Albums That Are Front Loaded and Then Lose Steam (w/Martin Popoff)
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Join Pete Pardo & Martin Popoff for a look at some albums that have a GREAT Side A/First Half, and then somewhat limp to the finish line.
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When Martin started talking about Burn I could sense Pete wanting to reach his hand through the screen in the direction of Martin’s neck.
Love Burn and Mistreated. Very strong album beginning to end in my humble opinion.
Well Pete had it right there at the ready, so me thinks he might not of wrung Martin's neck.
I think Martin is just messing with us. His picks were designed to rile people up.
The look at 7:16 tells it all 😂
"I don't want to hear covers, we covered deep purple in my band in the 80's" - Martin P.
Found myself screaming at my phone when Martin went on his rant about "Mistreated" and "You Fool No One" wow!!! Two centerpieces of mk3's live shows their versions of say "Child in Time" and "Space Truckin" two of my favorites from mk3 was really surprised at his reaction!!! But still love you guys and agree with the rest of your selections keep it up thanks again!!!👍👍👍
Not to forget, both Whitesnake and Dio also did "Mistreated" live. I like the song, think I prefer Whitesnake doing it.
@@LarryFleetwood8675 Honestly, for me, Mistreated is Coverdale's song, any other singer doesn't do it justice however awesome the singer is.
@@purpletemple1 Same here!
i still like the instrumental parts of it, but otherwise it just screams "white blues" and Coverdale really overdid his adlibbing live, not unlike Robert Plant.
YFN is such a monster. Different album You Keep on Moving is great, the duel vocals sell both of these songs
I can't BELIEVE Pete just trashed "Martian Landscape" off of "No Heavy Petting". That's probably my favorite UFO song of all time. I even learned the bass part several years ago. Wow, Pete.... Just WOW, lol.
I agree......I wouldn't say that record is front loaded. It's great all the way through.
A Time and a Place is a KILLER track from Tarkus.
This is one of the best music podcast/channels out here. Thank you both Pete and Martin. You have turned me onto things that I either forgot about or just did not know about. Great stuff
Hi Pete,
Here’s a suggestion for some new shows:
1. Albums you loved when they were released, but haven’t aged that well and you don’t care about anymore now;
2. Vice versa: albums you did’t care about when they came out, but through time you have learned to respect.
Pete's face when Martin mentions Moving Pictures.
"Twice in one week! Keep it together, Pete..."
Priest 'Defenders Of The Faith'' for me 100%. It straight up falls off a cliff with the last couple of songs. still a stellar album though. Also I picked up No Heavy Petting last month and I did notice that side 2 was a bit of let down. at least for me.
Deep Purple "Who Do We Think We Are." "BURN" is great all the way through.
Yes, I thought they were a bit harsh on Burn too. Great album.
My favorite DP album
Used to listen to vinyl so I usually pick a side (A or B & even C or D)
*My picks:*
*1)* U.K. - Danger Money (vinyl) - I love side two more than side one. When I reach for Danger Money to listen too. Automatically goes to side two (song 4 on CD).
*2)* Bruce Springsteen - The River (CD) - Love Disc two (hate the singles). I don't listen to Disc One.
*3)* Ambrosia - Life Beyond L.A. (vinyl & CD) - Love side A. Don't remember a song from side B.
*4)* - Level Head - The Sweet (vinyl) - Just listen to side A. After "Love is Like Oxygen". Time to change the record. When I got the CD, I started to like side two as well.
*5)* - The Wall - Pink Floyd (vinyl & CD) - The Wall is too long. But I just love everything on side A & B (Disc 1). I rarely ever listen to side C & D (Disc 2). Until I recorded the vinyl onto a cassette tape (for the car) that I listen to the rest of the album.
Honorable Mentions (CD):
*The House of Blue Light - Deep Purple* - Tracks 1 - 8
*Aldo Nova - Aldo Nova* - Tracks 1 - 7
Martin, you've inspired me to record a version of Take Me To The River.
But wait, Martin, you mentioned Highway To Hell on the "Perfect Album" show😂😂.
@Martin Popoff I get it, but it was Highway To Hell that you chose on that episode. But I see what you mean. Though "Shot Down In Flames" and "Get It Hot" I consider to be pretty much on par with that first sweep of the album.
(By the way, I was a little surprised you didn't pick SFV as your main pick haha)
@Martin Popoff If it loses steam, it can't be perfect!
@Martin Popoff There is no such thing as “more perfect.” It's either perfect or the most perfect. These two options are the only options that are grammatically correct.
@@davidmorris5215 Yeah, technically you are correct. It's like with pregnancy. You are either pregnant or you are not.
Nobody's, playin' Manilow
Nobody's, playin' soul
And no one's playin' hard to get
Just a good old rock 'n' roll
Great lyrics on side two!
Black Sabbath - Never Say Die. I really like the title track, Johnny Blade, Junior's Eyes, and A Hard Road. That second side is hard to get through.
I had to learn to appreciate the second side. Shockwaves has some stellar riffage and a great hook. I love Iommi's solo on Air Dance and the opening riff. I learned to appreciate Breakout because it's such a bold departure. In a very unexpected setting or weird dance party situation you're trying to endure, if Blackout suddenly blasted out of nowhere I'd be raising the horns. I'm now very glad Iommi had the balls to try the horns. Ward's song, Swinging The Chain, just goes in one ear and out the other.
After “Air Dance,” I 100% agree.
Here here for “Never Say Die.” I dig that first side a lot. Most seem to hate that album, but I love at least that side. I listen to it more than Technical Ecstasy.
Same although i do like Shock Wave. Quite frankly, i dig Never Say Die over Technical Ecstasy. However the band was obviously at the end of their road with Ozzy on that record.
Alot of the songs I dont care for on never say die imo are redeemed solely for the riffs like I think the riffs in swinging the chain are godtier but its a prty out there song, air dance rules too imo
When I was a kid we had a copy of Led Zeppelin IV lying around the house, and it was literally years before I got around to playing Side Two. In the intervening years I've come to conclude, at least on an intellectual level, that both sides are equally strong. But emotionally those first four songs will always rule.
Same, but now I like side two quite a bit more!
@@gwts1171 ditto for me when I first started listening to Zep, but later on I rediscovered Four Sticks, which is still one of my favorite songs of theirs.
When the levee breaks is a great disappointment to end the album, perfect til then
When the levee breaks probably best Zep song ever
UFO Martian Landscape is a freakin masterpiece! Sorry Pete. I had to react quickly to that one. Lol
I just said the same thing and then saw your comment, lol. It truly is a masterpiece!
@@TheBeeRescuer it got alot of people’s attention I think. That song is far from being generic. It mixes Bowie Roxy Sparks with the UFO sound. As for the album itself. Only Fool for your love falls a bit short but it’s not terrible. Just what you would call a classic case of filler.
It's one of my favorite ufo songs
Think Highway Lady rocks too
Night prowler is an amazing song on my favorite AC/DC album of all time
Amen! One of the best songs off of Highway to Hell.
Night Prowler is my favorite AC/DC song
Richard Ramirez theme song.
Love Hungry Man also.
@@rodsmolter5046 great tune. I love side 2 of highway to hell. All Bon classics
Krokus : One Vice at a Time : From "Long Stick Goes Boom" unto "To The Top", just a smashing Hammer. Second Side is to forget.
Always have to give some love to Krokus. Great underrated band imo. Some things have an AC/DC feel to them.
, " Playing the Outlaw" one of my favorites from them.
The Camera Eye and Vital Signs are 2 of my very favorite Rush songs. H2H is a great album start to finish.
The Camera Eye changed my opinion of Rush in the mid 80s. I didn't think much of Rush until they did Moving Pictures.
Cool episode as always. I do not have a lot of albums to add "on the fly", but I will mention that I do believe Boston's legendary debut was pretty front-loaded. The second half was definitely good, but Side A is just out of this world. One album which is the total opposite is Jane's Addiction's "Ritual de lo Habitual", where Side B is clearly superior to Side A. Oh, and regarding the track sequencing: I believe Lemmy once said that sequencing a record is easy. You just put the best tracks as the first three and the final three, then people will think it's a great record ;-)
Artists wanted you to get into the whole album. Labels didn't give a damn as long as you bought it.
Martin's two books about Heavy Metal albums from the 70s and 80s are two of my personal musical holy bibles. Thank you Martin!
I always dug "The Camera Eye" ever since watching the opening to the Exit Stage Left Video which shows the crew setting up the stage, the band walking to the stage, it has a very effective feel to the scene you are watching. I didn't know that was a Rush song until I dug a little deeper. At the time I was a young poser Rush fan.
Yes! Such a cool way to score that scene. Take me back to the old VHS days when I rented it.
A little Wikipedia info - this intro is called “New York” which Peart based upon his first walk in the city. The street noise sound effects are taken from one my favorite movies, “Superman (1978)”.
@@billymac72 Yeah I read that about the Superman background city noise too. I'm still not a fan of Vital Signs though. But still way better than Cinderella Man, man I can't stand that song. Pete/Martin should do a show about songs that you hate by bands you are a fan of. If they did hopefully Pete doesn't yell at me.
Camera eye is my favorite song from moving pictures
Im a huge fan of groups puting their stronger song at the end of the album. Iron Maiden did that alot.
Yeeeea. Sequencing is really important. I like when they bookend with their best songs. My favorite example is Genesis Foxtrot. Watcher of The Skies- Suppers Ready. Utter perfection. Makes for a better all around experience.
@@thecocomastiux3655 Or Let It Bleed. Gimme Shelter. You Can't Always Get What You Want. And my favorite song is right in the middle, the title track. A perfectly sequenced album if you ask me.
@@chrisboerger465 Yes, I agree, although my favourite track is monkey man. But this album is a real album, not only a collection of songs. Same with Pet Sounds or Forever Changes by Love
Nobody mentioned ever " Mother Russia " on " No Prayer for Daying " because is last .
maiden followed a formula for ordering the tracks on an album and it worked very well. in my opinion you should start with a banger, then put your weakest track second. after that you build to the best song at the end.
How is it possible not to like Mistreaded ?????????????????
because its a slow repetitive song...i love it
I was thinking all along Moving Pictures (and 2112) but didn’t want to mention it but glad Martin brought it up. Just shows the amazing material on side 1. But I agree with Pete, I listen to side 2 more nowadays.
I was thinking 2112 as well. It just feels like they put more attention into 2112 then the rest of the album.
I consider "Moving Pictures" as solid from end to end. The kind of album I would listen to end to end without skipping anything. 2112's second side is kinda lightweight. "Passage" does have a brilliant instrumental bit and certainly rocks, and "Twilight Zone" is kind of fun, too. Lessons and Tears don't do much for me. But none of these can compare to side one. Whereas Hemispheres had the brilliant "La Villa" and the quirky "Trees".
Side 2 of 2112 is hardly a slouch!.....Some cracking songs on there.
The only Rush album that kinda fits this criteria, IMO, would be Roll the Bones.
I love the enthusiasm of these guys. Interesting content as always. Cheers from England.
I've been a subscriber to Sea of Tranquility for a little over a year, my favorite segments are the Pete/Popoff ones.
"Tarkus" was the one I thought of first and foremost when I began watching. Couldn't agree more, that one album is the epitome of burning 95% of the gunpowder on the first side with little left over for the second.
Pink Floyd's "The Wall" suffers from the same thing with the second disc dragging the album as a whole down from the piedestal for me.
Blue Oyster Cult - Agents Of Fortune, absolutely love side 1, I rarely listen to side 2 and consider most of it throwaway. If it matched side 1's consistently high quality then it would be my favourite BOC album however that title still belongs to Fire Of Unknown Origin
Hey Martin, am a huge BOC fan, was able to see BOC on the Agents tour, Bob Seger opened, but you’re right, side 2 was not good. Don’t think I’ve listened to True Confessions or Debbie Denise more than twice.
Debbie Denise is utterly dreadful, I'm not surprised since Ms. Smith wrote it. But True Confession from Side 1 is pretty bad too, careless singing and pedestrian writing, cool sax though.
@@hellojimmypage it took years, or decades, for me to listen to Debbie Denise entirely, only made it maybe 15 seconds the first time. Honestly I don’t listen to this album much anymore, never need to hear Reaper, studio version, again. Reaper and ETI are much better live.
Agree 100%, included this album in one of my pucks.
"Time to play B-sides!"
1.Mike Oldfield---Tubular Bells and Ommadawn
2.The Stranglers--La Folie
3. BOC--Imaginos
4.Pearl Jam--Ten
5. BOC--Agents Of Fortune
I have to disagree about Imaginos!.....Side 2 is awesone. I would even say better than side 1.
@@robertpottle2887 I understand many people will feel the same, it just does very little for me and I really love side one to the point i think i like it as much as any other BOC first side of any album---first off you have a track thats already out there, so for me I already know it and it fits elsewhere, and the others just do little for me. Thats music hey, I did expect a possible backlash for that choice and Pearl Jam though, hell maybe even Mike Oldfield.
Love all these 5 albuns I've picked. But the side A is way stronger than the side B:
Megadeth - Peace Sells / Anthrax - Among the Living
The Darkness - Permission to Land
David Bowie - Low / Pixies - Bossanova
Megadeth side B had Good Mourning Black Friday, My Last Words and Bad Omen. How could it be way worse?
@@stephanea5364 Well, the first side has 4 great songs Wake Up Dead, The Conjuring, Peace Sells and Devil's Island and no dumb cover. If you thing the second side is better, it's your choice. Peace!!
Iron Maiden "The X Factor". Starts with three interesting tracks like "Sign Of The Cross", "Lord Of The Flies" and "Man On The Edge", but then quickly falls into oblivion. All mid-tempo songs with the same intros that sound all the same.
Please Don’t Judas Me is one of my favorite songs on the album.
It’s my fave on that album. A total ripper.
I am also particular to Begger's Day
@@greensombrero3641 I love that one too. The one thing about this album is how different the vocal performances vary from song to song. Unique.
Martin the contrarian. I love Mistreated. David Coverdale is amazing in it.
And that massive riff, crushing yet cathartic of pure Blackmore genius. The California Jam performance is incredible, most killer guitar tone I've ever heard and Coverdale's soulful vocals unreal.
That's a riff that you can hear for a 10 hour video.
Perfect side 1 for me is 'Remote Control' by The Tubes...
"Turn Me On"
"TV Is King"
"Prime Time"
"I Want It All Now"
"No Way Out"
Think I've listened to side 2 (maybe) once or twice long ago.
But side 1 is so good, what's on side 2 doesn't matter to me.
I think you should listen again, that's my favourite album by The Tubes, i always listen to the whole album when i play it. It was one of my perfect album picks. Getoverture, No Mercy, Only The Strong Survive, Be Mine Tonight, Love's A Mystery, and the excellent climax, Telecide.
Hair of the Dog is solid through and through!!
Martin doesn't know what he's talking about
Here's a topic idea for you. Songs you thought were by one band that turned out to be by a completely different band. Have you ever encountered this? Here's a couple of examples of mine. For years I thought Brown Eyed Girl was by The Rolling Stones. Also, for years I thought Love Hurts was Aerosmith.
Not rock but I always thought Rock Me Gently was by Neil Diamond.
I always get Dire Straits “Walk of Life” confused as Springsteen.
I can understand Brown Eyed Girl as The Stones - I always thought Van Morrison and Mick Jagger sound similar.
@@stephenbrown4211 A lot of people thought that.
I was young but I thought The Pina Colada song was Steely Dan. Wow was I wrong
"It's Magic" by Pilot, thought it was ELO for the longest time. Another one wasn't me, but a drunk guy kept on yelling "BaLLS tO tHe WaLL!!!" at an AC/DC concert one of the times I saw them. Got a kick out of that one.
As a RUSH fan, "Witch Hunt" seems just as appropriate today as it did 40 years ago. Those lyrics really are direct, and sum things up nicely about today's political climate.
"Those who know what's best for us, must rise and save us from ourselves"
The big flaw of UFO’s No Heavy Petting was “A Fool In Love”, which was a cover (Frankie Miller song), a totally redundant and still inexplicable choice (if I read the remaster liner notes again, maybe I’ll remember how the hell they recorded that song). I personally love Highway Lady (and Paul Raymond appreciated it as well, as he wrote Just Another Suicide for the next record, trying to keep the vein of Highway Lady, as he said himself!). As for Martian Landscape, believe it or not, it was quite favorite on the “independent” (“pirate”) rock radio stations back in the 80’s-90’s in my home town (Belladonna was an even more huge hit) ! But I understand your point regarding the second side of the record compared to the first. Good show, guys!
My choice would be the Kinks' "Give the People What They Want." First two songs are favorites of mine ("Around The Dial" and the title track). Although it's somewhat saved by ending with "Better Things".
Wow, why ya pickin on this album? But I'm glad you brought it into the light.. every one is entitled to their own opinion of course,..myself I actually enjoy side 2 more although I do agree the first two songs deliver a strong punch out of the gate. Add It Up? Blistering. Destroyer is overplayed but still sounds great LOUD on my stereo.Art Lover is a Ray Davies classic that probably couldn't get written today what with the creepy factor. A Little Bit Of Abuse is just ray at his witty best. Back To Front is when you need to get up and grab a beverage or snack, but Better Things does finish things up right and nice. I think the LP is a minor classic. And I think WOrd oF Mouth is even better.
@@user-cn2jf8jj1v Just my opinion. Would have started with "Killer's Eyes" and shifted "A Little Bit Of Abuse" and "Art Lover" to #2 and #3. Then it's all good, leaving "Better Things" to wrap it up. "State Of Confusion" is another good later Kinks album, too. The band may not be underrated, but certainly underappreciated?
A lot of people here mention Defenders of the Faith, which I don't agree with. I mean, yeah, the A side has both Freewheel Burning and my favorite Priest song, The Sentinel, but I don't consider the B side to be that big of a drop-off. Night Comes Down and Eat Me Alive are at least as good if not better than Rock Hard, Ride Free or Jawbreaker. The two outro tracks are probably the reason people dislike the B side so much, and yeah, it's not the grand finale everybody was probably hoping for, but I don't think it's the worst outro either. Heavy Duty has a pretty nice riff and it's hell of a lot better than some of their other anthems, like United and Take on the World. And Defenders of the Faith is repetitive, yes, but it's shor enough to not overstay its welcome. It could have been better, but what we got isn't that bad, is all I'm saying. At least not to me.
Also, this got me thinking about albums on the opposite end of the spectrum, that is albums that start weak and improve as they go on. The first album I thought of was A Matter of Life and Death. I've never liked the first four songs on that album that much, but after that, each song is a masterpiece or just about, in my opinion.
Popoff and Pardo at it yet again with albums starting strong and starting to wane on side two. Great topic, gents, and another fun show. Van Halen's Fair Warning always seemed to drop off for me after Unchained. Yes, that is the start of side 2 and So This Is Love tries to revive side 2 a bit but the drop off of the other songs on side two don't provide the excitement or thrills that an early Van Halen record should give. Looking forward to the song ending discussion next week. Once again, thanks for another fine discussion and entertaining show.
The Wall comes to mind immediately.
No chance. Side 2 is the weak part but 3 & 4 are as good as side 1
I totally agree
@@trevcarvalho3983 With Rob or James?
I'm sad to disagree with Martin, but there's no way you choose Moving Pictures on this topic, it's a complete masterpiece from start to finish. I love The Camera Eye, Witch Hunt & Vital Signs, what a great songs!
Witch hunt is classic
Mistreated " album version" is one of the greatest things since sliced bread :)
I adore it too. I like Martin's taste a lot but I think he'd be the first to admit it's not as wide as, say, Pete's is. Martin likes heavy and fast, by and large.
And the fast blues, like Steve Morse. ;-)
Because Glenn live couldn't... (what a shame)
@@DavysFlicks I just love Deep Purple. Like Pete, Deep Purple is my all time favorite rock band (and Black Sabbath).
Radiohead: Amnesiac
For some reason I can't remember much of the second side which baffles me because I'm usually pretty big on them.
Now you know why they named the album as such.
Interesting, that was a grower for me - love the whole album myself.
Great show. This was a real problem in the cassette era as you had to rewind to avoid side 2, but if you did it too often you would stretch the tape or worse. I can think of a lot of albums that are front loaded, problem is quite often they finish with a strong song. Any way here’s my choice:
Asia - Asia
Extreme - Pornograffitti
Huey Lewis & the News - Sports
Babylon AD - Self titled
Jimmy Eat World - Chase the Light
Genesis' self titled 83 album comes to mind for me
Agreed, just when u think it cant get worse after side one (apart from Mama)
I disagree, respectfully
I completely agree. Side 1 buries side 2.
Also We Can't Dance. 1st half has some pretty rockin' songs and cool mini-epics. 2nd half is a bit bloated and uninteresting, except for Fading Lights which is great
Agree, however ‘It’s Gonna Get Better is a pretty solid tune
Deep Purple's "A 200" I always felt was filler. Got the album when it came out, many years later realized it's basically Purple updating Jeff Beck's "Beck's Bolero". I can see Martin's point about "Mistreated". I do like it, but not in an extended live setting at the cost of more great songs that could of been included. Agree with you Pete on Heep's "High and Mighty". Pretty certain Hipgnosis didn't do the album cover though. Checked my vinyl, no credit.
I don't know if I could remember 5 albums but one album comes to mind. It's Emerson, Lake and Palmer- Tarkus
With Tarkus, I flipped the sides and added "Oh My Father" (a Greg Lake ballad cut at the last minute), leaving the title track - the 20 minute epic - to finish off the album.
Lamb Of God - Ashes Of The Wake
Metallica - Hardwired
Amorphis - Halo
Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God
Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
Those are the first that comes to mind but as you guys said, second part of the album is not bad but first side is just a lot better
I've never heard it admitted but I'm sure Labels fronted loaded some albums. It tended to be the more commercial stuff - the singles are usually close to the start if not the first song on side 1. The proggers and more curious delved into the second side and found more interesting better gems and I think the musicians also preferred some of the second side stuff as well. Then again some of the 'fillers' were always planted on the second side. Depends on the bands of course and it definitely wasn't always the case with the big stars. Front loading tending to apply more to the commercially orientated, especially of the mid 70's onwards. Albums I can think of are: Queen - News of the World, Jazz; Foreigner - 4; Journey - Escape, Frontiers;
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven is the definition of a front loaded album that loses steam.
I might have agreed with you on the first day of its release in 1994. However it massively grew on me. "Use Your Third Arm" and "Thoes Of Rejection" are the most badass way to close a Pantara album ever to me. (Lyrics are killer and totally relatable to me.) I like how the lesser tracks that precede it are sequenced too. That being said, I see where you are coming from because I used to be there too, albeit very briefly
@@AZDC99 I feel like Vulgar would be a better choice for this topic. Don’t get me wrong, Live In A Hole, Rise, and Hollow are great but the first side is so much better. How could you beat This Love, Walk, Mouth For War, New Level and Fucking Hostile?
Far Beyond Driven actually had the most amount of Pantera songs rotating through the setlist. Hard Lines, Slaughtered, Shedding Skin, Use My Third Arm are all just as good as the first 4 tracks imo.
Wow - I wasn't expecting Highway To Hell to make the show. I love side 2, and Night Prowler is one of my all-time favorites.
Highway to hell is great throughout
I love shot down in flames and the creepy and sinister nightprowler
Yep well solid.
Those sort of deep cuts are what I enjoy the most now off the album, Love Hungry Man is killer and fun to sing along!
w/1 exception: Bad Co - Straight Shooter (except Wild Fire Woman), Sab - Mob Rules (except Country Girl), Priest - Point of Entry (except Solar Angels), Rush - Presto (maybe Superconductor), Bowie - Low (side 2 is all ambient, but maybe Warszawa).
The shows with Pete and Martin are my favorites. Martin adds so much to the channel. Thanks for the videos guys
Great idea for the show indeed! Love to see you two guys!
I find that most Happy Goodman Family albums start strong and then taper off.
Hey Pete, love the channel and especially the episodes featuring Martin . The 3 of us are about the same age, got into the same types of music and the same bands as kids so for the most part I find that our taste are also still very similar today. Having said that I would like to know what you and Martin think of this one. I know you love and I think Martin does also Whitesnake (as do I) and that you really like the 87 S/T album. I've always found it as a very front loaded record...sorry but hey only 2 types of music right!? What you like and what you don't.
Love it all but Is This Love, so for me the whole album is quite strong
Whitesnake S/T is close to perfection!
Love side 2 of Highway to Hell.....especially 'Love Hungry Man' and 'Night Prowler'.
Agree on the REO album...perfect example.
I love Take Me to the River by Foghat; it rocks and the section at 3:33 reminds me of Seals and Croft when they got heavy with dual guitars on Dance by the Light of the Moon on Unborn Child and other of their heavier songs. Love the topic!!!!
Same here. I love it. One of the best versions ever, and i really appreciate interpretations of others music. Only shallow musical minds do not. Martin? Foghat never did a bad track. My favourite band ever.
As a huge Rush fan, I've gotta say there's absolutely no let-down for me on side 2 of Moving Pictures. Especially "Camera Eye" which is an often overlooked Rush masterpiece.
Plus one! It's like the prog side with as good as it gets from them just about. (And Hemispheres is my fav!). Something so dark about Witch Hunt...which now defines the Far Left to me just as it did the religious Right in the 80s....horseshow theory....ha ha ha...)
Good video as always... the subject was definitely interesting... it brought to mind an idea for a similar subject you might want to explore... how about albums where just one song is so out of place - or horrible - that it nearly ruins the entire album... FOR EXAMPLE: ELP - Brain Salad Surgery and the song "Benny The Bouncer." This is a song so puzzling and out of place that when Jakko Jakszyk did his alternative/remix of the album he just left it off his version entirely. For me, this is the only version I can even listen to now. I'm sure there are many other albums like this. Take care guys!
4:44 On with the Action is Schenker. ( that's why)
8:10 Mistreated is the highlight of the whole California Jam festival (If only Glenn could be ... silent)
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"Alice in Chains" by AiC, "The Bride Stripped Bare" by Bryan Ferry, "New Roman Times" by CvB, "Forever Blue" by Chris Isaak, "Plans" by DC4C, "Privateering" by Mark Knopfler, "Origin of Symmetry" by Muse, "REV" by The Reverend Horton Heat, "Gringo Honeymoon" by REK, "Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb" by Tripping Daisy, and several Smashing Pumpkins releases.
Funny, just today I played Mastodon's 'Once More Round The Sun'...thinking exactly how badly it starts lagging after the first few songs.
"Don't Look Back" by Boston
"Long Cold Winter" by Cinderella
"Whitesnake" by Whitesnake (US version)
Disagree on "Don't Look Back." "Don't Be Afraid" is a filler cut, but "Feelin' Satisfied" and "Party" are good tracks.
I had that REO Speedwagon on vinyl when I was a kid. The record is long gone and I never re-bought it. As Pete went through the songs, I remembered every track from Side 1 and none of the tracks from Side 2, which likely meant I probably only played the second side a handful of times. My most lop-sided album, from about the same time in the early 1980s, was "The Steve Martin Brothers" which was stand-up comedy on Side 1 and banjo music on Side 2. The last thing I wanted from Steve Martin when I was 12 or 13 was banjo music and I don't think that side got played more than once. I still have it and I listened to it again recently. The comedy doesn't hold up, but I appreciate the music now.
I didn't realize that Martin Popoff wrote some stuff on RATT. Years ago, my dad went on a fishing trip with some friends up to Canada, and one of the people who tagged along was a band member from RATT who apparently married a girl who was on the cover of a Head East album. That girl was closely related to one of dad's fishing buddies, and that is how this band member ended up going with them. Thing is, I have no idea which member of RATT he was talking about... perhaps you know the answer to that bit of trivia!
Tales of two sides:
Ambrosia - Ambrosia (Concise pop side vs episodic prog side)
David Bowie - Low (Super-concise tunes vs contemplative instrumentals)
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (Half successful pop songs vs half dull pop songs)
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (First half great vs second half kinda boring)
Queen - The Game (Hits vs non-hits)
Rush - Moving Pictures (Accessible prog pop vs deep prog)
Regarding In For The Kill, Zoom Club is easily my favorite track from the album. Love Tony Bourge's guitar sound! There are definitely some other strong songs on it such as the title track and Crash Course In Brain Surgery. Nevertheless, Zoom Club is the real highlight for me. Awesome song!
Song endings: Love to Love by UFO and Fly to the Rainbow by Scorpions.
Rush - Caress off Steel. It's only been in the past decade that I really started appreciating side 2.
B.T.O. - Not Fragile. All the best songs are on side 1. But, again, I have grown to appreciate the tunes on side 2.
Exodus - Fabulous Disaster. After Like Father, Like Son on side 2 the rest is rather ho hum.
And the Judas Priest song is Riding On The Wind.
I definitely agree with Martin - "Touch Too Much" and "Walk All Over You" are also my two favorite AC/DC songs...
Some 80's albums:
The Cult - Sonic Temple
Bryan Adams - Reckless (side 2 contains 2 of the six hits but the rest is forgettable).
The Hooters - Nervous Night (side 1 - 3 of the 4 songs were hits, side 2 totally forgettable)
Heart - self-titled in '85
The Cars - Shake It Up
The Police - Ghost in the Machine (I love side 2 but a front loaded album nonetheless)
Sonic temple doesn't even need anything past Hey soul sister - but it is still very good
Here are a few I had hoped would be on one of your lists on this awesome topic. 1 The Cars Candy-O. Let's Go is one the best leadoff tracks ever, downhill from there. 2 Doobie Bros. Stampede starts off strong and begins to fade quickly. Uriah Heep Magicians Birthday Awesome side one, limps to the end. I know there are more but hopefully y'all will do a part two.
An idea for the Hudson Valley Squares show : "Badly produced albums that you love".
That's a great idea
'Paradise Lost' from Symphony X: perfect side A, ok side B.
1. Judas Priest - Point of Entry
2. Ratt - Dancing Undercover
3. AC/DC - The Razor's Edge
4. Dokken - Back for the Attack
5. Kiss - Hot in the Shade
6. Metallica - The Black Album
7. W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children
8. Aerosmith - Get a Grip
A couple I forgot to mention that I happen to really like, even though most of the superior tracks are on side one: Pretenders II and Learning to Crawl.
Off the top of my head, every Pantera album is frontloaded.
I would disagree. Cowboys has a great side 2
Song Endings - the overdrive feedback on Judas Priest Painkiller and Electric Eye... another dynamic ending Black Sabbath Heaven n Hell
Rarely disagree with Martin but Deep Purple’s Burn is one of those rare albums I don’t skip a song on...
Me too, damn even A 200 sounds so cool and atmospheric, love Jon's futuristic-sounding keys and Glenn's menacing bass.
I heard Lars Ulrich call A200 his favorite Blackmore solo.
I love Mistreated. It's David Coverdale's signature song.
Burn is my all time fav album by anybody (probably a tie w/ Made in Japan), so yeah, I totally disagree with Martin here (and I know he would disagree about MIJ too :-)).
@@metaldams78 That solo is so inspired and full of emotion. One of his best for sure!
Great topic - the big one that came to mind is John Cougar Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee. Side 1 is loaded while side two is abysmal, IMHO.
I will preface what I'm about to say by stating that I _personally_ love everything on Rush's Moving Pictures except the final track (Vital Signs).
With that out of the way, given the topic, I think _someone_ needs to say that a _lot_ of people think Moving Pictures is the most egregious example of this.
A lot people just don't like Camera Eye, Witch Hunt, or Vital Signs.
Interestingly enough, a lot of people think the same thing about 2112 (I disagree in the case of 2112 as well).
Interesting because those are probably their 2 most popular albums.
Camera eye is awesome
@@rightchordleadership I love Camera Eye.
At this point, it's my favorite song on the album and the only one I still listen to occasionally besides YYZ and Witch Hunt (I love the other songs on the album - with the exception of Vital Signs - but am sick of them).
My point is that a lot of people think side 2 is really weak compared to the first side.
@@b.g.5869 True
Immediately I think Defenders Of The Faith by Judas Priest. I'm sure I could come up with more later.
DOTF has an incredible side 1, production aside, but it never recovers and side 2 falls off really badly at the end with the weakest tracks.
Not for me, I love the second side of that album. Maybe Heavy Duty/Defenders of the Faith is a bit of drag but the rest is solid. If I had to pick a JP album it would be Angel of Retribution. It's got Judas Rising, Deal With the Devil, and Worth Fighting For on the first side and then.....well....there's the rest of the album.
Heads are Gonna Roll and The Night Comes Down are two of my favorites from that album.
I have no problem with side two. I actually like the last two.
I tought about that album but the only one I really don't like from side 2 is Heavy Duty/Defenders of the Faith (Heavy Duty at least has a cool riff)
Love Bites and Eat Me Alive are both very good
And some people don't like Some Heads Are Gonna Roll and Night Comes Down but I like both, especially Night Comes Down
The biggest problem with the album is the production
I'm glad you mentioned Highway to Hell, which I feel a bit the same way. However, I feel that For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) had an even bigger disparity between Side 1 and Side 2. All of the songs on Side 1 are great to awesome, with the title track a true classic. However, the entire second side is pretty much forgettable.
I donno shot down in flames is kinda great
Just listened to April Wine's Electric Jewels and it totally fits this criteria. The second side just dies, the first side is amazing.
A few of their albums would fit this list.
@@gwts1171 their prime discography is a textbook example of this phenomenon
Every U2 album.
They get much better when they stop
Heart "Little Queen". Barracuda, Love Alive, Sylvan Song/Dream of the Archer, Kick It Out for side one, then it starts strong with "Little Queen" on side 2, then drops off. I do like all the songs on this album, but there's clearly a difference in the strength of the material from side to side.
The Only Way on side 2 of Tarkus is a gorgeous piece. I’m a huge ELP fan, and that piece is definitely in my top 20 ELP songs. A Time and a Place is also epic! Infinite Space is ridiculous though, I agree...and Are You Ready Eddy...sheesh!
Youthansia is my favorite Megadeth album, Favorite track is title track. Thank you for honorable mention Pete 🤘
Producer Tom Werner said : " A1 -best song , A2 -second best song .
B1 - third best song and for closer B5 you must finished with something great . Most weak spot is B4 and sometimes you must sacrifice that place "
So in basic you need 4 good songs on album .
Hmm...Interesting.....I always wondered why Dio's 'Rainbow In The Dark' was the second to last track on the 'Holy Diver' album!
Another great Friday morning at the Fun House with Pardo and Popoff! As an album that is front loaded and then loses steam, I'll have to give it to the double album In your Honour by Foo Fighters. I give them credit for their ambition, with one disc electric and one acoustic, and disc two's acoustic stuff is pretty good, but not as good as the electric first half. If disc one was the album, it could have been a top 3 Foo Fighters album for me. Still great though.
Hey Martin, how come all the love for Foghat boogie, yet all the hate for 70's Bob Seger , REO Speedwagon, and all other Midwestern bands' boogie?
'Too fast for love' by Motley Crue. I always loved 'Live Wire'
“Theatre of Pain” definitely has a weaker side B.
Talking Heads Remain in Light is the best example of this I can think of
Remain in light is great on random shuffle try it !!!
@@SGtem that actually sounds like a great idea 👍