Remove one song from an almost perfect album to make it a perfect album

"I Believe in You," After the Gold Rush.

― clemenza, Monday, August 15, 2016 7:32 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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take Super 8 off Jason Isbell's Southeastern

I'd take "London Calling" off that Clash album.

My first thought was to take "Jazz Police" off I'm Your Man, but that was covered upthread.

I'd also take "Meet Me In The Morning" off Blood on the Tracks and "Not Now John" off The Final Cut.

the label pushed CVB to do "Pictures of Matchstick Man" didn't they?

I didn't know that! It makes sense, though.

I Got The News

Which is fine, but not as perfect as the rest of the songs on Aja

― you think Lou Bega gave up after Mambo Number One??? (voodoo chili), Monday, August 15, 2016 9:20 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^ 100% otm

Take Streets of Fire off Springsteen's Darkness on the Edge of Town.

Take "Young Lovers Do" off Astral Weeks.

WHAT THE

I thought the same, I had a similar reaction to appeals to take Revelation off of Da Capo and Across the Universe off of Young Americans.

Surprised the removal of "Nothing Like You" from Miles' Sorcerer hasn't come up yet.

Take "More Fool Me" from Selling England by the Pound.

Mind Gardens should never have made it's way onto Younger Than Yesterday. Same with Space Odyssey on NBB.

Golden Birdies could go from Clear Spot, although it's short enough to not cause too much bother.

Court and Spark would be better (perfect?) without Twisted.

"It Ain't Easy" off Ziggy Stardust... almost too obvious

'Love's In Need of Love Today' from Songs In the Key of Life

during the 1970s, free jazz drummer tony oxley moonlighted as a visual effects designer for the bbc, contributing effects to shows such as the doomwatch episode "tomorrow, the rat" and the doctor who episode "the ark in space".

wrong fucking thread! sorry

well I learned something interesting, so I'm glad you posted it here

Ditto. I knew Oxley was a painter (and his orchestra works off his graphic scores), but had no idea about his visual effects past.

'Love's In Need of Love Today' from Songs In the Key of Life

― H.R. Giggles (Old Lunch), Tuesday, August 16, 2016 4:10 PM (49 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

:-(

yeah, no way. NOTM

also, if you get rid of "I Got the News", you lose that all of a sudden "Michael McDonald takes the wheel" bridge into the guitar solo

well I learned something interesting, so I'm glad you posted it here

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the thread it was intended for the false pop trivia thread!

SITKOL is one of my favorite albums of all time but that first track is such a dirgey speed bump, ugh. I'm sooooo OTM.

This will cause outrage, but I've never had much time for "Lowdown" on "Pink Flag".

'Love's In Need of Love Today' from Songs In the Key of Life
― H.R. Giggles (Old Lunch), Tuesday, August 16, 2016 4:10 PM (49 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Crazy talk (but I know it's a common idea) : such a fabulous track. As spiritual and soulful as it gets. One of my favourite feel good tracks ever !

I don't hate it but it's like, well, listening to Woman In Red before listening to Songs In the Key of Life.

also, if you get rid of "I Got the News", you lose that all of a sudden "Michael McDonald takes the wheel" bridge into the guitar solo

― it's sort of a layered stunt (sheesh), Tuesday, 16 August 2016 16:17 (50 minutes ago) Permalink

Yeah, I mean I like "I Got The News"--I used to skip it, but now I embrace its herky-jerk weirdness.

it's just a little too arch, even for Steely Dan, and is just not on the level of the rest of the tracks (a high bar but still).

It is super fun to play, though.

I'd take Ain't That Peculiar off Gentlemen Take Polaroids by Japan. It just doesn't fit at all.

I'd take It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night off Sign 'O' The Times or at least chop off half of it. I'd say the same about Bogus Man on For Your Pleasure.

I'm tempted to say the title track on Parklife but there's probably a couple of other songs that could go too.

This will cause outrage, but I've never had much time for "Lowdown" on "Pink Flag".

― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.)

i think it should be replaced with "lowdown" by boz scaggs

I'd say the same about Bogus Man on For Your Pleasure.

No way, that's the centerpiece/focal point/eye of the hurricane/some other cliche of the record. And it's the "hoo boy, how'd they get there? And how are they gonna dig their way out?" which then makes "Grey Lagoons" that much more thrilling.

I really dig the meandering on some of those early Roxy songs.

remove "no hands" from flockaveli

"left & right" on voodoo

"Make Me Proud" from Take Care (sorry not sorry)

"Bugs" from "Vitalogy"
"Fitter, Happier" from "O.K. Computer"
"Since I've Been Loving You" from "Led Zeppelin III"

No way, that's the centerpiece/focal point/eye of the hurricane/some other cliche of the record. And it's the "hoo boy, how'd they get there? And how are they gonna dig their way out?" which then makes "Grey Lagoons" that much more thrilling.

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat),

I do like the groove and how it leads into Grey Lagoons but I just find myself wishing it was a little bit shorter every single time I play it.

I think it's brilliant, it reminds me of later post-punk music like associates or PiL

remove no hands from flockaveli

More accurately, remove Wale's verse from no hands

Kanye West - Drunk & Hot Girls from Graduation
Nick Drake - Poor Boy from Bryter Layter
Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At? from Rooty
Bjork - It's oh so Quiet from Post
The Go-Betweens - River of Money from Spring Hill Fair
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver from Sound of Silver
Prefab Sprout - Horsin' Around from Steve McQueen
Soft Cell - Seedy Films from Non Stop Erotic Cabaret
Joni Mitchell - Twisted from Court & Spark
Miguel - The Pussy is Mine from Kaleidoscope Dream

Electrelane, "Business Or Otherwise" from Axes.
Boris, "Blackout" from Pink.

EPMD - You Had Too Much To Drink from Unfinished Business
Brand Nubian - Try To Do Me from All For One
Eric B. & Rakim - Eric B. Made My Day from Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em
Pavement - Hit The Plane Down from Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

Prefab Sprout - Horsin' Around from Steve McQueen

No no no.

Steve McQueen is still one of my favourite albums ever but I really don't think that song fits with the rest of the album.

Soft Cell - Seedy Films from Non Stop Erotic Cabaret

this is madness

xp Horsin' Around would maybe sound more at home on Swoon? but I couldn't countenance removing it from Steve McQueen, I love it too much.

probably an obvious suggestion, but I think REM's Out Of Time would be much improved by the elimination of 'Radio Song'.

(the other obvious REM suggestion would be to remove 'Ignoreland' from Automatic For The People, however in this case the obvious suggestion is WRONG as 'Ignoreland' is great and I LIKE the fact that it doesn't really fit with the rest of the album, so there)

and I generally like REM in goofy, poppy mode! love 'Can't Get There From Here', 'Stand', 'Shiny Happy People' etc - but they seemed to fumble it with 'Radio Song'.

Soft Cell - Seedy Films from Non Stop Erotic Cabaret

this is madness

― Wimmels, Wednesday, August 17, 2016 1:16 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Indeed! One of my favourite tracks on there.

somebody's gonna kill me but... "towers of dub" off of uf orb

man ilm crazy i love "It Ain't Easy" from Ziggy

Lily, Rosemary from Blood on the Tracks

I'd remove "4 Ever 2 Gether" from Lexicon of Love. Never liked it and it seems totally out of step with the rest of the record.