Rewind The Film - New Album Working Title

[hummingbird]

Originally Posted by tzb

I don't disagree, but I don't think it would have worked on This Is My Truth. I'm not against songs with different vocalists, but I'm not convinced they could work in the middle of an album almost exclusively sung by another singer. So it might be a great song, but it might interrupt the flow of the record, something which is very important to me.

not necessarily. What about bands that have male and female vocalists that swap songs on an album? Or even just male singers. The members of Queen used to take turns on songs and those albums work.

[MSPKYE]

My problem with another vocalist is that inevitably it'll be played live sung by James and we'll all be 'oh I prefer it with James, can't they have just recorded it like that'.

[hummingbird]

Originally Posted by MSPKYE

My problem with another vocalist is that inevitably it'll be played live sung by James and we'll all be 'oh I prefer it with James, can't they have just recorded it like that'.

or artist will appear at one date and people will go *oh i wish i could go to that one*

[Littlesue]

On the latest Stereophonics album Kelly Jones has his wife sing one of the songs with him

[hummingbird]

Originally Posted by Littlesue

On the latest Stereophonics album Kelly Jones has his wife sing one of the songs with him

how very ABBA

[mothers_are_saints]

Originally Posted by hummingbird

or artist will appear at one date and people will go *oh i wish i could go to that one*

Or they might just not play this particular track…?

[hummingbird]

Originally Posted by mothers_are_saints

Or they might just not play this particular track…?

another option.

[MSPKYE]

Knowing their past odd decisions they'll probably release it as a single

[mothers_are_saints]

Haha there is that option of course…!

[Smiling#Girl]

Originally Posted by tzb

I don't disagree, but I don't think it would have worked on This Is My Truth. I'm not against songs with different vocalists, but I'm not convinced they could work in the middle of an album almost exclusively sung by another singer. So it might be a great song, but it might interrupt the flow of the record, something which is very important to me.

I agree.I can't say I dislike the song before I can listen to it.What actually makes me hesitate is how a track,which is entirely sung by a singer outside the band,would fit in the album.Also,I didn't know anything about that Cate Le Bon so I went on yt and from what I heard I don't much like her voice.

[Dancing Kirby]

Pink Floyd used guest vocalists on Dark Side Of The Moon and Wish You Were Here. It didn't do either of those albums any harm...

And then there's Velvet Underground & Nico. And Johnny Cash singing on a U2 album. They're in good company. The album currently at no.1 in the charts is full of guest vocalists.

[Dac X Lee]

Well, I'd just like to mention as an example Boy Cried Wolf.
Listening to Manics' B-sides, the song Nicky and James made up for this artist to sing on is included too and it's not really so big of a distraction.

[UEF]

Originally Posted by Porco

I understand many of us love James' singing and how that is an essential part of why we love the band's past work, but am I the only one who thought Kylie's Some Kind Of Bliss sounded completely like a Manics song with a female vocalist? I think people are getting too worried about James not singing on every single track. Of two upcoming albums which are probably to be released within relatively short succession.

Finally, someone who gets it. SKOB sounded like a EMG song to me.

Here's another:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQONpLkFX5o

[sofarsideways]

Can't wait to read the full version of this Q article. Sounds like the band have really gone for the shake-up they needed, my hopes are getting higher and higher.

[MSPKYE]

It's out today. Everything's prety much been covered here, bar the pretty pictures. Interesting quotes though, really looking forward to some solid news now about release/tour