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Amazing Album Sides

There are amazing album sides that rock and swing from the first song through the last. The albums they come from are usually outstanding, but one side seems to get played over and over.

I'm going to start with a somewhat obscure and less obvious choice...Talking Heads' "Remain In Light" Side 1: "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)", "Crosseyed and Painless", "The Great Curve".

Which one does it for you?
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tostadosunidos
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I've listened to side one of "A Tribute to Jack Johnson" (Miles Davis) a million times but have hardly played the other side. With John McLaughlin's "My Goal's Beyond" the side with the all-guitar tracks gets all the play-- I rarely, if ever, listen to the side with the group playing.
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ozzy
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Martyk1, I agree with your assessment of CCR, which is my all time favorite group.
As talented as John Fogerty is he still can't match that quality decades later.
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albertporter
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Martykl
Nice job reviving this one, Albert, so I'll go with one of your favorite bands:

Side two of Eels' "Daises of the Galaxy". Whiile you can make a case for a bunch of Eels/M. O. Everitt sides, I think this is my favorite Great from start to finish IMHO.

Agree, I frequently play "Electro Shock Blues" the LP release just before Daises. The side with "3 Speed" is great. I frequently hear guests chuckle upon hearing the lyrics of "Hospital Food."
stevecham
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Great thread!!! All above mentioned are superb. I might add:
Nektar-Remember The Future
Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here
Supertramp-Crisis What Crisis? Side 1
Elton John-Tumbleweed Connection Side 2
Genesis-Foxtrot
Jethro Tull-Thick As A Brick Side 1 (so where the hell was Biggles, when you needed him last Saturday?)
Rush-Moving Pictures
Moody Blues-A Question Of Balance
loomisjohnson
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i'll throw out a couple:
love--da capo (side one; side two is best forgotten)
posies--frosting on the beater (side one)
dylan--blonde on blonde (side 2)
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