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#16 Post by BlueSwan »

If Numb is released, then PSB have managed to release the two worst (or least excellent, if you wish) songs on the album as singles! :shock:
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#17 Post by Janet Street-Porter »

Fundamental is more of a concept album than chock-full of singles like Very.

I'm with Stupid is the obvious lead single and I would follow it up with Minimal's Kraftwerkian elan.
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#18 Post by Kandu »

TheGardner wrote:Sodom was supposed to be a (first) single, but the record company decited not to choose the track 'because of it's name'
What a pity, but what can you expect from these so-called liberal and tolerant people? This I'm afraid.

I said it before and I'll say it again, TSAGS should have been the first single, it is a stomper. Minimal is ok as the second one. It is not a stomper but it is a great and beautiful song and a good single, of course.

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#19 Post by Jareth »

BlueSwan wrote:If Numb is released, then PSB have managed to release the two worst (or least excellent, if you wish) songs on the album as singles! :shock:
What? I'm With Stupid is amazing! A beautiful song.

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#20 Post by Dreamcatcher2003 »

Jareth wrote:I think releasing Minimal as 2nd single might be a mistake because it's the most similar track to I'm With Stupid. I'd like Luna Park or Numb to be released.

Similar??? In what way?
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#21 Post by Dreamcatcher2003 »

JLGY wrote:
TheGardner wrote:Sodom was supposed to be a (first) single, but the record company decited not to choose the track 'because of it's name'
What a pity, but what can you expect from these so-called liberal and tolerant people? This I'm afraid.

I said it before and I'll say it again, TSAGS should have been the first single, it is a stomper. Minimal is ok as the second one. It is not a stomper but it is a great and beautiful song and a good single, of course.
Many non-PSB fans in my circle said Sodom and Gomorre is the PSB treading the same water again...The song is not so "powerful" to third parties, actually...
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#23 Post by shaunh7 »

I thought numb was going to be rubbish after all the comments on this forum.
I think it is a beautiful record, could be a massive hit, but Integral is fantastic, it would be a catasphrophe if this wasn't a single.

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#24 Post by DJAMIX »

Sodom is the best;
And Fugitive could be another single.
And, of course, In Private.

But Minimal is Ok, anyway...
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#25 Post by Ronald42 »

Numb = CRAP and it shouldn't be a single. It should never be on the album in the first place. Very bad decission.
Intergral should be relaesed as a single and I can live with Minimal aswell, although if played too much perhaps it gets a bit boring. I think all ballads are a bit weak with Luna park as an exception. TSAGS would be nice as a double a-side I would like a good vocal extended version of this song. Not a totaly reworking which leaves barely anything of the original.
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#26 Post by Vince »

TheGardner wrote:Sodom was supposed to be a (first) single, but the record company decited not to choose the track 'because of it's name'
Well, you cant blame the boys really, after all, nothing else would've rhymed..

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#27 Post by ! »

Vince wrote:
TheGardner wrote:Sodom was supposed to be a (first) single, but the record company decited not to choose the track 'because of it's name'
Well, you cant blame the boys really, after all, nothing else would've rhymed..

Are you gonna go,
To the Punch and Judy Show
(Punch...and.. Judy)
Its got everything you need for your complete entertainment
and destruction


Nope... doesnt work.. :)
Actually, that would've been quite cool! 8) :P

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#28 Post by drunk14 »

nickname wrote:that Integral and The Sodom And Gomorrah Show are not going to be singles (according to all the sources). For me these ones are the best option, it's like the singles were be chosen by the enemy. It's something really disappointing.

In spite of all i think that Integral & Sodom will be a single, otherwise PSB will bury :/ in world music

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#29 Post by Technotrancemix »

Numb = Beautiful song that wouldn't hit top20

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#30 Post by disco heartbeat »

They really should release Integral! It would just be the perfect strong comeback single for them to release, and is also more likely to attract some new fans. I'm with stupid just wasn't a strong enough choice of first single.

Please release Integral, boys!

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