Complete Albums

[tikited]

Yeah, I meant theme as in style or feel -- group of songs that fit well together. Blackbird followed by Piggies is just too disjointed for me.

Much like the year of 1968.

 

[coolhandgopher]

Yeah, I meant theme as in style or feel -- group of songs that fit well together. Blackbird followed by Piggies is just too disjointed for me.

Rubber Soul? I understand the dismissal of Revolver as a complete album, due to its inclusion of Yellow Submarine, but I don't see a clunker amongst the offerings on Rubber Soul.

 

[scools12]

The Beatles - Revolver
Prince - Sign O the Times
U2 - Achtung Baby

 

[Ope3]

Rubber Soul? I understand the dismissal of Revolver as a complete album, due to its inclusion of Yellow Submarine, but I don't see a clunker amongst the offerings on Rubber Soul.

I tend to throw just a slight amount of shade on Rubber Soul for Michelle and Girl. I would not call those clunkers, but low on my list of Beatles songs.

 

[Nokomis]

Rubber Soul? I understand the dismissal of Revolver as a complete album, due to its inclusion of Yellow Submarine, but I don't see a clunker amongst the offerings on Rubber Soul.

My comment to the flea market vendor was to include Breakfast in America among great albums, not to exclude Rubber Soul.

 

[Ope3]

More:

...Wilco - Summer Teeth

Wilco announced a 4 CD Deluxe version of Summerteeth with a release date of Nov 6. I am so giddy, I Can't Stand It.

 

[short ornery norwegian]

Regarding the Beatles - the 'disjointed' quality of the later albums reflects the divisions in the group. A Lennon song followed by a McCartney song can seem jarring because they are so tonally different. Harrison's songs are also unique to him. so not surprising that a group with multiple songwriters would reflect different influences and moods.

Like the Clash - you can tell a Joe Strummer song from a Mick Jones song very easily based on the musical and lyrical choices.

 

[stocker08]

More:

Nirvana - Nevermind
Pearl Jam - 10
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear
Pete Yorn - Music for the Morning After
Semisonic - Great Divide
Chris Isaak - Forever Blue
Coldplay - Parachutes
Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer, Different Park
Prince - Purple Rain
The Vaccines - What did you Expect from the Vaccines?
Weezer - Blue Album
Wilco - Summer Teeth

You hit on three of my favourite albums of all time:

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Nirvana - Nevermind
Foo Fighters - Colour and the Shape

Other basically complete albums:

Rage Against the Machine - Self Titled
Incubus - Make Yourself
Bush - Sixteen Stone
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Failure - Fantastic Planet
Veruca Salt - American Thighs
Weezer - Blue Album
Green Day - Dookie
Breaking Benjamin - We Are Not Alone
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left To Lose
Alice In Chains - Dirt
Young Buck - Straight Outta Cashville
Incubus - Morning View
Sublime - Self Titled
System of a Down - Toxicity
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
The Offspring - Ixnay on the Hombre


There are more that I cannot think of right now. And very few albums don't at least have one or two "meh" songs.

 

[Ope3]

I wavered on selecting AGIB for that reason, but it’s grown on me over the years and the rest of the album has such a great collection of songs-and as you mentioned, sonically it just works . Honestly though, tomorrow I could claim Summer Teeth as my favorite/most complete Wilco album it just depends on the mood for me.

Happy 20th Anniversary to "A Ghost is Born"! Released, June 22, 2004.