# Every song on the album is great? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 1, 2001, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-song-on-the-album-is-great/60402 "2001-04-01T20:08:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2001, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-song-on-the-album-is-great/60402/61 "2001-04-02T16:45:52Z")
I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out that it’s J.D. _Crowe_ and the New South. How I misspelled that TWICE, I’ll never know, given the number of times I’ve listened to the album. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBarleycorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@JohnBarleycorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBarleycorn)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2001, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-song-on-the-album-is-great/60402/62 "2001-04-02T17:35:55Z")
John Barleycorn Must Die is a classic, and every song is good. Dunno why I forgot it, I did steal my name from it after all. ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2001, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-song-on-the-album-is-great/60402/63 "2001-04-02T17:43:00Z")
There was an implicit wink in my last comment. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c67d28/32.png) [@G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.B.H.Hornswoggler)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2001, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-song-on-the-album-is-great/60402/64 "2001-04-02T19:25:58Z")
I’ll add: Elvis Costello, **King of America** Tom Waits, **Rain Dogs** Cracker, **The Golden Age** Tanya Donelly, **Lovesongs for Underdogs** Sinead O’Connor, **The Lion and the Cobra** Aimee Mann, **I’m With Stupid** Eagles, **Hotel California** and add my votes for: The Clash, **London Calling** The Pogues, **If I Should Fall From Grace With God** R.E.M., **Murmur** Liz Phair, **Exile in Guyville** ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2001, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-song-on-the-album-is-great/60402/65 "2001-04-02T20:00:09Z")
I’ve got a few: [ul] [li] **Spirit Trail** by Bruce Hornsby. 2-cd set and they are all excellent.[/li][li] **Down Here** by Tracy Bonham. Excellent female rocker who can write![/li][li] 3 Doors Down - the one that’s out now. Can’t remember title, but it’s great[/li][li] **American Pie** by Don McLean. Most people know the first song but the rest of the album is much better.[/li][li] The last three albums by Diana Krall. Love her voice and her interpretations of jazz standards.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2001, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-song-on-the-album-is-great/60402/66 "2001-04-02T21:41:54Z")
_Pontiac_ by Lyle Lovett _Arthur_ by the Kinks and many others that many people have already posted. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2001, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-song-on-the-album-is-great/60402/67 "2001-04-02T22:13:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by omni-not \* > \*\*And not a one by the Sex Pistols??? Shocking!!! \*\* HAHAHAHA!! Everybody knows the Sex Pistols only released one album under several different names with the track order scrambled! I want to add these: How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can’t Even Smile Today by Suicidal Tendencies Persistence of Time and Among The Living by Anthrax Countdown to Extinction by Megadeth I definitely agree with Texas Flood, and have to add Couldn’t Stand The Weather. ---
**Author:** ![AETBOND417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@AETBOND417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AETBOND417)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2001, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-song-on-the-album-is-great/60402/68 "2001-04-02T22:39:05Z")
**Foo Fighters** - The Colour and the Shape **Foo Fighters** - There Is Nothing Left To Lose **Moby** - Play ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2001, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-song-on-the-album-is-great/60402/69 "2001-04-02T23:33:22Z")
My list (which is weird): Pretty Hate Machine, NIN Bat Out of Hell and Back Into Hell, Meat Loaf Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac Old Yellow Eyes Is Back, Brent Spiner ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_G7subs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rich\_G7subs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_G7subs)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-song-on-the-album-is-great/60402/70 "2001-04-03T00:16:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Juliana \* > \*\*My list (which is weird): > > Pretty Hate Machine, NIN > Bat Out of Hell and Back Into Hell, Meat Loaf > Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac > Old Yellow Eyes Is Back, Brent Spiner \*\* Brent Spiner? Data from Star Trek…SINGS??? ---
**Author:** ![dr\_hermes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@dr\_hermes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dr_hermes)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-song-on-the-album-is-great/60402/71 "2001-04-03T01:35:40Z")
STOP MAKING SENSE -The Talking Heads I also think BAT OUT OF HELL by Meat Loaf and ABBEY ROAD by the Beatles are albums without a misstep or filler track in them. A guilty pleasure is the live CAUGHT IN THE ACT by Styx. ``` But my absolute favorite of my lifetime has **got** to be WISH YOU WERE by Pink Floyd. Play it straight through and I go out of body! ``` ---
**Author:** ![ghandi5569](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@ghandi5569](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ghandi5569)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-song-on-the-album-is-great/60402/72 "2001-04-03T01:58:58Z")
In no particular order: Counting Crows–August and Everything After; This Desert Life Smashing Pumpkins–Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Fiona Apple–When the Pawn The Cure–Galore The Cranberries–Bury the Hatchet Pearl Jam–No Code The Presidents of the United States of America–The Presidents of the United States of America Pink Floyd–The Wall Green Day–Warning Dan Bern–Dan Bern Moby–Play Dave Matthews Band–Crash, Before These Crowded Streets ---
**Author:** ![Airbeck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airbeck/32/6574_2.png) [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-song-on-the-album-is-great/60402/73 "2001-04-03T02:26:14Z")
I can’t believe that noone has mentioned: **Cream** - Disraeli Gears or **The Jimi Hendrix Experience** - Are You Experienced? also: **Garbage** - Garbage **Aimee Mann** - Whatever, I’m with Stupid, and Bachelor No. 2 **Radiohead** - Pablo Honey, The Bends, and OK Computer **Beastie Boys** - Paul’s Boutique **The Beatles** - Rubber Soul, Revolver etc… Honestly, I could sit here all day doing this, but I think this is a good start. ---
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-song-on-the-album-is-great/60402/74 "2001-04-03T02:44:46Z")
XTC, Nonsuch XTC, Oranges & Lemons XTC, English Settlement XTC, Skylarking XTC, Upsy Daisy Assortment REM, Murmur REM, Document REM, Green The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper The Beatles, Rubber Soul The Beatles, White Album The Beatles, Abbey Road U2, The Joshua Tree It’s almost impossible to go wrong if the album is by XTC, REM, or the Beatles, which are the three greatest bands of all time. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-song-on-the-album-is-great/60402/75 "2001-04-03T02:45:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rich G7subs \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Juliana \* > > \*\*My list (which is weird): > > > > Pretty Hate Machine, NIN > > Bat Out of Hell and Back Into Hell, Meat Loaf > > Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac > > Old Yellow Eyes Is Back, Brent Spiner \*\* > > Brent Spiner? Data from Star Trek…SINGS??? \*\* Absolutely! He is a most impressive tenor. He sings a lot of the old standards, such as “Embraceable You,” “Carolina In The Morning,” and “Good Night, Sweetheart.” One track, “It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie” has Mr. Spiner backed up by “The Sunspots” - Patrick Stewart, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes and LeVar Burton. Dorn has a bass that won’t quit. If you like some of the classics like the ones above, I highly recommend this album. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dodge\_this](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@dodge\_this](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dodge_this)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-song-on-the-album-is-great/60402/76 "2001-04-03T03:01:06Z")
Some of these have been mentioned before. Massive Attack - Mezzanine Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes U2 - Achtung Baby The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead Oasis - What’s the Story (Morning Glory) Suede - Dog Man Star, Coming Up Blur - The Great Escape, Blur REM - Automatic for the People INXS - Kick (listing this now is giving me flashbacks) Indigo Girls - 1200 Curfews kd lang - Absolute Torch & Twang Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy Jude - No One is Really Beautiful ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-song-on-the-album-is-great/60402/77 "2001-04-03T10:52:56Z")
Great choices so far, here’s a few of mine (OTOH) Pearl Jam - Vs. Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat The Stooges - Funhouse Johnny Cash - American Recordings Dolly Parton - The Grass Is Blue Iron Maiden - Killers Nick Cave - Let Love In The Urinals - Negative Capability Nico - Desertshore Steve Earle - El Corazon Flying Burrito Brothers - Guilded Palace of Sin Suicide - Suicide Various - Nuggets (the 2LP 1972 release) Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate HenrySpencer ---
**Author:** ![FlyingDragonFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@FlyingDragonFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingDragonFan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-song-on-the-album-is-great/60402/78 "2001-04-03T21:19:11Z")
Sehnsucht - Rammstein Heart Shaped World - Chris Isaac Meddle - Pink Floyd John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic Bat Out of Hell - Meatloaf Pontiac - Lyle Lovett Atomic Cocktail - Dead Ringer Ki-Oku - DJ Krush and Toshinori Kondo Live - Leonard Cohen The Long Black Veil - The Chieftains Combustication - Medeski Martin & Wood Trinity Session - Cowboy Junkies ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-song-on-the-album-is-great/60402/79 "2001-04-03T21:53:03Z")
I won’t rehash albums that have been mentioned, so: **Supertramp** - _Crime of the Century_ **Donald Fagen** - _The Nightfly_ **Talking Heads** - _Remain in Light_ **Alice in Chains** - _Dirt_ **The Tragically Hip** - _Fully, Completely_ ---
**Author:** ![DigitalMuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DigitalMuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalMuse)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2001, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-song-on-the-album-is-great/60402/80 "2001-04-04T01:15:41Z")
Mer de Noms by A Perfect Circle Human Clay and My Own Prison by Creed Neon Ballroom by Silverchair Three Calamites by Switchblade Symphony [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-song-on-the-album-is-great/60402.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-song-on-the-album-is-great/60402.md?page=5)