# 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:** 2
**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:** [January 19, 2007, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/21 "2007-01-19T06:42:04Z")
Pretty much any Beatles album, as well as the first 4 Ramones albums. Also, THe Sex Pistols, Never Mind The Bollocks… - “Holidays In The Sun”, “Anarchy In The UK”, “God Save The Queen”. Which reminds me - Queen, The Game - “Play The Game”, “Another One Bites The Dust”, “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”, “Save Me”. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/22 "2007-01-19T06:43:36Z")
Pixies - _Doolittle_ “Debaser,” “Monkey Gone To Heaven,” “Here Comes Your Man” (“Wave Of Mutilation” and “Gouge Away” should probably qualify as well) Dead Kennedys - _Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables_ “California Uber Alles,” “Holiday In Cambodia,” “Let’s Lynch The Landlord,” “Chemical Warfare” David Bowie - _Hunky Dory_ “Changes,” “Oh! You Pretty Things,” “Life On Mars?” “Queen Bitch” Sex Pistols - _Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols_ “Anarchy In The UK,” “God Save The Queen,” “Pretty Vacant” The Smiths - _The Queen Is Dead_ “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out,” “The Boy With A Thorn In His Side,” “Bigmouth Strikes Again” The Smiths - _The Smiths_ “Reel Around The Fountain,” “What Difference Does It Make?” “This Charming Man,” “Hand In Glove” Violent Femmes - _Violent Femmes_ “Blister In The Sun,” “Kiss Off,” “Add It Up,” “Gone Daddy Gone” Weezer - The Blue Album “Buddy Holly,” “Undone (The Sweater Song),” “Say It Ain’t So” (maybe “My Name Is Jonas”) ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/23 "2007-01-19T06:49:26Z")
**Wee Bairn** , I’ll see your Led Zeppelin IV, and raise you Led Zeppelin I, II, and III. I: _Good Times, Bad Times_; _Dazed and Confused_; _Communication Breakdown_ II: _Whole Lotta Love_; _The Lemon Song_; _Ramble On_; _Living Loving Maid_ III: _Immigrant Song_; _Since I’ve Been Loving You_; _Gallows Pole_ ---
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/24 "2007-01-19T07:18:20Z")
**Modest Mouse** -_Lonesome Crowded West_ Teeth Like God’s Shoeshine; Trailer Trash; Styrofoam Boots; **Sublime** - _Self Titled_ Garden Groove; Santeria; What I Got **Snoop Dogg** - _Doggystyle_ Gin & Juice, Tha Shiznit, Ain’t No Fun **Operation Ivy** - _Energize_ Knowledge, Take Warning, Vulnerability, Smiling, etc take your pick. Maybe the most underrated album of all time (and its really not all that underrated, thats how good it is). **Ween** - _Quebec_ It’s Gonna Be a Long Night, Happy Colored Marbles, Transdermal Celebration **My Bloody Valentine** - _Loveless_ Only Shallow, Loomer, Sometimes **NoFX** - \*Heavy Petting Zoo \* Philthy Phil Philanthropist, Hot Dog in a Hallway, Drop the World **Janes Addiction** - Ritual de lo Habitual Stop, Three Days, Been Caught Stealing **Beck** - _Odelay_ Devil’s Haircut, Lord Only Knows, Jackass **Tenacious D** - _Self Titled_ Kielbasa, Kyle Quit the Band, Karate, Rock Your Socks Off, Really almost the entire album. As mentioned - **Pink Floyd** - _DostM_, although I’ll pick Breathe, Time, & Money. I’ll also give honorable mention to \*Meddle \* with Fearless, One of These Days, and Echose (one of the best songs ever) ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/25 "2007-01-19T07:20:10Z")
**Queen** -_News of the World_ -“We Will Rock You”, “We Are The Champions” and “Spread Your Wings” ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/26 "2007-01-19T07:27:41Z")
[QUOTE=fishbicycle] **Aja** by Steely Dan has “Josie”, “Peg” and “Deacon Blues.” [/QUOTE] I came to mention “Aja”, but I was going to use “Black Cow”, “Home At Last” and “I Gt The News” as examples! mm ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/27 "2007-01-19T07:48:00Z")
**The Police** Reggatta de Blanc: Message In A Bottle, Walking On The Moon, Reggatta de Blanc (it won a Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental in 1980… I know, that’s a stretch) Synchronicity: Every Breath You Take, King Of Pain, Wrapped Around Your Finger **Stone Temple Pilots** Core: Plush, Creep, Wicked Garden **Radiohead** The Bends: Just, High And Dry, Street Spirit (Fade Out) OK Computer: Paranoid Android, Let Down, Karma Police **Prince** Purple Rain: Purple Rain, When Doves Cry, Let’s Go Crazy **Oasis** (What’s The Story) Morning Glory: Wonderwall, Some Might Say, Don’t Look Back In Anger **Michael Jackson** Off The Wall: Don’t Stop 'Til You Get Enough, Rock With You, She’s Out Of My Life Thriller: Beat It, Billie Jean, Thriller **INXS** Kick: Devil Inside, Need You Tonight, New Sensation **Bobby Brown** Don’t Be Cruel: Don’t Be Cruel, My Prerogative, Roni That’ll do for now. I guess there is the question of “what makes a song a classic?” to be answered… **Lisa-go-Blind** listed a bunch of Smiths albums that I would agree with, but I’m so ridiculously in love with that band I could never be partial. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/28 "2007-01-19T07:49:26Z")
[QUOTE=Labdad] “Who’s Next” with “Baba O’Reilly,” “Won’t Get Fooled Again” and “Behind Blue Eyes.” [/QUOTE] …and “Bargain” and “Song is Over.” ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/29 "2007-01-19T08:32:59Z")
**CCR** - _Green River_ - Green River, Lodi, Bad Moon Rising, Locomoton **CCR** - _Cosmo’s Factory_ - Travelin’ Band, Lookin’ Out My Back Door, Run Through the Jungle, Up around the bend, Who’ll Stop the Rain, I Heard it Through The Grapevine, Long as I can See the Light. Now that’s a classic album. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/30 "2007-01-19T09:06:47Z")
I believe I would deny quite a few of these selections. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/31 "2007-01-19T09:54:03Z")
Post 31 and nobody has mentioned Springsteen’s **Born in the USA**? It’s one of those albums that sound like a greatest hits without being one! Born in the USA, Cover me, Downbound train, Bobby Jean… ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/32 "2007-01-19T11:29:57Z")
**Warren Zevon** - _Excitable Boy_: Excitable Boy, Werewolves of London, Lawyers, Guns and Money **Queen** - _Jazz_: Bicycle Races, Fat Bottom Girls and Don’t Stop Me Now **Guns N Roses** - _Appetite For Destruction_: Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child o’ Mine **Steely Dan** - _Katy Lied_: Black Friday, Chain Lightning, Doctor Wu **David Bowie** - _The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars_: Ziggy Stardust, Suffragette City, Starman, Rebel, Rebel (or was that a re-release bonus track?) Simon & Garfunkel probably have a couple. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/33 "2007-01-19T12:17:50Z")
Links go to Amazon, which has clips of all the songs. Primus, [_Sailing the Seas of Cheese_](http://www.amazon.com/Sailing-Seas-Cheese-Primus/dp/B000001Y57/sr=8-2/qid=1169208614/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/002-4976598-7856017?ie=UTF8&s=music) - “Here Come the Bastards”, “Jerry Was a Race Car Driver”, “Tommy the Cat” Soundgarden, [_Badmotorfinger_](http://www.amazon.com/Badmotorfinger-Soundgarden/dp/B000002GK1/sr=1-2/qid=1169208762/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/002-4976598-7856017?ie=UTF8&s=music) - “Rusty Cage”, “Outshined”, “Jesus Christ Pose” Soundgarden, [_Superunknown_](http://www.amazon.com/Superunknown-Soundgarden/dp/B000002G2B/sr=1-1/qid=1169208762/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-4976598-7856017?ie=UTF8&s=music) - “My Wave”, “Black Hole Sun”, “Spoonman” ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/34 "2007-01-19T13:48:07Z")
Are these “classic” in the opinion of fans of the given band, or “classic” in the opinion of the “general public” (or the general rock-listening public)? Because if it’s the latter, I’d say a lot of these responses don’t really qualify. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/35 "2007-01-19T13:59:14Z")
[QUOTE=Eonwe] Are these “classic” in the opinion of fans of the given band, or “classic” in the opinion of the “general public” (or the general rock-listening public)? Because if it’s the latter, I’d say a lot of these responses don’t really qualify. [/QUOTE] If it were the former, would we be bringing up bands like (for example) Primus, Tenacious D, or the Dead Kennedys? ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/36 "2007-01-19T14:24:39Z")
John Lennon - Double Fantasy: “(Just Like) Starting Over,” “Beautiful Boy,” “Watching the Wheels,” “Woman” George Harrison - All Things Must Pass: “My Sweet Lord,” “All Things Must Pass,” “Art of Dying,” “Beware of Darkness,” and… pretty much the rest of the album. Ringo Starr - Ringo: “I’m the Greatest,” “Photograph,” “You’re Sixteen (You’re Beautiful and You’re Mine),” “It Don’t Come Easy.” The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God: “If I Should Fall From Grace With God,” “Thousands are Sailing,” “Fairytale of New York,” “Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six.” Elvis Costello - Blood and Chocolate: “I Hope You’re Happy Now,” “Home is Anywhere You Hang Your Head,” “I Want You” ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/37 "2007-01-19T18:20:41Z")
Jethro Tull, Aqualung - Aqualung Locomotive Breath Cross-eyed Mary ---
**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, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/38 "2007-01-19T18:38:19Z")
[QUOTE=Snooooopy] I believe I would deny quite a few of these selections. [/QUOTE] Yeah, not to be the thread police or anything, but there’s a difference between “three undeniable classics” and “three songs I really like.” ---
**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, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/39 "2007-01-19T19:34:04Z")
My original idea of “classic” in the OP was not stated, but **astorian** provided a very good definition in post #9. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553/40 "2007-01-19T19:43:57Z")
_Brothers in Arms_ by Dire Straits: _Money For Nothing_, _Walk of Life_, _So Far Away_ (and the title track) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-at-least-three-undeniably-classic-tracks/388553.md?page=3)