Best Ever Albums

Re: Cuts/Songs From Albums You'd Wish They'd Published:

LedZep — Mon, 5 Nov 2018 13:17:28 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 11/05/2018 18:17

glynspsa wrote:

Yellow Ledbetter by Pearl Jam

Changes by 2Pac

Yes those two most definitely. Also State of Love And Trust and Breath are incredible early tracks, they could've also been on Ten. Also Easy should've been on Faith No More's Angel Dust. I have a version where that is a closing track after Midnight Cowboy and it's so good. You have an incredible and weird album and after the last track here comes the biggest hit and pop song the band's ever recorded lol. A kick in the face of purists. And it's a great song.

Edit: I've also remembered America, which was omitted from Fragile, How Soon Is Now which isn't on every version of Meat Is Murder and This Charming Man which isn't on every version of The Smiths.

Re: Cuts/Songs From Albums You'd Wish They'd Published:

NowhereMan — Mon, 5 Nov 2018 08:38:17 GMT

Author: NowhereMan

Posted: 11/05/2018 13:38

Sandinistar wrote:

"Mr. Songbird" and "Days" should totally have been on VGPS, as well as "Wonderboy" on Something Else, and a few others. It's a testament to just how great a songwriter Ray was that there are so many great Kinks songs that just got left off of albums

Mr Songbird is fabulous.

Re: Cuts/Songs From Albums You'd Wish They'd Published:

Sandinistar — Mon, 5 Nov 2018 06:42:21 GMT

Author: Sandinistar

Posted: 11/05/2018 11:42

NowhereMan wrote:

Anybody knows the the 50th anniversary of VGPS by The Kinks is out?

Re: Cuts/Songs From Albums You'd Wish They'd Published:

NowhereMan — Mon, 5 Nov 2018 05:14:12 GMT

Author: NowhereMan

Posted: 11/05/2018 10:14

I always thought Rain would of been an excellent inclusion on Revolver.

Anybody knows the the 50th anniversary of VGPS by The Kinks is out?

Re: Cuts/Songs From Albums You'd Wish They'd Published:

Anonymous — Mon, 5 Nov 2018 02:25:20 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/05/2018 07:25

Stover75 wrote:

I think Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever should have been om Sgt Pepper as originally intended. It was a mistake to leave 2 such strong songs out. If they were worried about the running time they could have taken out Getting Better and Fixing A Hole which I could live without being on there.

I love Fixing A Hole, it's a pure McCartney melody. I wouldn't mind Strawberry Field in place of Within You Without You (both slow songs, so it wouldn't change the pace of the track order). Penny Lane is more difficult to insert.

PS : same applies to Pink Floyd's Piper at The Gates of Dawn with Arnold Lane and See Emily Plays not included

Re: Cuts/Songs From Albums You'd Wish They'd Published:

CharlieBarley — Sun, 4 Nov 2018 00:27:36 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 11/04/2018 04:27

I think Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever should have been om Sgt Pepper as originally intended. It was a mistake to leave 2 such strong songs out. If they were worried about the running time they could have taken out Getting Better and Fixing A Hole which I could live without being on there.

Re: Cuts/Songs From Albums You'd Wish They'd Published:

Anti — Fri, 2 Nov 2018 18:17:00 GMT

Author: Anti

Posted: 11/02/2018 22:17

Coming from a different genre, Drake has some really good non-album cuts I wish either made it on a record or were at least put up separately on streaming services. For example, in his Take Care era he had 3 really good promo tracks that I thought were going to be on the album when it came out but they never were. "Dreams Money Can Buy" is probably the most popular one, but there was also "Free Spirit" which had a good Rick Ross feature and "Club Paradise" which was a really good introspective track and my favorite of the three. He also had "Days in the East" come out during the Nothing Was the Same era that was also a really good introspective track with a haunting beat. All of these tracks are amongst my favorite songs by him, way better than studio tracks, but none are on streaming services. You can only download them from somewhere online or listen off YouTube.

Re: Cuts/Songs From Albums You'd Wish They'd Published:

PaperVinnie — Thu, 1 Nov 2018 18:08:46 GMT

Author: PaperVinnie

Posted: 11/01/2018 22:08

adbrack1988 wrote:

Led Zeppelin - III - Hey, Hey What Can I Do?
Rolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet - Jumpin' Jack Flash

Definitely agree with these two.

"Genetic" by Sonic Youth totally should've made it onto Dirty, but Butch Vig told them to put a shitty one minute cover song on there instead... Literally one of the worst decisions in tracklistings ever.

if "Down by the Seaside" replaced "Misty Mountain Hop" on Led Zeppelin IV, I might even consider it their best.

"Staircase" or "The Butcher" totally could've made it onto The King of Limbs.

"Stephanie Says" could've fit on The Velvet Underground's self titled album (3rd not 1st) somewhere.

Re: Cuts/Songs From Albums You'd Wish They'd Published:

adbrack1988 — Thu, 1 Nov 2018 16:53:48 GMT

Author: adbrack1988

Posted: 11/01/2018 20:53

I tend to agree with the 'less is more' sentiment and think just about every album would be best at 40-45 minutes. However, many of my favorite albums are doubles so what do I know...

That said, there are a lot of b-sides and/or non-album singles released I would have loved to see on a proper album:

Led Zeppelin - III - Hey, Hey What Can I Do?
Rolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet - Jumpin' Jack Flash
Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed - Honk Tonk Women (in place of the acoustic version)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic - Soul to Squeeze
Pearl Jam - Ten - Yellow Ledbetter and State of Love and Trust
Rage Against The Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles - No Shelter

Re: Cuts/Songs From Albums You'd Wish They'd Published:

glynspsa — Thu, 1 Nov 2018 15:47:25 GMT

Author: glynspsa

Posted: 11/01/2018 19:47

Yellow Ledbetter by Pearl Jam

Changes by 2Pac

Re: Cuts/Songs From Albums You'd Wish They'd Published:

21stCenturySchiz — Thu, 1 Nov 2018 13:08:00 GMT

Author: 21stCenturySchiz

Posted: 11/01/2018 17:08

Even though it was a B-Side, I think Erotic City would've been a great Side 2 song on Purple Rain

I also think Rebirth of The Flesh should've ended up on Sign O' The Times

as for non-Prince stuff, I think it would've been awesome for Pink Floyd's Household Objects project to have been fully realized. Although if it weren't for it's cancellation we wouldn't have gotten DSotM

Re: Cuts/Songs From Albums You'd Wish They'd Published:

Anonymous — Thu, 1 Nov 2018 04:51:37 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/01/2018 08:51

craola wrote:

i disagree. while i love forget her, i don't think it really fits the rest of that album. it's a much more straightforward song - basically just two chords em-am with a couple fancy chords thrown into the chorus - and i dare say it's not nearly as graceful as the other songs. now, i would've enjoyed What Will You Say on the record cause it's one of jeff's top two/three compositions, but again, it's a bit on the angsty side. all that said, an EP with the aforementioned and All Flowers In Time (feat. Liz Fraser) would've been incredible.

I agree with Sandinistar, here [the quote button does not include the initial quote].
Forget Her is beautiful. I find it superior to So Real, for instance. For me the album would be better with Forget Her in place of So Real.

NB : Forget Her is now included as the last track on some editions

Re: Cuts/Songs From Albums You'd Wish They'd Published:

craola — Thu, 1 Nov 2018 00:11:37 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 11/01/2018 04:11

sethmadsen wrote:

I'll have to agree with Craoloalalala

i'm curious who you're talking about...

Sandinistar wrote:

If "Forget Her" had been included on Grace, it would've made that record even better. Same with "I'm Straight" and some of the other bonus tracks from The Modern Lovers. The first three Costello albums all annoyingly had different singles in the US and UK, meaning that each edition of the album was missing one of its best songs.

Re: Cuts/Songs From Albums You'd Wish They'd Published:

Sandinistar — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 23:41:58 GMT

Author: Sandinistar

Posted: 11/01/2018 03:41

If "Forget Her" had been included on Grace, it would've made that record even better. Same with "I'm Straight" and some of the other bonus tracks from The Modern Lovers. The first three Costello albums all annoyingly had different singles in the US and UK, meaning that each edition of the album was missing one of its best songs.

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RoundTheBend — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 23:05:22 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 11/01/2018 03:05

I'll have to agree with Craoloalalala's (I can't spell) comment about the deluxe versions or whatever on spotify. I'd rather just have the standard album if it's just adding a track or two.

U2's re-releases for their 20th anniversary (or whatever it was) were done right (as well as their best of collections) where they'd do the standard album as one disc and then the unreleased stuff as the second disc. That's a format I really can get behind because you get the meat and if you want potatoes, they are there too.

But as just a song or 5 just added to the original tracklist... typically I find that gross.

Talking about this topic in a different way, U2 and Rick Rubin did an album together right before they started to suck (in my book) and I'd be incredibly interested on what that material would have sounded like had it not been shelved.

Re: Cuts/Songs From Albums You'd Wish They'd Published:

JOSweetHeart — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 19:27:42 GMT

Author: JOSweetHeart

Posted: 10/31/2018 23:27

I just wish that the Liberty Records company, now called Capitol Nashville that is, would release what the Oak Ridge Boys did for them in the mid 1990's, at least the songs that my late beautiful precious Steve Sanders did the leading on anyway. "Perfect Love" and "Honey On My Harley" are two songs with him on lead that I believe have been in that camp's possession ever since but never put out there.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

Re: Cuts/Songs From Albums You'd Wish They'd Published:

Fischman — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 18:20:13 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 10/31/2018 22:20

Like many folks, my first impression of this was on b sides that weren't included on the album like Led Zeppelin's Hey Hey, What Can I Do and Fleetwood Mac's gorgeous Silver Spring (originally intended for Rumours).

I always thought it was silly when record labels would add an unreleased track as part of a Greatest Hits collection. That said, I do love Dan Fogelberg's Missing You.

I recently picked up the anniversary addition of the Who's Who's Next. Of course, that was originally intended to be a double, so in scaling back to a single, there was bound to be good material left over and it turns out there was, as the bonus tracks include some excellent material.

On the flipside, everything eventually put on Zep's Coda fully deserved to be left on the cutting room floor.

Re: Cuts/Songs From Albums You'd Wish They'd Published:

craola — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 12:18:35 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 10/31/2018 16:18

i tend to lean towards the less is more argument, so i don't typically feel that way (the why not this track thing), though on occasion, if a b side is so far superior to one or more a sides, i have heard myself uttering something something about how thom yorke was a moron for choosing bodysnatchers over bangers and mash or up on the ladder.

i got the deluxe edition of fyfe dangerfield's solo album back in the day, and i thought there were three b-sides that should've been a-sides and three vice versa. i've always felt he missed a couple obvious brushstrokes with that release, and the average pitchfork or what have you got more of the canned songs when the second disc had the artsier takes that the publication might've enjoyed some. disserviced himself trying to pick the songs he thought people wanted to hear rather than the ones he loved making, i think. what do i know? but that's me, i guess.

i tend to get a little bit bored once an album overstays its welcome, and it's a fine line, i guess, with different rules for every album, but in general, i appreciate and respect artists for leaving clutter in the gutter, even if i disagree with what ought t've made whichever slice.

spotify has a bad habit of including the excess stuff for releases, which has me scratching my head. until i bought the LP, i thought dexy's too-rye-aye was this monstrously long release with wayyy too many tracks, but then i got the lp, and it's significantly shorter in real life than spotify life. and it's much better shorter. usually, no always, i.m.e., the albums are better as a concise statement. i don't like when the spottrs dribble their fodder into my sink any more than you like me spilling my mayonaise on your ice cream sundae. but i guess that's on me too for not paying better attention.

Cuts/Songs From Albums You'd Wish They'd Published:

NowhereMan — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 11:49:20 GMT

Author: NowhereMan

Posted: 10/31/2018 15:49

All these anniversary editions of albums gets me weak at the knees; when it comes to The Beatles I collect bootleg outtakes and Session demos so I am not as excited about the 50th anniversary of The White Album as others may be.

However, when it comes to 'bonus tracks' on stuff like ELO's 'A New World Record' and 'Balance of Power' - the songs 'Surrender' and 'In For The Kill' respectively simply has me questioning massively why they were not included on the album.

Yourselves?