Albums with no skippable songs

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[silverblk mystix]

It's been pretty entertaining the millions of times it's already been done. I'd advise a search/bump, rather than a whole new thread.

Wasn't planning on starting any more threads-thanks for the tip though.

[Avante]

I can't think of one singer/artist where I like everything they do/did. They all have a few tunes that simply don't match up.

Robert Johnson recorded 29 songs, 27 of them are great.

[Reck]

Dude, let's keep in on the topic...ok? Anything you wanna take me on talking music just let me know, ok? And why a dummy like you ever talks about smarts is beyond me. Now get off my leg and back on topic, got it!

Relax, it was a compliment.

You're no longer the number 1 dumbass on this board.

[Avante]

Relax, it was a compliment.

You're no longer the number 1 dumbass on this board.

You just can't do it can you? Dude, nice little music thread going on here...ok? Don't it up with your stupid bull , ok? You just have to be a pest don't you? What a freak....sheesh~~~~~~~~~~

[DontStopBelieving]

GN'R- Appe e for Destruction
SOAD- Toxicity
A7X- City of Evil

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[resistanze]

True. I can go through that and next album with ease.

[ohmwrecker]

Yeah, I'm a Dylan fan too...he has the worst voice of all-time, maybe 2nd worst to Ashley Simpson.

Great poet. Great lyricist. Horrible voice. It's ironic b/c maybe his 3 best albums (BiABH, H61R, and BoB) were his 3 worst vocal performances. Thank Christ for that organ player

I'm just going give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're trolling. Dylan has one of the most distinctive voices in music. You might as well say Howlin' Wolf has a horrible voice, or Tom Waits. It's not weak, it's not off pitch and it's perfect for the music. Therefore . . . not horrible. He sang that way intentionally. Listen to Nashville Skyline for comparison. Totally different.

Ashley Simpson

[redzero]

Dylan has a ty voice. He can't sing worth a damn. Does that make his music bad? No.

[ohmwrecker]

Agree to disagree, I suppose. Dylan's voice never bothered me. I actually prefer a voice with grit and soul over a pristine vocal. Just a personal preference.

[CuckingFunt]

I like Dylan's voice.

But I recognize it is not "good" by any technical measure.

Same could be said for a lot of the voices I like, so I'm not sure I understand the consternation.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

{sigh}

I don't know why people have to lie to themselves to defend their musical tastes. It's just disingenuous and fanboi-ish, imo. Dylan is one of the greatest ever (and I admittedly have just about all his albums up until Desire), but the fact of the matter is he didn't have a great voice. Distinctive doesn't mean good--in fact his voice fit more aptly when he was mimicking Woody Guthrie. When he dropped that he sounded like a goat being slaughtered. It works in some songs (LaRS, etc) and sounds like death in others (Maggies Farm, Leopard Skin yadayadayada)

[ohmwrecker]

Obviously, it's a matter of personal preference, but I'm not being disingenuous at all when I say I like Dylan's voice. I actually prefer the "wild mercury" period over the Woody Guthrie influence or what came after blonde on blonde. Admittedly, he sounds like gravel through a lawnmower these days, but even that's doesn't bother me. I think just saying his voice is horrible is not very accurate.

Also, I never said it was "good".

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Because I'm such a swell guy with impeccable taste, I'll help the novice Dylan fans out there navigate their way through his 3 "electric" albums:

Bringing it All Back Home

1."Subterranean Homesick Blues"
2."She Belongs to Me" 2:47
3."Maggie's Farm" 3:54
4."Love Minus Zero/No Limit" 2:51
5."Outlaw Blues" 3:05
6."On the Road Again" 2:35
7."Bob Dylan's 115th Dream"
8."Mr. Tambourine Man" 5:30
9."Gates of Eden" 5:40
10."It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" 7:29
11."It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"

Skip songs 3,5,6,7, and 9.
Best songs: 8, 11

Highway 61 Revisited

1.."Like a Rolling Stone" 6:09
2."Tombstone Blues" 5:58
3."It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" 4:09
4."From a Buick 6" 3:19
5."Ballad of a Thin Man" 5:58
6."Queen Jane Approximately" 5:31
7."Highway 61 Revisited" 3:30
8."Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" 5:31
9."Desolation Row"

Skip songs 2,4,7, and 8.
Best songs: 1,5, and 6

Blonde on Blonde

Side one

1. "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" – 4:36
2. "Pledging My Time" – 3:50
3. "Visions of Johanna" – 7:33
4. "One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)" – 4:54

Side two

1. "I Want You" – 3:07
2. "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" – 7:05
3. "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" – 3:58
4. "Just Like a Woman" – 4:52

Side three

1. "Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine" – 3:30
2. "Temporary Like Achilles" – 5:02
3. "Absolutely Sweet Marie" – 4:57
4. "4th Time Around" – 4:35
5. "Obviously 5 Believers" – 3:35

Side four

1. "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" – 11:23

Skip songs 2,6,7,10, 13.
Best songs: 5,8,12, and 14

There's your full Dylan electric-era experience, with the songs his voice doesn't ruin.

[mingus]

Dylan's voice does suck relative to the compe ion. There are plenty of musicians of that era that could've sang/could sing his songs better. Of hand I could name Jim Morrison, Van Morrison, Paul McCartney, Lennon. But you don't listen to Dylan for his voice.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

But you don't listen to Dylan for his voice.

That's the point I'm trying to make. Great musician and lyricist. I just don't feel the need to blow him for every facet of his music.

[Fpoonsie]

No, Dylan's voice is damn near unbearable. His songwriting skills are hard to argue against, but his voice doesn't "go well with" anything.

And this is coming from one of the biggest AD fanboys out there.

[Spurminator]

There's your full Dylan electric-era experience, with the songs his voice doesn't ruin.

Actually, even as a Dylan fan, I've often wished he'd recorded Blonde On Blonde with more of his Nashville Skyline/New Morning voice. That's the only (pre-80's) album where I find his voice borderline irritating, because I feel like a lot of those songs had a much higher melodic potential.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Actually, even as a Dylan fan, I've often wished he'd recorded Blonde On Blonde with more of his Nashville Skyline/New Morning voice. That's the only (pre-80's) album where I find his voice borderline irritating, because I feel like a lot of those songs had a much higher melodic potential.

+1 BoB had so many good songs on it...


EDIT: a Dylan bootleg series song just came up on my pandora...how apropos

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Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
John Mayer - Room For Squares
Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen
New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
Justin Timberlake - Justified
Kanye West - College Dropout
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
New Found Glory - Sticks and Stones
Outkast - Aquemini
Pharrell - In My Mind
Staind - Break the Cycle
System of a Down - Toxicity
Talib Kweli - Quality
Thrice - The Artist in the Ambulance
Tupac - Me Against the World
311 - From Chaos


I will admit some of these albums aren't great, I just personally enjoy them due to nostalgia more than anything.

[Spurminator]

+1 BoB had so many good songs on it...

Yeah, and speaking of skippable songs, I always start it on track #2.

[monosylab1k]

Scarface-Emeritus
Ginuwine-The Bachelor
John Mayer- Continuum
Snoop Dogg- Doggystyle
Master P- Ghetto Dope
Dr. Dre- The Chronic
R.Kelly- 12 play
R.Kelly- TP2.Com
Jay Z- Reasonable Doubt
Jay Z- The Blueprint
Jay Z- The black album
Jay Z- American Gangster
Ab-Soul- Control System
Kendrick Lamar- Section .80
Outkast- ATLiens
Outkast- Aquemini
to name a few

i like how one time Jay-Z said he listened to John Mayer, then suddenly every black guy in America had John Mayer as their token white music artist they listened to.

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i like how one time Jay-Z said he listened to John Mayer, then suddenly every black guy in America had John Mayer as their token white music artist they listened to.

[Fpoonsie]

Staind - Break the Cycle

I didn't have the stones to list this on my initial post, but I ing LOVED this album.