# The one sucky song on your favorite album **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 10, 2002, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sucky-song-on-your-favorite-album/113336 "2002-06-10T23:49:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sucky-song-on-your-favorite-album/113336/1 "2002-06-10T23:49:39Z")
The Crow Soundtrack: “It Can’t Rain All the Time.” Cloying. Trite. Just. Awful. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sucky-song-on-your-favorite-album/113336/2 "2002-06-11T02:58:40Z")
Not exactly my favorite album, but I really like it: “Unsent” on Alanis Morissette’s _Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie._ Dear Lord that song bites. And I can’t believe they actually _released_ it. Seriously, one of the worst songs on ANY of my albums in my collection. [sub]and actually, Alanis could have shaved 4-5 songs off that record and it would have been _so_ much better[/sub] ---
**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:** [June 11, 2002, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sucky-song-on-your-favorite-album/113336/3 "2002-06-11T03:50:12Z")
Taking myhself back a bit here, but when I saw the thread title I immediately thought of _Fragile_ by **Yes** where an otherwise coherent and brilliant Side One is interrupted by the out-of-place and trite “Cans and Brahms”, a very non-rockish piece of classical fluff played on four electronic keyboard instruments that sounds like a quartet of pompous ducks with adenoid problems. ---
**Author:** ![Hazel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Hazel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazel)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sucky-song-on-your-favorite-album/113336/4 "2002-06-11T04:01:10Z")
number 9…number 9…number 9…number 9…number 9… number 9…number 9…number 9…number 9…number 9… number 9…number 9…number 9…number 9…number 9… number 9…number 9…number 9…number 9…number 9… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sucky-song-on-your-favorite-album/113336/5 "2002-06-11T04:18:22Z")
“Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” on _Abbey Road_. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sucky-song-on-your-favorite-album/113336/6 "2002-06-11T04:20:25Z")
I love just about every song on Led Zeppelin’s “Physical Graffiti” except… the idiotic “Down By The Seaside.” ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sucky-song-on-your-favorite-album/113336/7 "2002-06-11T04:46:48Z")
“Doctor Robert” on _Revolver_. It’s not actually sucky, but it’s less than inspired on an album chock full o’ gems. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sucky-song-on-your-favorite-album/113336/8 "2002-06-11T04:46:56Z")
ABBA _Gold_. _Thank You For The Music_. Whose bright idea was it to insert a lame-ass lounge act into this cauldron of brilliance? jayjay ---
**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sucky-song-on-your-favorite-album/113336/9 "2002-06-11T05:35:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hazel \* > \*\*number 9…number 9…number 9…number 9…number 9… > number 9…number 9…number 9…number 9…number 9… > number 9…number 9…number 9…number 9…number 9… > number 9…number 9…number 9…number 9…number 9… \*\* That’s the ONLY bad track?! ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sucky-song-on-your-favorite-album/113336/10 "2002-06-11T06:38:47Z")
The final track, “Love Is Blindness” is an ugly pimple on the otherwise baby-smooth bottom of U2’s _Achtung Baby_. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Clawman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@The\_Clawman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Clawman)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sucky-song-on-your-favorite-album/113336/11 "2002-06-11T12:05:19Z")
Massive Attack’s “Protection” ends with an ill-advised live cover of “Light my Fire” done in a reggae-stylee. The last track, so doesn’t spoil the album too much. ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Propski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5e9695/32.png) [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sucky-song-on-your-favorite-album/113336/12 "2002-06-11T13:26:57Z")
Well, it’s not my favorite album, but I always detested Bungalow on XTC’s “Nonesuch” album. Oh, and Sacrificial Bonfire on “Skylarking.” ---
**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sucky-song-on-your-favorite-album/113336/13 "2002-06-11T13:43:17Z")
That “Mother” song on Synchronicity. ---
**Author:** ![DeathLlama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DeathLlama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeathLlama)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sucky-song-on-your-favorite-album/113336/14 "2002-06-11T14:05:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Narrad \* > \*\*The final track, “Love Is Blindness” is an ugly pimple on the otherwise baby-smooth bottom of U2’s _Achtung Baby_. \*\* **Grrrrrr** I love _Achtung_ and particularly that song. I think it’s the perfect ending to that album. “The Wanderer” however, is a super-sucky end to _Zooropa_. Though there were a few other clunkers on that one. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sucky-song-on-your-favorite-album/113336/15 "2002-06-11T14:43:09Z")
“Damned Ladies” gets in the way of my otherwise complete enjoyment of **Rufus Wainwright** ’s self-titled debut. And why, oh why, did they break into **Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble** ’s stellar performance in _Live at Carnegie Hall_ to include “C.O.D”? ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sucky-song-on-your-favorite-album/113336/16 "2002-06-11T14:47:17Z")
Whoa . . . I love “Love is Blindness” _and_ “The Wanderer.” U2 can do no wrong. ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sucky-song-on-your-favorite-album/113336/17 "2002-06-11T14:50:13Z")
“Octopus’s Garden” on _Abbey Road_ ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sucky-song-on-your-favorite-album/113336/18 "2002-06-11T15:29:17Z")
Man, I should know by now when openning a thread like this to expect to see my favortie songs slammed. 🙂 I love both _Unsent_ and _It can’t Rain all the Time_. Yeah, _It can’t Rain all the Time_ is a bit syrupy, but it’s the only song on the album that actually has anything to do with the movie thematically. (as opposed just being heard in the background). Not great songwriting, but it’s soothing… No one will know this one, but my favorite album is **Ashley MacIsaac - Hi™, how are you today?** which is pretty much the perfect album except for the awful _What an Idiot he is_. Bleh. Also can’t stand _Me and a Gun_ from **Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes** (yeah, I know the history behind it, it’s a disgusting shame, but I just don’t like the song, ok?) ---
**Author:** ![freckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47c2d/32.png) [@freckles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckles)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sucky-song-on-your-favorite-album/113336/19 "2002-06-11T15:33:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dr. Rieux \* > \*\*“Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” on _Abbey Road_. \*\* I think that is the best song on that album, it’s so funny! ---
**Author:** ![Journeyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@Journeyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Journeyman)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sucky-song-on-your-favorite-album/113336/20 "2002-06-11T23:04:03Z")
This isn’t my favorite album, but I’ve always thought that Black 47’s song Fire of Freedom on the album of the same name is just crap. I don’t know why, it just gets on my nerves. Rest of the album rocks. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sucky-song-on-your-favorite-album/113336.md?page=2)