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Originally posted by anti fishstick
my general rules are:
-don't put a LOUD abrupt song after a slow, smoothing one.
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I actually like to do the opposite. I like having a slow song followed by a loud song; this to me makes the loudness have a greater impact when it arrives after the quietness. I mean, I don't do quiet, loud, quiet, loud, etc, but if you put a few quiet songs in a row, then follow those with a BLASTER, it can be pretty cool. IMO, anyway.
I like the sequencing of the Massive Attack album "Protection." There are 10 songs on it, 5 per side (if on vinyl or tape, of course). The first song on each side (track 1 & 6) is sung by the same woman, the second (2 & 7) by the same couple of guys, the third (3 & 8) by a different woman, the fourth (4 & 9) is an instumental, and the last song on each side is song by a different man.
I like a well-sequenced album, you can certainly tell when they take time to plan out the order of the songs.
*edit- I just noticed I used the phrase "I like" or "I actually like" to begin all 3 paragraphs.