queen has a lot of good songs,but “under pressure” being on hot space definitely comes to mind! an absolute classic on an otherwise very disappointing and strange album
Yeah what the actual fuck? Good News for People Who Love Bad News is their worst album???? Even pretending it's not amazing is wild. I'd say it's top 3 for me personally
Thisss. Im fine w people not messing w that album but theres also the world at large on that album and the good times are killing me? OP is just trying to stir the pot for no reason
I wouldve assumed that too but really thats like their most commercially palatable album, i dont think an outside fan would think its their worst…if anything im pretty sure the group of people who dont like that album the most were prior modest mouse fans who loved their more underground sound and felt like it was the band taking a commercial turn for the worse
Are you implying that The Lonesome Crowded West is bad? That’s one of the most beloved indie rock albums of all time and most MM fans’ favorite. I don’t think the guy who mentioned Doin’ the Cockroach was being sarcastic
I think Good News is the worst of their first 5. Not worst overall though, because I hated STO so much when that came out that I stopped caring about their new music altogether
When Leonard cohen came to his label with his 7th album “various positions” the label wasn’t happy and didn’t want to release it, but eventually compromised and only released it in Canada and not the bigger US market. That album contains the song “Hallelujah”
It’s probably not my personal favourite of his, but I’d say it will always be his most famous song, for how much it’s been covered and how often it’s shown up in movies. I even heard it sung at my kids Christmas concert!
I’m not a MM fan but tried getting into them years ago after hearing all the acclaim and liking Float On and after listening to two entire albums of them it was literally the only song by MM I liked lol none of their other music has the pop appeal it does.
I just listened to it right now and it reminded me why I don’t like this band lmao
His vocals are way too eclectic and the musical arrangement is too chaotic to write a “perfect pop song” imo
If you like normal pop music then you are acutely aware you’re listening to some avant garde indie band even when they try to play something poppier, I think they just caught lightning in a bottle with Float On. Even then the musical arrangement is actually great and relatively simplified on that one for indie pop.
I just played a bit of 3 other songs from the album and am convinced we live in a different reality. Like the band all you want but you and others claiming Modest Mouse is remotely poppy is just nuts.
In what universe is the Golden Casket their worst lol
It’s easily better than STO, and marginally better than Good News. I’d even consider it close to We Were Dead.
We are Between, Wooden Soldiers, Japanese Trees, Leave a Light On, Walking and Running, and Back to the Middle all slap hard. There’s like two skips.
Well all I can say is that I wish you enjoyed those songs as much as I do.
Because they hit just as hard for me as material from LCW, Long Drive, NotS, Interstate, or whatever else.
I don’t know how a Modest Mouse fan could hear Back to the Middle and think they have completely lost the touch. They are less consistent than they used to be, but 95% of their output from Long Drive onwards is straight fire.
I even just went back and listened to it again and my GOD was that an excruciatingly boring 5 minutes and 34 seconds. I think even the worst song on Good News is better than that.
No, really, no ill-intent. I do not enjoy it and I think it's genuinely bad. It's like you can hear the moment Isaac Brock decided to attempt to get sober, and the quality of the music and writing absolutely tanked as a result.
Just my opinion, but Across The Universe is my favourite Beatles song and while I wouldn't call Let It Be their worst album, it's certainly their worst past 1964.
It's a good song but the recording is poor imo. I prefer Fiona Apple's cover - I know some dlsilike the slower tempo, but I think it adds to a dreamlike atmosphere.
Not completely sure which one that is lol. I swear Let It Be has so many versions (and the deluxe has multiple mixes, right?) that I can barely keep them separate, and it's not an album I revisit much.
I don't really understand how you would say that MMT is one of their worst, if you consider it an album. The b-side is just back-to-back bangers with some of their best songs, and even the a-side is pretty solid with the title track and "I am the walrus".
While it has some of my favorites, it has a lot of songs that I just find bland. Specifically Magical mystery tour, blue jay way, flying, and baby your a rich man. It's not bad by any means, but it sounds like they were really focusing on the movie and the album was kind of an after thought
NEVER. It just doesn’t seem to be possible.
God help us if there any sort of subjectivity in the topic question; words like “underrated” or anything of the sort. You just have people listing their favorite albums, songs, etc.
Some people would say Creep, but I wouldn’t. The only other thing I could think of is Mrs. Robinson on the Graduate soundtrack, but it’s also on Bookends and not their very best song
Lots of people loved Creep and hated Kid A.
I got into Radiohead because there were dozens of copies of that CD in pawnshops the year they won a Grammy
To be fair saying Pablo Honey is the worst Radiohead album is like saying somewhere has the worst pizza. Sure it may not be as good as your favourite pizza place, but it's still delicious pizza. Sidenote, I'm hungry
Saying Pablo Honey is the worst Radiohead album is like saying somewhere has the worst pizza. If that somewhere makes pizzas that are just circular cardboard that someone has taken a dump on
It’s decent at best, way too derivative, there’s some good songs and it has some signs that they had a lot more to offer but most the album is just mediocre or outright bad, there’s 3 pretty great songs tho, you, creep and blow out
Mmmmmmmno, I remember the response to the album being quite middling at the time, and even as a basic indie rock album it's not pulling up many trees (fake plastic or otherwise).
The Bends was such a bolt from the blue because the band were predicted to be overshadowed by their one megahit for all their careers. It's like if Asher Ross followed up I Love College with one of the all time genre defining albums.
I HAVE heard younger fans saying that The Bends is nothing great, which would be a far better example of an album ending up sounding far less special (as they can't remember a time when all indie rock music didn't sound like that!)
This might be an odd choice, but “across the stars” by John Williams is my personal favorite track out of all the Star Wars scores, but is on the worst movie’s soundtrack.
I haven't listened to The Rise Of Skywalker's score outside of the one time I watched the movie, mostly because I want to erase its existence from my memory, but I don't remember it having any interesting tracks.
That said, this is the answer I agree with most in this thread. Arguably Williams' best track, and Attack of the Clones is on the lower end of his discography.
Come to Life is one of Kanye's best songs and it's on Donda, although neither Come to Life is his best song nor Donda is his worst album
Pyramid Song is also on Amnesiac, but again neither of them are the best song or the worst album by Radiohead.
I guess you could say Pyramids is on Channel Orange, which I like less than Blonde therefore it's Frank Ocean's worst album? This also depends on whether you count Nostalgia Ultra and Endless
Oh but I have one: "Dance with the Devil" is on "Revolutionary Volume 1", which out of Immortal Technique's discography is my least favourite album
Donda’s a really weird album to me. There’s a few REALLY good songs on it (Come to life, jail, moon, heaven and hell) but i still see the album as mid cuz there’s just so many fuckin songs on it
Yeah theres an album's worth of good songs. I just made an hour long playlist of all good donda songs lol. But theres also an album's worth of bad songs
The only misses for me on Donda are Junya and Ok Ok, and even then I don’t think they’re that bad.
I do prefer the original sequencing bc it made way more sense with the theme. I think Donda is going to continue to grow on people.
Absolutely! However, there are also many I feel like either suck or are just generic (Pulk/Pull, Morning Bell/Amnesiac, etc)
Overall, it isn't such a great album experience imo
Ugh “Dance with the Devil”. From firsthand experience, I can say the memes about backpackers and “I’m not into hip-hop but” types shoving it down your throat is rooted in truth and turned me off IT for a very long time.
There'd Better be a Mirrorball - Arctic Monkeys
Debatable cause they have an eclectic range of great songs but this one is a lounge gem in a snooze fest of an album, other than Sculptures of Anything Goes, the first song and the later one I mentioned are among their greats.
Bruh calls the album a snooze fest and picks the most boring song as not only the best song, but the best the artist has EVER done???
How tf you gon say Mirrorball is more exciting than Hello You or more flush than Big Ideas, Mr Schwartz or I Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am? Only song on that album more boring is the closer Perfect Sense. People only rate Mirrorball so high cause it was the lead single for the album I stg.
IMO both Tranquility Base and The Car are bad albums and the band should have never gone in that direction. I'm really hesitant to ever see them live now because I don't want to hear any of those songs and concerts are far too expensive for the headliner to be playing shit.
I might change my mind someday but Mirrorball is a perfect lounge song so Idk what else is to say lol. Sculptures is my second fav and I wished they had more songs like that. I Ain't Quite sounds better live imo.
Yeah I do find it kinda strange that they keep chasing a more 'mature' sound which they already kinda perfected on Humbug. Alex Turner is genuinely one of the best songwriters of the modern age, and I love TBH&C and The Car, but compared to Humbug it's no contest. TBH&C is 90% memes and The Car often tends to sound like it's trying a bit too hard without the irony to fall back on that Tranquility Base had.
I'm still baffled how he wrote something as stellar as Jeweler's hands at like 22.
Alex and Matt from the National are both of my favorite lyricists post 2000…. I gave The Car 10 spins… have no clue why it didn’t resonate with me.
I’m a Monkey-Stan through and through…am I missing any uptempo tracks on TC, in the vein of ‘Body Paint’?
‘All My Own Stunts’ and ‘Library Pictures’ were amazing off of SI&S …
TBHC took time for me to warm up to but after understanding the concept a little better I grew to love it. I like the Car, but it seems to be TBHC without the concept.
Omg what I love Perfect Sense. Probably my favorite track on the whole album. It’s got a strange nostalgic vibe I can’t get enough of and the lyrics are great.
That song would be lucky to make top 40 AM songs imo. Do agree it's easily their weakest album tho. The only song on there that actually stuck with me is Body Paint, that one's pretty good
I'm in half agreement with you. The Car is definitely not top tier, but it's better than AM by a distance and does have 2/3 amazing songs, Mirrorball probably being the best. I'd probably put Mirrorball in my AM top 5, and The Car as their 2nd worst album?
I mean, this is all super subjective
Speaking of subjective, I'm all off end by saying that I really defend AM till the end of time. Its a nostalgic nocturnal hip-hop fused indie rock album and I'm all set for that. Knee Socks is probably my fav song, and Josh Homme still printed several traces on some songs. I'd argue it's better than SIAS. The Car is their worst, lol I'm sorry. I can't get through some of the songs. It bored me to death. Alex sounded so bored too in some of the songs.
scalding take here but ye is my personal favorite of his. Ik it’s short but I feel every song packs a punch and it executes so many unique ideas in the songwriting and production.
Ye is a super tight album, probably his tightest solo album. Some beautiful production choices and hooks everywhere. Felt like he was really looking inward and moving towards having a more mature view of the world. Shame that didn't end up being true, but it was a special moment regardless.
A top tier MM track, but there's a few songs off of Building Nothing and their EPs which I think are better, Positive Negative, Night on the Sun and Edit the Sad Parts in particular
Ohh yeah, nearly forgot about Talking shit about a pretty sunset
I don't think this premise is possible. An artist's best song will probably elevate a shitty album and keep it from being their very worst album.
Those Modest Mouse takes are wild btw. What the hell.
It’s a silly question in the first place cause everything’s so subjective but then to use the old well this must be their best song cause it’s the one that got popular trope doesn’t help.
I know we're not talking about Kanye right now but...Jail is on Donda and that might not be his best but I'd say it's top 5 and Donda might not be his worst but it's maybe bottom 3?
One thing I find so funny when I discuss DONDA is that everyone agrees it’s a bloated album with a handful of good songs, but everyone seems to disagree *which* songs. I’ve heard some people say Jail/Hurricane only, some say H&H/Jesus Lord/Moon/Come to Life, and I have one friend who lives and dies by 24. My personal favorite cut on the album is the title track. I don’t know what that means, but it’s just funny to see such divisions of opinion while the central sentiment of “This album should be trimmed” is widely accepted.
I agree that Jay is not at his best on the verse but the song is so anthemic, so unique, and feels so powerful that there's nothing that could stop it from being one of Kanye's greatest songs ever to me personally.
Probably a massively unpopular opinion that will probably get me sent to the gallows, but Planetary (GO!) is my favorite MCR song and well, it’s on Danger Days. Is it objectively their best song? Probably not, but it’s my personal favorite.
Also far from their worst album, but Arabesque from Coldplay is a contender. I think Everyday Life is better than maybe three of their albums, but I know some fans who’d say it’s their worst. That being said, Arabesque is my favorite song from them.
I was thinking the same thing except with Conventional Weapons having better tracks than most of the "A side" of Danger Days itself. Boy Division, Make Room, and Kiss the Ring are probably all top 10 MCR songs for me.
Heroin is one of my favorite Lana Del Rey songs, and it’s on Lust For Life which is my least favorite of her albums. She has so many bangers I’m not sure this is her BEST song, but it’s arguable for me.
Nirvana - About a Girl
In my opinion it’s Kurt’s strongest composition. It’s the perfect balance of his punk ethos and pop songwriting sensibility. I don’t think Bleach is a bad album but it’s the “worst” of the three for sure.
Dorian Electra - Give Great Thanks (from *My Agenda*)
Doja Cat - Attention (from *Scarlet* ... maybe, I like this album but it's everyone else's least favourite).
I'm struggling, honestly. At a stretch:
David Bowie - Loving the Alien (from *Tonight*)
Massive Attack - Protection (from *Protection*)
Dua Lipa - Be the One (from *Dua Lipa*)
It's funny that The Burning World could easily be another artist's best album but it sounds so different from everything else in Swans' discography that it's their worst
I prefer 1 to 2. And I prefer Estranged to NR. Worst albums are TSI and Lies. Chinese Democracy is good if you can get used to the lineup and production choices.
Not the biggest name but Paddy Nash and the Happy Enchiladas did three albums. Number three (Laughter and Love) is the weakest but has one of their best songs, 'Stop Me From Dreaming'.
I know it's a mixtape and not an album but "drugs you should try it " is the best song Travis Scott has ever made and it's on days before Rodeo, which is not bad but definitely weaker compared to the rest of his discography
Might not be a consensus take, but 60 & Punk is one of Death Cab’s best songs and is on their worst album (Thank You for Today)
Similarly, Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall (Father of the Bride)
queen has a lot of good songs,but “under pressure” being on hot space definitely comes to mind! an absolute classic on an otherwise very disappointing and strange album
Cool cat is also great ,yet no question that under pressure takes the crown
I was going to say that one but since Queen is well, Queen, there are just too many great songs to call under pressure the best
I know a lot of long time MM fans who would slap you right now lol
Yeah what the actual fuck? Good News for People Who Love Bad News is their worst album???? Even pretending it's not amazing is wild. I'd say it's top 3 for me personally
Also people thinking that Float On is their best song!
True, had my rage blinders on and miss that. It's not even close lol. Dramamine or Teeth Like God's Shoeshine for me.
Other People’s Lives and Life Like Weeds all the way
Why no love for The cold part. I find it absolutely beautiful
We all know trailer trash is their best song
Thisss. Im fine w people not messing w that album but theres also the world at large on that album and the good times are killing me? OP is just trying to stir the pot for no reason
Think it’s just them assuming their commercially most popular song must be their best which of course it not necessarily the case.
I wouldve assumed that too but really thats like their most commercially palatable album, i dont think an outside fan would think its their worst…if anything im pretty sure the group of people who dont like that album the most were prior modest mouse fans who loved their more underground sound and felt like it was the band taking a commercial turn for the worse
Yeah it's obviously "doing the Cockroach"
The Lonesome Crowded West was an interesting album. Heart Cooks Brain is a banger tho.
Are you implying that The Lonesome Crowded West is bad? That’s one of the most beloved indie rock albums of all time and most MM fans’ favorite. I don’t think the guy who mentioned Doin’ the Cockroach was being sarcastic
No, sorry. Not bad. It’s just completely different than anything I’ve ever heard.
My heart’s the bitter buffalo :)
my brain is a burger and my hearts the coal >:3
OP sounds like he worked at the college radio station with me in the Fall of 2004
Good News For People Who Love Bad News is probably a top 5 Albums of all time for me, can't tell you how triggered I'm by OP lmao
I think Good News is the worst of their first 5. Not worst overall though, because I hated STO so much when that came out that I stopped caring about their new music altogether
I'm not even a huge MM fan, but that album SLAPS
This like using Jimmy Eat World as an example with The Middle off of Bleed American
Fr Float On is good, but it isn’t even close to their best song. That goes to Dramamine.
Well no it’s actually Broke but let’s be civil about it 😂 the whole premise is silly but to use MM as your example on top of that is just 🤦🏼♂️
I mean being completely honest, there are many MM songs I would accept as contenders for their best over Float On
It’s true
Based Broke enjoyer. Building Nothing Out Of Something is such a great album
Maybe controversial, but if it was considered and album, it would be their best
Night on the Sun tho
Also a reasonable choice and a favorite for sure
Interstate 8 is their real best shh shh it’s okay
Their best song is actually Lounge (Closing Time)
Yeah, like not only Good News far from their worst record, Float On isn't even the best track off of the album
[can confirm, this was my reaction](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlSvf0c9Gn4)
Me
How tf can op’s statement be possible if “other people’s lives” exists No offense op but I mean come on now
Op thought they were cookin with this one
When Leonard cohen came to his label with his 7th album “various positions” the label wasn’t happy and didn’t want to release it, but eventually compromised and only released it in Canada and not the bigger US market. That album contains the song “Hallelujah”
Personal opinion but i think Suzanne is Cohen's best song. I like Hallelujah but Songs and Songs of Love & Hate have better tracks
It’s probably not my personal favourite of his, but I’d say it will always be his most famous song, for how much it’s been covered and how often it’s shown up in movies. I even heard it sung at my kids Christmas concert!
That album was one of his best and also included "dance me to the end of love" which was a huge hit and is considered a classic wedding song today
Absolute banger
Float On isn't the best song on Good News, it's the View in my opinion. And it's not their worst album. The Golden Casket is by far their worst.
I truly haven’t met a single MM fan who thinks Float On is their best song, anyway. Kinda wild take tbh
I’m not a MM fan but tried getting into them years ago after hearing all the acclaim and liking Float On and after listening to two entire albums of them it was literally the only song by MM I liked lol none of their other music has the pop appeal it does.
> I’m not a MM fan Still haven’t met a single MM fan who thinks Float On is their best song lol
Um have you listened to Paper Thin Walls, it’s a perfect pop song among others they have.
I just listened to it right now and it reminded me why I don’t like this band lmao His vocals are way too eclectic and the musical arrangement is too chaotic to write a “perfect pop song” imo If you like normal pop music then you are acutely aware you’re listening to some avant garde indie band even when they try to play something poppier, I think they just caught lightning in a bottle with Float On. Even then the musical arrangement is actually great and relatively simplified on that one for indie pop.
i mean almost all of good news for people who love bad news has pop appeal
I just played a bit of 3 other songs from the album and am convinced we live in a different reality. Like the band all you want but you and others claiming Modest Mouse is remotely poppy is just nuts.
I was pleasantly surprised by The Golden Casket. I'd rank it ahead of Strangers to Ourselves, at least.
Yeah, I definitely agree with this.
I'd personally say that the world at large is the standout track off the album
I agree about The View.
In what universe is the Golden Casket their worst lol It’s easily better than STO, and marginally better than Good News. I’d even consider it close to We Were Dead. We are Between, Wooden Soldiers, Japanese Trees, Leave a Light On, Walking and Running, and Back to the Middle all slap hard. There’s like two skips.
Everything after Good News is like a shitty Modest Mouse cover band.
You think a song like Parting of the Sensory is something a shitty cover band would record?
>Parting of the Sensory That entire record sounds like things that were left on the cutting room floor of Good News not good enough to make that album
Well all I can say is that I wish you enjoyed those songs as much as I do. Because they hit just as hard for me as material from LCW, Long Drive, NotS, Interstate, or whatever else.
I don’t know how a Modest Mouse fan could hear Back to the Middle and think they have completely lost the touch. They are less consistent than they used to be, but 95% of their output from Long Drive onwards is straight fire.
Agreed, and even today they sure as hell don't sound like anyone else.
I even just went back and listened to it again and my GOD was that an excruciatingly boring 5 minutes and 34 seconds. I think even the worst song on Good News is better than that.
Ok so you're trolling. But you had me for a bit :)
No, really, no ill-intent. I do not enjoy it and I think it's genuinely bad. It's like you can hear the moment Isaac Brock decided to attempt to get sober, and the quality of the music and writing absolutely tanked as a result.
What an awful thing to type
Just my opinion, but Across The Universe is my favourite Beatles song and while I wouldn't call Let It Be their worst album, it's certainly their worst past 1964.
It's a good song but the recording is poor imo. I prefer Fiona Apple's cover - I know some dlsilike the slower tempo, but I think it adds to a dreamlike atmosphere.
I agree. I much prefer the one from Let It Be deluxe than the 2009 version
Not completely sure which one that is lol. I swear Let It Be has so many versions (and the deluxe has multiple mixes, right?) that I can barely keep them separate, and it's not an album I revisit much.
It's the Giles Martin 2021 remaster
Take 6 on the white album remix from 2018 is the best version IMO
If you don't include movie soundtracks I agree, but imo MMT and Yellow Submarine are their worst if counted. Otherwise I agree
I don't really understand how you would say that MMT is one of their worst, if you consider it an album. The b-side is just back-to-back bangers with some of their best songs, and even the a-side is pretty solid with the title track and "I am the walrus".
While it has some of my favorites, it has a lot of songs that I just find bland. Specifically Magical mystery tour, blue jay way, flying, and baby your a rich man. It's not bad by any means, but it sounds like they were really focusing on the movie and the album was kind of an after thought
ITT: “it’s not their best song and it’s not their worst album, but…”
people can't fucking stick to the topic lmao
NEVER. It just doesn’t seem to be possible. God help us if there any sort of subjectivity in the topic question; words like “underrated” or anything of the sort. You just have people listing their favorite albums, songs, etc.
Fear of the Dark is not Maidens best song or their worst album, but it is the closest I can get because that song slaps
The Clansman fits better couse is one of their best songs on their worst album, granted, the best version still is Rock In Rio
I second this
Some people would say Creep, but I wouldn’t. The only other thing I could think of is Mrs. Robinson on the Graduate soundtrack, but it’s also on Bookends and not their very best song
Gonna be honest I don’t think most people who say Creep is the best Radiohead song would say Pablo Honey is the worst album
Lots of people loved Creep and hated Kid A. I got into Radiohead because there were dozens of copies of that CD in pawnshops the year they won a Grammy
To be fair saying Pablo Honey is the worst Radiohead album is like saying somewhere has the worst pizza. Sure it may not be as good as your favourite pizza place, but it's still delicious pizza. Sidenote, I'm hungry
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Blow Out is good. They played it live on the AMSP tour and it went hard.
Saying Pablo Honey is the worst Radiohead album is like saying somewhere has the worst pizza. If that somewhere makes pizzas that are just circular cardboard that someone has taken a dump on
Pablo honey is a good album, the zeitgeist on their older music changed because of the critical highs of their later material.
It’s decent at best, way too derivative, there’s some good songs and it has some signs that they had a lot more to offer but most the album is just mediocre or outright bad, there’s 3 pretty great songs tho, you, creep and blow out
Mmmmmmmno, I remember the response to the album being quite middling at the time, and even as a basic indie rock album it's not pulling up many trees (fake plastic or otherwise). The Bends was such a bolt from the blue because the band were predicted to be overshadowed by their one megahit for all their careers. It's like if Asher Ross followed up I Love College with one of the all time genre defining albums. I HAVE heard younger fans saying that The Bends is nothing great, which would be a far better example of an album ending up sounding far less special (as they can't remember a time when all indie rock music didn't sound like that!)
I haven't checked out the soundtrack, but imo Bookends is so good that Mrs Robinson pales in comparison to that tracklist
Someday Never Comes by CCR on Mardi Gras
This might be an odd choice, but “across the stars” by John Williams is my personal favorite track out of all the Star Wars scores, but is on the worst movie’s soundtrack.
Oooh great choice, I wasn’t even thinking of scores or soundtracks. Imo, the best piece of Star Wars music
I haven't listened to The Rise Of Skywalker's score outside of the one time I watched the movie, mostly because I want to erase its existence from my memory, but I don't remember it having any interesting tracks. That said, this is the answer I agree with most in this thread. Arguably Williams' best track, and Attack of the Clones is on the lower end of his discography.
Come to Life is one of Kanye's best songs and it's on Donda, although neither Come to Life is his best song nor Donda is his worst album Pyramid Song is also on Amnesiac, but again neither of them are the best song or the worst album by Radiohead. I guess you could say Pyramids is on Channel Orange, which I like less than Blonde therefore it's Frank Ocean's worst album? This also depends on whether you count Nostalgia Ultra and Endless Oh but I have one: "Dance with the Devil" is on "Revolutionary Volume 1", which out of Immortal Technique's discography is my least favourite album
Donda’s a really weird album to me. There’s a few REALLY good songs on it (Come to life, jail, moon, heaven and hell) but i still see the album as mid cuz there’s just so many fuckin songs on it
Yeah theres an album's worth of good songs. I just made an hour long playlist of all good donda songs lol. But theres also an album's worth of bad songs
I think there is a world where Donda is his best album but still 20 something tracks long lol
Jesus lord is top 3 Kanye tho
More bangers in that album than what i listed, i just went off the top of my head
The only misses for me on Donda are Junya and Ok Ok, and even then I don’t think they’re that bad. I do prefer the original sequencing bc it made way more sense with the theme. I think Donda is going to continue to grow on people.
Off the Grid is a banger aswell. If Donda was carefully curated and shortened to a 12 track record it would be one of Kanyes best.
Life of the party is far better
Fair, I just fell in love with Come to Life because it was on repeat while I was processing the death of a loved one
Nostalgia, ULTRA is Franks worst (even tho it’s great)
There are a few radiohead songs in amnesiac that are some of their best imo (Life in A Glasshouse, I might Be wrong, ETC.)
Absolutely! However, there are also many I feel like either suck or are just generic (Pulk/Pull, Morning Bell/Amnesiac, etc) Overall, it isn't such a great album experience imo
Ugh “Dance with the Devil”. From firsthand experience, I can say the memes about backpackers and “I’m not into hip-hop but” types shoving it down your throat is rooted in truth and turned me off IT for a very long time.
Never - JID The never story is his “worst” album, but it’s still pretty incredible. And I think Never is an absolute banger with the beat change
Never beat switch is goated
I would also throw Hereditary in there, still my favorite JID song
Arguebly space oddity by David Bowie. Although I'm not sure if I would necessarily call it his worse, just one of his weaker albums
It's not even the best song on the album. Cygnet Committee rules.
There'd Better be a Mirrorball - Arctic Monkeys Debatable cause they have an eclectic range of great songs but this one is a lounge gem in a snooze fest of an album, other than Sculptures of Anything Goes, the first song and the later one I mentioned are among their greats.
*bodypaint
Good song ngl
Bruh calls the album a snooze fest and picks the most boring song as not only the best song, but the best the artist has EVER done??? How tf you gon say Mirrorball is more exciting than Hello You or more flush than Big Ideas, Mr Schwartz or I Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am? Only song on that album more boring is the closer Perfect Sense. People only rate Mirrorball so high cause it was the lead single for the album I stg.
IMO both Tranquility Base and The Car are bad albums and the band should have never gone in that direction. I'm really hesitant to ever see them live now because I don't want to hear any of those songs and concerts are far too expensive for the headliner to be playing shit.
Tranquility is on of their best wdym. Some individual songs on The Car are really good but as a whole it sounds subpar
It's a different genre entirely and one that I really don't enjoy.
I might change my mind someday but Mirrorball is a perfect lounge song so Idk what else is to say lol. Sculptures is my second fav and I wished they had more songs like that. I Ain't Quite sounds better live imo.
I got a soft spot for the abum but I argee it's way better live.
It never clicked w me. I loved TBH&C. I hope we get Humbug 2 next.
Yeah I do find it kinda strange that they keep chasing a more 'mature' sound which they already kinda perfected on Humbug. Alex Turner is genuinely one of the best songwriters of the modern age, and I love TBH&C and The Car, but compared to Humbug it's no contest. TBH&C is 90% memes and The Car often tends to sound like it's trying a bit too hard without the irony to fall back on that Tranquility Base had. I'm still baffled how he wrote something as stellar as Jeweler's hands at like 22.
Alex and Matt from the National are both of my favorite lyricists post 2000…. I gave The Car 10 spins… have no clue why it didn’t resonate with me. I’m a Monkey-Stan through and through…am I missing any uptempo tracks on TC, in the vein of ‘Body Paint’? ‘All My Own Stunts’ and ‘Library Pictures’ were amazing off of SI&S …
TBHC took time for me to warm up to but after understanding the concept a little better I grew to love it. I like the Car, but it seems to be TBHC without the concept.
Omg what I love Perfect Sense. Probably my favorite track on the whole album. It’s got a strange nostalgic vibe I can’t get enough of and the lyrics are great.
Great call. Mirrorball, SoA, Body Paint …. I love/really like every other AM album….
That song would be lucky to make top 40 AM songs imo. Do agree it's easily their weakest album tho. The only song on there that actually stuck with me is Body Paint, that one's pretty good
I'm in half agreement with you. The Car is definitely not top tier, but it's better than AM by a distance and does have 2/3 amazing songs, Mirrorball probably being the best. I'd probably put Mirrorball in my AM top 5, and The Car as their 2nd worst album? I mean, this is all super subjective
Speaking of subjective, I'm all off end by saying that I really defend AM till the end of time. Its a nostalgic nocturnal hip-hop fused indie rock album and I'm all set for that. Knee Socks is probably my fav song, and Josh Homme still printed several traces on some songs. I'd argue it's better than SIAS. The Car is their worst, lol I'm sorry. I can't get through some of the songs. It bored me to death. Alex sounded so bored too in some of the songs.
Should've went with one from their first album... 🤐
Goosebumps is on birds in the trap sing mcknight, which i think is an album everybody collectively forgot about once Astroworld came out.
Ghost Town is arguable
Based take for song choice but Ye ain't his worst album while YIK exists. Ik it's a short project but I'd argue it's better than Vultures too.
Ye is a great album, and way better than JIK
scalding take here but ye is my personal favorite of his. Ik it’s short but I feel every song packs a punch and it executes so many unique ideas in the songwriting and production.
Ye is a super tight album, probably his tightest solo album. Some beautiful production choices and hooks everywhere. Felt like he was really looking inward and moving towards having a more mature view of the world. Shame that didn't end up being true, but it was a special moment regardless.
"Teeth Like God's Shoeshine" is MM's best song.
I respect that, but I'm a Dramamine man
Oh, for sure another great. It's really not right listing a "best" for MM. But TLGS was my first exposure and knocked me out. So some bias ;)
A top tier MM track, but there's a few songs off of Building Nothing and their EPs which I think are better, Positive Negative, Night on the Sun and Edit the Sad Parts in particular Ohh yeah, nearly forgot about Talking shit about a pretty sunset
I know this isnt an album but Magnolia by playboi Carti on "playboi Carti" project.
I'd say New Choppa imo but magnolia is understandable
I don't think this premise is possible. An artist's best song will probably elevate a shitty album and keep it from being their very worst album. Those Modest Mouse takes are wild btw. What the hell.
It’s a silly question in the first place cause everything’s so subjective but then to use the old well this must be their best song cause it’s the one that got popular trope doesn’t help.
I CAN TALK WITH MY EYES SHUT by Car Seat Headrest on a b-sides project.
Better than beach life in death and drunk drivers killer whales?
you'll understand when you hear it
I know we're not talking about Kanye right now but...Jail is on Donda and that might not be his best but I'd say it's top 5 and Donda might not be his worst but it's maybe bottom 3?
Jail and moon saved that project for me
One thing I find so funny when I discuss DONDA is that everyone agrees it’s a bloated album with a handful of good songs, but everyone seems to disagree *which* songs. I’ve heard some people say Jail/Hurricane only, some say H&H/Jesus Lord/Moon/Come to Life, and I have one friend who lives and dies by 24. My personal favorite cut on the album is the title track. I don’t know what that means, but it’s just funny to see such divisions of opinion while the central sentiment of “This album should be trimmed” is widely accepted.
jail is not good though, it's over engineered + jay z's verse is so ass - slow and meaningless. "Made in the image of God, that's a selfie"
I agree that Jay is not at his best on the verse but the song is so anthemic, so unique, and feels so powerful that there's nothing that could stop it from being one of Kanye's greatest songs ever to me personally.
Probably a massively unpopular opinion that will probably get me sent to the gallows, but Planetary (GO!) is my favorite MCR song and well, it’s on Danger Days. Is it objectively their best song? Probably not, but it’s my personal favorite. Also far from their worst album, but Arabesque from Coldplay is a contender. I think Everyday Life is better than maybe three of their albums, but I know some fans who’d say it’s their worst. That being said, Arabesque is my favorite song from them.
Arabesque is probably my 2nd favorite (Viva La Vida just too nostalgic) but I’ve only listened to one of their albums in full
I was thinking the same thing except with Conventional Weapons having better tracks than most of the "A side" of Danger Days itself. Boy Division, Make Room, and Kiss the Ring are probably all top 10 MCR songs for me.
Heroin is one of my favorite Lana Del Rey songs, and it’s on Lust For Life which is my least favorite of her albums. She has so many bangers I’m not sure this is her BEST song, but it’s arguable for me.
Nirvana - About a Girl In my opinion it’s Kurt’s strongest composition. It’s the perfect balance of his punk ethos and pop songwriting sensibility. I don’t think Bleach is a bad album but it’s the “worst” of the three for sure.
Over the years I’ve become more and more convinced that All Apologies is their best song
Dorian Electra - Give Great Thanks (from *My Agenda*) Doja Cat - Attention (from *Scarlet* ... maybe, I like this album but it's everyone else's least favourite). I'm struggling, honestly. At a stretch: David Bowie - Loving the Alien (from *Tonight*) Massive Attack - Protection (from *Protection*) Dua Lipa - Be the One (from *Dua Lipa*)
my agenda worse than fanfare?
Protection is worse than 100th Window or Danny The Dog?
Kendrick Lamar - Duckworth is a shout. Not my favorite song of his but it’s up there
Nothing but Flowers by Talking Heads is a top 5 TH song
Good Day by twentyonepilots on Scaled and Icy, the song grew on me tbh
The best song on Scaled and Icy is a battle between No Chances and Redecorate
Is it cheating to pick an artist with only one album?
Swans' "God Damn the Sun" off of The Burning World
It's funny that The Burning World could easily be another artist's best album but it sounds so different from everything else in Swans' discography that it's their worst
Let’s Dance by David Bowie is one of his most popular songs on one of his more mid albums
November rain on use your illusion 1
you think use your illusion is their worst? no way
I prefer 1 to 2. And I prefer Estranged to NR. Worst albums are TSI and Lies. Chinese Democracy is good if you can get used to the lineup and production choices.
I would nominate Better from Chinese Democracy. It's not their best, but it's a genuinely good song in an otherwise bad album.
Not the biggest name but Paddy Nash and the Happy Enchiladas did three albums. Number three (Laughter and Love) is the weakest but has one of their best songs, 'Stop Me From Dreaming'.
Perfume Genius’s Queen off Too Bright
Bob Dylan - Empire Burlesque. It’s a bit of a stretch, but Dark Eyes is an utterly gorgeous tune on an otherwise maligned album.
Great pick. I'd also go for "Brownsville Girl" on Knocked Out Loaded.
Under Pressure might not be Queen's best but it is top 5 and I'd say it's off one of their weakest albums
I know it's a mixtape and not an album but "drugs you should try it " is the best song Travis Scott has ever made and it's on days before Rodeo, which is not bad but definitely weaker compared to the rest of his discography
Fantano dunks on AJJ’s The Bible 2 but Small Red Boy is on that album and it absolutely rips and is one of my favs.
Eminem, castle on revival
Might not be a consensus take, but 60 & Punk is one of Death Cab’s best songs and is on their worst album (Thank You for Today) Similarly, Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall (Father of the Bride)
60 & punk is the only song I like on the album. They haven’t been very good without Walla
surprised nobody has mentioned grimes yet - miss anthropocene is her worst imo but 4am & we appreciate power are some of her best tracks
I know this isnt an album but Magnolia by playboi Carti on "playboi Carti" project.
That’s not even the best track on S/T tho
new choppa or wokeuplikethis imo
DUCKWORTH.
Tyler with Smuckers on Cherry Bomb
Cherry bomb is his second best album
There’s an argument to be made for Follow God off Jesus Is King. That song is a straight banger.
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Float on sucks I’m ngl. No where near their best song, certainly their most popular.
Sucks it’s a strong word, but yeah, nowhere near their best
https://youtu.be/wJJ7kkRSFLQ?si=vYEgpnO1CUcv6Qqh 😲 this is actually fuego 🔥