Which Albums do you like every song on?

Originally Posted by Elwood

Revolution 9 is the only thing keeping the White Album off my list. Even though I find a lot of the songs from the album to be mediocre.

Which reminds me, Abbey Road is perfect. There's not a minute on that album that I don't love. Add that to my original list. Yellow Submarine is also very good overall. More power to George. Add that as well.

Yeah, I don't even know what Revolution 9 is supposed to be. :/ I always wondered if I was "missing" something, maybe not appreciating some deeper meaning or something. But I've settled with the idea that even if there is something deeper meant by it, it just annoys the hell out of me. XD It doesn't even sound like a song to me..just noise really.

Hmm, interesting views you got there on the albums. ^__^ For myself, I actually always put Abbey Road and White Album sort of on the same level. Maybe it's because I happened to buy them around the same time period, I'm not sure. However, I always favored Abbey Road more because like you, I literally love everything on it. I love the majority of everything on the White Album; really only Revolution 9 bothers me. But a few songs, namely Long Long Long and Good Night, are just meh to me.

But Abbey Road, yes I agree that it is perfect. I love how the songs lead into each other like a story..also how they kind of trick you in the end making you think the album is over with the beautiful finale of The End then Her Majesty kind of comes in and really ends it on a upbeat note. ^__^

Originally Posted by Willow-chan

Yeah, I don't even know what Revolution 9 is supposed to be. :/ I always wondered if I was "missing" something, maybe not appreciating some deeper meaning or something. But I've settled with the idea that even if there is something deeper meant by it, it just annoys the hell out of me. XD It doesn't even sound like a song to me..just noise really.

Yeah, I really don't understand it.

Hmm, interesting views you got there on the albums. ^__^ For myself, I actually always put Abbey Road and White Album sort of on the same level. Maybe it's because I happened to buy them around the same time period, I'm not sure. However, I always favored Abbey Road more because like you, I literally love everything on it. I love the majority of everything on the White Album; really only Revolution 9 bothers me. But a few songs, namely Long Long Long and Good Night, are just meh to me.

I guess my opinion is more or less based on the fact that each song is so insanely different from all the others. I like the variety, but at the same time the album doesn't quite have the consistent sound that I'm used to hearing on a Beatles album. You listen to Rubber Soul and all the songs have one sound. Same with Abbey Road. Even with Sgt. Pepper there's this sort of consistency with the sound. But the White Album sounds like each song could be on a different album.

It makes the album unique, and frankly, more interesting to listen to. You can hear some of the solo sounds begin to develop. Listen to Back in the U.S.S.R. and then listen to Jet. Sexy Sadie then Jealous Guy. It's funny.

But Abbey Road, yes I agree that it is perfect. I love how the songs lead into each other like a story..also how they kind of trick you in the end making you think the album is over with the beautiful finale of The End then Her Majesty kind of comes in and really ends it on a upbeat note. ^__^

Yeah. I like Her Majesty after The End. I don't know why, but it just works.

I have a few of those!

The Score by The Fugees
Demon Days by Gorillaz
Aim and Ignite by fun.
Wonder by Lisa Mitchell
Boys & Girls by Alabama Shakes
Treats by Sleigh Bells
O My Heart by Mother Mother
Recovery by Eminem
Enta Da Stage by Black Moon
Moment of Truth by Gang Star
Let's Do It Again by Camp Lo
Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? by Metric
Kindred EP by Burial
Burial by Burial
and Untrue by Burial
Cloud Seed by Vex'd
Absolution by Muse
The Shepard's Dog by Iron & Wine
Sigh No More by Mumford & Sons

And every Ella, Etta, Billie Holiday, and Louis Armstrong record I have.

Aw, music. <3

The Bends - Radiohead
OK Computer Radiohead
Superunknown - Soundgarden
We Don't Need to Whisper - Angels and Airwaves
American Idiot - Green Day
Different Stars - Trespassers William
Nevermind - Nirvana
Wasting Light - Foo Fighters
Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
Rated R - Queens of the Stone Age
Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age
Jar of Flies - Alice in Chains
Animals - Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Boxer - The National
'59 Sound - The Gaslight Anthem
Broken Mornings - Art of Ballistics
seems like there are a lot more. Can't remember off the top of my head.

Originally Posted by Willow-chan

Yeah, I don't even know what Revolution 9 is supposed to be. :/ I always wondered if I was "missing" something, maybe not appreciating some deeper meaning or something. But I've settled with the idea that even if there is something deeper meant by it, it just annoys the hell out of me. XD It doesn't even sound like a song to me..just noise really.

Revolution 9 was, in John and Yoko's eyes, a representation of a revolution in musical form. It was based on the same jam session that gave us Revolution 1, and the two songs were originally going to be one. John had them split however. All three of the other Beatles didn't like R9 and wanted it to be cut from the album, but it appeared anyways.

But Abbey Road, yes I agree that it is perfect. I love how the songs lead into each other like a story..also how they kind of trick you in the end making you think the album is over with the beautiful finale of The End then Her Majesty kind of comes in and really ends it on a upbeat note. ^__^

I dunno, some of the songs on Abbey Road are meh to me, like Oh, Darling and Sun King. In my opinion, the period of time from when Help! was recorded to Sgt. Pepper was the best for the Fab Four. I enjoy how they were experimenting with drugs and all that but stayed under the constraint of the imposed pop limitations. Tomorrow Never Knows is a masterpiece.

Absolution by Muse. And I have a feeling it will be the only one.

Originally Posted by Paul

Revolution 9 was, in John and Yoko's eyes, a representation of a revolution in musical form. It was based on the same jam session that gave us Revolution 1, and the two songs were originally going to be one. John had them split however. All three of the other Beatles didn't like R9 and wanted it to be cut from the album, but it appeared anyways.

Ah, okay. I never knew that. It's interesting that even the other Beatles didn't care for it.

Originally Posted by Paul

I dunno, some of the songs on Abbey Road are meh to me, like Oh, Darling and Sun King. In my opinion, the period of time from when Help! was recorded to Sgt. Pepper was the best for the Fab Four. I enjoy how they were experimenting with drugs and all that but stayed under the constraint of the imposed pop limitations. Tomorrow Never Knows is a masterpiece.

Hmm, well if I had to say my least favorite on Abbey Road, I'd probably say Sun King. Not to say I dislike it, but I don't like it as much as the others. But it's a relaxing song, and in a way reminds me somewhat of certain Pink Floyd songs from their less popularized albums. As for Oh Darling, I personally really love that one. It has that sort of 1950's feeling to it, sort of how Here, There, and Everywhere kind of fits that era of music, which I happen to like. ^__^

And yes, I do agree with you on that being their best period. That era happens to be my favorite too, especially seeing that Sgt. Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour are my favorite albums.

Originally Posted by Paul

Revolution 9 was, in John and Yoko's eyes, a representation of a revolution in musical form. It was based on the same jam session that gave us Revolution 1, and the two songs were originally going to be one. John had them split however. All three of the other Beatles didn't like R9 and wanted it to be cut from the album, but it appeared anyways.

This reminds me, I like Revolution Take 20. It starts off normal, and descends into avant-garde. It could replace both Revolution tracks on the album and I'd be happy.

I dunno, some of the songs on Abbey Road are meh to me, like Oh, Darling and Sun King. In my opinion, the period of time from when Help! was recorded to Sgt. Pepper was the best for the Fab Four. I enjoy how they were experimenting with drugs and all that but stayed under the constraint of the imposed pop limitations. Tomorrow Never Knows is a masterpiece.

I agree with you on Help!-Pepperland being the Beatles' prime. They sort of stumbled out of Magical Mystery Tour unsure of what to do, and after Hey Jude things headed South. I'd say that Abbey Road was a comeback for them though. They decided to just buckle down and make their last album a masterpiece, like what they did '65-67, and I think it worked really well.

Discussions like this make me wish there was a Beatles thread. Or that the Beatles group wasn't dead.

Originally Posted by Elwood

Discussions like this make me wish there was a Beatles thread. Or that the Beatles group wasn't dead.

We should have one! I could go on and on about the Beatles.

I am assuming from your post that many members who are Beatles fans aren't at ZU anymore?

Originally Posted by Willow-chan

We should have one! I could go on and on about the Beatles.

I am assuming from your post that many members who are Beatles fans aren't at ZU anymore?

No, it's just inactive. Although a fraction of the members aren't here anymore.

Originally Posted by Paul

Revolution 9 was, in John and Yoko's eyes, a representation of a revolution in musical form. It was based on the same jam session that gave us Revolution 1, and the two songs were originally going to be one. John had them split however. All three of the other Beatles didn't like R9 and wanted it to be cut from the album, but it appeared anyways.



I dunno, some of the songs on Abbey Road are meh to me, like Oh, Darling and Sun King.

What the hell did I just read?

There are a lot of albums I can say I like every song on. I can't remember most of them now so I'll just list those that come to mind.

The Lonesome Crowded West - Modest Mouse
The Moon & Antarctica - Modest Mouse
Ten - Pearl Jam
Jar of Flies - Alice in Chains
Songs for the Dear - Queens of the Stone Age
OK Computer - Radiohead
In Rainbows - Radiohead
59' Sound - Gaslight Anthem
s/t - Led Zeppelin
Slanted and Enchanted - Pavement
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Pavement

This is an interesting question, one that resulted in a surprisingly short list with some fairly surprising entries. I almost exclusively listen to an album as a whole, I rarely (if ever) skip a track if I'm listening to an album, and as a result I'm used to viewing an album as a singular unit rather than the sum of its individual songs. Looking at it from a perspective of look at each track and weighing it on its own merits rather than considering the songs that surround it and how it fits in with them was something I hadn't done in awhile, and like I said yielded some interesting results.

For example, not a single Beatles album made my list, despite them being one of my favourite bands (and a favourite of a lot of others in this thread, apparently!). While Help! and Abbey Road may be among my favourite albums ever, neither have a track list where every song is on I can count as a favourites. Likewise for other favourite bands of mine, like The Gaslight Anthem, Kanye West or Motion City Soundtrack, who all have stellar discographies, but again don't have albums that I love each individual song on from front to back.

This also resulted in me discounting albums where I find it difficult to even differentiate or judge the tracks as separate entities, like most Sufjan Stevens albums, or any given post rock album. These are such complete bodies of work it's essentially impossible for me to consider the work as anything other than a single album instead of a collection of songs...which I'm sure sounds preposterous.

I'll start with the obvious entries, one that over the years I know I've mentioned before as favourite albums, then I'll go on to highlight some of the surprises.

Barenaked Ladies - Gordon
Barenaked Ladies - Stunt
Brand New - Deja Entendu
Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
mewithoutYou - Brother, Sister
mewithoutYou - Ten Stories
Moneen - The Red Tree



I knew Gordon and Stunt would likely be albums I like end-to-end, but when looking over their albums I was surprised to see that their sophomore album is likewise chock full of great songs. Maybe not as strong as those on the aforementioned two, but still not a single song I have a bad thing to say about.



While Jamie T's debut Panic Prevention is excellent and has some stellar tracks, there's not a single time I've ever listened to Kings & Queens in its entirety and felt like skipping a track. It's not as rough-sounded, it's much more polished and clean production-wise, but it also delivers on all the potential Jamie demonstrated on his debut, and then some.



Between this and MYSD, I'm getting tons of evidence that the sophomore slump is definitely a myth. More accessible than his debut, Josh Radin made an album perfect for a candlelit dinner with Simple Times.



If I was going to pick an LTJ record as my favourite, I don't know if it would be Borders & Boundaries, but I can't deny that, unlike all of their other albums in their wide discography, there's not a lemon in the bunch of these tracks.



I haven't even listened to this pop-punk record in a long time, but looking at each individual track I was surprised to see I didn't have a bad thing to say about any of them. They're all energetic, earnest, melodic tunes, and Punchline has a very distinct sound that helps them stand out above their peers as well. I haven't listened to this band extensively as, say, New Found Glory or Valencia, but neither of those acts have an album on this list.



I actually probably wrote a lot about this album waaay back in like 2004 or something, but it's been ages since I last listened to it. But looking at the tracks, I have no doubt that if I threw it on right now I'd enjoy every second of it, from the opening reverberating guitar notes to Bert's last strangled scream at the end of the bonus track.



That's literally it. Went through my entire collection and these are the only albums I can definitively say I like every last track on.

I notice a lot of Radiohead in this Thread.

I am proud of ZU

In general, I'll probably grow to like every song on an album after a couple of listens. First time I usually just really latch onto a couple really good songs and then I'll notice and start admiring the rest during subsequent listens. So I guess here are a couple from my (admittedly small) collection.

Reckoning - R.E.M.

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Fables of the Reconstruction - R.E.M.

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The King is Dead - The Decemberists

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Originally Posted by Galedeep

Barenaked Ladies - Stunt

After listening to this album in its entirety for the second time just a little bit ago, I'm inclined to add this to my list as well.

Gotye - Making Mirrors

Portal Soundtack

SSBB Soundtrack( 300+ songs 0_o)

Lupe Fiasco - LASERS

Snoop Dog - All albums

Tyga - Careless world.

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Hated Ushers latest album. Far too many high pitched lyrics.

Originally Posted by Willow-chan

Yeah, I don't even know what Revolution 9 is supposed to be. :/ I always wondered if I was "missing" something, maybe not appreciating some deeper meaning or something. But I've settled with the idea that even if there is something deeper meant by it, it just annoys the hell out of me. XD It doesn't even sound like a song to me..just noise really.

Hmm, interesting views you got there on the albums. ^__^ For myself, I actually always put Abbey Road and White Album sort of on the same level. Maybe it's because I happened to buy them around the same time period, I'm not sure. However, I always favored Abbey Road more because like you, I literally love everything on it. I love the majority of everything on the White Album; really only Revolution 9 bothers me. But a few songs, namely Long Long Long and Good Night, are just meh to me.

But Abbey Road, yes I agree that it is perfect. I love how the songs lead into each other like a story..also how they kind of trick you in the end making you think the album is over with the beautiful finale of The End then Her Majesty kind of comes in and really ends it on a upbeat note. ^__^

WHAT in the world are you people talking about? Revolution 9 DEFINES that album, it's like a masterpiece! That song... It goes from birth to death, through different time periods!

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It's only seven songs, but still. I haven't heard anything like it. Here's an example of the magic:

Hmm...I can only think of one right now. That's The Sound of Madness by Shinedown. I absolutely adore every single song on that album (including the bonus tracks on the deluxe edition) - it has a great balance of powerful, energetic songs and beautiful ballads that give me the good kind of goosebumps. I really think that Brent Smith has an incredible voice, and is also extremely talented at writing stunning music/lyrics. I like to think of him as a musical poet!
Here's the full album:


Other albums that come close are The Poison and Fever by Bullet for my Valentine (but sadly, they both contain songs that I find pretty annoying).