# I love all the songs on this album. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 18, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-album/500171 "2009-06-18T14:01:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-album/500171/41 "2009-06-18T22:47:14Z")
_Ten_ by Pearl Jam _Decoration Day_ by the Drive By Truckers _Music For All Occasions_ by the Mavericks (how appropriate) _Mock Tudor_ by Richard Thompson _Black Holes and Revelations_ by Muse ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-album/500171/42 "2009-06-19T03:02:29Z")
U2 - Actung Baby, Joshua Tree Crucified - Pillars of Humanity (obscure, I know) 77s - 77s (obscure) Boston - Boston The Who - Live at Leeds (even the double disc version. This is kind of cheating, as it’s not a studio album, but I feel the live performance cancels out the ability to pick the songs) Daniel Amos - Horrendous Disc, Doppleganger (obscure) Deep Purple - Machine Head Extreme - III Sides King’s X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska LSU - Waking Up the Dead (obscure) Larry Norman - Only Visiting This Planet (a bit obscure) Sass O’ Frass Tunic - As Blue as the State Allows (very obscure) Weezer - Blue, Green, Maladroit 10,000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-album/500171/43 "2009-06-19T03:58:07Z")
I have many, many that would fit this specification, but one that is perhaps on top of the list: _Soul Vaccination: Tower of Power Live_ in addition: Throw in all of the early Tom Waits collection Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon Ry Cooder - _Into the Purple Valley_ Johnny Winter - _Live_ as already mentioned: Lyle Lovett & His Large Band ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-album/500171/44 "2009-06-19T03:58:55Z")
Surrealistic Pillow - The Jefferson Airplane Benefit - Jethro Tull Living with Ghosts - Patty Griffin Blue, Ladies of the Canyon, For the Roses and Court & Spark - Joni (in her can-do-no-wrong period) Mitchell Liege & Lief - Fairport Convention Tea for the Tillerman - Cat Stevens Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter - The Incredible String Band ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-album/500171/45 "2009-06-19T04:28:21Z")
Is one requirement that it has to be possible to enjoy each track in isolation? Because I have many albums of the “three good tracks and no bad tracks” variety that function as a whole, but few where I could pull them apart and consider track-by-track. I mean, “Speak to Me” from _Dark Side of the Moon_ isn’t exactly A-side worthy, but it doesn’t need to be in its proper context. I think the book/novel analogy is incredibly apt, but it only works if you’re a fan of the album format (which I am). If you view albums less as collections of tracks than as complete works, you’ll be drawn to artists with a similar POV who deliver albums rather than songs (such as Steven Wilson, as a modern example). OTOH, the artists who work track by track almost invariably get stuck in that singles+filler trap. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-album/500171/46 "2009-06-19T04:57:53Z")
**Wheelz** and **Ludovic** have mentioned 2 of my artists but different albums. I respect their choices and compliment them on their taste in music. Here are my selections: **Elvis Costello** - My Aim Is True (his first album) \*\*Van Morrison \*\*- Tupelo Honey (and really, almost everything by Van Morrison) \*\*Graham Parker \*\*- Howlin’ Wind (his first album) **Herbie Mann** - Anything and everything by the late great jazz flutist/flautist **Mink DeVille** - Cabretta (?) It was the first album. c.1978 Containes the coolest song ever…Cadillac Walk. Guess I’m going back quite a way, but these stand out as timeless albums. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-album/500171/47 "2009-06-19T05:05:37Z")
**Pretty Hate Machine**. Has nobody mentioned this yet? Why? Seconding **Liege & Lief** and **Tea for the Tillerman** (though I could do without the long instrumental bit in Matty Groves) I also buy whole-albums almost exclusively (and in CD format, too! Gasp!). Most of the time I find the secondary tracks growing on me with repeated listening of the entire album. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-album/500171/48 "2009-06-19T05:15:34Z")
**Gang of Four** - Entertainment! **The Clash** - The Clash (Amazingly, either the U.S. or UK version) **Elvis Costello & The Attractions** - This Year’s Model and Get Happy!! **The Jesus & Mary Chain** - Psychocandy **The Go-Betweens** - 16 Lovers Lane **Prince** - Sign O The Times Revolver is close, but “Love You To” and “I Want To Tell You” bring it down for me; similarly with Abbey Road and “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” and “Octopus’ Garden”. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2009, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-album/500171/49 "2009-06-19T05:28:49Z")
**The Beatles** - Rubber Soul, Sgt Pepper, Abbey Road **The Who** - Tommy, …By The Numbers, …Sings My Generation **the brilliant green** - All of them. \>_\> (My Tomoko Kawase obsession should be well known by now. \>_\> So just assume that all of her Tommy \[sup]6[/sup] albums are on the list, too.) **Alice Cooper** - Welcome To My Nightmare, Lace and Whisky, From The Inside, Brutal Planet **Brian Setzer Orchestra** - Dirty Boogie ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-album/500171/50 "2009-06-19T05:49:06Z")
The Who Sell Out Beatles - Too many to mention Dropkick Murphys - Do or Die Dead Kennedy’s - Fresh Fruit from Rotting Vegetables The Clash - London Calling Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust, Alladin Sane, Honky Dory I’ll post again when I can think of a few. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-album/500171/51 "2009-06-19T06:19:28Z")
Aimee Mann: _Bachelor No. 2_, _Lost in Space_ Morcheeba: _Big Calm_ Blackalicious: _Blazing Arrow_ Pixies: _Bossanova_, _Come On Pilgrim_, _Doolittle_, _Surfer Rosa_, _Trompe le Monde_ Pink Floyd: _The Wall_, _Dark Side of the Moon_ Butthole Surfers: _Electric Larryland_ White Stripes: _Elephant_ DJ Shadow: _Endtroducing_ Operation Ivy: _Energy_ Arctic Monkeys: _Favourite Worst Nightmare_, _Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not_ Talking Heads: _Fear of Music_ Paul Burch: _Fool for Love_ Primus: _Frizzle Fry_, _Sailing the Seas of Cheese_ Arcade Funeral: _Funeral_ Gorillaz: _Gorillaz_ Paul Simon: _Graceland_ Joe Strummer: _Global A Go-Go_, _Rock Art and the X-Ray Style_ Soundtracks: _Grosse Point Blank_, _Pulp Fiction_, _The Wedding Singer_ Mike Doughty: _Haughty Melodic_ The Pogues: _If I Should Fall from Grace with God_, _Peace and Love_, _Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash_, _Waiting for Herb_ Smog: _Knock Knock_ The Breeders: _Last Splash_, _Pod_ The Kinks: _Low Budget_ Iggy Pop: _Lust for Life_ Marcy Playground: _Marcy Playground_, _Shapeshifter_ Filthy Thieving Bastards: _Our Fathers Sent Us_ REM: _Out of Time_ Peter Gabriel: _Passion_ Lou Reed: _Sally Can’t Dance_ Lyrics Born: _Same Shit, Different Day_ Smashing Pumpkins: _Siamese Dream_ Sixpence None the Richer: _Sixpence None the Richer_ Barenaked Ladies: _Stunt_ Pearl Jam: _Vs._ Rufus Wainwright: _Want One_ Weezer: _Weezer_ Ben Folds Five: _Whatever and Ever Amen_ Amanda Palmer: _Who Killed Amanda Palmer_ Silly Wizard: _Wild and Beautiful_ Honorable Mentions Rufus Wainwright’s _Poses_, which is a collection of absolutely incredible music, plus the tedious “In a Graveyard”. _Sgt. Pepper_ misses the list by three minutes and thirty five seconds, which is the length of “She’s Leaving Home.” A steaming pile of crap on an otherwise perfect album. Conclusion: The Pixies was the perfect band. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-album/500171/52 "2009-06-19T07:01:06Z")
Paul Simon - Graceland The Who - Tommy The Who - The Wall Mahlathini & Mahotella Queens - Paris Soweto Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus Cincinnati Pops - Ein Straussfest ---
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I gues there are many, justa couple that I recall, momentarily. Mushroomhead- Savior Sorrow Reggie and the Full Effect- Songs not to get married to The Cult- Electric Violent Femmes- Violent Femmes Peaches- Fatherfucker My Bloody Valentine- You Made Me Realise Kings of Convenience- Riot on an Empty Street Sparklehorse- It’s a Wonderful Life ---
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_Van Halen_, 1978 _Boston_, 1976 _Rocks_, Aerosmith, 1976 ---
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From my iTunes library: Arcade Fire - Funeral Ben Kweller - Ben Kweller Better Than Ezra - Deluxe; Closer Brian Jonestown Massacre - Give It Back; Take It From The Man Bright Eyes - Lifted; I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning British Sea Power - The Decline of British Sea Power Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts; Hazards of Love Marillion - Misplaced Childhood Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane, Over the Sea The New Pornographers - Challengers Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy; The Stage Names Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God; Rum, Sodomy and the Lash REM - Murmur; Life’s Rich Pageant Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker The Smithereens - Especially For You The Smiths - The Smiths; The Queen Is Dead They Might Be Giants - Flood The Wrens - The Meadowlands Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One ---
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Two more: Queensryche - _Operation:Mindcrime_. The best metal concept album ever. Ben Folds Five - _Ben Folds Five_ - Pop masterpiece. ---
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> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Paul Simon - Graceland > The Who - Tommy > The Who - The Wall Should this be _Pink Floyd’s The Wall_? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-album/500171/58 "2009-06-19T16:18:05Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > _Sgt. Pepper_ misses the list by three minutes and thirty five seconds, which is the length of “She’s Leaving Home.” A steaming pile of crap on an otherwise perfect album. For me it’s “Within You Without You.” I cannot understand how such a rotten song made it on an otherwise fun album. Reading some other lists, I can’t believe I forgot “Funeral.” Some others that came to mind… “Electric Version,” New Pornographers “Tha Carter III,” Lil Wayne “Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous,” Big L “Razorlight,” Razorlight “Reasonable Doubt,” Jay-Z “Oracular Spectacular,” MGMT “Stankonia,” Outkast One of my favorite albums - “Cosmicandy” by The Orion Experience - just barely misses the mark because of a crappy final track that I always skip. ---
**Author:** ![rikc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c57346/32.png) [@rikc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rikc)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-album/500171/59 "2009-06-19T16:31:53Z")
It was nailed in the OP with Carole King - Tapestry There are a good handful of albums I could probably think of if I tried, but I feel like the spirit of the thread is to grab those few, immediately perfect albums. Not to cast doubt on those who posted long-ish lists. Maybe I’m just being picky. Anyway, I’m going to add: Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden My Bloody Valentine - Loveless Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything? (awfully impressive for such a huge album) > [@Ludovic](#): > > Elvis Costello: This Years Model. Other albums have a couple duds on them (but generally only one or two.) Yeah, that is what stopped me from adding Elvis Costello to my list, despite him being one of my favorite artists. This Year’s Model isn’t even my favorite album of his. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-album/500171/60 "2009-06-19T19:29:53Z")
> [@Cardinal](#): > > Extreme - III Sides This album has been in my car CD player for at least 3 weeks now, I can’t not listen to it. Excellent, excellent rock album–intelligent lyrics, mind-blowing guitar work and kick a$$ hooks. I love it!!! As for the OP: REM - _Automatic for the People_ Better Than Ezra - _Friction, Baby_ Bob Marley - _Tuff Gong_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-album/500171.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-album/500171.md?page=4)