albums whose first halves are better than their second halves

immediately i thought of Nightmares on Wax - Mind Elevation

I totally agree with Dummy Variations. The first half or so of the album is so bloody good that it sort of has become a favourite of mine though.

Also Tri Repetae?? Not that I think the second half of the album is shit, but to me the first four tracks are as near to perfect as Autechre have got.

A lot of double disk albums for me, but really that's just because I always listen to the whole thing in one sitting & my usual burnout time for music listening is about 50-60 minutes.

Yeasayer's Odd Blood is the only one in recent memory for me.

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  On 9/20/2010 at 4:52 AM, Person90 said:

Yeasayer's Odd Blood is the only one in recent memory for me.

Good call, I agree and I think this goes for both their albums. Though I still like them.

Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan

  On 9/17/2010 at 3:10 AM, kaini said:

 

can - tago mago

 

Best example of this. The album is worth it for the first four tracks, I never listen past them!

  On 9/21/2010 at 5:04 PM, dr lopez said:

you're wrong, and you're going to hell

  On 9/21/2010 at 6:10 PM, kaini said:

  On 9/21/2010 at 5:04 PM, dr lopez said:

 

you're wrong, and you're going to hell

ok so I meant up until listening wind. last two tracks just don't fit no matter how much we can argue. And they aren't bad tracks.... just... the first 6 are some of the best. ever.

  On 9/21/2010 at 6:38 PM, dr lopez said:

  On 9/21/2010 at 6:10 PM, kaini said:

  On 9/21/2010 at 5:04 PM, dr lopez said:

 

you're wrong, and you're going to hell

ok so I meant up until listening wind. last two tracks just don't fit no matter how much we can argue. And they aren't bad tracks.... just... the first 6 are some of the best. ever.

i think listening wind makes sense if you consider that remain in light and bush of ghosts were recorded at the same time. the overload was an experiment where they tried to approximate joy division's sound without ever hearing any of their music, only reading reviews.

  On 9/20/2010 at 2:51 AM, Cryptowen said:

A lot of double disk albums for me, but really that's just because I always listen to the whole thing in one sitting & my usual burnout time for music listening is about 50-60 minutes.

Me too. I rarely make it to the second disk. Like, FSOL's 'Lifeforms' album, I've listened to disc two maybe three times.

But then, NIN's Ghosts, the second half is my favourite and I rarely listen to the first.