Wouldn’t go so far as to say it “ruins” the album, but “Shakermaker” is quite a letdown compared to the rest of “Definitely Maybe”.
All Star on Smash Mouth’s Astro Lounge
This is exactly what I came to say. Thank you for having taste
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.
It’s kinda campy. I like that about smash mouth. Fallen Horses though, that’s a great track. Genuinely good listening.
fush yu mang is also a great album
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
Waste is a great song
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.
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I came here to say the same. It isn’t bad but it doesn’t mix up well with the rest…
Original Prankster was similar on the next album. Like their label at the time forced one commercial track for a single on them.
I usually just skip that song. Album is no longer ruined 😉
Although Twilight by Anderson Paak is particularly annoying.
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.
I love Dragonforce’s entire discography, with one massive exception in that Evil Dead is horrible beyond words.
TIL Dragonforce did a cover of Death
Revolution 9, as was often joked about on beatlescirclejerk in the other place.
i love that song
Number 9, number 9, number 9!
Jeff Buckley’s Grace is one of my favorites, but Eternal Life is always kind of a drag imho. It has the makings of a good song but very unlike the rest of the tracks on the album it doesn’t feel quite complete.
thats actually my favorite song, on an album that is also one of my favorites. it definitely hits different than the rest of the album so i can see that its not for all fans of grace. i like that its a kick after the emotional rollercoaster that is the first 8 songs and then gets followed by 1 more subdued song to end it.
my dad would play grace a lot in the house when it came out and I think i may have latched on to it as it was the most similar to what i was listening to on my own at the time, eventually the whole album became a warm comforting blanket
It’s not a bad song at all, I think it’s just a bit rough in a few of the transitions and that’s probably just because this was his first solo album. The entire album is a testament to how skilled of a songwriter he was.
Not now John on “The Final Cut” by Pink Floyd
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.
It’s Martin. I like 'em but I get it. He’s singing in their latest single Manhattan, and except his song on Screen Violence (or love is dead lol I forget) I mostly skip them as well.
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer on Abbey Road. One of the few songs I skip while listening to an album!
I like Maxwell’s Silverhammer :)
The world is full of things more bizarre and inexplicbale than we could ever imagine, and I thank you for reminding me of that this morning.
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.
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.
That’s interesting, I never knew the story behind that song. Personally I always liked it but I like just about every Metallica song.
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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.
the song astrud gilberto does with her kid on beach samba ruins what is otherwise a perfect album
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.
parade grew on me. i love the marching drums and its such a fun little ditty
