Lately I've been thinking a lot about albums (whether they be generally perceived as terrible, great or indeed anywhere in-between) that would be considered much stronger if a specific track or two were to be removed from them. I suppose most examples would simply be songs seen as a stinkers, but it may also be that the pacing or vibe of an album would be aided by the trimming of its track-list. Part of why this is on my mind is that I feel a lot of albums I've listened to recently have been pretty decent and/but consistently so, making it difficult to imagine improving the album without some sort of overhaul. ANYWAY, any examples of albums that would/could be improved by the removal of one or two songs? Always enjoy hearing about people's experiences with music :)
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Drunken-dreamer87 t1_je5nt69 wrote
Stadium Arcadium is actually quite good, if you cut it down to 10 tracks.
matt_ramen t1_je5oetl wrote
Dizzy Miss Lizzy shouldn't have been on Help.
UncontrolableUrge t1_je5pzj7 wrote
The Wall would be a great single album. The same with Sandinista.
nik15 t1_je5q6el wrote
Time II if you remove the four minute intro track.
top-shop-tyrant t1_je5qeg1 wrote
I feel each Lana Del Rey album would benefit from cutting out a couple of songs. I love her and always will, but it's tough to get through any album that's over an hour long unless it's got some REAL variety on it. And I feel each album has a chunk of 2-3 songs in a row that sound pretty much the same.
RPGb46 t1_je5qvdp wrote
Pause 4 Porno on 2001. As far as hip hop skits go, there's almost nothing of value there and god forbid anybody catches you listening to it. Do what I did and create a custom playlist substituting the normal version for the instrumental only version and enjoy the nice little groove that sits underneath it all.
lonelycrossers t1_je5stzf wrote
My first project I’d appreciate if you’d give it a listen (thank you) https://on.soundcloud.com/He4rWK4fWrjLyWyg6
arthur3shedsjackson t1_je5te74 wrote
Hard agree
arthur3shedsjackson t1_je5thqj wrote
Stronger than I was on Marshall Mathers LP 2
narcoticotter t1_je5tk8e wrote
Blur - Think Tank would be greatly improved without "Crazy Beat" . It works completely against the atmosphere from the other songs. Also, it's obnoxious trash.
The Proclaimers - Sunshine on Leith us dragged down by the kitsch vomit "My Old Friend the Blues"
yeticomeout t1_je5tsu8 wrote
Jason Isbells “super 8” from his masterpiece album “southeastern”. That song just comes out of left field and takes you away from the rest of the album. We used to always rush to change it when it came on.
thewizardlady t1_je5u2ub wrote
Red-Headed Stranger
Airwolf_BDTW t1_je5u343 wrote
Sandinista! could be an INCREDIBLE single album or even a very good double album.
I enjoy that it is a sprawling mess as it is--it truly contains multitudes--but if the goal is to make it tight and untouchable, a fair bit of editing is required.
top-shop-tyrant t1_je5u79l wrote
I'd remove that one and Survival. This entire album is SO damn good, but these both feel like underdeveloped demo tracks that somehow made it on the album. They're decent enough songs but they could use a little work for sure.
top-shop-tyrant t1_je5uvq0 wrote
Modest Mouse. I love every song, but their albums are SO long and the choice of track list doesn't really flow cohesively. They're one of my favorite bands, but by the time the album is over, the last 5 songs have all sounded the same and I'm zoned out
Blastosist t1_je5v524 wrote
All subsequent re-issues of the Who Live at Leeds don’t compare to the original version which had only 6 tracks.
ToxicAdamm t1_je5vamq wrote
Paramore's After Laughter is a perfect album except for 'No Friend (of Mine)'.
It's not a bad song, just nowhere near the level of the other songs.
d0ctordude_ t1_je5vazt wrote
2001 was just nasty and the tour was fucking crazy 😭😭😭😭 what a time
UncleMelber t1_je5vhhj wrote
Got to agree with this one. I like the song but it just does not fit the flow of the record.
SleeptalkerOfficial t1_je5w07q wrote
Doolittle Is my favorite album by the Pixies, but I always hated No 13. It flows perfectly except for that one.
FullRollingBoil t1_je5x190 wrote
Moby Dick - Led Zeppelin II
Shmezbot t1_je5xor6 wrote
Use Your Illusion II by Guns N' Roses, would be improved by dropping the final track, "My World". That song is so terrible and grating, one of the few that had me leaping for the stop button on my CD player, back in the day.
JaymesGrl t1_je5zr8i wrote
The bonus tracks added to the CD version of Slayer's Reign In Blood dilute the intensity of the original tracklisting and are best skipped.
Valuable_Law_6890 t1_je6064x wrote
I realize this may be blasphemy but I want a copy of Zeppelin 4 without Stairway and a copy of Queens News of the World without We will Rock You
markmevans t1_je60s4y wrote
Thick as a Brick ...
I'm joking.
JAmBuRriT0 t1_je61ul8 wrote
I always thought Have A Cigar didn't belong on Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here album. Great song in its own right, but the rest of the album was this trippy, spacy thing. And Have A Cigar just has this totally different feel to it.
Short-Fisherman-4182 t1_je61va6 wrote
Sgt. Pepper - Good Morning, Good Morning
arthur3shedsjackson t1_je624cb wrote
Nah, Survival is a banger. Em sounds so fucking hype in the verses that I don't even care about the hook being a bit weaker.
misterhumpf t1_je625i0 wrote
This is so true. I am not a fan of that song at all.
Sad_Intention_1657 t1_je6273y wrote
Escape on Ride the Lightning
CountGrande t1_je62cge wrote
OK Computer by Radiohead is basically perfect if you get rid of "Fitter Happier"
top-shop-tyrant t1_je62nay wrote
Fair enough!
onelittleworld t1_je63egm wrote
Not necessarily a removal, per se... but a relocation of "Jimmy Jazz" on London Calling would help it immensely. You start off with the incredible one-two punch of the title track plus "Brand New Cadillac"... and then this daffy, droopy little number that stops the momentum cold.
I'd move it to just after "The Card Cheat".
No_Strike620 t1_je6462z wrote
Use your illusions should have been one album if they had cut out the fat
Jwishh t1_je64biy wrote
I like the song but yeah it sounds like a late 70s Judas Priest song
rmarkmatthews t1_je64mtt wrote
Diver Down is widely considered to be Van Halen’s worst album (maybe second after III), but if you remove all the covers it’s actually a pretty kick ass EP.
futanari_kaisa t1_je64u49 wrote
Get rid of Dawn Patrol and Rust in Peace is actually perfect.
crazybee t1_je650pa wrote
They should have put Paperback Writer on Revolver and left off Yellow Submarine.
all_flowers_in_time_ t1_je65fwi wrote
totally agree on blur- think tank is often overlooked imo but it doesnt help that there are some songs that are definitely misses.
FunkyMonk-90 t1_je65v0k wrote
Synchronicity without “Mother”
LocustMessiah t1_je65x91 wrote
I like No. 13 Baby... Not a big fan of La La Love You, though.
BruisedBabyMeat t1_je66pcl wrote
not one of Lennon's best but it at least fits with the rest of the album.
When Im Sixty Four does NOT belong.
sadchild_ t1_je6768c wrote
Came here to say this. "Mother" is an interesting song but if ever there were a b-side, boy this is it!!
VrinTheTerrible t1_je67aj6 wrote
Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin
Remove The Crunge, and it's the greatest album of all time
jmb_panthrakikos t1_je67ear wrote
How dare you 😂
homeless_gorilla t1_je67opn wrote
Ben Howard’s I Forget Where We Were is a great album, but She Treats Me Well just doesn’t fit with the rest of the album at all
NawBroSpaceMarine t1_je67tny wrote
I love Dirt and Superunknown but….
Get rid of Half and Kickstand and Superunknown would be a perfect 10. Likewise get rid of Godsmack and Hate To Feel and Dirt would be a perfect 10.
smokecutter t1_je68ftw wrote
One of my favorite songs in that album tho.
Tahh t1_je68qq9 wrote
Funny enough, the version I downloaded on limewire 800 years ago didn't have that one on it, so for like fifteen years I didn't know that song existed and I thought the album was flawless.
Moon_Machine24 t1_je6997k wrote
Hate to say it but Rumours by Fleetwood Mac would be a 10/10 if “Oh Daddy” wasn’t there
NootNootington t1_je699c2 wrote
I'm always surprised when I remember that When I'm Sixty Four is on that record.
BlitheringEediot t1_je69m32 wrote
The ultimate example of this endeavor is removing "Mother" from The Police's "Synchronicity". Instantly, the album goes from "A" to "A+".
FullRollingBoil t1_je69ts1 wrote
I love the riff, but the drum solo gets old after repeated listening
BlitheringEediot t1_je6a19d wrote
Hard agree! Fitter Happier brings the entire album to a crashing halt.
TyroneEarl t1_je6ae6k wrote
Remove "Been Caught Stealing" from Ritual.
KolhiiHead69 t1_je6e0de wrote
My World is one of the worst songs I've ever heard, if you can even call it a song.
fodahmania t1_je6eise wrote
I’m not trying to change your opinion, but Diver Down is one of my favorite Van Halen albums! It’s such a fucking massive hubris project and if you approach it as a pile of ego and cocaine, then, I don’t know, it makes sense and if that then wins you over, it’s such a hilarious rollercoaster ride of a record. I mean, for me, I have to approach all of the Van Halen records (the first six, whatever happens after 1984 never happened in my book) with a certain amount of role playing to really allow them to enter my mind or vice versa, and that being said, the more what the hell are they even thinking right now, the better.
Squand0r t1_je6eqk8 wrote
Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits, minus "Tusk"
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S_He-It t1_je6fhm4 wrote
Two of my favorite albums are by the Smashing Pumpkins:
Gish - remove Tristessa and Daydream
Siamese Dream - remove Disarm, Sweet Sweet and Luna
Now you have two absolutely perfect albums from beginning to end!
growgillson78 t1_je6gh4g wrote
The Stooges Fun House becomes the greatest rock and roll album of all time if you delete Dirt and LA Blues
mellamosatan t1_je6gjvj wrote
I've always thought Yankee Hotel Foxtrot should end on Poor Places and not Reservations. Just feels so weird. The perfect ending on the second to last song in to a sad ballad. Why?
Nothing against reservations. Put somewhere else on the album, just swap it with Poor Places. I don't really care.
Alessio875 t1_je6gzk3 wrote
The white album if you removed wild honey pie and revolution 9
texaco87 t1_je6ha59 wrote
Pet Sounds without Sloop John B
PeelThePaint t1_je6ho9x wrote
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada would be better without the first two tracks. Come at me, post-rock fans.
TheDeadlySquid t1_je6hyr7 wrote
RHCP - Californication less Porcelain, ugh gotta skip it every time, anybody else?
javeryh t1_je6i36d wrote
Pretty much any double album can be trimmed down to a regular length album and be much better. Even the classics like The Wall or Mellon Collie, etc. would be better off as something shorter.
StillSleepingMusic t1_je6i6nf wrote
Getting rid of Six Shooter from the Songs For the Deaf album by Queens of the Stone Age. I love that album, but goddamn is that song just annoying.
PeelThePaint t1_je6i882 wrote
They very intentionally put out the strongest (in a pop sense) songs as singles instead of album tracks. They didn't have the album-oriented "too cool for singles/shuffle" mentality a lot of music fans have these days.
CreepyBlackDude t1_je6ih88 wrote
The latter 8-10 minutes of "Moonchild" from King Crimson's In The Court of the Crimson King
Perhaps I don't get it. I've tried. But it's 10 actual minutes of what sounds like random tapping and noodling on various instruments without form or rhythm or reason. Perhaps if it were paired with a visual element it would make sense to me...but as it is, I let it play for perhaps a minute or two after the lyrics end and just move on to the finale.
PeelThePaint t1_je6ikk5 wrote
When I'm 64 is probably the closest song to what I imagine Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (minus the title tracks) would play if it was a real band.
bobpercent t1_je6immo wrote
Oh dang I always look forward to that track when I do a full album listen through. But itself I think it's just ok, but I love how it fits into the full album especially right before Tell Me How.
bobpercent t1_je6ipwr wrote
Silver Springs deserved a spot on the original album!
PeelThePaint t1_je6ivb2 wrote
I don't blame you, but you spelled "D'yer Mak'er" wrong.
Moon_Machine24 t1_je6iwhk wrote
Abso fuckin lutely
dixadik t1_je6kpzi wrote
Lol no, it's good the way it is
Viper67857 t1_je6ks8l wrote
I owned both Use Your Illusions back when people actually had CD players, and listened to them no telling how many times, yet I don't even recall that song existing. Maybe it was so bad I blocked it from my memory, or maybe after the first listen I just knew not to play the last track, but that was almost 30 years ago so who knows?
Viper67857 t1_je6lgjg wrote
>remove Disarm
Blasphemy
Viper67857 t1_je6lt1x wrote
Definately.. Only I go one step further and skip every RHCP song that isn't Under the Bridge.
Category3Water t1_je6m5hy wrote
I feel that’s what you’re supposed to do with all bonus tracks. They’re just there so they can re-release the CD or to make a higher price worth it as a deluxe edition or a foreign import.
S_He-It t1_je6mtai wrote
I do think Disarm is great song! But try it sometime with it transitioning from Hummer directly into Rocket. So much more interesting…
whollybananas t1_je6mut6 wrote
I'll take that song over fade to black.
Wpgjetsfan19 t1_je6mysk wrote
Remove all the small things and Adams song from Enema of the State
Rip_and_Tear_Slayer t1_je6n7fr wrote
Did you know that if you take a Nickleback CD and remove all the songs it sounds better?
whollybananas t1_je6ncms wrote
Metallica - kill'em all
Anesthesia (pulling teeth) should have been a b side on a single or something. It ruins the flow. I skip it every time.
Category3Water t1_je6ngri wrote
To me the album is one of the best things released in the 90s until Porcelain. From there, it sort of meanders towards the end. Then again, maybe Porcelain is just so boring it just made me feel almost everything after was mediocre. I admit after my first few listens to the album, I’d just go back to the beginning after Easily. Might stop by Right on Time.
funkthat1999 t1_je6o71l wrote
admire816 t1_je6o8dk wrote
Came here for this. It’s the perfect album if that song is removed. Don’t know if it’s true but someone commented once that Izzy was livid about this song appearing on the album as Axl had snuck it on there last minute without band approval.
BlunderFunk t1_je6oh7g wrote
Pearl Jam - Vitalogy, Bugs is such a wtf is this doing on the album. I cannot listen to this record front to back as I always skip this song.
The Police - Synchronicity, Mother, just…why?
UncontrolableUrge t1_je6ot31 wrote
Agreed. But it could be great. Tommy or Quadrophenia work as double album rock operas on similar themes. The Wall gets boring when Waters keeps wanking off.
top-shop-tyrant t1_je6pz10 wrote
I still like this song, but I agree. I don't think there's any pre-91 Metallica album that this song would fit well on.
top-shop-tyrant t1_je6q3xc wrote
THANK YOU. Queen have so many great tracks, it baffles me that We Will Rock You is such a hit. What a bore. It's like the song isn't even finished
DanglyPants t1_je6qc3y wrote
It would be my favorite RHCP album if I could pick my top 10 favorites
top-shop-tyrant t1_je6qci5 wrote
Dang!!!! To me, Dawn Patrol is one of the greatest basslines of all time and a PERFECT interlude before Polaris.
top-shop-tyrant t1_je6qeqd wrote
What about Iron Gland?
top-shop-tyrant t1_je6qp9y wrote
It would have made way more sense as the last song on the album. Being halfway through ruins the flow of the rest of the tracks
NawBroSpaceMarine t1_je6quq2 wrote
You’re right I forgot about Iron Glad, yeah I say get rid of it too
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IzzyTheIceCreamFairy t1_je6s8zk wrote
The White Album if you removed half of it.
CoresNomes t1_je6ua3b wrote
The Smiths - Meat is Murder.
Remove the title track and it’s a perfect album.
theCun2sions t1_je6xaw3 wrote
Blasphemy
nonagonsopen t1_je6yo0b wrote
Holy shit.. never heard this before. But agreed that is a terrible "song".
police-ical t1_je70pjs wrote
Superb song, but I'm reluctantly in agreement with Mick et al. that on a two-side LP there just wasn't a good spot for it that would balance side length as well as flow of fast vs. slow songs. It's that kind of higher-level arranging that makes 'Rumours' even more than the sum of its parts.
Personally, I just wait a minute after "Gold Dust Woman" then put on the single of "Silver Springs" as a graceful coda to the album.
matthewniino t1_je71ga2 wrote
MMLP2 by Eminem would be significantly improved by the removal of Stronger Than I Was and Asshole.
dcoble t1_je72yai wrote
Insta skip
UncontrolableUrge t1_je730fn wrote
I think it would blunt the ending of Card Cheat. That song is the perfect side ender.
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BrazilianAtlantis t1_je74fvj wrote
Houses Of The Holy without The Crunge and D'yer Mak'er.
Shmezbot t1_je74pv3 wrote
That sounds exactly like something Axl would do. It's probably a 100% Axl song, no input from the rest of the band.
whollybananas t1_je789jf wrote
It made even less sense when there weren't CDs or digital versions. With an LP it was the second last song on the A side.
Bugslugs47 t1_je78l22 wrote
I have no problem removing duff tracks. I rip my CD’s to 320kbps, load them on the iPod and then give each song a rating while listening to them. All the tracks with one star get removed. There was one album by Elbow where I removed all the tracks but one - lol. Getting all my CD’s at thrift shops makes life easier.
beep-bloop-beep t1_je79c71 wrote
wasn't it that the label wanted them to make an album and they were kind of like "eh, whatever?" and finished it kind of quickly. I love the covers though, even if it's all over the place.
Remove one? Big Bad Bill maybe, maybe not, but it's very very essense-of-Roth and has their dad on clarinet. That's pretty human and awesome.
bobpercent t1_je7dpq3 wrote
I always add it at the end too. It's just such a great song, but I totally get they limitations of the time. Tracking albums is a serious art form that gets forgotten about.
TheBoss2777 t1_je7f5zk wrote
Remove In Bloom from Nevermind. Radio always used to play it made me think I hated Nirvana, then I listened to the rest of the album turns out I love Nirvana just really hate that song
iknowyeahlike t1_je7fuat wrote
Better than BSSM or Californication if cut down?
iknowyeahlike t1_je7hdx4 wrote
Woah, RTL, IMO, the best Metallica album and beautiful from start to end. But hey, look, we all have different opinions. I wouldn’t disagree with anyone who prefers MOP, even if The Thing That Should Not Be is rubbish.
DanglyPants t1_je7hjdw wrote
Yeah BSSM is my favorite but I love the chilli peppers during the stadium arcadium era. Tons of good b sides. I had an album on my iPod back then called Mars and it had them all together. So many gems I wish it all could have been a 8-12 song album.
I tried getting back into them last summer when I saw them live and idk. It’s not the same. You might be right
Tranquility-Android t1_je7hng0 wrote
Nevermind by Nirvana
Hold on hold on put down your pitch forks. I just wish Endless, Nameless wasn’t on it. Something in the Way would be a perfect closer but that’s ruined by the too long and overly aggressive Endless, Nameless.
First Impressions of Earth by The Strokes
is super bloated with way too many mediocre tracks
Favorite Worst Nightmare by Arctic Monkeys
This would have been a better EP than an album. D is for Dangerous, House is a Circus, If You Were there Beware, the Bad Thing, and Old Yellow Bricks could all be left off and the remaining seven songs would be an amazing Ep or short album but these other songs really drag it down and need more time in the oven
AdmiralPrinny t1_je7lxc2 wrote
Coheed's Vaxis I, that album had way too many songs, the follow up they figured it out
No-Enthusiasm3529 t1_je7ph5k wrote
ABSOLUTELY. Dude, “the Lonesome crowded west” by Modest Mouse would be 100 times better without the third track “ convenient parking” I swear it’s such a horrible sounding song, but the rest of the album is gold! What are y’all think anyone else thought the same thing?
Afraid-Leg-8952 t1_je7r4kd wrote
Godsmack is dope though. I say remove Hate to Feel
Afraid-Leg-8952 t1_je7r7be wrote
Afraid-Leg-8952 t1_je7rjfo wrote
You're crazy.
Afraid-Leg-8952 t1_je7rr9p wrote
I never get tired of hearing that song
OddPerspective9833 t1_je7tggi wrote
If you removed Ricochet from Bowie's Let's Dance, every track would be an absolute banger
OddPerspective9833 t1_je7tys7 wrote
You take that back
hamelbadger t1_je7tzrt wrote
I still think Pink Floyd's Meddle is a masterpiece, but I don't need to hear Seamus anymore.
OddPerspective9833 t1_je7u4iy wrote
Hot Fuss would be way better without All These Things That I've Done, because that song is the worst
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obik501 t1_je83w8g wrote
KISS - Love Gun ---- Drop 'Then She Kissed Me'... Add 'Rocket Ride'...
17miab t1_je856ln wrote
Interesting... I hear your logic but also I love that song - I was thinking "welcome to the machine" is a blemish on that album. It's a dreary, silly song without much hook...
gwm3d t1_je88h13 wrote
Kyuss - Lick Doo from Welcome to Sky Valley
[deleted] t1_je89tul wrote
Dark Side of the Moon - Time
or just get rid of the damn alarm clock. It's woken me up so many times.
[deleted] t1_je8aigz wrote
yes Dirt is a stinker and I can't even remember LA Blues.
[deleted] t1_je8bh97 wrote
Agree, Endless Nameless is best left off. It was a hidden track and at the very least should have stayed that way.
JaymzIzGod t1_je8gglv wrote
This is exactly what I came here to say.
BellPeppersNoBeefOK t1_je8kk3o wrote
I feel like I’m reading a comment from 2002.
BellPeppersNoBeefOK t1_je8kney wrote
It’s a hype track. They played massive stadiums. Shit like that just gets people amped.
BellPeppersNoBeefOK t1_je8kq94 wrote
Fitter Happer literally sets the mood for the whole album. I dunno what you’re on about.
reedspacer38 t1_je8m2z6 wrote
Not a fan of Songbird either
reedspacer38 t1_je8m896 wrote
I like Kickstand, but I could do without Half or Mailman
reedspacer38 t1_je8mh84 wrote
Bugs is my fiancé’s favorite Pearl Jam song and the only one on her playlist.
night_dude t1_je8pol4 wrote
Haha, I love that song! But only as a pallet cleanser, I would never listen to it outside of the album. I have a soft spot for weird interlude songs ever since I heard MR HAAAAAAAAHN on Hybrid Theory.
Either way, it's good to see some love for After Laughter. Such a great album. I never thought Paramore would be better genre chameleons than Fall Out Boy (whose newer stuff I find unlistenable) but they really nailed it.
night_dude t1_je8psg2 wrote
How very dare you
AdventureSphere t1_je8quyb wrote
Good lord, why??
AdventureSphere t1_je8r5qf wrote
Abbey Road is pretty damn close to perfect if you cut Maxwell's Silver Hammer.
That album was otherwise Paul's high water mark for his entire career -- the medley on side two, Oh! Darling, and his stupendous basswork on the first two songs. But then there's Maxwell's fucking Hammer sitting in the middle of side one like a big steaming turd.
darylkakariki t1_je8xnku wrote
Mellon Collie would make an amazing single album.
darylkakariki t1_je8y4k5 wrote
"The Boy With The Arab Strap" by Belle and Sebastian
It would be MUCH better minus the Stevie Jackson songs, Seymour Stein and Chikfactor.
The same could be said for "Fold your hands child, You walk like a peasant"
EtherealNight1 t1_je8zv86 wrote
Frog on the floor - 10,000 gecs
BlunderFunk t1_je919vf wrote
iknowyeahlike t1_je954pq wrote
I’ll give stadium arcadium a spin today, and report back, it’s been a while.
terryjuicelawson t1_je96th7 wrote
In hindsight they shouldn't have been so strict having singles separate to albums. But the 45rpm single was a big deal then, they didn't want people to feel ripped off with 4 singles per album and they could still churn them out. Just too many weak covers on the early albums for me, and it would work better as a historical document having them on there.
terryjuicelawson t1_je96z6s wrote
Parklife could do without the instrumental tracks too.
AfroYoda OP t1_je96zm3 wrote
Loving reading through all these suggestions, quite a few I definitely agree with so far. I aim to listen through the ones I don't yet have an opinion on, see if I can hear what you guys are saying :) May as well throw in an example myself, I personally believe that Blur's 2015 comeback album The Magic Whip is pretty decent already but would be markedly improved by removing New World Towers and Ice Cream Man. Not that they're horrible songs, but the record is really bloated and frontloading the album with 2 relatively uninteresting plodders makes it feel like you might be in for a bit of a slog. Plenty of great stuff within the rest of the album.
terryjuicelawson t1_je972es wrote
This is tough, some songs can be a real grower over time and work as part of an album. May as well keep them somewhere, storage is cheap.
terryjuicelawson t1_je974kx wrote
I feel it is one of those songs that isn't great in itself but it works as part of the whole album. They could have had it as a shorter outro for a song rather than of itself though.
terryjuicelawson t1_je97b1u wrote
It is the end of side 6(!) that does it for me. It has kids singing and dub versions that aren't very interesting at all. I quite like how sprawling it is, outliers like Lose this Skin hidden away, but I don't like pure throwaway.
terryjuicelawson t1_je97dj2 wrote
Pretty sure it was double A with We Are the Champions. You are right though, it is catchy and fits in a live setting but who really wants to sit and listen to it?
terryjuicelawson t1_je97go1 wrote
Dude Ranch is the Blink album that annoys me - all those tacky interludes between songs where they make fart jokes and fool around.
texaco87 t1_je98aqb wrote
Haha I knew this would be a hot take! But it just never felt like part of the same record for me
CountGrande t1_je99gf9 wrote
Pretentious nonsense. But If you like listening to computer talk over soundscapes you do you.
Floodzie t1_je9dduf wrote
Tóg É Go Bog É, by Kíla:
The Siege of Carrickfinn International Airport is very much the weakest song on an album of absolute bangers.
Still the best album out of Ireland in the 1990s, no contest.
Floodzie t1_je9dz2x wrote
I agree. I think because the way the turntable needle slows down as you get closer to the centre of the record, bands avoided anything with lots of layers as the last song on each side (slower needle, lower quality audio). FM we’re always better with a big sound and, with few exceptions, their stripped down songs weren’t really up to the same standard.
NotOK1955 t1_je9i81m wrote
I’d opt for “Within You, Without You”, of which I absolutely love the lyrics but the length of the song seems tedious.
NotOK1955 t1_je9ioo5 wrote
IMHO, Jackson Browne’s near-perfect 1976 album “The Pretender” has a speed-bump with “Linda Paloma”, a beautiful but jarring diversion to the overall flow with its Spanish-influenced sound that just sounds odd.
Solasykthe t1_je9obm9 wrote
you don't enjoy aggressive perfector?
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real_horse_magic t1_je9tglj wrote
Radiohead’s Hail To The Thief could lose a couple tracks and be a much more focused and concise experience.
Now which tracks? that’s an argument for another sub
DanglyPants t1_je9umh9 wrote
If you have Spotify you should make a playlist with your favorite songs. I’m going to do that too but I have a busy day. I will also report back this weekend
growgillson78 t1_je9xfaj wrote
LA Blues is the last track, they just wail and make noise, conceptually it makes sense but is "No Fun" to listen to
Short-Fisherman-4182 t1_jea5ff7 wrote
I agree, that is my second least favourite of the album. The rest is amazingly great.
S_He-It t1_jebgnb7 wrote
Ooops! I screwed up! I meant the transition between Rocket and Soma.
S_He-It t1_jebhgh9 wrote
I feel that way about Octopus’ Garden, and will sometimes skip it along with Maxwell’s Stupid Hammer.
Now Octopus is Ringo and I love him so I can forgive him for it because it’s cute like he is.
But I can NEVER forgive Paul for Maxwell!
iknowyeahlike t1_jedwpe7 wrote
Here’s my attempt. Takes a while to listen to a 2½ hour long album :) This selection would fit on a single CD. In fairness to the album, there are no duds in there. All the tracks are between 6-8/10, so I wouldn’t object to anyone else’s selections.
Dani California 4:42 Slow (Hey Oh) 5:34 Charlie 4:37 Stadium Arcadium 5:15 Torture Me 3:44 Strip My Mind 4:19 Warlocks 3:25 C’mon Girl 3:48 Tell Me Baby 4:07 21st Century 4:22 Readymade 4:30 Animal Bar 5:24 So Much I 3:44 We Believe 3:36 Turn It Again 6:06
Total Run Time 67:10
AfroYoda OP t1_jedxyz7 wrote
I wholeheartedly agree with this sentiment, imagine it'd be a heck of an argument.
HeywoodPeace t1_jefk9qn wrote
The Doors 1st album is soooo close to being a perfect album......but then there's 20th Century Fox.
HeywoodPeace t1_jefkkzs wrote
I love this song! This is the one song that I randomly play out of context of the album. It's also my Mom's ringtone
HeywoodPeace t1_jefkp72 wrote
See that's how you can tell it's not a Sting album
HeywoodPeace t1_jefkrvx wrote
So should The White Album
HeywoodPeace t1_jeflod5 wrote
I skip all the ones Anthony Keidis sings on.
HeywoodPeace t1_jego0e4 wrote
I think The Wall would make a great triple album. So much was left out or never fully developed
HeywoodPeace t1_jego8du wrote
Pet Sounds without Pet Sounds. It's a Beach Boys album, not a Wrecking Crew album
HeywoodPeace t1_jegoaw5 wrote
Easy. It wasn't written by anyone in the BB, therefore it is inferior to the rest
HeywoodPeace t1_jegoidt wrote
Unless you're a drummer all drum solos get old in about 30 seconds
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HeywoodPeace t1_jegph7p wrote
...and with Houses of the Holy! (and The Rover)
HeywoodPeace t1_jegppep wrote
Strangely these are my favorite songs on both albums, just because they break up the sameness of the rest of the albums
HeywoodPeace t1_jegq5rx wrote
That was the point. It was hidden several minutes after the album. It was never meant to be listened to as a part of the album proper. It's a B-side, just in the wrong location
HeywoodPeace t1_jegqm4y wrote
Seamus is just a 12 bar blues that isn't very creative, but doesn't bother me at all. San Tropez, however, is the absolute worst song in the band's entire catalog...yes worse than A Spanish Piece and Absolutely Curtains. Corny lyrics, weird lounge jazz music...epic fail. Even Walk With Me Sidney is a better song
UncontrolableUrge t1_jegyzk4 wrote
Because Waters pissed off the band. What we got was not worth wrecking Pink Floyd for.
Iron13lood t1_je5nmp4 wrote
Not that I have anything against Starfuckers, but it feels out of place on The Fragile. Every other track flows well on the entire album except that one track.