Next single is...A/L/S!

Furious George · Post by **Furious George** » 9/20/2005, 5:34 pm

Angels and Will the Future Blame Us are definately the way to go.

neoncrossing · Post by **neoncrossing** » 9/20/2005, 6:15 pm

i think angels is a wonderful song...but not the best choice for a single

i agree that will the future blame us is probably the best choice for a single on the album, and would probably be their biggest radio hit on the album (although apparently from what i've heard, Where are You was their biggest hit in Canada)

if i had to pick the singles for this album i would choose

1. Will the future blame us
2. Where are you
3. Love & Trust
4. The world on a string
5. Picture

(i really think they might actually do 5 singles on this album like the old days)

Hope · Post by **Hope** » 9/20/2005, 6:20 pm

Sonya wrote:
Hope wrote:dammit, i should resize and upload my vancouver soundcheck pix soon. just so i can be all contributing-like.

i'm still waiting!!!

ok ok, i am uploading them as i speak.

Brooklin Matt · Post by **Brooklin Matt** » 9/20/2005, 9:35 pm

Where are you is not their biggest hit. Somewhere Out There and I'm pretty sure Innocent were bigger.

Where Are You is doing decently, but its not huge.

Codith2k2 · Post by **Codith2k2** » 9/21/2005, 6:04 am

Angels might be one of the best songs on the cd, and im glad they picked a great song, but its just not going to be a strong single

will the future blame us
Boy
Love and trust

would make great singles

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 9/21/2005, 7:56 am

I disagree with everyone who says it won't be a strong single.

Dread · Post by **Dread** » 9/21/2005, 10:00 am

I bet it'll get more attention in the U.S. than "Where Are You" did.

The reason it'll make a strong single -- it might be the only song that gets the closest to sounding more like "old OLP," sans maybe "Al Genina," but not like that would be a single. Old OLP sounding song = more attention by radio people who still like to play "Starseed," "Superman's Dead" and "Clumsy" and disillusioned fans who gave up on the band after the last album. Kapow!

naveed99 · Post by **naveed99** » 9/21/2005, 10:25 am

If where are you did well, this will do sensational. ALS is more then lkely the strongest song on the albm, its got an OLP feel to it.

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 9/21/2005, 10:44 am

Not only does it have an OLP feel to it (though, I honestly don't even know what that means), but it's just a song that immediatly sounds great. Doesn't take more than one listen before you're like "yeah... this is good".

naveed99 · Post by **naveed99** » 9/21/2005, 11:10 am

Agreed, Where are you just sounded good, this is something more. BY OLP feel, i mean it sounds like OLP. I didnt feel where are you really sounded like OLP.

Post by **saman** » 9/21/2005, 11:17 am

how could it not sound like olp? it was done by olp, so however it sounded, it was olp.

i also disagree that it won't make a strong single. "single quality" or not, it's a great song

naveed99 · Post by **naveed99** » 9/21/2005, 11:30 am

OLP created a distinct sound, I think ALS aligns with that sound more then where are you does.

naseoj · Post by **naseoj** » 9/21/2005, 1:00 pm

naveed99 wrote:Agreed, Where are you just sounded good, this is something more. BY OLP feel, i mean it sounds like OLP. I didnt feel where are you really sounded like OLP.

For me the only part for Where Are You that sounded like the OLP sound was the "come on, come on come on" part. When i heard it for the first time that was the only part that screamed olp. But i still really don't like the song at all. I skip it when I listen through the CD.

Dread · Post by **Dread** » 9/21/2005, 1:16 pm

A/L/S sounds more like old OLP. Old being the operative word. It has more of that loose sounding guitar playing from days gone by, and not the typical riffs that some of the other songs deviate towards. The riff that kicks in about 1 min. 35 sec. in(or after Raine sings the chorus the first time)? Sounds like something from the Naveed era almost to me.

And Where Are You didn't do well here in the U.S.. It topped out at #29. I would think A/L/S could crack them into the Top 20 again though, with... you know, the song being old OLP-esque and all.

NCdudeN2K4 · Post by **NCdudeN2K4** » 9/21/2005, 3:42 pm

Where Are You was a great choice for a single..it's still doing pretty decently, it went up from 35 to 33 on the Alternative Chart in the U.S. this week..that'll be updated later on today as well. If promoted correctly I think this album can be their biggest since Clumsy, in the U.S. It went platinum. It all depends on the promotion, b/c i think it fits in well with the sound thats popluar these days...not to mention it's a really excellent album. Angels/Losing/Sleep could be a really big single..as well as Will the Future Blame Us.

Dread · Post by **Dread** » 9/21/2005, 8:42 pm

It only took 7 years for Clumsy to reach platinum. :clumsy:

naveed99 · Post by **naveed99** » 9/22/2005, 1:28 pm

Not bad, maybe healthy will reach platinum.

daniella218 · Post by **daniella218** » 9/22/2005, 1:53 pm

I was at olp.com and it got me thinking. There are 3 songs that are played on the site at the home page which are "where are you" "ALS" and "WTFBU" and it turns out that two of those songs are aready singles, so my guess is that the 3rd single for olp will be "will the future blame us"
which would be awesome!!!

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 9/22/2005, 2:08 pm

I tooooooooootally said that before the album even came out. :clumsy:

superrgirll · Post by **superrgirll** » 9/22/2005, 2:13 pm

buuuuuuuuuuurn