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The video for FF was awesome, now I'm itching to see the footage for songs that we really got no insight into like Halfway Right or NCSM. I could just sit and listen to them talk about it for hours

I'm very surprised to see this quote because to me, everything on this track sounds like it could've been from OML. I'd love to hear the original demo now and compare, I bet it's gonna be really small stuff like an extra bar of intro sounds they cut out, a change in the way the vocals are layered or something we'll have to really listen for. I'd be surprised if any entire drum fill or any instrument really was recorded just for this release.

What is the order of play counts for all the singles across streaming devices? I feel like we're wasting a lot of time debating THP's inclusion when no one has bothered to pull those numbers, and we don't even know what other data the label might be using (radio plays for example which we'll never have)

Totally agree with all of that @ShadowUser, not to mention Mike's solo stuff. Make It Up As I Go might as well be an LP track, Already Over is probably in the same vein as half the MTM demos we could get but better and with live variations, we were lucky to also get Cross Off with Chester, M20 gave us more than we knew existed, etc. We've got more than enough to entertain us without ever getting something new again, but will surely get a few more one-offs too given how little we have from the last 4 albums compared to the rest

I have a feeling the acoustic outdo being repetitive of the way Invisible has an acoustic outro probably went into it too.

Friendly Fire's drums rule, Chester sounds great on it, the structure was surprisingly interesting. I'm kinda surprised it didn't beat Halfway Right for being a bit more unique instrumentally, I guess they just liked HR better. Also I'm disappointed to hear QWERTY isn't a new mix, I feel like that song would really take on a whole new life if it got the Lost treatment

I'm disappointed it's QWERTY but it makes total sense to me. It's one of the most popular LPU tracks, the band liked it enough to play lt live over a span of years and it's got a lot of potential with the fanbase. I just hope it's a new mix/master like Lost, because that could go a long way. The one we got on LPU always sounded unfinished and rough to me.

Hardly confirmed, Joe is just teasing the title, and it's not really a tease as much as it is the word QWERTY so idk But it does make sense to me since it's probably their most popular LPU song. I could see them saying "the compilation deserved representation from the LPU, and QWERTY was always a standout" or something like that

I wonder if track 14 could be one of the "pop" demos that Mike mentioned multiple times as having been scrapped in favor of the visceral sound of THP, I don't think we've had so much as a peek at those demos, unless I'm forgetting something from later LPU releases How many tracks do we have confirmed as having made it to the mixing stage at any point? Besides others on OML, are there any left? We got all from Meteora (except a possible 2003 mix of MTV), we've heard them from MTM (again, except possible iterations that are more or less mixed/mastered), and I don't think anyone has ever been quoted for mentioning songs from ATS, LT and THP as having made it to mixing but held back

I have to say I find both the white image and green underwhelming, but the green is a lot cleaner to me. Here's hoping that the rest of the campaign/set includes imagery that is better or contextualizes these images so that they feel better in context. It seems like there was so much artwork generated during OML, it would've been cool to just have something from that time as the single art, but I guess we'll get that sort of thing more with OML20

I doubt we'll ever get LFAA, but getting another new song since 2017 would be amazing. I'm sure there have been sessions and a handful of "complete" demos even if they're 90% Mike's work. It would also be great to hear even if it doesn't lead to anything, just a look at something they were happy with but went nowhere else.

That looks a lot better than that white image imo, but I kinda wish there was an original element and not just re-use of old assets. I wonder why they went with that logo of all of them

Probably. And if it flops, it means we probably won't get more for a while. Although I'd say they're probably looking more at the performance of the whole collection, boxset sales etc. than just FF's streaming numbers.

Like all the LP albums, OML seems optimized for diversity. You've got the song that's got some Mike raps, the unique acoustic sound of Sharp Edges, the weirdness of Sorry For Now, the "rock" sound of TTM etc. It sounds really great, and I'm betting the reason for keeping it off OML is the same as Lost: it was structurally too similar to stuff like Battle Symphony or Halfway Right. I expect this'll be a great but straightforward Chester song with Verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus structure

Idk what you meant by this, since 20/4 is 5, but looks like I was right. Here's to hoping 14 is another unheard track. From OML alone we've got at least 3 titles that seem plausible

Id bet if it's another unreleased song it would be from another era. I'm guessing something from MTM

Well there it is, sounds awesome! Can't wait for our first OML b side, hopefully it's the first of a few

Yeah, everyone who calls a greatest hits compilation or any of the MS AO remixes pointless is missing this effect. This will no doubt generate a few thousand discoveries of songs by casual fans who want to re-listen to the limited hits they remember. You'll have people who never gave the other stuff a chance, and people who didn't like it at the time but have evolved their tastes since. I played Blackout for someone the other day who was aware of LP's change of course but not a big fan past MTM, and he was like "this was actually way ahead of its time". This is why I'm especially bummed there's no THP, that's probably the album that needs the most help getting discovered by fans of their first 3 records

If 4 insta posts are coming in groups of 5, then that implies a 20th. Do we only think Friendly Fire is one because of the "Final Sessions" note? I feel like if there's a second one, it'll be from another era. Probably nothing left to share from Meteora, but we have those HT sessions and I'm sure plenty of MTM. That would give the larger fanbase of their earlier stuff something else to get excited about, since I feel like the average reaction to Friendly Fire will be "cool, but I still don't care for anything after the first 2/3 albums"

Wow, we are getting spoiled over the last 12 months. Will this be on streaming in any way?

Yeah I'm aware, but I figured if FF was coming by end of February, we'd have a little website revamp, some kind of puzzle or something that was more obviously teasing. Casual fans aren't really gonna think anything's coming just from seeing the accounts reposting fan vids

But I mean the M20 campaign with the "BBB tape" thing came out a lot earlier, there's nothing like that right now Also yeah, greatest hits will most certainly include songs from every album and probably a few from left field that Mike is really proud of or something, like Rebellion. I think RU will be there too since the band seems to really like it and it also had a moment after being in Fast and Furious

Lost was teased quite a while before it dropped right? I feel like the end of this month is too soon for a new single given the home page of LP is still all about M20 with no hint at anything else. Unless they've just decided to not do the teaser marketing this time for some reason

Since OML was started with lyrics and melody, I assume there are a lot of "acoustic versions" of tracks with vocals tracked over acoustic guitars/piano or really basic instrumentation. Hopefully we get some of those some day

It'll be great for casual fans who only know HT/M/MTM to get another listen to stuff like WFTE, especially if the album order is like you have here