[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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).
I don't recall him saying that-but as you say, it was something he didn't have to worry about. Current wisdom is to 'front load' the CD-put all the best stuff first. Short attention spans? > 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?? Huh? My copy doesn't have any clunkers on it! RR npimh: Tatooed Love Boys
