albums whose first halves are better than their second halves

wow how did i know this was a tht ne thraed just by looking at the topic title?

neil young - hawks & doves (imo)

vhs head - trademark ribbons of gold

alva noto - unitxt (defining 'second half' as the raw data segments)

can - tago mago

the opposite of this-

david bowie - low

the beatles - abbey road

Pet Shop Boys - Please The A side is just hit after hit. They should have spread some of the A side tracks out a bit.

Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids Same case as above, although "Taking Islands in Africa" almost makes up for it.

  On 9/17/2010 at 4:51 AM, lands end road said:

Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids Same case as above, although "Taking Islands in Africa" almost makes up for it.

aw cmon nightporter is pretty good too.

opposite for me is NIN fragile

  On 9/17/2010 at 4:54 AM, kaini said:

  On 9/17/2010 at 4:51 AM, lands end road said:

Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids Same case as above, although "Taking Islands in Africa" almost makes up for it.

aw cmon nightporter is pretty good too.

no love for methods of dance? that's one of my favourite japan songs!

the vhs head album, I like it all up until motions. downhill from there for me.

Reverse for'Sulk' by Associates, but I think that was deliberate. Side A is dense and grim and slightly hard work, B is pure pop genius.

Most albums.

the first 5 songs or so are awesome the rest is shit.

As much as I love the album, Mew's "No More Stories etc" gets a little meh after Cartoons and Macrame Wounds. Although the last two songs are quite nice.

  On 9/17/2010 at 10:20 AM, o00o said:

 

the first 5 songs or so are awesome the rest is shit.

  On 9/17/2010 at 10:33 AM, Springymajig said:

As much as I love the album, Mew's "No More Stories etc" gets a little meh after Cartoons and Macrame Wounds. Although the last two songs are quite nice.

I don't remember specific song names but I agree the first half of that album is better. It just gets a little too samey in the second half, nothing really stands out.

  On 9/17/2010 at 5:25 AM, remy marathe said:

just barely

  On 9/17/2010 at 3:05 AM, modey said:

neil young - hawks & doves (imo)

First one that came to my mind was Neil Young's "Rust Never Sleeps".

There are some good moments on Side B but Side A alone has to be his best album, on it's own.

tortoise - millions now living will never die

although admittedly besting djed is a tall order

  On 9/18/2010 at 3:39 AM, kaini said:

tortoise - millions now living will never die

 

although admittedly besting djed is a tall order

are you including the japanese bonus tracks? that's the version i have, but i haven't listened to it recently enough for an informed opinion... novelty value there

  On 9/18/2010 at 3:39 AM, kaini said:

tortoise - millions now living will never die

 

although admittedly besting djed is a tall order

interesting. to me, that album is gold all the way from start to finish.

Another one I thought of although I'm sure some will disagree with me:

Joseph Nothing - Dummy Variations

The first half is just so catchy and cute and happy and poppy.... and then it gets kinda noisey and bland.

Crystal Castles II, but it sort of works

  On 9/18/2010 at 4:42 AM, modey said:

  On 9/18/2010 at 3:39 AM, kaini said:

tortoise - millions now living will never die

 

although admittedly besting djed is a tall order

interesting. to me, that album is gold all the way from start to finish.

Me too. The only thing I can really think of off-hand is The Doors' Morrison Hotel. After Ship of Fools it starts to go south..

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