Playing 'all of -insert Album here' set

[LEMON_WOLF]

I'd like Pearl Jam to do VS next year as its my favorite album but I can't see it given they never do that kind of thing.

Also Radiohead playing the Bends would be good.

[mrtourette]

That's the only thing that would get me to pay money to see Radiohead nowadays.

[theampersanddevil]

Am i the only one who doesnt like bands playing albums in their entirety?

i like the fact that you dont know what song is coming next and ive even avoided looking at setlists on the internet before i go to a gig.

for this reason i dont want them to play the album in its entirety and especially not in order.its even getting to the point now where people are saying 'i'll pop out for a fag and you get the beers in at track six cos i always skip that one when i play the album' ha ha

[edgar]

[jump]

I think the best playing the album full sets are the ones where they have lots of collaborators and guest vocalist and thery manage to get everyone together for the show. A bit like Gorillaz.

[Spindles]

@Jump that can work really well. Roger Waters did the wall in Berlin in 1990 with lots of collaborators and it was an amazing gig (didn't see it, but bought the double CD of the performance).

My list would be:

Bjork - Selmasongs (never going to happen)

Radiohead - The Bends

Pearl Jam - Ten (or Versus)

Massive attack - Mezzanine

REM - Green

I think it is a bit of a "favourite album" list, but there are records I've loved that I haven't listed, because to do this it has to be all killer no filler. (eg: I love UP by REM, but it is 80% great, 20% meh, so I chose Green, which is 100% great imo)

Pink floyd used to do the whole album thing (the performance of meddle is available on youtube and is still great to this day) and I'm glad to see it have a return. Lou Reed once said that an album should be played from start to finish like reading a book or watching a film, not chopped up into pieces and fed to you as disparate parts.

[thetime]

Lou Reed once said that an album should be played from start to finish like reading a book or watching a film, not chopped up into pieces and fed to you as disparate parts.

Edited August 31, 2012 by thetime

[mrtourette]

If bands rarely play songs off an album or even don't play any more and re-unite to do it then it makes sense, but if they normally play a few songs from the album every set anyway it seems pointless. There's definitely been a major swing towards doing it, noticably at festivals as bookers look for something exclusive or unique when competition is high and bands are repeated more frequently. It does smack of desperation, as good as they are was Soni having glassjaw and Mastodon playing album sets really better than them playing normal sets? I don't think many people would have thought so, in those cases the return for the exclusivity or uniqueness isn't really worth it.

[Spindles]

I think fans are doing that less and less, especially with the ipod generation where they can just shuffle hundreds and hundreds of tracks. Also albums are getting more diluted where people can just download specific tracks of the album rather than only downloading all the album.

[jump]

Indeed.

I felt this started with CD's where the whole "Side 1/Side 2" format disappeared (again something used well by pink floyd and REM with up side/down side albums) and the ability to jump straight to a song rather than place a needle/fast forward a tape. MP3 was a nail in the coffin for sure.

[Taz1708]

Mine would be:

Deftones - Diamond Eyes

MCR - Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge

Blink 182 - Enema Of The State

Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory

Kings Of Leon - Because Of The Times

[Lewis Cato]

NIN - The Downward Spiral

Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me

Radiohead - In Rainbows

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Arcade Fire - Funeral

Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Converge - Jane Doe

Placebo - Battle for the Sun

System of a Down - Mezmerize/Hypnotize

The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream + Mellon Collie + Adore

[RichieParf]

Phil Collins - The Tarzan Soundtrack...

[Mouseboy11]

Phil Collins - The Tarzan Soundtrack...