Mellon Collie as a single album - my take

Posted on: April 4, 2019 at 12:19:37 CT

The new album: ~ 70 minutes (original double disc, 120 minutes). This is fairly long for a LP, if it needs to be cut down to 60 minutes, then X.Y.U. and 33 will have to go (though I have a weird soft spot for XYU). Tracks with an asterisk are "essentials"

*1."Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" 2:52
*2."Tonight, Tonight" 4:14
*3."Jellybelly" 3:01
*4."Zero" 2:41
5. "Here Is No Why" 3:45
*6. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 4:18
*8. "**** You (An Ode to No One)" 4:51
*11. "Galapogos" 4:47
*12. "Muzzle" 3:44
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*1. "Where Boys Fear to Tread" 4:22
*2. "Bodies" 4:12
3. "Thirty-Three" 4:10
*5. "1979" 4:25
6. "Tales of a Scorched Earth" 3:46
*7. "Thru the Eyes of Ruby" 7:38
9. "X.Y.U." 7:07

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Just missed the cut. Not bad songs, a few I really like (Love, Porcelina) but sorry. Maybe these (and XYU/33 ) could be on a special edition release as a bonus disc.

7. "To Forgive" 4:17
9. "Love" 4:21
10. "Cupid de Locke" 2:50
13. "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" 9:21
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4. "In the Arms of Sleep" 4:12


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GTFOH. And James, this is why I never checked out your solo stuff.


14. "Take Me Down"James Iha 2:52
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8. "Stumbleine" 2:54
10. "We Only Come Out at Night" 4:05
11. "Beautiful" 4:18
12. "Lily (My One and Only)" 3:31
13. "By Starlight" 4:48
14. "Farewell and Goodnight"Iha[25] 4:22