Do you have a favorite song from a band's worst album?

[The Polack MSgt]

Not interested in the least shitty song on shitty albums. Rather I'm looking for good songs on shit albums...

Like this one,
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Final Frontier was arguably the worst Iron Maiden record - Although, IMHO, it isn't.

BTW, Virtual XI isn't either, it missed badly but went down punching.

So, despite the universal hatred of XI, I think the X Factor was the worst. The album sounded sad, disinterested, bloated, and tired. Also, It has no candidates for this list = Worst Maiden album. It's science

I love a couple songs from the Doobie Brothers "Minute by Minute", But figuring out which one was best forced me to listen to the whole record (Because my memory is untrustworthy) just reinforced my low opinion. Worst DB record.

BUT, there are two great songs here that aren't over produced dreck or weren't beaten to death by FM radio

This one calls back to the old Doobies, but still sat in the groove this record was trying to establish.
The track honestly should have been a single... But if it'd been a hit, and it easily could've been, I'd probably hate it now

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If you know me, you just nodding to yourself right about now. Even if you don't know the cut, if you know me here in DU MA you'll get it 1-5 seconds into the record

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Just kidding, - that song is cool for a minute then it gets very repetitive. Bluegrass songs need to nimbly string together strong takes on the melody to maintain momentum.
That one does not, and that's embarrassing coming from the band who released "Black Watter" just a few years earlier.

I mean this one

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Anyway - Got any hidden gems on albums you would never recommend?

[highplainsdem]

1. I love Golden Earring's cover of the Beach Boys' Sail On, Sailor. It's on an album consisting entirely

of covers, Love Sweat, that was never released in the US. I never gave any of the other covers a second listen, but was hooked by this one right away. And prefer it to the Beach Boys original, even though that's one of my favorite Beach Boys songs.

[Silent Type]

2. I should be able to name few just remembering how many times I jumped up to move needle

on some albums. Multiple CD decks that were programmable, were the chit back then.

[Figarosmom]

3. I know there are going to be disagreements

But

The Who - Who Are You

Really liked the title song but the rest was just stale and tired- shitty.

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Could only find shuffled full album

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[AZJonnie]

4. I like John's song 905, it's got some solid hooks

But yeah overall really not a great album.

[Figarosmom]

5. Sometimes i would try to make it through

Trick of the Light

[The Polack MSgt]

7. Eminence Front is kind of the same - It's Hard was an awful album too. Definitely fits the conversation

So, here's it is

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[Figarosmom]

8. Yes

[AZJonnie]

6. Shoot, I'll give you one each from two albums in a row, arguably their two worst records

But these 2 songs rock

This album is terrible (not sure it's his worst album cause I never heard anything after this one), but this one is old school Billy, worthy of his first 3 classic albums:

Far and away (in my book) the best song on this clunker (though I sometimes dig The Sad Cafe):

Another killer song on a dud album:

Same idea:

[electricmonk]

9. This Is England

From Cut the Crap by the Clash. The electric drum sound really dates it but overall pretty much the only listenable song on the album that I can remember. I don't think I've played the album all the way through since 1985 but every now and then I'll still pull This Is England up.

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