>seems so odd to start the way it does. 1000 deaths as the
>first song sets it up with much more momentum.

i always pictured '1000 deaths' to open it up and 'another life' closing it. esp since '1000 deaths' has so much energy plus the spoken intro referring to the albums title. makes perfect sense.

'aint that easy' is a good contender ("take a toke of smoke from me as we dream in style"--step into my world type shit) but not if you have a '1000 deaths' on the shelf as well.

as for the pace of this record; honestly i think the songs on the first half follow each other up way too fast. one song finishes and another one starts. no breathing/digesting time. too bad the guitar break in 'sugah daddy' was edited out.

but this first half -at the moment- has only good songs imo. side b has 'back' and 'another life'. the other 4 tracks are cool at best to me, at the moment i must add.