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3: To the Power of Three - Desde la Vida. Rest of the album is pretty much forgettable. Like the band.

Genesis: We Can't Dance - Driving the Last Spike. I don't think Fading Lights is particularly good. The rest of the album is s#%t.

GTR: The two solo tracks, Sketches in the Sun and Hackett to Bits are pretty good. The rest of the album has not aged well at all. To be honest, it was not that good to begin with.

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This was harder than I thought at first, as it required me to remember some music I really don't ever want to hear again! Here are the only decent songs on some albums I really don't like:

Moody Blues - Octave: "Had to Fall in Love".
Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte: "Star of Sirius"
John Wetton - Arkangel: "Emma"
Styx - Crystal Ball: "This Old Man"
E.L.P. - Tarkus: "Tarkus"
Tony Banks - Still: "Still it takes me by surprise"
Led Zeppelin - Coda: "Ozone Baby"
Led Zeppelin - debut: "Black Mountain Side"
Marillion - Fugazi: "Assassing"
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Camel - Stationery Traveller ''Cloak and Dagger Man''. Purchased it on the basis of that track but can't listen to the rest it's so dull.
Emerson, Lake and Powell - s/t ''Mars, The Bringer of War'' The rest is so entirely pointless it beggars belief that 3 such talented guys could put out this nonsense.
Greg Lake -s/t ''It Hurts'' Classic AOR ballad with a fantastic Gary Moore solo. The rest is desperately uninspiring inc Nuclear Attack which was written by Moore and done better by him as a solo artist.
Tangerine Dream - Melrose ''Three Bikes In The sky'' . Horrible plastic synth album but the guitar duelling on this track is just splendid.
Kate Bush - The Red Shoes '' Moments Of Pleasure''. Pretty dull stuff from KB but there is one gem at least.
Genesis - Trespass ''The Knife'' . If I hide this one near the bottom no one will notice! I don't hate the album but it never gets off the ground until that last track. They were still playing it as an encore 10 years later and long after they had stopped playing anything else from the album.
The Beatles - Revolver ''Tomorrow Never Knows'' I know I'm on dodgy ground with this one but the last track is so ground breaking that it makes the rest seem like total filler.
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

King Crimson's Red album and the classic song "Starless", which saves the album from being a 2-star dud.

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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

 
The Beatles - Revolver ''Tomorrow Never Knows'' I know I'm on dodgy ground with this one but the last track is so ground breaking that it makes the rest seem like total filler.
In 1966 the rest of the album was still fresh and even quite groundbreaking, and for me personally it has aged very well, but I agree on TNK as outstanding track. 
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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

 
The Beatles - Revolver ''Tomorrow Never Knows'' I know I'm on dodgy ground with this one but the last track is so ground breaking that it makes the rest seem like total filler.
In 1966 the rest of the album was still fresh and even quite groundbreaking, and for me personally it has aged very well, but I agree on TNK as outstanding track. 

I prefer Rubber Soul personally. Revolver feels a bit stuck in the middle.
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By the way look no further than at my avatar image. This is the cover of Holger Czukay's "Der Osten ist rot" album, which has the truly out of this world track "Traeum mal wieder" but is otherwise an uneven collection of bits and pieces that wasn't intended to and can't be taken very seriously (I don't really dislike it but rank it quite low overall in Holger's catalogue, even though the cover is better than many of his other ones Wink). 

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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

 
The Beatles - Revolver ''Tomorrow Never Knows'' I know I'm on dodgy ground with this one but the last track is so ground breaking that it makes the rest seem like total filler.

In 1966 the rest of the album was still fresh and even quite groundbreaking, and for me personally it has aged very well, but I agree on TNK as outstanding track. 


I prefer Rubber Soul personally. Revolver feels a bit stuck in the middle.


Richardh,

If you are on dodgy ground with Revolver, I probably would be labeled a heretic in that with the Beatles, I am quite ambivalent. Pretty much anything I like by the Beatles can be found on two albums, Abbey Road and Sgt. Pepper's. I respect them and acknowledge their influence. But, I much prefer Paul McCartney and Wings.
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I hope no one gets offended by this; 'V' by Spock's Beard seems like a soporific album to me, but Thoughts (Part II) is outstanding
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King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black - The Night Watch
Rush - Roll the Bones - Where's My Thing?
Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans - The Ancient


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Hi,

Can't really say that there is an album in my collection that I got for one piece, and not the whole work ... people are people, and sometimes, it feels like we're judging the cover by the green underwear! Or mauve!

It's about the totality of the work, that the artist put together, not one piece outside of the rest of the wardrobe, I never thought! 

It's just strange to see that kind of discussion all around ... again, as I stated before, it's not about the art of it all ... it's about everyone's taste instead ... we don't respect the artists.

Gee, why don't you all post Prufrock and the Wasteland, for its beauty and also massive amounts of letters and words wasted, that supposedly make it a better, and more flowing piece! Obviously, none of the albums listed here make the idea possible because of one piece!


Edited by moshkito - March 16 2024 at 08:04
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Starless - the only song I like from King Crimson's Red album.



Edited by Psychedelic Paul - March 16 2024 at 09:18
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Cendre off of You Know Faust
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This is harder than I thought lol

I'll go with Porcupine Tree - Radioactive Toy from their first album, because it's the only really great track from it, although others are enjoyable (but most is kinda ridiculous lol). Maybe also Pineapple Thief - Variations on a Dream, which Part Zero is easily the standout track there as well.

As for Genesis, Rush, Pink Floyd, etc, can't really think of a single album that has one track a lot better than the rest of the album.
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The one that comes to mind straight away is Triumph's first, with "Blinding Light Show" being a great track.
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Yes: Open Your Eyes... the title track is a bit of fun, the rest is dross.

I'll be honest, it's not a concept I really come across with proper prog. Back in the day, I remember feeling this way about a number of weak AOR albums, where the opening or title track will have stood out above the mediocre rest... but it's too far back for me to dig through my memory banks and frankly would be irrelevant for this forum. 
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Always thought Subterranea wasn't great (an album I need to re-visit), but Tunnel Vision was fantastic 
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I love Pink Floyd's song High Hopes off their album The Division Bell, whose rest brought yawny tears to my eyes.
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Sticking with The Floyd, The Final Cut is an atrocity, however, Not Now John is a fun number, that's a good one. 
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IQ - Subterranea is a very dull album, but Sleepless Incidental is a great track
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