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Post by arashinclowery13 on Oct 31, 2010 3:18:26 GMT -5
I don't think they release another single... but I like to see they release Better Place. good song.
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Post by lockebox on Oct 31, 2010 18:25:03 GMT -5
I highly doubt they release another one, but If they do then they should go for something cheap and sleazy like "Out of My Way" or "Pitchin' a Fit", if they want any chance of success.
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Post by pen on Oct 31, 2010 18:46:38 GMT -5
I highly doubt they release another one, but If they do then they should go for something cheap and sleazy like "Out of My Way" or "Pitchin' a Fit", if they want any chance of success. No, fuck that shit.
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Post by lockebox on Oct 31, 2010 18:55:39 GMT -5
If they want any chance of success then it's the best option. Releasing "Better Place" will just end up the same way as "Keep It Together", if not worse. You should know what radio is like by now
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Post by pen on Oct 31, 2010 19:09:55 GMT -5
If they want any chance of success then it's the best option. Releasing "Better Place" will just end up the same way as "Keep It Together", if not worse. You should know what radio is like by now Then bands should be changing that, not embracing it. God. I want POM to be a SERIOUS band again, like they used to be.
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Post by lockebox on Oct 31, 2010 19:19:03 GMT -5
Well, they shouldn't record "cock-rock" stuff then. The best chance the label had of getting any hit of this album was from that style. "Spaceship" & "Stoned" did the job to an extent, I guess. "Keep It Together" was the best song on the album IMO, but flopped badly for one reason or another, so I don't think releasing a similiar style song is gonna get anywhere either.
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Post by pen on Oct 31, 2010 19:29:30 GMT -5
But "Better Place" is a better song.
And no, I agree, they shouldn't record "cock rock" stuff. I keep hoping that if they push serious stuff and it does well, maybe they'll see they don't need to be a bunch of dipshits to sell records.
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Post by lockebox on Oct 31, 2010 19:37:21 GMT -5
"Better Place" is a a better song, but "Pitchin' a Fit" & "Out of My Way" would still do better on radio. This is pretty irrelevant anyway, as I don't see a fourth single being pushed after "Keep It Together" failed to hit the top 40. I'm not really sure about the future of this band, either. The last album sold rather poorly.
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Post by pen on Oct 31, 2010 19:47:33 GMT -5
They need a Rick Rubin or a Ross Robinson to bring out their true power.
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Post by rockmaniac on Oct 31, 2010 19:49:30 GMT -5
They need a Rick Rubin or a Ross Robinson to bring out their true power. or Dave Fortman
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Post by pen on Oct 31, 2010 19:50:42 GMT -5
Or wait, I've got it, Nick Raskulinecz. Perfect.
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Post by rockmaniac on Oct 31, 2010 19:52:42 GMT -5
or Don Gilmore
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Post by pen on Oct 31, 2010 19:58:49 GMT -5
Or David Bendeth.
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Post by jvandyck87 on Oct 31, 2010 19:59:58 GMT -5
Or wait, I've got it, Nick Raskulinecz. Perfect. That dude gets on everything these days. He seems to bring out the best in bands. I know he's on a short list of producers my band fantasizes about working with someday.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Oct 31, 2010 20:52:51 GMT -5
I'm guessing the album managed 100k.
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Post by lockebox on Oct 31, 2010 21:03:33 GMT -5
^ Just about, but a debut of #95 on the album chart was appalling. The album has zero chance of even going gold.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Oct 31, 2010 21:21:08 GMT -5
Well Famous hasn't even gone gold yet, and that actually managed to spawn a hit.
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Post by lockebox on Oct 31, 2010 21:29:05 GMT -5
Wikipedia has "Famous" down as going gold, along with "Life on Display", whilst "Come Clean" went triple platinum.
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Post by pen on Nov 3, 2010 10:48:15 GMT -5
Universal just released a greatest hits package from POM as part of their ICON series.
Tracklisting is: 01. "Control" 02. "Abrasive" 03. "Blurry (Radio Edit)" 04. "She Hates Me" 05. "Away From Me" 06. "Heel Over Head" 07. "Bleed" 08. "Famous" 09. "Psycho" 10. "Livin' On Borrowed Time" 11. "Stoned" 12. "Keep It Together"
I don't know what's more odd, that they selected two b-sides in "Bleed" and "Abrasive" over "Drift And Die", "Spin You Around", and "We Don't Have To Look Back Now", but they've also left "Spaceship" off. Very odd.
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Post by jvandyck87 on Nov 3, 2010 11:28:37 GMT -5
Leaving "Drift And Die" off seems stupid. Everything else was more borderline, but given I like "Spin You Around" more than all but two of their singles, I would have preferred if that song had made the cut. Granted, I'm never going to own a Puddle Of Mudd Greatest Hits package.
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Post by singingsparrow on Nov 5, 2010 14:19:12 GMT -5
Universal just released a greatest hits package from POM as part of their ICON series. Tracklisting is: 01. "Control" 02. "Abrasive" 03. "Blurry (Radio Edit)" 04. "She Hates Me" 05. "Away From Me" 06. "Heel Over Head" 07. "Bleed" 08. "Famous" 09. "Psycho" 10. "Livin' On Borrowed Time" 11. "Stoned" 12. "Keep It Together" I don't know what's more odd, that they selected two b-sides in "Bleed" and "Abrasive" over "Drift And Die", "Spin You Around", and "We Don't Have To Look Back Now", but they've also left "Spaceship" off. Very odd. If this were a "Best Of" compilation, what an artist considers their "best" is relative and so I would far less likely complain. However, this is being billed as a "Greatest Hits" collection, and this simply isn't a complete collection given "Drift & Die" is one of their largest hits to date and, as much as I loathe "Spaceship", nonetheless should have made it in that it peaked fairly high. Namaste, Lisping Hibiscus
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Post by pen on Nov 5, 2010 14:22:43 GMT -5
Well to be fair, the ICON series I think is somewhat different than a true greatest hits package, but at the same time I think they should be held to the same standards.
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