http://www.cracked.com/article_17075_every-album-ever.html
I don't know that this applies to modern power or progressive albums, but it sure applied to a lot of rock and metal albums in the 80s. I don't know what it is about opening songs, and song #7 and the next to last song, but those songs always seem to be the coolest, while tracks 8,9, and 10 are the dumping ground.
What would be fun is if people would post album tracklists that follow this pattern to a T. There are lots of them, I think.
I don't know that this applies to modern power or progressive albums, but it sure applied to a lot of rock and metal albums in the 80s. I don't know what it is about opening songs, and song #7 and the next to last song, but those songs always seem to be the coolest, while tracks 8,9, and 10 are the dumping ground.
What would be fun is if people would post album tracklists that follow this pattern to a T. There are lots of them, I think.