Episode 271 - The One Album Wonders Mixtape (Side A)

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Now that we’ve set music festivals to rights (for this year) we thought we’d follow up on our White Town episode - a true one hit wonder - with a one album wonder mixtape. Which, as is our wont, turned into a two parter.

So the remit is simple here - bands that have had only had one album. We’re not talking about bands that are on their debut album, but acts that were one and done. To bring some order to this, we’ve picked three albums each, and also come up with three buckets in which to place artists:

  • Bands that seemed to be fully-fledged projects but ended before they could realise their potential

  • Spin-offs and side projects

  • Acts that changed their name for one record

This week, we go through the first category, which is by far and away the biggest, and talk about two of our chosen albums - In a Million Pieces by The Draft and The Spoils by USSA.

There’s more samples than you can shake a stick at in this episode, which makes it a real fun, and informative listen. Enjoy!

Here’s a list of all the tunes in this episode, some of which are unavailable on Spotify:

  • Here Come The Rome Plows – Drive Like Jehu

  • It's Sick – Obits

  • Plenty For All – Hot Snakes

  • The Beard Is Immortal – The Murder of Rosa Luxemburg

  • Autumn Flowers – USSA

  • Necromancer – The Flu.Id

  • Bordering – The Draft

  • Heavy Rolling Thunder - Chris Wollard & The Ship Thieves

  • Sheer Animal Magic - Lapsus Linguae

  • Layla - Derek and The Dominies

  • Leyendecker - Battles

  • Not What I Wanna Do - The Draft

  • Let It Go – The Draft

  • Tialys And Salmakia – Foe

  • New Eyes Open – The Draft

  • Alive Or Dead – The Draft

  • Book Of The Month – Lovage

  • All We Can Count On – The Draft

  • Blvd Nights – Team Sleep

  • Pyramid of The Moon – Shrinebuilder

  • Ripper Situation – Desalvo

  • Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You – Lauryn Hill

  • USSA – Butthole Surfers

  • Airships!! - Metallic Falcons

  • Coopie N Me – Shorty

  • Sucker – Peeping Tom

  • Sleeping In – The Postal Service

  • All Through All Life – Rites Of Spring

  • Grace (Or The Importance Of Being Impermanent) – Armalite

  • Keep It Together – Hot Water Music

  • The Kingdom Of Scotland – Romeo Taylor

  • Letter To ZZ Top – US Maple

  • Roadrunner – The Modern Lovers

  • Decide – Heavens To Betsy

  • The Garden Of Earthly Delights – The United States Of America

  • Delorean Dynamite – Todd Terje

  • Hunger Strike – Temple Of The Dog

  • Drive Away – Gratitude

  • Lukewarm – New End Original

  • Big Bone Lick – Scratch Acid

  • Grace – Jeff Buckley

  • Iron Galaxy – Cannibal Ox

  • Hope Was Never Here – Loss Leader

  • Cold Pillows And Warm Blades – Arma Angelus

  • Puddle Splashers – Cap N Jazz

  • Why Do I Cry – The Remains

  • Peter Man – Convicts

  • Rehab Doll – Green River

  • Lion's Share – The Germs

  • Infernal Music – The Murder Of Rosa Luxemburg

  • Virus – Deltron 3030

  • The Leanover – Life Without Buildings

  • My Way – The Sex Pistols

  • Replace My Heart – The Killing Tree

  • To Guard And To Guide You – Lift To Experience

  • Brand New Life – Young Marble Giants

  • Black History Month – Death From Above 1979

  • Just Another Diamond Day – Vashti Bunyan

  • Never Meant – American Football

  • Otis – Jay Z & Kanye West

  • Crown Of Thorns – Mother Love Bone

  • The Happiest Place On Earth – Desaparecidos

  • I Hate You – The Monks

  • Superpussy – Rapeman

  • Shiner – Rodan

  • 1977 – Vcheka

  • Dead Voices – USSA

  • Cruel Beauty – USSA

  • Forget Yourself – USSA

  • Summer Endless Summer – USSA

  • Cold Water – The Jesus Lizard

  • Cab Ride – USSA

And here is a playlist of every song from both episodes that we could find on Spotify:

 
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