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Dave's Side One · August 29 · 7 min

The Side With No Weak Track

What does “no weak tracks” actually mean? Does every song need to be equally brilliant? Dave doesn't think so. In this episode of Dave’s Side One, Side One of Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road provides the test: “Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding” “Candle in the Wind” “Bennie and the Jets” Three tracks. Three different jobs. Dave introduces The No-Weak-Track Test: Does every song earn its place? Does every song add something different? Does removing one weaken the side? And would you simply let the whole thing play? A great album side isn't a ranking. It's a relationship between songs. Side One Spin: What album side contains nothing you'd remove?

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What does “no weak tracks” actually mean?

Does every song need to be equally brilliant?

Dave doesn't think so.

In this episode of Dave’s Side One, Side One of Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road provides the test:

“Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding”
“Candle in the Wind”
“Bennie and the Jets”

Three tracks.

Three different jobs.

Dave introduces The No-Weak-Track Test:

Does every song earn its place?

Does every song add something different?

Does removing one weaken the side?

And would you simply let the whole thing play?

A great album side isn't a ranking.

It's a relationship between songs.

Side One Spin: What album side contains nothing you'd remove?

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