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Albums With No Weak Songs So even on classic albums people will still maybe be eh on a song or 2.
What are albums where every song to you is not just good but GREAT. Where every track you can listen to every single time you hear the album & love every time you hear it.
Minus prince albums
Here are a few imo.
Bob Dylan- Highway 61 Revisted Gil Scott-Heron- From South Africa To South Carolina Fela Kuti- Zombie Peter Gabriel- 3 The Clash- London Calling Guns N Roses- Use Your Illusion Sly & The Family Stone- There's a Riot Goin On Red Hot Chili Peppers- Californication Stevie Wonder- Songs In The Key Of Life Terence Trent D'arby- Symphony Or Damn Led Zeppelin- IV Little Richard- Here's Little Richard Ozzy- Blizzard Of Oz Megadeth- Rust In Peace Death Grips- Money Store Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy W.A.S.P- The Headless Children Marvin Gaye- What's Going On Public Enemy- Fear Of A Black Planet Pet Shop Boys- Behavior Frank Zappa- Joes Garage Grandmaster Flash- The Message Erik B. & Rakim- Paid In Full Lauryn Hill- Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill The Fugees- The Score Battles- Gloss Drop George Michael- Listen Without prejudice Vol. 1 Living Colour- Vivid Brothers Johnson- Right On Time Madonna- Ray Of Light Marilyn Manson- Mechanical Animals Diamanda Galas- Plague Mass Rob Zombie- Hellbilly Deluxe Dead Or Alive- Nude Fishbone- The Reality of My Surroundings Michael Jackson- Off The Wall Depeche Mode- Music For The Mases Iron Maiden- Powerslave Judas Priest- Painkiller Ray Charles- What I'd Say Bob Marley- Uprising Nas- Stillmatic Immortal Technique- Revolutionary, Vol. 2 Alice In Chains- Facelift Pearl Jam- VS
[Edited 8/10/12 12:54pm] [Edited 8/10/12 13:04pm] [Edited 8/10/12 13:06pm] Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener
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Very few albums (except maybe jazz albums) spring to mind.
Nirvana--Nevermind Elvis Costello--My Aim is True The Beatles--Abbey Road (maybe not every song is great, but I never skip anything), Sgt Pepper Tom Waits--Rain Dogs, Swordfishtrombones Prince--Purple Rain, Dirty Mind Bob Dylan--Blood on the Tracks Stevie Wonder--Innervisions, Talking Book [Edited 8/10/12 12:53pm] My Legacy
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I agree with all those minus Elvis Costello Damn i knew i would miss some Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener
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I like the entire record for many albums I have, and would be too long to list. I think CDs killed the album, because before then, albums were short. CDs also have tiny artwork, not much better than printing on a cassette. You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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A Couple more..
Grace Jones- Nightclubbing Iggy Pop- The Idiot David Bowie- Heroes R. Kelly- 12 Play Motley Crue- Shout At The Devil Aaliyah- Aaliyah Mos Def- Black On Both Sides [Edited 8/10/12 13:12pm] Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener
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My Aim is True is the least Elvis Costello-ish of his albums, and therefore the most enjoyable I could almost include his second & third albums, but not quite. My Legacy
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1) Definetly the 1st 4 VH records. 2) Prince - Dirty Mind 3) Sly- Riot/Fresh/Small Talk 4) All of the Funkadelic recordings. 5) All of Me'shell's stuff..I love everything she does. 6) Sade..(see above) 7) Marvin Gaye - Here My Dear 8) Beatles - Abbey Road 9) Led Zep - Houses Of The Holy
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Great List You named just about ALL my favorites
In no particular order: Here are some for now.. add more later
Michael Jackson- Off The Wall The Stylistics- The Stylistics Janelle Monae- The ArchAndroid Marvin Gaye- Whats Going On/ The Stubborn Kinda Fellow Stevie Wonder- Songs in the Key of Life/ Innervisions Sly & The Family Stone- There's a Riot Goin On Nas- Illmatic Prince- Purple Rain The Supremes- Where Did Our Love Go Janet Jackson- Rhythm Nation The Jacksons- Destiny Ray Charles- What Id Say D Angelo- Brown Sugar Lauryn Hill- Miseducation Bob Marley- Exodus Erykah Badu- Badzium James Brown- Say It Loud, Im Black and Im Proud The Temptations- Gettin Ready Barry White- Ston Gone
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I was thinking of Putting Janelle on there i do like every track on that & Bazium.
oh & every track on Brown Sugar to i forgot a lot Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener
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B-52's Cosmic Thing The Most Important Thing In Life Is Sincerity....Once You Can Fake That, You Can Fake Anything. | |
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Bowie "Low" AC/DC "Back in Black" Eagles "Hotel California" Kaiser Chiefs "Angry Mob" Kylie "Fever" Jamiroquai "Rock Dust Light Star" Pink Floyd "Darkside of the Moon" Fleetwood Mac "Rumors" Blur "Parklife" What are you outraged about today? CNN has not told you yet? | |
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Pet Shop Boys Very, which is better than their Behaviour. The Most Important Thing In Life Is Sincerity....Once You Can Fake That, You Can Fake Anything. | |
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Yeah, I have to disagree with Guns on My Aim Is True--I love every song on it. "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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Beatles- Sgt. Pepper Beatles- Abbey Road Sade- Love Deluxe George Michael- Faith Cher- Believe Mike Oldfield- Tubular Bells [Edited 8/10/12 16:39pm] | |
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REM Lifes Rich Pageant. [Edited 8/10/12 16:38pm] The Most Important Thing In Life Is Sincerity....Once You Can Fake That, You Can Fake Anything. | |
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Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener
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that is another Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener
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Tina Turner - Private Dancer Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M Carole King -Tapestry Diana Ross - Diana Ross 3LW - 3LW | |
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While I love both, Behaviour starts to bog down in the middle due to its self importance. sorry. Very doesn't have that problem. The Most Important Thing In Life Is Sincerity....Once You Can Fake That, You Can Fake Anything. | |
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Behavior is a lot more slow & full of Neil's best writing. To me Being Boring is just as good as U2's One... it's just sad it wasn't as big as that song.
Don't get me wrong Very still rock's the shit Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener
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Earth, Wind & Fire - That's The Way Of the World Miles Davis - Kind A Blue Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Al Jarreau - Breakin' Away Boz Scaggs- Silk Degrees Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St. Duke Ellington - Paris Blues Sarah Vaughan - Paris Blues Wes Montgomery - Bumpin DeBarge - Love Me In A Special Way The Sylvers - II Dinah Washington - Back To The Blues Isley Brothers - Harvest For The World / Livin In The Life Yvonne Fair - The Bitch Is Black James Brown - Live At The Apollo Chaka Khan - Chaka Rufus - Rags To Rufus Marvin Gaye - What's Going On Curtis MayField - Super Fly Aretha Franklin - Aretha Now Gladys Knight and the Pips - Neither One of Us Sérgio Mendes - self titled 1983 The Jacksons - Destiny Bee Gees - Children Of the World Bill Evans - Waltz for Debbie George Benson - Breezin' Bobby Wolmack - The Poet Switch - Switch II Muddy Waters - Fathers and Sons Minnie Ripperton - Come To My Garden
Just to name a few..
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first six Van Halen records (95% great anyway) Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
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Gene Clark - No Other Blood on the Tracks, Highway 61 Revisted Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Al Green - Greatest Hits (listing a compilation may be a cheat, but i think this album plays flawlessly) Can - Future Days Innervisions
I can't really name much more than that, I think. There are records I considered adding (Kinks' Village Green, a couple of Eno's pop records, Dylan's John Wesley Harding, Love's Forever Changes, Neil Young's Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, Pet Shop Boy's Very), but all of them have a track or two that I consider somewhat average, though I almost never skip them when listening.
There are also a few records that are probably flawless in their execution that I just don't like listening to these days because my tastes have shifted. Van Morrison's Astral Weeks is considered a masterpiece by lots of folks, and I can't really point to any weak points on it, but I never feel like listening to it anymore. Same thing with Plastic Ono Band (though you could probably say Well Well Well is average or even below average so maybe it's not even a contender). | |
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That record can drive me out a room in two minutes. I've owned it for years, and wouldn't sell it because I consider it a bit of an endurance test (like metal machine music or an early cabaret voltaire record). I admire her, I get where she's coming from (I think) but I never feel like listening to it. I expect it would be good for clearing out unwanted guests. | |
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Elvis - Sun Sessions, Elvis Is Back, Elvis In Memphis, BaCK iN mEMPHIS, etc. Billy Idol - Rebel Yell and Whiplash Smile TTD - Wild Card, Neither Fish Nor Flesh, Vibrator, Hardline, etc. Beatles - Rubber Soul and Hard Days Night Teena Marie - Ivory Sade Love - Well anything. Prince - Around The World In A Day, PR, Sign of the times, etc. Stevie - Anything! Marvin - What's Going On More later...
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There's more than this for me, but if I listed every album I like start-to-finish, this list would be too long and boring to read...
Prince - Chaos and Disorder / One Nite Alone... / N.E.W.S. Yoko Ono - Between My Head and The Sky / Approximately Infinite Universe The Beatles - Let It Be... Naked
Sly and The Family Stone - Stand!
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Actually can't believe nobody has mentioned "Rumours" by Fleetwood Mac!
Anyway...
Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind
Damien Rice - O
Glen Hansard - Once OST
Lisa Hannigan - Sea Sew
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Jose Gonzalez - Veneer
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon / Wish You Were Here
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs / Bone Machine / Real Gone
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No kidding! "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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So true!!!!
I love diamanda... and i can personally listen to a whole album of her. But i understand most people probably wouldn't want to
When i show friend's Diamanda reactions are this
Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener
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Bladerunner soundtrack. The 3 disc 25th anniversary edition is beyond epic. ...and Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine Kate Bush - The Kick Inside Spiritualized - Let It Come Down Suicide - The 2nd album
..among many others.
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