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Topic: OT - Best albums to listen to straight through

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betarhoalphadelta

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OT - Best albums to listen to straight through
« on: March 17, 2025, 01:47:44 PM »
Inspired by utee and his vinyl lounge, I've created some spotify playlists that are just single albums, in order, with the intent of listening start-to-finish. Sometimes my main playlist on random can be a little too... random. 

So I'm wondering what albums you can think of that fit that mold? I.e. an album that isn't just a collection of songs, that works really well from start to finish, and doesn't have "clunkers" in the middle that you're just tempted to skip?

I've got four so far. Unsurprisingly, Pink Floyd is three of them, as they leaned hard into the concept album idea. That's Wish You Were Here, Dark Side of the Moon, and The Wall. And the fourth is Pearl Jam's Ten. 

What would your go-to albums in this genre be? 
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utee94

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Re: OT - Best albums to listen to straight through
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2025, 01:59:57 PM »
I feel like we've done this topic before, but since some of us have been posting together for almost 30 years, I guess that's inevitable.

I refer to these as "complete" albums and personally I omit Greatest Hits and other types of compilations (like movie soundtracks) because I consider those to be cheating, but others can opine as they wish of course.

Some of my faves:

The Cars - The Cars
Willie Nelson - Stardust
Boston - Boston
Styx - Grand Illusion
Prince - Purple Rain



Definitely agree on Pearl Jam - Ten.  And the Pink Floyd albums are good too.

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betarhoalphadelta

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Re: OT - Best albums to listen to straight through
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2025, 02:08:55 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on March 17, 2025, 01:59:57 PM
I feel like we've done this topic before, but since some of us have been posting together for almost 30 years, I guess that's inevitable.
I think we've done some "best album" discussions over the years, but I'm not sure that I've ever seen it done quite this way. 

I.e. I think there would be some albums that I might consider in the tops of best albums because of the quantity of quality songs, but still not be something I'd just want to listen to straight through. 
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Re: OT - Best albums to listen to straight through
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2025, 02:28:39 PM »
Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on March 17, 2025, 02:08:55 PM
I think we've done some "best album" discussions over the years, but I'm not sure that I've ever seen it done quite this way.

I.e. I think there would be some albums that I might consider in the tops of best albums because of the quantity of quality songs, but still not be something I'd just want to listen to straight through.
Well I'm pretty sure we did this recently, because I specifically omitted U2 - The Joshua Tree from my list.  I did so because, while it's one of my favorite albums of all time, it doesn't pass the "no clunkers" test for me, due to my passionate hatred of one song on that album-- "Bullet The Blue Sky."

But now that I recall more clearly, it was a discussion on a more general thread, and didn't have its own thread.  For ease of reference if nothing else, this is a good place to have the discussion again, so that it's more easily searchable.
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betarhoalphadelta

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« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2025, 03:10:55 PM »
Added two more:

Led Zeppelin - IV
R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
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« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2025, 03:56:30 PM »
REM - Document (My favorite album of theirs)

The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta

The Outfield - Play Deep

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« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2025, 04:01:20 PM »
Who's Next                The Who
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Lynyrd Skynyrd          Lynyrd Skynyrd
(Pronounced)
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At Fillmore East          Allman Bros Band
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Born to Run                Bruce & the East Street Band
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Days of Future Passed  Moody Blues
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Toys in the Attic          Aerosmith
Get Your Wings
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Led Zeppelin IV          Led Zepplin
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The Doors                  The Doors
L.A. Woman               
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On The Border            The Eagles
Desperado
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Blow by Blow              Jeff Beck
Wired
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Night Moves                Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Stranger in Town


   
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Re: OT - Best albums to listen to straight through
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2025, 04:32:59 PM »
Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on March 17, 2025, 01:47:44 PM
Inspired by utee and his vinyl lounge, I've created some spotify playlists that are just single albums, in order, with the intent of listening start-to-finish. Sometimes my main playlist on random can be a little too... random.

So I'm wondering what albums you can think of that fit that mold? I.e. an album that isn't just a collection of songs, that works really well from start to finish, and doesn't have "clunkers" in the middle that you're just tempted to skip?

I've got four so far. Unsurprisingly, Pink Floyd is three of them, as they leaned hard into the concept album idea. That's Wish You Were Here, Dark Side of the Moon, and The Wall. And the fourth is Pearl Jam's Ten.

What would your go-to albums in this genre be?

For me I would add Animals as a goto album. When I mow the yard, I can start that album and it will finish just about the time I finish the lawn. Nice and relaxing.
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Re: OT - Best albums to listen to straight through
« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2025, 04:35:46 PM »
Hope you're using a manual push mower so you can hear them play
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Re: OT - Best albums to listen to straight through
« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2025, 04:48:36 PM »
Pink Floyd, Animals, Dark Side, Meddle, Wish You were Here, The Wall. (I consider Floyd the ultimate album band).

Lynard Skynyrd - Pronounced, Second Helping. 

Led Zeppelin - II, IV, II, Physical Graffiti. 

The Beatles - Abby Road.

Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic, Rocks. 

ZZ Top - Dequello, Tres Hombres.

AC/DC - Dirty Deeds, High Voltage.

Rolling Stones - Some Girls, Let it Bleed.
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Re: OT - Best albums to listen to straight through
« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2025, 04:49:27 PM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on March 17, 2025, 04:35:46 PM
Hope you're using a manual push mower so you can hear them play
John Deere Zero Turn with my shooting ear muffs with blue tooth to my phone. Works great. 
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Re: OT - Best albums to listen to straight through
« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2025, 07:03:48 PM »
Agree with many above.

Part of my vinyl includes these listen thru records 
Steely Dan, Aja. 1977
Fleetwood Mac Rumours 1977
Bjork, Homogenic 1997
Bjork, Vespertine 2001
Beastie Boys, Paul's Boutique 1989
Rush 2112
Alvvays, Antisocialites 2017
Audioslave,  self titled 2003
Metallica,  Puppets.  1986


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« Reply #12 on: March 17, 2025, 09:50:12 PM »
Smashing Pumpkins — Siamese Dream
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« Reply #13 on: March 18, 2025, 02:03:59 AM »
Steely Dan Aja, for sure.  I just ordered a recent re-pressing of this album on 180g vinyl.
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