# I love every song on this album! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-album/781883 "2017-03-10T17:17:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [March 10, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-album/781883/1 "2017-03-10T17:17:49Z")
This is a re-tread thread as I started one just like this a few years back. In the intervening years, albums have sort of fallen out of favor. I’m re-visiting this because I just remembered an album besides Carol King’s Tapestry and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumors that I love every song on. Stevie Wonder’s Songs In The Key of Life. Two honorable mentions are Alanis Morrisette’s Jagged Little Pill (don’t like Mary Jane) and Big Boi and Dre Present. . . Outkast (it’s a greatest hits album even though I didn’t know this until recently and greatest hits albums would be a cheat, I think). Now you tell me what albums you like every song of. And if I can be so bold as to ask that you just don’t drop an album title and keep walking, 'cuz that would be boring. Thanks! Also, a quick search tells me that a few years back was actually 14 goshdarned years ago. Dang! [Here’s a little Stevie to tide you over.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sIjSNTS7Fs) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-album/781883/2 "2017-03-10T17:50:27Z")
I probably mentioned these 14 years ago, but I’ll do it again. Spirit – _The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus_. Just a perfect rock album that catches your ears from the first chords and keeps up an eclectic mixture of rock, blues, and jazz. Emit Rhodes – _Emitt Rhodes_ – perfect pop album. All the songs have irresistible hooks. It’s a Beautiful Day – _It’s a Beautiful Day_. Just one lovely song after another. “White Bird” is their signature song, but there’s plenty that just as good or better. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-album/781883/3 "2017-03-10T18:03:17Z")
Laura Nyro’s _Eli and the Thirteenth Confession_. Just fucking perfect straight through. > **[Eli and the Thirteenth Confession](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_and_the_Thirteenth_Confession)** > > Eli and the Thirteenth Confession is the second album by New York City-born singer, songwriter, and pianist Laura Nyro, released in 1968. > Nyro premiered some of the songs that were to appear on the album at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. The song "Luckie" was derived from an earlier composition Nyro had played at her audition for Verve Records in 1966. Before she signed to Columbia Records, Verve had already planned to release the album, under the title Soul Picnic. > The album saw its actual r... The Band’s second release, commonly called “The Brown Album.” Best modern exposition of what Greil Marcus calls the Old Weird America. > **[The Band (album)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Band_(album))** > > The Band is the second studio album by the Band, released on September 22, 1969. It is also known as The Brown Album. According to Rob Bowman's liner notes for the 2000 reissue, The Band has been viewed as a concept album, with the songs focusing on people, places and traditions associated with an older version of Americana. Thus, the songs on this album draw on historic themes for "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", "King Harvest (Has Surely Come)" and "Jawbone" (which was composed in the Af... \*Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson Live at the Opera House, Chicago 1957 \*. My swingingest, smartest live blowing session, the boys on fire throughout, backed by Oscar Peterson at the piano and Herb Ellis on guitar. > **[Album Search for "stan getz and jj johnson at the opera house" | AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/search/albums/stan+getz+and+jj+johnson+at+the+opera+house)** > > Find information about "stan getz and jj johnson at the opera house" listen to "stan getz and jj johnson at the opera house" on AllMusic ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-album/781883/4 "2017-03-10T18:08:56Z")
Dylan - Blood on the Tracks and Desire. ---
**Author:** ![MHaas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MHaas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaas)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-album/781883/5 "2017-03-10T18:17:10Z")
Nothing better than an album that you can just put on and enjoy the whole way through. Three come to mind for me right off the top of my head: Jason Isbell - Southeastern Van Morrison - Moondance Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-album/781883/6 "2017-03-10T18:22:03Z")
The Band, Dylan, Laura and Van already mentioned. Plus Rain Dogs. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-album/781883/7 "2017-03-10T18:22:52Z")
When I was ripping CD tracks for my MP3 player, I realized that I could grab any random handful off Fiona Apple’s _Tidal_ and be completely happy with what I got. Weren’t too many albums I could say that about. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-album/781883/8 "2017-03-10T18:26:04Z")
REM- Life’s Rich Pageant U2- War and Joshua Tree Pink Floyd- The Division Bell although the first track is a bit meh, DSOTM, The Wall. Led Zeppelin 2- love every track. Depeche Mode- Violator and Music for The Masses Tears for Fears- Songs From the Big Chair Not that you can tell by the list but I grew up in the 80s and these albums all had a lot of play on lp, cassette and cd. There are a few more I can think of but this is enough. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-album/781883/9 "2017-03-10T18:39:53Z")
Radiohead - OK Computer Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots These albums are especially unique because other than a few earlier Radiohead songs, I don’t like anything else from these bands. But these albums rock me to my core. Others: Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hot Pearl Jam - Ten Nirvana - Nevermind NIN - The Downward Spiral The Beatles - Revolver Blind Melon - Blind Melon Honorable mention (“greatest hits”): Barenaked Ladies - Rock Spectacle Chicago - Chicago IX ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-album/781883/10 "2017-03-10T20:52:31Z")
Rain Dogs, yeah. Also APP “Turn of a Friendly Card,” which I just found the 2008 remastering of. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-album/781883/11 "2017-03-10T21:41:04Z")
Blondie - **Parallel Lines**. Weakest song is the last track on side A, “I Know But I Don’t Know”. They Might Be Giants - **Flood**. Awesome front to back, my introduction to the band. _Everybody_ wants a rock to wind a piece of string around! Pink Floyd, goes without saying… ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-album/781883/12 "2017-03-10T21:41:28Z")
6 and 12 String Guitar – Leo Kottke Whiskey Before Breakfast – Norman Blake Both are largely instrumental, I admit. I can’t think of any pop albums where I like literally everything on it. There’s always a stinker. Even on Rain Dogs (that would be Blind Love, lord save us). Funny, Mary Jane is my favorite song from Jagged Little Pill 😜 ---
**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:** [March 10, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-album/781883/13 "2017-03-10T22:35:57Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > This is a re-tread thread as I started one just like this a few years back. In the intervening years, albums have sort of fallen out of favor. I’m re-visiting this because I just remembered an album besides Carol King’s Tapestry and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumors that I love every song on. Stevie Wonder’s Songs In The Key of Life. Two honorable mentions are Alanis Morrisette’s Jagged Little Pill (don’t like Mary Jane) and Big Boi and Dre Present. . . Outkast (it’s a greatest hits album even though I didn’t know this until recently and greatest hits albums would be a cheat, I think). > > Now you tell me what albums you like every song of. And if I can be so bold as to ask that you just don’t drop an album title and keep walking, 'cuz that would be boring. Thanks! Also, a quick search tells me that a few years back was actually 14 goshdarned years ago. Dang! > > [Here’s a little Stevie to tide you over.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sIjSNTS7Fs) Compared to Talking Book, Fulfillingness First Finale, and Innervisions? It was a disappointment. Liz Phair “Exile in Guyville” Scott Walker “Scott 4” ---
**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:** [March 10, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-album/781883/14 "2017-03-10T22:40:11Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > Compared to Talking Book, Fulfillingness First Finale, and Innervisions? It was a disappointment. > > Liz Phair “Exile in Guyville” > Scott Walker “Scott 4” To who? Ah, to you. Thanks for pointing out how you don’t like my taste. Although now I’d like to add Innervisions to my list. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-album/781883/15 "2017-03-10T22:51:19Z")
Two of my three have already been posted (Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks and Waits’ Rain Dogs). I’ll add Paul Simon’s Graceland. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-album/781883/16 "2017-03-10T22:54:06Z")
I agree with Carole King’s _Tapestry_. Incredible album. As for Stevie Wonder… I can appreciate the talent but his songs don’t do it for me. Or that particular type of pop doesn’t do it for me. “Superstition” is pleasant enough now that it isn’t being driven through my skull by perpetual airplay, but “Isn’t She Lovely” will still send me out of the room if I have the option. (I think it’s the crying baby and domestic choresounds) some excellent albums IMO, multiple genres: Yes: Keys to Ascension Pentangle: Cruel Sister Harry Belafonte: To Wish You a Merry Christmas Jane’s Addiction: Ritual de lo Habitual Alan Parsons Project: Ammonia Avenue Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed U2: The Joshua Tree Pink Floyd: Piper at the Gates of Dawn Georg Deuter: Aum Alex de Grassi: Turning, Turning Back Tori Amos: LIttle Earthquakes Styx: The Grand Illusion Kansas: Leftoverture Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti ---
**Author:** ![Cheerful\_Pessimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Cheerful\_Pessimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheerful_Pessimist)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-album/781883/17 "2017-03-10T23:08:29Z")
The Black Crowes’ Shake Your Money Maker. I still listen to the entire album fairly frequently. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-album/781883/18 "2017-03-10T23:24:54Z")
**Getz/Gilberto** (a bossa nova album): Getz on sax, Joao Gilberto on guitar, and Astrud Gilberto/Joao on vocals. Beautifully mellow. [Corcovado](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMM2tgnzNhw) **Brasileiro** , Sergio Mendez doing Brazilian samba. A brilliant album. [Magalenha](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76R6O1va9iM) (if that don’t make you jiggy, nothing will) **Talking Timbuktu** , Ali Farka Toure and Ry Cooder. A Grammy winner and well-deserved. Malian music is the root of blues music. [Ai Du](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTIp-KARF14) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-album/781883/19 "2017-03-10T23:35:53Z")
I have quite a few entries to this list, and the one most likely not to have been heard by anyone else here is “Fun?”, a marvelous 1993 release by a British band called the Candy Skins. My local college station played tracks from it all the time that summer, and it still sounds just as good. > **[Fun?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fun%3F)** > > Fun? is the second album from the British rock band the Candyskins. It contains their hit single "Wembley". It is the band's last release on a major label, being dropped by Geffen following two years of inactivity after its release. The disagreement with the label led to the arrest of Nick and Mark Cope, the band's lead singer and rhythm guitarist, for spray painting 'No Fun' on the wall of their former employer. > Dave Thompson wrote in his book Alternative Rock that the band with this relea... [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JVoRzT9gpa0/maxresdefault.jpg "The Candy Skins - Wembley") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVoRzT9gpa0) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-album/781883/20 "2017-03-10T23:45:37Z")
I’m just going to list one at this point. Rattling off 20 or so albums, they all sort of get lost in the sauce. **Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom** It is a complex, smart, very inventive string of songs, each one is brilliant. It feels like a concept album to me, and one I never tire of hearing. mmm [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-album/781883.md?page=2)