Albums without a single bad track on them

BonnieSituation · 23-02-2021 2:52pm

D9Male wrote: »

I am not a massive Smashing Pumpkins fan, but Siamese Dream was solid from start to finish.

Lots of people have already suggested Rumours by Fleetwood Mac and Pet Sounds (Beach Boys) and I agree with that.

Not sure if Weezer's Blue Album was mentioned, but there you go. I stand by that one.

I suggested 76:14 by Global Communication earlier in the thread, but I would like that stricken from the record. The album is nearly perfect, but I listened to it again and and 0:54 is effectively an interlude and not good as a standalone track.

Closing Time by Tom Waits is not in my top 10 albums by Tom Waits. But I don't think it has a bad track.

I was listening to the Blue Album during the week for the first time in an age. I might have to concur with that sentiment.

I'm also gonna stick my head up above the parapet here and suggest a live album: Alive 2007. Having had the pleasure of being at that Bercy gig in July 2007, it could be surmised that I am being biased from a nostalgic pov, but merely "okay" songs from the likes of Human After All were elevated to incredible anthems during that tour/show.

After hundreds of listens over the last decade, I can't help but place it in this exalted "perfect" album strata.

Though, given my only other entry onto this thread was "OK Cowboy" by Vitalic, this should be no real surprise.

Joe_ Public · 23-02-2021 2:59pm

At least a couple of Nick Cave albums could mention here, but my choice would be And No More Shall We Part which i think not only hasnt a single bad track on it, but contains several that are up there with his finest work. Lots disagree with me, but i regard it as his all time classic record.

Esho · 23-02-2021 3:52pm

Morcheeba - Who can you trust
Mad Professor/ Massive Attack - No Protection

Lockheed · 24-02-2021 2:20pm

The Hurting by Tears for Fears is pretty solid, the whole way through. shame their later albums were nowhere near as good.

Declan A Walsh · 24-02-2021 2:47pm

Lockheed wrote: »

The Hurting by Tears for Fears is pretty solid, the whole way through. shame their later albums were nowhere near as good.

I would be a bit different on that one. I like some of The Hurting but not all of it.

On the other hand, I liked every track on Tears for Fears' second album Songs From the Big Chair!

HalloweenJack · 24-02-2021 6:30pm

Discovery by Daft Punk would be the one that springs to mind right now.

I've seen Homework mentioned but I find it to be too long in parts and quite raw as well. Discovery is a polished effort and flows seemlessly.

NewbridgeIR · 24-02-2021 7:18pm

Lockheed wrote: »

The Hurting by Tears for Fears is pretty solid, the whole way through. shame their later albums were nowhere near as good.

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

I would be a bit different on that one. I like some of The Hurting but not all of it.

On the other hand, I liked every track on Tears for Fears' second album Songs From the Big Chair!

Likewise - I think Songs From The Big Chair and The Seeds Of Love (both eight track albums) are pretty flawless. The Hurting is very good but stops short of being a 10/10 album.

The Super Deluxe Editions of all are pretty great
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ManOfMystery · 24-02-2021 7:20pm

Soundgarden - Superunknown
Weezer - the blue album
Stone Temple Pilots - Purple

Declan A Walsh · 12-04-2021 9:52am

I was listening to Been There, Seen That, Done That by Something Happens! for the first time in a number of years. I liked every single track without exception.

JackTC · 12-04-2021 10:53am

I cannot recommend Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens enough.

It is (in my opinion) the greatest album of the last 10 years

AndyBoBandy · 12-04-2021 10:56am

Been listening to Audioslave's self titled debut album, and it's an absolute cracker of an album.

The follow up, Out of Exile was nowhere near as good as it... in fact I'd even say its a bad album...

ManOfMystery · 14-04-2021 4:59pm

Stuck on some old school Smashing Pumpkins today to get the taste of their recent synth pop efforts out of my mouth, and agree with D9Male on the previous page - Siamese Dream is definitely up there in my list of albums without a poor track. Soma in particular is a masterpiece. On a sidenote, I spent years thinking James Iha did the guitar solo on that song until I saw them playing it live and realised just how talented a guitarist Billy Corgan is, most rock frontmen with a guitar just play rhythm.

pajosjunkbox · 14-04-2021 5:44pm

Chroma by RSAG .....released during 1st lockdown. Every song is unreal. Put on the headphones and take a walk. It took 10 years for this Kilkenny musician to release a new album but my god was it worth the wait. But still they play Nathan Carter on the radio .......

Rothko · 14-04-2021 9:29pm

pajosjunkbox wrote: »

Chroma by RSAG .....released during 1st lockdown. Every song is unreal. Put on the headphones and take a walk. It took 10 years for this Kilkenny musician to release a new album but my god was it worth the wait. But still they play Nathan Carter on the radio .......

I saw him play years ago and never knew he had an album out. I may check it out.

pajosjunkbox · 14-04-2021 9:49pm

Rothko wrote:

I saw him play years ago and never knew he had an album out. I may check it out.

Yep it went under the radar a little in all the lockdown frenzy. It is my best album of 2020 by far. Have a listen and see what you think. The Spark is a brilliant track but every song gives you something different. Let me know what you think !

nc6000 · 15-04-2021 8:06pm

JackTC wrote: »

I cannot recommend Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens enough.

It is (in my opinion) the greatest album of the last 10 years

Thanks for that, it's a good album. Can't say I had heard of him before.

UrbanSprawl · 17-04-2021 12:12am

there is no perfect album all have tracks u wanna skip

Ash.J.Williams · 17-04-2021 12:21am

UrbanSprawl wrote: »

there is no perfect album all have tracks u wanna skip

Metallica 84 -88

Declan A Walsh · 06-07-2021 12:44am

I just noticed today that I liked every track on Infected by The The. I think one track grew on me over time!

YFlyer · 06-07-2021 11:58pm

Sorry for not going through the whole thread.Not a fan of them. But Iron Maiden must have album without singles.

Mental Mickey · 07-07-2021 12:00am

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

Metallica 84 -88

Particularly the one from '86

spring lane jack · 07-07-2021 12:02am

It takes a nation of millions to hold us back -Public Enemy

YFlyer · 07-07-2021 12:49am

Sorry misread the OP. Joshua Tree.

Idleater · 17-07-2021 3:07pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/113779761#Comment_113779761

Found this thread during read-only model and have just finished listening to the box-set of Alabama 3 Exile on Coldharbor Lane.

Zaph · 17-07-2021 5:40pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117624221#Comment_117624221

I didn't realise there was a box set. Reviews look good, I'll definitely be buying.

Declan A Walsh · 20-07-2021 9:59am

I played The Golden Age of Wireless by Thomas Dolby last night and realised this (for me) is another album without a single bad track.

Paranoid Mandroid · 05-09-2021 7:19am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/113779579#Comment_113779579

I love that part of the album. I think it's fantastic.

Joe_ Public · 05-09-2021 9:03am

Played Horslips Book of Invasions last night, lost none of its power after all these years. An absolute classic from first groove to last and so criminally underrated.

sydthebeat · 05-09-2021 9:46am

Gonna add

Flaming lips : the soft bulletin

chicorytip · 04-10-2021 10:20pm

Squeez - East Of Eden.

trashcan · 10-10-2021 12:26am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117977211#Comment_117977211

Don’t you mean East Side Story ? A fine album for sure, but not flawless. F Hole is not great for example.

chicorytip · 10-10-2021 4:52pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117999399#Comment_117999399

East Side Story,of course!! 😊 Even it's weakest track is a good 'un.

boombang · 12-11-2021 2:25pm

I thought I'd posted here previously, but I can't see it.

Judas Priest's Painkiller is an absolute revelation for me. I've been listening to Black Sabbath for approaching 25 years and I only recently started listening to JP. They have some really mixed albums. Defenders of the Faith would make the cut for no bad song too, but Painkiller is just amazing. It came after a weak spot for the band but just absolutely kicks off from the first track and keeps going.

pah · 04-12-2021 12:21pm

IMHO - Taste is a factor obviously but albums I will listen to without getting the itch to hit the skip button.

REM - Automatic for the People

SP - Siamese Dream

RHCP - Californication

Coldplay - Parachutes

The National - Boxer

Radiohead - The Bends

trashcan · 04-12-2021 12:30pm

Rattlesnakes - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

Steve McQueen - Prefab Sprout

Cake and I’ve Seen Everything -Trashcan Sinatras

The Golden Miller · 05-12-2021 4:05am

The Stone Roses. Single greatest album ever. It's b-sides would top most great albums

05-12-2021 4:30am

Stevie Wonder - Innervisions

ofthelord · 09-12-2021 7:58pm

Wilco - Sky Blue Sky

Deftones - Around The Fur

Smashing Pumpkins - Gish

Bjork - Debut

Been listening to a lot of my records over the last few days of crap weather and these albums in my opinion are brilliant from start to finish

Mr.Nice Guy · 10-12-2021 7:49pm

Listened to Morning Phase by Beck for the first time in a few years. As good as I remembered and I didn't want to skip any songs. It might be my favourite album of his.

Alter_Ego · 13-12-2021 8:33pm

Some relatively 'recent' ones

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace - Foo Fighters

Phobia - Breaking Benjamin

Into the Wild - Eddie Vedder

Fr Tod Umptious · 24-10-2022 10:33am

Just had some notion to listen to Violent Femmes start to finish for the first time in over 30 years.

I don't think there is a bad track on it.

Fr Tod Umptious · 24-10-2022 10:34am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/113779590#Comment_113779590

IMO Purple more than Core for me as a album without a bad track.

Mike Litoris · 24-10-2022 5:23pm

Nick Drake - Pink Moon

Iron Maiden - Seventh son of a Seventh Son

Tony EH · 08-01-2023 5:30pm

Was going to post a similar thread topic as we had this discussion in the boozer the other night, when someone asked each person at the table to name 10 records where each track was a "banger". And it wasn't as easy as you'd imagine. In any case, I managed to narrow it down to the below, after some time changing my mind and switching out numerous albums.

Anyway...in no particular order...

Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

Depeche Mode - Violator

The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead

Nirvana - Nevermind

Carcass - Symphonies of Sickness

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

Pixies - Surfer Rosa

Slayer - Reign in Blood

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Declan A Walsh · 09-01-2023 10:57am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120082414#Comment_120082414

I have four of those albums somewhere in my collection, but the only one I can definitely say that I like all the tracks is Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd. Violator by Depeche Mode comes very close - still can't make up my mind about Sweetest Perfection!

Tony EH · 09-01-2023 2:22pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120084655#Comment_120084655

Yeah, Dark Side of the Moon is definitely Pink Floyd's greatest record for me. But, TBH, I was never really a fan of theirs. I like the first half of The Wall, but over all it's a pretentious load of twaddle with very mediocre tracks. But Dark Side is one of those albums that I can put on and just lie down and listen to all the way through.

I suppose that was the essential criteria for my top ten. Each of those albums I can just put on Side A, track 1 and go right to the end. Of course there are numerous others too, so that list is probably subject to a lot of changes. 😄

NewbridgeIR · 09-01-2023 8:12pm

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Great list although IMHO The Queen Is Dead dips a bit with Never Had No One Ever and Vicar In A Tutu. I prefer Isn't Anything to Loveless but both are great.

More for me

Fleetwood Mac - Tusk

Prince - Sign Of The Times

Dexys Midnight Runners - Don't Stand Me Down

The Style Council - Our Favourite Shop

ABC - The Lexicon Of Love

Japan - Tin Drum

Serge Gainsbourg - L'Histoire De Melody Nelson

Primal Scream - Screamadelica

Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour

U2 - Achtung Baby

Pixies - Bossanova

The LA's - The LA's

Happy Mondays - Pills, Thrills & Bellyaches

Dcully · 14-01-2023 11:18am

U2 The Joshua tree

SuperBowserWorld · 14-01-2023 11:24am

John Grant - Queen of Denmark

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie and Lowell

Radiohead - OK Computer

Crowded House - Together Alone

BOSTIK · 14-01-2023 11:52pm

Lou Reed - New York

Music for the Masses - Depeche Mode

Albums without a single bad track on them

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