Tracks you skip on albums you love

What tracks and why? (Have we done this already?)

Andy Stott-Up The Box (Luxury Problems). The way this turns into an almost generic dnb-track is just terrible. It adds nothing to an otherwise great album.

Aphex Twin-Produk 29 [101] (Syro). Track 3 after the brilliant start with Minipops and XMAS_EVET. It's just so slow and lazy with those annoying vocal samples. More like a b-side on a single.

Huerco S-Plonk IX (Plonk). The album is such a great follow up and evolution of the vibes on Colonial Patterns, and For Those...  And then it's this track sounding like some random stoner rapping over sub-par beats for seven fucking minutes. 

Massive Attack-Light my fire (Live) (Protection). It made a 10/10 album a 9/10 because of this shit. Why include a random live track to a studio album? Luckily it's the last track.  

Green Calx on SAW. Every other track on the album is perfect.

reservoir from vibert/simmonds - weirs

too repetitive and something like 25 minutes long

I tend to skip the cirklont tracks on Syro. In my opinion the album is near perfect and everything sounds very smooth, exept for those tracks in the middle. They are good but I often find myself not in the mood for them

Electronic music albums with tracks they starting to sing like wtf? 
Fennesz and Venetians Snares.. Like wtf come on! 

And track 12 (last track in first disc on Selected Ambient Works II )
It's just too haunting and that annoying wind clocks.. 

 

  On 10/27/2022 at 9:15 AM, scumtron said:

Andy Stott-Up The Box (Luxury Problems). The way this turns into an almost generic dnb-track is just terrible. It adds nothing to an otherwise great album.

Had this chat with a mate when it came out, he loved it, I wasn't so keen. I find it jarring, though I wouldn't skip it. 

I find Smedleys Melody on Feed Me Weird Things annoying enough to warrant a skip. 

  On 10/27/2022 at 2:17 PM, Shimon_Shimon said:

I find Smedleys Melody on Feed Me Weird Things annoying enough to warrant a skip. 

It starts so good with a lovely smooth bass-guitar then this annoying samples ruining it. 

  On 10/27/2022 at 2:22 PM, cern said:

It starts so good with a lovely smooth bass-guitar then this annoying samples ruining it. 

I'm not even keen on the bass! 

Once In A Lifetime on Remain In Light. Heard it way too many times unwillingly.

  On 10/27/2022 at 1:20 PM, Ski Nell said:

reservoir from vibert/simmonds - weirs

too repetitive and something like 25 minutes long

And "Story" on Rodulate 

I know this is sacrilege around here but irlite (get 0), to me it's one of their worst tracks ever, and its placement of #2 on the album makes it even worse because the flow of the album is messed up right from the get-go. I took it out of the playlist entirely... Exai is a perfect album otherwise.

Last time I brought this up I was stoned to death with violent gifs lol

  On 10/27/2022 at 8:50 PM, toaoaoad said:

I know this is sacrilege around here but irlite (get 0), to me it's one of their worst tracks ever, and its placement of #2 on the album makes it even worse because the flow of the album is messed up right from the get-go. I took it out of the playlist entirely... Exai is a perfect album otherwise.

Last time I brought this up I was stoned to death with violent gifs lol

I tend to skip track 1 on Brian Eno's album Neroli.  A bit harsh as an opener, but after that is some of the most sublime ambient made in that time period.

  On 10/27/2022 at 8:50 PM, toaoaoad said:

I know this is sacrilege around here but irlite (get 0), to me it's one of their worst tracks ever, and its placement of #2 on the album makes it even worse because the flow of the album is messed up right from the get-go. I took it out of the playlist entirely... Exai is a perfect album otherwise.

Last time I brought this up I was stoned to death with violent gifs lol

i'm genuinely curious to know why you think it's one of their worst tracks (it's my fav on exai, and one of my alltime ae favs overall).

Come to Daddy (Pappy Mix)

  On 10/27/2022 at 5:11 PM, cern said:

And "Story" on Rodulate 

same. would have been nice as a short 1 minute interlude

  On 10/27/2022 at 9:40 PM, AnwarAutokino said:

i'm genuinely curious to know why you think it's one of their worst tracks (it's my fav on exai, and one of my alltime ae favs overall).

K I don't want to trigger anyone or spoil anyone's enjoyment of the track so:

 

Closedown on Disintegration

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gwarek2

180db_[130]

Seamus on Meddle

I don't skip tracks. I'm not a moron.

There was a track on Tricky's Maxinquaye which I always skipped: Brand new you're retro. Not a bad track, but it completely went against the flow of the rest of the album. As if a good trip turned bad instantly. Album would have been perfect without it, imo.

I'm a moron!

I made a thread about this *looks at search page* 8 fuckin years ago, jfc

LOL. Most consistent WATMM-er prize goes to Spiral! Good things should never change!

Imagine getting that pissy about someone else's listening habits lol

  On 10/28/2022 at 2:38 AM, toaoaoad said:

Closedown on Disintegration

Jesus. What is it this time? I'm only mock offended, always interested in matters of taste when it comes to sound/music. 

Will start my music listening with Disintegration this morning, without skipping any tracks.