Best Ever Albums

Re: Albums that would be so much better with one song taken off

benpaco — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:08:05 GMT

Author: benpaco

Posted: 06/24/2014 22:08

StreetSpirit wrote:

Goo Goo Dolls, A Boy Named Goo. This is an outstanding album for the first twelve tracks, and then there's that final one, Slave Girl. This is not only a weak closing track; it's just an outright terrible song. When you're listening to a great album, you love it even more when you get that sweet, grandiose closing track. But A Boy Name Goo, unfortunately, leaves you off with a disappointing stinker, the only bad song on that whole album. Slave Girl is terrible; The album would have been just fine had it ended on Disconnected.

I honestly don't think it's that bad, but in comparisson, it totally is, you're entirely right, it'd probably be top 50 on my chart if not for that ending

Re: Albums that would be so much better with one song taken off

CA Dreamin — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 15:23:11 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 06/24/2014 19:23

Goo Goo Dolls, A Boy Named Goo. This is an outstanding album for the first twelve tracks, and then there's that final one, Slave Girl. This is not only a weak closing track; it's just an outright terrible song. When you're listening to a great album, you love it even more when you get that sweet, grandiose closing track. But A Boy Name Goo, unfortunately, leaves you off with a disappointing stinker, the only bad song on that whole album. Slave Girl is terrible; The album would have been just fine had it ended on Disconnected.

Re: Albums that would be so much better with one song taken off

AgainstMeAgainstYou — Sat, 31 May 2014 20:14:02 GMT

Author: AgainstMeAgainstYou

Posted: 06/01/2014 00:14

I would really be okay with Mellon Collie if you took only "Tales of a Scorched Earth" off. I do have issues with a couple of other tracks on Disc Two (X.Y.U. is the main one that comes to mind), but I can tolerate them and, when all is said and done, I am forced to admit that, in the context of the album as a whole, they're pretty much necessary. I consider ToaSE the worst thing on all of the pre-Machina albums. I really like Daydream... please don't kill me...

Also, I really like Mylo Xyloto, but Princess of China is an absolutely terrible song. Worst Coldplay song ever, probably. I think one of the interludes segues into it, though, so you'd have to take it off as well.

To the person who said Fitter Happier, I completely get where you're coming from, but the entire message of the album is contained on that track. It's the "worst" thing on that album... but it's also the most important thing. Well, that's not entirely true. All twelve songs are vital to the success of OK Computer as a whole. I've often said that OK Computer is the definition of the perfect album; that depends entirely on how brilliantly the songs link into one another thematically and musically, and how, by removing any one of the songs, the other eleven songs feel empty.

Re: Albums that would be so much better with one song taken off

benpaco — Sat, 31 May 2014 19:41:04 GMT

Author: benpaco

Posted: 05/31/2014 23:41

Take the reprise of "Say Something" off of "Is There Anybody Out There?" and you've got an album that actually flows and works.

Re: Albums that would be so much better with one song taken off

WindowAbove — Sat, 31 May 2014 18:04:09 GMT

Author: WindowAbove

Posted: 05/31/2014 22:04

"Grey Lagoons" on Roxy Music's For Your Pleasure

Re: Albums that would be so much better with one song taken off

Anonymous — Sat, 31 May 2014 17:28:42 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/31/2014 21:28

Ah, Ghosts Stories without Sky Full of Stars

Re: Albums that would be so much better with one song taken off

NowhereMan — Sat, 31 May 2014 17:04:13 GMT

Author: NowhereMan

Posted: 05/31/2014 21:04

hahahaha

Her Majesty off Abbey Road definitely.

Re: Albums that would be so much better with one song taken off

Anonymous — Fri, 30 May 2014 14:29:21 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/30/2014 18:29

Exist-en-ciel wrote:

Ok Computer without Fither Happier

Fitter Happier bugged me at first too but I don't think I could get rid of it in good consciousness. It continues the the theme of fabricated worries from Karma Police and it adds to the emotional spectrum of the album.

Re: Albums that would be so much better with one song taken off

Anonymous — Fri, 30 May 2014 13:57:12 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/30/2014 17:57

Ok Computer without Fither Happier

Re: Albums that would be so much better with one song taken off

vinnid127 — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 08:01:37 GMT

Author: vinnid127

Posted: 04/16/2014 12:01

Blur-13

The climax of the song "Caramel". the first 3 minutes of it is eerily-brilliant and gives off a dark-side-of-the-moon-vibe, but when the climax of the songs hits it just goes awry with the band trying to give off a half-assed space-rock vibe and Damon Albarn with his terrible attempt at falsetto

seriously, what the eff?!!

Re: Albums that would be so much better with one song taken off

Dralwik — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 23:15:56 GMT

Author: Dralwik

Posted: 04/16/2014 03:15

benpaco wrote:

I love that album due to the guff, though. All of it. The guff is more than just there, it's ... IDK, it's planned, it fits the mood. It reminds me of my feelings for Mellon Collie, frankly - there's a lot of music there, not all of it is equal, but all of it is there for a reason, it feels, even if the reason was "Eh, let's throw it on there to screw with someone" or "we need some more chaos".

Yeah, I can go along with that. When I have the vinyl on, I'll listen through every song, Wild Honey Pie included and being glad it's brief, since the atmosphere of the album is due to being such a fragmentary mess. Having such a wide range of styles and quality means to me the White Album feels like being in the studio with the Beatles hearing them try out this sound or that tune, an insight you don't get on a more polished album.

Re: Albums that would be so much better with one song taken off

benpaco — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 23:03:20 GMT

Author: benpaco

Posted: 04/16/2014 03:03

Dralwik wrote:

This. I love the White Album precisely because of the roller coaster of styles you get with it, of how the Beatles decided "Screw it, throw it on anyways." I enjoy trying to pick out all the little bits and pieces John has mashed into Revolution 9. My favorite particular moment is "Take this brother, may it serve you well" with the song kicking into the intro of While My Guitar Gently Weeps. The tape loops are haunting too.

Wild Honey Pie can go die, though. Why Don't We Do It in the Road is pretty pointless imo too.

Re: Albums that would be so much better with one song taken off

Dralwik — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 22:56:41 GMT

Author: Dralwik

Posted: 04/16/2014 02:56

CubaZed wrote:

All of your points are true, but I feel like the whole point of The White Album is to be this kind of eclectic clusterfuck, so removing Revolution 9 is detrimental to the album's objective.

Re: Albums that would be so much better with one song taken off

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 20:41:40 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/16/2014 00:41

Trickington wrote:

Princess of China from Mylo Xyloto

Mylo Xyloto is beyond saving. 🤣

Re: Albums that would be so much better with one song taken off

Trickington — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 20:39:19 GMT

Author: Trickington

Posted: 04/16/2014 00:39

Princess of China from Mylo Xyloto
Silver from Doolittle
Wild Honey Pie from The White Album
New York Telephone Conversation from Transformer

There's probably something on Lamb Lies Down on Broadway...
Same thing with The Doors, probably that Alabama Whiskey Bar song...

Re: Albums that would be so much better with one song taken off

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 16:21:48 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/15/2014 20:21

Mdemauri wrote:

But can you dance to it? 😉

It's a sound collage; a bunch of random recordings and tape loops. I appreciate it for being avant-garde art, but more often than not I find myself skipping this whenever I listen to The White Album.

All of your points are true, but I feel like the whole point of The White Album is to be this kind of eclectic clusterfuck, so removing Revolution 9 is detrimental to the album's objective.

Re: Albums that would be so much better with one song taken off

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 16:11:07 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/15/2014 20:11

Mdemauri wrote:

It's a sound collage; a bunch of random recordings and tape loops. I appreciate it for being avant-garde art, but more often than not I find myself skipping this whenever I listen to The White Album.

Re: Albums that would be so much better with one song taken off

Mdemauri — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 16:08:43 GMT

Author: Mdemauri

Posted: 04/15/2014 20:08

Goodsir wrote:

This is the best track on the album. It gives me chills. Calling it "not music" is absolutely preposterous.

Re: Albums that would be so much better with one song taken off

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 15:52:11 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/15/2014 19:52

Mdemauri wrote:

Revolution 9 - The Beatles White Album

This is the best track on the album. It gives me chills. Calling it "not music" is absolutely preposterous.

Re: Albums that would be so much better with one song taken off

Mdemauri — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 15:49:06 GMT

Author: Mdemauri

Posted: 04/15/2014 19:49

Revolution 9 - The Beatles White Album and Heyfoxymophandlemama, That's Me- Pearl Jam Vitalogy. They are really not music to me.

Mother - Synchronicity. I skip this song almost every time I listen to this album. I love Andy Summers but this is The Police's worst song.