Albums without a single bad track on them

23-09-2020 09:22PM

trashcan wrote: »

I'd prefer Automatic over Green too. But neither of them come close to the first 5 albums in my view. My personal favourite is Fables of the Reconstruction, then Murmer, Reckoning, lifes Rich Pageant and Document. I like lots of R.E.M. stuff after that, but the later albums are a lot more patchy for me. Particularly after Automatic.

My R.E.M. rankings

15 Around The Sun
14 Accelerate
13 Collapse Into Now
12 Reveal
11 Life's Rich Pageant
10 Document
09 Monster
08 Green
07 Out Of Time
06 New Adventures In Hi-Fi
05 Reckoning
04 Up
03 Murmur
02 Automatic For The People
01 Fables Of The Reconstruction

Declan A Walsh · 23-09-2020 10:59PM

I have six albums by REM: Murmur, Document, Green, Out of Time, Automatic for the People and Monster. All of them have a few tracks I don't like. The one that comes closest to perfection, i.e. not a single bad track, is Out of Time where there is only one track I don't like (Low).

Declan A Walsh · 23-09-2020 11:11PM

Reading through some of the posts, I suspect that some posters have forgotten what this thread is about. It's not necessarily about their favourite albums. It's about albums, in their opinion, that do not have a single bad track. There are times the two could coincide but not all the time. Some of your favourite albums may have the odd duff track.

Lockheed · 23-09-2020 11:15PM

Iggy Pop's The Idiot. With Bowie he created an entire new genre of sound, which is still influencing young people some 40 years later. Captures the soullessness of a post-industrial society with such ease.

FutureTeashock · 23-09-2020 11:28PM

The Beatles Greatest Hits.:o

Man with broke phone · 23-09-2020 11:31PM

Springsteen , Nebraska.

Not my favourite album at all but all good songs on it.

Welruc · 23-09-2020 11:32PM

Live, throwing copper

deathbomber · 23-09-2020 11:42PM

Pink Floyd - The Wall (What a production!)
Pink Floyd - Dark side of the moon (ground breaking)
Air - Moon Safari. (Beautiful)
Metallica - 1st 4 albums (Gold standard of metal to this day)
Slayer - Reign in blood (relentless)
Beastie boys ill communication
Pantha du prince - This bliss
Aphex twin - SAW 1
DRE - 2001
Snoop dog - Doggy style
Cypress hill - Black sunday
Simon and Garfunkel - definitive
Photek - Modus Operandi
Waterboys - Fisherman blues
Bowie - Earthling
U2 - All that you can't leave behind
Nick Cave - Boatmans call
Nirvana - Nevermind
Prodigy - Experience
Stone roses - stone roses

trashcan · 23-09-2020 11:50PM

FutureTeashock wrote: »

The Beatles Greatest Hits.:o

Hate to burst your balloon, but you're not exactly first to the party with that gag in this thread. :P

trashcan · 23-09-2020 11:55PM

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Reading through some of the posts, I suspect that some posters have forgotten what this thread is about. It's not necessarily about their favourite albums. It's about albums, in their opinion, that do not have a single bad track. There are times the two could coincide but not all the time. Some of your favourite albums may have the odd duff track.

Indeed. As much as I like Revolver for instance, it has a few tracks I'd skip by, Love You To, Dr Robert, Yellow Submarine. I wouldn't nominate it for that reason. its very hard to think of an album without at least one "meh" track.

FutureTeashock · 23-09-2020 11:56PM

trashcan wrote: »

Hate to burst your balloon, but you're not exactly first to the party with that gag in this thread. :P

I thought so, but it's a classic Alan Partridge moment and I couldn't resist.

On a separate note, isn't it amazing that 99% of the bands/artists listed are British or American?

It shows how culturally neutered Ireland is.

Those pesky brits.

Straight Talker · 24-09-2020 12:35AM

The albums Clarity and Futures by Jimmy Eat World.Great band, and im not sure that they get the credit they deserve.Yesterday Went Too Soon by Feeder is another.Feeder are another band, that never got the credit they deserved imo.

Mal-Adjusted · 24-09-2020 12:50AM

littlevillage wrote: »

Leonard Cohen - I'm your man

To be fair, Jazz Police is fairly naff.

FutureTeashock · 24-09-2020 12:54AM

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

To be fair, Jazz Police is fairly naff.

That's 100% subjective, which just proves how stupid the thread is. My choice is the Venga Boys, which just illustrates my point.

It's basically a "post your favourite album" thread, which has probably been done ten million times already. :rolleyes:

Surreptitious · 24-09-2020 07:26AM

Massive Attack Blue Lines

24-09-2020 07:29AM

FutureTeashock wrote: »

That's 100% subjective, which just proves how stupid the thread is. My choice is the Venga Boys, which just illustrates my point.

It's basically a "post your favourite album" thread, which has probably been done ten million times already. :rolleyes:

Relax! The thread isn't doing an iota of harm, if people want to share something they love then let them.

littlevillage · 24-09-2020 07:33AM

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

To be fair, Jazz Police is fairly naff.

Granted, its probably the weakest song on the Album..... But still better than what a lot of other 'artists' churn out.

Declan A Walsh · 24-09-2020 08:55AM

FutureTeashock wrote: »

That's 100% subjective, which just proves how stupid the thread is. My choice is the Venga Boys, which just illustrates my point.

It's basically a "post your favourite album" thread, which has probably been done ten million times already. :rolleyes:

Of course it is all subjective. Strictly speaking, though, it's not a "post your favourite album" thread. It's a bit more nuanced than that. As I pointed out in my previous post, it's about posting the names of albums that (in one's subjective opinion) do not have a single bad track.

sydthebeat · 24-09-2020 09:03AM

Probably been mentioned a few times already, but my list would include:

Took waits: closing time
Band of horses : cease to begin
James : laid
Richard Hawley : trueloves gutter
Keane: hopes and fears
Beck : mellow gold
Graham parsons : GP
grant lee buffalo: fuzzy

Tombo2001 · 24-09-2020 09:22AM

Only two really I can think of that I would recommend to anyone:
Miles Davis, Kind of Blue and Joni Mitchell, Blue.

After that, I would have a few where I love all the tracks but thats just my taste:

Sundays: Reading, Writing & Arithmatic
Fionn Regan: Cala
Smiths: Queen is Dead
Jeff Buckley: Grace
Bob Marley: Uprising
David Kitt: The Big Romance
Frames: For the Birds

Declan A Walsh · 24-09-2020 09:26AM

Tombo2001 wrote: »

Only two really I can think of that I would recommend to anyone:
Miles Davis, Kind of Blue and Joni Mitchell, Blue.

After that, I would have a few where I love all the tracks but thats just my taste:

Sundays: Reading, Writing & Arithmatic
Fionn Regan: Cala
Smiths: Queen is Dead
Jeff Buckley: Grace
Bob Marley: Uprising
David Kitt: The Big Romance
Frames: For the Birds

There's one I had forgotten about. I like every track on that album.

Tombo2001 · 24-09-2020 09:39AM

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

My R.E.M. rankings

15 Around The Sun
14 Accelerate
13 Collapse Into Now
12 Reveal
11 Life's Rich Pageant
10 Document
09 Monster
08 Green
07 Out Of Time
06 New Adventures In Hi-Fi
05 Reckoning
04 Up
03 Murmur
02 Automatic For The People
01 Fables Of The Reconstruction

15 -12 Around The Sun/ Accelerate/ Collapse Into Now/ Reveal
11 Monster
10 Document
09 Out Of Time
08 New Adventures In Hi-Fi
07 Green
06 Life's Rich Pageant
05 Reckoning
04 Up
03 Fables Of The Reconstruction
02 Murmur
01 Automatic For The People

Hope we wont have a row over this!!!

Here is how I would see it- I just think Automatic For The People was such an album of its time, and is timeless, I think it has to be top.

For me I have Murmur second, I love the energy and tension on it.

Up was a fantastic album no doubt.

Out of Time is the one I struggle with, in the same way I never really liked OK Computer - greatly overhyped by media at the time (could this be the greatest album ever!!) and definitely has some dodgy tracks. Even the title track I just got bored of, and found a bit pretentious. But on the other hand, any album with Country Feedback on it has to be worth something, and songs like Near Wild Heaven and Half a World Away are also very decent. So thats the reason I would have it ahead of Document.

Monster - never liked the main single, and lots of boring songs on it like Crush with Eyeliner.....

The last four albums, never really listened to them, singles were uninspiring, all blend into one samey, well produced but dull sound in the same way that the late U2 albums do....

FHFM50 · 24-09-2020 11:32AM

Illmatic - Nas

retalivity · 24-09-2020 03:46PM

I'm trying to think of one bad song on the Arctic Monkeys debut album... maybe 'Perhaps Vampires...'
Otherwise, it is up there as well.

Bright Eyes - I'm wide awake its morning
Eric Clapton - Unplugged

24-09-2020 07:26PM

Tombo2001 wrote: »

15 -12 Around The Sun/ Accelerate/ Collapse Into Now/ Reveal
11 Monster
10 Document
09 Out Of Time
08 New Adventures In Hi-Fi
07 Green
06 Life's Rich Pageant
05 Reckoning
04 Up
03 Fables Of The Reconstruction
02 Murmur
01 Automatic For The People

Hope we wont have a row over this!!!

Here is how I would see it- I just think Automatic For The People was such an album of its time, and is timeless, I think it has to be top.

For me I have Murmur second, I love the energy and tension on it.

Up was a fantastic album no doubt.

Out of Time is the one I struggle with, in the same way I never really liked OK Computer - greatly overhyped by media at the time (could this be the greatest album ever!!) and definitely has some dodgy tracks. Even the title track I just got bored of, and found a bit pretentious. But on the other hand, any album with Country Feedback on it has to be worth something, and songs like Near Wild Heaven and Half a World Away are also very decent. So thats the reason I would have it ahead of Document.

Monster - never liked the main single, and lots of boring songs on it like Crush with Eyeliner.....

The last four albums, never really listened to them, singles were uninspiring, all blend into one samey, well produced but dull sound in the same way that the late U2 albums do....

Similar enough list. Great to see other people rating Up.
The last three I find samey - I think Reveal (my #12) is way ahead of them.

I've bought the super deluxe editions of Out Of Time, Monster, Automatic and they're good but they have omitted B-sides & single edits (there's not too many of them) in favour of demos and live tracks which is a bit annoying.

the purple tin · 26-09-2020 10:40AM

The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle by Springsteen

Trekker09 · 26-09-2020 11:20AM

Marxman - 33 Revolutions Per Minute
Vauxhall And I - Morrissey
Odelay - Beck
Air - Moon Safari
The Housemartins London 0 Hull 4
Super Furry Animals - Radiator
Whipping Boy - Heartworm
Squeeze - East Side Story - Anyone at the Vicar Street gig last year will know how good they still are!
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
Kacy & Clayton - Strange Country
Primal Scream - Screamadelica
Death In Vegas - Dirge/Scorpio Rising

These are off the top of my head. Funny thing is that some of the tracks that I didn't like initially are now amongst my favourite tracks! I guess that's what happens when you listen to music in a linear fashion!

Ash.J.Williams · 26-09-2020 11:28AM

Toxicity

ofthelord · 26-09-2020 11:32AM

Put Pearl Jam Vs on yesterday for first time in ages - still love every track on it. Crazy to think that it came out 27 years ago!

Gervais08 · 26-09-2020 11:33AM

Derek and the Dominoes - “Layla and Other Assorted Love Stories”.

Quality from beginning to end.

I Looked Away is my highlight aside from the title.

Albums without a single bad track on them

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