Best Ever Albums

Re: Bands that only have one great/good album

911Turbo — Tue, 6 Nov 2018 08:28:34 GMT

Author: 911Turbo

Posted: 11/06/2018 13:28

Another austrilian band which has a great album and many good albums is

Midnight oil. Diesel and Dust. This album is absolutely brilliant from start to finish. And it rocks!

I have listened to their other live/studio productions, and they have created many fantastic songs, but
they have not been able, unfortunately, to duplicate the success of "diesel and dust".

Re: Bands that only have one great/good album

21stCenturySchiz — Sun, 4 Nov 2018 22:07:18 GMT

Author: 21stCenturySchiz

Posted: 11/05/2018 03:07

I like the hits of Billy Squier other than "Rock Me Tonight" since i can't seem to wash that music video from my memory

Re: Bands that only have one great/good album

Fischman — Sun, 4 Nov 2018 22:04:29 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 11/05/2018 03:04

911Turbo wrote:

recently i was listening to a couple of artists who may fit original posters criteria- 1 great album.

Aldo Nova- Aldo Nova his first album is really really good. His guitar work is mentionable

Billy Squier - Dont Say No Great album. Footnote: i do not own/or have listened to his entire work. i know 4 albums very well. But "Dont Say No" is really fantastic. High school math teacher turned rock musician has a cool tale to it as well.

Comment: I find, that the level of music credibility, is questionable when i read members comments that suggest the rolling stones only produced 1 or 2 good albums, or many good songs. Really Unbelievable.

That first Aldo Nova album was indeed special, but I never could gag down anything Billy Squier ever did.

Re: Bands that only have one great/good album

Repo — Sun, 4 Nov 2018 14:11:15 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 11/04/2018 19:11

911Turbo wrote:

Nice picks! I totally agree.

Re: Bands that only have one great/good album

Skinny — Sun, 4 Nov 2018 13:49:06 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 11/04/2018 18:49

Gonna copypaste some stuff I said in a different thread about the only Fleetwood Mac album I genuinely enjoy:

Skinny wrote:

Tango In The Night by Fleetwood Mac

The best/potentially only consistently tolerable Fleetwood Mac record. Which sounds like faint praise, but I really do love this album, whilst simultaneously hating most everything else they ever did. The production is so crystalline and enveloping - Buckingham has a lot to be proud of here. It's dreamy yet muscular, and it really turns some already strong pop songs into utter masterpieces of the form. I also feel like the vague lyrical nature - pseudo-universal themes of big love, found everywhere if possible - suits this sound better than their well-worn, on again/off again sagas would've, working in synthesis with the cavernously reverbed percussion, sparkling synths and clipped jabs of bright guitar to create something huge, which the group had admittedly managed previously, and hopeful, which they very much hadn't. I understand the most frequent criticisms of this album, that it's too sonically ersatz and lyrically wishy-washy, but I instead find them to be this record's greatest strengths, and the greatest strengths of the one version of Fleetwood Mac that I can actually get behind.

Re: Bands that only have one great/good album

911Turbo — Sun, 4 Nov 2018 09:52:23 GMT

Author: 911Turbo

Posted: 11/04/2018 14:52

recently i was listening to a couple of artists who may fit original posters criteria- 1 great album.

Aldo Nova- Aldo Nova his first album is really really good. His guitar work is mentionable

Billy Squier - Dont Say No Great album. Footnote: i do not own/or have listened to his entire work. i know 4 albums very well. But "Dont Say No" is really fantastic. High school math teacher turned rock musician has a cool tale to it as well.

Comment: I find, that the level of music credibility, is questionable when i read members comments that suggest the rolling stones only produced 1 or 2 good albums, or many good songs. Really Unbelievable.

Re: Spent way too long making this

Geraldox — Sun, 4 Nov 2018 08:41:13 GMT

Author: Geraldox

Posted: 11/04/2018 13:41

Geraldox wrote:

benfitzuk wrote:

So many more bands/artists can be named here but the top ones:
Beach boys - pet sounds
Rolling Stones - let it bleed
Blur - parklife
Brockhampton - saturation III
Tyler the creator - flower boy
Fleetwood mac - rumours
Gorillaz- the now now
Mgmt - oracular spectacular
Nwa - straight outta Compton
Neutral milk hotel - in the aeroplane over the sea
Queen - a night at the opera
Stone roses - stone roses
Suede - suede

what the actual fuck, lol

Also, even ignoring Gorillaz, i disagree with most of those

Re: Spent way too long making this

Geraldox — Sun, 4 Nov 2018 08:39:57 GMT

Author: Geraldox

Posted: 11/04/2018 13:39

benfitzuk wrote:

what the actual fuck, lol

Re: Bands that only have one great/good album

Decurso — Sun, 4 Nov 2018 07:23:17 GMT

Author: Decurso

Posted: 11/04/2018 12:23

Oh....I LOVE Hair of the Dog! But...Razamanazz is awesome, too.

My pick would be The Clash. And I am referring to their first album. London Calling...frankly it just reeks of pretension to me. That first album, though....amazing.

Re: Bands that only have one great/good album

SleepDealer — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 17:30:59 GMT

Author: SleepDealer

Posted: 10/31/2018 21:30

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast by Badly Drawn Boy

Gris-Gris by Dr. John

Forever Changes by Love

Okay, not entirely sure about Dr. John, but suggestions on his albums that come close to Gris-Gris would be much appreciated...

Re: Bands that only have one great/good album

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:43:37 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/31/2018 19:43

BLO wrote:

NowhereMan wrote:

Yann wrote:

Some good albums but only one great :
The Beach Boys : Pet Sounds
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions : Rattlesnakes

Today! by beach boys is better than Pet Sounds.

Just going to put it out there.

This is one of the worst opinions I've seen on this site lol.

But Pet Sounds isn't their only great album, Sunflower is almost as good!

Pet Sounds is so full of the tenderness of youth. It's an emotionally specific sort of record and I think it feels less relevant as you get a bit older. Some of their other albums are probably more accessible and universal for all ages. Sunflower, Friends and Love You are my favourites. These albums are all great, though are not as technically perfect as Pet Sounds.

Re: Bands that only have one great/good album

BLO — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:28 GMT

Author: BLO

Posted: 10/31/2018 19:11

NowhereMan wrote:

Yann wrote:

Some good albums but only one great :
The Beach Boys : Pet Sounds
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions : Rattlesnakes

Today! by beach boys is better than Pet Sounds.

Just going to put it out there.

This is one of the worst opinions I've seen on this site lol.

But Pet Sounds isn't their only great album, Sunflower is almost as good!

Re: Bands that only have one great/good album

21stCenturySchiz — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 14:16:05 GMT

Author: 21stCenturySchiz

Posted: 10/31/2018 18:16

Has anyone mentioned Nazareth's Hair of The Dog?

Re: Bands that only have one great/good album

vancevisuals — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 12:42:29 GMT

Author: vancevisuals

Posted: 10/31/2018 16:42

BLIND FAITH
they were one for one

Re: Bands that only have one great/good album

AAL2014 — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 12:25:55 GMT

Author: AAL2014

Posted: 10/31/2018 16:25

A couple previous mentions I wanted to touch on:

Queen might not have a spotless record start to finish but I would consider at least A Night at the Opera and Queen II to be great records.

Metallica have at least 3 truly great albums.

Both Badmotorfinger and Superunknown are gems in the Soundgarden catalog and I love King Animal too.

Re: Spent way too long making this

NowhereMan — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 11:43:57 GMT

Author: NowhereMan

Posted: 10/31/2018 15:43

benfitzuk wrote:

Queen - a night at the opera

Sorry for the spam, but for me Queen never made a great album.

A few I'd say ''hmm yeah good.'' But nothing I'd ever stick on unless it was requested.

Their Greatest Hits is a different story however.

Re: Bands that only have one great/good album

NowhereMan — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 11:42:04 GMT

Author: NowhereMan

Posted: 10/31/2018 15:42

Yann wrote:

Some good albums but only one great :
The Beach Boys : Pet Sounds
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions : Rattlesnakes

Today! by beach boys is better than Pet Sounds.

Just going to put it out there.

Re: Bands that only have one great/good album

NowhereMan — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 11:39:57 GMT

Author: NowhereMan

Posted: 10/31/2018 15:39

21stCenturySchiz wrote:

Basically, this is for the discussion of bands that in their whole discography have only one great/good album while the rest could range from okay-terrible

I'll mention some names

Oasis- I absolutely Love (What's The Story) Morning Glory. But everything else i've heard with the exception of some songs here and there are abysmal. Granted, this may change as i have not heard Definitely Maybe save for Supersonic so maybe that's a great record

Quiet Riot- Metal Health is a great album. Everything else is a bit of the same (Although the Randy Rhoads material was pretty great)

Warrant- Dirty, Rotten Filthy, Stinkin Rich is really the only consistently good album all the way through imo

Get onto Definitely Maybe ASAP.

Re: Bands that only have one great/good album

CA Dreamin — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 01:53:57 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 10/31/2018 05:53

StreetSpirit wrote:

IMO, Throwing Copper is the only good Live album. Lighting only crashed once for them.

craola wrote:

i prefer mental jewelry. but yeah, past that, live went downhill fast hard

Couldn't get into Mental Jewelry. Maybe I should revisit it. Secret Samadhi was terrible, and I didn't pursue further.

sethmadsen wrote:

This is the correct answer along probably with this: (even if both are sometimes mediocre)

Third Eye Blind by Third Eye Blind

Ah yes. I love this album, and Blue was a huge letdown. Out of curiosity, I checked to see the difference in rankings for 3eb's albums. After the wonderful first album, the next 3eb album is currently ranked 9,491 spots behind it. I think that might be the BEA record for steepest drop-off.

Re: Bands that only have one great/good album

RoundTheBend — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 21:30:33 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 10/31/2018 01:30

StreetSpirit wrote:

IMO, Throwing Copper is the only good Live album. Lighting only crashed once for them.

This is the correct answer along probably with this: (even if both are sometimes mediocre)

Third Eye Blind by Third Eye Blind