Only post the title-track.
Inspired by this mighty, mighty piece of work: http://shrubbies.bandcamp.com/track/memphis-in-texas
― veneer timber (imago), Sunday, 24 November 2013 22:12 (eleven years ago)
Street HassleAutobahn
― Deafening silence (DL), Sunday, 24 November 2013 22:13 (eleven years ago)
Ascension
there should probably be a rule precluding side-long or album-long tracks.
― fit and working again, Sunday, 24 November 2013 22:53 (eleven years ago)
Surprised this has been up for over and hour and nobody's suggested Marquee Moon
― veneer timber (imago), Sunday, 24 November 2013 23:37 (eleven years ago)
we waited for you to suggest it
― nostormo, Sunday, 24 November 2013 23:37 (eleven years ago)
Station To Station
― fashionably early Christmas themed display name (snoball), Sunday, 24 November 2013 23:38 (eleven years ago)
though i don't really see Marquee Moon as dominating the record myself
― nostormo, Sunday, 24 November 2013 23:41 (eleven years ago)
Heroes
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 24 November 2013 23:43 (eleven years ago)
My Generation/The Who Sings My Generation. (Although I prefer "The Kids Are Alright" myself...probably hard to find many definitive examples.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 24 November 2013 23:44 (eleven years ago)
The Mercy Seat
― nostormo, Sunday, 24 November 2013 23:45 (eleven years ago)
Anyway, more links please!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrKi8mPR494
― veneer timber (imago), Sunday, 24 November 2013 23:45 (eleven years ago)
only it's Tender Prey lol
― nostormo, Sunday, 24 November 2013 23:46 (eleven years ago)
Who Are You
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 24 November 2013 23:46 (eleven years ago)
The Magic City
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 24 November 2013 23:47 (eleven years ago)
Aja
Future Days
― nostormo, Sunday, 24 November 2013 23:48 (eleven years ago)
Kick Out The Jams
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 24 November 2013 23:50 (eleven years ago)
I mean, regarding the dälek, if you begin an album with a 10+ minute earth-whelming title-track the rest of your album has a helluva job. Which is why Through Silver In Blood is for me one of the greatest albums ever made - by the end you've almost forgotten that's how it began
― veneer timber (imago), Sunday, 24 November 2013 23:51 (eleven years ago)
A Quick One
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 25 November 2013 00:25 (eleven years ago)
Tonight's the Night
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 25 November 2013 00:28 (eleven years ago)
thick as a brick
― mookieproof, Monday, 25 November 2013 00:29 (eleven years ago)
haha so wrong
Maybe Gaucho though
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Monday, 25 November 2013 00:30 (eleven years ago)
Hotel California
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 25 November 2013 00:31 (eleven years ago)
Frank Sinatra - My Way
― Lee626, Monday, 25 November 2013 00:32 (eleven years ago)
Blank Generation
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 25 November 2013 00:33 (eleven years ago)
Frank Sinatra - My Way― Lee626, Sunday, November 24, 2013 7:32 PM
title-tracks only!
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 25 November 2013 00:34 (eleven years ago)
that is a title track....
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/34/SinatraMyWay.jpg/220px-SinatraMyWay.jpg
― Lee626, Monday, 25 November 2013 00:41 (eleven years ago)
Lotta Bowie fits the bill, come to think of it.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 25 November 2013 00:45 (eleven years ago)
Deep Purple: "Burn"
― Maintenance Engineer of Foolhardiness (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 25 November 2013 00:51 (eleven years ago)
Lust for Life
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 25 November 2013 00:51 (eleven years ago)
http://londonjazzcollector.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/atl5022-coltrane-favourite-things-front-1600.jpg
Yeah, right, so is this!
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 25 November 2013 00:53 (eleven years ago)
Help!
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 25 November 2013 00:59 (eleven years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urGHap53sgA
This immediately came to mind.
― arctic mindbath (President of the People's Republic of Antarctica), Monday, 25 November 2013 01:01 (eleven years ago)
Sorry for the big pic, unintentional!
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 25 November 2013 01:01 (eleven years ago)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31AJC5MM7KL.jpg
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 25 November 2013 01:02 (eleven years ago)
http://www.soundstagedirect.com/media/richard_and_linda_thompson_shoot_out_the_lights.jpg
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 25 November 2013 01:03 (eleven years ago)
not that one.
― Lee626, Monday, 25 November 2013 01:07 (eleven years ago)
Traffic - Low Spark Of The High Heeled Boys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRe42BDK_R4
― ☞ (brimstead), Monday, 25 November 2013 01:11 (eleven years ago)
gah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRe42BDK_R4
― ☞ (brimstead), Monday, 25 November 2013 01:14 (eleven years ago)
2112
― mookieproof, Monday, 25 November 2013 01:14 (eleven years ago)
I think 2112 or Street Hassle may be the winner. But let's not forget this one from Van...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1FQgTJE2CM
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 25 November 2013 01:19 (eleven years ago)
http://991.com/newgallery/Tommy-Roe-Dizzy-547939.jpg
(Point being, if you open this up to pop albums + filler, madness.)
― clemenza, Monday, 25 November 2013 01:24 (eleven years ago)
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, November 24, 2013 6:47 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
wat
― my whole family is catholic so look at the pickle i'm in (zachlyon), Monday, 25 November 2013 02:08 (eleven years ago)
Here come the warm jets
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Monday, 25 November 2013 02:10 (eleven years ago)
"Diamonds and Pearls"
― goodoldneon, Monday, 25 November 2013 02:20 (eleven years ago)
School's Out
― henry s, Monday, 25 November 2013 03:06 (eleven years ago)
Shotgun Willie.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 25 November 2013 03:16 (eleven years ago)
― my whole family is catholic so look at the pickle i'm in (zachlyon), Monday, 25 November 2013 03:47 (eleven years ago)
Arcade Fire- 'Reflektor'
― late adopter, Monday, 25 November 2013 03:52 (eleven years ago)
Plan B- 'Ill Manors'
― late adopter, Monday, 25 November 2013 03:53 (eleven years ago)
a night in tunisia - art blakey and the jazz messengers
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Monday, 25 November 2013 07:41 (eleven years ago)
the drill by wire
― sleepingsignal, Monday, 25 November 2013 07:56 (eleven years ago)
is this like "albums where the best song is the title track?"
― nostormo, Monday, 25 November 2013 08:15 (eleven years ago)
Beefheart - Lick My Decals
― nostormo, Monday, 25 November 2013 08:21 (eleven years ago)
Atom Heart Mother
― octobeard, Monday, 25 November 2013 08:53 (eleven years ago)
Chris Rea, 'The Road To Hell'
― fashionably early Christmas themed display name (snoball), Monday, 25 November 2013 08:57 (eleven years ago)
Ummmmmm, like, NO!!!!!!!!!
― Thomas K Amphong (Tom D.), Monday, 25 November 2013 10:29 (eleven years ago)
What's the premise here, really? Is is "completely dominate" in the sense "this song is so much better than any other on this album", or "this song, by its quality, form (lenght, for example), lyrics, subject matter, performance etc. structures the album, and is imperative to the listener's experience of the album as a whole" (or something like that)? If the latter, in my opinion more interesting, issue is the intention of the thread, maybe people could expand on their choices?
― Mule, Monday, 25 November 2013 10:47 (eleven years ago)
I was posting under the assumption that "dominate" meant "by far the longest, therefore more likely to take up most of your attention/consideration."
― Arctic Mindbath, Monday, 25 November 2013 10:54 (eleven years ago)
I agree the length will probably be crucial in most cases, but not all songs on here are long, so it should be possible to argue on points other than length, right?
'Blank Generation', mentioned upthread, is a good example in my opinion, as it, besides being fucking awesome (Quine!), sums up the general feel of the album. It's such a call to arms. The lyrics are great, too.
― Mule, Monday, 25 November 2013 11:17 (eleven years ago)
Raising Hell
― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 25 November 2013 12:46 (eleven years ago)
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Monday, November 25, 2013 2:10 AM (10 hours ago)
Whaaaa? Absolutely not. For one thing, there's loads of awesome stuff on this record, and for another, the title track really works best when taken as a piece of the full record.
― emil.y, Monday, 25 November 2013 12:56 (eleven years ago)
x-post, yeah I don't agree with that either. I mean, just in terms of single tunes that are awesome, what about 'Baby's on Fire'? But, hey, this is a pretty subjective exercise anyways, so...
― Mule, Monday, 25 November 2013 13:00 (eleven years ago)
I don't really agree with it either!
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Monday, 25 November 2013 13:06 (eleven years ago)
American Pie
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Monday, 25 November 2013 14:24 (eleven years ago)
The Great Pretender by Lester Bowie.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Monday, 25 November 2013 14:29 (eleven years ago)
For Those About To Rock We Salute You.
Holy shit is this OTM. This is the dictionary definition of a title track that absolutely dominates an album.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 25 November 2013 14:36 (eleven years ago)
Close to the Edge (although Siberian Khatru may be better, CTE is twice as long and therefore quantitatively dominates)
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Monday, 25 November 2013 15:11 (eleven years ago)
― fit and working again, Sunday, 24 November 2013 22:53 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― veneer timber (imago), Monday, 25 November 2013 15:12 (eleven years ago)
Nostormo did just that by voting for "Future Days" instead of "Bel Air"!
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 25 November 2013 23:03 (eleven years ago)
does ascension count? on ascension there is nothing but ascension so in that sense it is the album where the title track dominates 100%. the only question is do you prefer edition I or edition II?
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Monday, 25 November 2013 23:34 (eleven years ago)
what's so surprising? lots of people don't like Bel Air (or like it less) and also:
Can - Future Days POLLLLLLLLLL
xpost
― nostormo, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 00:00 (eleven years ago)
Destroyer's Rubies
technically doesn't count of course but best example that comes to mind atm
― i have sounded the very dub step of humility (anonanon), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 01:48 (eleven years ago)
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4074/4943466482_f3227a9bb9_z.jpg
― i like the jabberwock and it likes me (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 01:49 (eleven years ago)
you fail me
― i have sounded the very dub step of humility (anonanon), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 02:43 (eleven years ago)
London Calling
― cock chirea, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 03:08 (eleven years ago)
Born in the U.S.A.
no
and no
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 03:10 (eleven years ago)
yes and yes
fuck you
― cock chirea, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 03:12 (eleven years ago)
Kind of blueA love supremeTubular bells
― pplains, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 03:15 (eleven years ago)
Emotional rescueBorn to runBand on the run
― pplains, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 03:18 (eleven years ago)
wack chirea morelike
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 03:18 (eleven years ago)
mookie otm and otm sry
― my whole family is catholic so look at the pickle i'm in (zachlyon), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 03:19 (eleven years ago)
born to run does not completely dominate cmon pp
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 03:19 (eleven years ago)
Van halen iiHouses of the holyThe white album
― pplains, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 03:20 (eleven years ago)
go razorbacks
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 03:21 (eleven years ago)
Farewell AldebaranParallelograms
― cock chirea, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 03:21 (eleven years ago)
Half joking about born to run — I know it's the only song from that album played on your average classic rock station.
― pplains, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 03:24 (eleven years ago)
I'm in New Jersey, so our average classic rock stations are a little biased, but you can regularly hear probably 6 out of the 8 songs on BTR 'round these parts.
Thunder RoadTenth Avenue Freeze-OutBackstreetsBorn to RunShe's the OneJungleland
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 04:30 (eleven years ago)
Ladies and Gentlemen We're Floating in Space
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 04:43 (eleven years ago)
Yeah, the song "Kind of Blue" totally dominates Kind of Blue.
That's what I'd be saying if there was a song called "Kind of Blue."
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 05:14 (eleven years ago)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/64/ABBA_-_Waterloo_%28Original_Polar_LP%29.jpg
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 05:43 (eleven years ago)
Turn! Turn! Turn! Hounds Of LovePink Moon
― Oblique Strategies, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 05:54 (eleven years ago)
X -- Los Angeles
i mean its a great album, but that track runs away with it.
not sure if Repeater qualifies but its a maybe.
― lollercoaster of rove (s.clover), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 07:19 (eleven years ago)
Was going to say Hounds of Love, but Running Up That Hill is a pretty massive song.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 12:41 (eleven years ago)
So is 'Cloudbusting'!
― Mule, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 12:57 (eleven years ago)
"pink moon" doesn't dominate the last nick drake studio album at all. my fave from that album has always been "road" but there are many other intense songs like e.g. "place to be", "know" and especially "things behind the sun".
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 14:45 (eleven years ago)
Not with "Moonshake" on the same album
― Thomas K Amphong (Tom D.), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 15:44 (eleven years ago)
― MarkoP, Tuesday, November 26, 2013 5:43 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Disagree strongly with this. I Think I'm In Love and Broken Heart dominate this record in most discussion I've seen of it. And Cop Shoot Cop does to me, probably.
― I can still taste the Taboo in my mouth when I hear those songs (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 15:53 (eleven years ago)
sail away - not the song that ever got radio play, and not necessarily the "best" song on the album either. but it so completely dominates discussion of the album to the point that it influences how the entire album is heard and absorbed.
the rising - the title song is barack obama and the rest of the album is john mccain.
ace of spades - yes i am aware there are other fantastic songs on this album. but still.
― i play too fast (which is the sign of an amateur) (fact checking cuz), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 19:49 (eleven years ago)