The only song you like*

The Bucket by Kings of Leon.

Just Can’t Get Enough by Depeche Mode.

Tom Sawyer by Rush.

And there is a word for people who only like Ace of Spades from the entirely of Motorhead’s output. And that word is Milquetoast.

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Brim full of Asha – Cornershop

The single was a Norman Cook remix and was not on the album.  The remix ended up nothing like the rest of the bands output.  I bet a lot of folk did like I did and bought the album and were disappointed in it

I can see where you went wrong there 🙂

The single mix is appalling.

The album is a work of genius.

Ed Harcourt, Apple of your eye. As far as I remember it was the more upbeat song on an album of unmemorable toss. Really like Apple of your eye though.

I’ve only ever listened to one song by System of A Down – Sugar. I should hate it cos of all those cliched guitar sounds and sreeching, but it’s awesome. No desire to hear anything else by them.

Then you’re sadly missing a whole world of awesomeness. There’s a reason Chop Suey is one of the most viewed things on YouTube.

Blind Melon, one song! Their second album is fantastic. Badly reviewed at the time due to being very different from the first album and a bit out there. Bloody great album. Even has a song about Ed Gein with a kazoo solo.

I’m struggling to think of any band or artist where I only like one song.

Radiohead My Iron Lung and Idlewild These Wooden Ideas spring to mind. Oh and Blur Song 2.

Go shake your head. The Cure have always been astonishingly amazing.

Yea, misread the thread. I’ve seen The Cure several times. But Lullaby is my favourite.

@ gordimhor – Soundgarden were a superb band, alongside Faith No More for having outstanding singers, fine musicians and great songwriters. While I like Metallica, overall they have a selection of great songs but I struggle to listen to an entire album, whereas the other two bands both have a majority of albums I can happily listen to right through.
Fortunate to have seen all three, as well.

I can’t think of any bands off the top of my head where I really only like one track from an album, there’s lots of tracks I just have the one, because the style or genre isn’t normally something I’d listen to, but most stuff I’ll listen right through an album quite happily.
There have been lots where I’ve heard something interesting, downloaded the album, got partway through and deleted it, or on the case of Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’, bought the vinyl album on first release, listened to it once then sold it.

I can’t think of any bands off the top of my head where I really only like one track from an album

I’ve struggled with this too … and apart from hearing a Claire Martin song once but not knowing the name of it and buying one of her albums and being disappointed the only other contender would have to be…

I think kayak is the only person playing this game properly with crazy horses.

In a similar vein

Although technically it fails because wired for sound is also great.

There’s some proper great songs on this thread even if, as others have observed, I can think of more I like by many of the artists.

My nomination (because it’s the most commercial of his output), Freeze by Cut La Roc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxOwcj2qgec

@Countzero I agree Chris Cornell was an excellent song writer, and a good singer – I liked a lot of his stuff with other bands. He was also an all round good guy.

Ghost – Call me little sunshine.

Great track, kinda goes somewhere, but nowhere, but is better for it.

the rest of their stuff is just dire, dull, bland all promise but no deliver.

Metallica isn’t my kind of thing but I’ve blasted The Unforgiven out of the system a couple of times.

Seasons by Chris Cornell is a great song but im not into anything else

Powerful song, great voice – but the only one I like of his!

Ed Harcourt, Apple of your eye. As far as I remember it was the more upbeat song on an album of unmemorable toss. Really like Apple of your eye though.

Ed Harcourt doesn’t tend to be all that upbeat, you’re right. That’s exactly why he is great. Who cares about being upbeat when melancholy can produce great material?

Try this one for instance, which is a bit more upbeat if you must.

The rest of the album, Strangers, is great. It’s not upbeat though.

Ed Harcourt doesn’t tend to be all that upbeat, you’re right. That’s exactly why he is great. Who cares about being upbeat when melancholy can produce great material?

You like it, fair enough. I heard Apple on the radio and bought the album based on that. I was not too fond of the album.