Altered Chromatica tracklist

[Drin Lon 7,875]

Hello dear GagaDaily family 

I haven't posted in what feels like a lifetime. But I have been having a big resurgence in compulsive Gaga listening lately, probably because I miss her so much and the what will soon be 4 year period of no new pop album is really starting to sink in. As such, I was revisiting Chromatica a lot because I remember that at some point I stopped listening to the album because I either overindulged in it, or it wasn't quite matching my expectations. Upon revisiting it though, I think that most of the album has actually aged fine and I can appreciate the 90s influence more. This is is also a special album because it is her first tour I have attended and I absolutely loved it. She is phenomenal! I definitely agree that she could have gone with rawer versions of the songs, where the 90s influence would have been more present and less cough conventional bloodpop production cough, but regardless I understand she wanted to craft a palatable return to dance music and that is fine. However, I took the liberty of cutting the track-list short by a few tracks, and I will shortly explain why.

Chromatica I
Alice
Rain On Me
Free Woman
Fun Tonight
Chromatica II
911
Sour Candy
Enigma
Replay
Chromatica III
Sine From Above
Babylon

So as you can see I think a 10 songs version of the album would have been a pretty immaculate body of work which could have potentially made the album even more popular with the critiques. I'll give reasons for each omission. 
Stupid Love - I love the idea of the song, could have been a classic of hers and I know they wanted it to be a hit by also having Max Martin on it, but for whatever reason the production is too graving to the ear, it just doesn't work.
Plastic Doll - this one has an immaculate production, however I do not feel like it adds much lyrically to the album, and I also feel like the chorus could have used some tweaking around with the vocal mixing. Overall it just comes off as a little tacky.
1000 Doves - beautiful song, the dance version is just kinda basic. I though it was really good upon first listen and a contenter for a next edge of glory, however the beat drop is beyond dated. Now on this note, Fun Tonight also has what some would consider a dated beat drop, however it is more explosive and overall more infectious. 
 

These songs could have been included in a deluxe edition together with Love Me Right, with 1000 Doves as the piano version which is so much more beautiful.
Personally I would have chosen Alice as the lead single, with ROM next, then Fun Tonight (I find it has the strongest chorus and vocals in the album and it's very radio friendly) and finally Sour Candy. However this doesn't really matter at this point.
Let me know what you think of this shortened track-list and I hope all this gaga nostalgia means new music is one the way!

PS: Joanne is a great album which still sounds as good as day 1, definitely the album that I have been appreciating more and more through the years!

[Anderson123 38,372]

I live for 911 -> Sour Candy -> Enigma -> Replay but Stupid Love still deserves it’s spot, especially with Free Woman in there. 

1000 Doves is also beautiful as much as I prefer the piano demo over the dance one but still enjoyable. I guess the only song I could live without is Plastic Doll but at least we got 13 songs. 
 

[Drin Lon 7,875]

3 minutes ago, Anderson123 said:

I live for 911 -> Sour Candy -> Enigma -> Replay but Stupid Love still deserves it’s spot, especially with Free Woman in there. 

1000 Doves is also beautiful as much as I prefer the piano demo over the dance one but still enjoyable. I guess the only song I could live without is Plastic Doll but at least we got 13 songs. 
 

Fair enough! The more songs the better of course, that's why I still would want the songs to be accessible somehow/ a deluxe edition.

[Noir 17,320]

I always play Chromatica in this tracklist order (minus the bonus tracks bit), think this flows way better than the original...

01. Chromatica I
02. Alice
03. Rain On Me (with Ariana Grande)
04. Free Woman
05. Enigma
06. Chromatica II
07. 911
08. Replay
09. Sour Candy (with BLACKPINK)
10. Plastic Doll
11. Chromatica III
12. Sine From Above (with Elton John)
13. Stupid Love
14. 1000 Doves
15. Babylon

Bonus tracks
16. Fun Tonight
17. Love Me Right
18. 1000 Doves (piano version)

[Schizophonic 7,015]

you want to shorten the album? 

i rater would sign up for a extended version. 

 

back to 90 minute albums please

[PartySick 160,117]

1 hour ago, Noir said:

07. 911
08. Replay

I also live for this ha. It just fits so much better than having Plastic Doll and Sour Candy sandwiched between them.

Though in my personal listing, I have Enigma after Sine From Above. Mainly because I adore Enigma and I wanted it closer to the end of the album.

[PartySick 160,117]

2 hours ago, Drin Lon said:

This is is also a special album because it is her first tour I have attended and I absolutely loved it.

You never forget your first  opening night of the artRAVE is still extremely vivid in my mind despite my memory being garbage haha

I saw the Chromatica Ball three times (DC, LA, and Miami) and honestly it was an amazing experience.

2 hours ago, Drin Lon said:

I definitely agree that she could have gone with rawer versions of the songs, where the 90s influence would have been more present and less cough conventional bloodpop production cough

Very this

Comparing the unique and sonically appealing Free Woman demo to the polished but empty sounding final version just highlights how much life Bloodpop and even Gaga can suck out of extremely good songs. They took what would have EASILY been a top 5 (in her discography) song for me and made it the biggest disappointment I've even had from Gaga musically.

[Chesescake 4,003]

My altered tracklist is simply replace Chromatica with DOC