10 Perfect Metal Albums With Only One Bad Song
Bringing headbanging to a halt.
In the world of metal, there are those certain groups that manage to get into a groove when making an album.
Just like athletes in their prime, these are the few moments where everything is going right and there seems to be nothing standing between the band and their ability to make some of the most spellbinding songs you've ever heard. And then there's that one little moment that brings down the entire mood.
For as strong as these albums sound from back to front, there are always those few flys in the ointment that ruin the flow of the record. Instead of just taking you on a joyride, these are the few times where the experimentation that the band was going for just doesn't work at all and everything turns into a cacophony of noise rather than something that you want to listen to again.
Although all of these bands are human, it's especially strange when this happens on a classic album, where some of the best material that they would create are sandwiched in between this exact song. If you're to everything straight to, it's almost like they lost their ability to write hooks and then carried on as if nothing had even happened.
These albums should be held up as classics in their own right, but for the love of God, do NOT put these records on shuffle.
10. Toast Of The Town - Motley Crue
When looking at the first few Motley Crue records, it's tough to even nail down the track listing of Too Fast for Love.
Since the whole thing went through development hell and practically sounded like a demo, it's a miracle that the street level energy stayed intact, with some of the best Crue songs still finding their way onto the record. When you look back on the bonus tracks though, it makes sense why Toast of the Town didn't make the cut.
That's not to say it's even the bottom of the barrel necessarily. For as silly as the hair metal movement eventually got, this is actually not that bad of a track, with Mick Mars showing some more of his guitar skills and the song having a catchy vibe to it. That might be the song's biggest flaw though as well...it might be a bit too chipper for its own good.
As much as the Crue were known for their freewheeling party vibe most of the time, there is virtually no danger to speak of on here, feeling much closer to a B-side from a band like Cheap Trick than something that came from the grimier side of Sunset. This kind of song may have been up to snuff with the right amount of polish, but in this state, you would have never guessed that these were the guys who would release Shout at the Devil just a few years later.