# I hate the album but love this song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 18, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-album-but-love-this-song/725556 "2015-07-18T23:29:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-album-but-love-this-song/725556/1 "2015-07-18T23:29:09Z")
Do you have an album that you absolutely hate, yet still has one of your favourite songs on it? For me, the album is “Goat’s Head Soup” and the song is “Angie.” ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_the\_Headless\_T.G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9de053/32.png) [@Roland\_the\_Headless\_T.G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_the_Headless_T.G)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-album-but-love-this-song/725556/2 "2015-07-19T01:13:18Z")
Aerosmith’s _Permanent Vacation_ is, like the rest of their albums, largely a complete shitshow. Except “Rag Doll”. Strangely, that’s one song I can get behind one hundred percent. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-album-but-love-this-song/725556/3 "2015-07-19T01:19:34Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > Do you have an album that you absolutely hate, yet still has one of your favourite songs on it? > > For me, the album is “Goat’s Head Soup” and the song is “Angie.” Ouch. I’m like Jack sprat with you. Winter, can you hear the music, hide your love. Arent they better? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-album-but-love-this-song/725556/4 "2015-07-19T01:58:51Z")
> [@Roland\_the\_Headless\_T.G](#): > > Aerosmith’s _Permanent Vacation_ is, like the rest of their albums, largely a complete shitshow. Except “Rag Doll”. Strangely, that’s one song I can get behind one hundred percent. I remember getting Permamant Vacation specifically for Rag Doll. I just looked at the track listing. Dude (Looks Like A Lady) is on there as well as Angel. I’ve never been one for the Aerosmith ballads (and keep meaning to start a thread about that), but Dude Looks Like A Lady is a pretty solid Aerosmith song. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-album-but-love-this-song/725556/5 "2015-07-19T02:42:14Z")
I’m not a big Stones fan. My college roomie had all of their albums and when we listened to GHS, the only song I liked was ‘Angie.’ I’m older (and wiser?) now. Perhaps I’ll give it another listen. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-album-but-love-this-song/725556/6 "2015-07-19T02:53:54Z")
I know. One Nation under a groove. The title is one of the greatest songs ever esp for dancing, but I never got the others. A lot of Motown LPs would fit this category I think. It’s basically singles artists and bad acts with one good song that need apply here. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-album-but-love-this-song/725556/7 "2015-07-19T03:52:20Z")
Wouldn’t say that I _hate_ this album, but Def Leppard’s _Hysteria_ has aged very, very badly – except for “Gods of War”, still one of my favorite songs of all time. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-album-but-love-this-song/725556/8 "2015-07-19T04:00:03Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Wouldn’t say that I _hate_ this album, but Def Leppard’s _Hysteria_ has aged very, very badly – except for “Gods of War”, still one of my favorite songs of all time. As someone who knows nothing about Def Leppard other than what’s on the radio (and even then there’s times when I say ‘that’s Def Leppard?’ when I glance at the XM display) Hysteria has Pour Some Sugar On Me. That’s gotta count for something. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-album-but-love-this-song/725556/9 "2015-07-19T04:45:39Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Hysteria has Pour Some Sugar On Me. That’s gotta count for something. My point exactly. 😛 Even when it originally came out, I thought half the songs on _Hysteria_ sucked donkey balls. The rest have grown stale over the years, whereas G.O.W. is more applicable today than ever. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-album-but-love-this-song/725556/10 "2015-07-19T14:56:48Z")
I hate the Ben Folds album _Rockin’ the Suburbs_, except for the song of the same name. Interesting fact, the album was released on 9/11. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-album-but-love-this-song/725556/11 "2015-07-19T15:01:42Z")
Counting Crows’ _August and Everything After_. Got it for “Mr. Jones.” You can erase everything else. “Walking on the Sun” was a great, fun tune from Smashmouth. The rest of _Fush Yu Mang_ is fourth-rate garage rock. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-album-but-love-this-song/725556/12 "2015-07-19T15:08:42Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I hate the Ben Folds album _Rockin’ the Suburbs_, except for the song of the same name. Interesting fact, the album was released on 9/11. Heretic! I love that album. For me, it would have to be _Virtual Insanity_ by Jamiroquai. The album is _Travelling Without Moving_. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-album-but-love-this-song/725556/13 "2015-07-19T15:24:28Z")
Queen - Hot Space and The Works are both utterly forgettable…except they have Under Pressure and Radio Ga Ga, respectively. Kittie - Spit, while the title track isn’t bad, generally I’ll just skip straight to Brackish, then switch to another album. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-album-but-love-this-song/725556/14 "2015-07-20T00:48:19Z")
Slight hijack: Given that music is all sold digitally now, how much longer before the whole concept of ‘the album’ disappears? Since you can buy everything as individual 99¢ tracks. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2015, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-album-but-love-this-song/725556/15 "2015-07-20T06:17:09Z")
Alan Parsons Project put out a lot of really solid albums. Then there was _Eve_. There’s one spectacular track on it (Lucifer) and not much else that’s worth a listen. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-album-but-love-this-song/725556/16 "2015-07-20T12:29:00Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > Slight hijack: > > Given that music is all sold digitally now, how much longer before the whole concept of ‘the album’ disappears? Since you can buy everything as individual 99¢ tracks. Well, the best albums (and “album” refers to the collection of songs, not the format, not that you said otherwise or anything) have a unifying theme. The weaker cuts of, say, Mary Chapin Carpenter’s _Come On Come On_ are worth enduring for the effect of the album’s entirety. But not all albums play by this, and I kind of shook my fist at that SPIN interview with Kurt Cobain where he shared that he loved learning that it’s okay to put filler on an album on purpose. Great song/suck album? Red Hot Chili Peppers “Dani California”/_Stadium Arcadium_. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-album-but-love-this-song/725556/17 "2015-07-20T16:09:36Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > Well, the best albums (and “album” refers to the collection of songs, not the format, not that you said otherwise or anything) have a unifying theme. Or at least, they have some sort of unity that makes them a satisfying experience when listened to from beginning to end. And even when an album is just an unrelated collection of songs, I still look forward to getting a whole album’s worth of new songs from a favorite band. **Hail Ants** ’s comment is either hyperbole, or it’s based on the ridiculous assumption that _all_ albums contain worthless filler. In fact, I’m having a really hard time coming up with examples of what the thread is asking for. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-album-but-love-this-song/725556/18 "2015-07-20T16:15:12Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Counting Crows’ _August and Everything After_. Got it for “Mr. Jones.” You can erase everything else. > > “Walking on the Sun” was a great, fun tune from Smashmouth. The rest of _Fush Yu Mang_ is fourth-rate garage rock. You’re a heretic, as well. I hated this album at first, but it really kind of grew on me. There’s only one song off of it that I still dislike, and that’s [Ghost Train](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MieD0guDbI0). ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-album-but-love-this-song/725556/19 "2015-07-20T16:24:13Z")
Oh, man, my record/ape/CD collections over the years have included DOZENS of albums that turned out to have only one good song! To use one example… critics generally hated Yes, one of my favorite groups. But critics generally gave fairly good reviews to the Yes album _ **Going for the One** _, which had only one good song on it: “Wondrous Stories.” ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-album-but-love-this-song/725556/20 "2015-07-20T16:55:24Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > Slight hijack: > > Given that music is all sold digitally now, how much longer before the whole concept of ‘the album’ disappears? Since you can buy everything as individual 99¢ tracks. I direct your attention to exhibit A, my vinyl AND my CD collections, 99% of which contain one or two good songs and the rest just filler. (album means a collection of something, not just a record or tape or CD.) Buying individual tracks was a dream. come. true. for those of us who spent untold thousands to build up collections where there were only one or two good songs. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-album-but-love-this-song/725556.md?page=2)