"Analog Man" Survivor

[Tiffanny Twisted]

congradulations ....happy dance time....

such a great song and so well done on this cd

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Congratulations to One Day At a Time!!!

... a fantastic song on a fantastic album. And I'm also glad that Wrecking Ball came in second place - it's a great one too! Here is my list ...

1. One Day At a Time
2. Wrecking Ball
3. Lucky That Way
4. Family
5. Band Played On
6. Analog Man
7. But I Try
8. Funk 50
9. High Roller Baby
10. Spanish Dancer
11. India
12. Fishbone

[Freypower]

It's interesting that people are doing a list for this album but they didn't do one for After Hours.

Mine is as follows & it's 'an album of two halves' for me. The songs I think are good & the songs which unfortunately I'm not impressed with.

1. Wrecking Ball
2. Band Played On
3. One Day At A Time
4. Analog Man
5. Lucky That Way
6. Family (this is the dividing point)
7. Hi Roller Baby
8. India
9. Funk 50
10. Spanish Dancer
11. Fishbone
12. But I Try

[Prettymaid]

I'd have to agree with you FP. I enjoy listening to about fifty per cent of this album. I'm glad he put it out, though. I just wish I liked more of it.

And I think I'm the one who originally started sharing my Survivor list at the end of each game I play. But I didn't play AA.

[Freypower]

I'm glad he put it out too, obviously, but like you I feel that it could have been a great deal better than it is.

[WalshFan88]

I didn't have a list when I started the game, I like to just go by what I'm feeling. And I'm too lazy to go through all of the pages and see what each of my votes were.

But instead, here's how I'd rank the tunes:

One Day At A Time
Wrecking Ball
Lucky That Way
Analog Man
Funk 50
Fishbone
Band Played On
Family
Hi Roller Baby
Spanish Dancer
India
But I Try

For me, the divide is between Fishbone and Band Played On.

But I think ODAAT, WB, LTW, and AM are the standout sounds on this album....

Some tracks on the album though make me shake my head, such as India. Or Hi Roller Baby, which sounds very poppy and not very Joe-like at all.

The album, especially in some songs more than others, has a very glossy sound. I think you can put that to Jeff Lynne. Listen to any ELO record and you'll hear that same glossy sound. I'm not saying he's a bad producer, but I think he's probably not the guy for Joe if he wants to make a raw rock n' roll album ala 70s solo stuff (RMW, LBG, etc). Perhaps that was never his intention, but this album has some very typical Joe songs and then the next it's something you thought a pop star would have done.

[timfan]

My list is as follows:

1. Lucky that Way
2. One Day at a Time
3. Analog Man
4. Family
5. Hi Roller Baby
6. Band Played On
7. Wrecking Ball
8. Funk 50
9. Spanish Dancer
10. Fishbone
11. India
12. But I Try

I see my list in 3 sections. The top four I LOVE, 5 through 10 are songs I like to varying degrees, and 11 to 12 are songs I dislike.

[Topkat]

I never have a list. With this album, the first time I heard it a few songs stuck out to me as favorites & there were a couple I wasn't nuts about, but sometimes my favorite song would change....When I saw Joe do Wrecking Ball with Daryl, that song immediately jumped into my favorite spot, as I can see that song being a fabulous live song. I always like to think of how I would respond to it at a live show, & that song rocks out to me!
That said, I'm not really surprised that One Day at a Time won this thing, but it was just the obvious choice. I like the song, but like I said, to me it was an old song, & to me not the BEST song on the album. I do also really like Analog Man, & thought it was an appropriate title for the album.

I didn't really care for the Indian influence & the sitar on some of the songs. Those are the ones in the bottom for me, as I see it was with most of us here.
We all agreed on a lot of the first songs to go. It didn't really matter to me the exact order. The only one I felt got the boot to early was Funk 50. I do like that one maybe more than some of you.

[Tiffanny Twisted]

here's mine:

ODAAT (love this version on this cd)
wrecking ball (love the version on live from daryls house)
lucky that way (just a nice heartfelt ballad)
band played on (just a cool song to my ear)_
family (makes me think of my family...not joes)
funk 50
high roller baby
india
spanish dancer
fishbone

all JMO...peace

[Ive always been a dreamer]

The album, especially in some songs more than others, has a very glossy sound. I think you can put that to Jeff Lynne. Listen to any ELO record and you'll hear that same glossy sound. I'm not saying he's a bad producer, but I think he's probably not the guy for Joe if he wants to make a raw rock n' roll album ala 70s solo stuff (RMW, LBG, etc). Perhaps that was never his intention, but this album has some very typical Joe songs and then the next it's something you thought a pop star would have done.

I have my songs in a different order than yours, Austin, but I agree with this part of your post. However, even though the album is glossier than Joe's other solo work, I think he remained true to himself and it is very much vintage Joe in many respects. I also agree with those who say there is a drop-off in quality between the best 5 or 6 songs and the rest of the album. However, I don't think the bottom half songs are terrible and I like most of them. Overall, this is one of my favorites of Joe's solo albums.