Forever Changes Ranked
A hard 5/5 |
| 11 |  | Love
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"Andmoreagain"
Something had to be last. Very pretty.
4/5 |
| 10 | | Love
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"Old Man"
Kinda similar to "Andmoreagain" but even prettier
4/5 |
| 9 | | Love
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"Live and Let Live"
Great pickup
4/5 |
| 8 | | Love
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"The Daily Planet"
I like the energy of this one. I also like when the backup vocals disagree with Arthur by saying "face" when he says "hands."
4.5/5 |
| 7 | | Love
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"The Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This"
Okay, so like I'm biased, but yes the 7th best song on the album is perfect. Lush 60s string sections > most things.
5/5 |
| 6 | | Love
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"A House Is Not a Motel"
This would be the best song on most 60s albums. Deff rocks hard for a folk album, eh?
5/5 |
| 5 | | Love
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"Bummer in the Summer"
This one's built for speed. Love really knows how to climax a song.
5/5 |
| 4 | | Love
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"Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale"
Okay, now we're in "greatest songs of the 60s territory." If you don't love that brass section, then I don't even know. Also Spanish guitar
5/5 |
| 3 | | Love
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"Alone Again Or"
What -hippy- sadboys were like in the 1960s, I guess. Oddly relatable. Brass and Spanish guitar rules here [2]
5/5 |
| 2 | | Love
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"The Red Telephone"
I love that this is in the middle of the album because it's such a centerpiece thematically. The sarcastic "All of God's childrens gotta have their freedom," the themes of anti-war, race politics, ... hippiedom, it's all here, dramatic and beautiful.
5/5 |
| 1 | | Love
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"You Set the Scene"
Definitely has the whole "proto-prog" thing going on. It changes sections and tempo as it sings about how change is eternal, and man does it work. I wonder if when considered if this would be in my top 10 songs of the 1960s. "And for everyone who thinks that life is just a game. Do you like the part you're playing?" Seems cliche nowadays, but in the 60s, questioning your role in society was at the epicenter for a lot of people, especially in comparison with the 50s. It's lovely when counterculture pushes back against repressive norms.
5/5 |
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