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Title: Albums with all good songs
Post by: Woogie on November 17, 2008, 02:59:05 PM
What albums do you guys think haven't got a bad song on them?

For me:

NOLA
The Ultimate Sin
Badlands S/T
Sabbath Vol 4
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Post by: ToneMonkey on November 17, 2008, 03:00:05 PM
Leftfield - Leftism
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Post by: Spitfire on November 17, 2008, 03:02:40 PM
Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii
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Post by: Crazy_Joe on November 17, 2008, 03:14:35 PM
First 4 Metallica albums
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Post by: Matt77 on November 17, 2008, 03:22:28 PM
appetite for destruction and blizzard of Oz for me
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Post by: SG Thrasher on November 17, 2008, 03:27:31 PM
Nofx - Punk in Drublic
Helloween - Keeper of the seven keys: Part II
Gamma Ray - Somewhere out in space + Land of the Free + No world order.
Iron Maiden - Dance of Death.
Painkiller - Judas Priest
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Post by: Twinfan on November 17, 2008, 03:37:50 PM
appetite for destruction...

That's what entered my head when I saw the thread title!
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Post by: Ratrod on November 17, 2008, 04:16:32 PM
Metallica - Black Album

AC/DC - Powerage, Highway To Hell, Back In Black and Black Ice

Brian Setzer '68 Comeback Special - Ignition

Elvis Presley - Sun Sessions
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Post by: dave_mc on November 17, 2008, 04:28:11 PM
extreme- pornograffitti
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Post by: Will on November 17, 2008, 04:38:36 PM
The Ultimate Sin - Ozzy. Didn't think I liked it that much, but recommending songs to a mate, all that album was included :?
Note to self, think about it and add more, there are so many more, mindblank
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Post by: gwEm on November 17, 2008, 04:44:37 PM
few bands manage this:

kraftwerk - trans europe express, man machine, computer world

black sabbath - black sabbath, paranoid, master of reality, sabbath bloody sabbath, sabotage

daft punk - discovery

sex pistols - never mind the bollocks

(not keen on volume 4)
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Post by: BigK on November 17, 2008, 05:23:44 PM
Alter Bridge - Blackbird and One Day Rmains

Chevelle - Wonder whats Next

Tool - Lateralus

Deftones - Around the Fur

Just some I can think of that nobody's mentioned yet  :D
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Post by: badgermark on November 17, 2008, 05:28:34 PM
Pearl jam's Ten and VS come to mind. Not a shabby song in there at all. I'll keep my mouth shut on Appetite for Destruction though...
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Post by: FELINEGUITARS on November 17, 2008, 05:41:39 PM
UFO - strangers in the night
Kiss - Alive
Dokken - Under Lock and Key
Scorpions - Blackout
Great White - Once Bitten
Guns and Roses - Appetite
Aerosmith - Toys in the attic  & Rocks
Queen - Sheer Heart attack, Night at the opera, Day at the races, News of the World, Jazz
MSG - First two albums

Van Halen - first album & 1984
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Post by: _tom_ on November 17, 2008, 05:51:33 PM
GnR - Appetite for Destruction
Blink 182 - Enema of the State (will be unpopular here but its awesome, so $%&# off :lol: )
Fugazi - 13 Songs
Indian Summer - Science 1994 Discography
Opeth - Still Life
RATM - self titled
Hey Mercedes - Everynight Fireworks

I'd like to say UFO - Strangers in the Night, but its tainted by the awful Love to Love, Out in the Street and Cherry :x
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Post by: Philly Q on November 17, 2008, 05:54:39 PM
appetite for destruction...

That's what entered my head when I saw the thread title!

First thing that popped into my head too  :lol: .  But in fact after 20-odd years I am starting to get a little sick of it...

To be honest, I could probably name a hundred albums for this thread.  When I really like an album I tend to like all all the tracks, unless there's an absolute stinker that sticks out like a sore thumb.

Having said that, it's quite easy to look at some of the albums people have already mentioned and think of odd tracks I don't like!  :)
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Post by: MrBump on November 17, 2008, 05:59:02 PM
Vinyl, or CD..?

I only ask because Gary Moores Wild Frontier album (on vinyl) doesn't have a bad track, whereas the CD has "Crying In The Shadows", possibly the worst GM song ever...

Mark.
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Post by: Philly Q on November 17, 2008, 06:31:48 PM
I only ask because Gary Moores Wild Frontier album (on vinyl) doesn't have a bad track, whereas the CD has "Crying In The Shadows", possibly the worst GM song ever...

Good point, a lot of reissue CDs have those bonus live tracks, demos or B sides.  I suppose they give extra value for money, but sometimes you get to the end of an album where the tracks have all been carefully placed in sequence to create a mood... then bang, suddenly you get hit with a hamfisted cover version of Long Tall Sally or something....

I wouldn't say bonus tracks "count" in terms of spoiling an otherwise perfect album, though.
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Post by: CJ on November 17, 2008, 09:11:17 PM
i'd have to say, and mainly because they're some of my favorites i suppose...

iced earth- burnt offerings, something wicked this way comes
weezer- blue album
megadeth- peace sells but who's buying
pantera- cowboys from hell, vulgar display of power
ozzy- diary of a madman, blizzard of ozz
jag panzer- ample destruction
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Post by: phlip on November 18, 2008, 06:51:47 PM
GNR - Appetite.
Slayer - Reign in Blood
New Model Army - Thunder and Consolation
Steve Earle - Copperhead Road
Justin Sullivan - Navigating by the Stars
KMFDM - Angst
Hanoi Rocks - Back to Mystery City
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Post by: _tom_ on November 18, 2008, 07:00:05 PM
Heres another good one I forgot, Social Distortion - White Light, White Heat, White Trash :)
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Post by: Jamie on November 18, 2008, 07:21:25 PM
Machine Head - The Blackening
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Post by: CJ on November 18, 2008, 07:46:02 PM
Machine Head - The Blackening

really? i've heard two songs by them, both of which i believe is off that album... beautiful mourning (i think) and aesthetics of hate. i really like them but wasn't sure how the rest of the stuff was.
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Post by: Antag on November 18, 2008, 07:58:45 PM
Machine Head - The Blackening
eh?  I didn't think there were any songs on it at all, let alone good ones & certainly not all good ones.

The Blackening reminded me a lot of Dark Angel's "Time does not heal" - lots & lots & LOTS of riffs/ideas, many of them great, but thrown together in fairly disparate fashion to produce a bunch of 7+ minute tracks that kinda blended into one after a while.  JMO, YMMV etc...
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Post by: Antag on November 18, 2008, 08:00:49 PM
Opeth - Still Life
+1

I like MAYH more, but Still Life is a masterpiece from start to finish....
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Post by: Antag on November 18, 2008, 08:06:06 PM
Obituary - The End Complete
Rush - Moving Pictures

Once you think about it, it's actually quite difficult to think of an album that has absolutely no duds or fillers.  My first thought was a few Maiden albums, but even in their prime there was at least one less-than-stellar track on every album (i.e. Gangland, Quest for Fire, Losfer Words, Deja Vu).
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Post by: Lazy_McDoesnothing on November 18, 2008, 08:29:45 PM
Sublime - Sublime / 40 Oz. To Freedom
Operation Ivy - Energy
Led Zeppelin - IV
Jimi Hendrix - Blues
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material
Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien
Protest The Hero - Fortress / Kezia

I could probably think of more and some of mine have already been listed!  I'm having a hard time coming up with newer albums though.  There's a lot of new stuff I absolutely love but not the complete album.
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Post by: Will on November 18, 2008, 08:54:56 PM
Once you think about it, it's actually quite difficult to think of an album that has absolutely no duds or fillers

I don't think a filler is neccesarily a dud. I often found with some that the fillers between two hit singles are often quite an interesting journey between the two.

Another one I think is Def Leppard - Pyromania. woud like to put Hysteria (I am never in the mood for both Love bites and Rocket at the same time) and Adrenalize (make love like a man), but they are close.

Trying to think of more again
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Post by: Ian Price on November 18, 2008, 09:33:52 PM
Pet Sounds - Beach Boys

Not a guitar players album really but there's something about those melodies and lyrics that does something funny to me.
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Post by: Philly Q on November 18, 2008, 10:15:28 PM
Heres another good one I forgot, Social Distortion - White Light, White Heat, White Trash :)

Agreed!  I listened to that every day for months when it first came out.  :)
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Post by: FELINEGUITARS on November 18, 2008, 10:22:07 PM
Once you think about it, it's actually quite difficult to think of an album that has absolutely no duds or fillers

I don't think a filler is neccesarily a dud. I often found with some that the fillers between two hit singles are often quite an interesting journey between the two.

Another one I think is Def Leppard - Pyromania. woud like to put Hysteria (I am never in the mood for both Love bites and Rocket at the same time) and Adrenalize (make love like a man), but they are close.

Trying to think of more again

I would say High and Dry comes close - although No No No is a bit iffy
I do think Pyromania is tops though - dont know how I missed that one

I think Hysteria was a lot weaker - too many tracks that just dont do it for me
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Post by: indysmith on November 18, 2008, 10:35:36 PM
Bright Eyes - Fevers and Mirrors
Q and Not U - No Kill No Beep Beep
Two Gallants - The Throes
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Post by: nfe on November 18, 2008, 11:10:40 PM
Faith No More - King For A day, Fool For A Lifetime

Electric Wizard - Witchcult Today

Anaal Nathrakh - Domine Non Es Dignus

Napalm Death - The Code Is Red, Long Live The Code

Steve Earle - Guitar Town

John Hiatt - Perfectly Good Guitar

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - And No More Shall We Part

Bob Marley and The Wailers - Exodus

Toots and The Maytals - Monkey Man

Probably quite a few more if I have a proper think...
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Post by: Fourth Feline on November 18, 2008, 11:20:42 PM
Thin Lizzy : Jailbreak

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band : Next

Robin Trower : Bridge Of Sighs

Be-Bop Deluxe : Live In The Air Age.

( there must be more ) ...
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Post by: Jamie on November 18, 2008, 11:52:35 PM
Machine Head - The Blackening
eh?  I didn't think there were any songs on it at all, let alone good ones & certainly not all good ones.

The Blackening reminded me a lot of Dark Angel's "Time does not heal" - lots & lots & LOTS of riffs/ideas, many of them great, but thrown together in fairly disparate fashion to produce a bunch of 7+ minute tracks that kinda blended into one after a while.  JMO, YMMV etc...

I thought that the musicianship that went into the Blackening was phenomenal, and the long songs (just about every track) only seem to last about 3-4 mins or so to me even though there are a couple of songs on that album that are over 10 minutes long. Robbs vocals blow me away on 'A Farewell to Arms' and 'Now I Lay Thee Down' as well.
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Post by: nfe on November 18, 2008, 11:58:16 PM
All I can hear on the Blackening is Robb Flynn screaming "We've been shit since More Things Change" at the top of his lungs.
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Post by: bucketshred on November 19, 2008, 01:29:49 AM
QOTSA - Rated R. Perfect chonging album
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Post by: juansolo on November 19, 2008, 09:49:51 AM
After a quick scan through Itunes:

3 Doors Down - The Better Life / Away from the Sun
Within Temptation - Silent Force / The Heart of Everything
Winger - Pull (no I'm not kidding)
Tool - Lateralus
Survivor - Premonition (old school AOR)
Rainbow - Rising
Queensr˙che - The Warning / Rage for Order / Operation: Mindcrime / Empire (they really, really f**king rocked, all went to pieces when DeGarmo left however)
Paradise Lost - One Second
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Live - Throwing Copper / The Distance to Here
Journey - Escape
Gary Numan - Pure
The Donnas - Gold Medal
Dokken - Under Lock and Key / Back for the Attack
Dio - Holy Diver
The Cult - Sonic Temple
Corrosion of Conformity - America's Volume Dealer
Clutch - Blast Tyrant / Robot Hive/Exodus
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
AC/DC - Highway to Hell / Back in Black
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Post by: noodleplugerine on November 19, 2008, 05:10:06 PM

Protest The Hero - Fortress / Kezia

+1.

But also:

Meshuggah - Obzen, Chaosphere
Sikth - Death of a Dead day/Trees are dead and dried out... Wait for something wild
Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity/Miss Machine/Ire works
Fellsilent - The Hidden Words
Testament - Formation of Damnation
Guthrie Govan - Erotic Cakes
Cynic - Traced in Air
Paul Gilbert - Silence Followed by a Deafening Roar
Mnemic - The Audio injected soul/Mechanical Spin Phenomena
Mastodon - Blood Mountain
Machine Head - The Blackening
Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff/Before these Crowded Streets
Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn
Jamiroquai - Dynamite
Incubus - Morning View
In Flames - Clayman
Fear Factory - Demanufacture
Everytime I die - Gutter Phenomenon
Dresden Dolls - Dresden Dolls (I think it deserves a mention even though I think Gravity sucks, but that's only one song so surely)
Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory
Capdown - Civil Disobedients


And yes that's alot, and yes I really do believe that every song on every album above is good.
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Post by: ToneMonkey on November 19, 2008, 05:15:43 PM
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory
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Post by: Philly Q on November 19, 2008, 05:47:33 PM
Winger - Pull (no I'm not kidding)

I know you're not kidding, bloody great album!  At the time it sounded like they were trying to "go grunge" (to a very small extent, of course), but it stands up really well today.  :D

I like most of the rest of your list too, but I'd include nearly all the Clutch albums and for COC I'd go with Deliverance and maybe Wiseblood rather than America's Volume Dealer.
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Post by: juansolo on November 19, 2008, 06:28:21 PM
Winger - Pull (no I'm not kidding)

I know you're not kidding, bloody great album!  At the time it sounded like they were trying to "go grunge" (to a very small extent, of course), but it stands up really well today.  :D

I like most of the rest of your list too, but I'd include nearly all the Clutch albums and for COC I'd go with Deliverance and maybe Wiseblood rather than America's Volume Dealer.

It's a fair point, COC and Clutch are almost flawlessly awesome. I actually only discovered Clutch when they were supporting COC. I go out of my way now to catch them whenever they come over here.
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Post by: nfe on November 19, 2008, 06:36:37 PM
It's a fair point, COC and Clutch are almost flawlessly awesome. I actually only discovered Clutch when they were supporting COC. I go out of my way now to catch them whenever they come over here.

Which is in a fortnight  :)
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Post by: sgmypod on November 19, 2008, 06:59:21 PM
Like that juansolo..Journey escape...and anything upto that not much after,
Rainbow rising
Heaven and hell not bad
AC DC...upto Back in Black/for those about to rock

also any QOTSA
Radiohead the bends
Every foo fighters album
Nickel Creek Nickel Creek
Dire straits Making movies and Dire straits Dire straits
Rolling Stones 40 licks..yes is a comp but is a good one
Kansas Leftoverture
Jethro Tull Aqualung
Marillion Brave
Neil Young Mirror Ball
Van Halen Van Halen, Van Halen 1984
Aerosmith Toys in the attic

Stopping now to go relisten to most of these
Title: Re: Albums with all good songs
Post by: Philly Q on November 20, 2008, 12:03:02 AM
I like a lot of the things already mentioned, but here are a few more of my (mostly old) favourites:

Living Colour - Vivid
King's  X - Out of the Silent Planet
Alice In Chains - Dirt
Warrior Soul - Last Decade Dead Century
Trouble - Manic Frustration
Y&T - Black Tiger & Mean Streak
Kick Axe - Vices & Welcome to the Club
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Circle of Soul - Hands of Faith
Masters of Reality - The Blue Garden
Wishbone Ash - Argus & Just Testing
Robin Trower - Live!
Rush - Permanent Waves
Enuff Z'Nuff - Strength
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend & Altered Beast
Tesla - The Great Radio Controversy
Good Rats - Live at Last
Scorpions - Fly to the Rainbow and everything from Taken by Force to Worldwide Live

Title: Re: Albums with all good songs
Post by: CJ on November 20, 2008, 12:11:18 AM
i don't think there were any technical guidelines to this, so i'm going to go ahead and cheat and say

Iced Earth- Alive in Athens
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Post by: nfe on November 20, 2008, 12:40:31 AM
i don't think there were any technical guidelines to this, so i'm going to go ahead and cheat and say

Iced Earth- Alive in Athens

Well I'll go ahead and say there are NO good songs on it, as they're all power metal tripe  :)
Title: Re: Albums with all good songs
Post by: CJ on November 20, 2008, 01:40:37 AM
i don't think there were any technical guidelines to this, so i'm going to go ahead and cheat and say

Iced Earth- Alive in Athens

Well I'll go ahead and say there are NO good songs on it, as they're all power metal tripe  :)

the best type.  :shock:
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Post by: juansolo on November 20, 2008, 06:35:20 AM
It's a fair point, COC and Clutch are almost flawlessly awesome. I actually only discovered Clutch when they were supporting COC. I go out of my way now to catch them whenever they come over here.

Which is in a fortnight  :)

:o Hadn't noticed that!  Just up the road at the c--kpit too... It'd be rude not to really.
Title: Re: Albums with all good songs
Post by: sgmypod on November 20, 2008, 10:37:19 AM

Rush - Permanent Waves
Enuff Z'Nuff - Strength

Tesla - The Great Radio Controversy



...class
Title: Re: Albums with all good songs
Post by: rohlfo on November 20, 2008, 11:34:10 AM
I personally am I fan of Rush's Moving Pictures.
Also, in may have already been said, but AC/DC - Back in Black is possibly the one album I loved when I was 14 and still do just as much now. Black Sabbaths Sabbath bloody Sabbath nearly does it for me if it wasn't for the odd song...
One you won't have heard of which I love is War Babies - self titled. awesome.
Title: Re: Albums with all good songs
Post by: noodleplugerine on November 20, 2008, 05:11:08 PM
I just realised....

Genesis - Selling England by the Pound.

Anyone disagree?
Title: Re: Albums with all good songs
Post by: Ian Price on November 20, 2008, 05:26:20 PM
I just realised....

Genesis - Selling England by the Pound.

Anyone disagree?

Just read a review of this in Classic Rock. Never heard it but very good by all accounts - I may well give it a listen.
Title: Re: Albums with all good songs
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on November 20, 2008, 05:28:58 PM
Too subjective to bother with.
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Post by: noodleplugerine on November 20, 2008, 05:39:28 PM
Too subjective to bother with.

Oh come on Ben! Play along! :D
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Post by: Roobubba on November 20, 2008, 07:27:24 PM
Too subjective to bother with.

Hahah that's just what I was thinking!!

Roo
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Post by: Mark66 on November 20, 2008, 08:11:15 PM
SRV - Texas Flood (surprised no-one has mentioned it!). Also In Step/ Couldn't Stand the Weather.
Joe Bonamassa - Blues Deluxe/You & Me
Squeeze - Argy Bargy ( Tilbrook such an underrated player/singer, awesome live)
Aynsley Lister - Upside Down (Really not a bad song on AL's latest, looking forward to forthcoming album)
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous
Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
Led Zeppelin - II/IV
Jeff Healey - Hell to Pay (my introduction to Jeff, somehow missed See the Light. I felt numb for days when he died)
Gary Moore - Sill Got the Blues (Think I wore it out at the time, then kind of went off it a bit)


All I can think of for now, tried to include a few not suggested before
Mark
Title: Re: Albums with all good songs
Post by: Philly Q on November 20, 2008, 08:51:33 PM
I just realised....

Genesis - Selling England by the Pound.

Anyone disagree?

Haven't heard them for about 20 years, but I think my favourite early Genesis albums were Foxtrot and Nursery Cryme.
Title: Re: Albums with all good songs
Post by: badgermark on November 20, 2008, 09:14:00 PM
Whoever said all the foo fighters albums is a muppet. The Colour and the Shape and the self titled are flawless, the rest have filler tracks galore.

My current non skipper is Aerogramme's My Heart Has A Wish You Would Not Go. Fantastic album from my favorite band.
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Post by: Ted 'N' Leo on November 20, 2008, 09:40:40 PM
Irish Tour 74 - Rory Gallagher

Master of Puppets - Metallica

Bob Dylans greatest hits 67

Dark Side of The Moon - Pink Floyd

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

Pronounced Leh Nerd Skin Nerd - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Thats all i can think of atm.
Title: Re: Albums with all good songs
Post by: 38thBeatle on November 20, 2008, 11:11:03 PM
I am afraid I agree with Ben ( and amazingly with Roo!)-but interesting to read what everyone thinks.
Title: Re: Albums with all good songs
Post by: Philly Q on November 20, 2008, 11:25:44 PM
Too subjective to bother with.

Hahah that's just what I was thinking!!

Surely it's no different from listing top 10 albums or favourite players? 

It's just opinions and it's interesting to read, no-one's expecting facts.
Title: Re: Albums with all good songs
Post by: rohlfo on November 20, 2008, 11:43:10 PM
Judas Priest - Painkiller!?