I came close to listening to FFVIII's all the way through once, but I still skip Shuffle or Boogie and Dance with the Balamb Fishes. They may be okay songs, but playing Triple Triad ensures that you listen to them so many times during the game that you never, ever, ever want to hear them again.

And, Roto, while FFXII's music may be nice, it's too one note. By that I don't mean that all of the songs are the same, because they're not, but most of them are world exploration tunes. Yeah, pretty much each area has its own song, but the area exploration songs are essentially the only music the game has, apart from the very few boss themes it has. There is little to no music that plays off the plot, that tears at your emotions and accents the story and the character's feelings. Music is more than just background, it's an essential tie in to the story and the feel of the game, and that was what XII's music lacked, IMHO. It was almost all background, there was no depth.