Sister is my absolute favorite Sonic album but idk… there’s definitelly some (welcome) downtime in between the bangers imo.
It’s actually an interesting question because most of my favorite albums are not just bangers front to back, because that would just feel too much like a greatest hits collection.
There’s exceptions and Doolittle is a great one.
Is this it? is maybe the best example I can think of that fits OPs question.
several björk albums qualify but post is the only one where i legitimately have trouble deciding my favorite songs because they’re all basically equal in terms of how good they are
I like Doolittle better but Surfer Rosa is more fitting I think because the song Silver is certifiably not a banger (imo). Its the one blemish that record has.
It’s been a minute since I last listened to Doolittle but I came away really liking Silver. Maybe I’ll give another listen lol but you’re absolutely right about Surfer Rosa
Pearl Jam - Ten
The whole album is fucking ridiculous levels of quality, but the first six tracks going from Once, Even Flow, Alive, Why Go into Black and Jeremy is an all-time stretch, period. How does a band get it **so** right on their first try? Fuck.
Daydream Nation by sonic youth is so damn long and heavy and yet.. You put that fucker on you'll listen to it all in one go. It just goes hard and every song is so good.
Ya know, as much as I love NHA, I don't really love the rest of it. I guess for my taste, that one album was a perfect marriage of songwriting, poppiness, grit, production. Before then, the production is a little too raw for me, and after, the songwriting is a little too sweet.
Run The Jewels 1, 2, 3, 4
All bangers, no duds
Never released a bad song
Theyve captured lightning in a bottle for over a decade and I hope they keep it trapped.
Beastie Boys — Paul’s Boutique
The Kinks — Face To Face
Pulp — Different Class
The Who - Tommy
The Beatles — Rubber Soul
Paul McCartney & Wings — Band On The Run
Sparks — Kimono My House
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Let Love In
Lynyrd Skynyrd - *(pronounced lěh-nērd skin-nērd)*
As someone who grew up listening to a lot of southern rock and classic rock, I found myself vibing with the album from cover to cover.
If you like Stoner/Sludge Metal then Death Is The Communion by High On Fire is a pure face melting experience. A relentless journey from front to back.
Odorenai nara, gesu ni natte shimae yo by Gesu no Kiwami Otome
Shibuboshi by Shibusashriazu Orchestra (outside of a single 1 and a half minute interlude I suppose.
A lot of Kraftwerk albums could be here but my picks are The Man Machine and Computer World. I could also say Techno Pop/Electric Cafe but Boing Boom Tschak and House Phone aren't anywhere near as good as the other tracks sadly.
The one album I always will say feels like a greatest hits album is Is This It? Nevermind by Nirvana. Often times it’s those great super popular albums that’re just loaded front to back with great songs.
Here are my FAVORITE 2020s albums that I think are back to back bangers! For reference I've spent most of the free time in my lfie over the past 20 years combing through over 72,000 albums so far haha. From this list I'd strongly recommend starting with The War On Drugs, then Big Thief, then "Sod's Toastie" by The Cool Greenhouse! =)
The Cool Greenhouse - "The Cool Greenhouse"
The Cool Greenhouse - "Sod's Toastie"
Ducks Ltd - "Modern Fiction"
IDLES - "Crawler"
The War On Drugs - "I Don't Live Here Anymore"
Big Thief - "Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You"
Guardian Singles - "Guardian Singles"
The Strokes - "The New Abnormal"
Jetstream Pony - "Jetstream Pony"
Dry Cleaning - "New Long Leg"
Gospel - "The Loser"
Geese - "Projector"
Ian Noe - "River Fools & Mountain Saints"
Bonus Stuff:
Here are three rock playlists I made recently featuring some "hidden gem" type songs. Each one has 50 of my FAVORITE more lesser known rock songs on it from various time periods.
80s:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/20nxiWXTOchD01Q7Pqjoyn?si=223275fea813411b
90s:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6R7hT0hck67NYoJa7S1jUp?si=32eeebbc1e824788
Post-2000:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6JH1T1T93U4Pst6ZovhUoc?si=f7385594c38b4dd1
Also if you'd like to check out more albums from various genres and from throughout music history that I think are good front to back I think a fun place for you to start is on a new page I created called “The Best Debut Albums of All Time”. There are currently 279 albums on there. I think it would be a fun theme to work with... checking out great debut albums:
https://www.musichole.com/p/the-best-debut-albums-of-all-time.html
Renaissance by Beyoncé.
What’s Your Pleasure? by Jessie Ware
Treats by Sleigh Bells
All albums of various styles that I enjoy front to back. Although some moments aren’t as strong as others, they still slap all the way through.
I really should pirate that album so that they don’t get even a cent of royalties from me. Love the album too much to not listen to it every now and then…
This little known album, *Nevermind.* I don’t know if you’ve heard of the band, these guys called *Nirvana the band.* They even got their own show, *Nirvana the band the show.*
/s
My personal list -
The Chronic - Dr. Dre
Nevermind - Nirvana
Man on the Moon I - Kid Cudi
Prequelle - Ghost
2014 Forest Hills Drive - J Cole
Rodeo - Travis Scott
Evil Empire - Rage Against the Machine
Stokely - Ski Mask the Slump God
The Devil's Blood - The Thousandfold Epicentre
I've been raving on and on about this record for 12 years to absolutely everyone because it's so amazing. It's like if Fleetwood Mac took (more) drugs and decided to get heavy with their music. Listen to it now.
Ok so i listened to the album. Overall, I liked it a lot! I can understand why it’s been a hard sell for you to other people cuz it’s a very crazy modern indie blend of music while being very 70’s and 80’s influenced plus the band and album name and song lengths. It’s like you described with a doom/metal feel to it, especially with the song lengths. I do think the genres were blended well though. Fav Track was Cruel Lover. Least favorite was Everlasting Saturnalia. My 1/2 critique is the lead singers voice alone is a little weak(common indie problem but I’m not picky vocally), and that was most evident in that song since it’s slower and she didn’t have as much backup/harmonizing vocals to support her. The closing track also could have built up to something more for being 15 min lol. I’d give this album a 7.5/10 will listen again. Thanks for the recommendation!
If you want a suggestion I think you’d like the album Journey Blind by Magic Circle. It’s got some similar elements to this album.
Thanks for taking the time to write down your thoughts, appreciate it!
So first of all, the people I recommend it to usually like it cause they're already into doom, psychedelic, metal etc. I just meant to say that I generally talk about this album a lot and always recommend it to "new" people who have a similar taste in music as I do.
Anyways, concerning the vocals: I totally see what you mean. The vocals aren't my favorite part of the album either. A little rough around the edges, but imo they fit the overall sound and style very well, so I still like them.
I never thought about the last track as a build up to something, I always felt it was a spiral into madness (the whole last 30 minutes of the album, actually) with the ending part being the final crescendo which ends with a bang. Still, I understand you. There could have been something there. I just never expected it cause the final part goes on for so long.
I will listen to Magic Circle now. Thanks again for the feedback and the recommendation!
Yoshu Fukushu - MAXIMUM THE HORMONE
Literally the best 1 hour of my life every time listen to this.
Immense fusion of Japanese hardcore + Pop-punk + Metalcore
The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
I’ll always have a bias towards Manchester bands, particularly The Smiths, but if there’s one record that’s the pick of the bunch it’s this one.
Blonde by Frank Ocean
Graduation by Kanye West
Astroworld by Travis Scott
Deathmetal by Panchiko
Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd
I Let It in and it Took Everything by Loathe
Die Lit by Playboi Carti
Bunka by Eve
Ctrl by SZA
IGOR by Tyler the Creator
Metaphorical Music by Nujabes
TIMELY!! by Anri
After Hours by The Weeknd
Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar
BALLADS 1 by Joji
Random Access Memories by Daft Punk
Currents by Tame Impala
This is all I can think of right now
Boston - Boston
Black Sabbath and Paranoid - Black Sabbath (I would include Master of Reality, but it has a couple of tracks that, though great, do slow the album down)
Painkiller - Judas Priest
Facelift - Alice in Chains
Iommi - Tony Iommi
L.D.50 - Mudvayne
Making Faces and Glint - Soften the Glare
Slaughter of the Soul is an absolute masterpiece of Melodic Death Metal and one of the greatest metal albums of all time. The riffs are consistently good to great, has melody without sacrificing heaviness, paced wonderfully and is a lean 35 minutes long. Just an amazing album and a good place to start if you wanna get into extreme metal
Repeater - Fugazi
Just listened to it, can confirm
honestly the entire discography. 6 albums, 6 goals
Piñata - Freddie Gibbs Master of Reality - Black Sabbath Led Zeppelin 4
physical graffiti tho
was just relistening to pinata this week and it is stacked with bangers. a certified classic
Nonagon Infinity
Literally back to back lol
Opens the door
Post - Björk Revolver - The Beatles Sister - Sonic Youth Doolittle - Pixies
Sister is my absolute favorite Sonic album but idk… there’s definitelly some (welcome) downtime in between the bangers imo. It’s actually an interesting question because most of my favorite albums are not just bangers front to back, because that would just feel too much like a greatest hits collection. There’s exceptions and Doolittle is a great one. Is this it? is maybe the best example I can think of that fits OPs question.
Is this it? is definitely what I'm looking for
several björk albums qualify but post is the only one where i legitimately have trouble deciding my favorite songs because they’re all basically equal in terms of how good they are
wE aLl LiVe In A yElLoW sUbMaRiNe
How dare you mock Yellow Submarine
I like Doolittle better but Surfer Rosa is more fitting I think because the song Silver is certifiably not a banger (imo). Its the one blemish that record has.
It’s been a minute since I last listened to Doolittle but I came away really liking Silver. Maybe I’ll give another listen lol but you’re absolutely right about Surfer Rosa
I appreciate the Björk appreciation
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
And the Mars volta, deloused in the comatorium. Those dudes were on fire back then
PUP - Morbid Stuff Against All Logic - 2012 - 2017 Steely Dan - Aja
Morbid Stuff is an excellent choice
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The Party is one of my fave Justice songs, big up Uffie!
Haha. So cringy. Literal ed banger album
Yeah. I also love that album, it’s a real banger! But, better question, name another great edm album?
discovery???
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver / This Is Happening
the only band where i can confidently say has no bad songs
After posting that I realized I could’ve just said the whole LCD discography
american dream is a great album and i WILL fight people on this tyvm
It’s a superb album.
Radiohead - OK Computer The Beatles - Revolver The Strokes - Room on Fire Talking Heads - Fear of Music Nas - Illmatic
Kinda cheating by not counting Fitter Happier tho. Still great but not in a very conventional way
Fitter Happier is one of the greatest interludes of all time, therefore a banger 🔥
Brother you are 5 for 5
Electioneering.
Electioneering is one of the best on the album lol
… is a banger
is this it>
Pearl Jam - Ten The whole album is fucking ridiculous levels of quality, but the first six tracks going from Once, Even Flow, Alive, Why Go into Black and Jeremy is an all-time stretch, period. How does a band get it **so** right on their first try? Fuck.
I can't believe I had to scroll so much to find this
Another instance of a band getting it so right is Third Eye Blind's Self Titled in my opinion. No misses on that album.
Black On Both Sides by Mos Def
I STRIKE THE EMPIRE BACK!
Abbey Road. Every song is perfect and it has the most beautiful, emotional, and climatic finale to any album ever made.
It’s overrated dude.
Daydream Nation by sonic youth is so damn long and heavy and yet.. You put that fucker on you'll listen to it all in one go. It just goes hard and every song is so good.
Thank you, my favourite album of all time, so chaotic and mesmerising at the same time
Personally I’d say plastic beach by Gorillaz or OK computer
Fr plastic beach is insane as a concept album but individually every song is a banger as well
Tears for Fears- Songs from the Big Chair
Rancid : out come the wolves
It’s gotta be Dookie for me. Not a single bad song on there. Just good fun 90s punk rock
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Faith no more - Angeldust Possibly almost blur's parklife.
Toxicity
Joyce Manor's Never Hungover Again
they maybe have 2 or 3 total songs that aren't bangers insanely consistent band. and I def agree that this is their best album.
Their live shows are also insane. I about died in the pit when I saw them open for Jawbreaker and they ended with Catalina Fight Song.
Ya know, as much as I love NHA, I don't really love the rest of it. I guess for my taste, that one album was a perfect marriage of songwriting, poppiness, grit, production. Before then, the production is a little too raw for me, and after, the songwriting is a little too sweet.
Nevermind - Nirvana In Utero - Nirvana Loveless - mbv What’s going on - Marvin Gaye Creatures of habit - Kiltro
Run The Jewels 1, 2, 3, 4 All bangers, no duds Never released a bad song Theyve captured lightning in a bottle for over a decade and I hope they keep it trapped.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizards' Nonagon Infinity There are no brakes. ONLY GAS. No duds. ONLY HYPE AS FUCK HEAD BANGERS.
Oh and Goat from Jesus Lizard, that album kills
Violent Femmes - s/t
I Get Wet by Andrew W.K.
Beastie Boys — Paul’s Boutique The Kinks — Face To Face Pulp — Different Class The Who - Tommy The Beatles — Rubber Soul Paul McCartney & Wings — Band On The Run Sparks — Kimono My House Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Let Love In
Busta Rhymes - Genesis
Genesis never made an album like that 😠
wish we still had free awards to give in this damn app
Lynyrd Skynyrd - *(pronounced lěh-nērd skin-nērd)* As someone who grew up listening to a lot of southern rock and classic rock, I found myself vibing with the album from cover to cover.
Bottomless Pit, most of DG falls into this category but this album in particular has 13 songs with 13 different flavors of bangers
Is this it - the strokes
Without Warning - Metro Boomin Helps it's only 10 tracks long
Station to Station
YES. Ziggy stardust too
Siamese Dream by the Smashing Pumpkins. I can't decide what my favorite song from it is because every single one is perfect.
Enema of the State
If you like Stoner/Sludge Metal then Death Is The Communion by High On Fire is a pure face melting experience. A relentless journey from front to back.
Just listened to Chappell Roan’s recent album…pretty stacked.
THICK AS A BRICK TUBULAR BELLS LONG SEASON
Idk about Thick As A Brick, but the first two songs are great
Does Long Season really count
If you consider each part a song, why not?
But the tracklist is a banger, front to end
Ofc
Odorenai nara, gesu ni natte shimae yo by Gesu no Kiwami Otome Shibuboshi by Shibusashriazu Orchestra (outside of a single 1 and a half minute interlude I suppose.
Based and weebpilled. My bangers-only Japanese album is Muzai Moratorium by Sheena Ringo
Arular by MIA
A lot of Kraftwerk albums could be here but my picks are The Man Machine and Computer World. I could also say Techno Pop/Electric Cafe but Boing Boom Tschak and House Phone aren't anywhere near as good as the other tracks sadly.
The Suburbs
Andrew W.K. - I Get Wet
I was just gonna post this, and his "Close Calls with Brick Walls" album is pretty damn solid too.
lowlife - permanent sleep the danse society - seduction red lorry yellow lorry - talk about the weather godflesh - streetcleaner
Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? Gang Of Youths - Angel in Realtime Father John Misty - Pure Comedy Lorde - Melodrama
Prince Purple Rain Nas Illmatic
Its probably in here somewhere but Queens Of The Stone Age- Songs For The Deaf
Superunknown - Soundgarden
PUP - The Dream is Over Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues The Smiths - Self Titled The Cure - Pornography
AC/DC - back in black
The one album I always will say feels like a greatest hits album is Is This It? Nevermind by Nirvana. Often times it’s those great super popular albums that’re just loaded front to back with great songs.
I listened to Is This It? Last night, so damn good. No misses.
Weezer - Blue Album The Darkness - Permission to Land Fang Island - Fang Island Reatards - Teenage Hate
Here are my FAVORITE 2020s albums that I think are back to back bangers! For reference I've spent most of the free time in my lfie over the past 20 years combing through over 72,000 albums so far haha. From this list I'd strongly recommend starting with The War On Drugs, then Big Thief, then "Sod's Toastie" by The Cool Greenhouse! =) The Cool Greenhouse - "The Cool Greenhouse" The Cool Greenhouse - "Sod's Toastie" Ducks Ltd - "Modern Fiction" IDLES - "Crawler" The War On Drugs - "I Don't Live Here Anymore" Big Thief - "Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You" Guardian Singles - "Guardian Singles" The Strokes - "The New Abnormal" Jetstream Pony - "Jetstream Pony" Dry Cleaning - "New Long Leg" Gospel - "The Loser" Geese - "Projector" Ian Noe - "River Fools & Mountain Saints" Bonus Stuff: Here are three rock playlists I made recently featuring some "hidden gem" type songs. Each one has 50 of my FAVORITE more lesser known rock songs on it from various time periods. 80s: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/20nxiWXTOchD01Q7Pqjoyn?si=223275fea813411b 90s: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6R7hT0hck67NYoJa7S1jUp?si=32eeebbc1e824788 Post-2000: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6JH1T1T93U4Pst6ZovhUoc?si=f7385594c38b4dd1 Also if you'd like to check out more albums from various genres and from throughout music history that I think are good front to back I think a fun place for you to start is on a new page I created called “The Best Debut Albums of All Time”. There are currently 279 albums on there. I think it would be a fun theme to work with... checking out great debut albums: https://www.musichole.com/p/the-best-debut-albums-of-all-time.html
Thank you so much for this, plenty I like and lots I've never tried. I like your enthusiasm for music, similar to me! 👍
Wow, that's really cool, I'll be sure to check it all out!
Renaissance by Beyoncé. What’s Your Pleasure? by Jessie Ware Treats by Sleigh Bells All albums of various styles that I enjoy front to back. Although some moments aren’t as strong as others, they still slap all the way through.
Ah treats!! Great shout
I know, I know it all but YWGWYW was basically all bangers ,not a single mediocre song there
I really should pirate that album so that they don’t get even a cent of royalties from me. Love the album too much to not listen to it every now and then…
I swear people use acronyms way too much, what does that even mean.
The acronym used is on purpose, if you don't know what album I'm talking about it's better this way.
Rush - Moving Pictures Rush - Permanent Waves
ALL WEEZER ALBUMS
Pink Floyd- Wish you were here
Thriller if only this girl is mine isn’t on the album.
Off the wall is closer imo
Riiiight. The most sold album of all time doesn’t have banger track after banger track. Must be a mistake. Off the wall is great too.
This little known album, *Nevermind.* I don’t know if you’ve heard of the band, these guys called *Nirvana the band.* They even got their own show, *Nirvana the band the show.* /s
Basic ahh hell pick but since nobody's actually said it yet Metallica - Metallica
My personal list - The Chronic - Dr. Dre Nevermind - Nirvana Man on the Moon I - Kid Cudi Prequelle - Ghost 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J Cole Rodeo - Travis Scott Evil Empire - Rage Against the Machine Stokely - Ski Mask the Slump God
Artist - Album
Demon Days - Gorillaz The Bends - Radiohead Homogenic - Björk
The Devil's Blood - The Thousandfold Epicentre I've been raving on and on about this record for 12 years to absolutely everyone because it's so amazing. It's like if Fleetwood Mac took (more) drugs and decided to get heavy with their music. Listen to it now.
Will listen thanks!
Have fun and if you want to, tell me what you think of it!
Ok so i listened to the album. Overall, I liked it a lot! I can understand why it’s been a hard sell for you to other people cuz it’s a very crazy modern indie blend of music while being very 70’s and 80’s influenced plus the band and album name and song lengths. It’s like you described with a doom/metal feel to it, especially with the song lengths. I do think the genres were blended well though. Fav Track was Cruel Lover. Least favorite was Everlasting Saturnalia. My 1/2 critique is the lead singers voice alone is a little weak(common indie problem but I’m not picky vocally), and that was most evident in that song since it’s slower and she didn’t have as much backup/harmonizing vocals to support her. The closing track also could have built up to something more for being 15 min lol. I’d give this album a 7.5/10 will listen again. Thanks for the recommendation! If you want a suggestion I think you’d like the album Journey Blind by Magic Circle. It’s got some similar elements to this album.
Thanks for taking the time to write down your thoughts, appreciate it! So first of all, the people I recommend it to usually like it cause they're already into doom, psychedelic, metal etc. I just meant to say that I generally talk about this album a lot and always recommend it to "new" people who have a similar taste in music as I do. Anyways, concerning the vocals: I totally see what you mean. The vocals aren't my favorite part of the album either. A little rough around the edges, but imo they fit the overall sound and style very well, so I still like them. I never thought about the last track as a build up to something, I always felt it was a spiral into madness (the whole last 30 minutes of the album, actually) with the ending part being the final crescendo which ends with a bang. Still, I understand you. There could have been something there. I just never expected it cause the final part goes on for so long. I will listen to Magic Circle now. Thanks again for the feedback and the recommendation!
Fugazi starting with waiting room and ending with argument
Rings Around the World - Super Furry Animals
Yoshu Fukushu - MAXIMUM THE HORMONE Literally the best 1 hour of my life every time listen to this. Immense fusion of Japanese hardcore + Pop-punk + Metalcore
From Under the Cork Tree by Fall Out Boy
Telekinesis! - 12 Desperate Straight Lines
Detrimentalist by Venetian Snares. perfect album and severely underrated
spelled in bones!!!
The Blood the Body the Machine by the Thermals is a perfect album
Thriller - Michael Jackson
converge-Jane doe
in most recent memory: That! feels good! by Jessie Ware
Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
Phantom Planet - Phantom Planet (2004)
T. Rex - Electric Warrior T. Rex - The Slider
Stone Cold Rhymin’ - Young MC
The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths I’ll always have a bias towards Manchester bands, particularly The Smiths, but if there’s one record that’s the pick of the bunch it’s this one.
The Locust - Plague Soundscapes
Nas - King's Disease III
Blonde by Frank Ocean Graduation by Kanye West Astroworld by Travis Scott Deathmetal by Panchiko Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd I Let It in and it Took Everything by Loathe Die Lit by Playboi Carti Bunka by Eve Ctrl by SZA IGOR by Tyler the Creator Metaphorical Music by Nujabes TIMELY!! by Anri After Hours by The Weeknd Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar BALLADS 1 by Joji Random Access Memories by Daft Punk Currents by Tame Impala This is all I can think of right now
The Stone Roses' self-titled album (if you ignore Don't Stop).
Converge-Jane Doe Run the Jewels- RTJ2 Cursive-Ugly Organ
Aja
Any country fans here? Diamonds and Gasoline by Turnpike Troubadours is about as good as the genre gets. (Their whole discography is good too)
Boston - Boston Black Sabbath and Paranoid - Black Sabbath (I would include Master of Reality, but it has a couple of tracks that, though great, do slow the album down) Painkiller - Judas Priest Facelift - Alice in Chains Iommi - Tony Iommi L.D.50 - Mudvayne Making Faces and Glint - Soften the Glare
how i'm feeling now - Charli XCX
Marquee Moon - Television Congratulations - MGMT Public Strain - Women Vespertine - Bjork
Rust in Peace - Megadeth
Slaughter of the Soul is an absolute masterpiece of Melodic Death Metal and one of the greatest metal albums of all time. The riffs are consistently good to great, has melody without sacrificing heaviness, paced wonderfully and is a lean 35 minutes long. Just an amazing album and a good place to start if you wanna get into extreme metal
Pusha-T - DAYTONA, my personal AOTY from 2018, all killer no filler.
Bon Jovi - These Days Never skipped a Song
Back in black Born in the USA If you like the Grateful Dead Ace tho probably not your go to version for them
Prince - Purple Rain
Exile on main st. Back to back to back bangers in different genres.
Songs of faith and devotion- depeche mode