I have been reading some posts that it might in their opinion be his best, some of the songs are amongst his best, some will be classics and so on. And fair enough, everyone sees songs in their own way. I would not have thought that anyone has had their mind changed about a song they liked and been influenced enough to have it turn it into a dislike. Although I think we all do that for ourselves on occasion, for a short period, one plays a certain CD,or just one song from it until, one doesn't want to hear it for a long time after.
Anyway I digress, the point I am coming to is, I have been playing a few other albums by L.C and thought, goodness me, the competition to place any of the songs from Old Ideas in to say, a top 40 list of previous LC numbers would be tough. Here is a quick list I made of around 40 or so LC songs, that should show just how hard it would be to place something from the new album into. I am not knocking Old Idea before anyone thinks that, I am just putting it forward that it is all too easy in the headiness of a new LC album, to forget a little what has been before

These are those 40+ and I suspect I have missed several more.
The Window.
Anthem
Lover, Lover, Lover.
Seems So Long Ago, Nancy.
Take This Longing
Hallelujah.
Came So Far For Beauty
Democracy
A Singer Must Die
So long, Marianne.
Ain't No Cure For Love
Chelsea Hotel # 2
Suzanne
Famous Blue Raincoat
A Thousand kisses deep
If It Be Your Will.
Dance Me To The End Of Love
Joan Of Arc
Our Lady Of Solitude
Closing Time
In My Secret Life
Who by fire
Tonight Will Be Fine
One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong
First We Take Manhattan
Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye
Take This Longing
The Partisan
The Window
Everybody Knows
Alexandra Leaving
Bird On The Wire
That Don't Make It Junk
Coming Back To You
Famous Blue Raincoat
Heart With No Companion
I Can't Forget
Night Comes On
Sisters Of Mercy
Take This Waltz
The Stranger Song
Tower Of Song
You Know Who I Am