# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Leechboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@Leechboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leechboy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/81 "2002-06-14T03:26:08Z")
I’d take “Fluff” over Paranoids “Rat Salad”, Master of Reality’s “Embryo” or half of Vol 4, especially “Changes”. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/82 "2002-06-14T11:15:13Z")
The Avalanches _ **Since I Left You** _. (Although this may be cheating a little: the breaks between individual songs are barely noticeable, so the whole album is like one long (and rocking!) song.) [aside] Welcome to the SDMB, **Leechboy! Leechbabe’s** other half, I presume? 🆒 [/aside] ---
**Author:** ![Opengrave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/919ad9/32.png) [@Opengrave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Opengrave)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/83 "2002-06-14T13:55:34Z")
Sadly no one has mentioned **Slayer** ’s _Seasons in the Abyss_ and _South of Heaven_. I’ll second **Megadeth** ’s _Countdown to Extinction_. Also from a while back **Def Leppard** _Pyromaina_. Throw in **Willie Nelson** ’s _Red Headed Stranger_ disk. NP: **Pantera** - _Cowboys From Hell_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/84 "2002-06-14T16:28:14Z")
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power I’d say that’s Pantera’s best. Also: James Iha - Let It Come Down. \> in a mellow kinda way. ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/85 "2002-06-15T02:43:15Z")
Ah, “Thick as a Brick” by Jethro Tull. Of course, “Thick as a Brick” is the only good song on the album. ---
**Author:** ![twit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twit)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/86 "2002-06-15T03:11:49Z")
I’ll second “Angel Dust” by Faith No More. Not a bad song in the whole bunch! ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/87 "2002-06-15T03:28:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Leechboy \* > \*\*I’d take “Fluff” over Paranoids “Rat Salad”, Master of Reality’s “Embryo” or half of Vol 4, especially “Changes”. \*\* I’lNot that I enjoy bashing my favorite band of all time but l’ll see your Rat Salad, Embryo and Changes (Yuck! The **only** reason I left Vol 4 off my list size=1]FX is too short to reach annoying status[/size]) and raise you an It’s Alright, Air Dance and (on my grouch days, Superzar. ---
**Author:** ![Leechboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@Leechboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leechboy)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/88 "2002-06-15T11:25:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JohnBckWLD \* > \*\*I’lNot that I enjoy bashing my favorite band of all time but l’ll see your Rat Salad, Embryo and Changes (Yuck! The **only** reason I left Vol 4 off my list size=1]FX is too short to reach annoying status[/size]) and raise you an It’s Alright, Air Dance and (on my grouch days, Superzar. \*\* Vol 4. is generally the one namechecked by fans of stoner rock liek Electric Wizard or Acid King. Personally, I don’t much care for 90% of the album. Even so, it’s not half as bad as **Born Again** or the incredibly awful **Tyr.** Oh yeah, I forgot Miles Davis’ **Kind of Blue** and Public Enemy’s **Fear of a Black Planet** ---
**Author:** ![downbylaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@downbylaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/downbylaw)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/89 "2002-06-15T14:24:39Z")
“illmatic”, by nas. this album is 45 minutes of genius. sure, you may not like rap, but nas’ cool, nonstop flow transports you right into his gritty, east coast world. it was released in 1994, so it’s after rakim started new school and before the mtv rap explosion. really, one of the most creative times for hiphop. it’s intelligent, and it seems more like he’s reporting street crime than glorifying it. listen to “life’s a bitch”, where AZ steals the track with one of the most amazing verses ever. but nas more than holds his own. this is a masterpeice of minimalism, it says little but the words hit hard and leave an impression like a mack truck. “Life’s a bitch and then you die; that’s why we get high, cause you never know when you’re gonna go” also, the afghan whigs “black love.” criminally overlooked, this album is sonic cinema. lead singer greg dulli lays all his guilt out for you to hear. it sounds like a therapy session, but he’s not very repentant. there’s an r+b sentiment to it, but good r+b, like curtis mayfield and marvin. but there’s this edge, a bloody, cruel, evil edge that surfaces even in the most melodic song on the album. “To tell the truth To tell it well It all depends upon the liar” ---
**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/90 "2002-06-15T14:26:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FlyingDragonFan \* > \*_Jeff Buckley - Grace > Chris Isaac - Heart Shaped World > \*_ I couldn’t agree more, and may I add, Chris Whitley, “Living with the Law” and The Smiths, “The Queen is Dead.” ---
**Author:** ![ukbanshee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@ukbanshee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ukbanshee)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/91 "2002-06-15T14:34:50Z")
Ive always thought that an album couldnt be perfect, even david gray - white ladder wasnt perfect…example: Wer’re Not Right. But Pink Floyd DSOTM is Perfect ! No Doubt. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/92 "2002-06-15T15:31:17Z")
Physical Graffetti Abbey Road Odelay ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/93 "2002-06-16T01:00:59Z")
This is way too easy. Each album consists of one (very long) good song Thick as a Brick A Passion Play Both are by Jethro Tull. Another one good song album: Sacreligium by Devil Doll. though it does have some dull moments, the song is good overall. Also: Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd Operation Mindcrime- Queensryche Brave- Marillion Surfin’ With the Alien- Joe Satriani Scenes From a Memory- Dream Theater I’m sure there are a couple in my car that I’m forgetting, but that’ll have to do. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2002, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/94 "2002-06-16T01:22:53Z")
No one has mentioned **The Who - Who’s Next** yet? There’s not a weak song on that one. **Warren Zevon** - Eponymous Debut **John Prine** - Eponymous Debut (for those who don’t know, ‘eponymous’ means ‘self-titled’). **Lynyrd Skynyrd** - “Street Survivors” **The Eagles** - “The Long Run” **Rush** - “Moving Pictures” **The Beatles** - About five albums. “Rubber Soul”, “Sgt. Pepper”, “The White Album”… **SuperTramp** - “Breakfast in America” **REM** - “Automatic for the People” ---
**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/95 "2002-06-16T01:46:37Z")
Jude “No One Is Really Beautiful.” ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/96 "2002-06-16T02:08:57Z")
Besides Tori Amos’s Little Earth Quakes, a few cds I think are great from start to finish are: Splender- Halfway Down the Sky Nirvana- Live from NY Garbage- Garbage Toad the Wet Sprocket- Fear Linkin Park- Hybrid Theory Bush- 16 Stone Veruca Salt- Eight Arms to Hold You Self- Breakfast With Girls Our Lady Peace- Clumsy Dishwalla- Pet Your Friends Radish- Restraining Bolt Stabbing Westward- Wither, Blister, Burn and Peal Guster- Lost and Gone Forever; Goldfly Live- Secret Samadhi ---
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/97 "2002-06-16T04:49:57Z")
REM, Murmur ---
**Author:** ![bluecrayola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@bluecrayola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecrayola)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/98 "2002-06-16T10:08:06Z")
Fountains of Wayne - Utopia Parkway Oasis - Defintely Maybe and What’s The Story Morning Glory Garbage - Version 2.0 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Bee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Larry\_Bee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Bee)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/99 "2002-06-16T20:48:08Z")
\*\*Bob Dylan \*\* - Blood On The Tracks \*\*Van Morrison \*\* - Astral Weeks \*\*The Stone Roses \*\* - The Stone Roses **Led Zeppelin** - Physical Graffitti **Pink Floyd** - Dark Side Of The Moon ---
**Author:** ![Sublime54465](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sublime54465](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublime54465)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323/100 "2002-06-16T22:48:52Z")
LED ZEPPELIN II SUBLIME: 40 OZ. TO FREEDOM WEEZER: WEEZER (THE BLUE ALBUM) WEEZER: PINKERTON SUBLIME: SUBLIME (although the original What I Got has been quite overplayed, it is by no means bad) PINK FLOYD: THE WALL PINK FLOYD: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-no-bad-songs/113323.md?page=6)