Best Ever Albums

Re: Artists With Great Albums in 3 or More Different Decades

Boltzmann — Sun, 8 Mar 2020 07:49:22 GMT

Author: Boltzmann

Posted: 03/08/2020 11:49

The only right answer I see nowhere: Ma-fucking-donna.
'80s: became the biggest female artist with a style everyone copied, and popularized remix albums with her You Can Dance remix album.
'90s: Erotica (do I have to explain? It changed the scene), and Ray of Light was great too.
'00s: made dance pop great again. Usually that's younger artists doing that bringing back styles of 20 years ago; she just did it herself.
Since the '10s her music has been shit, and I guess her '00s releases haven't been as spectacular as her '90s and '80s run, but I really don't know any other artists who have kept on being relevant for such a long time. I mean a lot of the recommendations I see here are okay, but who listens Radiohead in the '10s except their fanbase? Or NIN, or Aphex Twin, or Rolling Stones in the '80s, except for a hit or two that sound like they wanna cash in on nostalgia? And then there are also suggestions that make me laugh out loud, or that make me shout "WHO?!" All respect to the man, but David Bowie's '80s and '90s albums were consistently shit.

Re: Artists With Great Albums in 3 or More Different Decades

souplipton — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 18:02:42 GMT

Author: souplipton

Posted: 02/14/2020 23:02

Radiohead
90s - The Bends/OK Computer
00s - Kid A/Amnesiac/Hail to the Thief/In Rainbows
10s - The King of Limbs/A Moon Shaped Pool

Nine Inch Nails
80s - Pretty Hate Machine
90s - The Downward Spiral/The Fragile
00s - With Teeth/Year Zero

Miles Davis
50s - Birth of the Cool/Kind of Blue
60s - Miles Smiles/In a Silent Way
70s - Bitches Brew/On the Corner

Aphex Twin
90s - Selected Ambient Works 85-92/Selected Ambient Works Vol II/I Care Because You Do/Richard D James Album
00s - Drukqs/Analord
10s - Syro/Collapse

Tool
90s - Ænima
00s - Lateralus/10,000 Days
10s - Fear Inoculum

King Crimson
60s - In the Court of the Crimson King
70s - Larks Tongue in Aspic/Red
80s - Discipline

Queens of the Stone Age
90s - Queens of the Stone Age
00s - Rated R/Songs for the Deaf
10s - ...Like Clockwork

Boards of Canada
90s - Music Has the Right to Children
00s - Geogaddi/Campfire Headphase
10s - Tomorrow's Harvest

Bjork
90s - Post/Homogenic
00s - Vespertine
10s - Vulnicura

Re: Artists With Great Albums in 3 or More Different Decades

UofTBlues — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 15:09:31 GMT

Author: UofTBlues

Posted: 02/14/2020 20:09

Romanelli wrote:

This thread is kinda disappointing...a whole lot of poor to pretty good albums being listed as great...

I'm glad you said it first; I couldn't agree more.

Re: Artists With Great Albums in 3 or More Different Decades

LedZep — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 03:18:30 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 02/14/2020 08:18

El-P:
90s: Funcrusher Plus (with Company Flow)
00s: I'll Sleep When You're Dead
10s: any Run The Jewels release

Iron Maiden:
80s: any of the 7 releases
00s: Brave New World, A Matter of Life and Death
10s: The Final Frontier, The Book of Souls

Kreator:
80s: Pleasure To Kill
90s: Coma of Souls
00s: Enemy of God
10s: Phantom Antichrist

Amorphis:
90s: Tales of the Thousand Lakes
00s: Skyforger
10s: Queen of Time

Leonard Cohen:
60s: Songs of Leonard Cohen
70s: Songs of Love and Hate
80s: I'm Your Man
00s: Ten New Songs
10: You Want It Darker

Xiu Xiu:
00s: Fabulous Muscles
10s: Forget
I'm sure they're release something in the 20s

The Dillinger Escape Plan:
90s: Calculating Infinity
00s: Ire Works
10s: Option Paralysis

PJ Harvey:
90s: Rid Of Me
00s: Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
10s: Let England Shake

Opeth:
90s: My Arms, Your Hearse
00s: Blackwater Park
10s: Pale Communion

Aesop Rock:
90s: Appleseed
00s: Labor Days
10s: The Impossible Kid

Re: Artists With Great Albums in 3 or More Different Decades

Tha1ChiefRocka — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 00:08:19 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 02/14/2020 05:08

Well, a boy can dream 😢

Re: Artists With Great Albums in 3 or More Different Decades

Hayden — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 23:45:29 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 02/14/2020 04:45

Tha1ChiefRocka wrote:

2020s? I know Fever Ray is kind of off doing their own thing right now, but hopefully we get a follow up to their monumental 2013 effort.

Nah mate, The Knife are kaputt 😕

Re: Artists With Great Albums in 3 or More Different Decades

Tha1ChiefRocka — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 23:25:16 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 02/14/2020 04:25

Neil Young

Everybody Knows this is Nowhere 1969

On the Beach 1974

Ragged Glory 1990

Flaming Lips

The Soft Bulletin 1999

Embryonic 2009

The Terror 2013

We'll see if they can...

Spoon

You could pick a couple for the 00's, but I love Girls Can Tell 2001

They Want My Soul 2014

2020s? I think Spoon will continue to bang out a great comeptent rock album every several years.

Pusha T

Hell Hath No Fury w/ Clipse 2006

Daytona 2018

2020s? He's going to to have another great album drop in this decade for sure

Converge

Jane Doe 2001

All We Love We Leave Behind 2012

2020s? I'm wondering how band like Converge settles into old age

The Knife

Sileng Shour 2006

Shaking the Habitual 2013

2020s? I know Fever Ray is kind of off doing their own thing right now, but hopefully we get a follow up to their monumental 2013 effort.

Re: Artists With Great Albums in 3 or More Different Decades

RoundTheBend — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 01:38:33 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 02/13/2020 06:38

Romanelli wrote:

This thread is kinda disappointing...a whole lot of poor to pretty good albums being listed as great...

I suppose I'll pull my obvious card and arguably disappointing card -

U2
Boy (1980)
Achtung Baby (1991)
All That You Can't Leave Behind (2001) [I know what you are thinking, but say that to a whole generation of U2 fans who this was their entry point/still haven't heard Boy]
2010s - they incorrectly kept going (probably)
I guess there's this though (define great)- U2 becomes only band with number 1 albums in four consecutive decades:
https://www.iheart.com/content/2017-12-...e-decades/

R.E.M.
Murmur (1983)
Automatic For The People (1992)
Accelerate (2008) - ok well I think it's great - suck it.
2010s they correctly disbanded

Ok so now I'm gonna be that guy:
Bach
Brandenburg Concertos - 1721
Shit-ton of keyboard works like Toccata and Fugue, Well Tempered Clavier, Harpsichord Concertos -1730s
Mass in B Minor - 1749

Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - 1776
His "late" symphonies - 1780s
Die Zauberflöte - 1791

Beethoven
Symphony 3 - 1805
Symphony 7 - 1813
Symphony 9 - 1824

Brahms
Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8 - 1854
Ein Deutsches Requiem - 1869
Violin Concerto D, Op.77 - 1879
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor - 1887
Intermezzi - 1894

Wagner
Die fliegende Holländer - 1843
Tristan und Isolde - 1859
Die Meistersinger - 1868
Der Ring des Nibelungen - 1876
Parsifal - 1882

Mahler
Symphony 1 "Titan" - 1889
Symphony 2 - 1895
Das Lied von der Erde -1908
Symphony 9 - 1912

Then totally agree with Fischman's Jazz account, except I'd totally add Louis Armstrong to that.

Re: Artists With Great Albums in 3 or More Different Decades

Romanelli — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 21:15:20 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 02/13/2020 02:15

This thread is kinda disappointing...a whole lot of poor to pretty good albums being listed as great...

Re: Artists With Great Albums in 3 or More Different Decades

Luigii — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 19:35:04 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 02/13/2020 00:35

I would mention Autechre had a lot of dope albums throughout the three decades and am quite curious how this decade will be for them.

For my picks
90's either Tri Repeate or Chiastic Slide
00's either Confield or Draft 7.30
10's either Oversteps or Exai

Honestly this could be way different for other users that enjoy this duo.

Re: Artists With Great Albums in 3 or More Different Decades

craola — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 19:25:21 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 02/13/2020 00:25

jeff buckley | grace (1994)
jeff buckley | grace (2004)
jeff buckley | grace (2014)

i joke, but for a guy with one studio lp, it's crazy how much music he's released (mostly posthumously).

Re: Artists With Great Albums in 3 or More Different Decades

CA Dreamin — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 19:13:17 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 02/13/2020 00:13

Depeche Mode

Black Celebration
Violator
Playing the Angel

Re: Artists With Great Albums in 3 or More Different Decades

JOSweetHeart — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 18:42:53 GMT

Author: JOSweetHeart

Posted: 02/12/2020 23:42

Steve Sanders of the Oak Ridge Boys
A Young Boy's Prayer (1966)
Pyramid (1974)
Monongahela (1988)
Unstoppable (1991)

Billy Joe Royal
Cherry Hill Park (1969)
The Royal Treatment (1987)
Stay Close To Home (1998)

God bless you and those who have loved them longer than me always!!!

Holly (forever wishing that I had discovered both of them sooner)

Re: Artists With Great Albums in 3 or More Different Decades

EyeKanFly — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 18:28:21 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 02/12/2020 23:28

D'Angelo
1990s: Brown Sugar
2000s: Voodoo
2010s: Black Messiah

Those are his only 3 albums too

Fugazi
1980s: 13 Songs
1990s: Repeater
2000s: The Argument

This one's a bit of a cheat since 13 songs came out in '89 and The Argument in '01, so it's only a span of 12 years

Scott Walker
1960s: Scott 4
1990s: Tilt
2000s: The Drift

Scott also has stuff in the 1980s and 2010s but I think those are his most notable projects. An interesting case having changed sound so much over the decades.

While not on albums, John Lee Hooker is a very interesting case. He released fantastic songs from 1948 until his death in 2001, including a few great albums in '89 (The Healer) and '91 (Mr. Lucky).

And of course I also feel obligated to mention Bruce Springsteen, although he probably falls into the more obvious cases like Bowie, Dylan, or Radiohead.

Re: Artists With Great Albums in 3 or More Different Decades

Fischman — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 13:00:37 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 02/12/2020 18:00

(for Brevity, picking just one per decade as representative, even if there were more great ones

Rush
70s - 2112
80s - Moving Pictures
90s - Roll the Bones
00s - Snakes and Arrows
10s - Clockwork Angels

Jethro Tull
60s - Stand Up
70s - Aqualung
80s - Crest of a Knave

Frank Zappa
60s - Hot Rats
70s - Apostrophe
80s - Jazz from Hell

Kansas
70s - Leftoverture
80s - In the Spirit of things
00s - Somewhere to Elsewhere

Black Sabbath
70s - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
80s - Heaven and Hell
90s - Cross Purposes

Rolling Stones
60s - Beggars Banquet
70s - Sticky Fingers
80s - Tattoo You

Moody Blues
60s - Days of Future Passed
70s - Seventh Sojourn
80s - Long Distance Voyager

Dream Theater
90s - Images and Words
00s - Black Clouds and Silver Linings
10s - Distance over Time

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Miles Davis
50s - Kind of Blue
60s - In a Silent Way
70s - On the Corner

Charles Mingus
50s - Mingus Ah Um
60s - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
70s - Let My Children Hear Music

Pat Metheny
70s - Bright Size Life
80s - Offramp
90s - Secret Story
00s - Speaking of Now
10s - Kin()

McCoy Tyner
60s - The Real McCoy
70s - Sahara
80s - Horizon
90s - Infinity
00s - Illuminations

Keith Jarrett
60s - Life Between the Exit Signs
70s - Nude Ants
80s - Changes
90s - Bye Bye Blackbird
00s - Yesterdays
10s - After the Fall

Tal Farlow
50s - The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow
60s - The Guitar Artistry of Tal Farlow
80s - Cookin' on all Burners

Freddie Hubbard
60s - Ready for Freddie
70s - Red Clay
80s - Life Flight

Re: Artists With Great Albums in 3 or More Different Decades

travelful — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 10:13:26 GMT

Author: travelful

Posted: 02/12/2020 15:13

Thad wrote:

Kanye West has a good shot after this decade. I think he definitely has 00s and 10s classics and isn't done. Won't lie though, I hated Jesus Is King so we'll see.

Kids See Ghosts 2 is coming

Re: Artists With Great Albums in 3 or More Different Decades

Thad — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 10:08:28 GMT

Author: Thad

Posted: 02/12/2020 15:08

Kanye West has a good shot after this decade. I think he definitely has 00s and 10s classics and isn't done. Won't lie though, I hated Jesus Is King so we'll see.

Bjork with anything from the 90s, Vespertine, and Vulnicura. Bjork might have 2 for each.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor deserves a shout with F#A#, Lift Yr Skinny Fists, Allelujah.

Swans is a super unique case in that they have great albums in the 80s, 90s, and 2010s but not 00s.

Miles Davis is an easy choice for jazz music, as he was in his prime from the 50s to the 70s.

Assuming you rate Discipline, King Crimson deserves a nod.

Tom Waits has a variety of albums you could choose from to get him included.

these are the ones i can think of right now, sorry if any were already mentioned i lost track. i love niche music but for an answer like this i think you're gonna have to get stuck with mostly popular artists. a lot of my favorite obscurities were flashes in the pan. usually your favorite underground band doesn't play for 30 years unfortunately.

Re: Artists With Great Albums in 3 or More Different Decades

UofTBlues — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 13:55:46 GMT

Author: UofTBlues

Posted: 02/10/2020 18:55

Tilly wrote:

Judas Priest
1970s ( Sad Wings of Destiny, Sin After Sin, Stained Glass)
1980s ( Screaming For Vengeance, Defenders of The Faith)
1990s ( Painkiller)
2010s ( Firepower)

Great Albums! My list would include "British Steel"

Re: Artists With Great Albums in 3 or More Different Decades

UofTBlues — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 13:29:52 GMT

Author: UofTBlues

Posted: 02/10/2020 18:29

Paul McCartney:

70's: Ram, Band on the Run
80's: Tug of War
90's: Unplugged, Flaming Pie, Run Devil Run
00's: Chaos and Creation in the Backyard, Memory Almost Full
10's: New

Re: Artists With Great Albums in 3 or More Different Decades

davidhuret — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 04:01:53 GMT

Author: davidhuret

Posted: 02/10/2020 09:01

Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, David Bowie...