What's the best one-album wonder of all time?

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Which album and artist is the best one-hit wonder ever?

This is the most amazing thing ever. Both of my favorite one album wonders are named Spring. One was a duo of Beach Boy Brian Wilson's wife Marilyn and her sister Diane. It was produced by Brian Wilson, largely, and has great songs specially written for them by Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Dennis Wilson and Carole King. GOOD songs. They had to change their name to American Spring after the albums release because of a conflict with my OTHER favorite one album wonder, the English prog rock group Spring. They supported VELVET UNDERGROUND on a UK tour, believe it or not, and then broke up. Its a cool album. A little bit like Moody Blues or something. Very.prog rock-y.

Anyone else ever heard these albums??


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Do you mean artists that only released one album or those that released only one good album?
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Daydreamer wrote:
Do you mean artists that only released one album or those that released only one good album?


Just ONE album in total.
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Off the top of my head, I was going to say Mary Margaret O'Hara with Miss America:



... ... but then I checked and apparently several years later she released a motion picture soundtrack to "Apartment Hunting" and an EP. However if we're not counting those as proper albums...
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Then obviously


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Madvillainy by Madvillain
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Here's some that aren't MY favorites, but they were really popular ones.

Sex Pistols
Lauryn Hill
The La's
Derek and the Dominos
Postal Service
Blind Faith
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Mic Christopher springs to mind. He made one beautiful album that sadly had to be completed posthumously. He died tripping on a step and hitting his head.

Skylarkin' by Mic Christopher

This is another fantastic one album wonder (thankfully it was only artistic differences that ended their short career).

The Very Lotust by The 1922s
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AfterHours wrote:
Off the top of my head, I was going to say Mary Margaret O'Hara with Miss America:



... ... but then I checked and apparently several years later she released a motion picture soundtrack to "Apartment Hunting" and an EP. However if we're not counting those as proper albums...



Awesome to see O'Hara's album get a mention on BEA!


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100 Year Thing by Chris Stills


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A Gathering Of Promises by Bubble Puppy


Energy by Operation Ivy


Complete Discography by Minor Threat


Rites Of Spring by Rites Of Spring
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