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OT: Can anyone recomend me a good album that's 30 minutes or less?

Nick Kostopo​ulos

over 2 years ago

I know it seems like an incredibly specific request, but hear me out.

Like most humans, the initiative to exercise does not come easy, but I have found that I can cajole myself to physical activity by listening to music. To make things more interesting I often find albums that are 30 minutes or less in length; to time myself, so to speak.

Examples include:

“Nashville Skyline” by Bob Dylan, which clocks in at 26:33
“O Lucky Man!” by Alan Price; 25:14

frye

over 2 years ago

weezer has albums around that mark
i believe the ramones do as well

Landon

over 2 years ago

Andrew Jackson Jihad – People Who Can Eat People Are The Luckiest People In The World

its a great album that clocks in at 25 minutes and 15 seconds.

KJ

over 2 years ago

Idaho- Alas. 28mins.

the corduro​y suit

over 2 years ago

Some of my favorite short albums.

Days in the Wake – Palace Brothers.

Pink Moon – Nick Drake

Nilsson Sings Newman – Harry Nilsson

Bangers vs. Fuckers – Coachwhips

J.D.

over 2 years ago

The first three albums by The Hives, especially Veni Vidi Vicious.

Dav I.D.

over 2 years ago

Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick
Slayer: Reign in Blood

Danf

over 2 years ago

Yeah
Pink Moon by Nick Drake is fantastic!
And the Weezer Blue Album
Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s Zuma is 36 mins, and is also excellent.

ricky richtof​fen

over 2 years ago

Neil Young would tell you Neil & the Shocking Pinks’s Everybody’s Rockin’ could have been great. Don’t think I agree. It’s 27 minutes, I think. Zuma’s way better.

Zuma has “Danger Bird”!

The Warriors soundtrack is around the 30 minute mark – good thumping music to work up a sweat.

Tim

over 2 years ago

serge gainsbourg – histoire de melody nelson

Kenji

over 2 years ago

ah ha, that’s just the one i came here to mention

Jay Leighty

over 2 years ago

Damn, that’s harder than I expected. If you stretch it to 35 or 37 minutes there’s a ton of great albums but I don’t know many under 30.

All I could come up with were:

At Last!- Etta James
What’d I Say- Ray Charles
Dirty Mind- Prince
Willie Nelson- What a Wonderful World

I confess, the last two were a few seconds over 30 minutes. Like I said, tougher than I thought.

prudenc​e

over 2 years ago

most of the early Beatle records should qualify. I’d guess the Beach Boys would be the same.

Jay Leighty

over 2 years ago

Prudence, I geeked out on this topic the other day which included looking at Beatles and Beach Boy records. The Beatles didn’t have any albums under 30 minutes (Hard Day’s Night was close at 30:45) while the Beach Boys had several including most of their records pre- Pet Sounds.

banal1

over 2 years ago

John Cage’s 4’33", put on repeat

MDB

over 2 years ago

Please Please Me – The Beatles

MDB

over 2 years ago

Please Please Me 32min48sec. My mistake.

Roger Waters

over 2 years ago

Lumpy Gravy – Frank Zappa

HAL 9000

over 2 years ago

I think some of the Doors albums are fairly short. I think Strange Days is maybe five minutes over thirty minutes and Waiting for the Sun is under thirty minutes.

Jay Leighty

over 2 years ago

Found another really good one. 12 Songs- Randy Newman 29:51. Wikipedia lists duration times for albums, by the way, for those curious. This is a fun virtual parlor game.

Ben Simingt​on

over 2 years ago

I came on to recommend PINK MOON too. So I’ll third it.
Joseph Arthur’s VACANCY also.
Oh!
OH!!!!!
And my favorite of all three, Lee Hazlewood’s REQUIEM FOR AN ALMOST LADY!
Anyways, I get what you’re saying. Each of these three recommendations has pretty much perfect-instant replay capacity. As soon as the last track is done, you want to start it over again.

Shotzi

over 2 years ago

Whoa, someone here listens to Andrew Jackson Jihad? That’s cool.

There are tons of great records that come in at under 30 minutes. So many I’m not going to name any. If the first Ramones’ record isn’t good enough for you, nothing is.

Susan M

over 2 years ago

“Heartpeeps” by The Mae Shi 15.6 minutes

Greasem​an64

over 2 years ago

The first album from Death From Above 1979 is called “You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine.” It clocks in at a little under 35 minutes and is very high energy. The band was just a bassist and drummer, but they produce a lot of noise.

sacredc​hao

over 2 years ago

All of the Reagan Youth albums (though the CD has all 3 of their albums, and is thus over 30 minutes)

Also try:

The Casualties
Capitalist Casualties
Aus Rotten
Rudimentary Peni
Rancid – the second self titled album might be just under, though may be just over)

I pretty much only listen to punk, and a lot of punk albums are pretty short. I’ll try to think of a few more.

HAL 9000

over 2 years ago

How about the Strokes? I think there album called Is This It or This Is It is under thirty minutes and I think the one following that one is pretty short as well.

Greasem​an64

over 2 years ago

screw the Strokes