- Presto would be greatly improved by losing Superconductor and Hand over Fist, which would take it from 52+ minutes to about 44 minutes (and you can scratch Scars if you want to go lower.
- Roll the Bones is only 48 minutes and would be much better as a 4 song EP.
- There are a few songs you could ditch to get Counterparts down from 54:24 to about 40 minutes. I'd go with Nobody's Hero, The Speed of Love and Cold Fire (which would take it under 40 minutes).
- T4E is about as long as Counterparts. I'd lose Dog Years and Carve Away the Stone.
- Vapor Trails is a bloated 67+ minutes. I'd get rid of Ceiling Unlimited, How It Is, Secret Touch and Sweet Miracle.
- S&A could lose most of its back half (pretty much everything after Hope) to get down below its 63 minute run time.
- Clockwork Angels probably needs to be what it is because of the story, but I'd be fine with a 3-song EP (Caravan, BU2B and Headlong Flight).
Holy moly, that’s a bad take to me. In pretty much all instances, you’re taking at least one of my absolute favourites out of it.
Presto: Dump War Paint and Scars. Under no circumstances should you lose Hand Over Fist
Roll the Bones: There are 7 great songs on the album, so cutting it down to 4 would be a great loss. Trim Face Up, Big Wheel and Neurotica though. Even though I have a guilty pleasure for Neurotica.
Counterparts: Speed of Love can definitely go, but I’d dump Alien Shore and Between Sun and Moon before the others you listed. Sun and Moon is still awesome though.
T4E: Title track, Driven, Time and Motion, Resist, Limbo. If you’re not one of these, you’re not needed.
VT: Now here’s a tricky one. Peaceable Kingdom, Stars Look Down and Nocturne are pretty much the ones that I can remove at all. I love his album.
S&A: Yeah, you’re right, the back half isn’t as strong as the front, and yet, I can’t think of anything more than Good News First that I actually would cut off of this one.
CA: I mean, pretty much only BU2B2 counts as a clunker here. Halo Effect could also go if we really need to trim this one down.