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Old 12-03-2004, 07:26 PM
Davey84 Davey84 is offline
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Default What's your definitive These Days tracklisting?

Just interested in other people's opinions on something that's been bugging me for years..

As you all know, here in the UK our original 1995 These Days release had All I want is everything and Bitter Wine as tracks 13 & 14, whereas the US release just has tracks 1-12.
I didn't even realise AIWIE and Bitter Wine were bonus tracks till I saw the US tracklisting. There's nothing to suggest that they are; they're not labelled "bonus track" or preceeded by a minute of silence, their lyrics are printed in the inlay book like all the other tracks, and listening to the album they fit in perfectly, without sounding tacked on.
Anyway, the only version of These Days you can buy in the UK now is the 13 track remaster version which has tracks 1-12 plus Bitter Wine (no AIWIE).

I still consider the 14 track version to be the definitive album tracklisting, it just doesn't sound right ending on Diamond Ring. The end of Diamond Ring sounds like it's waiting for something to follow it... Bitter Wine seems like a much more conclusive ending to the album. But AIWIE is neccessary to come in between DR and BW so you don't get two ballads in a row (the UK remaster which goes straight from DR TO BW sounds rubbish). I think the Diamond Ring / All I want is everything / Bitter Wine ending sounds perfect and the album doesn't sound right to me any other way.

But what does everyone else think? Whilst obviously it's nice to get extra songs, do AIWIE and Bitter Wine actually fit the album? Would you rather just keep them on a misc tracks CD-R and leave These Days as a 12 track? What combination of songs do you think makes for the best album and strongest ending?
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