Lots of great artists, esp the ones with long and fruitful careers have released many stinker albums. However, on those albums there might be a song which is absolutely fantastic and would be considered a classic if it was on a better album.
Typical example is Every Grain Of Sand by Bob Dylan, amazing song on a terrible album.
Too many to name but some that I thought of right away are
The Diamond Sea - Washing Machine, Sonic Youth
An ok album, but Diamond Sea is a masterpiece.
Under Pressure - Hot Space, Queen
A terrible album, but this single is great. Courtesy of late great David.
Ulysses - Tonight, Frany Ferdinand
A pretty bad album, but this song is so catchy. Definitely not their best work, but it's good, especially compared to that album... _________________ Overall chart Fake overall chart
I don't think this quite answers your question because some of these albums are rated as classics by a lot of people, but to me they are poor-to-mediocre at best. But each one of them has one absolutely fantastic track on it that makes me wonder how the rest of the album turned out so mediocre compared to the one great track. These are the ones I'm talking about by John Lennon.
Mind Games..... The title track. It's great I always thought.
Walls and Bridges... #9 Dream. Which is awesome.
Imagine.... The title track is the only one that kicks in for me.
I assume the song you were talking about is American Pie, but I kind of like Vincent better.
Yes I was. I get people liking Vincent I don't though. A little too schmaltzy for me but I like some even sappier songs you know how it is some things either grab you or they don't. 😉
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