# Albums with at least three undeniably classic tracks. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 19, 2007, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553 "2007-01-19T03:17:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/1 "2007-01-19T03:17:43Z")
Obviously classic can be debated, but I would say there are many albums out there where the majority of fans would be in agreement: Here are two that I think most would agree fit the OP: Led Zeppelin IV: “Stairway to Heaven” “Black Dog” “Rock & Roll” Marvin Gaye, What’s Goin’ On “What’s Goin On” “Inner City Blues” “Mercy Mercy Me” Obviously excluding greatest hits albums, comps, and all Beatles and Stones albums. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/2 "2007-01-19T03:19:29Z")
Darnit, meant to include “When the Levee Breaks” on Zep IV. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/3 "2007-01-19T03:21:04Z")
“Who’s Next” with “Baba O’Reilly,” “Won’t Get Fooled Again” and “Behind Blue Eyes.” ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/4 "2007-01-19T03:33:12Z")
_The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan_: Blowin’ in the Wind, A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall, Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright _Bringing It All Back Home_: Subterranean Homesick Blues, Maggie’s Farm, Mr. Tambourine Man _Highway 61 Revisited_: Like a Rolling Stone, Ballad of a Thin Man, Desolation Row _Blood on the Tracks_: Tangled Up in Blue, Idiot Wind, Shelter From the Storm (Maybe should have stipulated a no-Dylan rule as well …) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/5 "2007-01-19T03:40:09Z")
Pink Floyd **Dark Side of the Moon** “Money,” “Us and Them” “Brain Damage/Eclipse” Beatles – Well, you can choose several. I’ll go with **Abbey Road** “Come Together,” “Something,” “Here Comes the Sun,” “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window.” The Clash – **London Calling** “London Calling,” “Clampdown,” “Train in Vain.” The Who – **Tommy** “Pinball Wizard,” “We’re Not Gonna Take It” “Overture” Rolling Stones – **Let it Bleed** “Gimme Shelter,” “Let it Bleed,” “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” “Midnight Rambler.” ( **Beggars Banquet** could also be considered. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/6 "2007-01-19T03:43:14Z")
Neil Young’s “Harvest”: “Old Man,” “Heart of Gold,” “The Needle and the Damage Done.” Hendrix’s “Are You Experienced”: “Purple Haze,” “Hey Joe,” “Foxy Lady.” (I have a feeling I’ll be coming back to this thread a lot!) ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/7 "2007-01-19T03:46:11Z")
Oh! “Allman Brothers Band” with “Dreams,” “Whippin’ Post” and “Trouble No More.” ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/8 "2007-01-19T03:50:37Z")
Fleetwood Mac, **Rumors** , “Dreams”, “Go Your Own Way”, “Don’t Stop”, “Songbird”, “You Make Lovin’ Fun”. Oh, and “Gold Dust Woman” and “The Chain”. And let’s not forget a song that couldn’t make the cut because of length, “Silver Springs”. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/9 "2007-01-19T04:30:42Z")
“Undeniable” and “classic” are terms we could argue about. I’ll count a song as a “classic” if it’s either a staple of classic rock radio or an instantly recognizable tune within its genre. So, even if I don’t much like a song or artist, I’ll count it as a “classic” if it meets those criteria. So… 1. **Paranoid** by Black Sabbath has three tunes that are “classics” of the heavy metal genre: “Iron Man,” “War Pigs,” and the title track. 2. **Are You Experienced?** by the Jimi Hendrix Experience had “Foxy Lady,” “Purple Haze,” “Hey Joe” and “Fire,” all of which qualify 3. CCR’s **Cosmo’s Factory** had “Travelin’ Band,” “WHo’ll Stop the Rain,” “Up Around the BEnd” and “Lookin’ Out My Back Door.” 4. **The Doors** featured “Break on Through,” “The End,” and “Light My Fire.” ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/10 "2007-01-19T04:47:51Z")
Billy Joel’s **The Stranger** : “Just They Way You Are”, “Only The Good Die Young”, “She’s Always A Woman” as well as… “Vienna”, “Scenes From an Italian Restaurant”, “Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)” ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/11 "2007-01-19T04:49:57Z")
I’ll go with astorian’s definition. AC/DC - Back In Black, “Back In Black”, “You Shook Me All Night Long” and “Hell’s Bells”. ZZ Top - Eliminator, with “Gimme All Your Lovin’”, “Legs” and “Sharp Dressed Man”. Van Halen - 1984, “Jump”, “Panama”, “Hot For Teacher”. Boston - Boston…pretty much every track on it, certainly “More Than A Feeling”, “Rock And Roll Band” and “Smokin’”. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/12 "2007-01-19T04:53:35Z")
Journey’s “Escape”: “Don’t Stop Believin’”, “Who’s Cryin’ Now”, and “Open Arms” ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/13 "2007-01-19T05:00:45Z")
Supertramp qualifies multiple times: **Crime Of The Century** - “School”, “Bloody Well Right” and “Hide In Your Shell” (and “Asylum” and “Dreamer”) **Even In The Quietest Moments** - “Give A Little Bit”, “Even In The Quietest Moments” and “From Now On” **Breakfast In America** - “The Logical Song”, “Goodbye Stranger” and “The Long Way Home” Electric Light Orchestra also qualifies several times: **Face The Music** with “Evil Woman”, “Nightrider”, “Strange Magic” and “One Summer Dream” **A New World Record** with “Telephone Line”, “So Fine”, “Livin’ Thing” and “Do Ya” **Out Of The Blue** with “Turn To Stone”, “Sweet Talkin’ Woman” and “Mr. Blue Sky.” **Aja** by Steely Dan has “Josie”, “Peg” and “Deacon Blues.” **Boston** with “More Than A Feeling”, “Peace Of Mind” and “Foreplay / Long Time” **Billion Dollar Babies** by Alice Cooper, with “Hello Hooray”, “Elected”, “No More Mr. Nice Guy” and “I Love The Dead” The Eagles’ **Hotel California** with “Hotel California”, "New Kid In Town"and “Life In The Fast Lane” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/14 "2007-01-19T05:13:42Z")
Some more recent releases: Evanescence - Fallen - Bring Me To Life, Going Under, My Immortal Green Day - Dookie - Basket Case, She, Welcome to Paradise, When I Come Around Green Day - American Idiot - the title track, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Holiday, Wake Me Up When September Ends Nickelback - The Long Road - Feelin’ Way Too Damn Good, Figured You Out, Someday Nirvana - Nevermind - Come As You Are, In Bloom, Lithium, Smells Like Teen Spirit Offspring - Smash - Come Out And Play, Gotta Get Away, Self Esteem White Stripes - Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground, Fell In Love With a Girl, Hotel Yorba White Stripes - Elephant - Hardest Button to Button, I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself, Seven Nation Army ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/15 "2007-01-19T05:16:48Z")
Oops. Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground, Fell In Love With a Girl, and Hotel Yorba are on the album White Blood Cells. ---
**Author:** ![Crawlspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Crawlspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crawlspace)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/16 "2007-01-19T05:37:27Z")
_Pet Sounds_ - The Beach Boys; “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” “Sloop John B” “God Only Knows” _American Beauty_ - The Grateful Dead; “Box of Rain” “Ripple” “Truckin’” \*Ten \*- Pearl Jam; “Even Flow” “Alive” “Jeremy” _Goodbye Yellow Brick Road_ - Elton John; many to choose from, I’m sure most people could agree on three. \*Abraxas \*- Santana; “Black Magic Woman” Oye Como Va" “Hope You’re Feeling Better” ---
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/17 "2007-01-19T05:38:58Z")
Ozzy has Diary of a Madman: Over the Mountain, Flying High Again, You Can’t Kill Rock and Roll and Diary of a Madman. Note, you could probably either add a couple more tracks or replace You Can’t Kill RnR with another track. The whole album rocks. Blizzard of Ozz: Crazy Train, I Don’t Know, Revelation (Mother Earth), Suicide Solution and Mr. Crowley. Slee ---
**Author:** ![JCorre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@JCorre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JCorre)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/18 "2007-01-19T05:40:29Z")
**Pearl Jam** \*Ten \* “Alive”, “Evenflow”, “Black” ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/19 "2007-01-19T05:56:18Z")
**R.E.M.** _Automatic for the People_: “Everybody Hurts”; “Nightswimming”; “Man on the Moon” I’d add “Find the River” and “Drive” to the list - hell, I’d probably add all the other songs on the album as well - but I’m a hard-core fan. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/20 "2007-01-19T06:08:34Z")
Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd - **Lynyrd Skynyrd** “Freebird” “Tuesday’s Gone” “Simple Man” “Gimme Three Steps” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553.md?page=2)