Great Artists Lacking Great Albums

junodog4 · 2012-01-29T17:06:16-05:00

Thought I'd get this one going... looking forward to any suggestions: The album really became the medium of choice for artists in the late 60s. Consequently, there are some great artists that lack any great albums (expect greatest hits packages). There are also artists that produce loads of great singles and songs, but never seem to be able to assemble them into one seminal album. Some artists may have a great album, but their albums still don't match their overall impact as an artist. These artist often get overlooked on a 'album' focused site such as BEA. Who would you suggest qualifies? My suggestions (that I can think of now): Sam Cooke Otis Redding Buddy Holly Elvis The Supremes Johnny Cash Dinosaur Jr. Willie Nelson Snoop Thoughts? :-k

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Anything twee, really. It's difficult to make something with so few notes and parts, all packaged into a conventional time signature, interesting.
Just look at all those Beat Happening songs where it's literally essentially just Calvin Johnson talking to a beat with occasional vocal-ish intonations to his voice.
Manages to be experimental AND simple.

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Jhereko wrote:

Okay, I get you now. Though I still don't think Complexity > Simplicity as a rule. As Tchaikovsky's work would attest.

OH of course not as a universal rule.... I'm not allowed to say that, I listen to punk and other primitive stuff far too much to be able to 🤣

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Jhereko wrote:

Though I still don't think Complexity > Simplicity as a rule. As Tchaikovsky's work would attest.

Wait, are you saying that Tchaikovsky's music isn't complex, or that you prefer his music as simple as possible?

Because either way it belongs in the controversial music opinions thread.

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