Best album flip side?

[jasonjohn]

Someone mentioned this in another discussion.

Too many for a poll, but what's your fav? Anyone prefer the slip-side to an A-side?

Skipped live, theatrical, best-of or albums remixing others. Could probably drop Disco 2, I dunno.

Just aiming for albums where they are in control to plan the order.... I may be hallucinating, but they do still seem to plan the opening track on the flip side (or the closing of the A-side) even on recent albums where flip sides are less of a concern.


Please (1986)
- Tonight Is Forever
- Violence
- I Want a Lover
- Later Tonight
- Why Don't We Live Together?

Disco (1986)
- Paninaro
- Love Comes Quickly
- West End Girls

Actually (1987)
- It Couldn't Happen Here
- It's a Sin
- I Want to Wake Up
- Heart
- King's Cross

Introspective (1988)
- I'm Not Scared
- Always on My Mind/In My House
- It's Alright

Behaviour (1990)
- My October Symphony
- So Hard
- Nervously
- The End of the World
- Jealousy

Very (1993)
- The Theatre
- One and One Make Five
- To Speak Is a Sin
- Young Offender
- One in a Million
- Go West (+ Postscript)

Relentless (1993*)
- We Came from Outer Space
- The Man Who Has Everything
- One Thing Leads to Another

Disco 2 (1994)
- Can You Forgive Her? (Rollo Dub)
- Yesterday, When I Was Mad (Junior Vasquez Factory Dub)
- Absolutely Fabulous (Our Tribe Tongue-In-Cheek Mix)
- Yesterday, When I Was Mad (Coconut 1 12" Mix)
- Yesterday, When I Was Mad (Jam & Spoon Mix)
- We All Feel Better In The Dark (Brothers In Rhythm Ambient Mix)

Bilingual (1996)
- A Red Letter Day
- Up Against It
- The Survivors
- Before
- To Step Aside
- Saturday Night Forever

Nightlife (1999)
- Radiophonic
- The Only One
- Boy Strange
- In Denial
- New York City Boy
- Footsteps

Release (2002)
- The Samurai in Autumn
- Love Is a Catastrophe
- Here
- The Night I Fell in Love
- You Choose

Disco 3 (2003)
(* this only had a multi disc release, so just guessing?)
- Here
- If Looks Could Kill
- Sexy Northerner
- Home and Dry

Fundamental (2006)
- God Willing
- Luna Park
- I'm with Stupid
- Casanova in Hell
- Twentieth Century
- Indefinite Leave to Remain
- Integral

Yes (2009)
- Building a Wall
- King of Rome
- Pandemonium
- The Way It Used to Be
- Legacy

Elysium (2012)
- Ego Music
- Hold On
- Give It a Go
- Memory of the Future
- Everything Means Something
- Requiem in Denim and Leopardskin

Electric (2013)
- Inside a Dream
- The Last to Die
- Shouting in the Evening
- Thursday
- Vocal

Super (2016)
- Inner Sanctum
- Undertow
- Sad Robot World
- Say It to Me
- Burn
- Into Thin Air

Hotspot (2020)
- I Don't Wanna
- Monkey Business
- Only the Dark
- Burning the Heather
- Wedding in Berlin

Nonetheless (2024)
- A New Bohemia
- The Schlager Hit Parade
- The Secret of Happiness
- Bullet for Narcissus
- Love Is the Law

[petshopgrrl]

That's an interesting way of looking at it.

Saved the best till last: Please, Disco, Elysium, Super, Nonetheless.

Actually and Relentless - both sides are equal for me.

[telys]

Without a doubt: Disco... but the flipside of Bilingual is also really good.

[nonesuch]

Bilingual

[Gabby]

Hard to beat Disco I'd suggest, but surprised at how much I like the flip side of Elysium.

[spacewalker]

Considering only studio albums: 1. Bilingual 2. Actually 3. Fundamental

[Lleonard Pler]

Bilingual and Actually.

[ludwig_iv]

Bilingual, Electric and Super.

[leesmapman]

Electric.

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[Nicholas]

Imagine it’s probably not a widely held opinion (Being Boring being the opener, etc), but the second half of Behaviour is my favourite passage of any PSB album to date. Absolutely flawless.

[retrofuturist]

It's still Behaviour, for mine.

[Aevion93]

Behaviour has an outstanding flip side. Probably my favourite tracks off the whole album, actually. The Actually and Elysium flip sides are probably my preference to the A side as well. Never thought of looking at it this way before as I don't do vinyl, but its certainly an interesting way of doing so!

[jasonjohn]

I'd probably choose Nightlife. It's a character arc all on its own!