# Albums with all good songs **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 15, 2000, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-all-good-songs/25654 "2000-07-15T08:12:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-all-good-songs/25654/41 "2000-07-17T18:22:34Z")
Gin Blossoms “New Miserable Experience” Bonnie Raitt “Nine Lives” ---
**Author:** ![greatsatan666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e480ec/32.png) [@greatsatan666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greatsatan666)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-all-good-songs/25654/42 "2000-07-17T18:27:15Z")
Re: OP As soon as I saw the thread title, first thing that popped into my head was “Pearl Jam - Ten.” Right at the top of your list! Badass. Seconds, thirds, or whatever for Stone Temple Pilots - Core, and U2- Joshua Tree, and many others… ---
**Author:** ![JungleLove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/839c29/32.png) [@JungleLove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JungleLove)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-all-good-songs/25654/43 "2000-07-17T18:34:00Z")
Aaron Neville - The Grand Tour - I don’t care how many people don’t like his falcetto voice. He has the voice of an angel in the body of a fullback. Bring it on, baby. Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy Guys & Dolls Soundtrack The Music Man Soundtrack ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-all-good-songs/25654/44 "2000-07-17T18:40:08Z")
I recognize many of the bands listed, but most seem to be within the past 10 years or so. sigh. For the record: Carole King’s Tapestry and the already mentioned Fleetwood Mac Rumours… thanks for making me feel old… ---
**Author:** ![jayron\_32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@jayron\_32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayron_32)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-all-good-songs/25654/45 "2000-07-17T19:42:30Z")
**HenrySpencer** : > [@](#): > > The Velvet Underground - self titled and ‘banana’ album - The Velvet Underground & Nico \*(the banana album) would be a fine album if you got rid of the “& Nico” part. Man, that bitch had the most irritating voice. Totally gets in the way of listening to Cale wail on the viola for me. The non-Nico songs (Heroin, Waiting for the Man) are pretty good, but _White Light/White Heat_ is a much better album. \*\* gigi\*\*: > [@](#): > > Springsteen: “The River” > > ``` > (I want to say "Born to Run" and "Darkness on the Edge of Town" but they are off by one in "Tenth Avenue > Freeze Out" and "Adam Raised a Cain" respectively.) > > ``` Actually, I would reverse these. _The River_ is a decent album, except the title track is the most maudlin, melodramtic piece of crud Bruce has ever written. _Born to Run \* is quintessential Bruce, while \* Darkness…_ was the first album where he seemed to break out of his “Poor man’s Dylan” mode. To be fair, “Adam Raised a Cain” is a live standard, and comes off much better than the studio version, but it’s not a bad song. Not nearly as annoying as “The River” Most everything else here seems right on. I know someone mentioned _Grand Illusion_ by Styx. I personally think Dennis DeYoung could peel paint with his voice alone it’s so annoying, but I will concede that if you LIKE Styx (and that style of power-ballad falsetto hollar-rock), than it IS a quintessential album. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-all-good-songs/25654/46 "2000-07-17T20:08:18Z")
In addition to a few of the great albums already mentioned (especially the Zep), I’ll add the following: Jethro Tull – Original Masters Dead Kennedys – Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death Operation Ivy – Operation Ivy Vol. 4 Remix Wars – Funkervogt and Velvet Acid Christ Praise the Fallen – VNV Nation I’ll probably think of more later… MR ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-all-good-songs/25654/47 "2000-07-17T22:28:29Z")
Police: “Synchronicity” Oingo Boingo: Most of em… U2: “Joshua Tree” Beatles: duh… Jimmy Cliff: “The Harder They Come” Jethro Tull: “Warchild” and “Think as a Brick” (granted, that’s only one song that’s an album long, but it is a damn good song) 10,000 Maniacs: “Our Time in Eden” TMBG: “Flood” Yes: “90125” (I think that’s the number, anyway) Talking Heads: “Stop Making Sense” and “Remain in Light” I think that’s about it from what I own, ignoring greatest hits collections, which I don’t think count. ---
**Author:** ![chief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@chief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chief)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-all-good-songs/25654/48 "2000-07-17T22:41:21Z")
Guns N’ Roses - Appetite for Destruction Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I, II, IV, Houses of the Holy Rolling Stones - Beggar’s Banquet, Exile on Main St. Black Crowes - Southern Harmony and Musical Companion Bob Marley and the Wailers - Uprising that’s all i can think of for now… ---
**Author:** ![GreatKingRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@GreatKingRat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreatKingRat)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-all-good-songs/25654/49 "2000-07-17T23:09:09Z")
Queen-News Of The World ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-all-good-songs/25654/50 "2000-07-17T23:15:03Z")
My top choice, which has been mentioned several times, is my favorite album of all time: **Graceland by Paul Simon** Second choice: **Green** by REM. Another, off the top of my head: **Michael Jackson’s Thriller**. ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-all-good-songs/25654/51 "2000-07-17T23:29:44Z")
I won’t mention all the good stuff everybody else has - except to reiterate “Physical Graffiti” by Zeppelin. They pull it off with a double album - hard to do. “Hot Rocks” by the Rolling Stones, although that’s a greatest hits album, so that’s kind of cheating. “Gish” and “Siamese Dream” by The Smashing Pumpkins. (They are my favorite band. I think their “Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” is one of the most underrated rock albums of all time, but it does have a song or two on the double-album that just don’t do it for me.) “Desolation Boulevard” by Sweet “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” by AC/DC “Paul’s Boutique” by the B-Boys. “Superunknown” by Soundgarden “Nevermind” by Nirvana “Destroyer” by Kiss “A Show of Hands - Live” by Rush “Dirt” by Alice in Chains and that’s probably enough ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-all-good-songs/25654/52 "2000-07-18T00:19:42Z")
Just out of curiosity, chief, what don’t you like on Led Zep III? ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-all-good-songs/25654/53 "2000-07-18T21:28:52Z")
**irish\_bill** says: > [@](#): > > Aimee Mann - Whatever > > Television - Marquee Moon > > Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend If I were gay, I’d do you right now. _Whatever_ is one of the top 5 pop albums recorded in the last 15 years, bar none. And the other two are no stiffs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-all-good-songs/25654.md?page=2)