Kodawari & Anti Social Manifesto

[centralscrutiniser]

Another nice, brief little foray into 1970s Belgian Prog rock on ASM there.
And yeah - I wonder where that Kodawari riff came from? Not bad songs, those two.

[Borderliner]

Forgettable tracks

[Symmanine]

Antisocial is terrible... the other one is okay, but no where near the quality of the album - or even the other bonus stuff/b-sides we've gotten so far. Clearly just left overs they only put on there because they had to.

[hummingbird]

not that impressed with these.. doubt i'll play them much

[mattm]

Tom's msg board? I Feel stupid but is this place real? Does it have the songs?

[EnolaEdmonds]

Originally Posted by mattm

Tom's msg board? I Feel stupid but is this place real? Does it have the songs?

I wanted to ask the same question, but felt like a forum noob for not knowing (;

[Vancouver]

Originally Posted by Dancing Kirby

I can imagine how frustrating all these subliminal directions must be for you all. Nobody likes a tease.

[degina]

Both good songs. I typically really enjoy their instrumentals and Kodawari is no exception. Anti Social Manifesto is a cool song too. All 20 tracks from this album era so far have not disappointed.

[Borderliner]

After the 10th time I think I love these tracks. Futurology era is awesome I will remember these days

[Porco]

Got my Japanese CD,

I like Antisocial Manifesto more than I thought I might, but it's still B-side/demo type material for me. Would have liked to have heard a more developed version though. 6.5/10

Kodawari is just great, I love it, and re-played it 4 times immediately. 8.5/10

[Marat Sar]

I like both of them, but they're not good enough to finish the album after "Paris". So the deluxe edition will be the definitive Futurology for me. Great tracks separately, though. The bass on the second part of Manifesto is really meaty and downright massive, all and all it's as intriguing as most of the stuff from this era.

Kodawari is just great too, better I'd say. An echo of Walk Me To The Bridge in there, the choruses are similar. Just like Empty Motorcade's verse melody reflects on Let's Go To War. I love these little musicological things this time around. They've really pulled some Rush moments for an old proghead like me.

[wireobsessed]

Originally Posted by UEF

Full version of Antisocialmanifesto sounds like a Nicky solo song

Nicky songs are good for me. I really like it.

[Geranium Terrorists]

Originally Posted by SeanOfTheDead

The preview of Kodawari reminds me of The Eternal by Joy Division.

I thought exactly the same thing!

[Napoleon Bonaparte]

Gutted, just received my Japanese edition but it doesn't have the bonus tracks on. They are listed on the back cover but it's just a standard cd.

[Porco]

Originally Posted by Napoleon Bonaparte

Gutted, just received my Japanese edition but it doesn't have the bonus tracks on. They are listed on the back cover but it's just a standard cd.

They're definitely not on the CD?! Weird. If the extra tracks weren't listed I'd wonder if you'd accidentally ordered the UK version as an import, but if it was supposed to be the Japanese version and it lists the tracks on the back that isn't right... did it come with an obi-strip (paper strip that goes around the left-hand edge), as new and everything?

I personally got the standard Japanese version with the extra tracks, so it certainly exists!

Definitely contact whoever you bought it from and explain the issue (if it was Amazon Japan they should sort it out pretty quickly).