Songs that ruined otherwise perfect albums

I'm always amused by people on here that don't get The Lamb.  Do you not ever have screwed up dreams?  That is what it is all about.  I wouldn't take away a damned thing from it.  It would be diminished.  

Zombywoof wrote: sagichim wrote: Dayvenkirq wrote: 'Formentera Lady' and 'Letters' on KC's "Islands." You have just killed islands. Just throw in "Ladies of the Road" and "Islands" is a gone-er.

bytor2112 wrote: Hmm "The Waiting Room" would be 3rd from last for me. 2nd least: Ravine Least: Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats I can see why Peter needed them (for his costumes, and what not) but they should have left them out of the album.

I agree with you on Ravine, but The Waiting Room And Silent Sorrow are some of the best tracks on the album.

Really?? Cygnus X-1 easily the best track off AFWTK

sagichim wrote: Dayvenkirq wrote: 'Formentera Lady' and 'Letters' on KC's "Islands." You have just killed islands.

Just throw in "Ladies of the Road" and "Islands" is a gone-er.

sagichim wrote: Dayvenkirq wrote: 'Formentera Lady' and 'Letters' on KC's "Islands." You have just killed islands.

'Formentera Lady' and 'Letters' on KC's "Islands."

Moogtron III wrote: Snow Dog wrote: ^I like that end to Ommadawn. Actually used to look forward to it. Me too. It's a nice contrast to the rest of the music.

Me three. Ommadawn is one of those albums that every note and chord progression is absolutely perfect. Some of the most beautiful, sublime and ethereal music I've ever experienced. Surely Mike's best by an extremely large margin compared to Tubular Bells and Hergest Ridge. The only things that come close, but not too close, is Incantations and Amarok.


Edited by Fox On The Rocks - March 11 2012 at 12:15

ten years after wrote: infocat wrote: What? "Chamber of 32 Doors" is a great song!  "Counting Out Time" is the one I'd remove. Grand Parade and Chamber of 32 Doors are very good songs but IMO they don't fit the flow of the album.  As I said, they would greatly improve Trick of the Tail. Whenever I play The Lamb nowadays I exclude these two tracks and restrict Silent Sorrow in Empty boats to the first forty 40 seconds.  The result, to my ears, is the best studio album ever made.  It's in the top five anyway.   I agree that Counting Out Time is the worst track on the album but humour is never far below the surface in the Lamb, and it does flow very nicely from Hairless Heart and again very nicely into Carpet Crawlers.

ten years after wrote: infocat wrote: What? "Chamber of 32 Doors" is a great song!  "Counting Out Time" is the one I'd remove. Grand Parade and Chamber of 32 Doors are very good songs but IMO they don't fit the flow of the album.  As I said, they would greatly improve Trick of the Tail. Whenever I play The Lamb nowadays I exclude these two tracks and restrict Silent Sorrow in Empty boats to the first forty 40 seconds.  The result, to my ears, is the best studio album ever made.  It's in the top five anyway.   I agree that Counting Out Time is the worst track on the album but humour is never far below the surface in the Lamb, and it does flow very nicely from Hairless Heart and again very nicely into Carpet Crawlers.

I personally never cared for "Carpet Crawlers", or at least thought it was all that special...

I always liked "Chamber of 32 Doors". Good melodies and lyrics. Particularly the line "I need someone to believe in, someone to trust" resonated well with my 16 year-old ears, which was my age when I first heard it. "Counting out Time" resonated for *different* reasons ... and it still transports me back to a time in my life that I look upon quite fondly.   

Edited by Zombywoof - March 11 2012 at 10:55