The Best Side

[bmack86]

I've been listening to tons of records recently as I've been studying. As I just put on disc 2 of Hot Rocks by the Stones, I can't help but think that Side 3 of that album might be the best side of music that I've heard:

Jumpin' Jack Flash
Street Fightin' Man
Sympathy For the Devil
Honky Tonk Woman
Gimme Shelter

What's the best side of an album that you know?

[MrAmeche]

Well, Hot Rocks isn't really an "album," it's a hits comp. Not trying to nitpick, just seems like a totally different question being asked here.

[bmack86]

Ummm...

I mean, I can argue with you about the fact that the word album originally came from the fact that jazz 78s were packaged together into albums after they'd been released individually, or that most early releases were these sorts of albums, IE compilations of singles.

My bigger point being that I think in addition to having five fantastic tracks, that side is sequenced perfectly to show you multiple sides of the Rolling Stones, all at absolute highest intensity, craft, ingenuity and swagger. The only flaw with that side of music is that it's five songs and not more.

[MrAmeche]

That's cool. I guess when I hear "best album" or "best album side," I start thinking about original sequences. When the door gets opened to best-ofs, the question becomes less interesting to me.

Anyway, sorry for derailing the thread. Without thinking too hard I might go with Side 1 of VU & Nico

Sunday Morning
Waiting for the Man
Femme Fetale
Venus in Furs
Run Run Run
All Tomorrow's Parties

Side 2 ain't bad either.

[TomAz]

Side 2 of Abbey Road is the classic answer and still a pretty damned good one.

Anything released after 1988 or so, I have no idea where side 1 ends and side 2 begins.

[PotVsKtl]

Side 2 of Abbey Road

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[dorkfish]

If I was going Stones, side 1 of Exile is a total riot:

Rocks Off > Rip This Joint > Shake Your Hips > Casino Boogie > Tumbling Dice

[schoolofruckus]

Side A of Third Eye Blind's eponyomous debut. Next question.

[york707]

Side 2 of Nevermind

[TallGuyCM]

I vote for Side 2 of Crosby, Stills and Nash's debut.

Wooden Ships
Lady of the Island
Helplessly Hoping
Long Time Gone
49 Bye-Byes

[bmack86]

I'm blaming it on Providence, because otherwise side 3 of Daydream Nation would be my favorite

Hey Joni
Providence
Candle
Rain King

[Mr.Trent]

Loveless side A

Only Shallow
Loomer
Touched
To here knows when
When you sleep
I only said

[greghead]

One of my favorite sides

Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East Side 4

Whipping Post

[Mr. Fuzz]

The Stooges - Funhouse
Side one:
1."Down on the Street"
2."Loose"
3."T.V. Eye"
4."Dirt"

Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Side one:
1."War Pigs"
2."Paranoid"
3."Planet Caravan"
4."Iron Man"

Television - Marquee Moon
Side one:
1. "See No Evil"
2. "Venus"
3. "Friction"
4. "Marquee Moon"

The Violent Femmes - Self Titled
Side Two:
6."Prove My Love"
7."Promise"
8."To the Kill"
9."Gone Daddy Gone"
10."Good Feeling"

[Mr. Fuzz]

I've been listening to tons of records recently as I've been studying. As I just put on disc 2 of Hot Rocks by the Stones, I can't help but think that Side 3 of that album might be the best side of music that I've heard:

Jumpin' Jack Flash
Street Fightin' Man
Sympathy For the Devil
Honky Tonk Woman
Gimme Shelter

What's the best side of an album that you know?

"Jumpin Jack Flash" and "Honky Tonk Woman", yeah!

[Mr.Nipples]

[york707]

The Stooges - Funhouse
Side one:
1."Down on the Street"
2."Loose"
3."T.V. Eye"
4."Dirt"

Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Side one:
1."War Pigs"
2."Paranoid"
3."Planet Caravan"
4."Iron Man"

Television - Marquee Moon
Side one:
1. "See No Evil"
2. "Venus"
3. "Friction"
4. "Marquee Moon"

The Violent Femmes - Self Titled
Side Two:
6."Prove My Love"
7."Promise"
8."To the Kill"
9."Gone Daddy Gone"
10."Good Feeling"

YES to Television, but I prefer Side 2 on Paranoid.

[TomAz]

Nips wins the thread.