Talk:Silverball (album)
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Numbering
[edit]I've reverted the lead section about the numbering of the album for now to keep this article in line with the rest of the band's album articles. I think it should stay until the issue has been discussed and resolved. I recognize that the band's promotional materials call Silverball the 14th album, but promotional material isn't always gospel, and I think it's open to discussion as to what criteria they use and what criteria wikipedia uses. There was a lot of back and forth in my head when I created these leads. What settled on is my view that the count of albums should include original-material non-themed studio albums; in fact, the leads used to say just that, but it seemed awkwardly long and was ultimately simplified. The principle remains, however. The primary BNL studio albums to me are
1. Gordon 2. MYSD 3. BOAPS 4. Stunt 5. Maroon 6. E2E 7A/B. BLAMe/Men 8. AIGT 9. Grinning Streak 10. Silverball
As You Like It is a soundtrack Steven Page was commissioned to write and the band ultimately recorded tracks for the play itself. The album which was released was just Steve's guide vocals and may have even been an afterthought to release as an album. Certainly not the same category as Maroon. Holidays is mostly old standards including some instrumental tidbits. The band wrote a few originals, but they did for Disc One too; we don't include that one. Snacktime is the closest to "primary" - it's all original material, and even had a video or two made, but I don't think and songs were ultimately released as singles, most of the songs are short tidbits that aren't likely to be performed, and the album is themed for children. It's a great album, but debately not one that is in the same criteria as the above.
If you want to get technical, Silverball is more than the 14th studio album, because of things like Disc One, or Stop Us... In my view, someone wondering how many albums the band has released of all its own (for-adult, non-themed) songs before Silverball. The aren't expecting the number to include a Shakespeare soundtrack that was never in wide release. TheHYPO (talk) 03:10, 8 June 2015 (UTC)