Best / Worst Al*** Side Ever

Posted by: greeny on 06 September 2002

Someone on the All time albums thread said:

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And I would include Abba: The Album if side two was anything like as good as side one, which may just be the best side of any album ever

This got me thinking, Great album side's backed up by a poor flip side.

Now side 2 of Abbey Road may be my all time favourite album side, but this doesn't qualify as Side 1 is also pretty good.

So My contenders were:

Deep Purple- In Rock: Speed King and Child in Time side one, side 2 is OK but not close.

Black Sabbath- Paranoid: Side 1 has Paranoid, War Pigs and Iron Man. Side 2 humm.

But then I found my top contender:

Love- Da Capo: Side one has music of beauty and wonder to match Forever Changes with it's quality. Unfortunately the single track side 2 'Revelation' is a dirge jam that makes 'Live Dead' sound interesting.

So that's my front runner.

Anyone else with any suggestions???

PS. Apologies to CD only buyer's, You'll just have to imagine.

PPS. Sorry if this has been done defore but I couldn't find anything on a search.

Posted on: 02 October 2002 by Rockingdoc

side four of Johnny Winter's 'Second Winter' is pretty boring because there is nothing on it.
Quite good for testing your anti-skating bias though.

Posted on: 02 October 2002 by Ed R

Side 4 of Pavement's "Wowee Zowee" is similarly blank. Has anyone here got a copy of "The Wit and Wisdom of Ronald Reagan" from the early 1980s? A completely blank piece of vinyl (what a waste)

Worst album side in my collection, purely from the disappointment point of view, is side 2 of 21st Century... by KC. This being because some numpty at the pressing plant managed to combine side 1 Crimso with side 2 from some Status Quo LP which I can honestly say has only ever been played once, and then only in 10 second bursts just to check I'd not gone mad.

Prog. cred. now down the drain.

Ed

Posted on: 02 October 2002 by Rockingdoc

fine band Quo (30 years ago), won't hear a word said against them

Posted on: 02 October 2002 by Ed R

Sadly it was 80s vintage Quo on a re-pressing of the Crimso album. It was a shock, I can tell you.

Ed.

Posted on: 02 October 2002 by Bob McC

I would like to nominate side 6, 'I remember Jeep' jam session off George Harrison's 'All Things Must Pass'