# Albums with songs you HAVE to skip **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 2, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-songs-you-have-to-skip/538065 "2010-05-02T21:17:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-songs-you-have-to-skip/538065/61 "2010-05-05T07:28:52Z")
_Aluminum_ on The White Stripes’ White Blood Cells. _Wet My Bed_ on STP’s Core. Not even a song really. On Pixies’ Surfer Rosa, that untitled track with Frank yelling at Kim. ---
**Author:** ![Future\_Londonite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9dc877/32.png) [@Future\_Londonite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Future_Londonite)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-songs-you-have-to-skip/538065/62 "2010-05-05T07:40:56Z")
> [@gallows\_fodder](#): > > “Electioneering” on Radiohead’s _OK Computer_. It’s so obnoxious. Seconded… ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-songs-you-have-to-skip/538065/63 "2010-05-05T19:56:40Z")
> [@ghardester](#): > > Les Boys, from Dire Strait’s Making Movies Album. > Can we get a puke smilie? Good call. At least it’s the last song on the album. And while we’re at it, “Money For Nothing”. And not just because it was overplayed. I never liked it. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-songs-you-have-to-skip/538065/64 "2010-05-05T22:10:36Z")
Two oldies from Pink Floyd: a) The almost universally despised “[Seamus](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQb4kw_ZuAk)”, that’s the dog: **“OUTSIDE!!”** (from _Meddle_) b) At the end of _Obscured By Clouds_ comes “[Absolutely Curtains](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_SGQHV9Gbg)” which is absolutely unlistenable once the instruments stop and the weird atonal bleating goes on and on and on so of course everyone skips it. ---
**Author:** ![GoShawdy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5daacb/32.png) [@GoShawdy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoShawdy)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-songs-you-have-to-skip/538065/65 "2010-05-06T13:39:27Z")
As much as I love Robert Palmer, there’s always at least one track on each of his albums that I end up skipping because it strays far from the atmosphere he tried to convey on each album. I usually stop the ‘Pride’ album before the final track ‘Silver Gun’ kicks in (‘Silver Gun’ should have been a hidden track on ‘Maybe It’s Live’), I always skip ‘Change His Ways’ on ‘Heavy Nova’ (Yodeling? Really?) and ‘Flesh Wound’ on ‘Riptide’ (FW is an earworm, so I avoid it). Within the same category but as a band, I usually skip at least two tracks on ‘The Power Station CD’: ‘Lonely Tonight’ and ‘Harvest for the World’. So yeah, the album becomes an EP when I listen to it. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-songs-you-have-to-skip/538065/66 "2010-05-06T15:58:33Z")
The Metallica song “Broken Beat and Scarred” from the Death Magnetic album I just can’t tolerate… I’m no grammar Nazi, but the oft-repeated grammatically incorrect refrain of “What don’t kill you makes you more strong” just grates on my nerves… It’s “What doesn’t kill you makes you _STRONGER_”, _NOT_ “more strong”, yes I know their version was more than likely written that way to match the musical backing and rhythm, but it still grates on my nerves as grammatically incorrect ---
**Author:** ![Haunted\_Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@Haunted\_Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted_Pasta)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-songs-you-have-to-skip/538065/67 "2010-05-06T18:23:53Z")
The Indigo Girls’ self-titled first album is frickin’ brilliant. Beautiful, lyrical poetry sung by plaintive voices full of raw emotion on top of mesmerizing guitar harmonies. Except for \*Land of \*fucking _Canaan_. The verses have a melody that could have been written by a 14-year-old wannabe musician. The chorus is this annoying little throwaway phrase, of which the the first 812 measures are sung on the same note, and it ends with this cringe-inducing “Ooooooooooooh, yeah.” The guitar sounds like those high-pitched, squeaky little farts that smell far worse than normal “ppppppppppth” farts. Unfortunately, it was a portent of suck to come. Each successive record from the Girls had more and more _Land-of-Canaan_-esque stuff on it and less and less _Prince of Darkness_. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-songs-you-have-to-skip/538065/68 "2010-05-06T18:45:02Z")
Ben Folds’ most recent CD, _Way To Normal_, has a song, “Free Coffee”, that has a high-pitched hissing effect throughout that makes it effectively unlistenable. Wikipedia says: “The metallic percussive effect on “Free Coffee” was achieved by placing Altoids tins on top of the piano strings and feeding the audio output through a distortion pedal; Folds demonstrated this in live performances of the song.” ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-songs-you-have-to-skip/538065/69 "2010-05-07T17:04:30Z")
Two of my favorite Rush albums are _A Farewell to Kings_ and _Permanent Waves_. Their throwaway songs, “Madrigal” and “Different Strings” both mention “dragons” in the first line, interestingly. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-songs-you-have-to-skip/538065/70 "2010-05-07T23:42:59Z")
> [@sqweels](#): > > Two of my favorite Rush albums are _A Farewell to Kings_ and _Permanent Waves_. Their throwaway songs, “Madrigal” and “Different Strings” both mention “dragons” in the first line, interestingly. Rush has no throwaway songs. ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-songs-you-have-to-skip/538065/71 "2010-05-08T01:42:55Z")
Used to love falling asleep to Side 3 of “Pink Floyd - The Wall” as a teen. Then “Bring the Boys Back Home” would make me jump to the ceiling. Kind of the same problem with Side 1 of “Dark Side,” when the chimes go off before “Time.” ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-songs-you-have-to-skip/538065/72 "2010-05-08T03:22:46Z")
Altered Images’ _Pinky Blue_ has an inexplicable Barry Manilow track, Song Sung Blue (!), protruding liike a rotten potato from the centre of an otherwise great New Wave album. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-songs-you-have-to-skip/538065/73 "2010-05-08T03:38:16Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Altered Images’ _Pinky Blue_ has an inexplicable Barry Manilow track, Song Sung Blue (!), protruding liike a rotten potato from the centre of an otherwise great New Wave album. Um, that’s [Neil Diamond’s song](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Sung_Blue). ---
**Author:** ![Pduol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@Pduol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pduol)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-songs-you-have-to-skip/538065/74 "2010-05-08T22:33:21Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > _Led Zeppelin 4, Battle of Evermore_. An ear-bleedingly bad track disrupting the flow of an otherwise epic rocking album. It’s given far too much respect and longevity because of its fantasy-geek lyrics. Once the “dude, elves!” coolness faded, I realized it sounds like someone tossed a bunch of pots and pans into a daycare rumpus room. This is what I came in here to mention. I’m with you 100% on this one. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-songs-you-have-to-skip/538065/75 "2010-05-08T23:32:11Z")
Actually that’s my favorite song on LZ4. Different tastes / strokes / etc ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-songs-you-have-to-skip/538065/76 "2010-05-09T00:21:04Z")
> [@Haunted\_Pasta](#): > > The guitar sounds like those high-pitched, squeaky little farts that smell far worse than normal “ppppppppppth” farts. You need to get a job writing music reviews. Gems like that should not be limited to just the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-songs-you-have-to-skip/538065/77 "2010-05-10T15:51:06Z")
John Mellencamp’s _The Lonesome Jubilee_ is a mostly solid album – one of his best works, in fact, IMO. Until you get to _[Hotdogs and Hamburgers](http://www.metrolyrics.com/hotdogs-and-hamburgers-lyrics-john-mellencamp.html)_, an awful pile of dreck that’s supposed to be a thoughtful examination of Native American culture. > [@](#): > > Drivin’ down on a dry summer’s day > Old Route 66 and I was just a kid > Met a pretty little Indian girl > Along the way > Got her into my car > And tried to give her a kiss > > I’ll give you beads and wampum > Whatever it takes, girl, to make you trade > She jumped into the back seat > And she kinda flipped her lid > She said you’re tryin’ to get something for nothing > Like the Pilgrims in the olden days Yeesh. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-songs-you-have-to-skip/538065/78 "2010-05-10T17:05:55Z")
I dunno - I still don’t know if anyone has posted a more jarring one that a Dixieland song sandwiched between [a song like this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDhzKIh7Z3I) and another one [like this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQMIkdMTijk). Dixieland. With a banjo and brass. Although “Mother” on _Synchronicity_ might come close ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-songs-you-have-to-skip/538065/79 "2010-05-10T19:51:00Z")
Kate Bush’s last album Aerial is mostly excellent but the two tracks with Rolf Harris in the second part are the weakest, a bit too twee (and I am a painter) he stands out in the the wrong way and I really could have done without them, quite happily. ---
**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-songs-you-have-to-skip/538065/80 "2010-05-10T19:58:50Z")
[Quote=Gallows Fodder] “Electioneering” on Radiohead’s OK Computer. It’s so obnoxious. [/QUOTE] > [@Future\_Londonite](#): > > Seconded… Really??!?!? Are you guys sure you’re not thinking of “Fitter Happier?” I think I’ve listened to that annoying robot track twice. “Electioneering” hearkens back to some of the stuff on _The Bends_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-songs-you-have-to-skip/538065.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-songs-you-have-to-skip/538065.md?page=5)