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Post by metalfan87 on Oct 30, 2009 11:51:57 GMT -5
goes for adds December 7th
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Post by pen on Oct 30, 2009 11:54:53 GMT -5
I kind of wanted "Sleep Apnea" or "Shameful Metaphors" but this is a decent choice too.
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Post by American Idiot on Oct 30, 2009 13:37:25 GMT -5
I'll have to listen to the album again to remember what this sounded like. At the top of my head, all I remember is how "Jars" goes since I've heard that only about 200 times.
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Post by onefrayedrepublic on Oct 30, 2009 14:35:04 GMT -5
Ouch. That's going to sting. Terrible, godawful decision. Wonder if Sleep Apnea can still hit as single #3 after such a flop preceding it.
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Post by pen on Oct 30, 2009 14:52:46 GMT -5
Ouch. That's going to sting. Terrible, godawful decision. Wonder if Sleep Apnea can still hit as single #3 after such a flop preceding it. How can you say it will be a flop? I think this is a great song.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Oct 30, 2009 14:59:47 GMT -5
Yeah, this is a good song. Should do pretty well.
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Post by Cody on Oct 30, 2009 16:02:27 GMT -5
yep good choice, I'd be fine with this or Sleep Apnea. Probably top 5 on Active and top 10 on Alternative
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Oct 30, 2009 19:11:56 GMT -5
I like this one, it reminds of Bush in their heyday.
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Post by PHOBES on Oct 31, 2009 14:51:23 GMT -5
This, along with "Jars," "Sleep Apnea," and "A New Momentum," are the only songs I still listen to off the CD. That said, I prefer all three of those to this one.
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Post by onefrayedrepublic on Oct 31, 2009 21:23:32 GMT -5
Sleep Apnea and Shameful Metaphors are the only other singles that make sense after Jars. This really wasn't a great -- or mainstream-orientated -- album.
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Post by pen on Oct 31, 2009 21:40:55 GMT -5
Chevelle isn't really a mainstream-oriented band, and I wouldn't want it any other way.
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Post by onefrayedrepublic on Nov 1, 2009 4:12:32 GMT -5
true, pen, but this album has even fewer songs than usual that sound like singles. A fair chunk of This Type of Thinking and Vena Sera could have been good singles.
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Post by pen on Nov 1, 2009 11:41:45 GMT -5
That's not a bad thing though. Just because they don't make good singles doesn't mean they don't make great songs.
Which they do.
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Post by American Idiot on Nov 2, 2009 14:21:45 GMT -5
I re-listened to the album earlier. My first choice would have been "Sleep Apnea" and "A New Momentum" wouldn't have been too far behind, but almost every other song including this one doesn't seem like a horrible choice either. I'm assuming "Highland's Apparition" will probably be the third single since it's the only one close to a ballad on the album and Chevelle seems to take that route each time.
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Post by jvandyck87 on Nov 2, 2009 14:51:27 GMT -5
The last album didn't really have anything akin to a ballad, and "The Fad" was one of the furthest things from a ballad on the album, and certainly the heaviest single release from that era.
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Post by onefrayedrepublic on Nov 2, 2009 17:50:48 GMT -5
If Shameful Metaphors doesn't get released, I'll be stunned at this point. If Highland is the last single, oh my goodness, that'd be a complete disaster.
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Post by pen on Nov 2, 2009 23:46:54 GMT -5
Oh my goodness.
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Post by lockebox on Nov 3, 2009 9:18:19 GMT -5
If Shameful Metaphors doesn't get released, I'll be stunned at this point. If Highland is the last single, oh my goodness, that'd be a complete disaster. Oh I know. Oh I know. They need to hurry up and release "Interlewd".
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Post by jvandyck87 on Nov 9, 2009 20:13:33 GMT -5
Haha. I agree with Frayed about "Highland" though. I don't think it would do very well. I'm hoping either for "Sleep Apnea" or my favorite song on the album "This Circus." Considering the song hasn't been brought up yet as a potential single by anybody else, my guess is that they'd be smart to choose "Sleep Apnea."
I just heard a bonus track from this album on youtube that's called "Leto's Headache" and it's one of the best songs of their career. Does anybody know whether this song has to do with Jared Leto or the Greek goddess Leto?
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Post by PHOBES on Nov 10, 2009 16:42:00 GMT -5
Jared Leto or the Greek goddess Leto? They aren't the same person? I honestly don't like that song at all, the other b-side, "The Gist", is only a bit better.
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Post by Filthy Pop on Nov 19, 2009 22:14:23 GMT -5
I heard this on radio for the first time tonight, sounds good.
Sleep Apnea or Shameful Metaphors next please.
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Post by metalfan87 on Nov 24, 2009 7:52:24 GMT -5
top 50 in Active
66 49 CHEVELLE Letter From A Thief 122 46 76 0.367
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Nov 28, 2009 9:49:21 GMT -5
Top 50 on Alternative:
66 50 CHEVELLE Letter From A Thief 159 77 82 0.485
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Dec 1, 2009 11:12:06 GMT -5
Top 40 on Alternative:
54 40 CHEVELLE Letter From A Thief 184 113 71 0.619
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Post by metalfan87 on Dec 10, 2009 21:54:20 GMT -5
SHOT: Chevelle - P.R. Brown, director
* artist: Chevelle * song: "Letter From A Thief" * label: Epic * director: P.R. Brown * production co: Bau-Da Design Lab * producer: Christina Wagner
note: P.R. Brown is signed to and repped by Hello
by the way, the spins are way increasing
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Post by metalfan87 on Dec 11, 2009 7:56:06 GMT -5
top 40 in Active
55 40 CHEVELLE Letter From A Thief 264 111 153 0.631
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Post by Jorge_Str [Som3on3] on Dec 11, 2009 8:46:26 GMT -5
looks strong
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Post by Crushcrushchris on Dec 11, 2009 9:42:19 GMT -5
This is more like Chevelle's sound. Not saying Jars isn't great or anything, but this is more of a song that represents their signature sound as a whole than Jars does.
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Post by Cody on Dec 11, 2009 16:21:41 GMT -5
This is more like Chevelle's sound. Not saying Jars isn't great or anything, but this is more of a song that represents their signature sound as a whole than Jars does. I agree with what you're saying, except the fact that Jars is a little unique in that way is what makes me prefer it over this one. This is still a really good song though, which is a norm for Chevelle.
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Post by metalfan87 on Dec 18, 2009 11:18:23 GMT -5
music video
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