TheLionSlicer Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Name the album track transitions that you thought did/didn't work. The tracks don't have to go directly into each other. It can be just two tracks or a whole series of tracks that work together (don't be that guy who says the entirety of OoS) Bonus question: Do you think Muse is good at ordering track listings or not? Example: Good: FAWY -> Interlude -> Hysteria Screenager -> Darkshines City of Delusion -> Hoodoo -> Knights of Cydonia Bad: TaB -> Starlight SFA -> SS -> FAWY Post away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartianSpaghettiRider Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Not always, unfortunately. Survival -> Follow Me -> Animals has a bit of a forced flow, for example. In BHAR, the sudden start of Starlight after the electric fuzz closing that beast named Take A Bow is indeed bizarre, sort of. In The Resistance, the title-track and Uprising should've been swapped, in my opinion. These are just some examples that come to my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopix Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Aftermath > The Globalist is pretty boss, as is Overture > Cross Pollination TaB > Starlight sounds fine for the record, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisF Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Not always, unfortunately. Survival -> Follow Me -> Animals has a bit of a forced flow, for example. In BHAR, the sudden start of Starlight after the electric fuzz closing that beast named Take A Bow is indeed bizarre, sort of. In The Resistance, the title-track and Uprising should've been swapped, in my opinion. These are just some examples that come to my mind. uprising is a miles better opener, unless you opened the album with another song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobby Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 SFA > Stockholm > FAWY Hysteria > Blackout TSP > Endlessy TOADA > RBS Absolution's full of 'em tbh, it's a pretty poorly flowing album. Surprised no one's mentioned MOTP > Soldier's Poem yet as well, that's probably the worst offender imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartianSpaghettiRider Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 uprising is a miles better opener, unless you opened the album with another song I like to play them swapped because I feel Resistance, thanks to its gradual atmospheric introduction, helps in setting the intensity mood much more properly than the more straightforward Uprising. To each their own, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLionSlicer Posted July 2, 2015 Author Share Posted July 2, 2015 Aftermath > The Globalist is pretty boss, as is Overture > Cross Pollination TaB > Starlight sounds fine for the record, too. I agree on your Aftermath > The Globalist and Overture > CP I think the transition from TaB > Starlight is just about the weirdest album transition I've ever heard. It's just very sudden idk. I just don't like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Erased 01 Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 I can't stand TaB->Starlight either, but good shout to whoever said Aftermath-> Globalist, fantastic transition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJUltra Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 (edited) Best: All of OoS until Feeling Good basically Edited July 2, 2015 by AJUltra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGeorge Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Citizen Erased>Micro Cuts was boss, Screenager>Dark Shines wasnt half bad either. I'm a big fan of how Exo flows and Reapers>The Handler>Defector is probably the best trio they've ever done. The aforementioned MOTP>Soldier's Poem is pretty atrocious, it's part of the reason why I always end up skipping Soldier's Poem anytime it pops up. Not a big fan of Small Print>Endlessly>TOADA either. But I don't think Muse is all that bad at album flow, people give them a lot of shit but they're not the worst offenders on the planet. I kind of like the stark contrasts sometimes because it keeps an album fresh, sometimes it gets exhausting listening to the similar flowing tracks for a long period of time. Helps they're brilliant musicians as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Erased 01 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Best: All of OoS until Feeling Good basically Inferior song, the album really didn't need it at all. I think the album would have been better without it (didn't even need a replacement tbh, although an obvious one would be Futurism). Really don't know why they didn't make Feeling Good a b side, I've always HATED that track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartianSpaghettiRider Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 (edited) The aforementioned MOTP>Soldier's Poem is pretty atrocious, it's part of the reason why I always end up skipping Soldier's Poem anytime it pops up. Really? I've always thought the gap in sound between the two songs marks a sort of excellent transition leading to a new "chapter" of the album. The stark difference between that electro-rock pounding storm, and the following delicate acoustic and choral approach hits me every time. Edited July 3, 2015 by MartianSpaghettiRider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Erased 01 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 better than the TaB>Starlight transition tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SophieStar Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Some of the best to me - Space Dementia > Hyper Music > Plug In Baby > Citizen Erased - Eurasia + Collateral Damage > Guiding Light > Unnatural Selection > MK Ultra - City Of Delusion > Hoodoo > Knights Of Cydonia Some of the worst to me - Take A Bow > Starlight (Should have been SMBH or MOTP after TAB) - Showbiz > Unintended - MK Ultra > I Belong To You - Most of Absolution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Erased 01 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 - MK Ultra > I Belong To You never should have been allowed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DramaQueen. Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 I love this one: FAWY - Interlude - Hysteria And I can't hate more this sequence: Panic Station - Prelude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manualex Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 I love rhe transition of Euresia to GL, even if I dont like the ballad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairolfitri Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I actually like all of the transition songs that Muse has arranged in their albums, but a few that comes to mind: FAWY > Interlude > Hysteria Citizen Erased > Micro Cuts Take a Bow > Starlight (Yes I love this transition) Prelude > Survival Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Problematique Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I love this one: FAWY - Interlude - Hysteria And I can't hate more this sequence: Panic Station - Prelude Pretty much this, also love CE > MC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisF Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I love SD - HM - PIB - CE - MC. Amazing transitions into all of those songs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairolfitri Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Oh yea. And I don't hate JFK > Defector either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplytom Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 The best transitions are between all 3 parts of Exogenisis of course My favourite one is possibly the transition between New Born and Bliss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DramaQueen. Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Pretty much this, also love CE > MC Forgot about that one, it's ace! In fact, all of OoS (except FG) has a really nice flow, aswell as most of Abso:happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bs Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Oh yea. And I don't hate JFK > Defector either. Makes a lot more sense than JFK -> Uprising that they do live, but then most of their live transitions don't make much sense either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arildsundby Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Intro -> Apocalypse Please is the best, no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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