Albums we could poll (or have polled) where every song would get a vote

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Was looking at the Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society poll and was kinda astounded that all 15 songs got at least one vote. That's kind of a neat combination of having an album where 1) every song is legitimately good, 2) there's no real single or standout track, and 3) it's fairly well-known. It occured to me that there can't be a whole lot of albums out there like that, especially not with so many tracks on it.

So far I've come up with these:

The Cars s/t, because half the tunes were hits, and the other half were just as good
Radiohead - Kid A, because I do think people would challopsly vote for "Treefingers" (I'm right about this too, because someone did a combo Kid A/Amnesiac poll and every song on both albums got at least one vote)
Talking Heads - Fear of Music
XTC - Black Sea

and a lot of near-misses like Thriller, because I really don't think anyone would vote for "The Girl is Mine" (I just checked and I'm wrong, "The Lady in my Life" is the one nobody voted for)

Gonna say a minimum of 9 songs here, should cover most real "song-based" LPs which is what I'm really looking for here. The more songs the better!

frogbs, Thursday, 14 May 2015 13:24 (eight years ago) link

Best track on Dummy

the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Thursday, 14 May 2015 13:27 (eight years ago) link

More than a few Dylan records, I'm guessing; certainly Highway 61 Revisited and Bringing It All Back Home.

Lots of Miles, too, but a couple of them (Jack Johnson, In A Silent Way) only have two tracks.

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 14 May 2015 13:30 (eight years ago) link

Violator!

ledge, Thursday, 14 May 2015 13:32 (eight years ago) link

oh damn, I can't believe I didn't think of that one, despite having "Enjoy the Silence" every single track on that is great. albums where every song gets 2 votes are even better though I can't imagine too many of these have more than 10 tracks on them

New Order's Substance was another one I was thinking, though I would be worried about "State of the Nation". It did qualify for the inverse of this, though:

What Is the Worst Single on New Order's Substance?

frogbs, Thursday, 14 May 2015 13:34 (eight years ago) link

'Fear of Music' strikes me as having a lot of great songs, but many low points. Never really got the point of Mind, Electric Guitar and It's A Kind of Ma... I mean, Heaven. Drugs is a bit of a slog too.

p:s nerds know (dog latin), Thursday, 14 May 2015 13:37 (eight years ago) link

So, what's the largest poll where every option got at least one?

Mark G, Thursday, 14 May 2015 13:38 (eight years ago) link

bloody hell, could have sworn Devo, Are we Not Men? .. would have qualified, but 'Too Much Paranoia' didn't get a vote !

that's outrageous.

mark e, Thursday, 14 May 2015 14:07 (eight years ago) link

I would've thought "Shrivel Up" was the one that would prevent it. Either way, I would guess that "Uncontrollable Urge", "Satistaction", "Jocko Homo", and "Gut Feeling" would take like 90% of the votes between 'em. Freedom of Choice, on the other hand seems like it sound qualify, though I don't think it's been polled yet.

frogbs, Thursday, 14 May 2015 14:13 (eight years ago) link

dog latin plz re-listen to "Mind"

sleeve, Thursday, 14 May 2015 15:09 (eight years ago) link

i've heard it a bwun of times but I'm not keen on these ploddy TH songs a whole lot.

p:s nerds know (dog latin), Thursday, 14 May 2015 15:31 (eight years ago) link

I was able to dig up these 5 with the first 20 albums that came to mind....

Doolittle

Surfer Rosa

Joshua Tree

London Calling - impressive, given the track count

Blood on the Tracks - lowest vote-count is 3; don't get much better

bodacious ignoramus, Saturday, 16 May 2015 02:56 (eight years ago) link

I can think of several jazz albums that i could site, but the form gets so little attention on ILX it seems a useless pursuit to begin the conversation.

bodacious ignoramus, Saturday, 16 May 2015 03:06 (eight years ago) link

oh man, I thought of London Calling too, but didn't think anyone would toss it for "Lover's Rock"

frogbs, Saturday, 16 May 2015 03:23 (eight years ago) link

Astral Weeks.

that's not my post, Saturday, 16 May 2015 06:34 (eight years ago) link

^A little light on the song count but each one got at least 3 votes. Sorry, it's too late to figure out how to link to the poll.

that's not my post, Saturday, 16 May 2015 06:37 (eight years ago) link

Dopesmoker

Ascension

mom, Saturday, 16 May 2015 09:24 (eight years ago) link

Poll "O" The Times

Tuomas, Saturday, 16 May 2015 23:30 (eight years ago) link

Countdown to Ecstasy Only 8 songs, but the lowest vote for any song was 3.

o. nate, Sunday, 17 May 2015 02:11 (eight years ago) link

Velvet Underground 3rd, White Light/White Heat and Loaded all are loaded with votes. VU & Nico misses one track ("There She Goes Again"). Paris 1919 hits every track, as does LuLu. Desertshore might do the same if it was polled.

juggulo for the complete klvtz (bendy), Sunday, 17 May 2015 03:06 (eight years ago) link

Anyone who votes It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night off SOTT hates SOTT

Master of Treacle, Sunday, 17 May 2015 03:43 (eight years ago) link

Hot Thing kinda robbed tho

sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Sunday, 17 May 2015 03:51 (eight years ago) link

Slightly, and Housequake - 1 vote?

Master of Treacle, Sunday, 17 May 2015 03:53 (eight years ago) link

In my "skipless albums" playlist:
<i>Loveless</i>
<i>Discovery</i>
<i>Technique</i>
<i>The Stone Roses</i>

Spencer Chow, Sunday, 17 May 2015 04:41 (eight years ago) link

whoops

In my "skipless albums" playlist:
Loveless
Discovery
Technique
The Stone Roses

Spencer Chow, Sunday, 17 May 2015 04:42 (eight years ago) link

So, of all the 'official' Velvet Underground albums, only one track missed a vote?

wow!

Mark G, Sunday, 17 May 2015 08:28 (eight years ago) link

And it's a great track!

sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Sunday, 17 May 2015 09:20 (eight years ago) link

In Utero

Stay Away was the only track that didn't get a vote on Nevermind

Doesn't look like Bleach has been polled as far as I can tell

paolo, Sunday, 17 May 2015 09:29 (eight years ago) link

36 Chambers

paolo, Sunday, 17 May 2015 09:31 (eight years ago) link

The Stooges, Funhouse and Raw Power get votes for every track too. "Ann" is the runt, with one vote.

juggulo for the complete klvtz (bendy), Sunday, 17 May 2015 14:04 (eight years ago) link

feel like a Jesus Lizard album would do this

droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 17 May 2015 14:10 (eight years ago) link

There hasn't been a Black Messiah poll but I imagine the votes would be pretty evenly spread out

thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Sunday, 17 May 2015 14:57 (eight years ago) link

Off the two 'big' Jesus Lizard albums, I wouldn't be overly confident for "Karpis", "Whirl", or "Perk"

Master of Treacle, Sunday, 17 May 2015 15:10 (eight years ago) link

three weeks pass...

KAPOLL aka destroyer 'kaputt' poll

niels, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 16:25 (eight years ago) link


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