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So track ranking

9. That Voice Again (Track #4)
Score: 25 (Average Rank: 7.22/9)
Biggest Fan(s): jcgamer107 (#4)
Biggest Detractor(s): Raetsel_Lapin, MetalmindStats, HBJDubs, Jesse_Custer (#9)

BlueCrystalTear: At first I thought this was a Whitney Houston song, and then it was something else. A very 80s dance tune.

MetalmindStats: The song from So that hews closest to Gabriels past solo output, it is fun, but it fails to stand out in context.

jcgamer107: Very synthwave-y bridge, and a pretty good chorus with nice two-part harmonies

8. This is the Picture (Excellent Birds) (Track #9)
Score: 27 (Average Rank: 7.22/9)
Biggest Fan(s): Paratroopa1 (#2)
Biggest Detractor(s): CasanovaZelos, BlueCrystalTear, Seanchan (#9)

BlueCrystalTear: This is even weirder than Milgrams 37 and, unlike that one, not in a good way. Its catchy the first time until you realize that this song is just six words long.

MetalmindStats: Its enigmatic contradiction - so few words about so much - draws me in and sticks with me every time, along with its off-kilter musicianship.

jcgamer107: Weird and artsy....maybe as a joke? I dunno, it at least has energy to it, and the chorus is good. I will never ever watch the music video though, it looks like it might have potential to be worse than In Your Eyes.

7. We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37) (Track #8)
Score: 28 (Average Rank: 6.89/9)
Biggest Fan(s): Raetsel_Lapin, BlueCrystalTear, HBJDubs (#6)
Biggest Detractor(s): Seanchan, MetalmindStats (#8)

BlueCrystalTear: What is this? Its weird, yet magical? It reminds me of A Hat in Time tbh, which may be why I feel like this doesnt fit what its saying. Even if I love that comparison.

MetalmindStats: It has a wispily incomplete feel, even punctuated by persistent drums, that seems part of the point to me.

jcgamer107: An interesting and foreboding track to start to wind down the album....I like the reference to the notorious Milgram experiment

6. Mercy Street (Track #6)
Score: 43 (Average Rank: 5.67/9)
Biggest Fan(s): MetalmindStats (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): jcgamer107 (#9)

BlueCrystalTear: This one also went on way too long. Catchy beat and good hook but it loses me midway, and then I forget about it even though I'm listening to it. Please have mercy.

MetalmindStats: For me, much of Mercy Streets beauty comes in its crystal-clear clarity about thoughts and feelings stemming from some shapeless void. Dreamy isnt an unfair word to describe it, but I think it goes deeper than that, with connotations of being adrift on a boat in the midst of a fogbound sea.

jcgamer107: Just way too long and slow.... I'm waiting for it to end almost as soon as it starts

5. Don't Give Up (Track #3)
Score: 46 (Average Rank: 5.44/9)
Biggest Fan(s): Raetsel_Lapin (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Paratroopa1 (#9)

BlueCrystalTear: Went from liking this to feeling that it dragged on too long, and thus it became sleepy. Extra points for Kate Bush, who took her parts to wuthering heights.

MetalmindStats: Its slow-and-steady composition and conversational delivery work harmoniously together to establish a soothing back-and-forth rhythm suited to settle into for the long haul.

jcgamer107: Good message....not the best song. Has some feeling to it but isn't worth a 6 1/2 minute runtime.

4. Big Time (Track #7)
Score: 59 (Average Rank: 4.11/9)
Biggest Fan(s): jcgamer107 (#2)
Biggest Detractor(s): BlueCrystalTear (#7)

BlueCrystalTear: A wake up song that feels like thats all it is.

MetalmindStats: The most obvious (and boisterous) product of its decade here, its just as much a distillation thereof. Gabriel typically had its cake and ate it too with a song thats subtler and cleverer because it works on every level from entirely straight to purely satiric equally well.

jcgamer107: Nearly matches Sledgehammer in catchyness & quality of music video. The vocal section from 0:37-0:55 is fantastic. The only Genesis-related track that can compete with this and Sledgehammer in my opinion is Land of Confusion.

3. Red Rain (Track #1)
Score: 68 (Average Rank: 3.33/9)
Biggest Fan(s): HBJDubs (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): jcgamer107 (#5)

BlueCrystalTear: Fantastic opener, but really not much else to say about it other than it really does get your attention.

MetalmindStats: On such an evocative album, coming first enhances the impact of its mostly monolithically oppressive soundscape, which subsumes all until it gradually eases up towards the end.

jcgamer107: Pretty good opener....I actually like everything *but* the chorus here - he comes in sounding like a wannabe Bruce Springsteen or something. The opening build is really good though, and the verses have great vocal and synth work.

1 (tie). Sledgehammer (Track #2)
Score: 86 (Average Rank: 2.56/9)
Biggest Fan(s): Seanchan, jcgamer107, Paratroopa1 (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Raetsel_Lapin (#7)

BlueCrystalTear: A catchy sing-along that was a hit for a reason. Its also about fucking, which is a pretty relatable topic for a lot of people.

MetalmindStats: Musically, not just lyrically, it captures what I imagine to be the heedlessly giddy sensuality of sexual attraction. How peculiar indeed that such a suggestive song is my second favorite ever to dance to.

jcgamer107: Extremely catchy with a booming horn section. One of the all-time great music videos, and one of the best modern uses of shakuhachi bamboo flute you'll find.

1 (tie). In Your Eyes (Track #5)
Score: 86 (Average Rank: 2.56/9)
Biggest Fan(s): CasanovaZelos, BlueCrystalTear, Jesse_Custer (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Paratroopa1 (#6)

BlueCrystalTear: Its 80s pop meets world music. Its glorious. Its nice to have someone whose eyes you can just get lost in and die of thirst, too. It works best at the end like Gabriel wanted, too.

MetalmindStats: A song musically and lyrically about looking and longing until, in NDours swoon, it seems to become about the relief of finding. To me, its inspired musical synthesis and overall complete approach are characteristic of So in general.

jcgamer107: As good as the Sledgehammer & Big Time music videos are, that's how bad this one is - still, the prechrous & chorus are reeaally good, and Peter's vocals have rarely been better.