What is the most song-for-song anthemic album ever?

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For the moment, I gotta say that "Apocalypse Dudes" by Turbonegro has to take the title. Ever song is a pump-your-fist singalong.

― Helltime Producto (Pavlik), Tuesday, 31 December 2002 04:43 (twenty-three years ago)

hm....Who's Next...or maybe Superchunk - Here's Where The Strings Come In...

― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 31 December 2002 05:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Radio Birdman - Radios Appear. An anthem for every occasion. (even "Love Kills" is sorta epic-ballad sounding... I mean that in a good way) Okay, a) "TV Eye" is kinda blah, but it's a cover so it don't count and b) it doesn't have my all-time fave "I-94". But man! "Book em Danno, murder ONE!" "Slammed my head thru a one way door!" "Really gonna punch you out!" Etc. Etc. Etc.

― Poppy (poppy), Tuesday, 31 December 2002 05:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Mark Hollis, "Mark Hollis"! Yeah!

― Camron, Tuesday, 31 December 2002 05:21 (twenty-three years ago)

40oz. to Freedom has to be up there. It has something like 22 songs. none of which are intolerable.

― Nate (Nate), Tuesday, 31 December 2002 06:50 (twenty-three years ago)

lifter puller's half dead and dynamite. yow.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 31 December 2002 07:47 (twenty-three years ago)

"everything Must Go" by Manic Street Preachers. And Oasis' first two albums. Every track a sing-along anthem.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 31 December 2002 13:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Fishbone's self-titled debut. Without a dizzoubt.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 31 December 2002 15:08 (twenty-three years ago)

Every decent rave/jungle/hardcore/house compilation to thread!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 31 December 2002 15:52 (twenty-three years ago)

The Replacements -- Tim. The Who -- Tommy.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 31 December 2002 16:33 (twenty-three years ago)

Whah?

― Carey, Tuesday, 31 December 2002 16:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Nico 'Janitor of Lunacy' C'mon!

― Camron (amateurist), Tuesday, 31 December 2002 18:15 (twenty-three years ago)

"Better living through chemistry"-Fatboy Slim

― Michael Bourke, Tuesday, 31 December 2002 19:28 (twenty-three years ago)

cmon dudz say born to run u noe u wanna

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 31 December 2002 19:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Purple Rain and Who's Next are both up there. so is Ramones

― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 31 December 2002 19:41 (twenty-three years ago)

and yay for whoever mentioned Lifter Puller!

― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 31 December 2002 19:41 (twenty-three years ago)

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

If you skip over that last song.

― Curtis Stephens, Tuesday, 31 December 2002 19:47 (twenty-three years ago)

Run DMC Raising Hell
Faith No More The Real Thing

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 31 December 2002 20:16 (twenty-three years ago)

I was thinking "Everything Must Go" too, but there's some slow non-anthemic song stuck right in the middle, isn't there?

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Tuesday, 31 December 2002 20:22 (twenty-three years ago)

Slippery When Wet!

― james devon, Thursday, 2 January 2003 14:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Remain in Light

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 2 January 2003 14:53 (twenty-three years ago)

OH COME ON!

http://netlaw.samford.edu/olson/appetite.jpg

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 2 January 2003 15:31 (twenty-three years ago)

I Get Wet

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 2 January 2003 16:09 (twenty-three years ago)

GODWEENSATAN - THE ONENESS

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 2 January 2003 16:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Wow, Helltime, before I even read the whole question, I was ready to jump on APOCALYPSE DUDES! You nailed it. GO GIRL CRAZY's my 2nd choice, and the Avengers comp (it had a pink cover on LP, and I think a lot of it was on the "SKavengers" CD that came out a few years back) third. Runners-up: WEIRD WORLD (Weirdos), SLEEP IN SAFETY (45 Grave), SOMEONE'S GONNA GET THEIR HEAD KICKED IN comp on BYO, PINK FLAG (Wire), BEACH BLVD comp (label? Can't remember), OUT OF STEP ep, and OPERATION fuckin' MINDCRIME. There's more, too. But you know that!

― matt riedl (veal), Thursday, 2 January 2003 16:30 (twenty-three years ago)

THE RECORD by Fear, surely.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 2 January 2003 17:18 (twenty-three years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000001DHE.01._PE_SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000063C9.01._PE17_SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000000K63.01._PE_SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

― Amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 2 January 2003 17:23 (twenty-three years ago)

Meatloaf-Bat out of Hell

― Arthur (Arthur), Thursday, 2 January 2003 17:41 (twenty-three years ago)

Against Me, Reinventing Axl Rose

Sample: "Pints of Guinness Make You Strong" / "I Still Love You Julie" / "Walking Is Still Honest"

― Ian Johnson (orion), Thursday, 2 January 2003 19:11 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh, blimey, this is really my last addition to this thread. I don't know how it's slipped my mind this long...

Operation Ivy - Energy

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 2 January 2003 19:28 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.guidedbyrobertpollard.com/images/album004.jpg

― christoff (christoff), Thursday, 2 January 2003 19:32 (twenty-three years ago)

nevermind?
discovery?
Music For A Jilted Generation?

― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 2 January 2003 19:38 (twenty-three years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc900/c991/c991887466w.jpg

― christoff (christoff), Thursday, 2 January 2003 19:45 (twenty-three years ago)

More: New Pornographers, CH3's anthology on Posh Boy, ZIGGY STARDUST, Sweet's DESOLATION BLVD (do I have the title right?), UNDER THE BUSHES UNDER THE STARS, EASTER (Patti Smith), at least 2 sides of EVERYTHING WENT BLACK, any Really Red album!

― matt riedl (veal), Thursday, 2 January 2003 20:47 (twenty-three years ago)

the first frank and walters album, i pump my fist to michael and happy busman and fashion crisis hit new york and all the rest.

― keith (keithmcl), Thursday, 2 January 2003 21:30 (twenty-three years ago)

Discovery

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 2 January 2003 22:01 (twenty-three years ago)

one five-letter word + one seven-letter word = Slade "Sladest"

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Thursday, 2 January 2003 22:33 (twenty-three years ago)

Born to Run

― Burr, Friday, 3 January 2003 01:43 (twenty-three years ago)

for some reason this thread makes me think of Mott The Hoople - Mott even though it prob ain't
T.Rex - "Rabbit Fighter" is the best sing-a-long tune evah
so The Slider could be a contenda if weight of anthems v. ratio of anthems counts for ought (owt?)

― Paul (scifisoul), Friday, 3 January 2003 07:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Has no one said The Prodigy yet? I mean, _Experience_!!!!!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 3 January 2003 19:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Pulp's Different Class.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 3 January 2003 20:57 (twenty-three years ago)

three years pass...

refused - the shape of punk to come

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 13:11 (nineteen years ago)

US version of "The Clash"

1. Clash City Rockers: anthem to being in the Clash
2. I'm So Bored With The U.S.A.: anthem resisting 51st statehood
4. Complete Control: anthem against record labels
5. White Riot: anthem for rioting
8. I Fought The Law: anthem to old time rockers rocking like the new time rockers
9. Janie Jones: anthem to rock chicks
10. Career Opportunities: anthem to find work
12. Hate And War: anthem against sixtes slogans
13. Police And Thieves: anthem to rocksteady rockers rocking like the new time rockers
15. Garageland: anthem to not playing very well

― bendy (bendy), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 18:50 (nineteen years ago)

anything by explosions in the sky

ditto to refused tho.

― Cap'n Guthrie (Digestion is Easy!), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 19:06 (nineteen years ago)

Guided By Voices: Propeller

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 19:12 (nineteen years ago)

And Oasis' first two albums. Every track a sing-along anthem.

OTFM

― Stephen Bush (Stephen B.), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 19:26 (nineteen years ago)

The Bouncing Souls - How I Spent My Summer Vacation.

no mention of Bouncing Souls yet? all they do is anthems.

― pinder (pinder), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 19:32 (nineteen years ago)

Pff. RUMOURS.

Or Bat Out of Hell.

― PBfromCleveland (PBfromCleveland), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 20:06 (nineteen years ago)

I'm oh so pleasantly surprised that Superchunk - Here's Where The Strings Come In - was mentioned. And so early in the thread too!! As soon as I saw the thread title I thought SUPERCHUNK!! Almost any 'Chunk record could work here though I'd probably have to go with No Pocky For Kitty. If only "Water Wings" was on that record too..

― Sir Echo (Sir Echo), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 20:36 (nineteen years ago)

misfits - walk among us
tribe called quest - low end theory

― pipecock (pipecock), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 03:37 (nineteen years ago)

The Dictators Go Girl Crazy!
Cyndi Lauper, She's So Unusual
Parliament, Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome
Twisted Sister, Stay Hungry
X-Ray Spex, Germ-Free Adolescents

...and everything by David Peel and the Lower East Side.

― Monty Von Byonga (Monty Von Byonga), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 08:46 (nineteen years ago)

Back in Fucking Black

― Shlomo Shemesh (Shlomo Shemesh), Thursday, 23 November 2006 02:58 (nineteen years ago)

I have been playing the shit out of Fucked Up's "hidden world" album lately, in fact it's playing now. It is anthemic as hell.

― chad (chad), Thursday, 23 November 2006 06:28 (nineteen years ago)

http://991.com/newgallery/Dead-Or-Alive-Rip-It-Up---Reiss-57590.jpg bitches.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 23 November 2006 06:30 (nineteen years ago)

Slade's complete works to thread.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 23 November 2006 11:56 (nineteen years ago)

And, speaking of best of's, the recent Oasis compilation belongs here, as does also the Manics one released a couple years ago.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 23 November 2006 13:02 (nineteen years ago)

can't believe no one's said pyromania yet

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Thursday, 23 November 2006 13:22 (nineteen years ago)

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000FBH41M.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Siegbran (eofor), Thursday, 23 November 2006 13:29 (nineteen years ago)

Also, some live album by Pete Seeger.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 23 November 2006 14:07 (nineteen years ago)

'I Get Wet' by Andrew WK

or maybe

'Strength' by The Alarm

(not exactly good, but still Anthems'r'us)

― Onimo has bone for the pink overload! (GerryNemo), Thursday, 23 November 2006 14:28 (nineteen years ago)

"Strength" OTM. (not OTM about it not being good though - "Strength" is an excellent album all the way through, with lots of great singalong choruses)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 24 November 2006 00:19 (nineteen years ago)

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