# Bad songs on good albums

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-songs-on-good-albums/327423>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 22, 2005, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-songs-on-good-albums/327423 "2005-10-22T14:36:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-songs-on-good-albums/327423/41 "2005-10-24T13:42:29Z")

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> [@Pensandfeathers](#):
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> I’ve always considered “The Wrong Child” the worst song on that album.

I second that.

How about the title track on Liz Phair’s _Whip Smart_? That one gets skipped every time.

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**Author:** ![Doc\_Sarvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Doc\_Sarvis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doc_Sarvis)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-songs-on-good-albums/327423/42 "2005-10-24T16:11:11Z")

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> [@Gamaliel](#):
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> That awful song about Montgomery Clift marrs the otherwise perfect _London Calling_ .

No, No, you got it all wrong, \*The Right Profile \* was a good song, it was _Train in Vain_ that ruined London Calling. Why they let Mick Jones place the song on the album in the first place is beyond me. If you burn a copy with _Revolution Rock_ as the last track it’s one of the best albums ever.

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**Author:** ![Gamaliel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@Gamaliel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gamaliel)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-songs-on-good-albums/327423/43 "2005-10-24T18:45:50Z")

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> [@Doc Sarvis](#):
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> No, No, you got it all wrong, \*The Right Profile \* was a good song, it was _Train in Vain_ that ruined London Calling. Why they let Mick Jones place the song on the album in the first place is beyond me. If you burn a copy with _Revolution Rock_ as the last track it’s one of the best albums ever.

Um. Waa?

I love that song, and at the risk of losing what little street cred I have, I admit I also love Annie Lennox’s cover too.

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**Author:** ![SpartanDC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@SpartanDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpartanDC)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-songs-on-good-albums/327423/44 "2005-10-24T19:01:53Z")

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> [@Doc Sarvis](#):
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> No, No, you got it all wrong, \*The Right Profile \* was a good song, it was _Train in Vain_ that ruined London Calling. Why they let Mick Jones place the song on the album in the first place is beyond me. If you burn a copy with _Revolution Rock_ as the last track it’s one of the best albums ever.

And even then, they didn’t even list the song on the jacket. Joe Strummer thought it was too commercial for the album. In truth, it is. But, as a song, it’s a damn good single and probably should have been released as such.

And, actually, I don’t like _The Right Profile_ either. But at the same time, I don’t skip it when I listen to the album.

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