Albums where the best song is track 6

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The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour ('I Am The Walrus')
Blur - Leisure ('Sing')
There is a strong argument for The Boo Radleys - Giant Steps ('Rodney King (Song For Lenny Bruce)'), but I marginally prefer 'I've Lost The Reason'.
The Chemical Brothers - Surrender ('The Sunshine Underground')
The Cure - Pornography ('A Strange Day') (controversial, but personal preference)
There is a VERY strong argument for Elbow - Asleep In The Back ('Newborn'), but my personal choice would be 'Bitten By The Tailfly'.
The Electric Soft Parade - Holes In The Wall ('Silent To The Dark')
The Electric Soft Parade - The American Adventure ('The American Adventure')
The Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic ('The Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidentally Saved The World')
Gomez - Bring It On ('Here Comes The Breeze')
There is an argument for Love - Forever Changes ('The Red Telephone'), but there really isn't because 'You Set The Scene' exists.
Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam ('Frittering') (this is the best example so far)
Mogwai - Government Commissions ('Like Herod')
Muse - Origin Of Symmetry ('Citizen Erased')
Pink Floyd - Meddle ('Echoes')
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun ('Vithrar Vel Til Loftirasa')
Slowdive - Souvlaki ('Souvlaki Space Station')
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger ('Somewhere')
Soundgarden (yes! again!) - Superunknown ('Head Down')
Spiritualized - Pure Phase ('Let It Flow')
SFA - Guerrilla ('Wherever I Lay My Phone (That's My Home)')
My own favourite song on Talk Talk's 'Laughing Stock' is 'Runeii', but nobody else shares this opinion so DISCOUNT IT NOW. :-)
XTC - Apple Venus 1 ('Greenman')

Track 6 being the BEST song on all of those albums!

(I'm serious about Soundgarden btw. Those honestly are my favourite tracks on the two main albums. No shitting youse.)

I mean, this would work well for standard 10 song albums, where track 6 was usually the first track off Side 2, which is usually the underrated hit compared to track 1...

but never mind me. Just sounds really arbitrary.

You're basically eliminating a lot of psych rock with this though, as most of those album are lucky if they even have 4 tracks. Maybe that's the final analysis?

but its album is NOT Apple Venus 1. :P

Ha.

-- You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (papiermachealamphibia...), October 31st, 2006.

oh jesus, I always make that mistake.

well, still, "The Last Balloon" > "Greenman" (although it's a bit closer)

c'mon dudes, list whilst you still can! only 5 1/2 hours to go!

(10 1/2 if yr an east coast yank)

(more if yr west coast)

out there somewhere part two on its own is the best thing orbital have done, anyway. nay, the last 4:50 of it alone suffices for me. :-)

you can lock it now.

(not necessarily my favorite off the album but generally considered The Big One)

Nick Drake, Pink Moon, "Things Behind the Sun"
Peter Murphy, Cascade, "I'll Fall With Your Knife"
The Smashing Pumpkins, Mellon Collie, "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
The Smiths, s/t, "This Charming Man"
[US Release only] The Smiths, Meat is Murder, "How Soon is Now?"
The Cure, The Top, "The Caterpillar"

...and you will know us..., source tags and codes, 'how near, how far'
aerosmith, pump, 'janie's got a gun'
amorphis, tales from the thousand lakes, 'drowned maid'
bright eyes, i'm wide awake, it's morning, 'the first day of my life'
the clash, london calling, 'spanish bombs' (controversial, and it's probaly deadlocked with 'guns of brixton' anyway)
dEUS, in a bar, under the sea, 'serpentine'
the hives, veni vidi vicious, 'hate to say i told you so'
jane's addiction, ritual de lo habitual, 'three days'
katatonia, last fair deal gone down, 'tonight's music'
kent, hagnesta hill, 'heavenly junkies'
korn, korn, 'faget'
lauryn hill, 'the miseducation of lauryn hill', 'the final hour'
my dying bride, turn loose the swans, 'turn loose the swans'
pink floyd, more, 'cymbaline' (obviously also agree with 'echoes' from meddle)
rolling stone, beggar's banquet, 'street fighting man'
tyan adams, gold, 'somehow, someday'
tom waits, frank's wild years, 'i'll be gone'

i might also name 'new noise' from refused's shape of punk to come, but i think it ties with about three other tracks.