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Albums without a single bad track on them

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  • #92
    the purple tin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    AC/DC: Powerage
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    Rock and roll belters all the way through.


    Neil Young: Sleeps with Angels
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    One of Young's best and most overlooked albums. Atmospheric, brooding, dark and rocking.


    Bruce Springsteen: Devils and Dust
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    Also tends to be overlooked but this is arguably the Boss's greatest acoustic album.


  • #93
    Tony EH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,829 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    Bambi wrote: »
    Invaders is generally acknowledged as a **** song, Gangland isn't much better. Oddly they left a far better track from those sessions off the album for those two turkeys. Their debut is the one album they released that was all killer no filler.

    Every album from "classic 80's" Iron Maiden had some duff tracks on them and the versions of the songs felt flat when compared to their live counterparts. I can't really listen to any of the studio albums now, except maybe 'Piece of Mind'. But even then.

    Their live album, 'Live After Death', which was the first album I heard from them, is still one of the greatest examples of live records, even though there was a lot of post production done on it. But every version of every song on that record is far, far, superior to their studio counterparts.
    Bambi wrote: »
    Pornography was The Cures one album without a single duff track

    The production sucked though, which brings the whole thing down.


  • #94
    Rothko
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    NewbridgeIR wrote: »
    How did you hear it first?

    I bought the LP when it was released, played it twice every night while cramming for my Leaving Cert and a couple of months later got a copy of the CD with the extra tracks so I could listen to them before my favourite ever gig

    The two of them always felt out of place for that reason.

    Yeah, I heard it with those two included so I can't imagine the album without them. I still think I'd love them even if they were just b-sides or something.


  • #95
    s1ippy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,980 ✭✭✭s1ippy


    Not a Bad Track on em, A Part 1/3

    Aimee Mann - Lost in Space
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=323W1GcfcTA


    Alabama 3 - Hits and Exit Wounds
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-H5Ox14psc


    Alt J - An Awesome Wave
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Laq9dsj21gg


    Amy Winehouse - Frank
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a-Au0t1bKA


    The Andrews Sisters - The Dancing 20s
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKtmYAo_Bm4


  • #96
    s1ippy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,980 ✭✭✭s1ippy


    A 2/3

    Andrew Bird - My Finest Work Yet
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTJhweRNNzk


    Antonio Vivaldi -
    The Four Seasons
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg903HyGWFc


    Violin Sonatas Op. 2
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiijZmW9jKM


    Nisi Dominus/Stabat Mater
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXRtnZydQrI


    Arrigo Boito - Mefistofele Abdravakof
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94cmOHQgri8


    Arcade Fire - Funeral
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32jp-7QlkqM


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  • #97
    s1ippy
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    A 3/3

    Arctic Monkeys -
    self-titled
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpOSxM0rNPM


    Favourite Worst Nightmare
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30w8DyEJ__0


    Arcutus - The Sham Mirrors
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0o7Vx0bmno


    Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS7LKoX_atM


    Audioslave -
    Audioslave
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UnEhcMEtTw


    Out of Exile
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOWS89a_ODM


    Might do Bs tomorrow, I have a list about 300 long total since starting whenever this thread opened, not sure if anyone will really be too bothered but I'm happy to have made the list of all my favourites cos it's also a lot of vinyl I need to buy. Plus it's handy to have to hand all the albums you can just stick on in full.


  • #98
    Basq
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    Arcade Fire - Funeral
    The Postal Service - Give Up
    Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
    Counting Crows - August And Everything After
    Bon Iver - Bon Iver


  • #99
    NewRed2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 999 ✭✭✭NewRed2


    U2 - Joshua Tree


  • #100
    gammygils
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,645 ✭✭✭✭gammygils


    I've covered a few decades here

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    Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
    My all time favourite

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    Tango In The Night - Fleetwood Mac. I love every track

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    70's classic

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    Brilliant albums from one half of Steely Dan

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    Great "Make Out" album back in the day :P

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    "The Big Romance" - David Kitt

    A classic imo


  • #101
    [Deleted User]
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    @ gammy gils

    Great list
    Much prefer Unknown Pleasures to Closer (has two weak links - The Eternal and Heart & Soul)
    Tango In The Night fantastic as is Rapture
    Was playing both Donald Fagens last night.
    My mother had the Clifford T Ward LP.

    Don't like The Big Romance at all. I reviewed it for Cluas.com in 2001 - they wanted to publish a positive and a negative review. Mine was the latter.


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  • #102
    Darwin
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    Mentioned already but Def Leppard Hysteria is an incredible album from start to finish, the production values are amazing.
    The Police - Synchronicity (so many brilliant albums, hard to pick one)

    Are live albums allows?
    Simple Minds - Live in the City of Light
    Level 42 - A Physical presence (worth listening to for Mark King's bass playing).


  • #103
    [Deleted User]
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    Hysteria is the Thriller of hard rock. The Super Deluxe Edition was well worth picking up. 5 CDs + 2 DVDs plus tour programme, book, poster etc. OOP now. Refreshing (for a rock band) to include single edits and extended mixes in a reissue - many of them hate their 12" versions from the 80s and they get ignored - unlike pop or soul acts.


  • #104
    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,698 ✭✭✭tricky D


    Soundtracks:
    Betty Blue
    Repo Man
    The Blues Brothers
    Blade Runner

    Velvet Underground and Nico
    Ian Dury, New Boots and Panties
    Prefab Sprout, Steve McQueen


  • #105
    nullzero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,166 ✭✭✭✭nullzero
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    One I left off of my list was The Strokes-Is this it

    Brilliant from beginning to end, a real breath of fresh air at the time as well, even if it wasn't the most original album ever recorded it felt like it was when it was released.


  • #106
    mr_edge_to_you
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,407 ✭✭✭mr_edge_to_you


    Some great choices in this thread.

    My favourites:
    U2 - The Joshua Tree
    Heartworm - Whipping boy
    Word Gets Around - Stereophonics

    The Best of the Beatles (any Alan Partridge fans around?)


  • #107
    begbysback
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,909 ✭✭✭begbysback


    Cyndi Lauper - 12 deadly cyns - kinda cheating but still


  • #108
    Luckycharms_74
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,796 ✭✭✭Luckycharms_74


    tayto lover wrote: »
    Graceland - Paul Simon.

    Great shout.
    Another gem is Famous Blue Raincoat - Jennifer Warnes

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  • #109
    [Deleted User]
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    10 New Songs - Leonard Cohen


  • #110
    Bonzo Delaney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,577 ✭✭✭Bonzo Delaney


    8 pages in and no one mentions the best selling debut album in rock n roll
    Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction


  • #111
    DeanAustin
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    Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf
    Achtung Baby - U2
    Definitely Maybe - Oasis
    These Days - Bon Jovi
    Blood on the Tracks - Dylan
    White Ladder - David Gray


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  • #112
    ThunbergsAreGo
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    Glas Vegas - Glas Vegas

    Unpopular I reckon


  • #113
    [Deleted User]
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    ThunbergsAreGo wrote: »
    Glas Vegas - Glas Vegas

    Unpopular I reckon


    Not with me, mainly because I've never even heard of them :P

    It's opinions anyway, so popularity bedamned :pac:


  • #114
    bullethead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25 ✭bullethead


    Copperhead Road... Steve earle


  • #115
    oholly121
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    Oasis - Definitely Mabey
    Oasis - what’s the story morning glory
    Oasis - The masterplan
    LTJ Bukum - planet earth
    Pendulum - hold your colour
    The prodigy music for the jilted generation
    The prodigy fat of the land
    Orbital - in slides
    Justice - Around the world
    Daft punk - discography
    Air - moon safari
    Pearl jam -10
    Tool - lateralus 10,000 days
    Mike oldfield tubular bells 2
    Metallica - load , reload , garage inc
    Muse - black holes and revelations
    Sex pistols - never mind the b******
    The streets - origins pirate material
    Radiohead - the bends
    Massive attack - blue lines
    The chemical brothers come with us dog your own hole
    Underworld - underworld
    New young pony club - fantastic playroom
    Manic street preachers - this is my truth show me yours
    Moby - play


  • #116
    smurf492
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 677 ✭✭✭smurf492


    Live- Throwing Copper
    Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
    REM - Automatic for the People
    REM - New Adventures in HiFi
    Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
    The Doors - Break on Through


  • #117
    Tiredalways
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    JPCN1 wrote: »
    Throwing Copper - Live.
    August and everything after- Counting Crows.
    Quadrophenia -The Who.
    All Mod Cons- The Jam.
    The Visit - Loreena McKennitt.

    Have to agree with throwing copper. Thoroughly enjoyed distance to here too. Great album


  • #118
    [Deleted User]
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  • #119
    retalivity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,374 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
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    Good shout, good, solid, not great, but no bad tracks.
    Then again, i fvuking love the Knife


  • #120
    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,737 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    oholly121 wrote: »
    Oasis - Definitely Mabey
    Oasis - what’s the story morning glory
    Oasis - The masterplan
    LTJ Bukum - planet earth
    Pendulum - hold your colour
    The prodigy music for the jilted generation
    The prodigy fat of the land
    Orbital - in slides
    Justice - Around the world
    Daft punk - discography
    Air - moon safari
    Pearl jam -10
    Tool - lateralus 10,000 days
    Mike oldfield tubular bells 2
    Metallica - load , reload , garage inc
    Muse - black holes and revelations
    Sex pistols - never mind the b******
    The streets - origins pirate material
    Radiohead - the bends
    Massive attack - blue lines
    The chemical brothers come with us dog your own hole
    Underworld - underworld
    New young pony club - fantastic playroom
    Manic street preachers - this is my truth show me yours
    Moby - play

    Reload is shyte.


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  • #121
    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,737 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    Bonzo Delaney wrote: »
    8 pages in and no one mentions the best selling debut album in rock n roll
    Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction

    Classic


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