Battle Of The Track Numbers: Track 14

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BOTTN: Track 14

Poll ended at Wed Dec 18, 2019 5:21 pm

Cruel Sun
0
No votes
The Damage Done
3
9%
Words Darker Than Their Wings
22
65%
Last Of Our Kind
0
No votes
Dying Light
9
26%
 
Total votes: 34

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Battle Of The Track Numbers: Track 14

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Track 13 Winner: The Last Hero

The Last Blackbird Fortress Remains The Sky III.5
(that name is even more ridiculous than last time.)

01. Cry Of Achilles
02. Isolation
03. Ghost Of Days Gone By
04. Lover
05. Metalingus
06. Broken Wings
07. Calm The Fire
08. Blackbird
09. Show Me A Sign
10. Forever Falling
11. The End Is Here
12. Fortress
13. The Last Hero
14. -
15. -
16. -
17. -
PLEASE DO NOT VOTE "WALK THE SKY" SONGS JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE FRESH IN YOUR MEMORY. PLEASE CONSIDER ALL SONGS AND HOW MUCH YOU LOVED THEM WHEN YOU FIRST HEARD THEM. TAKE YOUR TIME VOTING.

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Re: Battle Of The Track Numbers: Track 14

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Oh golly! WDDTW vs. Dying Light.

I've got to go with Words on this one. It just elicits so many emotions... desperation, urgency, hopelessness, hopefulness, uncertainty... and the conversational vocals are one of the realest things AB have ever done.

Dying Light isn't too far off. The Damage Done would be third, and I can't decide between the other two for forth and fifth place.
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Re: Battle Of The Track Numbers: Track 14

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The only duel that Words would lose is against Blackbird.

Dying Light is a great song and possibly AB's best "epic" since AB III for me, but it's still way behind Words.

The other tracks in this battle are among the weakest AB tracks.

Words
Dying Light

Last Of Our Kind
The Damage Done
Cruel Sun

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Re: Battle Of The Track Numbers: Track 14

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Words Darker Than Their Wings
Dying Light
The Damage Done
Last of Our Kind
Cruel Sun

Last of Our Kind and Cruel Sun are among AB bottoms for me, like of all time.

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Re: Battle Of The Track Numbers: Track 14

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I'm going with Dying Light, I've always thought that Words it's a lil bit overrated

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Re: Battle Of The Track Numbers: Track 14

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While Dying Light is amazing, Words is perfection

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Re: Battle Of The Track Numbers: Track 14

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^^ What Blackbirddd saiddd. Dying Light.
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Re: Battle Of The Track Numbers: Track 14

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Dying light

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Re: Battle Of The Track Numbers: Track 14

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Dying Light
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Re: Battle Of The Track Numbers: Track 14

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I love Words Darker for getting Mark onto lead vox, and for that note, but I think Dying Light is the better song. The melody is just so nice.
For all of the hope that it brings...

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Re: Battle Of The Track Numbers: Track 14

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Dying Light. It's got the quiet, the heaviness, the dual solos!
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Re: Battle Of The Track Numbers: Track 14

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I know I'm in the minority here. Forgive me for being blunt - WDTTW and Dying Light do nothing for me. I find them rather bland. The Damage Done got my vote.
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Re: Battle Of The Track Numbers: Track 14

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Schulzy wrote:I know I'm in the minority here. Forgive me for being blunt - WDTTW and Dying Light do nothing for me. I find them rather bland. The Damage Done got my vote.
Please don't take this as a personal attack or anything like that, it's really just out of curiosity - how is it possible to be an Alter Bridge fan and not like these songs? To me, those songs are what defines this band because they're the biggest aspect that makes them stand out compared to literally all other (well known) rock bands on the planet right now. It amazes me how the two of us apparently have completely different tastes of music but still love the same band.

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Re: Battle Of The Track Numbers: Track 14

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Interesting that The Damage Done has so many votes. I can't even remember this song lol.

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Re: Battle Of The Track Numbers: Track 14

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The Damage Done is fantastic. Deserves more than 3 votes.
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Re: Battle Of The Track Numbers: Track 14

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The Damage Done it's an amazing track, I can't believe this song and New Way To Live are not in the album but Break Me Down is

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Re: Battle Of The Track Numbers: Track 14

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Blackbird wrote:Please don't take this as a personal attack or anything like that, it's really just out of curiosity - how is it possible to be an Alter Bridge fan and not like these songs? To me, those songs are what defines this band because they're the biggest aspect that makes them stand out compared to literally all other (well known) rock bands on the planet right now. It amazes me how the two of us apparently have completely different tastes of music but still love the same band.
No offense taken. I love AB. They have been my favorite band since 2004. Their albums and songs have carried me through many chapters of life - graduating college, moving across the country, dealing with addiction, breaking up with my fiancee, and the everyday grind of work. I realize the two songs we are discussing have deep meaning to many fans. I identify with and gravitate towards the more aggressive side of AB - Metalingus, Buried Alive, White Knuckles, The Damage Done, Isolation, Addicted to Pain, Bleed It Dry, Farther Than The Sun, Island of Fools, Native Son etc. The combination of riffs, solos, Myles' singing, and lyrics in those songs equal "Alter Bridge" to me and would be examples of how I describe the band to those who have never heard them. I simply don't connect in the same way to WDTTW and Dying Light. I can't argue that that AB appeals to different people in different ways.
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Re: Battle Of The Track Numbers: Track 14

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Dying Light. It's my fav off the new album and was the pre-release single that affirmed AB is still AB and gave me the first listen chills lve gotten from them time and again.

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Re: Battle Of The Track Numbers: Track 14

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Thanks for explaining, Schulzy!

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Re: minus points for bad mix on Live from RAH though

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Words - although it was a tough choice. Dying Light and Damage Done are both really great songs. Something about the arpeggio picking in WDTTW and the vocals has always been some of my favorites. The discussion themed lyrics are a cool bonus too.
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Oh well. Deal with it.
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Go reread what zaz says

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