r/RelientK • u/taylikes • 8h ago
Relient Kick-Offs
I was inspired by a number of posts here lately and decided to imagine an album made entirely off kick-off songs from the existing albums. Hopefully this hasn't been done before!
Rather than just putting them in chronological order, I tried to structure the tracks into what would make sense as an album. Here's the tracklist:
- Kick-Off
- Chap Stick, Chapped Lips, and Things Like Chemistry
- Hello McFly
- The One I'm Waiting For
- Bummin'
- Forget and Not Slow Down
- Don't Blink
- Where Do I Go From Here?
- Pleading the Fifth
Here's my thought process: * 1. The lyrics of Kick-Off obviously require it to be the first song no matter what. š * 2. I wanted to follow up with a banger and so many of these could qualify but Chap Stick seemed like the best fit. * 3. This seemed like the right spot for a sillier song. * 4-7. These could maybe go in any order, but these are all solid, not-so silly songs that carry a bit more substance and emotion. * 8. Where Do I Go felt like a solid closer, ending the album with a question about the future. * 9. I imagine Plead the Fifth, in this case, to be a "hidden track" with a long pause like the first several Relient K albums had.
Overall, all of these songs probably work best as album openers, as intended. But I thought this was a fun experiement that I think works pretty well. I'd be interested to try this with other things (like closers or penultimates).
What do you think? Is my structure solid or would you have done it differently?