# Full albums you still listen to **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970 "2010-03-10T14:50:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![uncle\_squeegee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b5e925/32.png) [@uncle\_squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uncle_squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/21 "2010-03-10T17:11:33Z")
> [@TheFifthYear](#): > > I mostly listen to albums rather than singles, but the first one that came to mind for this thread was Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. I go back to it again and again and again. Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/22 "2010-03-10T17:12:50Z")
I usually listen to full LPs or CDs. Ones that I prefer be played from beginning to end? Here’s a few: The Who - Tommy or Quadrophenia Van Halen - all of them, except III The Police - all 5 albums. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush, Harvest, Rust Never Sleeps Alice Cooper - Love it to Death, Killer, Billion Dollar Babies The Refreshments - Fizzy Fuzzy Big and Buzzy Peter Frampton Comes Alive Meat Loaf - Bat out of Hell Boston - Boston ---
**Author:** ![GreatStuffMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f04885/32.png) [@GreatStuffMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreatStuffMan)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/23 "2010-03-10T17:23:22Z")
I think the single one would be Smash by The Offspring. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/24 "2010-03-10T17:24:44Z")
Lots of Bjork albums. Especially **Vespertine**. \*\*Criminal Minded \*\*by Boogie Down Productions, a hip hop group \*\*Baduizm \*\*by Erycah Badu. Never liked anything she did since then, though. Odd. ETA: I almost forgot Live Through This by Hole. Love every song on that album. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/25 "2010-03-10T17:30:12Z")
Terence Trend D’Arby - “Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D’Arby” Carlos Santana and friends - “Supernatural” I love singles; I wasted far too much money in my youth buying albums to get one or two songs, and the rest of the album is filler. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/26 "2010-03-10T17:48:36Z")
All \*\*Bauhaus \*\*- \*Mask \*and _Burning From The Inside_, especially **Sisters of Mercy** - _Floodland_ \*\*RHCP \*\*- _Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magik_ Any **Fall** **Billy Bragg** - _Worker’s Playtime_ & _Talking With The Taxman…_ **Birthday Party** - _Prayers on Fire_ **Pixies** - any, but I find _Bossanova_ best for listening right through **Jesus & Mary Chain** - \*Psychocandy \*& _Darklands_ **Einstürzende Neubauten** - _Halber Mensch, Haus der Lüge, Tabula Rasa, Ende Neu_ **Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds** -\*From Her to Eternity,Kicking Against the Pricks,Your Funeral…My Trial,Tender Prey,Henry’s Dream \* **Dido** - _No Angel, Life For Rent_ **Swans** - _Burning World_ **Dead Can Dance** - _Aion_ **10,000 Maniacs** - _In My Tribe,Blind Man’s Zoo, Our Time in Eden_. For some reason, I never listen to _Hope Chest_ or the early stuff all the way through. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/27 "2010-03-10T18:06:46Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Terence Trend D’Arby - “Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D’Arby” Nice choice - his cover of Who’s Loving You on that CD is wonderful. I saw him in the states on a small-club tour before Wishing Well broke. He sang an acapella version of First Cut is the Deepest - whoa. for obscure stuff - I will say \*\*#1 Record \*\*and **Radio City** , both by **Big Star** and \*\*Marquee Moon \*\*by \*\*Television \*\*- excellent stuff… ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/28 "2010-03-10T18:43:35Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > \*\*Marquee Moon \*\*by \*\*Television \*\*- excellent stuff… Television. Awesome. I’ll add **Ready to Die** , B.I.G. Would be interesting to see if we can guess each others’ ages with this list. ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/29 "2010-03-10T18:54:40Z")
A list that is far too long, always transfer whole albums to mp3 players. Recently, any album by Mylène Farmer, Happy Rhodes, Holly Cole, XueFei Yang, Zhao Cong, Zhong TingTing, The 12 Girls Band, Elisa, Orianthi, Heather Nova… ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/30 "2010-03-10T18:54:44Z")
Too many to list. Several Springsteen ones - Born In the USA, Tunnel of Love, The Rising. American Fool, Uh-Huh, Scarecrow, The Lonesome Jubilee by John Mellencamp. Building the Perfect Beast and The End of the Innocence by Don Henley. The Stranger, 52nd Street, Glass Houses, An Innocent Man, and Stormfront by Billy Joel. Centerfield by John Fogerty. Boston, Don’t Look Back, and Third Stage by Boston. Eliminator by ZZ Top. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/31 "2010-03-10T19:08:15Z")
I generally listen to entire albums, but there are a few which really must be heard sequentially to be appreciated. Queen’s “A Night at the Opera” and also “Queen II” – the song order and segues are an essential element of these albums. From Pink Floyd, also “Wish You Were Here” and “Animals” Poe’s “Haunted” Alice Cooper’s “Welcome to My Nightmare” (his best work IMO) ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/32 "2010-03-10T19:21:43Z")
Queen - News of The World Boston [brainfart - can’t remember name of the first album] Earth, Wind, and Fire - Spirit ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/33 "2010-03-10T19:27:22Z")
ELO - Out of the Blue and Time are both concept albums with Time actually telling a relatively coherent story. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. ---
**Author:** ![DragonAsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/34 "2010-03-10T19:30:04Z")
_Boomtown_, David & David. This was the first thing I ever gave to a particular woman that I liked. She must have liked it too, I’m now married to her. _Deva Vu_, CSNY Chopin’s \*Nocturnes \*#9, 15, & 48. Beethoven’s \*sonatas \*#8, 14, & 29 _Back in Black_, AC/DC ++ for _Unforgettable Fire_, _Boston_, and _Graceland_ Bread! Man, I haven’t heard those guys in literally years…time to fire up iTunes… BTW, The White Stripes suck donkey balls. Meg White, two things: learn to drum. And for god’s sake, buy a better-supporting bra. On preview: **ministryman** , you’re going to kick yourself when you remember what **Boston** ’s first album was called… ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/35 "2010-03-10T20:38:47Z")
> [@DragonAsh](#): > > _Boomtown_, David & David. This was the first thing I ever gave to a particular woman that I liked. She must have liked it too, I’m now married to her. > > BTW, The White Stripes suck donkey balls. Meg White, two things: learn to drum. And for god’s sake, buy a better-supporting bra. I was going to reply to your post and agree with your D+D choice - it stands up well and David Baerwald has done some other good stuff as well… …but as for your comment about The White Stripes, I will just say YMMV, but I couldn’t disagree more and don’t see much need for the comment in this thread…☹ ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/36 "2010-03-10T20:41:48Z")
Amarok by Mike Oldfield - but the whole album is one 60 minute track. I transfer whole albums also, but I listen to my MP3 player on shuffle when I walk.But it is sometimes frustrating. Some albums, especially older ones, have songs that segue very nicely - for instance most of the second side of Abbey Road, or the 3rd and 4th movements of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. Mostly though, years of listening to albums has caused me to build up an expectation of what comes next after a song, and not hearing the next track can be frustrating. When I was in college I listened to reel-to-reel tapes with five albums per tape, and this built up odd expectations. The next track after Simon and Garfunkel’s “At the Zoo” is “Strange Brew” from Cream, for instance. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/37 "2010-03-10T21:43:19Z")
> [@DragonAsh](#): > > On preview: **ministryman** , you’re going to kick yourself when you remember what **Boston** ’s first album was called… Especially when I just mentioned it two posts upthread from his. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DragonAsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/38 "2010-03-10T21:43:34Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I was going to reply to your post and agree with your D+D choice - it stands up well and David Baerwald has done some other good stuff as well… > > …but as for your comment about The White Stripes, I will just say YMMV, but I couldn’t disagree more and don’t see much need for the comment in this thread…☹ Hmm, perhaps you’re right; the White Stripes comment was probably not needed (at least in this thread). My bad. Carry on, ---
**Author:** ![Loisseau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Loisseau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loisseau)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/39 "2010-03-10T21:49:32Z")
for five years; always listen to it start to finish. \*\* “Where is Love”\*\*-Irene Kral vocals, with Alan Broadbent on piano ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/40 "2010-03-10T22:02:20Z")
> [@DragonAsh](#): > > Hmm, perhaps you’re right; the White Stripes comment was probably not needed (at least in this thread). > > My bad. Carry on, Coolness. btw, I assume you know about David B’s association with Sheryl Crow’s first album, Tuesday Night Music Club? It was _his_ TNMC… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970.md?page=3)