I didn't want to start a new topic for this...and this thread seems to be somehwat appropriate.
Howver, just for fun I did my own version of Skyshaper on CD-R, with a different running order and some different versions:
01. Ritual Noise (version s) [6:52]
02. Brave New World (version) [5:16]
03. The Men (remix version) [6:13]
04. Pulse [6:04]
05. The Island [4:17]
06. Sweet & Salty [6:10]
07. XRdS [4:57]
08. Greater Than The Sun [5:09]
09. Spindrift [7:00]
10. 20 Hz [5:09]
11. Happy Man [2:46]
12. The New Virus [2:55]
13. Relief [4:25]
14. The World Is Growing Loud [4:57]
15. Subterfugue For 3 Absynths (extremely edited by niggels) [2:11]
16. Brave New World (tempest) [5:10]
Well, this way the album works perfectly for me.
It has a "Niggels flow" - although I have to admit that The New Virus and Relief are only included for the sake of completeness. Not that they'd be bad - but if this would be the running order of an official release I'd place them where they are, as non-album tracks.
The long version of The Men is essential, I like it ten times better than the original album version. Same with ritual Noise, I like the versions on the EP better and Version S is probably my fave.
I wanted the album to end on a rather happy note, so I included the beautiful "Tempest"-version of BNW as the closer. There was still some space on the disc, y'know?
And I made a
very edited version of Subterfugue, to separate this BNW version from the rest (and to have Subterfugue on it too, in a way)
@Joakim: Yes, Happy Man is still there, and
not just for the sake of completeness...
Enough trivia now!