Also the pop-industry rule for metal bands was always - 3rd song's a ballad.
Check it out on your favourite rockers. This theory holds up to repeat analysis
unlike those dodgy 'number' theories he he ;)
-i
--- "R. Lim" <rlim@escape.com> wrote:
quoted 20 lines On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Joe Joe wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Joe Joe wrote:
>
> > I noticed that on a majority of the albums I have listened to that track
> > 7(on releases with 7 or more tracks, of course) is (almost)always the stand
> > out track. Is this coincidental or do artists do this for a specific
> > reason? I know I sound crazy as a fucking loon, but I find it strange that
>
> In the pre-CD days, track one of side two was always known as the "sweet
> spot" in the pop record industry, where your smashingest hit should be
> placed. If you average out six songs per side, then track 7 would be the
> corresponding track. This, of course, could be an entirely specious
> logic.
>
> -rob
>
>
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