No Dud Track Albums

[Soundscape]

Great post ZM. I need me some more Joni. Goddess in waiting indeed.

[Blood_Red_Bird]

Great album, CD even looks like a record, but it is not available on vinyl. I've got a few of his albums on vinyl but this one was apparently never released as a record. Bummer :mad:

No dud track albums? How about a couple in a row: Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main St by The Rolling Stones (add in Beggar's Banquet and Let it Bleed for 4 in a row).

Deep Purple: Machinehead

Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues

DS

It was released on vinyl Ted Hawkins The Next Hundred Years DCG-24627

Took me years to track mine down...Good Luck

[mello yello]

It might've been done before but what albums do you reckon have one great track after another? As they say "all killer no filler".....

We're talking stock issue albums, not promos or comps here.

two that spring to mind are

jesus and mary chain

automatic

and

darklands

[davidsss]

It was released on vinyl Ted Hawkins The Next Hundred Years DCG-24627

Took me years to track mine down...Good Luck

OMG, I looked at Discogs and it didn't list a release on record. Wonder how many were pressed. I don't know whether to thank you or not, now I'll have to find a copy

DS

[at68]

Boz Scaggs Silk Degrees

Steely Dan Gaucho

Miles Davis Another vote for Kind of Blue

Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

John Hiatt Slow Turning

ACDC Back in Black

Michael Jackson Thriller

Toto Toto IV

Gee, so many to list!

[progladyte]

Sure, I like a lot of prog but there's plenty of great albums from all sorts of genre

Acqua Fragile - Mass-Media Stars(1974)

Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow(1976)

The Band - The Band(1969)

Tony Banks - A Curious Feeling(1979)

Barclay James Harvest - Octoberon(1976)

Barclay James Harvest - Gone to Earth(1977)

Be-Bop Deluxe - Live! In the Air Age(1977)

Blackmore's Night - Under a Violet Moon(1999)

Blackmore's Night - Castles & Dreams(2005)

Blind Faith - Blind Faith(1969)

Brand X - Unorthodox Behaviour(1976)

Bruford - One of a Kind(1979)

Camel - The Snow Goose(1975)

Camel - Stationary Traveller(1984)

Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond(1972)

Clannad - Magical Ring(1983)

Clannad - Macalla(1985)

Clannad - Past Present(1989)

Clannad - Rogha: The Best of Clannad(1997)

Crash test Dummins: God Shuffled His Feet (1993)

Crowded House - Recurring Dream: The Very Best of Crowded House(1996)

Curved Air - Air Cut(1973)

Al Di Meola - Casino(1978)

Al Di Meola - Electric Rendezvous(1981)

Dixie Dregs - Night of the Living Dregs(1979)

Dixie Dregs - Dregs of the Earth(1980)

Druid - Toward the Sun / Fluid Druid(1995)

Eagles - Hell Freezes Over(1994) DVD

Tommy Emmanuel - Determination(1991)

Enya - Shepherd Moons(1991)

Ethos - Ardour(1976)

Fairport Convention - The History of Fairport Convention(1972)

Family - Family Entertainment(1969)

Fireballet - Night on Bald Mountain(1975)

Genesis - Selling England by the Pound(1973)

Genesis - A Trick of the Tail(1976)

Genesis - Wind & Wuthering(1976)

Gentle Giant - In a Glass House(1973)

Gordon Giltrap - Fear of the Dark(1978)

Gong - Angel's Egg(1973)

Gryphon - Red Queen to Gryphon Three(1974)

Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte(1975)

Don Harriss - Higher Elevations(1994)

Jellyfish - Spilt Milk (1993)

Jimi Hendrix - Smash Hits(1969)

Jimi Hendrix - The Ultimate Experience(1993)

Horslips - Happy to Meet - Sorry to Part(1972)

Horslips - The Táin(1973)

Iona - Journey Into the Morn(1995)

Iona - Heaven's Bright Sun(1997)

Jethro Tull - Aqualung(1971)

Jethro Tull - Living in the Past(1972)

Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery(1975)

Jethro Tull - Songs From the Wood(1977)

Scott Jones - Freedom(2003)

Kansas - Leftoverture(1976)

Kansas - Point of Know Return(1977)

Kansas - There's Know Place Like Home(2009)

Karnataka - The Storm(2000)

King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King(1969)

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin(1969)

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II(1969)

Locanda delle Fate - Forse le lucciole non si amano più(1977)

Magna Carta - Songs From Wasties Orchard(1971)

Nick Magnus - Children of Another God(2010)

Mangala Vallis - The Book of Dreams(2002)

Maxophone - Maxophone(1975)

Loreena McKennitt - The Visit(1991)

The Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord(1968)

Nektar - A Tab in the Ocean(1972)

Mike Oldfield - Incantations(1978)

Omega - 200 Years After the Last War [English Lyrics](1974)

Opeth - Damnation(2003)

Martin Orford - The Old Road(2008)

Le Orme - Felona e Sorona(1973)

Philip Riley & Jayne Elleson - The Blessing Tree(1998)

Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream(1999)

Roger Powell - Air Pocket(1980)

Renaissance - Turn of the Cards(1974)

Renaissance - Scheherazade and Other Stories(1975)

Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior(1976)

Roxette - All Videos Ever Made & More! The Complete Collection 1987-2001(2001)

Mike Rutherford - Smallcreep's Day(1980)

Santana - Santana(1969)

Shadowfax - Watercourse Way(1976)

Shahin & Sepehr - One Thousand & One Nights(1994)

Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)(1982)

Steeleye Span - Spanning the Years(1995)

Steeleye Span - A Parcel of Steeleye Span: Their First Five Chrysalis Albums 1972-1975(2009)

Jeff St. John's Copperwine - Joint Effort(1970)

Strawbs - Hero and Heroine(1974)

Supertramp - Crime of the Century(1974)

Timothy Pure - Blood of the Berry(1997)

The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed(1967)

Traffic - Traffic(1968)

Traffic - Best of Traffic(1969)

Ultravox - The Collection(1984)

Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards(1972)

Steve Vai - Fire Garden(1996)

János Varga Project - The Wings of Revelation I(2000)

Wishbone Ash - Argus(1972)

X-Panda - Flight of Fancy(2011)

Yanni - Live at the Acropolis(2000)

Yes - Fragile(1971)

Yes - Close to the Edge(1972)

Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans(1973)

Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage Act I(1979)

Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage Acts I, II, & III(1987)

Zazen - Canyons of Light(1995)

[Krispy Audio]

Just finished another 'lap' of Evermore's fantastic album Dreams. If you haven't heard this right through then (as one of my favourite tongue-in-cheek sayings goes) do yourself a favour, get it, you'll love it

[soundfan]

Are you folk serious?

Some questionable albums mentioned, and even allowing for the fact that we all have different tastes, can everyone honestly say that the albums they have listed are dud free?

I could list my favourite dozen or so albums, but if forced to critically go over them all and discard filler tracks from each.........I reckon my list wouldn't be that big.

Maybe my interpretation of a perfect album differs to most?

Food for thought perhaps?

Edited November 3, 2012 by soundfan

[emesbee]

One person's "no dud track" album is another person's "all dud track" album.

Edited November 3, 2012 by emesbee

[poiu]

Manuel Göttsching - e2e4

The Stone Roses - debut

[Toisich-Jnr]

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Tomorrow Belongs To Me

[hotel 6]

Cold Chisel - Circus Animals. In fact the three albums from East to 20th Century could all be played back to back and I would not skip a track.

I would have also said Springsteen's Darkness on the Edge of Town but I skip Adam Raised A Cain every time!

[Soundscape]

Are you folk serious?

Some questionable albums mentioned, and even allowing for the fact that we all have different tastes, can everyone honestly say that the albums they have listed are dud free?

I could list my favourite dozen or so albums, but if forced to critically go over them all and discard filler tracks from each.........I reckon my list wouldn't be that big.

Maybe my interpretation of a perfect album differs to most?

Food for thought perhaps?

Agreed. These threads tend to be filled with lists of ppls faves. Personal taste aside, I doubt that many apply a high level of critical scrutiny to their choices. There are very very few flawless albums imo.

[likwidsh0k]

Agreed too. I often and inevitably find one song sticks in my craw, but I'd say this album is pretty close, maybe not that musical or diverse being 10 tracks of angry rap rock, and has it share of weaker tracks, but none I consider filler or dud, and it was a debut too.. rage against the machine - rage against the machine

Edited January 27, 2013 by likwidsh0k

[emesbee]

I hate that cover.

[Newman]

El Camino

[Al Leece]

This is a reasonable point, although the beauty of an album is not how absolutely fantastic each track is but how well the different standards of tracks sit together. You can pick a Greatest Hits album from any given artist and not have a great album at the end of it. In any given album - or any sort of project, audio or otherwise - there are parts not as pleasing / well done / "good" as others; the way the whole fits together, though, that is what great things are made of.

Agreed. These threads tend to be filled with lists of ppls faves. Personal taste aside, I doubt that many apply a high level of critical scrutiny to their choices. There are very very few flawless albums imo.

[cazzesman]

Rick Springfield - Shock, Denial, Anger, Acceptance

 

Regards Cazzesman

Edited January 30, 2013 by cazzesman

[soundfan]

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="audiohobbs" data-cid="836641" data-time="1359544073">This is a reasonable point, although the beauty of an album is not how absolutely fantastic each track is but how well the different standards of tracks sit together. You can pick a Greatest Hits album from any given artist and not have a great album at the end of it. In any given album - or any sort of project, audio or otherwise - there are parts not as pleasing / well done / "good" as others; the way the whole fits together, though, that is what great things are made of.</blockquote>

<p>Yes I agree with that.... but the title of the thread is " No Dud track albums".</p>

<p> </p>

<p>Keeping that as a focus point,  there ain't many albums that fit that category in my book. A dud is a dud is a dud.<img alt=":P" class="bbc_emoticon" src="http://www.stereo.net.au/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/tongue.png" title=":P" /></p>

Edited January 30, 2013 by soundfan

[cazzesman]

 

Regards Cazzesman

[Formula409]

3 off the top of my head:

 

Dire Straits - Self Titled

The National - Self Titled

Live - Throwing Copper

[shaky]

Another vote for some already mentioned:

Mezzanine- Massive Attack.

Nevermind- Nirvana.

Smash- Offspring.

But also these:

Is this It- The Strokes.

Dookie- Green Day.

Metallica- The Black Album.

For me, three great allround albums.

Edited February 3, 2013 by shaky

[Luc]

I reckon this thread should have some sub-headings like 'No dud track albums' age demographic 15-21', then 21-30 then 30-40 and there'd be no need for the next age brackets as we've already filled the 40 to 70 old buggers demographic well and truly.

[David.M]

Wish You Were Here, not only no dud tracks but I can't imagine ever not listening to this album in it's entirety, even on digital with the convenience of a remote.

 

 

I reckon this thread should have some sub-headings like 'No dud track albums' age demographic 15-21', then 21-30 then 30-40 and there'd be no need for the next age brackets as we've already filled the 40 to 70 old buggers demographic well and truly.

 

Might be that there aren't any albums of recent times that qualify (or very few at least), with digital they are often so much longer and I think there is more music out there from people less talented compared to previous eras.

[Luc]

Hmm, dunno about that Dave, the kids I know who like their music have introduced me to some good stuff but it's all  subjective isn't it in the end just because we old buggers like an album from 30-40 years ago and we say it's great certainly doesn't make it great in the eyes of a young'un that's for sure.

 

I tried recently with DSOTM and they left in droves and whose going to blame them, especially when I had to borrow a copy of it because i'm not a fan of it but I told them that most people over 50 will rave on and on and on about this album, you guys give it a listen and see what you think.

 

I laughed when one kid said "That's just like Dad's 'Spiritualized' albums but not as good"... :lol:  seriously, that's really funny.