the hate it's getting in some quarters - I like it a lot). Prelude / Survival start side 2 with a big intense charge. It flows well into Animals. The cacophony of voices at the end of Animals is cut off abruptly by the calm single voice at the beginning of Madness (again, some audio editing here to jam them together). being the closest thing to a 'ballad' I like Madness' placing at this point in the album, even though conventional wisdom says stick the big single early - it didn't always used to be like that. Liquid State - the second Chris song forms a nice bracketing with the first one appearing in the opening salvo... as does Isolated System, which acts as a finale to the album, bookending nicely with its counterpart. Explorers - of course this should be the last song, it is a lullaby after all, and even after the finale of Isoated System, this acts as a denouement, with an uplifting vibe, and a hopeful lyric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren. Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Omit Madness and Big Freeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futurellama Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 3) Big Freeze should have been partnered with, or at least have included a B-side called Heat Death. been done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollowcrown Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 My order. Took Prelude out. Animals into Isolated System winds down perfectly, fitting with the theme of entropy that runs through the album. Also Liquid State makes more sense coming first as opposed to Save Me. I enjoyed the album much more this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneWhoGoes Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 This is the kind of music they should be doing, and not the crap of the last two albums jPMOEF-asbw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxmuser Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Take out Madness, Panic Station, Big Freeze, Explorers, Follow Me... I've been thinking about this a lot lately. Is anyone else questioning their liking for Muse's music since The 2nd Law was released? I went to the Manchester gig which was awesome, but I'm wondering now whether I like the direction they're moving in ...there are actually other bands now who have knocked them off my No 1 spot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter. Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 I'm wondering now whether I like the direction they're moving in ... direction? you mean trying to stuff all existing musical genres into one album? they just do whatever springs to their minds and think it might be interesting. sometimes this turns out great, like Panic Station and sometimes utter shit like Madness. and since they're so radically eclectic, it's likely that you'll dislike some of their work. calling it "direction", like they are intentionally progressing towards something is just pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksky Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 utter shit like Madness. How dare you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic. Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Never really liked Unsustainable opening the album, Supremacy does an ace job of it. Have Unsustainable as a sort of break halfway through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareeh Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 This is the kind of music they should be doing, and not the crap of the last two albums jPMOEF-asbw Good grief no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frakkles Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Supremacy Panic Station Follow Me Madness Explorers Prelude Survival Big Freeze Save Me Animals Liquid State The 2nd Law: Unsustainable The 2nd Law: Isolated System Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic. Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Supremacy Liquid State Animals Follow Me Unsustainable Madness Panic Station Big Freeze Prelude Survival (without choir) Isolated System Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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