TS: Meaty Beaty Big and Boucy vs. Singles Going Steady

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Singles that weren't all huge hits, or even hits at all, but sound like they should have been. A little rough and unformed and neurotic compared to the competition (Beatles, Stones...Pistols, Clash) but that's what makes them such cohesive albums. Orgasm Addict vs. Pictures of Lily, I Can See for Mile vs. Autonomy, Can't Explain vs. What Do I Get? I haven't pulled out either for a while, but I think I'd take Singles Going Steady

― bendy, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 01:44 (eighteen years ago)

me too.

― sleeve, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 01:50 (eighteen years ago)

Singles. I acknowledge the Who but I just don't love them.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 01:51 (eighteen years ago)

That Cheap Trick thread reminds me that they really deserved a 14-tracks-from-the-peak comp like these. So did Husker Du.

― bendy, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 01:55 (eighteen years ago)

Tie!

― Tim Ellison, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 01:55 (eighteen years ago)

Oh wait, I thought you were talking about Singles, 45s and Under!

In this case, I vote for the Who.

― Tim Ellison, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 01:59 (eighteen years ago)

gaw, ~~boucy~~.

― bendy, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 02:12 (eighteen years ago)

Man, who can choose?! Those are both among my Top 5 single-disc comps of the vinyl era. I think they're both practically flawless and bookend the '70s quite nicely. I'll take the 'cocks because I love the logic and symmetry of eight single A & B sides arranged chronologically, as compared to MBB&B's jumble of singles and album tracks sequenced in no particular order. (But that's today;: tomorrow I may decide I need a respite from incessant loudfast guitars and would welcome a silly ditty about spiders and magic buses.)

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 15:14 (eighteen years ago)

Um, the Who singles were hits.

― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 15:25 (eighteen years ago)

They weren't all singles were they? Were "Boris the Spider" and "Legal Matter" singles?

― Tom D., Wednesday, 14 March 2007 15:27 (eighteen years ago)

Yes, unofficial ones.

― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 15:28 (eighteen years ago)

The difference is that The Who LP misses out quite a few singles

― Tom D., Wednesday, 14 March 2007 15:32 (eighteen years ago)

Several are also re-recordings.

― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 15:37 (eighteen years ago)

The difference is that the Who LP has "Can't Explain." Perfect power-chord power pop ftw.

― rogermexico., Wednesday, 14 March 2007 20:52 (eighteen years ago)

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