Great albums by not-so-great (or downright bad) artists

08-04-2022, 08:26 PM

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Great albums by not-so-great (or downright bad) artists

What are some great albums by average (or really bad) artists?

08-04-2022, 08:33 PM

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In4answers cus I don't really have a good one, and I'm curious.

One release that did catch me out of left field was The Killers' 2021 Pressure Machine. Certainly wouldn't say they're a bad band, but I wasn't expecting such a deep and well put together album from them, especially since they've been around a while. Really well done album that goes a lot into small town America and particularly, how its faring in the face of the opioid epidemic :/

08-04-2022, 08:45 PM

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I'll list 2 acts that had one great album but never followed them up with anything close to that great album:

1. Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morrissette

2. Yourself Or Someone Like You - Matchbox 20

08-04-2022, 08:46 PM

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08-04-2022, 08:46 PM

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08-04-2022, 08:47 PM

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Might have more luck limiting it to great somgs

No chit artists make great albums

08-04-2022, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted By SuperHercules⏩

Might have more luck limiting it to great somgs

No chit artists make great albums

this.

prolly long list of great artists making only one great album though (thats enough though...thats all you need...strokes first is pretty great)

08-04-2022, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted By SuperHercules⏩

Might have more luck limiting it to great somgs

No chit artists make great albums

I was gonna say this, but that'd be a huge list of 1 hit wonders. Opie's request is a challenge for sure.

Not a big fan of Whitesnake, but their self titled album is freaking awesome.

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08-04-2022, 09:02 PM

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Gravity Kills - Gravity Kills

Absolute beast of an album but they absolutely sucked after.

If you like NIN, you'll love this album:

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08-04-2022, 09:08 PM

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Yeah this is a hard one.

We are the Only Friends We Have by Piebald comes to mind.

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08-04-2022, 09:12 PM

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08-04-2022, 11:23 PM

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Meatloaf-Bat Out Of Hell
Sheryl Crow-Tuesday Night Music Club
Level 42-World Machine
King Crimson-In The Court Of The Crimson King
Stone Roses-The Stone Roses
Wilco-Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

None of these were bad artists, all were decent-but none of them great.

08-04-2022, 11:25 PM

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08-04-2022, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted By jimbob007⏩

Meatloaf-Bat Out Of Hell
Sheryl Crow-Tuesday Night Music Club
Level 42-World Machine
King Crimson-In The Court Of The Crimson King
Stone Roses-The Stone Roses
Wilco-Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

None of these were bad artists, all were decent-but none of them great.

u foking wot m8?

Red is amazing. Discipline is such an important album. Starless and Bible Black is great. People REALLY like Larks Tongues for some reason.

But for real, Red > ITCOTCK for me. Maybe my favorite drumming album of all time.

08-04-2022, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted By legbroke⏩

u foking wot m8?

Red is amazing. Discipline is such an important album. Starless and Bible Black is great. People REALLY like Larks Tongues for some reason.

But for real, Red > ITCOTCK for me. Maybe my favorite drumming album of all time.

Found most of their output pretty pretentious. Beat was my second favourite album of theirs.

08-05-2022, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted By jimbob007⏩

Found most of their output pretty pretentious. Beat was my second favourite album of theirs.

I mean I guess I get the pretentious bit cus that's prog rock for you. I think it's very hard to argue they're an average/bad band overall though. Tons of influence with multiple genre-defining/shaping albums, and if you like the genre, you probably like them.

Beat actually is probably their only album I haven't listened to.

08-05-2022, 01:23 AM

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Since when is 50 cent not a great artist? What does the subject mean? Not so great artist (very average) who made accidentally one great album or with the help of very talented group but after that they couldnt make one as good or better because they arent "talented" enough.

50 made 3 amazing albums Power of the Dollar,GRODT and The Massacre. Before I Self Destruct was good and Curtis was decent with couple of bangers on it.

I would rather name rappers like idk Future,Drake,Young Thug etc

08-05-2022, 01:31 AM

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Not a bad act but they never were able to follow that album up with anything all that great.

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In for suggestions to listen to. Listening to that Killers album mentioned above right now

08-05-2022, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted By jimbob007⏩

Sheryl Crow-Tuesday Night Music Club

One of my favorite singers. She had at least 2 more great albums IMO - Sheryl Crow and The Globe Sessions.

08-05-2022, 02:57 PM

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First two albums by Weezer

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Originally Posted By GaryRidgway⏩

First two albums by Weezer

Weezer is a touchy subject for me. I saw them in concert and it was one of the best I've ever been to, but nothing has come close to their first two albums for sure.

If we're mentioning Weezer, I'd say Third Eye Blind fits into this category.