An album without a bum track on it

[daveinprague]

From the world of reggae. The 1st Studio One Album I ever bought. Not a bad track on it, IMO

Truths & Rights - Johnny Osborne

 

[tinycowboy]

There is no album where every song is a "stunner"

I think I agree with this - just about every album has its "Death At One's Elbow", "Don't Stop", "Polar Bear" or "Hit The Plane Down". I'm struggling to name a bad track on "Reading, Writing and Arithmetic", but I think maybe the peaks aren't high enough to justify special inclusion (although it is undoubtedly a great and easy album to listen to).

 

[Albumen]

They've probably been said:

 

[mikeyjh]

I'll see your Bizarro and raise you a George Best, seminal album for me, god I LOVED it.......

 

[Albumen]

I'll see your Bizarro and raise you a George Best, seminal album for me, god I LOVED it.......

As much as I love GB as was listening at the age of 14, Bizarro's longer tracks (sorry [MENTION=12196]tinycowboy[/MENTION]) and bigger production worked for me. And i'll never forget the pit at Reading 90.

 

[We Won't Be Druv]

Personal recent favourites are Hand.Cannot.Erase and the Raven that refused to sing by Steven Wilson.

All time favourite probably Space Ritual though.

 

[spring hall convert]

Funeral by Arcace Fire definitely

Quite - I thought Reflektor had quite a bit of filler.

Still a good record, mind.

 

[spring hall convert]

Ezra Furman - Day of The Dog.

Srsly.

Yup. New one out today isn't it?

 

[Albumen]

Quite - I thought Reflektor had quite a bit of filler.

Still a good record, mind.

Most Reflektor tracks had a bit of filler on them!

 

[spring hall convert]

The Streets - Original Pirate Material.

Oooooohh, that's an excellent call.

 

[spring hall convert]

Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey, Man In The Hills, Hail HIM
Fela Kuti - Gentleman, Confusion
Miles Davis - On The Corner, Kind of Blue
Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Sleater Kinney - The Woods
Sonic Youth - EVOL
Pere Ubu - Dub Housing
The Stooges - The Stooges, Fun House, Raw Power
Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico, White Light White Heat
Patti Smith - Horses
Can - Tago Mago, Ege Bamyasi, Future Days
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
British Sea Power - The Decline of British Sea Power
Gang of Four - Entertainment
Wire - Pink Flag, Chairs Missing, 154
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything, Loveless
Suicide - Suicide I, Suicide II
Black Sabbath - Paranoid, Masters of Reality, Vol. 4, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

 

[Machiavelli]

I'm new to this thread, and don't have the time to trawl through all of it.
Well done for selecting For Emma, James, which was one of my favourites of the previous decade.
I'm sure they've been said, but I give you:
Joy Division -- Unknown Pleasures
PJ Harvey -- Rid of Me
Neil Young & Crazy Horse -- Everybody Knows That This is Nowhere
Radiohead -- In Rainbows

 

[Arthur]

Surprised no one has mentioned Nirvana Nevermind.

 

[tinycowboy]

As much as I love GB as was listening at the age of 14, Bizarro's longer tracks (sorry [MENTION=12196]tinycowboy[/MENTION]) and bigger production worked for me. And i'll never forget the pit at Reading 90.

Well, I actually think Bewitched and Take Me are two of the best tracks on Bizarro. I think one of the WP's strengths is that (for me) there is no definitive best album - their best tracks are sprinkled liberally over all of them. I think that a "bum" track isn't such a bad idea on a good album - it acts as a palette cleanser between classics. Blur used silly short songs to very good effect on Parklife - not really bum tracks, but good filler to ease the transition between longer songs.

 

[spring hall convert]

Awaits flaming

Paul Simon - Graceland

 

[Razzoo]

Agreed
Wonderful l.p.

 

[spring hall convert]

Agreed
Wonderful l.p.

Thirded.

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

Yup. New one out today isn't it?

Very much so! I got it a few days earlier as it was Rough Trade's album of the month - similar in terms of its eclectic mix, but it's a lot more doo-wop-y, but in a way that somehow works. Even though his lyrics are bleak in a lot of places, it still sounds upbeat. The previous album was a grower, and I think this one even more so.

 

[JCL666]

Off the top of my head.......

Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Avalanches - Since I left you
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Michael Jackson - Thriller
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Earth Wind and Fire - Last Days and TIme
Housemartins - London 0 Hull 4
David Holmes - Lets get killed

 

[Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews]

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