# Albums with no bad songs on them. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 18, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs-on-them/195897 "2003-08-18T03:51:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs-on-them/195897/1 "2003-08-18T03:51:44Z")
I was driving home tonight listening to Saliva-Every Six Seconds, and when it was done I realized that I enjoyed every single song on the disc. That rarely happens for me. Usually there’s a dog or two on there that I skip over, but not on that disc. Then I popped in Garbage-Beautiful Garbage. Another disc that had no dogs on it. In awe, I thought about the likelihood of having two in a row that were good the whole way through and decided it was pretty unlikely. Anyway, that got me to thinking: In your opinion, what discs, let’s say from 1990 on, have been worthwhile the whole way through? Here’s what I came up with: The aforementioned two discs Live-Throwing Copper Queensryche-Empire REM-Automatic For The People Really, anything by Garbage. They’re consistently very good. Pantera-Vulgar Display of Power Pearl Jam-Ten Jimmy’s Chicken Shack-Pushing the Salmonella Envelope Anyone else have any thoughts on the matter? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs-on-them/195897/2 "2003-08-18T04:00:04Z")
Tool’s _Aenima_ and _Lateralus_; Red Hot Chili Peppers’ _By The Way_; the aforementioned Garbage’s _Beautiful Garbage_; and Disturbed’s _Down With the Sickness_. ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs-on-them/195897/3 "2003-08-18T04:04:36Z")
Nirvana: Nevermind REM-New Adventures in Hifi - Not all the songs are terrific, but no dogs either Live - Secret Samadhi (Their newer albums are rubbish, aren’t they?) Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dream Dire Straits: Money for Nothing (Terribly 80’s, but I like it) ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs-on-them/195897/4 "2003-08-18T04:06:44Z")
Tool’s _Aenima_ and _Lateralus_; Red Hot Chili Peppers’ _By The Way_; the aforementioned Garbage’s _Beautiful Garbage_; and Disturbed’s _Down With the Sickness_. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs-on-them/195897/5 "2003-08-18T04:14:28Z")
Tool’s _Aenima_ and _Lateralus_; Red Hot Chili Peppers’ _By The Way_; the aforementioned Garbage’s _Beautiful Garbage_; and Disturbed’s _Down With the Sickness_. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs-on-them/195897/6 "2003-08-18T04:21:52Z")
Tool’s _Aenima_ and _Lateralus_; Red Hot Chili Peppers’ _By The Way_; the aforementioned Garbage’s _Beautiful Garbage_; and Disturbed’s _Down With the Sickness_. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs-on-them/195897/7 "2003-08-18T04:45:52Z")
Damned hamsters. ---
**Author:** ![Skwerl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Skwerl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skwerl)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs-on-them/195897/8 "2003-08-18T04:54:52Z")
I like every song on the Notwist’s _Neon Golden_. Manitoba’s _Up in Flames_. I’ll second (or fifth, depending on how you count it) _Lateralus_ by Tool. And I think Doves’ _The Last Broadcast_. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs-on-them/195897/9 "2003-08-18T04:57:53Z")
I’d agree with _Beautiful Garbage_ if not for “So Like a Rose”. For whatever reason, I really don’t like that song. I think that Live peaked with their first album, _Mental Jewelry_ (which deserves a mention), and have gotten worse on every album afterwards. Here are my nominations, in no particular order: Metallica, _Ride the Lightning_ Therion, _Vovin_, _Theli_, and _Secret of the Runes_ Power Symphony, _Evillot_ Leah Andreone, _Veiled_ and _Alchemy_ (her entire discography) Clare Quilty, _Strong_ Morbid Angel, _Covenant_ Symphony X, _V_, _The Divine Wings of Tragedy_, and _Twilight in Olympus_ That’s all I can think of now without my CD collection in front of me. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs-on-them/195897/10 "2003-08-18T05:00:00Z")
Ooh, forgot Opeth’s _Morningrise_. It’s one of the most amazing pieces of art I’ve ever encountered. And of course who could forget Green Carnation’s _Light of Day, Day of Darkness_? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs-on-them/195897/11 "2003-08-18T05:02:26Z")
They were called perfect albums in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?&threadid=196412) which threw up some interesting answers. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs-on-them/195897/12 "2003-08-18T05:10:27Z")
_Wish You Were Here_ - Pink Floyd _Dark Side of the Moon_ - Pink Floyd _Hot Rats_ - Frank Zappa _You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 2_ - Frank Zappa _Abbey Road_ - The Beatles (The only weak spot is _Oh Darling_) _Baron Von Tollbooth and The Chrome Nun_ - Paul Kantner and Grace Slick ---
**Author:** ![Dogman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Dogman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogman)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs-on-them/195897/13 "2003-08-18T05:14:41Z")
In no particular order, the ones off the top of my head: Elton John-Madman Across The Water U2-The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby Matchbox 20-Yourself or Something Like You Pearl Jam-Ten Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon Beck-Sea Change Dire Straits-Brothers in Arms Cat Stevens-Tea for the Tillerman Alice in Chains-Dirt Radiohead-The Bends REM-Automatic for the People ---
**Author:** ![Tanaqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Tanaqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanaqui)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs-on-them/195897/14 "2003-08-18T05:17:37Z")
London Calling - The Clash. But of course. And oddly enough, I’d also have to mention another rather less celebrated punk band: Dookie - Green Day. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs-on-them/195897/15 "2003-08-18T05:18:13Z")
Amazingly enough, _Sports_ by Huey Lewis and the News qualifies. It’s one of those rare albums you can put on “repeat play.” All the rest of their stuff stinks. _The Yes Album_ is a close second. ---
**Author:** ![Qwertyasdfg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ecc23a/32.png) [@Qwertyasdfg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwertyasdfg)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs-on-them/195897/16 "2003-08-18T05:38:41Z")
Led Zeppelin - IV At the Drive-In - In Casino Out Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium Beatles - Rubber Soul Jimi Hendrix - “Are You Experienced?” and “Axis: Bold As Love” A Tribe Called Quest - “Midight Marauders” and “Beats, Rhymes and Life” Coldplay - Parachutes John Mayer - Inside Wants Out Pearl Jam - Vs. And You Will Know Us by the Trail of the Dead - Source Tags and Codes ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs-on-them/195897/17 "2003-08-18T05:44:37Z")
Guns 'n Roses - Appetite for Destruction Nirvana - Unplugged in New York ---
**Author:** ![benthames](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58f4c7/32.png) [@benthames](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benthames)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs-on-them/195897/18 "2003-08-18T06:30:15Z")
Morphine-- GOOD ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs-on-them/195897/19 "2003-08-18T06:54:56Z")
“U2-The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby” ---- Amen Boston - Boston ---
**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:** [August 18, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs-on-them/195897/20 "2003-08-18T07:03:19Z")
“Who’s Next” - **The Who** “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” - **Wilco** “John Prine” - **John Prine** “Warren Zevon” - **Warren Zevon** “Excitable Boy” - **Warren Zevon** “Sea Change” - **Beck** [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs-on-them/195897.md?page=2)