What albums do yall listen to from beginning to end? There are plenty of artists and bands that I like with great songs but sometimes the album has filler in between the main tracks. Which albums do you feel like have little to no filler? I’d put up Chief Keef’s Finally Rich (debut album) Licensed To Ill by the Beastie Boys, maybe Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles, Curtis (1970) by Curtis Mayfield and Cuba Libre by Carlos Puebla. What are your favorites?
Listening to full albums is my preferred format, so I pretty much listen to anything to the end, other than a new album that I find myself disliking. But these are a few that I’ve listened to many times and that I also feel like tremendously benefit from the full album experience:
Down Colorful Hill by Red House Painters
This is a Long Drive by Modest Mouse
Hissing Fauna by Of Montreal
Modest Mouse is pretty good, I’ve seen them suggested throughout the post, I hear a few songs of theirs at work or on the radio, but now I feel like I need to listen to a full album from them with all of these recommendations lol, is This Is A Long Drive their best album in your opinion or would I be better suited listening to a more popular album by them? Keep in mind that I probably only know 2-4 songs of theirs
Their first two albums are very angry. Their first album, Long Drive, is my favorite, but most people think their second album, Lonesome Crowded West, is the better of the two. Long Drive alternates between sombre and aggressive where LCW is aggressive in parts but mostly mopey. LCW has some country aesthetic that’s missing on Long Drive. Long Drive has many tracks that end with a minute or more of pure instrumental jams if that’s your thing.
Their third album, Moon & Antarctic is a big departure from the first two in mood, the bitterness is gone. But this is still a fantastic album and very consistent, if the rough edges of the first two put you off this is where I’d start.
Personally I would skip Good News, it has some good songs but feels like it lacks a narrative. We Were Dead however feels like it has a cohesive vibe at the very least, and has some of their best pop forward tracks. The side project Ugly Casanova also has an album Sharpen Your Teeth that’s quite good and different enough from everything else.