Guess the order in which the songs from ADTOE have been written

[Mladen]

Of course, I have no idea if we'll ever know the right order, but we can guess with taking different interviews and stuff into consideration. I figured this could be fun... or not. 

My guess:
On the backs of angels
Lost not forgotten
This is the life
Outcry
Far from heaven
Breaking all illusions
Bridges in the sky
Build me up, break me down
Beneath the surface

[chrisbDTM]

ONTBOA
BITS
LNF
BAI
FFH
Outcry
LNF
BMUBMD
BTS

[darkshade]

we know OTBOA was the first. Beneath the Surface was already written by JP at some point, while they were still writing the rest of the album. I don't think there's much other info as to when the other songs were written.

OTBOA
Outcry
LNF
BTS
BAI
FFH
BITS
TITL
BMU, BMD

[Mladen]

I was thinking about stuff I remember reading in different interviews, such as JP saying that BMU, BMD and BITS were written later. And I guess Outcry was written in early February, because of the whole Egypt thing, so there were probably some other songs written before it. I also kinda doubt TITS was the second song written for the album, it could have been a bit early to already write a ballad, right? Mangini also said that song #6 was tricky for him - it could have been BAI?

I dunno, I find that interesting, but it looks like this thread is gonna be a smash hit. 

[Pols Voice]

I also kinda doubt TITS

Never doubt TITS.



And I have no clue what order the songs were written in. Sorry man.

[johncal]

TITS is my favorite

[WindMaster]

TITS is my favorite

I also enjoy TITS. 

[MirzekDT]

I remember that most of both BTS and TITL were written by JP before they entered studio. BTS was mentioned here before but I can't see TITL anywhere... Another thing that I remember is that JP and JR together wrote and added TITL bridge in studio.

[Kotowboy]

1. On The Backs Of Angels.

2-9 Are all one song / suite written in one hour 

[ZKX-2099]

Weren't they all written in like 1990?

[Elite]

I may have missed this, but how do we KNOW OTBOA was the first?

[BlobVanDam]

I may have missed this, but how do we KNOW OTBOA was the first?

It was said in an interview that it was the first one written. Don't ask me which interview it was though.

[hefdaddy42]

I may have missed this, but how do we KNOW OTBOA was the first?

JP said so.