Ain't No Mountain follow up

[sup_fan]

both Surrender and Remember were recorded around the same time. The tracks were laid down in august and then addition recording dates for strings, vocals, etc occurred through aug and sept.

Mountain definitely presents a problem of what the heck do you follow it up with. it's a masterpiece, without a doubt.

If i was sitting in QC, it'd probably do with Surrender simply because it's, overall, a more powerful record. Remember is beautiful with the ups and downs throughout but Surrender has the aural power of mountain but doesn't simply copy it. it's different enough IMO. now i don't know that it would have gone #1. but i think top ten

remember then makes a fine follow up to surrender as it's powerful but starts to vary the formula more. it's more pop

[RanRan79]

If i was sitting in QC, it'd probably do with Surrender simply because it's, overall, a more powerful record. Remember is beautiful with the ups and downs throughout but Surrender has the aural power of mountain but doesn't simply copy it. it's different enough IMO. now i don't know that it would have gone #1. but i think top ten

I'm going to have to agree here. My vote would probably be "Surrender". Definitely top 10, possible number one. "Surrender" is certainly a better song than a fourth of the songs that managed to hit the top spot in 1971.