The old wisdom in the days of 10-song, 5-per-side LPs was that if you have 5 good songs, you seed them 1,2,5,6,10 (George Martin said that, so it must be true, except that of course he usually had more than 5 good songs). That's something that's changed with the advent of CDs, I'd imagine, though to what I do not know.
Anyway, I was listening to the Pretenders' first album earlier today, and found myself wondering if there has ever been a more badly sequenced album. There are 12 songs on this wonderful album, among them 5 classics: Stop Your Sobbing, Kid, Private Life, Brass In Pocket and Lovers Of Today. Where do they come on the record? They are the first 5 songs on Side 2!! What were they thinking of?? Azeem in London
