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Originally posted by Steve Wyzard Steve Wyzard wrote:

Genesis: The Lamb lies down on Broadway - Offending song = "The Waiting Room"

Just a comment on this one to illustrate the large degree of subjectivity in all these considerations:
I find about half of the album being a big step towards Pop Rock but this song, even surely something new for Genesis, exiting and further development of the band's serious Prog. - While, as I see it, about half of the album is bad.


Edited by David_D - December 05 2021 at 05:52
                      quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
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Porcupine Tree Deadwing is my favorite PT album, but Shallow.... no thanks (the song isn't that bad, but the way it was composed was really poor imo)
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I like Camel's I Can See Your House from Here album, but "Remote Romance" gives me the hump. Confused
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For me, the biggest example of "a good album with one bad song" that comes immediately to my mind is Pascal Languirand's "Minos."

"Dans le Vent..." should never have been put on that record.


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Originally posted by tdfloyd tdfloyd wrote:

Gonna catch some heat for this but "A Pillow of Winds" on Pink Floyd's Meddle.  Most are going to pick Seamus.  It's a fun song.  I even named my dog Seamus! 

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Gonna catch some heat for this but "A Pillow of Winds" on Pink Floyd's Meddle.  Most are going to pick Seamus.  It's a fun song.  I even named my dog Seamus! 
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Another on. This only a decent album, not an excellent album though. 

Breathless by Camel - You Make Me Smile

It sounds like something that would come from their next album. I wish Ice was on Breathless and You Make Me Smile was on ICSYHFH.
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Originally posted by Dr. Nakano Dr. Nakano wrote:

"A Trick of the Tail" (Genesis) for me - could never stand the song "Robbery, Assault and Battery" on what is an otherwise excellent album.
I agree that "Robbery, Assault, and Battery" is the weakest song on ATotT, but it doesn't ruin the album and it's still worth listening to for Tony's solo.
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Originally posted by ethanm2000 ethanm2000 wrote:

This hot dog slander will not stand, that song is awesome.

I would have greatly preferred "Ozone Baby" (which later appeared on the Coda album) to be between "Fool in the Rain" and "Carouselambra".
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Originally posted by SuperMetro SuperMetro wrote:

You can say that again with "Love to Love You" 

While In The Land of Grey and Pink by Caravan is not my favorite prog record, it is still fantastic with my favorite track being either the side long suite or Winter Wine. All the tracks are good though except for Love to Love You, I do not like it.  

So my good album with a bad song would be maybe Providence by King Crimson on the album Red. The song following it is awesome though. 

I didn't know what to make of Providence for a long time. I knew I liked it better than the long instrumental passage of Moonchild, but it still didn't really click with me for ages. Eventually once my regard for the album as a whole rose substantially (it wasn't an immediate click despite now being my favorite Crimson album) I came to appreciate it more, and now that I'm listening to a lot of their live stuff I really do enjoy it a lot. I don't think it's fair to call it bad, just very different. Perhaps even out of place, but I can't think of another way to precede Starless which would set the right tone for my mind to be blown.
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Originally posted by Sacro_Porgo Sacro_Porgo wrote:

Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Plenty of classics that have more than one bad song to my ears (ELP, Queen, etc...) , so I'll just name

My obvious ones:

Grey & Pink: Love to Love You
Selling England: More Puke Me (to a lesser extent: FYFM from ATTWT - which is just an ok album)
Rainbow Rising : Do You Close Your Ears? (Rainbow Eyes is also a misfit on LLRnR)
Kid A : Idiotheque
Even In The Quietest Moments: Give A Little Bit
Meddle: Seamus (though San Tropez is also a bit of a clunker)
W&W: Your own special way
APP: The hare


BTW: Babaji , RA&B & Waiting Room are great. ClapStar

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The only one I agree with you on is Seamus.

Yeah, good pick, however a non-pick if they had placed the Seamus track from Live at Pompeii on the Album. Unfortunately they would have needed a time machine. Hindsight as they say. 
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Sean also hates More Fool Me so much that he goes as far as to call it More Puke Me. 
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You can say that again with "Love to Love You" 

While In The Land of Grey and Pink by Caravan is not my favorite prog record, it is still fantastic with my favorite track being either the side long suite or Winter Wine. All the tracks are good though except for Love to Love You, I do not like it.  

So my good album with a bad song would be maybe Providence by King Crimson on the album Red. The song following it is awesome though. 
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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Plenty of classics that have more than one bad song to my ears (ELP, Queen, etc...) , so I'll just name

My obvious ones:

Grey & Pink: Love to Love You
Selling England: More Puke Me (to a lesser extent: FYFM from ATTWT - which is just an ok album)
Rainbow Rising : Do You Close Your Ears? (Rainbow Eyes is also a misfit on LLRnR)
Kid A : Idiotheque
Even In The Quietest Moments: Give A Little Bit
Meddle: Seamus (though San Tropez is also a bit of a clunker)
W&W: Your own special way
APP: The hare


BTW: Babaji , RA&B & Waiting Room are great. ClapStar

I never understood why Maxwell, OG and Obla Di get soo much abuse. Confused



The only one I agree with you on is Seamus.
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Originally posted by tempest_77 tempest_77 wrote:

Strawbs, Grave New World. "Ah Me, Ah My" is an awful f***ing song.

I will meet you at dawn to have a duel for the honour of this song. Pistols or swords. Your choice.
There are NO bad songs on Grave New World.
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Plenty of classics that have more than one bad song to my ears (ELP, Queen, etc...) , so I'll just name

My obvious ones:

Grey & Pink: Love to Love You
Selling England: More Puke Me (to a lesser extent: FYFM from ATTWT - which is just an ok album)
Rainbow Rising : Do You Close Your Ears? (Rainbow Eyes is also a misfit on LLRnR)
Kid A : Idiotheque
Even In The Quietest Moments: Give A Little Bit
Meddle: Seamus (though San Tropez is also a bit of a clunker)
W&W: Your own special way
APP: The hare


BTW: Babaji , RA&B & Waiting Room are great. ClapStar

I never understood why Maxwell, OG and Obla Di get soo much abuse. Confused




Edited by Sean Trane - August 18 2021 at 03:01
let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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This hot dog slander will not stand, that song is awesome.
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"A Trick of the Tail" (Genesis) for me - could never stand the song "Robbery, Assault and Battery" on what is an otherwise excellent album.
I've always been so drawn to Tokyo...
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Originally posted by The Anders The Anders wrote:

I like Body Language. There's something a bit dark about it which fascinates me. One just has to accept that it is not the usual "rock-Queen".

I don't hate it. Is it my least favorite on Hot Space? Probably just about. Calling All Girls could take that spot for not being all that interesting, but it's a pretty nicely written little pop tune. Overall I think Get Down, Make Love is a more well conceived Freddie sex song... I may like My Baby Does Me better as well. But! I don't hate Body Language. I'll listen to it willingly.
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Originally posted by cstack3 cstack3 wrote:

I'm quite a fan of the Genesis LP "And Then There Were Three," but I never particularly cared for the track "Say It's Alright Joe."  That would be my contribution to this thread.  Be well, everyone! 

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