mpolak21 Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I would submit Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts as the biggest flaw on an otherwise flawless album, in fact I think that might be the worst song on a truly great album. My submissions: Beatles: Rubber SoulMy Bloody Valentine: LovelessVan Morrison: Astral WeeksNeutral Milk Hotel: In The Aeroplane Over The SeaCrosby, Stills and Nash: Self-Titled The Rolling Stones: Beggars Banquet. --Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
howdjadoo Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 one of the very few I can still listen to after 40 years collecting(Got me a few ,OK can't beat Greg Shaw with 80k) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
renton Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 My flawless list: The Cure - DistentegrationMy Bloody Valentine - Loveless (took me a very long time to get into this album, but once you get IN you can't get out)Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in PeopleRadiohead - The BendsBon Iver - For Emma, Forever AgoGuns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 My flawless list: Radiohead - The Bends I completely agree with this one.Jonny Greenwood's guitar work on this one is INSANE. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted June 28, 2010 Author Share Posted June 28, 2010 I completely agree with this one.Jonny Greenwood's guitar work on this one is INSANE.This album must be listened to on good quality headphones! It is unbelievable! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moxiebean Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Stone Roses - S/TXTC - SkylarkingREM - MurmurPixies - Surfer Rosa Also, I wouldn't change a note on Abbey Road. Same with Aja. Lots of albums come close but there's usually the one song that I end up skipping ("Card Cheat" on London Calling, "Live with Me" on Let it Bleed, "Jigsaw Puzzle" on Beggars Banquet) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Stone Roses - S/TXTC - SkylarkingREM - MurmurPixies - Surfer RosaExcellent selections Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radiokills Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Radiohead - Kid ANick Drake - Pink Moon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dondante Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 john coltrane - a love supremeneko case - blacklisted, furnace room lullaby, fox confessor, middle cyclonebroken social scene - you forgot it in peoplebob dylan - freewheelin', blonde on blonde, blood on the tracks, highway 61, bringing it all back homespoon - tranferencemy morning jacket - at dawn, zwilco - being there, yankee hotel foxtrotmiles davis - kind of bluecharles mingus - the black saint and the sinner ladybright eyes - i'm wide awake it's morningthe beatles - revolverpearl jam - vssonic youth - daydream nationnas - illmaticjanelle monae - the archandroid Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Given the harrowing stuff surrounding it on all sides, I praise the Lord above for Rosemary, Lily & the Jack of Hearts every time it rambles up on Blood On The Tracks. It's a welcome oasis, and maybe his best story song. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TemplePilot Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Local H - Here Comes the ZooWilco - YHFMy Morning Jacket - It Still MovesStones - Sticky FingersBeck - Sea Change Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Given the harrowing stuff surrounding it on all sides, I praise the Lord above for Rosemary, Lily & the Jack of Hearts every time it rambles up on Blood On The Tracks. It's a welcome oasis, and maybe his best story song.This is a tough one for me. Blood on the Tracks is probably my favorite album of all time and I totally agree with Sir Stewart's sentiment above. It's a nice respite and I think it is a great vocal performance (for Dylan). That said, after about five minutes of it I am ready to move on ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigshoulders Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Given the harrowing stuff surrounding it on all sides, I praise the Lord above for Rosemary, Lily & the Jack of Hearts every time it rambles up on Blood On The Tracks. It's a welcome oasis, and maybe his best story song.I love how he tells the story with such holes in it... allowing the listener to fill in or imagine what happens next. I oftentimes listen to it 2 times in a row, and feel like I'm solving a murder mystery every time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dtram Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Been thinking about this for awhile and it seems every record I love has one cut that to me makes it flawed. Examples are Quadrophenia (Dirty Jobs) Abbey Road (Octopus' Garden) Automatic for the People (Monty Got A Raw Deal) Lifes Rich Pageant (What if We Give it Away) Being There (Kingpin, like the live version much better) Wish You Were Here (Welcome to the Machine, just kind of long and boring to me) and the list goes on. All of those are huge albums in my life but don't make it because of that one tune. That all being said, here we go: Beach Boys - Pet SoundsBrian Wilson - SmileThe Who - Who By NumbersLiz Phair - Exile in GuyvilleJoe Jackson - Body and Soul Thats all I got for now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theashtraysays Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Examples are Lifes Rich Pageant (What if We Give it Away) Wrong Wish You Were Here (Welcome to the Machine, just kind of long and boring to me) Wronger :monkey Joe Jackson - Body and Soul Correct :thumbup Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dtram Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Wrong You really like that tune? I'm one of the biggest R.E.M. fans there is and there aren't many of their IRS songs I don't like but coming after I Believe and all the other great tunes that come before it, that song to me is just a buzzkill. The Pageant sessions were defintely not one of their most prolific writing periods as the had to reach back to '84 for Hyena and earlier for Just A Touch and What If. Too bad they didn't finish PSA Bad Day at the time or choose All the Right Friends instead of What If.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theashtraysays Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Yes. Yes, I do. Seems to fit fine right where it is on the record. There's enough up and down / slow and fast from track to track already that I think allows it to fit in there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 The only thing keeping The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society off my list of flawless albums is the baby voice on "Phenominal Cat." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Freaking PERFECT!What makes it even more amazing, is that this is a perfect TWO-FER!Two albums in one, with not a bad song, and perfect sequencing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nobloodonmyhands Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Josh Ritter- The Animal Years Ray Lamontagne- Till The Sun Turns BlackBruce Springsteen- The Wild, The Innocent, and The E-Street Shuffle Led Zeppelin IV without "Four Sticks," A Ghost Is Born without the freaking static. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Ray Lamontagne- Till The Sun Turns BlackBruce Springsteen- The Wild, The Innocent, and The E-Street Shuffle Led Zeppelin IV without "Four Sticks," A Ghost Is Born without the freaking static. Agree with Ray Lamontagne and Springsteen and STRONGLY DISAGREE with Led Zepplin. Four Stick is a polyrhythmic tour de force. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Degenerex Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 broken social scene - you forgot it in people Local H - Here Comes the Zoo Yes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plasticeyeball Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 XTC - Oranges & LemonsBeastie Boys - Paul's Boutique cough...5-Piece Chicken Dinner...cough Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 Beck - Sea ChangeI can dig that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 Wings - Band on the RunAnd I cannot even say that about any Beatles record. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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