Albums without a single bad track on them

Low Energy Eng · 02-10-2020 1:07pm

On Oct. 24, Linkin Park's debut album, Hybrid Theory, will officially be 20 years old. As part of the celebration, the band is issuing a 20th anniversary edition of the multi-platinum album and have just taken it back to their early days with a newly released demo version of "In the End." And it is way different than the version you're used to.

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Can't believe that album is 20 years old but it was quality.

S.M.B. · 02-10-2020 3:24pm

FHFM50 wrote: »

Funeral by Arcade Fire would fit that perfectly. It has no stand out tracks but the album as a whole is great.

Blasphemy! Funeral has plenty of standout tracks.

On the other hand I have very little time for Une Annee Sans Lumiere and would consider it dangerously close to being a bad song.

pawdee · 02-10-2020 3:30pm

Probably been said already but for me..... Dopesmoker by Sleep.

tayto lover · 02-10-2020 9:18pm

Beatles One album.

Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers.

FHFM50 · 03-10-2020 9:55am

(What's the story) Morning Glory is 25 years old.

Yes Noel lifted a few things from other bands but you can't deny this album is 10/10

Man Vs ManUre · 03-10-2020 10:56pm

FHFM50 wrote: »

(What's the story) Morning Glory is 25 years old.

Yes Noel lifted a few things from other bands but you can't deny this album is 10/10

I much prefer definitely maybe. It’s more raw and natural.
Tho I think their first 3 albums are all great. Yes, even be here now I think is brilliant. But after that it all went so bad, 1 or 2 good track but the rest absolute garbage in each album. Who can ever forget the song Liam write on standing on giants, ‘little James’. Jeez it was so bad.

the purple tin · 03-10-2020 11:50pm

Western Stars by Bruce Springsteen.

FHFM50 · 04-10-2020 9:55am

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

I much prefer definitely maybe. It’s more raw and natural.
Tho I think their first 3 albums are all great. Yes, even be here now I think is brilliant. But after that it all went so bad, 1 or 2 good track but the rest absolute garbage in each album. Who can ever forget the song Liam write on standing on giants, ‘little James’. Jeez it was so bad.

Standing on giants was bad, Heathen chemistry wasn't great either but was an improvement.

I found they got their mojo back with Don't believe the truth and Dig out your soul.

BOSTIK · 04-10-2020 6:00pm

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

New deluxe edition is fabulous. Have been playing all week.

For years all I had was the cassette version. It gets the odd outing in the car stereo when the ipod's taking a sleep.

Porklife wrote: »

What a brilliant list! Agree with all of it and the album's I'm not familiar with I'll be listening to now as you clearly have great taste!

(blushes) Ah, that's nice. I'd say you'd enjoy the Supergrass & House of Love albums judging from your own list.

Gervais08 wrote: »

Massive love for Violator there!!!!

All absolute pure beauty but World In My Eyes is my fave.

I’m going to listen to it now!!!

WIME is good, but you can't beat "Halo". And then there's "Clean", some way to close an album.

Surreptitious · 05-10-2020 2:43am

Listening to Lana del Rey Born to Die again.
I still think it's ace.

Chivito550 · 13-10-2020 1:25pm

U2 - The Joshua Tree
U2 - Achtung Baby
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Janis Joplin - Pearl
Beatles - Rubber Soul
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard

sbsquarepants · 13-10-2020 1:46pm

Born to run - Bruce Springsteen (the single greatest album ever made in my opinion)

Tunnel of Love + The wild the innocent and the E Street Shuffle by Bruce also - 2 absolute gems from start to finish.

Tapestry - Carole King
In search of - N.E.R.D
The Black Album - Jay Z
Graceland - Paul Simon
Rumours -Fleetwood Mac
1989 - Taylor Swift (I get quite a bit of slagging for this one, but fúck it, i stand by it, that album is a masterpiece if you just take the time to listen to it)
The bends - Radiohead

Declan A Walsh · 02-11-2020 10:50am

I'm just after listening to Oh Mercy by Bob Dylan in full, for the first time in some years. I liked every single track - I think I must have given some tracks more of a chance this time!

NewbridgeIR · 02-11-2020 11:57am

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

I'm just after listening to Oh Mercy by Bob Dylan in full, for the first time in some years. I liked every single track - I think I must have given some tracks more of a chance this time!

1989 was the year of the “old guy comeback album”:
Neil Young - Freedom
Lou Reed - New York
Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy

The Dylan record is great, love Lanois production. And the best track from the sessions was left off- Series Of Dreams. Eventually surfaced on the first Bootleg Series box in 1991.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgqGUBP3Cx0

Declan A Walsh · 02-11-2020 12:39pm

I was listening to Suzanne Vega's self-named debut album. I played it all the way through only to find I actually liked the last track - I used to always skip it! There's another album for this list.

Trekker09 · 02-11-2020 1:08pm

George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice.

dvcireland · 02-11-2020 1:36pm

Graceland by Paul Simon was played to death in our house, i think my dad bought it with his redundancy money.

Another one was The Dubliners 25 Celebration.

My own selection:

The Beatles - Revolver
R.E.M - Reckoning
Faith No More - The Real Thing
Depeche Mode - Violator - still sounds a fresh as a daisy
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Orbital - In Sides
Radiohead - Kid A

Declan A Walsh · 02-11-2020 3:37pm

Days of Open Hand by Suzanne Vega is another flawless album in that there is no bad track.

igCorcaigh · 02-11-2020 4:44pm

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Days of Open Hand by Suzanne Vega is another flawless album in that there is no bad track.

Just listening to it now. Class.

02-11-2020 4:45pm

Steps Gold & The ultimate collection aka Abba on speed

blue note · 02-11-2020 5:32pm

What a great thread. I hadn't seen it before but having read the first 10 pages it just brought back heaps of great memories of great albums. And it really shows the difference in people's opinions on who's great and what's a great album.

Just to throw a few into the list

Leonard Cohen - I'm your man
Lou Reed - transformer
Santana - abraxas
Jeff Buckley - grace
The clash - Londons calling
Antony and the johnsons - I am a bird now
eels - beautiful freak
John mayall with Eric Clapton- blues breakers
Eric Clapton mtv unplugged
St Germain- tourist

I don't think there's a weak track on any of them.

PGE1970 · 02-11-2020 5:41pm

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Rattlesnakes

The Smiths - The Smiths

Pulp - Different Class

The Waterboys - This is the Sea

ellee · 02-11-2020 6:00pm

Great thread

I would just say Daft Punk's Random Access Memories is a seriously underrated album and actually fills the criteria perfectly.

Joe_ Public · 02-11-2020 6:04pm

blue note wrote: »

What a great thread. I hadn't seen it before but having read the first 10 pages it just brought back heaps of great memories of great albums. And it really shows the difference in people's opinions on who's great and what's a great album.

Just to throw a few into the list

Leonard Cohen - I'm your man
Lou Reed - transformer
Santana - abraxas
Jeff Buckley - grace
The clash - Londons calling
Antony and the johnsons - I am a bird now
eels - beautiful freak
John mayall with Eric Clapton- blues breakers
Eric Clapton mtv unplugged
St Germain- tourist

I don't think there's a weak track on any of them.

I'm Your Man was the first time i really got Leonard Cohen and understood the impish sense of humour that underscored every track. Still one of my favourite ever albums and all the ones since have been high quality too.

blue note · 02-11-2020 6:33pm

Joe_ Public wrote: »

I'm Your Man was the first time i really got Leonard Cohen and understood the impish sense of humour that underscored every track. Still one of my favourite ever albums and all the ones since have been high quality too.

It's incredible how good the albums in later life have been. All the way up to you want it darker they were still genuinely terrific albums.

Lockheed · 02-11-2020 6:54pm

Strange Days by the Doors is a treat from start to finish. Many people don't like Horse Latitudes but imo its pure poetry from Jim Morrisson

Declan A Walsh · 02-11-2020 6:59pm

What surprised me was that I listened to four of my old albums today (for another thread) and three have them did not have a single track I had to skip. Hence my three posts on this thread today. The possibility of that happening with my large collection is pretty low I can tell you!

supernova5 · 02-11-2020 7:44pm

Wildness by Snow Patrol is superb, In my estimation their best album to date

Johnken1514 · 02-11-2020 7:47pm

I found it very cool.

BonnieSituation · 02-11-2020 7:53pm

Pivot Eoin wrote: »

Have to echo Nas - Illmatic and DJ Shadow Endtroducing

To try mention a few that havent come up:

Mylo - Destroy Rock&Roll (excellent for its time)
Killers - Hot Fuss
Dr.Dre - 2001 (if you remove the Intros/skits)
Martyn - Air Between Words (For Techno Heads)
Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought
Gangstarr - Moment of Truth
Kanye - Twisted Dark Faded Fantasy (on a production note)
Vitalic - O.K Cowboy
Paul Kalkbrenner - Berlin Calling
Damien Rice - O
RJD2 - Deadringer
Air - Moon Safari
Moby - play
Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way Baby

Was not expecting someone else to post that.

Not a drop in quality from start to finish.

A masterpiece.

In fact when I saw the thread pop up it was the first album I thought of that fulfills the criteria.

Be a toughie to think of more...

Mike Litoris · 02-11-2020 7:56pm

Queen - Sheer Heart Attack

Def Leppard - Pyromania

Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible

Radiohead - OK Computer (yes, even Fitter Happier!)

BeefeaterHat · 02-11-2020 8:02pm

Van Morrison - astral weeks. Best album of his with moondance and veedon fleece a close second and third.

Derek and the dominoes- Layla best rock album ever made imo

Fann Linn · 02-11-2020 8:20pm

Making Movies- Dire Straits.
Forever Changes- Love
Bryter Later- Nick Drake
It's great when you're straight- Black Grape
Strong Persuader- Robert Cray.

Declan A Walsh · 02-11-2020 8:34pm

I see some people are listing off their favourite albums. Remember this is about albums without a single bad track. Some of my favourite albums have a few off tracks so I can't list them here!

NewbridgeIR · 02-11-2020 8:35pm

blue note wrote: »

What a great thread. I hadn't seen it before but having read the first 10 pages it just brought back heaps of great memories of great albums. And it really shows the difference in people's opinions on who's great and what's a great album.

Just to throw a few into the list

Leonard Cohen - I'm your man
Lou Reed - transformer
Santana - abraxas
Jeff Buckley - grace
The clash - Londons calling
Antony and the johnsons - I am a bird now
eels - beautiful freak
John mayall with Eric Clapton- blues breakers
Eric Clapton mtv unplugged
St Germain- tourist

I don't think there's a weak track on any of them.

Good list but I'd say I'm Your Man fails due to Jazz Police.

Bobtheman · 02-11-2020 9:25pm

Wham- make it BIG !😜

supernova5 · 04-11-2020 9:14pm

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - a great album

[I'm sure you've all heard it before]

Declan A Walsh · 05-11-2020 11:56am

I just had a listen to an album I not heard in a while - Still Got The Blues by Gary Moore. I was surprised to find that I liked every track. I'm pretty sure that I used to skip at least two tracks! Again, like at least one other album I mentioned, some of the tracks must have grown on me!

FHFM50 · 05-11-2020 12:18pm

Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

CoBo55 · 05-11-2020 12:21pm

Ride on and ordinary man from Christy Moore.
Hard station Paul Brady.
Rattlesnakes Lloyd Cole.
The Wall.

CoBo55 · 05-11-2020 12:22pm

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

I just had a listen to an album I not heard in a while - Still Got The Blues by Gary Moore. I was surprised to find that I liked every track. I'm pretty sure that I used to skip at least two tracks! Again, like at least one other album I mentioned, some of the tracks must have grown on me!

That does happen.

BonnieSituation · 05-11-2020 1:28pm

CoBo55 wrote: »

That does happen.

I love when that happens. Easily my favourite part of going back to an album.

BionicRasher · 05-11-2020 3:30pm

joeguevara wrote: »

Pulp - Different Class has no bad songs on it. Absolute belter of an album.

absolute classic - defined an era
was in my early 20s and I must have listened to the album about 1000 times!!

'Why live in the world when you can live in your head'

Libadour · 12-11-2020 7:15pm

Declan A Walsh · 18-11-2020 5:40pm

I'm just after re-listening to Play by Moby. That last track, My Weakness, has surprisingly grown on me. As a result, this is now another album without a dud track for me. I used to totally discard that last track!

fluke · 02-12-2020 1:26am

AC/DC - Back In Black
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Pearl Jam - Binaural
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
Taylor Swift - 1989

GreeBo · 02-12-2020 2:25am

Counting crows : August and everything after

SmartinMartin · 02-12-2020 2:35am

I still think "Made in Japan" is the greatest live album ever made. Child in time is unreal.

But then, I'm old.

Declan A Walsh · 22-02-2021 9:14pm

I have been listening to Electronic by Electronic again. That's another one on my list of "Albums without a single bad track on them". It's been a few months since I listened to an album without a single dud track!

I still suspect that some people are just posting their favourite albums without any regard to whether or not they like every single track, the point of this thread!

D9Male · 23-02-2021 11:54am

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.

Albums without a single bad track on them

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