What do you consider to be the best ever Pop song and Album

[Mellotron]

SO tough.

Single - Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
Album - Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights

 

[Bob!]

Single - Gangsters - The Specials
Album - songs from the Mardi Gras - Feargal Sharkey

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

For me

Single: Sympathy For the Devil - The Rolling Stones
Album: This is difficult as there are quite a few I hold dearly.

 

[Bold Seagull]

That, imo, is a great call

It would be a surprise if Pet Sounds wasn't someones best album...

 

[hart's shirt]

If it's purely pop, then...

Single - Don't You Want Me (The Human League)
Album - Thriller (Michael Jackson)

 

[Box of Frogs]

Single: Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
Album: OK Computer - Radiohead

 

[Icy Gull]

It would be a surprise if Pet Sounds wasn't someones best album...

Just waiting for Jam the Man...

 

[lawros left foot]

If its just pop,
Dancing Queen, Abba
Thriller, Michael Jackson

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

How do you define "Pop" Music. For me neither Bob Dylan or Pink Floyd would count.

Single - Heartbeat - Buddy Holly
Album - Out of the Blue - The Electric Light Orchestra

 

[midnight_rendezvous]

Best song ever written, regardless of genre, is Dylan's 'Like a rolling stone' and if you don't agree you're wrong

 

[red star portslade]

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[Icy Gull]

How do you define "Pop" Music. For me neither Bob Dylan or Pink Floyd would count.

Single - Heartbeat - Buddy Holly
Album - Out of the Blue - The Electric Light Orchestra

Thread title IS a bit misleading as I was thinking of best POP song but basically best album of any genre. I'd also argue that Like a Rolling Stone is a POP song, it spent weeks, months even in the pop charts in the USA and here. There are plenty of fantastic singles of the 60's and early 70's that couldn't be included if you are thinking of Pop as something trite, happy and catchy.

Looking at your choices, I was very close to nominating Rave On as the best pop single and also considered Mr Blue Sky.

 

[Garage_Doors]

Single: Going underground, Jam
Album: Never mind the bollocks, Pistols

 

[lawros left foot]

Thread title IS a bit misleading as I was thinking of best POP song but basically best album of any genre. I'd also argue that Like a Rolling Stone is a POP song, it spent weeks, months even in the pop charts in the USA and here. There are plenty of fantastic singles of the 60's and early 70's that couldn't be included if you are thinking of Pop as something trite, happy and catchy.

I think both my choices(Dancing queen, and Thriller) are the best of the pop genre, but i dont really like either of them much. But they do seem to be popular with all ages, so it probally makes them the best. My daughter's friends love Abba, dut i dont know if itis ironic.

 

[Trufflehound]

Single depends on which way the wind blows. Often it blows toward Different Drum by The Lemonheads, but today it is mostly blowing in the direction of:

Blue Boy - Orange Juice


Album: Entertainment - Gang of Four

 

[Felpham Seagull]

Dark Side for sure and my favorite single is "With a Little Help From my Friends " by Joe Cocker which also has Jimmy Page on guitar

 

[tinycowboy]

Friday I'm In Love - The Cure
Velocity Girl - Primal Scream
The Last Time - The Rolling Stones

Albums are harder, I'll go with Parade - Prince & The Revolution.

I'm happy to stick up for Haircut 100. Milk Film is my personal favourite, but all the singles are great.

 

[Binney on acid]

Single = Eleanor Rigby - Beatles.
Album = Late for the sky - The most talented musician ever to set foot on the planet.

 

[brakespear]

Difficult to choose because it's so dependent on the definition of 'pop' and anyway I'll only change my mind tomorrow but:

Single: 'Regret' - New Order or 'The Diary of Horace Wimp' - ELO
Album: 'Pet Sounds' - The Beach Boys. Or 'Ocean Rain' - Echo and The Bunnymen.

 

[Algernon]

Single: The Air that I breathe, The Hollies.
Album: Faith no More, The Real Thing.