Everyone knows the fury that comes with an inferior album track being released as a chart single, when there’s far better material available. If only we could be ‘their’ manager! Anyhoo, here are the top 10 album tracks that I feel should/could have been singles and torn up club dance floors and/or radio playlists, the world over.
B’Day.
Beyonce.
This is potentially the best track from her sophomore album (bar ‘Get Me Bodied’ and ‘Upgrade You’). Performed live it’s got some hot electric guitar riffs ploughing through it and is a key example of the feminist attitude that continually rears its head in Beyonce’s own brand of pop music.
2: ‘Howl’.
Lungs.
Florence and the Machine.
My favourite track she’s made so far, this is an absolute beast. It shows off her unique vocals at their best and is one of the most uptempo songs on the record.
3: ‘Could Have Been You’.
Colour Me Free.
Joss Stone.
Yeah yeah, so everyone hates Joss Stone and her shoddy album artwork. She’s annoying, yes, but her voice is stunning on this should have been single. It has potential to be her best song to date and has a nice, crisp, live jazz-bar quality to it. Me likey.
One of the Boys.
Katy Perry.
She’s got some belting material on her second album Teenage Dream, true. However, her debut still has a potent charm that it’s hard to forget a track like ‘Mannequin’. A shiner on her first outing, the song is totally unforgettable.
5: ‘Monster’.
The Fame Monster.
Lady GaGa.
All the songs on her ‘sort of’ second album were/are brilliant. ‘Alejandro’ is sumptuous pop inspired by ‘La Isla Bonita’ and, ‘Bad Romance’ is aneurism inducing Euro-pop at its best. However, ‘Monster’ is a sadly overlooked single choice. With its brilliantly catchy bridge it should have been out there with a filthy music video to boot.
6: ‘Exo-Politics’.
Black Holes and Revelations.
Muse.
I love Muse, but I’m not a huge lover of their attempts at down tempo tracks. Thus why I adore this percussion heavy, rock monster. Love Love Love. ‘Uprising’ is good, but it’s got nothing on this behemoth.
7: ‘Unusual You’.
Circus.
Britney Spears.
Instead of releasing the OMGSOPOINTLESS ‘Radar’ a year after it was created, ol’ Spearsy should have launched this stunning, haunting track into the airwaves. Produced by Bloodyshy & Avant, the masters behind ‘Toxic’, it’s a total glory of a song.
8: ‘Fire Bomb’.
Rated R.
Rihanna.
One of the highlights of her brilliant Rated R album, ‘Fire Bomb’ is a superior track to the fun but melody-less single ‘Rockstar 101’. Why Rihanna? WHY?
9: ‘Time Machine’.
Body Talk.
Robyn.
It’s early days, but I can’t see Robyn releasing anymore Body Talk era single anytime soon since each segment only got one song as promotion. ‘Dancing On My Own’, ‘Hang With Me’ and ‘Indestructible’ are epic electro pop tracks, but one more tasty morsel wouldn’t go a miss. ‘Time Machine’ is just that. So ridiculously fun, melodious and just damn awesome, this HAS to make an appearance on radio soon.
10: ‘Kiss and Resolve’.
Wall Of Arms.
Maccabees.
The single releases from this massive leap forward for the British band were pretty damn good. My favourite however, ‘Kiss and Resolve’ got overlooked and I wasn’t pleased. Definitely a highlight of an album that stomps over their debut by having far more direction.
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