# Albums with no bad songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 10, 2002, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323 "2002-06-10T22:43:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/61 "2002-06-12T04:55:46Z")
Metallica - Master of Puppets. Definitely one of the top 3 metal albums of all time. Clowns in the Sky-The Songs of MST3K. Nuff said. Weird Al Yankovic - Bad Hair Day. Funny, even though it isn’t his funniest. Alice in Chains - MTV Unplugged. Great. I second most of the other choices, too. -brianjedi ---
**Author:** ![Waldo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Waldo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waldo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/62 "2002-06-12T05:05:00Z")
I actually like **Actung Baby** even better than the Joshua Tree. It’s more sonically inventive, and still, 11 years later, nothing sounds like it. I can’t think of a single bad song on it at all, and it has about 6 songs that made the radio when it was relatively new. I consider it a work of real art, especially as the lyrics actually have some thought put into them. ---
**Author:** ![ratty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ccd318/32.png) [@ratty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratty)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/63 "2002-06-12T05:16:57Z")
**Little Earthquakes** **Under the Pink** **From The Choirgirl Hotel** **Venus- Live and Still Orbiting** by Tori Amos **The Gift** by Scott Henry **Little Plastic Castle** by Ani diFranco **Live Through This** by Hole **Operation Ivy** self-titled **August And Everything After** by Counting Crows ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Bongo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9adbd/32.png) [@Winston\_Bongo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Bongo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/64 "2002-06-12T06:26:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astorian \* > \*\*. On the other hand, I HATE two tracks on the Beatles’ “Revolver.” > \*\* Hmmm . . . okay, “I Want to Tell You” has GOT to be one of them. I must have listened to Revolver 400 times and I STILL don’t like that one. But what could the other one be? That’s a puzzler. I love all the rest . . . but which of them do I love the least? Hmmm . . . “Love You To.” I’m guessing that’s it. Am I right, astorian? Huh? Huh? Am I? Am I? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/65 "2002-06-12T11:10:04Z")
Another one I thought of is Jefferson Airplane’s **Volunteers**. There are too many albums from that era to list, frankly. ---
**Author:** ![jinty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@jinty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jinty)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/66 "2002-06-12T12:15:40Z")
Frank Black - Teenager of the Year. Sugar - Copper Blue. Foo Fighters - The Colour & the Shape. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns. Cibo Matto - Viva! La Woman. Plus another vote for Siamese Dream. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/67 "2002-06-12T12:22:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ripple \* > **Hmmmm… Good question. I’m surprised that nobody has mentioned A Farewell To Kings from Rush** I’ll add **Counterparts** and **Moving Pictures** to that suggestion. **90125** and **Close to the Edge** , when Yes is concerned. Ah! An as yet unmentioned band: **Camel - Dust and Dreams**. I love MK’s **Sailing to Philadelphia** , but for me, it DOES have some bad songs, IMHO. \*\*Pink Floyd - Wish you were here Savatage - Streets (A Rock Opera) Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime\*\* (Can’t believe I’m the first!) ---
**Author:** ![girl27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ad7895/32.png) [@girl27](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/girl27)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/68 "2002-06-12T12:53:03Z")
Whale Music - Rheostatics Melville - Rheostatics Sustainer - Starling Clear - Danny Michel King Cobb Steelie - Junior Relaxer (…Just adding a little more of the Canadian feel to this one!) ---
**Author:** ![Canyon\_Surfer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Canyon\_Surfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canyon_Surfer)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/69 "2002-06-12T19:26:15Z")
DSOTM - Pink Floyd After the Gold Rush - Neil Young The Yes Album - Yes ---
**Author:** ![23skidoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f04885/32.png) [@23skidoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/23skidoo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/70 "2002-06-12T20:44:30Z")
“Slanted and Enchanted” by Pavement “No Control” by Bad Religion “The Clash” by The Clash ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/71 "2002-06-12T20:46:23Z")
I forgot to mention, even though I like to consider my taste in music eclectic my dirty little secret: **Ride the Lightning** Metallica With all of the music I like; New Wave, Post-Rock, Hip-Hop, Prog-Rock… Actually _Loving_ a Metallica album, as in “Gawd damn, that rocks” is kind of embarrasing. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/72 "2002-06-12T21:14:09Z")
**Play** Moby ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/73 "2002-06-12T21:35:17Z")
I’ll re-nominate 7:[ol][li] **hardygrrl** ’s: _Nevermind_: Nirvana[/li][_] **Angband** ’s, **dead0man** ’s & **astorian** ’s: Paranoid: Black Sabbath[_] **Caprese** ’s: _Sentimental Hygeine_: Warren Zevon[_] **FlyingDragonFan** ’s: Meddle: Pink Floyd[_] **easy e** ’s: _Play_: Moby[_] **Jello** ’s & **astorian** ’s: Animals: Pink Floyd[_] **Ferrous** ’s: _Aja_: Steely Dan[/ol]And raise you 7:[ol][_]We’re Only In It For the Money: Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention[_]_Nighthawks At The Diner_: Tom Waits][_] Ball-Hog or Tug Boat: Mike Watt & Friends[_]_Fly Like An Eagle_: Steve Miller Band[_] Black Sabbath: Black Sabbath[_] _Rock & Roll Animal_: Lou Reed _The Howlin’ Wolf Album (aka: The Dogshit / Birdshit / Psychedelic Album_: Howlin’ Wolf No Purists scolding please, it was the 1st “blues” LP I ever owned…$2 in a used record shop, played it til there were no grooves left and lament the fact MCA won’t issue it on CD…must be a stipulation the Wolf’s will[/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/74 "2002-06-12T21:59:47Z")
I second **Copper Blue** , **Fishbone** , **The Clash** , and **London Calling**. Here are a few more: **Devil’s Night Out** by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. **Hello Rockview** by Less than Jake. **24-Hour Revenge Therapy** by Jawbreaker. Without my CD collection in front of me that’s all I can come up with right now 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/75 "2002-06-13T07:13:47Z")
This is Leechbabe’s lesser half Leechboy posting - Charles Mingus - Blues & Roots + Mingus Ah Um Nick Cave - No More Shall We Part Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit Bad Religion - Against The Grain Tom Waits - Heartattack and Vine. Black Sabbath - Self Titled + Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath Chet Baker - Sings Chris Wilson - live at the Continental Bob Dylan - Blood On the Tracks + Highway 61 Revisited. Jack Kerouac and Steve Allen - Poetry for the Beat Generation Slayer - Reign in Blood Motorhead - No Remorse Kruder and Dorfmeister - The K & D Sessions ---
**Author:** ![A\_wizard\_song\_for\_thee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/46a35a/32.png) [@A\_wizard\_song\_for\_thee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_wizard_song_for_thee)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/76 "2002-06-13T21:33:58Z")
There are four that leap out at me, and, by some strange coincidence, all happen to be made by the same band: \*The Velvet Underground and Nico White Light / White Heat \*(Okay, I’ll grant you, “The Gift” kinda gets old) _The Velvet Underground Loaded_ **Lou Reed** ’s _Transformer_ almost makes the cut, if not for that silly “Makeup.” ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/77 "2002-06-13T22:57:28Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by leechbabe_’s other half: **Leechboy**. > **Black Sabbath … Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath** IMHO, the aptly titled, “Fluff” is the one major impediment that prevents it from attaining the “album with no bad songs” classification. Even if Mr. Meehan had left Fluff on the cutting room floor, Looking for Today & Who Are You, {though listenable}, would probably be considered minor speed bumps to “classic album” status. ---
**Author:** ![aoty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9e8a1a/32.png) [@aoty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aoty)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/78 "2002-06-13T23:29:31Z")
**Angel Dust** - Faith No More **California** - Mr. Bungle **OK Computer** - Radiohead **Pet Sounds** - Beach Boys **Revolver** - The Beatles **The Director’s Cut** - Fantomas **Buck Fever** - Estradasphere **SCIENCE** - Incubus That’s all I can think of right now… ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/79 "2002-06-14T01:50:11Z")
I add a some not listed yet and both fall into the what are they doing now list. Supertramp-Even in the Quietest Moments and Breakfast in America. Peter Frampton-Frampton Comes Alive. Just bought the CD a few weeks ago. And what amazes me most is no one have mentioned The Beach Boys Pet Sounds. I have never been a big fan of TBB but this whole album is great. ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/80 "2002-06-14T02:54:09Z")
My choice for the best album ever (Genesis - Selling England by the pound) does not even qualify, because of the _More fool me_ track… Albums where I like all the songs, and also some tracks are really special: Al Stewart - Year of the cat Kate Bush - Hounds of love Meatloaf - Bat out of hell Pink Floyd - Wish you were here REM - Reveal Tori Amos - Little earthquakes and the absolute winner: Bryan Ferry - As time goes by [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323.md?page=5)