Albums with only one bad song

That awful cover of "Born to be Wild" is a real stinker on "Electric" by The Cult. Even the band agrees - they substituted the excellent non-album track "Zap City" in its place during the "Electric 13" tour a few years ago.

 

Hunting Bears trumps all.

 

Over the years, I like Mother more and more...it's fun! But I can agree with your summation, too.

Maybe Darling Nikki on Purple Rain. Pretty meh.

 

I second that emotion!

 

Lou Reed's favourite song on it.

 

Bowie - Young Americans - the atrocious Across The Universe cover. Although given as it was basically just the bait to get Lennon into the studio, which eventually led to Fame, it was arguably a price worth paying artistically, and definitely a good career move.

ABBA - The Visitors - Two For The Price Of One. I actually really like the tight groove on the chorus, and the marching band ending makes me laugh, but it's neither up to the quality of the rest of the album, or any kind of fit in terms of mood.

As others have said, Yellow Submarine times 1000.

 

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I disagree with you and Adolph however.

 

Peter gabriel
Us - kiss that frog
Up - barry williams show

 

I love Mother, classic stuff with appropriate dirging backing music
You could drop synch 1 and 2

Mr moonlight is some of the best harmony singing they ever did
I appreciate this song more and more

Flying? What?
One of the first heavy exposure trend setting instrumental rock songs
Only beatles instrumental
Love the riff and choral chorus

 

I like the first Winger album, but I'm not a big fan of their cover of Purple Haze. I don't think it was needed.

 

Neil Young -Ragged Glory: Farmer John

"Ompa, ompa, ompa - Oha-ooh"

Can't stand it....(love the rest though)

 

"Good Eye" on Bruce Springsteen's "Working on a Dream" (2009). It's not my favorite album by Springsteen overall but this tuneless track is not much of a composition for a guy who can write actual songs. It's placed in the middle of the album/CD and I bet he did it on purpose. He is kind of trying out some other types of material on this album.

 

I don´t really agree with the premise of this thread. It´s an interesting one, but I do not consider songs "bad", but there are many songs that do not appeal to me. That doesn´t make them bad, just not my taste.

The first one I thought of is a Billy Joel song. I love the album "An Innocent Man", but I have little love for the single "Uptown Girl". I liked it when it was first released, but it´s one of those songs you quickly tire of.

I also like the Bee Gees, but I have never been able to appreciate their single "Love So Right" much. The rest of the album is so much better.

 

I'd rather keep "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" over "Wild Honey Pie", "The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill", "Piggies", "Don't Pass Me By", "Birthday" or "Honey Pie".

 

Making Movies - "Les Boys"

 

I don't think anything is bad. Some are kind of ordinary but not bad.

 

More Fool Me by Genesis from Selling England by the Pound. That's one of my 3 favorite albums ever, but I've never liked that song.

 

"Seamus" on Pink Floyd's "Meddle" LP is definitely out of place.

 

Face The Music -ELO: "Down Home Town", what a stinker on an otherwise terrific record.

 

The title track to A Saucerful Of Secrets by Pink Floyd.... Rest of the album's top notch

 

All opinion of course, but Till the Morning Come is great as far as I'm concerned.

 

Forever Changes - Bummer In The Summer
Strange Days - Horse Latitudes
More Of The Monkees - The Day We Fall In Love

 

You're right, bad is taking it too far, for me its a B+ song on an A album. The band didn't seem to care for it much either, its the only non-pigpen song on that album that didn't become a permanent part of their repertoire. (having heard a couple of the 5 or so live versions, my guess is they had a hard time singing it live.)

I posted in 'the grateful thread' about how sometimes being into the band for so long and listening to so many concerts, you can pick up the attitude that the studio stuff is for noobs, so I've been trying to get back into it with a blank slate mentality. (but that was after I posted in this thread this morning.)

 

Like it or not, I'd say a humorous song fits on Floyd's most emotionally upbeat album.

 

Counting Crows near perfect album August And Everything After were it not for Raining In Baltimore.
Not really a bad song, but doesn't meet the quality of the album.