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Gord has quietly amassed an outstanding body of solo work. I would be interested in seeing what people consider to represent the best of his solo tunes. I thought one way to do this would be to "create" a Gord Downie "Greatest Hits" album. I realize this is a complete misnomer since he really has only 4-5 total songs that have made their way on to radio, none of which lit the charts on fire. However, in the spirit of celebrating his work, it might be fun to do. He has 5 solo albums so the arbitrary ground rules would be a 15 song album containing what you consider to be the best 3 songs each from Coke Machine Glow, Battle of the Nudes, The Grand Bounce, The Conquering Sun, and Secret Path. Here's mine:
1. Chancellor
2. The Never-Ending Present
3. Yer Possessed
4. Steeplechase (recut with the last half of Who by Rote included and the hockey play-by-play and post-game interview dropped)
5. Christmastime in Toronto
6. Pascal's Submarine
7. The Drowning Machine
8. Yellow Days
9. Retrace
10. Budget Shoes
11. Crater
12. The Conquering Sun
13. The Stranger
14. Secret Path
15. Haunt Them, Haunt Them, Haunt Them
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Love it. Here we go...
1. Chancellor
2. Lofty Pines
3. Canada Geese
4. Figment
5. Pascal's Submarine
6. Steeplechase
7. The East Wind
8. Yellow Days
9. Retrace
10. One Good Fast Job
11. Budget Shoes
12. Demand Destruction
13. The Stranger
14. 7 Matches
15. Secret Path
In my opinion, Battle of the Nudes is the weak link here. Almost every other album it was hard to narrow it down to just three. For BotN, it was hard to pick three in total.
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Chancellor
Every Irrelevance
Insomniacs of the World,Good Night
Steeplechase
Into The Night
Pillform #2
Retrace
Yellow Days
The Dance and Its Disappearance
Los Angeles Times
Budget Shoes
I'm Free, Disarray Me
The Stranger
Seven Matches
The Only Place To Be
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No Trick Rider?!
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TG Wrote:carebread Wrote:No Trick Rider?!
Picking three off of CMG is an impossible task.
Yeah but Trick Rider is like... the best on CMG
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1. Lofty Pines (my favourite song of all time)
2. Chancellor
3. Vancouver Divorce
1.We're Hardcore
2. Willow Logic
3. Pascal's Submarine
1. Moonslow Yer Lashes
2. As a Mover
3. Moon Over Glenora
1. Budget Shoes
2. Demand Destruction
3. Los Angeles Times
1. The Stranger
2. Seven Matches
3. Don't Let This Touch You
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Moof_Milker Wrote:![[Image: IMG_9967_Copy.jpg]](http://s16.postimg.org/ad6wv09qd/IMG_9967_Copy.jpg)
Side A
1 - Crater
2 - The Dance and Its Disappearance
3 - Who By Rote/Steeplechase
4 - Pascal's Submarine
5 - The Conquering Sun
Side B
1 - The East Wind
2 - Chancellor
3 - Trick Rider
4 - The Drowning Machine (Acoustic)
5 - Secret Path
Side C
1 - I'm Free, Disarray Me
2 - Vancouver Divorce
3 - Moonslow Yer Lashes
4 - Seven Matches
5 - Night Is For Getting
Side D
1 - Nothing But Heartache in Your Social Life
2 - Yellow Days
3 - Budget Shoes
4 - Canada Geese
5 - Insomniacs of the World, Good Night
?
I must say, well done on the art. Maybe it's creeping me out though.
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Ok, here's my take:
1. Vancouver Divorce
2. Chancellor
3. Lofty Pines
4. Figment
5. 11th Fret
6. Steeplechase
7. The East Wind
8. Yellow Days
9. Broadcast
10. Crater
11. The Conquering Sun
12. Saved
13. The Stranger
14. Secret Path
15. Haunt Them, Haunt Them, Haunt Them
Bonus tracks:
Hallelujah
Too Far Gone (live w/ the Sadies on CBC Fuse)
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Vancouver Divorce, Chancellor, Blackflies
Figment, 11th Fret, Steeplechase
Gone, Drowning Machine, Yellow Days, Moonslow Yer Lashes (please don't make me drop one!)
One Good Fast Job, Budget Shoes, Devil Enough
The Stranger, Haunt Them, The Only Place to Be (still early days for me on this album though)
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