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| Poll: Who is the best one-album wonder? |
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| The Stone Roses (The Stone Roses) |
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14% |
[7] |
| Slint (Spiderland) |
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14% |
[7] |
| Television (Marquee Moon) |
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8% |
[4] |
| Violent Femmes (Violent Femmes) |
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4% |
[2] |
| The Beach Boys (Pet Sounds) |
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12% |
[6] |
| Neutral Milk Hotel (In the Aeroplane Over the Sea) |
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22% |
[11] |
| Nas (Illmatic) |
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8% |
[4] |
| DJ Shadow (Endtroducing...) |
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8% |
[4] |
| Slowdive (Souvlaki) |
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4% |
[2] |
| The Zombies (Odessey and Oracle) |
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6% |
[3] |
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| Total Votes : 50 |
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Cojo7
Gender: Male
Age: 34
- #1
- Posted: 04/14/2016 22:12
- Post subject: Who is the best one-album wonder?
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Artists that made one universally acclaimed album and basically no other albums with any critical recognition.
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FlorianJones
Gender: Male
Age: 30
- #2
- Posted: 04/14/2016 22:23
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I realize you mention critical recognition, but Beach Boys have a lot more hugely popular music than just the stuff on Pet Sounds. I voted Violent Femmes. Their debut is an all time top 20 for me, and they just totally dropped off the map after that (even though Hallowed Ground is pretty good,) so they are sort of the perfect example of a one album wonder.
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Anti
I Dream of Drone
Age: 29
Location: Somewhere in Ohio 
- #3
- Posted: 04/14/2016 22:36
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If Slint wasn't on the list, I would've voted for Television.
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baystateoftheart
Neil Young as a butternut squash
Age: 30
Location: Massachusetts
- #4
- Posted: 04/14/2016 22:52
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I voted DJ Shadow because out of the artists here that I've heard, there's the biggest quality gap between his best and the rest of his discography.
It's kind of confusing because the thread title says 'best,' but the question in your first post is about critical acclaim. Two different things. I second Tanner's comment about the Beach Boys, and I would add that Nas, Slowdive, and Neutral Milk Hotel also don't especially belong in this 'one-album wonder' category.
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alelsupreme
Awful.
Gender: Male
Age: 28
- #5
- Posted: 04/14/2016 23:34
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Beach Boys (SMiLE, Today!), Slowdive (Just For A Day) and DJ Shadow (Live! In Tune And On Time) are most certainly not one album wonders.
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Cojo7
Gender: Male
Age: 34
- #6
- Posted: 04/14/2016 23:36
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| alelsupreme wrote: | | Beach Boys (SMiLE, Today!), Slowdive (Just For A Day) and DJ Shadow (Live! In Tune And On Time) are most certainly not one album wonders. |
Oh yeah, 10507th place is really noteworthy. http://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?a=2463
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alelsupreme
Awful.
Gender: Male
Age: 28
- #7
- Posted: 04/14/2016 23:37
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One Day, They Shall Know.
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MrFrogger
Where am I
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Location: Oakland
- #8
- Posted: 04/14/2016 23:40
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What's Nas up there for? Dude's had half a dozen gold and platinum albums.
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Cojo7
Gender: Male
Age: 34
- #9
- Posted: 04/14/2016 23:41
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| MrFrogger wrote: | | What's Nas up there for? Dude's had half a dozen gold and platinum albums. |
Doesn't change the fact that Illmatic is the only consensus great album he made.
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MrFrogger
Where am I
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Location: Oakland
- #10
- Posted: 04/14/2016 23:44
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| Cojo7 wrote: | | Doesn't change the fact that Illmatic is the only consensus great album he made. |
Well that's not true. I don't know what measurement you're using both God's Son and The Lost Tapes have a 9.0 user rating on metacritic (only .1 lower than Illmatic) and both of those, as well as Life is Good have an 81 critic score.
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