re: Two songs that appear back-to-back on an album that are that album's best two songs.

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Billy Joel - "52nd Street," tracks 1,2 and 3:

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Honesty is fricking terrible. Billy Joel even bags on it himself.

Jackson Browne

Take it easy/Our Lady of the well.

Janes Addiction
Rock and Roll / Sympathy for the Devil

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Rush - Moving Pictures

1. Tom Sawyer
2. Red Barchetta
3. YYZ
4. Limelight

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Here, you have to choose, and it just doesn't work. Pretty bad choice.

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Rush - Moving Pictures
1. Tom Sawyer
2. Red Barchetta
3. YYZ
4. Limelight

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Came here to post Red Barchetta and YYZ.

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

Geek USA

Mayonaise

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Honesty is fricking terrible. Billy Joel even bags on it himself.

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Joel's longtime drummer (before he quit and sued over royalties and other money issues) was Liberty Devitto. Joel was gifted enough on the piano to not need anyone to record a demo, but I don't think he liked drum machines. So, when they were working up the demo for the music that was to become the song "Honesty" - initially, Devitto - a legitimate, solid rock and roll drummer from the "old school" threw his drumsticks at Joel. "I'm not a fricking drummer for a lounge act." So, after a little cajoling, Devitto is dutifully putting down a basic drum track with Joel working out the melody on the piano.

As with most pop/rock compositions, the music is completed first and lyrics are written for that music and added later. Joel hears in his headphones a mumbling from Devitto to the tune, "Sodomy..." - which ultimately inspired Joel to make it a one word song, but Honesty instead.

It’s So Easy Nightrain

Guns ‘N Roses

Rolling Stones-Sticky Fingers
Dead Flowers
Moonlight Mile

Van Morrison-Moondance
Caravan
Into the Mystic

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Except Hitch a Ride is the best song on the album.

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Probably the only song on the album I don’t like. Lol.