tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-815567696079354237.post8892490581433793784..comments2024-03-26T17:15:36.793+00:00Comments on New Amusements: There's a really decent album in there somewhere...Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267504526414194713noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-815567696079354237.post-68144274663910254442020-12-07T12:22:11.604+00:002020-12-07T12:22:11.604+00:00Indeed, Hatful is untouchable.Indeed, Hatful is untouchable.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05267504526414194713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-815567696079354237.post-46599024269692856352020-12-04T22:05:35.108+00:002020-12-04T22:05:35.108+00:00Totally,nigh on impossible to cull any. If really ...Totally,nigh on impossible to cull any. If really pushed might let Meat Is Murder go but that's it. Working from studio albums as opposed to compilation s but if Hatful of Hollow was counted as album number 2 it would definitely be a double album as every track a classic. The Man Of Cheesenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-815567696079354237.post-197245893243232792020-11-30T08:55:49.941+00:002020-11-30T08:55:49.941+00:00I was sorely tempted by Standards, for old time...I was sorely tempted by Standards, for old time's sake!<br /><br />Now as for the first two Smiths albums - what would you drop? Think I might just end up with a double album...Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05267504526414194713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-815567696079354237.post-87350395204098042162020-11-28T22:27:54.260+00:002020-11-28T22:27:54.260+00:00Got to keep Standards for old times sake! Great al...Got to keep Standards for old times sake! Great album that never was. True indeed about Setting Sons and Sound Affects-simply perfect and still on in the car on the way to work. <br />What would stay and go for The Smith's first 2 albums-that's surely even harder?!The Man Of Cheesenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-815567696079354237.post-23592360252837329222020-11-27T20:23:17.049+00:002020-11-27T20:23:17.049+00:00Indeed, not going to try that as there's no fi...Indeed, not going to try that as there's no filler to cut from the next two! Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05267504526414194713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-815567696079354237.post-77626982552453753252020-11-27T18:59:15.237+00:002020-11-27T18:59:15.237+00:00great post, I really enjoyed it and pretty much ag...great post, I really enjoyed it and pretty much agreed with your selections, now doing the same for the next 2 jam albums would be a challengeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-815567696079354237.post-43347446277419800352020-11-25T19:16:27.281+00:002020-11-25T19:16:27.281+00:00I had the twofer tape too (had the other one, All ...I had the twofer tape too (had the other one, All Mod Cons + Setting Sons, as well).<br /><br />Standards was my first reserve but I discounted it on the grounds of banging it out on my teenage guitar whilst a school friend played drums and two others tried their hand at vocal duties - in other words, I feared I was judging it as nostalgia rather than as a song. Totally agree about the DTNB live version.<br /><br />God, they were bloody good, weren't they? Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05267504526414194713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-815567696079354237.post-68645026972207372502020-11-25T18:59:09.705+00:002020-11-25T18:59:09.705+00:00I got both of these albums first on a Polydor twof...I got both of these albums first on a Polydor twofer (in fact the very tape case you picture) so have always viewed these two as a double album. And as most with most double albums, there's always a bit of filler.<br />But if it must be a single platter:<br />Good to see Life From A Window saved from the cull. But could you not find room for Standards somewhere. Yes it's a bit derivative, but the live version on Dig The New Breed is properly cooking.Rigid Digithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16757290844359368792noreply@blogger.com