The Side-Long Journey
What makes a side-long musical journey work? In today's episode of Dave’s Side One, Dave turns to Side Two of Chicago’s Chicago II and “Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon.” The key isn’t the running time. It’s what the music does with that time. Dave introduces The Suite Test: Does the piece establish a theme? Does it change shape? Does staying with it pay off? And when familiar ideas return, do they mean more because of everything we’ve experienced in between? A great extended album side doesn’t simply last. It travels. Side One Spin: What suite or extended album side completely pulls you in?
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