Albums with no dodgy tracks on them.

[clarion]

I don't think orgasmic screaming is quite radio 2's thing, do you?

You were wrong, could you please give us some investement advice, you've got a strong vibe going there, I'd like to know what to steer clear of.

I was indeed quite pleasurably wrong.

Now, i reckon this capitalism as a whole is a great idea...

[clarion]

Ah, but Clarkson probably regards No Jacket Required and Into The Light as the height of musical excellence

And you would be quite wrong...

Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan, Moody Blues and, er, 7 Year Bitch.

[Clandy]

Ah, but Clarkson probably regards No Jacket Required and Into The Light as the height of musical excellence

And you would be quite wrong...

Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan, Moody Blues and, er, 7 Year Bitch.

The problem being? It's called personal taste, not a difficult concept. 

[Pingu]

More Songs About Buildings & Food, Fear of Music, Reamain In Light - Talking Heads.

[Cudzoziemiec]

More Songs About Chocolate and Girls! I can't even remember all the tracks that are on it, but the previous post reminded me of it so much!

[citoyen]

I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight --- Richard and Linda Thompson

Thank you, Tony - I was beginning to despair of finding anything on this thread I could agree with. I wouldn't call it my favourite album but it definitely fits the criteria of the OP. Not a single note of filler on it.

Dark Side Of The Moon too, I suppose, but grudgingly - because it only works as a whole, not as standalone tracks (apart from a couple). Concept albums don't seem to be quite in the spirit of the thread.

d.

[Biggsy]

Mark Ronson - Version
Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona

[Ray 6701]

A quick look through my albums gives me:

Montrose - Montrose
Cast - All Change
Interpol - Antics
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Crowded House - Recurring Dreams
Florence & the machine - Lungs
Sneaker pimps - Becoming X
The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues & This is the Sea
Faith no More - Angel Dust

Not a dodgy tune between them all 

[CAMRAMan]

ICBA to check back, but if Sergeant Pepper's LHCB isn't here, it should be. Graceland qualifies too, IMHO.

Being brought up in the age of vinyl, apart from fiddling with the stylus, there was no way you could easily avoid listening to a whole side of an album, so I'd imagine I have a higher degree of tolerance/patience with music than people used to CD players/Mp3 shuffle buttons.

[Dinamo]

Keane - Hopes and Fears
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid

[Biggsy]

Being brought up in the age of vinyl, apart from fiddling with the stylus, there was no way you could easily avoid listening to a whole side of an album, so I'd imagine I have a higher degree of tolerance/patience with music than people used to CD players/Mp3 shuffle buttons.

I used to (in fact still do) have my turntable right next to my chair/bed to facilitate frequent fiddling with the stylus.  Neverless it's so much easier with an electric source to skip that it has indeed affected my tolerance/patience.

[Rapples]

ICBA to check back, but if Sergeant Pepper's LHCB isn't here, it should be. Graceland qualifies too, IMHO.

Being brought up in the age of vinyl, apart from fiddling with the stylus, there was no way you could easily avoid listening to a whole side of an album, so I'd imagine I have a higher degree of tolerance/patience with music than people used to CD players/Mp3 shuffle buttons.

+1 to all of the above

If anyone hasn't said yet

Penthouse and Pavement  -  Heaven 17

[Mrs Pingu]

Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid

Ooh yes

[Exit Stage Left]

I don't think orgasmic screaming is quite radio 2's thing, do you?

You were wrong, could you please give us some investement advice, you've got a strong vibe going there, I'd like to know what to steer clear of.

I was indeed quite pleasurably wrong.

Now, i reckon this capitalism as a whole is a great idea...

Comfortably Dumb.

[bobb]

ICBA to check back, but if Sergeant Pepper's LHCB isn't here, it should be.

Oh come on! There are some pretty shit songs on that album (but obviously some great ones too)

How about Axis bold as love by Hendrix? All the choons are great on that album, yet it's never bigged up as much as his other works....

[Basil]

David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust 
Quite stunning album which can still be picked up for well under £5

*Late to the party*

And I'd add to that, "Heathen"
Really, really just isn't a bad track on it.


and +1 to "Hounds of Love"

Oh, and what about Patti Smith's "Easter"? 
Not much going wrong there at all.

[Flying_Monkey]

There's lots I could say about some of the other choices so far but, in the spirit of the season, I won't...

Sticking to 'popular music' and solely based on albums I have, my Top 10 choices as of this moment are:

Love - Forever Changes
The Kinks - both Face to Face and Something Else
Jonie Mitchell - Blue
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man
Pixies - Doolittle
Bjork - Homogenic
dEUS - The Ideal Crash
The Strokes - Is This It?

[Jaded]

There's lots I could say about some of the other choices so far but, in the spirit of the season, I won't...

Good idea, else we might start on that lot you've just served up. 

[clarion]

Oh, and what about Patti Smith's "Easter"? 
Not much going wrong there at all.

I mentioned Easter on the previous thread, but forgot about it here.  Soundtrack of youthful turmoil for me.

[Nightfly]

The Stones -  Exile on Main Street
Tom Waites - Closing Time
Blondie - Eat to the Beat
Eva Cassidy - Songbird

[Redlight]

Ah, but Clarkson probably regards No Jacket Required and Into The Light as the height of musical excellence

And you would be quite wrong...

you cad!  i followed that link and now my laptop thinks it is infected.

[Flying_Monkey]

There's lots I could say about some of the other choices so far but, in the spirit of the season, I won't...

Good idea, else we might start on that lot you've just served up. 

You're more than welcome to have a go. Actually, I wouldn't even think of them as necessarily the best albums I have - what makes a good album is not exactly the same as all the songs being good. But if you can point out a bad song on any of those albums, please do...

[Mr Larrington]

Muse - The Resistance.

Though it doesn't work quite as well if your allegedly-random playlist on your iPod decides to play the entire album in reverse order.

My choice: Insider by Amplifier.

[Torslanda]

I'm a big Genesis fan but I only own 'The Lamb Lies Down' as a completist thing, most of it is unadulterated shite. Like most music from 1974 it was 'of its time' but hasn't aged well . . .

Possibly controversially, I would nominate Queen's 'Sheer Heart Attack' - funnily enough from 1974. I haven't played it for a while but I don't remember skipping a track even on CD

Alternatively 'A Trick of the Tail' but you have to like Genesis 

[Ham]

Also late to the feast, but has anyone upped the ante with a DOUBLE album? Would have to be The River.