You Opinion on How Minutes to Midnight Should have been (tracklist revision)

I know LPU12 just came out and probably most of you have not heard it yet, but I'm starting this thread now anyways.

I personally just would have made an 17-18 song album but if you were to recreate MTM having only 13 (or 14) tracks like the actual album does, what would it look like for you?

Mine:

1. Pale
2. Asbestos
3. Given Up
4. Leave Out All the Rest
5. Bleed it Out
6. Across the Line
7. What I've Done
8. Valentine's Day
9. QWERTY
10. In Pieces
11. Debris
12. In Between
13. Blackbirds
14. What We Don't Know
15. The Little Things Give You Away

In reality though I wish It was that 15 with SOTD kept, plus Not Alone.

 

SHOULD'VE HAD DEBRIS! THAT'S ALL.

 

1. Wake
2. Given Up
3. Asbestos
4. Debris
5. No Roads Left
6. QWERTY
7. Valentine's Day
8. What I've Done
9. Bleed It Out
10. Leave Out all the Rest
11. Across the Line
12. Blackbirds
13. In Pieces
14. The Little Things Give You Away
Well this is the original.
Heavy:
1. Given Up
2. No More Sorrow
3. QWERTY
4. Across the Line
5. Bleed It Out
6. What I've Done (don't really think it's called heavy, but aight.)
7. No Roads Left (same as What I've Done.)
The un-heavy.
1. Leave Out all the Rest
2. Shadow of the Day
3. Blackbirds
4. Debris
5. Asbestos
6. In Between
7. Hands Held High
8. Valentine's Day
9. In Pieces
10. The Little Things Give You Away


In total, they should've put Debris on MTM.

 

Here's mine:
1. Pale
2. Given Up
3. Asbestos
4. Leave Out All The Rest
5. Bleed It Out
6. Shadow of the Day
7. What I've Done
8. Across The Line
9. Debris
10. Valentine's Day
11. What We Don't Know
12. In Pieces
13. Blackbirds
14. No Roads Left
15. In Between
16. Hands Held High
17. The Little Things Give You Away

 

01. Ambo Intro
02. What I've Done
03. Leave Out All The Rest
04. What We Don't Know
05. In Pieces
06. Shadow of the Day
07. Debris
08. No Roads Left
09. Blackbirds
10. Valentine's Day
11. --piano interlude--
12. The Little Things Give You Away

 

01 No More Sorrow (long intro)
02 Given Up
03 Leave Out All The Rest
04 Bleed It Out
05 What I've Done
06 Qwerty
07 Valentine's Day
08 Blackbirds
09 In Pieces

 

No Roads Left as track 13.

 

Not Alone is post-Minutes to Midnight

 

Well it was a Minutes To Midnight demo. They just rewrote all of the lyrics post-MTM. So...you're right, I don't know if it would count. The finished product came after MTM.

 

Same, with No Roads Left and Debris in. That's all

 

Blackbirds
Given Up
Leave Out All The Rest
Bleed It Out
What We Don't Know
Shadow Of The Day
Hands Held High
No More Sorrow
Valentine's Day
In Between
In Pieces
No Roads Left
The Little Things Give You Away

there's my rough list. I don't think any of the LPU 12 demos would have any place on MTM as they are. MTM has the right amount of slickness and polish on it, while these demos are just half baked sketches (which is why they're demos).

 

Hard to say, I would've kept a lot more then they did.

 

MTM is a perfect work of art, but they should have had Across The Line, What We Don't Know and Blackbirds on the album somewhere. Every single b-side/demo/seed from this album I am in love with, so it really should have just had 150 tracks on it. Haha. Best LP album hands down.

 

Does really matter anyways considering we're getting them through the Lpu. I guess it would means the songs would've been a little different or more polished. Doesn't really make a difference to me.

 

going outside the ruleset for: MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT: ELAINE'S EDITION.


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1.) Pale
A more touched up, less demo-ey sounding recording, fully mastered.

2.) Given Up
The song we all know and love/hate.

3.) Asbestos
A finished version, with a chorus, and explosive outro, building into--

4.) Blackbirds
A mellow transition into Blackbirds, doing away with the dulled/muted intro we have currently.

5.) What We Don't Know
A finished rendition, with touched up lyrics, and a more 'punchy' instrumental piece.

6.) What I've Done
The one and the same, though with the bridge from "Bang Three" after the bridge we have, building into the final chorus.

7.) Pretend To Be
I was debating putting this on the list or not as it's technically post-MTM release, but I feel it'd have been incomplete without it here.

8.) Not Alone
A slightly more melow version.

8.) Wake
Yes. Wake. Only, this time, a more interludey rendition, rather than an intro piece. Building into an explosive climax, which transitions into;

9.) Bleed It Out
No changes.

9.) QWERTY
A less grungy version, to fit more in with Minutes To Midnight's style, whilst retaining the kind of 'punch' we get from the guitars.

10.) Shadow Of The Day
No changes.

11.) Bunker
Finished, with an intense rap. However, the synth sort of begins to change near the end of the song as a transitional piece, evolving into;

12.) Across The Line
No changes.

13.) Leave Out All The Rest
No changes.

14.) No More Sorrow
No changes.

15.) Hands Held High
No changes.

16.) Valentine's Day
No changes.

17.) In Between
No changes.

18.) Clarity
A finished version, with a different intro that better flows from the end of In Between. An Interlude track.

19.) In Pieces
The song we all know and love.

20.) Homecoming
A finished version, with vocals.

21.) Debris
A more punchy version, with the strings more intense than before, an anthem track.

22.) The Little Things Give You Away
The closer of the album.

23.) No Roads Left
An epilogue track. Maybe slightly changed around to be more along the lines of this album's "The Messenger".

 

01. Wake
02. Asbestos
03. What We Don't Know
04. Asbestos
05. Asbestos
06. Asbestos
07. Pretend to Be
08. Asbestos
09. Asbestos
10. Asbestos
11. Across the Line
12. Asbestos

 

MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT [CONCEPT ALBUM IDEA]

1. Wake
2. Given Up [would be epic to have rap parts from Asbestos]
3. Pale [1minute interlude transitioning to]
4. Leave Out All The Rest
5. QWERTY
6. Debris [Short piano outro..]
7. Hands Held High
8. What I've Done
9. No More Sorrow
10. Across The Line
11. YO [interlude]
12. Bleed It Out
13. Drum Song

 

I dunno, I just think for a special edition they should put all the finished b-sides on an extra disc. Swapping and moving songs about is something only LP should feel they should do, so keep it simple and make a double album

 

1. Homecoming (Studio Quality but still instrumental)
2.Given Up
3. QWERTY
4. No Roads Left
5. Leave Out All The Rest
6. Blackbirds
7. What I've Done
8. Valentines Day
9. Asbestos
10. In Pieces
11. Debris
12. Clarity (Interlude)
13. Bleed It Out

 

Maybe replace Given Up and Bleed it Out

with Not Alone and No Roads left.

That's all.