for about a 40-50 year period until fairly recently, music was sold mostly in albums; sets of 10-20 songs, not all of which were necessarily good. theres thousands of great individual songs, but albums that you can play from start to end without wanting to skip a song or two are few and far between. not necessarily hit songs, just a nice groove from start to finish. lets name a few!
off hand: bad religion AGAINST THE GRAIN jurassic 5 QUALITY CONTROL nas ILLMATIC fugazi RED MEDICINE pink floyd DARK SIDE and WALL and ANIMALS beatles ABBY ROAD nofx PUNK IN DRUBLIC
naming dance albums is cheating, as they are made specifically to avoid lulls!
I HATE the idea of listening to songs out of order or out of context, and really fight against this idea that the "album" is dead. The album is a great concept, and when done well the songs should work together.
My contributions:
Minutemen - "Double Nickels on the Dime" Godspeed You! Black Emperor - "Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven" The Mars Volta - "De-Loused in the Comatorium" The Toasters - "Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down"