Was looking at the Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society poll and was kinda astounded that all 15 songs got at least one vote. That's kind of a neat combination of having an album where 1) every song is legitimately good, 2) there's no real single or standout track, and 3) it's fairly well-known. It occured to me that there can't be a whole lot of albums out there like that, especially not with so many tracks on it.
So far I've come up with these:
The Cars s/t, because half the tunes were hits, and the other half were just as goodRadiohead - Kid A, because I do think people would challopsly vote for "Treefingers" (I'm right about this too, because someone did a combo Kid A/Amnesiac poll and every song on both albums got at least one vote)Talking Heads - Fear of Music XTC - Black Sea
and a lot of near-misses like Thriller, because I really don't think anyone would vote for "The Girl is Mine" (I just checked and I'm wrong, "The Lady in my Life" is the one nobody voted for)
Gonna say a minimum of 9 songs here, should cover most real "song-based" LPs which is what I'm really looking for here. The more songs the better!
― frogbs, Thursday, 14 May 2015 13:24 (nine years ago) link
Best track on Dummy
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Thursday, 14 May 2015 13:27 (nine years ago) link
More than a few Dylan records, I'm guessing; certainly Highway 61 Revisited and Bringing It All Back Home.
Lots of Miles, too, but a couple of them (Jack Johnson, In A Silent Way) only have two tracks.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 14 May 2015 13:30 (nine years ago) link
Violator!
― ledge, Thursday, 14 May 2015 13:32 (nine years ago) link
oh damn, I can't believe I didn't think of that one, despite having "Enjoy the Silence" every single track on that is great. albums where every song gets 2 votes are even better though I can't imagine too many of these have more than 10 tracks on them
New Order's Substance was another one I was thinking, though I would be worried about "State of the Nation". It did qualify for the inverse of this, though:
What Is the Worst Single on New Order's Substance?
― frogbs, Thursday, 14 May 2015 13:34 (nine years ago) link
'Fear of Music' strikes me as having a lot of great songs, but many low points. Never really got the point of Mind, Electric Guitar and It's A Kind of Ma... I mean, Heaven. Drugs is a bit of a slog too.
― p:s nerds know (dog latin), Thursday, 14 May 2015 13:37 (nine years ago) link
So, what's the largest poll where every option got at least one?
― Mark G, Thursday, 14 May 2015 13:38 (nine years ago) link
bloody hell, could have sworn Devo, Are we Not Men? .. would have qualified, but 'Too Much Paranoia' didn't get a vote !
that's outrageous.
― mark e, Thursday, 14 May 2015 14:07 (nine years ago) link
I would've thought "Shrivel Up" was the one that would prevent it. Either way, I would guess that "Uncontrollable Urge", "Satistaction", "Jocko Homo", and "Gut Feeling" would take like 90% of the votes between 'em. Freedom of Choice, on the other hand seems like it sound qualify, though I don't think it's been polled yet.
― frogbs, Thursday, 14 May 2015 14:13 (nine years ago) link
The Sidewinder Sleeps, Sleeps, Sleeps In A POLL: REM's Automatic For The People
― anthony braxton diamond geezer (anagram), Thursday, 14 May 2015 14:58 (nine years ago) link
dog latin plz re-listen to "Mind"
― sleeve, Thursday, 14 May 2015 15:09 (nine years ago) link
i've heard it a bwun of times but I'm not keen on these ploddy TH songs a whole lot.
― p:s nerds know (dog latin), Thursday, 14 May 2015 15:31 (nine years ago) link
I was able to dig up these 5 with the first 20 albums that came to mind....
Doolittle
Surfer Rosa
Joshua Tree
London Calling - impressive, given the track count
Blood on the Tracks - lowest vote-count is 3; don't get much better
― bodacious ignoramus, Saturday, 16 May 2015 02:56 (nine years ago) link
I can think of several jazz albums that i could site, but the form gets so little attention on ILX it seems a useless pursuit to begin the conversation.
― bodacious ignoramus, Saturday, 16 May 2015 03:06 (nine years ago) link
oh man, I thought of London Calling too, but didn't think anyone would toss it for "Lover's Rock"
― frogbs, Saturday, 16 May 2015 03:23 (nine years ago) link
Astral Weeks.
― that's not my post, Saturday, 16 May 2015 06:34 (nine years ago) link
^A little light on the song count but each one got at least 3 votes. Sorry, it's too late to figure out how to link to the poll.
― that's not my post, Saturday, 16 May 2015 06:37 (nine years ago) link
Dopesmoker
Ascension
― mom, Saturday, 16 May 2015 09:24 (nine years ago) link
Poll "O" The Times
― Tuomas, Saturday, 16 May 2015 23:30 (nine years ago) link
Countdown to Ecstasy Only 8 songs, but the lowest vote for any song was 3.
― o. nate, Sunday, 17 May 2015 02:11 (nine years ago) link
Velvet Underground 3rd, White Light/White Heat and Loaded all are loaded with votes. VU & Nico misses one track ("There She Goes Again"). Paris 1919 hits every track, as does LuLu. Desertshore might do the same if it was polled.
― juggulo for the complete klvtz (bendy), Sunday, 17 May 2015 03:06 (nine years ago) link
Anyone who votes It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night off SOTT hates SOTT
― Master of Treacle, Sunday, 17 May 2015 03:43 (nine years ago) link
Hot Thing kinda robbed tho
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Sunday, 17 May 2015 03:51 (nine years ago) link
Slightly, and Housequake - 1 vote?
― Master of Treacle, Sunday, 17 May 2015 03:53 (nine years ago) link
In my "skipless albums" playlist:<i>Loveless</i><i>Discovery</i><i>Technique</i><i>The Stone Roses</i>
― Spencer Chow, Sunday, 17 May 2015 04:41 (nine years ago) link
whoops
In my "skipless albums" playlist:LovelessDiscoveryTechniqueThe Stone Roses
― Spencer Chow, Sunday, 17 May 2015 04:42 (nine years ago) link
So, of all the 'official' Velvet Underground albums, only one track missed a vote?
wow!
― Mark G, Sunday, 17 May 2015 08:28 (nine years ago) link
And it's a great track!
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Sunday, 17 May 2015 09:20 (nine years ago) link
In Utero
Stay Away was the only track that didn't get a vote on Nevermind
Doesn't look like Bleach has been polled as far as I can tell
― paolo, Sunday, 17 May 2015 09:29 (nine years ago) link
36 Chambers
― paolo, Sunday, 17 May 2015 09:31 (nine years ago) link
The Stooges, Funhouse and Raw Power get votes for every track too. "Ann" is the runt, with one vote.
― juggulo for the complete klvtz (bendy), Sunday, 17 May 2015 14:04 (nine years ago) link
feel like a Jesus Lizard album would do this
― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 17 May 2015 14:10 (nine years ago) link
There hasn't been a Black Messiah poll but I imagine the votes would be pretty evenly spread out
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Sunday, 17 May 2015 14:57 (nine years ago) link
Off the two 'big' Jesus Lizard albums, I wouldn't be overly confident for "Karpis", "Whirl", or "Perk"
― Master of Treacle, Sunday, 17 May 2015 15:10 (nine years ago) link
KAPOLL aka destroyer 'kaputt' poll
― niels, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 16:25 (nine years ago) link