Albums with a Few Good Songs

4/10s - This is a TRUE bonus list/just-for-fun list because the ratio of good songs to "filler"/bad songs is heavily skewed towards filler/bad songs. The minimum requirement for an album/comp to make it onto this list is for it to have AT LEAST 4 good to great songs. Therefore I don't think that these albums/compilations have enough meat on the bone as it were to really be worth a listen. But who knows... you guys might like these records way more than I did!

Country:

Carl Smith - "The Essential Carl Smith" (2015)

Carlene Carter - "Hindsight 20/20" (1996)

Gram Parsons - "Grievous Angel" (1974)

Hank Williams - "40 Greatest Hits" (1978)

Johnny Cash - "The Essential Johnny Cash" (2002)

The Judds - "Why Not Me" (1984)

Kris Kristofferson - "Kristofferson" (1970)

Margo Price - "Midwest Farmer's Daughter" (2016)

The Mavericks - "What a Crying Shame" (1994)

Merle Haggard - "Mama Tried" (1968)

Patsy Cline - "Gold" (2005)

Randy Travis - "Always & Forever" (1987)

Randy Travis - "Old 8 x 10" (1988)

Ray Price - "Burning Memories" (1964)

Tammy Wynette - "Stand By Your Man" (1968)

Electronic:

The Avalanches - "Since I Left You" (2000)

Basement Jaxx - "Rooty" (2001)

Basic Channel - "BCD-2" (2008)

Fatboy Slim - "You've Come a Long Way Baby" (1998)

Four Tet - "Beautiful Rewind" (2013)

Goldie - "Timeless" (1995)

The KLF - "Chill Out" (1990)

The KLF - "The White Room" (1991)

Kruder & Dorfmeister - "The K&D Sessions" (1998)

LFO - "Frequencies" (1991)

Mouse On Mars - "Autoditacker" (1997)

Mu-Ziq - "Tango N'Vectif" (1993)

Oneohtrix Point Never - "R Plus 7" (2013)

Oneohtrix Point Never - "Replica" (2011)

Plastikman - "Musik" (1994)

Porter Ricks - "Biokinetics" (1996)

The Prodigy - "Music for the Jilted Generation" (1994)

Robert Hood - "Nighttime World, Vol. 1" (1995)

Rocketnumbernine - "MeYouWeYou" (2013)

The Sabres of Paradise - “Sabresonic” (1993)

The Shamen - "En-Tact" (1990)

Slam - "Headstates" (1996)

Underworld - "Dubnobasswithmyheadman" (1994)

Film/Video Game Music:

Chrono Cross (1999)

Chrono Trigger OST (1995)

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)

Mega Man X (1993)

Mega Man X4 (1997)

Secret of Mana (1993)

Jazz/Fusion:

Al Di Meola - "Casino" (1978)

Harlem River Drive - "Harlem River Drive" (1971)

Wes Montgomery - "The Incredible Jazz Guitar of" (1960)

Metal/Hardcore:

At the Gates - "Slaughter of the Soul" (1995)

Converge - "Axe to Fall" (2009)

Dimmu Borgir - "Death Cult Armageddon" (2003)

Electric Wizard - "Dopethrone" (2000)

Isis - "Oceanic" (2002)

Metallica - "Master of Puppets" (1986)

Negura Bunget - "Om" (2003)

Neurosis - "Through Silver in Blood" (1996)

Shining - "Blackjazz" (2010)

Sodom - "Agent Orange" (1989)

Musicals:

Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979)

Pop/R&B:

ABBA - "Gold" (2008)

Amy Winehouse - "Back to Black" (2006)

Aretha Franklin - "Soul Queen" (2007)

Astrud Gilberto - "Astrud Gilberto's Finest Hour" (2001)

Diana Ross - "Diana" (1980)

The Four Tops - "The Definitive Collection" (2008)

Frank Sinatra - "The Essential Frank Sinatra" (2010)

Gorillaz - "Demon Days" (2005)

Gorillaz - "Gorillaz" (2001)

The Ink Spots - "20th Century Masters: The Best of the Ink Spots" (1999)

James Brown - "Number 1's" (2007)

Lady GaGa - "The Fame" (2008)

Luther Vandross - "Never Too Much" (1981)

Mac Miller - "Circles" (2020)

Marvin Gaye - "The Complete Collection" (2008)

Marvin Gaye - "What's Going On" (1971)

Michael Jackson - "Off the Wall" (1979)

Rick James - "Street Songs" (1981)

Shania Twain - “Come On Over” (1997)

Stevie Wonder - "The Definitive Collection" (2002)

Teresa Trull - "Step Away" (1986)

Rap:

3rd Bass - "The Cactus Album" (1989)

Aceyalone - "All Balls Don't Bounce" (1995)

Beastie Boys - "Check Your Head" (1992)

Beastie Boys - "Paul's Boutique" (1989)

Boogie Down Productions - "By All Means Necessary" (1988)

Boogie Down Productions - "Criminal Minded" (1987)

Busta Rhymes - "The Best of Busta Rhymes" (2001)

Company Flow - "Funcrusher Plus" (1997)

Dizzee Rascal - "Boy in Da Corner" (2003)

DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper" (1988)

Eminem - "Curtain Call: The Hits" (2005)

Eminem - "The Eminem Show" (2002)

EPMD - "Strictly Business" (1988)

Eric B. & Rakim - "Follow the Leader" (1988)

Eric B. & Rakim - "Paid In Full" (1987)

GZA - "Liquid Swords" (1995)

Ice Cube - "Amerikkka's Most Wanted" (1990)

J. Cole - "4 Your Eyez Only" (2016)

J. Cole - "KOD" (2018)

The J. Davis Trio - "These Things Happen" (2008)

Kanye West - "Yeezus" (2013)

Kendrick Lamar - "To Pimp a Butterfly" (2015)

Kool Keith - "Sex Style" (1997)

Kool Keith - "Sex Style Unreleased Archives" (2007)

Kool Moe Dee - "The Greatest Hits" (1993)

Lord Finesse - "The Awakening" (1996)

Mobb Deep - "The Infamous" (1995)

Mos Def - "Black On Both Sides" (1999)

N.W.A. - "Straight Outta Compton" (1988)

Organized Konfusion - "Organized Konfusion" (1991)

Outkast - "Aquemini" (1998)
Outkast - "Stankonia" (2000)

The Pharcyde - "Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde" (1992)

Run-D.M.C. - "Greatest Hits" (2022)

Run-D.M.C. - "King of Rock" (1985)

Run-D.M.C. - "Raising Hell" (1986)

Snoop Dogg - "Doggystyle" (1993)

Souls of Mischief - "93 'til Infinity" (1993)

A Tribe Called Quest - "The Low End Theory" (1991)

A Tribe Called Quest - "Midnight Marauders" (1993)

Rock/Folk:

311 - "311" (1995)

Abe Vigoda - "Crush" (2010)

Alejandro Escovedo - "Burn Something Beautiful" (2016)

Alex Bleeker & the Freaks - "Country Agenda" (2015)

Anika - "Change" (2021)

The Animals - "The Best of the Animals" (1966)

The Apples in Stereo - "The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone" (2000)

Bad Religion - "Against the Grain" (1990)

Badly Drawn Boy - "Have You Fed the Fish" (2002)

Barcelona - "Zero-One-Infinity" (2000)

The Bats - "Foothills" (2020)

The Beach Boys - "50 Big Ones: Greatest Hits" (2012)

The Beach Boys - "Today!" (1965)

Beach House - "Once Twice Melody" (2022)

The Beatles - "Abbey Road" (1969)

The Beatles - “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” (1967)

The Beatles - "The White Album" (1968)

Beck - “Sea Change” (2002)

Big Star - "Third" (1978)

Blood, Sweat & Tears - "Child is Father to the Man" (1968)

Bob Dylan - "Another Side of Bob Dylan" (1964)

Bob Dylan - "The Times They Are A-Changin'" (1964)

Boz Scaggs - "Silk Degrees" (1976)

The Breeders - "Pod" (1990)

Bruce Springsteen - "The Essential Bruce Springsteen" (2015)

CAN - "Future Days" (1973)

Charlie Daniels - "Charlie Daniels" (1970)

Chastity Belt - "I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone" (2017)

Cheap Trick - "At Budokan" (1978)

Chuck Berry - "Berry Is On Top" (1959)

Counting Crows - "August and Everything After" (1993)

The Courtneys - "The Courtneys II" (2017)

The Cranberries - "Everybody Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?" (1993)

Cream - "Gold" (2005)

Dave Van Ronk - "Folksinger" (1962)

Deerhunter - "Halcyon Digest" (2010)

Echo & the Bunnymen - "Live at the Royal Albert Hall" (1983)

Editors - "The Weight of Your Love" (2013)

Eleanor Friedberger - "Personal Record" (2013)

Electric Light Orchestra - "The Essential Electric Light Orchestra" (2011)

Elf Power - "Artificial Countrysides" (2022)

Elf Power - "Back to the Web" (2006)

Eric Andersen - "Blue River" (1972)

The Everly Brothers - "Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Brothers 1960-1969" (1993)

Faces - "Long Player" (1971)

Faces - "Ooh La La" (1973)

The Feelies - "Here Before" (2011)

Fergus & Geronimo - "Unlearn" (2011)

Fiona Apple - "When the Pawn..." (1999)

Foo Fighters - "Wasting Light" (2011)

The Futureheads - "The Chaos" (2010)

The Futureheads - "News & Tributes" (2006)

The Futureheads - "This Is Not the World" (2008)

George Harrison - "All Things Must Pass" (1970)

Gin Blossoms - "The Best of Gin Blossoms" (2003)

Goo Goo Dolls - "Dizzy Up the Girl" (1998)

Gordon Lightfoot - "Lightfoot" (1966)

Gordon Lightfoot - "The Way I Feel" (1967)

Green Day - "American Idiot" (2004)

Guided by Voices - "Bee Thousand" (1994)

Guster - "Ganging Up On the Sun" (2006)

The Hold Steady - "Boys & Girls in America" (2006)

The Hold Steady - "Heaven is Whenever" (2010)

The Hold Steady - "Separation Sunday" (2005)

The Hollies - "20 Golden Greats" (1978)

The International Submarine Band - "Safe at Home" (1968)

James Taylor - "James Taylor" (1968)

Jenny Lewis - "The Voyager" (2014)

John Lennon - "Imagine" (1971)

John Lennon - "Plastic Ono Band" (1970)

John Stewart - "Willard" (1970)

Keane - "Hopes and Fears" (2004)

The Kinks - "Face to Face" (1966)

Kurt Vile - "Wakin On a Pretty Daze" (2013)

LCD Soundsystem - "This Is Happening" (2010)

Linkin Park - "Hybrid Theory" (2000)

Lonnie Johnson - “Blues & Ballads” (1960)

Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Second Helping" (1974)

Mac DeMarco - "Another One" (2015)

Mac DeMarco - "Here Comes the Cowboy" (2019)

The Mamas & the Papas - "Greatest Hits" (1998)
Men At Work - "Cargo" (1983)

Michelle Shocked - “Short, Sharp, Shocked” (1989)

Mogwai - "Young Team" (1997)

The Monkees - "The Best of the Monkees" (2003)

Motorhead - "No Remorse" (1984)

Mott the Hoople - "Mott" (1973)

The Move - "Shazam" (1970)

Neil Young - “Harvest” (1972)

Panda Bear - "Person Pitch" (2007)

Paramore - "Paramore" (2013)

Parquet Courts - "Sympathy for Life" (2021)

Passion Pit - "Manners" (2009)

Paul McCartney - "Ram" (1971)

Phil Ochs - "Pleasures of the Harbor" (1967)

PJ Harvey - "Rid of Me" (1993)

Primal Scream - "Screamadelica" (1991)

The Proclaimers - "Sunshine On Leith" (1988)

The Psychedelic Furs - "All of This and Nothing" (1988)

Queens of the Stone Age - "Rated R" (2000)

Ramones - "Rocket to Russia" (1977)

The Rolling Stones - "12 X 5" (1964)

The Rolling Stones - "The Rolling Stones, Now!" (1965)

Roy Orbison - "The Essential Roy Orbison" (2006)

Savages - "Silence Yourself" (2013)

Screensaver - "Expressions of Interest" (2021)

Simon & Garfunkel - "Bookends" (1968)

Simon & Garfunkel - "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (1970)

The Smashing Pumpkins - "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" (1995)

Steely Dan - "Countdown to Ecstasy" (1973)

The Strokes - "First Impressions of Earth" (2006)

Sufjan Stevens - "Carrie & Lowell" (2015)

Superchunk - "Foolish" (1994)

Superchunk - "Incidental Music: 1991-1995" (1995)

System of a Down - "Toxicity" (2001)

Talking Heads - "Naked" (1988)

Tame Impala - "Lonerism" (2012)

Terror - "Live By the Code" (2013)

Throwing Muses - "Throwing Muses" (1986)

The Undertones - "The Undertones" (1979)

Van Morrison - "Astral Weeks" (1968)

The Velvet Underground - “White Light/White Heat” (1968)

Wall of Voodoo - "Call of the West" (1982)

Waxahatchee - "Saint Cloud" (2020)

Wilco - "Being There" (1996)

Wire - "Chairs Missing" (1978)

Woody Guthrie - "Dust Bowl Ballads" (2000)

Woody Guthrie - "This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1" (1997)

XTC - "Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles" (1996) [If you don't mind his voice]

Zero Zero - "A.M. Gold" (2001)