Well I don't really have a fully-fleshed out plan :-)
BUT I am a big fan of the 1980s record executive mentality that the lead singles and strong tracks should be right at the beginning of the album. Right up front at tracks 1, 2, 3, 4. Case in point BAD ATTITUDE. Or JOSHUA TREE by U2 is another obvious example. I believe the powers that be changed the tracklisting of Paul Simon's GRACELAND to put the singles up front.
It kickstarts the album, gives it something to hang it's hat on. I would have definitely started with mercenaries, blind before I stop and masculine. Or maybe put the title track first, then mercenaries then masculine. Some combination of those three.
I think this album suffered from poor single choice as well...
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> Just out of curiosity, in what order would you place the
> songs? I like it the way it is, but again this could be
> because of sentimental reasons.
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> > > I don't think it's that bad, comparatively speaking.
> > >
> > > The way I see it, meat's recorded output runs a HUGE
> > > gamut, from Bat 2 (perfect songs, recorded perfectly) thru
> > > to Midnight at the Lost and Found (pissweak, forgettable
> > > songs recorded terribly and performed boringly). On that
> > > spectrum... I'd put Blind before I Stop pretty well on the
> > > halfway mark.
> > >
> > > Rock n roll hero, rock n roll mercenaries, masculine, the
> > > title track. That's a really strong core of songs, to me.
> > >
> > > > God I gotta get that album. I dunno what I find more
> > > > interesting. The 'Bolton' one or the one that makes him
> > > > look like he on a wall in some cop station. Perhaps on the
> > > > most wanted list for making such a moderate album.
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