i\'m going to go out on a limb and say Vera Street.
it\'s not my favorite
song on RR. that would be between TGSOT/NR/D5. but this isn\'t about favorite songs, it\'s about favorite
tracks on the album, and for me, i really think it\'s Vera Street. here\'s why...
back when the song made its debut, many of you were raving about it. so much so that it almost made me ill..
i was never into it, and always used to just brush it off as a ballad that i didn\'t wanna hear.
fast foward to 2004-2005. the song has evolved, and while i still don\'t particularly like hearing it live, i absolutely love what they did with it in the studio. i think it sounds amazing and beautiful, and really shows off their songwriting abilities. for me, the studio is exactly what this song is needed, and i can now listen to it in a whole new light.
a close runner-up for me is Sleeping Beauty. another song that i\'ve never been a big fan of, and i didn\'t particularly like the early studio version that appeared on the sampler. but the final version really does it for me, and there\'s so many added dimensions to the studio version that makes me like it much more than the live version. great work on this tune.
i do have to express some *slight* disappointment with Score. see, i think Score *should* be my favorite track on the album. i really wanted it to be, because the addition of the horns takes this song to a whole new level. and the horns are absolutely perfect.. definite ToP feel.. however, i don\'t think the playing of the band matches the playing of the horns very well on Score.. the horns on Score are super tight, and i just feel that the band played too loose. i think the end result was
good, but could have been
great..
now, before this turns into an album review, i\'m gonna stop.
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