# I love every song on this CD! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 9, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-cd/167599 "2003-04-09T17:53:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Auntie\_Social](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@Auntie\_Social](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntie_Social)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-cd/167599/81 "2003-04-13T17:40:04Z")
Like **gex gex** and **chorizo** , I am an album-listener, not a song-skipper, but I think it’s a little odd to listen to the whole album out of some obligation to the artist’s vision. I just think that if you like certain kinds of music (e.g. jazz, indie rock), you find artists that have a distinctive sound or an idea that they’re carrying out throughout the album, and you’re probably going to be interested in the whole thing if you’re interested in part of it. Other genres (hip-hop, pop rock) focus more on the catchiness or pleasantness of a specific beat or melody, and either don’t make an attempt to have, or go to great lengths to avoid having, a distinctive “sound” outside of the singer’s voice. They’re just about whether you like the tune or the lyrics of a certain song. So, IMHO, there are probably too many jazz and indie rock albums that are great all the way through to be worth naming. But the further you veer into pop territory, the more rare a consistently great album is. Even as an album-listener, I’ll certainly skip over skits and monologues, which are the bane of the hip-hop genre. _The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill_ would be one of those perfect albums if it didn’t have those stupid schoolkids talking about love between the songs. OutKast is cursed with the same problem. Also stupid are albums that have a five-minute silence at the end and then a “hidden” track (e.g. _Odelay_ could be perfect, but there’s no artistic reason for five minutes of silence at the end of every Beck album, it’s just a pain in the ass to have to go over to the CD player and skip to the next CD). ---
**Author:** ![Daoloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Daoloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daoloth)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-cd/167599/82 "2003-04-13T22:30:19Z")
Acid Bath- Paegan Terrorism Tactics Agents of Oblivion- Agents of Oblivion ---
**Author:** ![chief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@chief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chief)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-cd/167599/83 "2003-04-14T05:13:15Z")
Guns N’ Roses - Appetite for Destruction Black Crowes - Southern Harmony and Musical Companion Black Crowes - Amorica The Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall Alice in Chains - Dirt, Jar of Flies, Unplugged Led Zeppelin I, II, III, IV, Houses of the Holy, Physical Graffiti Derek and the Dominos - Layla, Live at the Fillmore Bob Marley - Uprising Wilco - Being There Jeff Buckley - Grace Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St. , Sticky Fingers, Beggar’s Banquet, Let it Bleed Ben Harper - Fight for your Mind, Burn to Shine thats all i can think of right now… ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-cd/167599/84 "2003-04-14T06:56:28Z")
Steely Dan – _Katy Lied_ Elvis Presley – _The Memphis Record_ ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-cd/167599/85 "2003-04-14T12:47:06Z")
**RUSH** - Moving Pictures **RUSH** - Exit, Stage Left **Deep Purple** - Machine Head **the Dickies** - Dawn of the Dickies **Joe Satriani** - Strange Beautiful Music **Mike Oldfield** - Tubular Bells (Only 1 song on it) ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-cd/167599/86 "2003-04-14T13:57:41Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by Auntie Social_ > Like gex gex and chorizo, I am an album-listener, not a song-skipper, but I think it’s a little odd to listen to the whole album out of some obligation to the artist’s vision. I just think that if you like certain kinds of music (e.g. jazz, indie rock), you find artists that have a distinctive sound or an idea that they’re carrying out throughout the album, and you’re probably going to be interested in the whole thing if you’re interested in part of it. Oh yeah, me too. I hope I didn’t give the impression that I only listen to complete albums out of obligation. ---
**Author:** ![mcms\_cricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@mcms\_cricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcms_cricket)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-cd/167599/87 "2003-04-14T17:17:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gex gex \* > \*\*I don’t get this thread. Do people seriously _buy_ albums only to not listen to half the tracks? \*\* (rest of quote snipped) Well, I can think of lots of albums I’ve bought because I really liked one particular song - but when I listened to the rest of the album, I didn’t care for it. I’m just not gonna listen to songs I don’t like! If Brother is the group from Australia that uses some native instruments, I’ve heard of 'em too. I saw them at Summerfest in Milwaukee a few years ago - they’re cool! My Mom’s the one who made me see them. She’s got a few of their CD’s. Some of my favorites in no particular order: R.E.M - Life’s Rich Pageant Sinead O’Connor - The Lion and the Cobra Alphaville - Forever Young The Cure - Staring at the Sea (the cassette version - if I remember right, the cassette, CD and record versions were all slightly different) Just about any Beatles album Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience Kate Bush - The Whole Story Big Audio Dynamite - This is Big Audio Dynamite The Clash - London Calling The Smiths - Meat is Murder and The Queen is Dead Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes Geez, am I dating myself here or what? Cricket ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-cd/167599/88 "2003-04-14T22:09:47Z")
I’m really not an album person–most of my music I get on singles or compilations. Therefore there’s only 2 in my list: Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill Andrew WK - I Get Wet I like the New Pornographers’ ‘Mass Romantic’ but would never play ‘_Execution Day_’ or the last track separately. The Delgados’ ‘Peloton’ is all really good–apart from one track, ‘_Blackpool_’. ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-cd/167599/89 "2003-04-14T23:08:55Z")
==U2, All That You Can’t Leave Behind ==Coldplay, Parachutes ==Tenacious D (on average, once a month is all I need of this one) ==Neil Young, Freedom and, of course - ==Beck, Odelay ==Beck, Midnite Vultures ==Beck, Sea Change ---
**Author:** ![Tanaqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Tanaqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanaqui)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-cd/167599/90 "2003-04-14T23:53:54Z")
AFI - Sing the Sorrow AFI - Black Sails in the Sunset Green Day - Dookie Jeez. There really aren’t many more. Maybe Energy by Operation Ivy, though it goes on for so long (27 songs) I usually don’t end up listening to the whole thing. Most of my current favorite cds have at least one or two songs I tend to skip. I’m amazed at how many people listed Alanis Morisette. There’s so much hate for her out there, but Jagged Little Pill really is an excellent album. It doesn’t make my list though, because of “Mary Jane,” which makes me wince. ---
**Author:** ![li\_l\_Dickie\_Dirtz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@li\_l\_Dickie\_Dirtz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/li_l_Dickie_Dirtz)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-cd/167599/91 "2003-04-15T19:32:46Z")
**The Clash** – London Calling **Elvis Costello/Elvis Costello and the Attractions** – My Aim Is True, This Year’s Model, Armed Forces, Get Happy (has any new artist ever put out four albums in a row as strong as these?) **The Spinanes** – Strand (except for the “atmospheric” interludes) ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-cd/167599/92 "2003-04-15T21:24:15Z")
I am an album listener as well, so practically all of my CDs are ones I love every song on. As **Auntie Social** said, however, most of my stuff is indie rock. The one album I can think of right now that I feel the obligation to listen to the whole thing in one go is Husker Du’s **Zen Arcade**. If I have eighty minutes to concentrate on it, I’ll pop it in. If I know I’m short on time, I won’t listen to it. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-cd/167599/93 "2003-04-17T17:28:18Z")
Ok, nobody’s mentioned my personal favorites, and I know I’m going to catch flak, but _don’t care!!!_ **studio Dave Matthews Band CDs (I don’t have any live albums).** ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-cd/167599/94 "2003-04-17T17:28:40Z")
Ok, nobody’s mentioned my personal favorites, and I know I’m going to catch flak, but _don’t care!!!_ **All studio Dave Matthews Band CDs (I don’t have any live albums).** ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-cd/167599/95 "2003-04-17T20:19:26Z")
13 albums you could put on pretty much any time, and I’d love every song… _My Aim Is True_ - Elvis Costello _Rum, Sodomy & The Lash_ - The Pogues _The Men Who Loved Music_ - Young Fresh Fellows _Can’t Stand The Rezillos_ - The Rezillos _Road To Ruin_ - Ramones _White Light, White Heat_ - Velvet Underground _Funhouse_ - The Stooges _Never Make It Home_ - Split Lip Rayfield _Cure For Pain_ - Morphine _Tremendous Efforts_ - The Sadies _Furnace Room Lullaby_ - Neko Case _More Fun In The New World_ - X _Left, Love and Leaving_ - The Detroit Cobras [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-cd/167599.md?page=4)