Album track comparisons: The wrap up

[dylanos]

Well at last the results are all in (you can still vote but it's been long enough).

Here it is - the number one Living End album by track:

1. Till The End (State of Emergency)
2. Growing up (The Living End)
3. Second Solution (The Living End)
4. West End Riot (The Living End)
5. Wake Up (State of Emergency)
6. Monday (The Living End)
7. All Torn Down (The Living End)
8. Blood On Your Hands (Roll On)
9. Trapped (The Living End)
10. Hey Hey Disbeliever (White Noise)
11. Sum of Us (White Noise)
12. Killing the Right (Roll On)
13. Hold Up (Modert Artillery)
14. The Room (Modern Artillery)

All up "The Living End" had 6 entries while every other album had 2.

Here's the 2nd and 3rd placed albums:

1. Prisoner of society (The Living End)
2. Raise The Alarm (White Noise)
3. Who's Gonna Save Us (Modern Artillery)
4. Starring at the light (Roll On)
5. Carry Me Home (Roll On)
6. Make The Call (White Noise)
7. Loaded Gun (White Noise)
8. Save the Day (The Living End)
9. Reborn (State of Emergency)
10. Have They Forgotten (The Living End)
11. Fly Away (The Living End)
12. State of Emergency (State of Emergency)
13. Black Cat (State of Emergency)
14. Closing In (The Living End)

1. How Do We Know (White Noise)
2. Tabloid Magazine (Modern Artillery)
3. White Noise/Riot On Broadway (WN/RO)
4. End of the day/We want more (MA/SOE)
5. Waiting for the silence (White Noise)
6. What's On Your Radio (State of Emergency)
7. Dirty Man (Roll On)
8. One Step Behind (State of Emergency)
9. 21st Century (White Noise)
10. Silent Victory (Roll On)
11. Read About It (Roll On)
12. Rising Up From the Ashes (Modern Artillery)
13. Astoria Paranoia (Roll On)
14. Into The Red (State of Emergency)

So that's a wrap. It's a tough call for me as to which one I like best but in the end I think the winning listing is probably hard to beat.

[mattheal]

album 2 is way better for my liking

[drifta_21]

can't believe that Pictures didn't make it in any of the three, but the albums are so random, it's hard to pick. Probably either the 1st or 2nd album, or a bastard mix

[mattheal]

in fact, reading that list again.... pretty sure i voted for all the tracks on 2 :p

[dylanos]

The more I look at it album 2 is pretty damn good. My votes were probably split down the middle. Only had a couple of tracks that I voted that didn't make it in the top 3. most in the top 2.

Feel free to list what you had.

[Big J.G]

4. End of the dayWe want more (MA/SOE)

..umm?
derp

[Amur]

Here's the 2nd and 3rd placed albums:

1. Prisoner of society (The Living End)
2. Raise The Alarm (White Noise)

that's a funny combination. one of the lyrically strongest songs right next to POS! :p

[dylanos]

There were a couple of tracks that tied in some polls. But I made sure that every track had a winner.

[mel_bound]

AS IF

SUM OF US

as if also who really cares and I'm glad this whole thing is over

[Shadow]

Album 2 is a beast.

[Sarah]

AS IF

SUM OF US

as if also who really cares and I'm glad this whole thing is over

haha, I agree - on both counts

[The Dying Start]

Mmm, very interesting. I might make up some playlists and see which one i dig the most!

[carrymehomestead]

I want album 1 as a setlist.


Also, I too cannot believe that Pictures In The Mirror wasn't on any of those lists....it's easily the best Living End single (even if you first got into them with POS, you can't NOT be tired of that song by now...it's impossible). I also miss it the most out of all the songs that have been taken out of regular live rotation (again, I'd be much more willing to part with a generic like POS or even SS).

[dylanos]

I wanted to follow up this poll with another on everybody's favourite first single, second single etc. However, there is a bit of controversy over the order of singles for the self titled album. Can anyone help me with the order?

There's a few ways of looking at it. POS and SS were released as singles off the EP, so does that mean that counts as a separate release meaning save the day was the first single? And also, which was first POS or SS?

In a way I don't think it's fair to have POS and SS separate but it is a valid arguement so I'll let people decide. My understanding is that it goes POS, SS, save the day, all torn, west end. I won't count trapped as it was only US.

Anyone want to offer a solution?

[mel_bound]

no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no cancer cancer cancer

[Colezy]

What Mel said.

[dylanos]

fair enough! easy then

[carrymehomestead]

Although POS and Second Solution on the EP and on S/T are different VERSIONS, I think in a poll where you are essentially asking people which SONGS they prefer better, they can be considered the same. Especially with a band like The Living End, where it's not like they added a horn-section and synthesizer solo on the album version....the only key difference is production quality. Since it's a poll, just for fun, fan-favorite type of thing, I think it's fair to consider Prisoner Of Society as the first single off of Self-Titled (it was the first video they shot), followed by Second Solution.

That said, even though there's only really one option as far as singles, I'd hate to see It's For Your Own Good (From Here On In!!!) left out of the game.




Side Note Edit: If you reallly wanna get technical about it, the S/T version of POS was also released as a single (outside of Aus) and had a seperate video shot for it; Second Solution was not and only has the one EP-version video. But the order is still POS then SS...which was a decision by the producers/management, not the band, Chris said himself that at the time they thought POS was an ordinary, generic psychobilly song whereas Second Solution had a unique vibe.