Terrible/Inappopriate songs ...


on an otherwise wonderful release. Know of any? These bug the crap out of me as they are: dumb songs, inappropriate selections as per the rest of the release, and sung very poorly. What is (was) up with them?

1. Miles Davis, "Nothing Like You", on Sorcerer (1962).
2. Tony Williams, "This Night This Song", and, "Once I Loved", a two-fer on Turn It Over (1970).

I very much like both of these releases, but they are spoiled by these insipid songs (IMO) unless I skip them. Know of others such as these clinkers? Must be ones which stick out like sore thumbs on an otherwise good/great release. Cuts which make you exclaim, WTF?
rockadanny
Hodu - good call! Hated that song since the first time I heard it. Once clear advantage of CD vs. LP, at least we can burn a copy without that clinker.
for some reason, i never liked "going mobile" on the otherwise perfect "who's next". the sappy "thorn tree in the garden" doesn't fit on "layla" and depending on my mood "after hours" tarnishes the first velvet underground album. the classic example might be the horrific "mind gardens" off the byrds "younger than yesterday", which was derided by everyone except david crosby.
Agree,Hodu. Having grown up in that era, I think they would make some crappy song to see if it would become a hit just because they are the Beatles.
Have to add my voice to the chorus naming songs that reduce enjoyment of Beatles albums. In my case, it's "Octopus' Garden" and "Maxwell Silver Hammer" from "Abbey Road."
One of the nice things about vinyl playback is that you effectively had to listen to songs you liked less than others on an album. Over time I noticed that my opinion changed about many of those songs. The two Tony Williams vocals on "Turn It Over" are a case in point. They never became my favorites, but they did become listenable and even enjoyable. "Psalm" on Roxy Music's "Stranded" is a good example for me.