# I love all the songs on this CD--- revisited. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 2, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-cd-revisited/378863 "2006-11-02T17:08:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-cd-revisited/378863/21 "2006-11-02T20:46:18Z")
Since I seem to be in a confessing mood— Just like Jagged Little Pill didn’t make the list because of Mary Jane, Bobby Brown’s Don’t Be Cruel doesn’t make the cut because of All Day All Night. Phew! Almost had to admit to liking Bobby “I’m so cracked up it ain’t even funny” Brown. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-cd-revisited/378863/22 "2006-11-02T20:56:45Z")
[QUOTE=MrDibble] **Jethro Tull** - _Heavy Horses_, _Songs from the Wood_ & _Crest of a Knave_ **New Model Army** - _Thunder & Consolation_ [/QUOTE] Wow these were all going to be on my list. Also: **Shriekback** - _Big Night Music_ **Pink Floyd** - _The Wall_, _Wish You Were Here_, _A Momentary Lapse of Reason_. I would say Dark Side of the Moon, but I often skip past “Great Gig in the Sky” **Jethro Tull** - _Minstrel in the Gallery_ **Suzanne Vega** - _99.9F_ **Sinead O’Connor** - _The Lion and the Cobra_ ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-cd-revisited/378863/23 "2006-11-02T21:00:05Z")
Well I was going to start another thread but since the OP did it, twice: 🙂 Albums I’d listen to all the way through but for one song: **SWASS** , by Sir Mix-a-Lot: didn’t like whatever that last slow song was and never listen to it. The Aforementioned LZIV, (I’d skip over _four sticks_ if I had it on CD.) **Navy Blues** by Sloan - “Chester the Molester” isn’t a bad song but sometimes I skip over it due to the endless repetition of the title phrase. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-cd-revisited/378863/24 "2006-11-02T21:37:48Z")
The Mamas and the Papas “The Mamas and the Papas” containing _Dream A Little Dream of Me_ ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-cd-revisited/378863/25 "2006-11-02T22:06:50Z")
I’ve got quite a few of these, but the most recent addition to the list was Harlan T. Bobo’s _Too Much Love_. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-cd-revisited/378863/26 "2006-11-03T01:57:08Z")
Modern Times. Every single cut. Listening to it right now. mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-cd-revisited/378863/27 "2006-11-03T02:12:26Z")
Sheryl Crowe’s self-titled album. Soundtrack to **Romeo Is Bleeding** The first **Tranceplanet** collection Soundtrack to **Bringing out the Dead** **The Pogues** –“If I Fall From Grace With God”, “Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash”, “Red Roses for Me”, and “Peace and Love” I’d third or fourth **Our Time in Eden** , but I can’t stand “Circle Dream” ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-cd-revisited/378863/28 "2006-11-03T03:19:27Z")
Every Steely Dan album from '72-80 also, Aimee Mann - _I’m With Stupid_ Dave Matthews - _Crash_ Elvis Costello - _This Year’s Model_ Jackson Browne - _Late For the Sky_ King Crimson - _Discipline_ The Kinks - _Arthur_, and also _Lola_ Linda Ronstadt - _Heart Like a Wheel_ Peter Gabriel - His third self-titled album (meltface), as well as _Security_ and _So_ The Police - _Ghost in the Machine_ The Rolling Stones - _Let it Bleed_ Santana - _Abraxas_, _Santana III_ and _Caravanserai_ Squirrel Nut Zippers - _Perennial Favorites_ Van Morrison - _His Band and Street Choir_ The Who - _Quadrophenia_ ---
**Author:** ![DJ\_Motorbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@DJ\_Motorbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DJ_Motorbike)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-cd-revisited/378863/29 "2006-11-03T04:13:46Z")
**Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds** _Let Love In_ **Smashing Pumpkins** _Siamese Dream_ **The Rentals** _Return of the Rentals_ **Led Zepplin** _Houses of the Holy_ I’m not afraid to break the mold by saying that _Blind Man’s Zoo_ is my favorite and most listenable-in-its-entireity album by **10,000 Maniacs**. **Gillian Welch** _Hell Among the Yearlings_ **Kiss** _Alive!_ Though you’ll have to excuse me if I’ve heard “Rock and Roll all Nite” one too many times and I’ll skip the extended drum solo in the aptly named “100,000 Years”. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-cd-revisited/378863/30 "2006-11-03T05:14:48Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Heh. I’d like to say Born to Run and Darkness on the Edge of Town, but I don’t like Tenth Avenue Freeze Out and Adam Raised a Cain, the second song on each respectively. It’s not just that they follow the unfollowable Thunder Road and Badlands (my favorite BS song I think) but the style is jarring. [/QUOTE] I used to not be such a big fan of Tenth Avenue Freeze Out. It is a little oddly placed and lacks some energy that we get on really all the other tracks. Then I heard it live (and subsequently got a few live albums that had it on it), and it changed my view of the song. I used to skip over it most of the time; now I do enjoy it quite a bit. And **Darkness** would be a much better album, IMHO, if **Candy’s Room** had not found its way onto it. I totally agree with **Tunnel of Love** , though. I think it’s one of the most horribly underrated albums ever. Some more additions to the list are: **Full Moon Fever** - _Tom Petty_ **Brothers in Arms** - _Dire Straits_ **Let it Roll** - _Little Feat_ ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-cd-revisited/378863/31 "2006-11-03T08:55:48Z")
[QUOTE=Eonwe] I used to not be such a big fan of Tenth Avenue Freeze Out. It is a little oddly placed and lacks some energy that we get on really all the other tracks. Then I heard it live (and subsequently got a few live albums that had it on it), and it changed my view of the song. I used to skip over it most of the time; now I do enjoy it quite a bit. [/QUOTE] You beat me to it. When I first read **gigi** ’s comment I almost shouted “Blasphemy!” at the computer. _Tenth Avenue_ gradually grew on me – it’s now one of my all-time favorites. And nope, never have heard it live either. Bruce Springsteen - \* Born To Run; Born in the USA\* Simon and Garfunkel - _Wednesday Morning at 3AM; Parsley Sage Rosemary and Thyme; Greatest Hits_ Jackson Browne = _Running On Empty_ INXS - \* Listen Like Thieves; Kick\* the soundtracks to _Saturday Night Fever_ and _Grease_ (now my dirty secret’s out!) Queen - \*A Night At The Opera[/a] I can listen to both Meat Loaf’s _Bat Out Of Hell_ and The Clash’s _London Calling_ in small doses, but I don’t listen to either often enough to qualify them in the above list. Ditto anything by The Eagles. Interesting that the majority of my list are the albuns with which I went through high school. Except for S&G – they were my very first introduction to “popular” music because neither of my parents liked The Beatles. ---
**Author:** ![aclubs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@aclubs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aclubs)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-cd-revisited/378863/32 "2006-11-03T09:20:57Z")
My five perfect albums in my collection: **Weezer** - Pinkerton **The White Stripes** - Get Behind Me Satan **Green Day** - American Idiot **Godspeed You Black Emperor** - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven **Explosions in the Sky** - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place Almost making the cut, but one song made them miss: **The Postal Service** - Give Up (“Natural Anthem” isn’t that good.) **Weezer** - Make Believe (“We Are All On Drugs” just didn’t do it for me.) **System of a Down** - Mezmerize (“Cigaro”) **Queens of the Stone Age** - Songs for the Deaf (“Six Shooter”) **Explosions in the Sky** - Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever (“Yasmin the Light”) ---
**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:** [November 3, 2006, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-cd-revisited/378863/33 "2006-11-03T09:34:06Z")
**Lyle Lovett and his Large Band** Mary Chapin Carpenter, **Come on Come On** John Prine, **Prime Prine** and **In Spite of Ourselves** Any of the **Oxford American Southern Music Sampler** s ---
**Author:** ![MrJackboots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MrJackboots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrJackboots)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-cd-revisited/378863/34 "2006-11-03T10:13:34Z")
**Calla** - Collisions I got one song off this album from Audiofile (_It Dawned on Me_) and promptly went out that weekend to buy the CD. I turned around the next weekend and bought practically their entire discography (I’m short one of their singles). Their first CD (_Calla_) is unlistenable, personally, but I don’t actually regret any of it. Besides that, their earlier CDs are personally better but not nearly as consistent. **The Iguanas** - Nuevo Boogaloo I spent five years trying to find this album. It was worth it. 'nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-cd-revisited/378863/35 "2006-11-03T12:09:33Z")
Every Beatles album, I believe, except for the _White Album_, which may be my favorite Beatles album. “Revolution 9.” 'Nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-cd-revisited/378863/36 "2006-11-03T12:22:57Z")
When I see threads like this, I immediately think, _Making Movies_ by Dire Straits, but then I have to actually acknowledge that _Les Boys_ exists. I do think it was nice of them to put that track at the end of the album, so you can just pretend it was never there. Seriously. Probably the number one contender for “Most awful song on one of the most awesome albums ever.” ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-cd-revisited/378863/37 "2006-11-03T13:51:26Z")
I’d vote for a lot of what others have already put: My vote for most consistently listenable Maniacs album is _Hope Chest_. I guess it’s because it’s full of youthful energy and creativity (and it was recorded in my hometown!) _Our Time in Eden_ has some fairly bad tracks that I’d skip over if I had it on CD (although _Stockton Gala Days_ refers to a place, and sort of an event, that was 3 miles from my hometown :)) I’d vote for the Dan, too: Aja and Gaucho (except I skip _Third World Man_.) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-cd-revisited/378863/38 "2006-11-03T14:07:34Z")
I remembered one album I consider perfect: Indigo Girls **Rites of Passage** and their self-titled album is right up there too [QUOTE=Eonwe] I totally agree with **Tunnel of Love** , though. I think it’s one of the most horribly underrated albums ever. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I usually think of the “bigger” albums (bigger sound, bigger airplay) as his best but then I put this on and the lyrics and smaller but heartfelt sound blows me away. 'Walk Like a Man", “All That Heaven Will Allow”…whoa. ---
**Author:** ![JacksonRoykirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e79b87/32.png) [@JacksonRoykirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacksonRoykirk)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-cd-revisited/378863/39 "2006-11-03T18:14:26Z")
Most of my favorite nonstop albums are from the 80’s, so I bought these on cassette (CD players didn’t become affordable til the 90’s, unfortunately for me). John Mellencamp - **Scarecrow** and \*\*The Lonesome Jubilee \*\*Peter Wolf - **Lights Out** , **Come As You Are** , and **Up To No Good** Don Henley - **Building The Perfect Beast** and **End Of The Innocence** Traveling Wilburys - **Vol. 1** John Fogerty - **Centerfield** Van Halen - **5150** Bruce Springsteen - **Born In The U.S.A.** and **Tunnel Of Love** Billy Joel - **An Innocent Man** ZZ Top - **Eliminator** Paul Simon - **Graceland** And yes, I have since repurchased all these albums on compact disc. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-cd-revisited/378863/40 "2006-11-03T18:49:15Z")
Yes, ZZ Top. Do not play this album while driving. :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-cd-revisited/378863.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-all-the-songs-on-this-cd-revisited/378863.md?page=3)