No really, wait...
See, this seems to have been a thing: Band issues album, lead singer is the (possibly one) girl in the band, she may or may not write the words, music, play instruments, but she is the focal point, pretty much.
And yet, there's that one song on the album sung by one of the guys.
That's Both albums by Chvrches, and the Wolf Alice one too.
And of course, not forgetting.....
― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 09:03 (eight years ago) link
Lightning Dust - Infinite Light
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 09:28 (eight years ago) link
Earth and Fire - s/t ( i think)
― nostormo, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 09:43 (eight years ago) link
many or even most records by men have single dude songs on them or are entirely single dude songs
― doing my Objectives, handling some intense stuff (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 09:45 (eight years ago) link
I meant single as in "only one song on the album"
― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 11:32 (eight years ago) link
Phew, parody threads are a minefield.
― Fields of Fat Henry (Tom D.), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 11:40 (eight years ago) link
Well, I admit I based the title on that other one, but it was something that I thought about a couple of days ago.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 11:43 (eight years ago) link
Desperate Straights by Slapp Happy/Henry Cow
― soref, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 11:53 (eight years ago) link
Oh FFS I was going to say Slapp Happy. That was the only one I could think of, too.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 14:02 (eight years ago) link
Scatterbrain - Here Comes TroubleAerosmith - Permanent VacationSteely Dan - Pretzel LogicGood Burger: Music From the Original Motion Picture (maybe)
― how's life, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 14:21 (eight years ago) link
eternal summers have a few albums that do this i think
― dynamicinterface, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 14:36 (eight years ago) link
rilo kiley used to do this
― playlists of pensive swift (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 14:38 (eight years ago) link
I'm not sure if there is an example where they limit it to just one song, but Deerhoof comes to mind
― too young for seapunk (Moodles), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 14:40 (eight years ago) link
the new metric
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 15:01 (eight years ago) link
Abba - Abba ("Rock Me") and Abba - Voulez Vous ("Does Your Mother Know")
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 15:04 (eight years ago) link
the visitors too!
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 15:13 (eight years ago) link
From memory, I think Ben Watt takes one lead vocal on a few Everything But The Girl albums (or at least Idlewild).
― half the staying power of Erasure (Eazy), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 15:28 (eight years ago) link
there's a song on RTX's Transmaniacon that's sung by one of the dudes in the band.
― brimstead, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 20:24 (eight years ago) link
Heavenly - Le Jardin de Heavenly (Calvin Johnson on one song).
― everything, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 21:59 (eight years ago) link
St Etienne - Tiger Bay (US Version) - Tim Burgess on I Was Born on Xmas DaySt Etienne - Tiger Bay (UK reissue) - Etienne Daho on He's On The Phone
― everything, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 22:04 (eight years ago) link
Come - Near Life Experience
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 22:05 (eight years ago) link
Did Concrete Blonde ever do this?
― half the staying power of Erasure (Eazy), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 22:11 (eight years ago) link
― too young for seapunk (Moodles)
i think the Saunier sometimes mimics/augments Satomi's vocals, so it's difficult to distinguish him.. he def sings on "Cast off Crown," on Friend Opportunity
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 22:13 (eight years ago) link
not a lead, but iirc "Prisstina" offa One Beat features what I think is the only male vocal (Stephen Trask) on a Sleater-Kinney album. ("Angry Inch" w/ Fred Schneider doesn't count.)
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Thursday, 24 September 2015 00:08 (eight years ago) link
The Mollys - Hat Trick ("That's All You Do" is the guy song)
― SlimAndSlam, Thursday, 24 September 2015 00:15 (eight years ago) link
slightly different from op in that it's a majority-female band, but:
Excuse 17 - Such Friends Are Dangerous ("Decatur H.S.")
― bentelec, Thursday, 24 September 2015 00:27 (eight years ago) link
Frank Infante sings co-lead on Blondie's "I Know But I Don't Know" from Parallel Lines
― Josefa, Thursday, 24 September 2015 00:31 (eight years ago) link
Greg Deerhoof sings the lead on Top Tim Rubies from the Reveille LPHave a feeling that the guitarist in The Primitives sang lead on one song as wellI think a similar thing happened on Komeda LPs as well but it's been a while since I listened to them
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 24 September 2015 00:43 (eight years ago) link
Primitives guy sings the lead on 'All The Way Down' from Pure I think? can't remember if he sang on any other tracks
― soref, Thursday, 24 September 2015 00:49 (eight years ago) link
I was going to suggest Komeda but I think there are dual vocals on a lot of the songs, and maybe more than one male lead song on most? I still listen to tracks of theirs a lot but not so much the whole albums so yeah, my memory is sort of hazy.
― emil.y, Thursday, 24 September 2015 00:51 (eight years ago) link
had a quick flick thru Komeda albums and yep one song on each of "Genius Of Komeda" and "What Makes It Go" are sung by the male guitarist dude. This thing is like a mini "I've Got My Own Album To Do"!
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 24 September 2015 00:51 (eight years ago) link
oh David Roback sings lead on only one song on Opal's Early Recordings album, its more of a comp than an album proper but its one of my fav albums ever so shut up it counts alright?
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 24 September 2015 01:01 (eight years ago) link
Freakwater - Springtime. The one dude sings Harlan & it's very good.
― that's not my post, Thursday, 24 September 2015 02:20 (eight years ago) link
Lil Kim - Hard Core ("Crush on You")
― The Reverend, Thursday, 24 September 2015 02:53 (eight years ago) link
le jardin de heavenly ('c is the heavenly option')
― just sayin, Thursday, 24 September 2015 06:22 (eight years ago) link
Liquorice - Listening Cap: Breaking the Ice (and also Tsunami - World Tour...: Walking Tour, but that's a comp)Velocity Girl - Copacetic: Lisa Librarian
― guess that dreams always end, Thursday, 24 September 2015 07:09 (eight years ago) link
Primitives guy sings the lead on 'All The Way Down' from Pure I think? can't remember if he sang on any other tracks― soref, Thursday, September 24, 2015 12:49 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― soref, Thursday, September 24, 2015 12:49 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I know he sings "Lazy", which is on the singles comp.
― Mark G, Thursday, 24 September 2015 09:29 (eight years ago) link
PJ Harvey's Let England Shake has Mick Harvey sing the last song.
― Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 15:39 (eight years ago) link
Frank Farian does the lead vocals on 'Baby Do You Wanna Bump' off the first Boney M album. He does do backing vocals on some of the rest of it though ('Daddy Cool' obv)
― Ray Chard (NickB), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 15:50 (eight years ago) link
Blake Babies' Sunburn. "Girl in a Box" is the only one where Juliana Hatfield doesn't sing lead.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 16:28 (eight years ago) link
Primitives guy sings on "Shadow" too. Those are some of their best songs imo.
― everything, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 16:41 (eight years ago) link
Sorry, not "Shadow", "Noose".
in the 60's in bands with female singers the dude would always do the one faux olde-tyme/cornpone/stupid song on the album. and try to ruin the album.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 16:43 (eight years ago) link
That Blake Babies song is like the prime example of this.
― dlp9001, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 16:58 (eight years ago) link
Chvrches
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 17:47 (eight years ago) link