And You Will Know us by the Trail of Dead - So Divided

Ever have one of those one song albums? you know the ones i mean, there is one really good song you like from a band, so you go buy the album, but end up listening to that one song you like over and over and ignoring the others. Fortunately this digital age means that there's less 'musical waste' floating around because we have the option of only downloading the songs we like, cos we get to preview them all first online in some form or another. To me 'And You will Know us by the Trail of the Dead's' 2002 album 'source tags and codes'was a one song album, i could not get past the brilliance of 'another morning stoner' to take in the remainder of the album. So i was a bit hesitant to download this album, their 5th, as i wasn't particularly sure that i even liked the band. I mean how can you base your assumption of an artist on merely one song? This is a good album, it's punchy, it's rocky, it's a good variety of sounds, there's some great moments, but over all there's no stand out song that you want to listen to over and over again. So what is it best to be known for? Having that one song that was amazing in a bunch of mediocre, or having some decent songs and producing a quality album?? what would an artists prefer? I'd hate to be one of those bands that have people shout out at concerts for the one hit, whilst they trawl through the 900 other songs they have written. But then again i'm never going to be on stage let alone have a hit so i'd take what i could get. I'm not at all saying that AYWKUBTTOD ( good acronym huh? ) are mediocre, they have many fans who probably think all their songs are 'standouts' and received critical acclaim for 'source tags and codes' but to me there's nothing there that makes me sit up and listen. and i wouldn't be shouting out at a concert for them to play my favourite song, because i wouldn't be there. i'd be at home listening to it on repeat.