Adam Scott has been teasing his ATS re-sequencing pretty much since the first ep of this podcast so I'm a little peeved he didn't share it with us in this episode.
Over the course of this series I have become a total convert to the "re-sequencing not-so-great albums" party - loved that it has re-awoken my love for songs on Up and Reveal.
While there are R.E.M. albums I don't listen to as much or songs I'm not as fond of, ATS has the distinction of being the first album with a song I could not even get all the way through from the very first listen - Make It All Okay. The droning repetition of "didn't you now" drives me bat-shit crazy and coming after The Outsiders, which I also consider a dud, I never fail to skip forward to the next song, while also feeling sad that I have to.
My re-sequenced Around The Sun:
1. Final Straw
2. Leaving New York
3. Wanderlust
4. Boy in the Well
5. I Wanted to be Wrong
6. Around the Sun
7. Electron Blue
8. The Worst Joke Ever
9. Aftermath
10. High Speed Train
11. The Ascent of Man
I'm still trying it out. Not sold on keeping Worst Joke in there, as I find it the weakest of the longest song trio (Joke, Train and Well).