Songs that ruined otherwise perfect albums

"Money" on Dark Side of the Moon, "Wish You Were Here" on Wish You Were Here, the 3 Pigs on Animals, Sylvia on Moving Waves, Get 'em Out by Friday on Foxtrot, . . . . I could go on and on and on

BrufordFreak wrote: "Money" on Dark Side of the Moon, "Wish You Were Here" on Wish You Were Here, the 3 Pigs on Animals, Sylvia on Moving Waves, Get 'em Out by Friday on Foxtrot, . . . . I could go on and on and on

PabstRibbon wrote: timothy leary wrote: Harmonium...Si On Avait Besoin D'Une Cinquième Saison.......Dixie I think that Dixie really belong to the album. It really represent summer with it's happy feel and awesome lyrics

Totally agreed, i adore this happy song, great 3 minutes.

"Hope for the Future" on "This Strange Engine" ( Marillion )
even worse to me is "Born to run" on "Radiation" but "Radiation" is not such a great album...
well, I always loved the yellow "Genesis"-Album apart from "Illegal Alien" which was supposed to be fun
but I just can't get into it...
and I always thought of "Still in Love" to be far too poor for Supertramp's "Brother were you bound"
( even like "Ever open door" but not that one, please ).

having said that, those songs could not really "ruin" the albums but I'd sure prefer them without !

progfannick1991 wrote: I was having a discussion with a friend who's working on a progressive rock based online show about albums that are perfect except for that one song that you can't listen to, and I was wondering what your opinions were as to which songs these are. A perfect example I would say is "Moonchild" from Court of the Crimson King. The other 4 songs on that album are damn near flawless, but "Moonchild" bores me to absolutely no end.  My friend and I were curious as to what other examples you guys may have to offer.

"Moonchild" is the worst example you could choose; I will repeat what I posted about that song in another thread:

"There is one thing I would like to say about Moonchild: Some people claim that the instrumental part of it is just pointless noodling. Those people have not been really listening; it is anything but that. The instrumental part mirrors the lyrics; each line of them can be found in it. Granted that the instrumental means used for this are unusual, and it is your good right not to like them, but it is anything but pointless, and it is certainly not noodling. You hear the Moonchild play,hide and seek, you hear her dropping stones, you hear the appearance of the sunchild, and so on. So unusual musical means: Yes. Pointless noodling: No."

Edited by BaldFriede - March 03 2012 at 15:40

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Tapfret wrote: PFM's L' Isola di Niente was mucked up by Is My Face On Straight. For one thing the English vocals sound forced and awkward. The theme itself is trite. Gentle Giant's The Power and the Glory was pretty much perfect to me until the CD re-issues that included the title track The Power and the Glory. Fortunately it is at the end and its easy to just stop the album before it comes on. The song is completely out of place, poppy and lacking character. it is easy to see why they left it out of the original release.

The English vocals are awkward but it was supposed to be a goofy song. 

As far as item number two, I like it a bonus track, totally wouldn't have fit in the album.

BaldFriede wrote: progfannick1991 wrote: I was having a discussion with a friend who's working on a progressive rock based online show about albums that are perfect except for that one song that you can't listen to, and I was wondering what your opinions were as to which songs these are. A perfect example I would say is "Moonchild" from Court of the Crimson King. The other 4 songs on that album are damn near flawless, but "Moonchild" bores me to absolutely no end.  My friend and I were curious as to what other examples you guys may have to offer.  "Moonchild" is the worst example you could choose; I will repeat what I posted about that song in another thread: "There is one thing I would like to say about Moonchild: Some people claim that the instrumental part of it is just pointless noodling. Those people have not been really listening; it is anything but that. The instrumental part mirrors the lyrics; each line of them can be found in it. Granted that the instrumental means used for this are unusual, and it is your good right not to like them, but it is anything but pointless, and it is certainly not noodling. You hear the Moonchild play,hide and seek, you hear her dropping stones, you hear the appearance of the sunchild, and so on. So unusual musical means: Yes. Pointless noodling: No."

BaldFriede wrote: progfannick1991 wrote: I was having a discussion with a friend who's working on a progressive rock based online show about albums that are perfect except for that one song that you can't listen to, and I was wondering what your opinions were as to which songs these are. A perfect example I would say is "Moonchild" from Court of the Crimson King. The other 4 songs on that album are damn near flawless, but "Moonchild" bores me to absolutely no end.  My friend and I were curious as to what other examples you guys may have to offer.  "Moonchild" is the worst example you could choose; I will repeat what I posted about that song in another thread: "There is one thing I would like to say about Moonchild: Some people claim that the instrumental part of it is just pointless noodling. Those people have not been really listening; it is anything but that. The instrumental part mirrors the lyrics; each line of them can be found in it. Granted that the instrumental means used for this are unusual, and it is your good right not to like them, but it is anything but pointless, and it is certainly not noodling. You hear the Moonchild play,hide and seek, you hear her dropping stones, you hear the appearance of the sunchild, and so on. So unusual musical means: Yes. Pointless noodling: No."

I never realized that. Thanks for pointing out. Now I like the song even more

21st Century Schizoid Man.  Forget about Moonchild.