I don't remember DT relying too much on the "best stuff we've ever done" trope, let's hope Jordan is a good judge of their own music then!
Somehow I doubt we'll ever hear:
"To be frank I'm a little bit underwhelmed by the new material. Not that it's bad or anything. I don't know. Maybe I just expected something with a little more wallop. *shrugs* Well...I suppose these new tracks I'm currently recording will do. "
-Jordan Rudess
This is now the fake Jordan Rudess new album quotes thread
"The new stuff is OK, we didn't break any new ground at all, but I'm OK with it being released like this. It's good enough, I guess."
But you know how it REALLY goes... they don't say that, they wait, and when they're in process of the NEXT album you see all the quotes like "well, the production on the last album wasn't that good....".
I can read a Gene Simmons quote on any given Kiss album and pretty much tell you EXACTLY when he said it.
Gene Simmons, 1980: "Unmasked is really Kiss at its core. We're more than a metal band and this is our way of staying current and absorbing influences."
Gene Simmons, 1981: "Our last album just wasn't produced right; the producer just didn't know what or who Kiss was. Now, THIS album is really the essence of Kiss. It's a story, and has the fantasy elements, and is forward thinking."
Gene Simmons, 1982: "Our last album, well, Bob Ezrin was just checked out. This is what happens when you put things in your nose; the production suffered. But this album is really back to basics, meat and potatoes Kiss."
Gene Simmons, 1983: "Our last album was a great leap forward, but the production was horrible; we went for a big drum sound and got "booming echo" instead. Whereas this album is us straight ahead. SO straight ahead, in fact, that we're taking the makeup off. We don't need it, the music stand on it's own."
Gene Simmons, 1984: "We're really proud that Kiss is more than just the makeup. But we're still figuring it out; the production on that wasn't up to our standards. So for this one, who better to produce Kiss than the guy who formed the band?"