Ever buy a CD for one song?

[Guy Fawkes]

I bought David Bowie's Reality for the title song. I love all the rest, but I realy only bought it for that song. Ever done that?

[redqueen]

1. Yes - Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf, for No One Knows

Got hooked on them, too.

[Tyler Durden]

2. Of course. "Holland" for "Sail on Sailor."

Album was the biggest flop of all the Beach Boys albums.

[rocktivity]

3. Three times

I bought Guns N' Roses' Appeitite For Destruction and Pantera's Cowboy From Hell after hearing Welcome To The Jungle and Cowboys From Hell on the radio a couple times. Rage Against The Machine's Killing In The Name Of I had to hear only twice!

:headbang:
rocknation

[JohnKleeb]

4. Sorta yes

[blue neen]

5. U2's Achtung Baby

for "One"

[graywarrior]

8. Gov't Mule's The Deep End for Soulshine

[Beer Snob-50]

6. i often buy a cd for just one or two songs

but then listen to the rest and go "damn!!"

[skypilot]

7. "Pilgrim" by Eric Clapton.

I bought that one just for "My Father's Eyes". Surprisingly, I don't like any of the other songs on that CD.

[JohnnyRingo]

9. ALL of them, except for the Beatles albums

I even bought 45s just for one song. Heh Heh

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

10. Hey! Commie Kittens!

Ein. Zwei. Drei. Vier.

[blue neen]

12. I wish I had all my old "one song" 45's.

Especially all the Rolling Stones' 45's. (Some of them turned out to be 2-songers!)

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

11. yes, when my fav bands put out a greatest hits with 1 new track

and i already have everything else on the cd

[LanternWaste]

13. If LP's count...

If LP's count, I did it all the time back in High School. The Police's, "Synchronicity" for the single, "Synchronicity I"
Kansas, "The Masque" for "Child of Innocence"
Eagle's Live for the live version of Seven Bridges Road
Creedence Clearwater "Revival" for Sail On


Lot's and lot's. But, I have to add that in most cases, I ended up enjoying the deep cuts more than the single I bought it for :)

[skippysmom]

14. Not as much as I used to

Once I discovered downloading music, I stopped that practice. Now I can listen before I buy to see if the rest of it is worth buying.

I have discovered new artists that way.

[GingerSnaps]

15. Live's "Live" CD

I bought it for one song and I ended up liking the whole CD.

[terrya]

16. I bought Rick Astley's CD based on "Never Gonna Give You Up"

And the whole CD was a sheer delight! :-)

He did a great cover version of the Nat King Cole tune "When I Fall in Love" which was wonderful.

[daisygirl]

17. I've done it a lot of times, but the only time I can think of

where I didn't like especially the rest of the album was when I bought a James album just for "Laid" - the rest was okay but not great.

[FunBobbyMucha]

18. Natalie Imbruglia's debut for "Torn."

and, perhaps, the cover photo.

Lou Gramm's awful solo album for that great song "Midnight Blue" (Hey, even REM used to cover it).