# What's your favorite song on your least favorite album by your favorite artist? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 2, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-on-your-least-favorite-album-by-your-favorite-artist/355164 "2006-05-02T22:38:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-on-your-least-favorite-album-by-your-favorite-artist/355164/21 "2006-05-03T13:30:59Z")
Band: The Jam Album: The Gift Song: A tie between _Ghosts_ and _Running on the Spot_ Artist: Peter Case Album: Six Pack O’ Love Song: Never Comin’ Home There are plenty of my favorite artists who’s best albums are behind them that still come up with an occaisional gem… ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-on-your-least-favorite-album-by-your-favorite-artist/355164/22 "2006-05-03T13:42:13Z")
Band:Metallica Album: Black Album Song: Of Wolf and Man Band: Megadeth Album: Cryptic Writings Song:Use the Man ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-on-your-least-favorite-album-by-your-favorite-artist/355164/23 "2006-05-03T14:36:25Z")
Fav band: Pink Floyd Least fav album: Atom Heart Mother Favorite song: Summer of '68. Perhaps the only time Wright has the best track on an album (although he comes close on A Saucerful of Secrets, also not one of my favorite Floyd albums.) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-on-your-least-favorite-album-by-your-favorite-artist/355164/24 "2006-05-03T14:51:54Z")
Band: Within Temptation Bad album: Enter Favourite song: Jillian(I’d give my heart…) Band: Beatles Worst Album: White Album Best song: Something ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-on-your-least-favorite-album-by-your-favorite-artist/355164/25 "2006-05-03T15:11:48Z")
Favourite band: Concrete Blonde Least favourite album: Their latest album, _Mojave_. By far. Favourite song: _Himalayan Motorcycles_ - sparse, dark, and very harsh, but just gorgeous. Really intriguing. The album also has a wicked cover of _Ghost Riders In The Sky_, where Johnette really lets fly. Yippee-i-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!! ---
**Author:** ![edwino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@edwino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwino)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-on-your-least-favorite-album-by-your-favorite-artist/355164/26 "2006-05-03T15:20:22Z")
[QUOTE=Mahaloth] Band: Beatles Worst Album: White Album Best song: Something [/QUOTE] As I’m sure the hordes will be along to point out, Something is the first track on _Abbey Road_. Rolling Stones - Aftermath - Paint it Black (obvious) Led Zeppelin - Presence - Nobody’s Fault But Mine Nick Cave - Nocturama - Rock of Gibraltar Radiohead - Amnesiac (hey you have to pick one) - Knives Out Sigur Ros - Von - Myrkur The Wedding Present - Watusi - Gazebo ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-on-your-least-favorite-album-by-your-favorite-artist/355164/27 "2006-05-03T15:43:44Z")
[QUOTE=edwino] As I’m sure the hordes will be along to point out, Something is the first track on _Abbey Road_. [/QUOTE] And “Come Together” is the zeroth track? ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-on-your-least-favorite-album-by-your-favorite-artist/355164/28 "2006-05-03T15:43:45Z")
[QUOTE=BwanaBob] Frank Zappa - Freak Out - Help I’m a Rock [/QUOTE] Freak Out is your LEAST favorite Mothers album? That certainly goes against the majority view – not that there’s anything wrong with that! Here’s mine: Favorite band: The Clash Worst album: Cut the Crap Best song on _Crap_: This is England ---
**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:** [May 3, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-on-your-least-favorite-album-by-your-favorite-artist/355164/29 "2006-05-03T17:11:01Z")
[QUOTE=Fionn] Favorite band: REM Least favorite album: Monster Favorite song: “Bang and Blame” [/QUOTE] Ooh, good one. Same band, same album, but I’d pick “Strange Currencies” as the best track. It’s one of my favorite R.E.M. songs, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Bug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andrew\_Bug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_Bug)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-on-your-least-favorite-album-by-your-favorite-artist/355164/30 "2006-05-03T17:19:33Z")
Favorite band-The Clash Least favorite album-Sandinista Favorite song-Junco Partner/Version Partner Favorite band-Violent Femmes Least favorite album-New Times Favorite Song-4 Seasons ---
**Author:** ![edwino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@edwino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwino)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-on-your-least-favorite-album-by-your-favorite-artist/355164/31 "2006-05-03T17:33:36Z")
[QUOTE=Thudlow Boink] And “Come Together” is the zeroth track? [/QUOTE] Oops. Does it help that Come Together is dead to me? ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-on-your-least-favorite-album-by-your-favorite-artist/355164/32 "2006-05-03T19:30:51Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Band:Metallica Album: Black Album Song: Of Wolf and Man [/QUOTE] Are you sure you did that right? The Black Album is your _least_ favorite Metallica album? What about St. Anger, Load, or Reload, or have you not heard them yet? I wonder if you did least favorite song on favorite album. In that case the correct answer is My Friend of Misery. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-on-your-least-favorite-album-by-your-favorite-artist/355164/33 "2006-05-03T19:34:55Z")
1. Steve Goodman 2. Hot Spot - (I’m still convinced that his label held a gun to his head and forced him to release this overproduced debacle.) 3. Talk Backwards - one of the very few redeeming factors. ---
**Author:** ![Logan\_5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/fbc32d/32.png) [@Logan\_5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Logan_5)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-on-your-least-favorite-album-by-your-favorite-artist/355164/34 "2006-05-03T19:59:47Z")
Band: Skinny Puppy Album: Too Dark Park Song: Shore Lined Poison Band: Misfits Album: Wolf’s Blood Song: Bloodfeast ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-on-your-least-favorite-album-by-your-favorite-artist/355164/35 "2006-05-03T20:07:51Z")
Band: Duran Duran Album: Pop Trash Song: Somone Else Not Me ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-on-your-least-favorite-album-by-your-favorite-artist/355164/36 "2006-05-03T20:11:27Z")
Two near-favorites… Band: Radiohead Album: Pablo Honey Song: Creep There are a couple of very good tracks on this album, but I’ll give Creep the nod over Blow Out, Thinking About You and Stop Whispering because of those chainsaw guitar noises. Artist: Tori Amos Album: Strange Little Girls Song: Time Tori’s concept for this album was something like “female artist covers songs written and performed by men, and reinterprets them from the point of view of female characters.” Usually, I think it’s good that the album concepts Tori has in her head don’t totally translate to the recording. But this album doesn’t really stand on its own without the concept. Unless you’ve had it explained to you, you probably wouldn’t know that was what she was doing, and even knowing, it seemed to me that very little of it came across in the songs. Sort of a problem. But she performed her version of Time (originally by Tom Waits) on Letterman a week after after September 11th, and it remains one of the most powerful musical performances I’ve seen. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-on-your-least-favorite-album-by-your-favorite-artist/355164/37 "2006-05-03T20:17:06Z")
[QUOTE=Spiff] Here’s mine: Favorite band: The Clash Worst album: Cut the Crap Best song on _Crap_: This is England [/QUOTE] I don’t really consider Cut the Crap to be **The Clash** , so: Favorite band: **The Clash** Least fav album: _Sandinista_ (might have been one of their best if it had been 2 discs instead of 3) Best Song: Washington Bullets or Kingston Advice ---
**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:** [May 3, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-on-your-least-favorite-album-by-your-favorite-artist/355164/38 "2006-05-03T20:41:32Z")
Band - well, I don’t have a single favourite, but _Oingo Boingo_’s right up there (and who I’m listening to today), so, I’ll go with them. Album - \*Dark at the End of the Tunnel \*- not a bad album, but rather weak by their standards. (Cool cover, though.) Song - _When The Lights Go Out_ - it and Flesh and Blood are the only songs on the album that aren’t terribly forgettable, and I like WTLGO better. ---
**Author:** ![OatmealB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc79bd/32.png) [@OatmealB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OatmealB)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-on-your-least-favorite-album-by-your-favorite-artist/355164/39 "2006-05-03T20:42:32Z")
Favorite band: Guided by Voices Least favorite album: Earthquake Glue Favorite song on that album: The Best of Jill Hives ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-on-your-least-favorite-album-by-your-favorite-artist/355164/40 "2006-05-03T20:49:39Z")
[QUOTE=edwino] As I’m sure the hordes will be along to point out, Something is the first track on _Abbey Road_. [/QUOTE] Oh…now I understand the game. Me dumb. Me not fully understand game. Me think it about best song total and worst album total. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-on-your-least-favorite-album-by-your-favorite-artist/355164.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-on-your-least-favorite-album-by-your-favorite-artist/355164.md?page=3)