Good songs on Bad albums.

You know,that one song you love on an album you hate.

Mine would have to be S.Y.L,a great song and it could have fitted on "City" rather than "Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing". I still wish Devin would re-record some of his older stuff like this in proper quality since this album had god awful production.

"Spirtual Void" off of I Hear Black comes to mind. One of Overkill's greatest songs on a bad album.

troublemagnet wrote:

"Spirtual Void" off of I Hear Black comes to mind. One of Overkill's greatest songs on a bad album.

What makes I Hear Black a bad album? I think "World of Hurt" is also a good song.

Actually, i don't consider I HEAR BLACXK to be a bad album.

It's one of my favourite OVERKILL records.

I don't hate Forbidden's Green album, but I do find it hard to listen to unless I'm in the right mood. But Over the Middle really stands out to me, distorted vocals aside, that song rules!

adrian wrote:

I don't hate Forbidden's Green album, but I do find it hard to listen to unless I'm in the right mood. But Over the Middle really stands out to me, distorted vocals aside, that song rules!

i like that entire album, but yeah that song especially rules.

This Was My Life from Countdown to Extinction was a good song on an awful album.

metalhead777 wrote:

You know,that one song you love on an album you hate.

Mine would have to be S.Y.L,a great song and it could have fitted on "City" rather than "Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing". I still wish Devin would re-record some of his older stuff like this in proper quality since this album had god awful production

Most of Heavy As A Really Heavy Thing is a complete mess, but there are a few good tracks. 'In The Rainy Season' is another good 'un.

"Reckless" off Priest's "Turbo" - While I don't hate the album, I still consider it Priest's weakest album. It's not so much the synth guitars, it's the lack of interesting songwriting on most of the songs, and it really becomes too simplified, boring bubblegum rock - there's not so much Priest identity in the album, which I really think is the biggest issue - it just lacks much of the "PRIEST!" feel.

[quote="metalhead777"]You know,that one song you love on an album you hate.

JUGULATOR always have been a bad JUDAS PRIEST album to me but this song is great:

I can see why people hate TURBO, sort of, but it is definitely not the worst JP album for sure.

I love TURBO, and SOMEWHERE IN TIME, DANGEROUS CHARM by SINNER, CHANGE OF ADDRESS by KROKUS, THE ULTIMATE SIN by OZZY etc...they all had those Synthesizer like on TURBO.

krokus wrote:

JUGULATOR always have been a bad JUDAS PRIEST album to me but this song is great:

Gotta agree with this one, though I also think "Bullet Train" is outstanding as well.

I don't feel that JUGULATOR is a bad Priest album, but DEMOLITION on the other hand... ugh. The only saving graces on that thing are "Machine Man" and "Bloodsuckers"

Fat Freddy wrote:

I don't feel that JUGULATOR is a bad Priest album, but DEMOLITION on the other hand... ugh. The only saving graces on that thing are "Machine Man" and "Bloodsuckers"

+ 1

Reckless is the first song that came to mind. Cathedral Spires and Bullettrain are great as well.

i love I hear black. awesome overkill album. just like you is an excellent tune.
i don't actually mind jugulator.

If i had to pick a good song on a bad album it would be prince of darkness from megadeth's risk album.

'Let the Music Do The Talkin' and 'The Hop' off of Aerosmith's Done With Mirrors.

While I don't think it's an truely horrible album, it's way down on the list of albums I go to. Lotsa filler on that one, but these 2 tracks smoke.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

'Let the Music Do The Talkin' and 'The Hop' off of Aerosmith's Done With Mirrors.

While I don't think it's an truely horrible album, it's way down on the list of albums I go to. Lotsa filler on that one, but these 2 tracks smoke.

Yeah, that album hasn't aged well. I remember liking it a lot as a new release, but over the years my estimation of it has dropped. My fave song on it is actually the "bonus track" that was only on the cassette and CD version - "Darkness." Love, love, loooooove that song!!

I think that was the last Aerosmith album that I upgraded from cassette to cd. I was in no rush to do so until I found a copy in the used shop for 3 or 4 dollars.

Fat Freddy wrote:

I don't feel that JUGULATOR is a bad Priest album, but DEMOLITION on the other hand... ugh. The only saving graces on that thing are "Machine Man" and "Bloodsuckers"

No love for this song?

ultmetal wrote:

krokus wrote:

JUGULATOR always have been a bad JUDAS PRIEST album to me but this song is great:

Gotta agree with this one, though I also think "Bullet Train" is outstanding as well.

Burn In Hell kicks ass also!







...other than those three tunes, the only other song I liked off "Jugulator" was Abductors.

Ha, funny enough, the two songs that are often considered the greatest songs on "Jugulator", "Bullet Train" and "Cathedral Spires" I never got - I could just never get into them. There's really nothing that stands out, nothing that get's me hooked - there's a small hook in the chorus of "Cathedral Spires", but otherwise the song suffers from a songwriting standpoint - the verses are just generic words being sung, and it bores me - I never liked "Bullet Train" either - To me, the strongest tracks are "Blood Stained", "Burn In Hell" - basically the first half. The seconds half I mostly consider filler, which is why I think the strength of the album suffers. "Demolition" on the other hand, I find to be much more consistent.

Iron Maiden - Brave New World - The Wicker Man & The Mercenary
Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark - The first song and the last song
Judas Priest - Point of Entry - Heading Out and Hot Rockin'
Overkill - I Hear Black - World of Hurt
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven - I'm Broken and 5 Minutes Alone (I was thinking about selling the CD one time and then the next morning the latter started playing in my head )
Sacrifice - Apocalypse Inside - First two songs
Sepultura - Arise - The first song and the last song
Patti Smith Group - Not a big fan in general but "Because the Night" is a great song!
Styx - Again, not a big fan of the band in general but I really, really like "Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)" and "Come Sail Away"
Van Halen - Diver Down - Where Have All the Good Times Gone, Hang 'Em High, The Full Bug...OK, maybe it's not a bad album, just a mediocre one
W.A.S.P. - The Last Command - Wild Child

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Pantera - Far Beyond Driven - I'm Broken and 5 Minutes Alone

Good call on that one. I'd substitute that Sabbath cover of 'Planet Caravan' for 'I'm Broken'. Other than those 2, this album is more of a space-holder in my collection.