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I love it when this happens. With vinyl you had to accept each song as it came, more or less. With CDs the temptation to skip is sometimes too much.

Sometimes though, two songs sit right next to each other on an album that are the perfect complement to each other and they can't be separated.

Here's a few of mine:

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help from My Friends - The Beatles

A Song for Jack/His Majesty King Raam - Lemonjelly.

Yellow/Trouble – Coldplay

Sylvan Song/Dream of the Archer - Heart

We Have Heaven/South Side of the Sky - Yes

The Hellion/Electric Eye - Judas Priest

Lightning Strikes/Bitches Brew - Aerosmith

Have you got any favourites ?

― C J (C J), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:35 (twenty-one years ago) link

Beck's "High Five" into "Ramshackle".

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

And on that Lemon Jelly, for me it's "Ode to Patagonia" into whatever the song is about nothingness. Those songs KILL me.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:38 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Sometimes"/"Blown a Wish" -- MBV

"Home is Where the Heart Is"/"PS Goodbye" -- the Chameleons

"I Want You Now"/"To Have and to Hold" -- Depeche Mode

"The End of the World"/"Jealousy" -- Pet Shop Boys

Pretty much any two tracks on 3 Feet High and Rising, skits or no skits.

"Disposition"/"Reflection" -- Tool

Etc. etc, this list could yet run on...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:42 (twenty-one years ago) link

Weightless/ And Stones .. The Blue Aeroplanes
Sparks/ The Amazing Journey .. The Who
Summers Cauldron / Grass .. XTC

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:45 (twenty-one years ago) link

pyramid song/pulk etc - dem hedz radio

everything on "since i left you" (well, it's a mix album really so what do you expect) - avalanches (ps any news on new material guys?)

come to daddy/flim - afx

i can't think of any more at the moment.

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:50 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Maggot Brain" -> "Can You Get to That"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

nickalicious is OTM with Funkadelic

― Nathan Webb (Nathan Webb), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:54 (twenty-one years ago) link

Genesis,
Cinema Show/Aisle Of Plenty

Pink Floyd,
Brain Damage/Eclipse

― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:57 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Hannah"/"Shine On" by the House of Love

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:04 (twenty-one years ago) link

There's two tracks on Tago Mago (2nd and 3rd maybe) that I thought was one track for a few months

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:07 (twenty-one years ago) link

I'm not even a Queen fan but even I know that you can't separate "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions"

― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:10 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Record Body Count"/"Aliens (Christmas 1988)", Rheostatics
"The Criminal"/"Mona Lisa", Sons of Freedom

― Bryan (Bryan), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:13 (twenty-one years ago) link

Another XTC pairing (triad) - Ballet For a Rainy Day / 1000 Umbrellas / Season Cycle.

― christoff (christoff), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:17 (twenty-one years ago) link

There is a Light than Never Goes Out/Some Girls are Bigger than Others

For me, they go together.

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:20 (twenty-one years ago) link

Orbital has a bunch (all the two-parters!), but there's a couple non-labelled ones: Impact/Remind, Way Out/Spare Parts Express.

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 20:46 (twenty-one years ago) link

Neutral Milk Hotel: Communist Daughter/Oh Comely

Pixies: Cactus/Tony's Theme

Q And Not U: A Line In The Sane/End The Washington Monument (Blinks) Goodnight

Lightning Bolt: 13 Monsters/Ride The Skies

Hoover: Father/Cable

― Ian Johnson, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 20:53 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Walks Like a Lady"/"La Do Da" on Journey's 'Captured Live'

"Double Life"/"Shoo Be Doo"/"Candy-O" from the Cars' 'Candy-O'

"The Wheel"/"Istanbul"/"Cacophony", G Moroder 'Midnight Express' OST

― dave q, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 20:54 (twenty-one years ago) link

It is categorically impossible to start playing _Disintegration_ at "Prayers For Rain" and not listen to the entire rest of the album.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 20:54 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Banstyle/Sappy's Curry" -- well, actually it is one song, in the same way "Juanita:Kiteless:To Dream of Love" isn't three.

"Side One" of Discovery.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 20:55 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Gut Feeling"/"Slap Your Mammy", Devo

"Hot Stuff"/"Bad Girls", Donna Summer

― dave q, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 20:55 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Foreplay/Long Time" - Boston

― Mark (MarkR), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 20:57 (twenty-one years ago) link

"In the Beginning"/"Shout at the Devil", David Bowie

"Future Legend"/"Diamond Dogs", Motley Crue

"Second Coming"/"Ballad of Dwight Frye"/"Sun Arise", "Sick Things"/"Mary Ann", "Years Ago"/"Steven", "Devil's Food"/"Black Widow", Alice Cooper

― dave q, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 20:59 (twenty-one years ago) link

Haha dave q is totally OTM w/ Journey and the Cars, but I like these choices better:

"Feeling That Away" / "Anytime" - Journey
"Bye Bye Love" / "Moving in Stereo" - The Cars

And of course, that radio staple:

"Heartbreaker" / "Living Lovin' Maid (She's Just A Woman)" - Led Zeppelin

Might as well throw in "Friends" / "Celebration Day" by Zep too.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 21:22 (twenty-one years ago) link

"I Hate Hate" -> "Brazil" by Cornelius

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 21:25 (twenty-one years ago) link

Oh Christ how could I forget-

"Waiting for the Bus" / "Jesus Just Left Chicago" - ZZ Top

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 21:25 (twenty-one years ago) link

Interesting that most of these selection are classic rock...this practice is dead w/ modern rock radio, it looks like. Back in the '70s the stations let the jocks step out for a doobie & play two cuts back-to-back.

― Mark (MarkR), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 21:46 (twenty-one years ago) link

Talking Heads:
'The Girls Want To Be With The Girls' -->(2-3-4)--> 'Found A Job'

('DAMN-THAT-TELE-VISION!')

On the vinyl the inter-track gap is just perfect

― Snowy Mann (rdmanston), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 00:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

The Band The Band
"Look Out Cleveland," "Jawbone"

― Famous Athlete, Wednesday, 5 March 2003 00:39 (twenty-one years ago) link

Wings: Venus And Mars/Rock Show
Madonna: Dear Jessie/Oh Father

(The latter two were separated for single release as a-side one on each side of the Atlantic, but they work better together)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 01:40 (twenty-one years ago) link

Anthrax - "Potter's Field"/"Only"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 02:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

Blackalicious' "Brainwashers" -> "Chemical Calisthenics"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 19:05 (twenty-one years ago) link

Mogwai "Take Me Somewhere Nice"/"O I Sleep": Rock Action

― Leee (Leee), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 20:26 (twenty-one years ago) link

Snowy Man is OTM.

Also in that vein...

"Born Into Punches" -> "Crosseyed and Painless"
"Once in a Lifetime" -> "Houses in Motion"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 20:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

Kraftwerk - "Numbers" to "Computer World 2"... sends shivers down my spine every time.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 20:32 (twenty-one years ago) link

aaron is otm

i like mushroom => oh yeah

― schnell schnell, Wednesday, 5 March 2003 20:35 (twenty-one years ago) link

Yeah, that's a good'n Aaron.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 20:42 (twenty-one years ago) link

For some stange reason the songs on Spiritualized's first ablum really do this. I just must listen to them in groups or not listen to them at all.

― A Nairn (moretap), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 21:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

Ween's "Pumpin' For the Man" -> "Sarah" epitomizes this phenom.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 21:19 (twenty-one years ago) link

Rocket from the Crypt: "Nail Biter"/"Battery Licker". Actually, I guess all their early stuff is like that.

Also, "Chain Reaction" and "Quantum Physics" by the Can.

― die9o (dhadis), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 21:21 (twenty-one years ago) link

Another Rheostatics twofer: "Self-Serve Gas Station" and "California Dreamline" fit together so well that for the first few months, I thought they were the same song.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 21:22 (twenty-one years ago) link

Actually, I guess all their early stuff is like that.

Rather. Hell, the whole Circa: Now! album is like that!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 21:40 (twenty-one years ago) link

Pixies - Ana, All Over the World

― James Blount (James Blount), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 21:45 (twenty-one years ago) link

on the pixies tip:

"palace of the brine"/"letter to memphis"

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 21:47 (twenty-one years ago) link

The Human League "I Am the Law/Seconds"

(And they also have the greatest transition ever between these..)

― Adam Bruneau, Thursday, 6 March 2003 01:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

Depeche Mode "Use Link" and "Useless" (The latter is definitely better on the album, with that "link" before it)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 6 March 2003 02:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Polythene Pam into She Came in Through the Bathroom Window- The Beatles

― lou (lou), Thursday, 6 March 2003 02:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

i would die 4 u -> baby i'm a star - prince

― disco stu (disco stu), Thursday, 6 March 2003 04:19 (twenty-one years ago) link

Velvets - Lady Godiva & Here She Comes Now - though they're both so awesome that they do more than fine on their own

― Keith McD (Keith McD), Thursday, 6 March 2003 04:22 (twenty-one years ago) link

better answer: tracks 2 & 3 on Michael Mayer's Immer

― Keith McD (Keith McD), Thursday, 6 March 2003 04:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

Polythene Pam into She Came in Through the Bathroom Window- The Beatles

I would say most of side 2 on that album cannot be separated.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 6 March 2003 11:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

ned you probably already know this fact, but psb only added
'the end of the world' at the 11th hour. originally
'miserablism' was there instead, but literally just as it was about
to be pressed they changed their minds about having such a
spiky weird thing on there at all, and hastily replaced it with TEOTW
which was slated for a b.side.

way trivial psb facts, i gots em.

― piscesboy, Thursday, 6 March 2003 13:47 (twenty-one years ago) link

Kraftwerk - "Numbers" to "Computer World 2"... sends shivers down my spine every time.

As they might say uptown.........TRUE DAT!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 6 March 2003 15:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

Pet Shop Boys - "Discoteca"/"Single"
Radiohgead - "Optimistic"/"In Limbo"
OutKast - "I'm Cool"/"So Fresh, So Clean"
The Flaming Lips - "Feeling Yourself Disintegrate"/"Sleeping On the Roof"

― Evan (Evan), Thursday, 6 March 2003 15:26 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Miserablism" is a fantastic song. mmm Pet Shop Boys B-Sides i love you...

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 6 March 2003 15:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

All of Sleep's JERUSALEM.

― jodi shapiro (burun), Thursday, 6 March 2003 18:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

mmm Pet Shop Boys B-Sides i love you...

Great, now I'm going to imagine Dan doing the whole 'lager lager lager' deal now.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 6 March 2003 18:20 (twenty-one years ago) link

Radiohead- Idioteque into Morning Bell

Flaming Lips- What is the Light into the Observer

― lou (lou), Thursday, 6 March 2003 22:16 (twenty-one years ago) link

two weeks pass...

With all the Yes talk lately I realized I'd forgotten:

"Long Distance Runaround" / "Fish" !

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 05:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

Catherine Wheel - "Car" / "Girl Stand Still"
Afghan Whigs - "If I Were Going" / "Gentleman"

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 05:53 (twenty-one years ago) link

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