Constructing an album

Always start with a song that catches your listener. If it's hard and heavy, tone down a bit with the next song, something softer and/or slower, maybe a bit mellow. Try to alternate songs between hard and soft, riff-fest and ballad, and if you have songs that feature certain band members, spread those out across the album. Don't put a keyboard-lead song following a guitar-solo song.
I'd say, save the epic for last if it sounds good that way. End with a strong finale, but preceed it with a softer song (i.e. "Wait For Sleep" before "Learning To Live", or "Horizon's" to "Supper's Ready", and something similar, "Mood For A Day" to "Heart Of The Sunrise").

In short, this would be my suggestion of an order:
1 - catchy rock song, an obvious opener (4 1/2 min)
2 - jammy rock song, influence of Allman Bros, harmonica solo in middle (5 1/2 min)
3 - bass driven funk/reggae rock song w/ slow chill middle section (7 min)
4 - catchy pop/rock song (4 min)
5 - heaviest rock song, complex middle section (5 1/2 min)
6 - drum driven rock song, chorus is like Rush [Signals, GUP] (4 1/2 min)
7 - mini epic, building Floydian intro, Tool-like heavy section w/ some complex instrumentals (7 min)
8 - jammy rock song, bit of a reggae middle jam (5 min)
9 - Epic, 70s Rush-like intro/verses w/ Pearl Jam rock choruses, and chill slide guitar middle sections followed by climactic heavy section (10 min)

Hope this was helpful and good luck with your band!

-Marc.

Thanks alot guys, i'll seriously take that into consideration

I'd try putting the tracks in different orders and listening to it to see how well they flow. You probably only have to listen to the last 30 seconds of one song and the first 30 seconds of the next song, assuming you know the songs well (which you should, you recorded them). Try changing a few songs around every once in a while to see how you like it.

kingofbizzare wrote: I'd try putting the tracks in different orders and listening to it to see how well they flow. You probably only have to listen to the last 30 seconds of one song and the first 30 seconds of the next song, assuming you know the songs well (which you should, you recorded them). Try changing a few songs around every once in a while to see how you like it.

The 30 second rule might work or it might not, but I usually listen to the songs all the way through as different feels in a song make the results different, e.g. I was listening to "Barracudda" by itself one day and it felt a lot slower because the CD I copied it onto had a slower song preceding it.

I would look at each piece as if it were part of one big song and order it in a way that musically satisfies as well a rythmically flows.  watch the key changes, outro's/intro's need to blend well, the gaps between need to be timed properly for the mood etc.