# Albums/CDs you can listen to all the way through, from beginning to end, without skipping any songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 2, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-cds-you-can-listen-to-all-the-way-through-from-beginning-to-end-without-skipping-any-songs/538056 "2010-05-02T19:21:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-cds-you-can-listen-to-all-the-way-through-from-beginning-to-end-without-skipping-any-songs/538056/21 "2010-05-03T01:34:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The Beatles, _Abbey Road_ and _Sergeant Pepper’s_. > Electric Light Orchestra, _A New World Record, Discovery_ and _Xanadu_ > Alan Parsons Project, _Turn of a Friendly Card, Eve_ and _Eye in the Sky_ > Asia, _Asia_ and _Astra_ > Tchaikovsky, _Nutcracker Suite_ and _Symphony No. 5_ > > Yes, I have weird musical tastes. For curiosity, are there any symphonies where you would skip a movement? The only one that comes to mind at all is Mahler 1st because I hate the minor variations on ‘Frère Jacques’, but even then, I think I either listen to a different symphony or suffer through that movement. What’s weird about your musical tastes? I have all those albums. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-cds-you-can-listen-to-all-the-way-through-from-beginning-to-end-without-skipping-any-songs/538056/22 "2010-05-03T03:42:08Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > What’s weird about your musical tastes? I have all those albums. weirdo 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-cds-you-can-listen-to-all-the-way-through-from-beginning-to-end-without-skipping-any-songs/538056/23 "2010-05-03T03:59:41Z")
Of those not yet mentioned: **Fear of a Black Planet** - Public Enemy **Purple Rain** - Prince **Mama’s Gun** - Erykah Badu **Kind of Blue** - Miles Davis **Brand New Day** , \*\*Ten Summoner’s Tales \*\*- Sting **The Fragile** - Nine Inch Nails **Hot** - Squirrel Nut Zippers **Hot House** - Arturo Sandoval **Katamari Damacy Original Soundtrack** **Beastie Boys** - Licensed To Ill **Ozomatli** , \*\*Street Signs \*\*- Ozomatli **You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby** - Fat Boy Slim ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-cds-you-can-listen-to-all-the-way-through-from-beginning-to-end-without-skipping-any-songs/538056/24 "2010-05-03T04:25:06Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > What’s weird about your musical tastes? I have all those albums. I was about to say…other than the Tchaikovsky, so do I. (Then again, **Elendil’s Heir** and I have compared notes on music before. 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-cds-you-can-listen-to-all-the-way-through-from-beginning-to-end-without-skipping-any-songs/538056/25 "2010-05-03T04:41:17Z")
Too many to name. Way too many to name. The first few that come to mind: Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos Paul’s Boutique - Beastie Boys London Calling - The Clash Thriller - Michael Jackson Blue Lines - Massive Attack Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder ---
**Author:** ![The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Universe_Lashes_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-cds-you-can-listen-to-all-the-way-through-from-beginning-to-end-without-skipping-any-songs/538056/26 "2010-05-03T05:09:41Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > For me, it’s the opposite - I can’t think of any artists where I’ve bought the album and would want to skip any songs. Same here. I have about 400 CDs and very rarely do I skip songs when I’m playing them. If I’m listening on my computer, I’ll frequently queue up random individual songs, but I prefer to listen to albums all the way through. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-cds-you-can-listen-to-all-the-way-through-from-beginning-to-end-without-skipping-any-songs/538056/27 "2010-05-03T06:25:09Z")
**Gang of Four** - Entertainment! **The Clash** - The Clash **Prince** - Sign ‘O’ The Times **The Feelies** - Crazy Rhythms **The Beatles** - Revolver **The Go-Betweens** - 16 Lovers Lane **Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians** - Fegmania! **The Jesus & Mary Chain** - Psychocandy **Big Star** - #1 Recrd/Radio City ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-cds-you-can-listen-to-all-the-way-through-from-beginning-to-end-without-skipping-any-songs/538056/28 "2010-05-03T12:59:11Z")
While it’s unusual these days for me to listen to entire albums, ones where I’d feel no need to skip songs include: anything by **Los Straitjackets** **The Who** - Who’s Next, Tommy **NRBQ** - Wild Weekend\* **Eno** - Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy \*well OK, I might the skip the Obligatory Sappy Love Song (one is required on every NRBQ album) - but the rest are all gems. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-cds-you-can-listen-to-all-the-way-through-from-beginning-to-end-without-skipping-any-songs/538056/29 "2010-05-03T13:11:05Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > For curiosity, are there any symphonies where you would skip a movement?.. Oh, jeez, yeah, most of them. Virtually all. That’s why Tchaikovsky’s Fifth stands out for me; it’s the only one I can think of off the top of my head where I like each and every movement. For the others, I prefer the up-tempo movements just about every time, and don’t particularly care for most of the slower parts. I really, really like Handel’s _Messiah_ and Bach’s _Brandenburg Concertos_, for instance, but there are several pieces in each that leave me meh. > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > What’s weird about your musical tastes? I have all those albums. Bless you, and **kenobi 65**! ---
**Author:** ![Fake\_Tales\_of\_San\_Francisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fake\_Tales\_of\_San\_Francisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fake_Tales_of_San_Francisco)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-cds-you-can-listen-to-all-the-way-through-from-beginning-to-end-without-skipping-any-songs/538056/30 "2010-05-03T13:48:26Z")
**The Seldom Seen Kid** - Elbow. It’s an album I can happily do nothing else but listen to. Never not in the mood for it, hasn’t grown tiresome at all. **The Remote Part** - Idlewild. **Do You Like Rock Music?** - British Sea Power. And of course, **Whatever People Say I am, That’s What I’m Not** - Arctic Monkeys. ---
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> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > **Prince** - Sign ‘O’ The Times This. Also: **Parade - Music From the Motion Picture _Under the Cherry Moon_** , which is Prince’s best album (though I used to think his best was the aforementioned **Sign ‘O’ the Times** ). ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_D.Bergkamp)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-cds-you-can-listen-to-all-the-way-through-from-beginning-to-end-without-skipping-any-songs/538056/32 "2010-05-03T14:06:55Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > **Big Star** - #1 Recrd/Radio City This one comes very close for me, but I cannot stand “The India Song” on _#1 Record_. Albums that I always listen to all the way through: Arcade Fire - Funeral The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You Bright Eyes - I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning; Lifted Brian Jonestown Massacre - Give It Back; Take It From The Man! British Sea Power - The Decline of British Sea Power Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts; Hazards of Love The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound Iron and Wine/Calexico - In the Reins Marillion - Misplaced Childhood Miles Davis - Kind of Blue Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema; Challengers Okkervil River - The Stage Names Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God; Rum, Sodomy and the Lash REM - Life’s Rich Pageant; Reckoning The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet; Let It Bleed The Smithereens - Especially For You The Smiths - their entire catalog Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hot Son Volt - Trace (which I’ve been listening to all weekend) Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes ---
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> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > **Face the Music** , **A New World Record** , and **Out of the Blue** - Electric Light Orchestra > **The Yes Album** , **Fragile** , and **90125** - Yes > **Asia** - Asia > **A Night at the Opera** , **The Game** , **The Works** - Queen > **Boston** - Boston > **Rubber Soul** , **Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band** , **Abbey Road** - The Beatles > **Volume 1** - Traveling Wilburys > **Mystery Girl** - Roy Orbison I like your taste in music. Seconded for Boston, Traveling Wilburys, and Mystery Girl. When I used to have these albums on cassette, I used to leave the player on auto-reverse and play them over and over. I also like: **Building the Perfect Beast** and **The End of the Innocence** by Don Henley **Scarecrow** and **The Lonesome Jubilee** by John Cougar Mellencamp (as he was known then) **Centerfield** by John Fogerty **Born in the U.S.A.** by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band **Eliminator** by ZZ Top **The Stranger** , **52nd Street** , and **An Innocent Man** by Billy Joel **Business As Usual** and **Cargo** by Men At Work I could listen to all of these albums without skipping one song. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-cds-you-can-listen-to-all-the-way-through-from-beginning-to-end-without-skipping-any-songs/538056/34 "2010-05-04T01:03:28Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > Blue Lines - Massive Attack Good choice! That’s my favorite album of theirs. Here’s my list. It’s pretty easy for me to listen to an album without skipping a song, so I’ll just list the ones where I really wouldn’t want to. **Big Star** ’s first three albums **Beach Boys** - Pet Sounds **the Beatles** - Please Please Me It’s not that this is my favorite of theirs or anything. When I choose to listen to this album I want to listen to all the songs. It’s possible that I’d skip some of the songs on here if they were on a different album, but on this album they work well. **The Church** - Starfish **David Bowie** - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, Station to Station **Massive Attack** - Blue Lines **Meat Puppets** - Too High to Die **Okkervil River** - The Stage Names **Pixies** - Come On Pilgrim, Doolittle **R.E.M.** - Murmur, Reckoning, Lifes Rich Pageant, Out of Time (yes, really), Automatic for the People **The Replacements** - Let It Be **Television** - Marquee Moon ---
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The Cure, Head on the Door The Clash, Sandanista (actually a double album) Doves, debut album The Chameleons, Strange Times REM, Out of Time (totally, really) The Replacements, Tim World Party, Private Revolution The Pretenders, debut album/Pretenders II Joe Jackson, I’m the Man Echo and the Bunnymen, Ocean Rain Kitchens of Distinction, Strange Free World Massive Attack, Mezzanine Elvis Costello, Armed Forces Jimi Hendrix, Are You Experienced? Pearl Jam,Yield This Mortal Coil, Filigree & Shadow Steely Dan, The Royal Scam ---
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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Oh, jeez, yeah, most of them. Virtually all. That’s why Tchaikovsky’s Fifth stands out for me; it’s the only one I can think of off the top of my head where I like each and every movement. And here, I thought I’d found my long lost twin from whom I was separated in a Gilbert and Sullivanesque twist of fate… ---
**Author:** ![Loisseau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Loisseau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loisseau)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-cds-you-can-listen-to-all-the-way-through-from-beginning-to-end-without-skipping-any-songs/538056/37 "2010-05-04T15:53:19Z")
**Where is Love?** Irene Kral Finest love ballad CD ever done **Ballad for Edvard Grieg** Leif Oves Andsnes Wonderful versions of Grieg’s Concerto for piano in A minor and his Ballade ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-cds-you-can-listen-to-all-the-way-through-from-beginning-to-end-without-skipping-any-songs/538056/38 "2010-05-04T16:22:01Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > And here, I thought I’d found my long lost twin from whom I was separated in a Gilbert and Sullivanesque twist of fate… Could it be? Could it really… be? :: cues the orchestra :: ---
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> [@I'm Not Dennis Bergkamp](#): > > Son Volt - Trace (which I’ve been listening to all weekend) Seconded. Also: **Late For The Sky** - Jackson Browne **Operation: Mindcrime** - Queensryche ---
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