Post The Beatles “Get Back” documentary I've been on a bit of a Paul McCartney kick (enough to drive the kids away, which, bonus, maybe?), and put Band on the Run on the playlist for a bit of a drive. I've always enjoyed the way “Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five” ends with a bit of a callback to “Band on the Run”, as it kind of makes the album feel like a cycle, arriving where it started, whether it knows the place for the first time or not… Fly From Here ends in a similar way, with just a hint of a callback to the lyrics at the tail end of “Into the Storm”, and so I got thinking about other albums that do something similar, concept albums or not. It's a small thing, but it somehow gives the album a bit of structure and plays with the pre-cd/streaming audio form — connective tissue, maybe. Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick is a great example, too, and TaaB 2, even, even though they're both more obviously concept albums with a running narrative throughout. Saga's The Chapters Live flips this, and starts with the opening from the *last* song, also kind of cool.
Any other examples of “loopy” come to mind, or even albums with structural elements just beyond the songs you enjoy? I was thinking, as they have a brand new album out I need time to listen to, of Trail of Dead's Source Tags and Codes, and all the interstitial radio noise sounds between the songs.
Any other examples of “loopy” come to mind, or even albums with structural elements just beyond the songs you enjoy? I was thinking, as they have a brand new album out I need time to listen to, of Trail of Dead's Source Tags and Codes, and all the interstitial radio noise sounds between the songs.
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