Your 5 fav songs on BDAW?

[Guillaume]

After the "Your reviews" thread, let's dig deeper about the content of this brillant album and pick your 5 favourite best songs and explain why you chose them, if possible

[Master Ray]

Aw, you just HAD to do that, didn't you... 

Does it have to be in order, 1-5?  Can't do that right now, mate.  So here it is in no particuarlar order...


Did You Make It Safe?

Lean Back And Fall

Stormclouds

Between Dog And Wolf

Quasel Nil Bridge

Funny how those songs I loved, the ones I got on Youtube, didn't make the final cut of my top 5...

[Barty]

In no particular order:

Seven Times - the melody and lyrics, Ceri's basslines and the simplicity of Marshall's strums                   
March in September - the drumline, the melody, equally great verses and chorus. Even better live.
Knievel - just beautiful, moving and for me it's just the right length - and what a great last line.
Pull the Sun - hypnotic and powerful. I love the melody too.
I Need More Time - a classic builder....Ceri's basswork towards the end really makes the song.

[Fatalist]

Seven Times - such a lovely NMA song, strong melody, moving lyrics, great bass break
Horsemen - this stuck in my head after doing Pompey, Northants and Sheffield in May and was fortunate enough to have a brilliant bootleg to play on repeat a week later and for a lot of the rest of the summer
Knievel - instant classic; just beautiful, a classic JS ballad like he does so well
Storm Clouds - this one is an arms in the air mosh classic in the making, I think it will be wicked live as they won't be able to mix Marshall down enough on the road ; ~ D
Summer Moors - simply cos I just love those JS ballads; await louder acoustic guitar in the mix on the road

Getting there with this album, suggest it will be a grower, not only that but it may grow to outdo some of its raunchier predecessors

[Johnz]

Very hard to pick at this early stage but here you go:

Qasr el Nil bridge - Just wonderful on so many levels. A standout track for me. I love the cinematic aspect of this album. I could lose myself in it.

Did you make it safe - Mesmerizing. Love the hypnotic drum rhythm, the chanting and the way it draws you in more and more as it builds.

Ghosts - I really love all these percussion driven songs. Another song that takes you to a different place.

Lean back and fall - A perfect, beautiful love song

Pull in the sun - Love the rhythm and the chorus.

Was that already my five. I could go on. It would be a lot easier for me to pick the songs that don't work so well for me as those are far fewer. But that would be such a negative thing to do to an album as fantastic as this one.

[peternotbaldyet]

Did you Make it Safe    hypnotic
Seven Times   this was my favourite track on first few listens.
Qasr El Nil Bridge   A thing of beauty. So different and yet one of their best songs ever.
Lean Back and Fall   got this on at the moment. It broods
Ghosts    Just beautiful.

If this album grabs you, it won't let go easy.

[Guillaume]

I Need More Time - Ceri's basswork towards the end really makes the song.

Indeed, it adds nice drama and despair to this anxious, angst ridden song.
I also like Ceri's work in "Seven times", distorted/saturated bass at the end of the song.

My 5 favorite songs in the album's order:

"March in September": i like the intro with drum and Hammond orgue (?), the lyrics are great and touching, the chorus is catchy, the Marshall guitar solo at the end adds to the flavour and i also like Ceri's bass...kind of epic, vintage lovely NMA song.

"Seven times": another great song, the lyrics are so touching again, Sullivan's voice full of passion, Ceri's bass work is very effective, and Michael's drumming is so groovy,it makes you want to shake your booty ha ha

Both songs being the more easy on the ears songs on the whole album i think, classic NMA stuff.

"Did you make it safe?": i like the drama, the gravita, there's a powerful sense of loneliness here...

"I need more time": this one...the drum and bass work from Michael and Ceri is very groovy and hypnotic, the lyrics are very "creepy"/chilling, the end of the song is great, very desperate, a big pay off after the build and again very effective work from Ceri.

"Qasr El Nil Bridge"/"Pull the sun":

"Qasr El Nil Bridge"...This one is an unsual, great set-piece...it makes me think of a movie, maybe David Lean movie shot in Cinemascope...the "chorus" elevates the song.

"Pull the sun" is also great and haunting, with its soft vibe, again i like the drum and bass intro, it reminds me some of "progressive" works of Peter Gabriel...a trippy, quiet song to listen a night while driving...

Others fine songs on the album:

"Horsemen": this song is a nice way to set the album's texture, rythmic obssession...can be repetitive and boring for some but i think the chanting, voices and horns are quite captivating...cool opener!

 "Between dog and wolf":

i thought first it was an average NMA song too close to "Blue Beat for example but many listens after i like the way it is written and played, lots of breaks, haunting keyboards, nice chanting from Sullivan, etc)

"Knievel": Raw and pretty...a bit too short maybe...it's not in the same league than NMA's most heartbreaking acoustic songs i think but it's good.

[Guillaume]

Which are your fav lyrics on the album?

[dilla]

Top 5 for me at the moment in no particular order
Seven Times
Did you make it safe
Knievel
Between Dog and Wolf
Qasr El Nil Bridge.

Seriously think these 5 songs are some of the best songs NMA have written,although Knievel ends a bit abruptly.

[Dipple]

My top 5 that could change:-

Knievel
Pull the sun
Stormclouds
Summermoors
Seven times

Just had a look at setlist from Manchester Academy 2009 and it looks like of the 20 songs 8 were from TIAGD. Will be interesting to see how many and which songs are played on forthcoming tour.

[mil.]

Horsemen
Seven Times
Pull The Sun
Lean Back And Fall
Ghosts

[Toronto Popular Front]

horsemen
march in sept
seven times
did you make it safe?
pull the sun

OR

knievel
bda wolf
q n bridge
summer moors
ghosts

OR

any mixture of 5 of the above lists

[Shush]

After many enjoyable listens,

March in September
Seven Times
Did you Make it Safe?
Knievel
Between Dog and Wolf.

Fantastic album from a band still very much alive and kicking

Really looking forward to hearing them play some of the album live with the passion they always bring. 

[Barty]

Updated response:

Pull the Sun (current fave)
Lean Back and Fall
Summer Moors
Qasr El Nil Bridge
Knievel

Probably change again come the weekend. 

[Anna Woman von NRW]

What already?

Couldn't say yet but may get back to ya later. Got an evening with nothing to do so I reckon a fair few plays through coming up.