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.
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.
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.
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.
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]
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
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.
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
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