Albums that are primarily by one artist, that feature a "guest artist" for a track (or two)

And maybe Yellow Submarine. It's a soundtrack, but also ostensibly a Beatles album. I tend to doubt that a lot of people bought it for the George Martin tracks?

xxpost I've never heard Zooropa, but kinda doubt Bono could stay shut up for a whole song

^^^^^

US Maple's "Mountain Top" has The Flying Luttenbachers taking over and playing the last part of the song

Both of Storm & Stress's records have Micah Gough singing and playing a song without S&S

The music used in Capt Beefheart's "The Blimp" is actually the Mothers of Invention

I can't remember: did Michelle Shocked sing on the Fogtown on Short, Sharp, Shocked or is it all MDC?

On Codeine's "Barely Real" EP, David Grubbs (non-band-member) performs a solo piano version of a then unreleased Codeine song called "Wyrd".*

*It came out 2 years later on The White Birch.

I haven't listened to Zooropa in forever but I kinda think Bono might come in for a backing vocal or something too at some point?

yeah there are a few seconds of wordless vocals from bono near the end.

"the blimp" doesn't really sound any different from the rest of tmr.

Yeah some people are really not getting this thread at all.

The CD reissue of Gary Numan's Telekon (but not the original LP) has a version of Satie's "Trois Gymnopédies" that was originally a B-side. In all likelihood it's played by Gary's band and he doesn't appear on it.

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see i feel like it needs to be some other band completely. if it's still Gary's band then it's the same musicians heard on the other tracks. it should be a totally different singer and instrumental imo.

i can't think of anything that fits this tho lol. the VDP examples are both perfect. any albums that have samples.

maybe The Who Sell Out with some of those BBC ads.

I was going off of Mark's "duets don't count unless both are not in the main band, or are the artist." So he's an "outside" duet person brought in,

but Todd Edwards and Romanthony aren't members of Daft Punk either

There's the 'Ostriches & Chirping' track on the posthumous Elliott Smith album which had nothing to do with him and seemingly ended up there by mistake as it was something the original producer recorded to one of the reels

Many of Ivor Cutler's albums have his wife taking entire tracks where she is the sole performer

Always felt the The Doors OST was like this, despite technically being a various artists release it's essentially another Doors best of with VU's 'Heroin' included

"a day in the life of a tree" on surf's up by the beach boys is sung by their manager.

This is what came to mind for me right away.

Beastie Boys cover of "Bennie and the Jets" with Biz Markie on lead vocals is only on "The Sounds Of Science" comp but I guess it sorta fits.

although maybe this should get extra points since it's a greatest hits collection.

Beastie Boys cover of "Bennie and the Jets" with Biz Markie on lead vocals is only on "The Sounds Of Science" comp but I guess it sorta fits.

this was originally released as a three-"track" Biz flexi in issue #2 of Grand Royal magazine

Fleetwood Mac's Bare Trees closes with "Thoughts on a Grey Day," recited by one Mrs. Scarrott.

'nashville skyline'

xp I think technically this still answers the question unless "greatest hits" albums are somehow exempt.

I mean, I think "songs with a guest vocalist that still feature every member of the band playing on them" don't really fit the intent of the thread. But you're going to count Beastie Boys songs with other vocalists, you also want Song For Junior, Light My Fire, Dr Lee PhD, and - duh - The Biz Vs The Nuge, which is just Biz and a sample.

I meant 'or are not the artist' I.e. neither of the duettists are the main artist or band.

I know, I know...

No one's mentioned "My Curse" on Afghan Whigs' "Gentlemen?" Sung by Marcy Mays of Scrawl. There is also that song on New Order's "Get Ready" sung (at the beginning) by Billy Corgan.

More Clash, Allen Ginsberg on "Ghetto Defendant."