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Post by venom on Nov 20, 2019 9:10:43 GMT -6
Advertising an album show and then playing the album on shuffle is like advertising you're going to read a book, and then reading the chapters out of order. Yeah we all still got there but what the fuck. i equate it more like reading a short story collection out of order for most albums. but if someone played a concept album out of order, there should justly be a riot. |
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Post by venom on Nov 20, 2019 9:14:14 GMT -6
I do wish more bands would do what Springsteen used to do and just drop an album by surprise one night. I know Death Cab did that last year w/ Transatlanticism at the Chicago Theatre. I think the only time I've ever seen that happen is Foo Fighters playing Wasting Light front-to-back at Metro in 2011. my favorite one of the surprise album sets is girls against boys playing Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby at the touch & go anniversary at the hideout. and then they did a fake encore with "kill the sexplayer" and something else to round it out. |
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Post by Tweet on Nov 20, 2019 9:15:35 GMT -6
I mean if the question is phrased like: A band like The Who doing "Quadrophenia" in full, which is arguably their best album vs. A band like The National doing "High Violet" in full, which is arguably their 4th best on a good dayI mean, it's more interesting if you strike the flawed premise. If an album is just ok does it deserve to be played in full? And what does it mean if an artist has only one album? Aren't they technically playing it in full? Where is that large automobile? Am I right? Am I wrong? MY GOD, HOW DID I GET HERE?  |
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Post by Xamnam on Nov 20, 2019 9:24:42 GMT -6
This is not my beautiful house!
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Post by sthubbins on Nov 20, 2019 9:30:48 GMT -6
I don't really mind the out of order thing in most cases. For Built to Spill in particular, "Carry the Zero" works so well as a closer and I like that they recognize that. I can also imagine some artists might find it draining to play the same exact set night after night, so mixing up the order every night like BtS does at least adds some degree of freshness
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Post by zircona1 on Nov 20, 2019 9:32:22 GMT -6
In general, it's good.
I kind of wish more classic rock bands - the ones that tour every summer - would do this.
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Post by alady on Nov 20, 2019 9:46:04 GMT -6
i think it's a good thing for bands even when it's an album i dont care for. lets them try out songs they may have looked over previously or lets new fans who werent around for the original tour talk over those tracks. fixed that for ya |
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Post by Xamnam on Nov 20, 2019 9:50:51 GMT -6
oooooof
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Post by brainloading on Nov 20, 2019 10:11:20 GMT -6
I've seen some good full albums sets and some not as good.
I think when Springsteen did The River it was bad, because he has too many songs that are good to just have them be relegated to the B-set.
I'd rather a band just sprinkle a full album in their set paced around their other songs.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2019 10:25:26 GMT -6
Another good album in full set that was unannounced: Violent Femmes doing their first in full at their first show back at Coachella 2013 lol i had to sprint to that on the main from puscifer at the outdoor when i heard the blister intro start up. what a twist |
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Post by zircona1 on Nov 20, 2019 10:39:35 GMT -6
I think when Springsteen did The River it was bad, because he has too many songs that are good to just have them be relegated to the B-set. Counterpoint: The River has a lot of great songs, and he rarely plays anything from it aside from 'Hungry Heart'. |
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Post by borracho on Nov 20, 2019 11:14:17 GMT -6
a surprise album set i got was in '87 when boston played the texxas jam and this was their comeback after being out of the spotlight for years. they'd just released "third stage" which wasn't very good and after playing a few of their hits they said "we're going to play our new album in its entirety!" oof. half the stadium had cleared out by the time they finished it.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Nov 20, 2019 12:11:32 GMT -6
I once stood for 45 joyless minutes watching Smashing Pumpkins play "Oceania" in its entirety just to 'earn' the hits set afterward. Bad times.
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Post by Xamnam on Nov 20, 2019 12:13:14 GMT -6
Talk about earning a punishment.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2019 12:15:08 GMT -6
Screw full album sets, just let me pick the setlist.
Also the majority of these albums that are played in full generally make up the majority of a normal setlist, so I don't really see the benefit of it outside of maybe if it's a really well produced album and song placement is important.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Nov 20, 2019 12:16:01 GMT -6
The worst part about the Pumpkins show was that it was marketed as some groundbreaking visual experience and it ended up being videos projected on a balloon
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Post by neader on Nov 20, 2019 12:16:07 GMT -6
Album sets are awesome. With how many live bands we all see on a yearly basis it's nice to get something unique.
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Post by brainloading on Nov 20, 2019 13:52:15 GMT -6
The real question is would you rather have a full album set or a fan voted set? Imagine having to see the mutant fan set of Pearl Jam
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2019 13:54:13 GMT -6
The real question is would you rather have a full album set or a fan voted set? Imagine having to see the mutant fan set of Pearl Jam if Anthrax's 'fan voted sets' are anything to go by... |
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Post by jazzpolice on Nov 20, 2019 14:00:55 GMT -6
I can't really think of any full album sets I really enjoyed other than The Hazards Of Love.
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Post by venom on Nov 20, 2019 14:13:54 GMT -6
The real question is would you rather have a full album set or a fan voted set? Imagine having to see the mutant fan set of Pearl Jam if i am the fan, i want the latter. otherwise, i'll take the full album set. |
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Post by nanatod on Nov 20, 2019 16:04:09 GMT -6
Halloween 1996: the who play Quadrophenia straight through at united center, followed by an encore of won't get fooled again,, behind blue eyes, who are you. billy idol was the bellboy for this. yay!
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Post by ixquit on Nov 22, 2019 12:05:28 GMT -6
I mean, I voted good, I am seeing Manchester Orchestra Play "Mean Everything to Nothing" in a week and a half, and I flew to Vegas to see A Perfect Circle play their first 2 albums in full, but outside of Riot Fest I haven't seen that many other full album sets.
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Post by krentist on Nov 22, 2019 12:11:02 GMT -6
Hit or miss. Sometimes the nostalgia sets are OK but it's usually better when someone is actually promoting a really good album and happen to play it through in their shows
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Post by ten15 on Nov 22, 2019 12:20:07 GMT -6
Hit or miss for me, but I voted bad. There are very few bands where I love one of their albums so much that I would rather hear it live in its entirety rather than hear a normal set. The Cure playing Bloodflowers in full worked mainly because it was at The Vic and I could stand mesmerized 10 feet away from Robert Smith with other die hard fans. If it had been at a larger venue, it probably would not have worked.
Another problem with an album set is that most albums are frontloaded and if they are played in order, it is somewhat anticlimactic.
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