I haven’t checked out the store yet (I mostly use PC’s, but don’t tell anyone) but I agree that there is a great market for one hit wonders and singles. There was a time when albums didn’t really mean much and it was just singles. And some artists and types of music are just better suited to singles. When I find a good album, I’ll buy it, but it has to mean something as whole or have a lot of good songs on it.<\/p>\n
Here are some of my very favorite album fragments (in one folder, so they’re alphabetical):<\/p>\n
\nBeach Boys – Good Vibrations (I don’t think you need much else by them; but this is great)<\/p>\n
Ben Folds Five – Brick (very pretty, not sure I want the whole album)<\/p>\n
C+C Music Factory – Things That Make You Go Hmmm<\/p>\n
Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen (like 3 songs in one; all great)<\/p>\n
Don McLean – American Pie (what else did Don Mclean ever do?)<\/p>\n
Don McLean – Vincent (oh yeah)<\/p>\n
Donovan – Season of the Witch<\/p>\n
Dusty Springfield – Son of a Preacher Man<\/p>\n
Elton John – Tiny Dancer (why isn’t this on a greatest hits album?)<\/p>\n
Eddie Grant – Electric Avenue (fun song)<\/p>\n
Etta James – At Last<\/p>\n
Fatboy Slim – Praise You<\/p>\n
Glenn Miller – Moonlight Serenade (only jazz song you need)<\/p>\n
Isley Brothers – It’s Your Thing (you know funk when you hear it)<\/p>\n
Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit (acid rock, this is it)<\/p>\n
Jimmy Cliff – Vietnam (Bob Dylan said it was the best protest song ever)<\/p>\n
Leon Redbone – I Want to be Seduced (who doesn’t)<\/p>\n
Lipps, Inc. – Funky Town (after this disco sold out)<\/p>\n
Morrissey – Every Day is Like Sunday<\/p>\n
Norman Greenbaum – Spirit in the Sky (nice song about Jesus)<\/p>\n
Patsy Cline – I Fall to Pieces (only country song you need)<\/p>\n
Peter, Paul, and Mary – Leaving on a Jet Plane (written by John Denver, who really did leave on a jet plane, well, almost)<\/p>\n
? and the Mysterians – 96 Tears<\/p>\n
Radiohead – Creep (try other Radiohead albums, but not this one)<\/p>\n
REM – What’s the Frequency Kenneth? (REM is great, but this album wasn’t)<\/p>\n
REM – Lion Sleeps Tonight (you need to get it by somebody and this version is good)<\/p>\n
Right Said Fred – I’m Too Sexy (catchy)<\/p>\n
Run DMC – It’s Tricky (only rap song you need, though I bought the album once I remembered My Adidas (“we rocked the stage \/ at Live Aid \/ the people gave \/ and the poor got paid \/ My Adidas”) and You Be Illin’; actually just buy the album and it will be the only rap album you’ll ever need)<\/p>\n
Rusted Root – Send Me on My Way (nice song, popularized by Ice Age)<\/p>\n
Smiths – Unloveable, What Difference Does it Make, How Soon is Now (all three great but no Smiths compilation has all three)<\/p>\n
Soft Cell – Tainted Love\/Where Did Our Love Go (*the* one hit wonder; good luck finding the right version)<\/p>\n
Terrence Trent D’Arby – Wishing Well (never heard from again)<\/p>\n
Tracy Chapman – Give Me One Reason (to buy the album . . .)<\/p>\n
U2 – Numb (love it or hate it; the only reason I bought that album, and the reason I didn’t feel so bad downloading instead of buying albums for one good song)<\/p>\n
Warren Zevon – Werewolves of London (still looking for another great Zevon song; I’d like to meet his tailor)<\/p>\n
ZZ Top – La Grange (everything else is a variation of the original)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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