in your opinion, what's a single bad song that ruins an otherwise great album? : music

[-] crunchpaste@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago

Pretty fly for a white guy. It's not really a bad song, but it was really overused in the late 90s and early 2000s.

Americana is a great album, but every time Pretty fly starts playing it ruins it for me.

[-] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Original Prankster was similar on the next album. Like their label at the time forced one commercial track for a single on them.

[-] pH3ra@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I came here to say the same. It isn't bad but it doesn't mix up well with the rest...

[+] LinkOpensChest_wav@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Album's just one absolute banger after another, and then it finishes with a song that sounds like someone wrote in 5 minutes while hungover at a music festival

I mean... It is Nirvana. There's a very good chance that is exactly what happened.

Also: you got the name of the song right? I grabbed my disc to listen to it since I don't remember that one and there is literally no song with that name on the album. Not even the deluxe edition or remastered edition on Spotify have a song called "Underneath the Bridge."

Did you mean "Something in the Way?" It has those words as part of the lyrics. It's one of my favorites off that album. lol

[-] astraeus@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago

Something in the Way is literally a highlight of Nevermind, but I can’t think of any other Nirvana song that has “Underneath the bridge” in the lyrics.

[-] C4d@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I think they do mean Something in the Way - and I find it an oddly comforting listen.

[-] Especially_the_lies@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

Boooo! Hisss! It's chill and mellow. I think it is a great counterpoint on the album!

[-] dmention7@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I'm just going to join the dogpiling on you about incorrect song names lol

It's "Endless, Nameless", not Nameless Shameless

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

GOD DAMN IT ZFSSJJCSAADAHKMHDX

I love being able to stream, but I think now and then I should still PICK UP THE RECORD AND READ IT

Scary how memories are so elusive. I wonder what else I think I remember that is false lmao

[-] Sneptaur@pawb.social 8 points 1 year ago

All Star on Smash Mouth’s Astro Lounge

[-] astraeus@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

I can’t believe I’m saying this, somehow I never even gave Astro Lounge a fair shake. I grossly misremembered the song quality, there are some pretty good tracks on there. It’s got some cheesy gimmicks, even so it’s worth giving a listen or two at least.

[-] Sneptaur@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

It’s kinda campy. I like that about smash mouth. Fallen Horses though, that’s a great track. Genuinely good listening.

[-] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

fush yu mang is also a great album

[-] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

Waste is a great song

[-] astraeus@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I can’t believe I’m saying this but I never even gave Astro Lounge a fair shake. I’m listening to it again and I’m surprised by how badly I misremembered the song quality

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[-] Summzashi@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago

Escape from Metallica's Ride The Lightning. It doesn't ruin the album but it stains a masterpiece for sure. The band hates that song as well because they wrote it last minute to appease their record label.

[-] SHOW_ME_YOUR_ASSHOLE@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

That's interesting, I never knew the story behind that song. Personally I always liked it but I like just about every Metallica song.

[-] CycloneWolf@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago

Ticks and Leeches off of Lateralus by Tool. It's not even a bad song but the aggression ruins the flow of the album and sticks out like a sore toe.

[-] LongbottomLeaf@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago

I disliked it for a long time. Now I kinda like it. Reminds me of Jambi.

[-] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago

Maxwell's Silver Hammer on Abbey Road. One of the few songs I skip while listening to an album!

[-] smokeymcpott@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

I like Maxwell's Silverhammer :)

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[-] toothpicks@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

I usually just skip that song. Album is no longer ruined 😉

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[-] sapo@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Revolution 9, as was often joked about on beatlescirclejerk in the other place.

[-] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

i love that song

[-] smokeymcpott@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Number 9, number 9, number 9!

[-] Chimaeratorian@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

For me it is Jewels N' Drugs on Lady Gaga's ARTPOP album. I skip it every time.

[-] Profilename1@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

There's a pair of Beatles albums in this list. I don't mind "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" or "Revolution 9," but "Tomorrow Never Knows" on Revolver counts for me. Frankly, it's the worst Beatles song. I prefer the Daniel Johnston and Jad Fair cover of it on It's Spooky to the Beatles version. It's just that bad.

[-] moral_imperative@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Good Riddance (The Time of Your Life) is a blemish on an otherwise perfect Nimrod

[-] Ghoelian@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago

Any Chvrches song where one of the other members is singing (not sure who it is).

I think there's at least one on every album they've made, and it's always an immediate skip for me.

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[-] vinylshrapnel@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 year ago

The song Yoko Ono sings on the first Bleachers album. Luckily it’s the last song.

[-] HarvesterOfEyes@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Off the top of my head, "Benny the Bouncer" on Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Brain Salad Surgery. It should have been a B-Side of a single or something like that but it does not work on that album at all. For me, it's just a goofy unneeded intermission before "Karn Evil 9" that I always skip.

[-] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

the song astrud gilberto does with her kid on beach samba ruins what is otherwise a perfect album

[-] nowrongnotes@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Couldn't agree more, that tune is cringe-inducing. A perfect example of the rule that your kids are always cuter to you than to anyone else.

To me, "Parade" on that album is also a turkey.

[-] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

parade grew on me. i love the marching drums and its such a fun little ditty

[-] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I don't think it ruins the album, but Oh, Daddy on Fleetwood Mac's Rumors is kind of the only stinker on there. It would have been better with Silver Springs instead I think.

[-] MinusPi@yiffit.net 2 points 1 year ago

I love Dragonforce's entire discography, with one massive exception in that Evil Dead is horrible beyond words.

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[-] pipariturbiini@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

I almost never skip songs on albums, but Panda Eyes & DatPhoria - Keep Going ruins Panda Eyes' KIKO album IMO. The verses and drops were clearly written by two different people, but it sounds like they never heard each other's parts. Like they were glued together from separate songs.

[-] manapropos@lemmy.basedcount.com 2 points 1 year ago

Friends is one of my favorite Beach Boys albums, but Anna Lee the Healer just rubs me the wrong way. Instant skip

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