Artists whose best album is more or less undisputed

Posted by Mod Lang on April 4, 2018, 4:54 am
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We can argue all day about which is the best Fall or Beatles LP, but there are some artists who have clear career highlights that almost all fans agree upon, save for a few contrarians. Excluding greatest hits, live albums that basically just greatest hits performed live (Cheap Trick at Budokan, Purple in Japan, Lizzy Live & Dangerous), and bands that only had 1 or 2 in the first place. Most of these are debuts, unsurprisingly. Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain Duran Duran - Rio Television - Marquee Moon Love - Forever Changes Mott the Hoople - Mott (Wilson & Alroy disagree, but who takes them seriously?) Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow Dire Straits - s/t Boston - s/t The Cars - s/t Guns'n'Roses - Appetite for Deconstruction Weezer - s/t (the blue one) George Harrison - All Things Must Pass ABC - The Lexicon of Love John Prine - s/t Pulp - Different Class Devo - Are We Not Men? We Are Devo Tears for Beers - Songs From the Big Toilet The Strokes - Is This It? (yes, lads, sorry - but it was) Carole King - Tapestry The Afghan Wigs - Gentlemen Asia - s/t (this list is not limited to GOOD bands!)

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Responses Re: Artists whose best album is more or less undisputed - B. D. April 4, 2018, 4:02 pm Room On Fire is really weak. - nieh April 4, 2018, 7:57 pm Valid opinion - B. D. April 5, 2018, 5:39 pm Re: Valid opinion - nieh April 6, 2018, 3:51 pm Re: Valid opinion - Joe H. April 7, 2018, 9:43 pm Re: Valid opinion - B. D. April 7, 2018, 8:14 pm Misplaced Childhood is a good pick - Ken April 4, 2018, 4:06 pm Re: Misplaced Childhood is a good pick - B. D. April 4, 2018, 5:04 pm Re: Misplaced Childhood is a good pick - Ken April 4, 2018, 6:43 pm Re: Misplaced Childhood is a good pick - B. D. April 4, 2018, 6:57 pm Re: Misplaced Childhood is a good pick - Ken April 4, 2018, 7:04 pm Re: Misplaced Childhood is a good pick - B. D. April 5, 2018, 5:41 pm A few of my favorites - Pugeye April 4, 2018, 1:34 pm Several are debatable - Mod Lang April 5, 2018, 7:59 am I'm mainly going by fan/listener opinion rather than critical consensus - Pugeye April 5, 2018, 9:02 am Re: I'm mainly going by fan/listener opinion rather than critical consensus - B. D. April 5, 2018, 5:40 pm Re: A few of my favorites - Nick E. April 4, 2018, 7:03 pm You're probably right about Shirley - Pugeye April 5, 2018, 11:14 am Others - Pugeye April 4, 2018, 3:27 pm Wings shouldn't count as it's essentially solo McCartney - Mod Lang April 5, 2018, 7:53 am Well, I basically think of *all* Wings albums as solo McCartney - Pugeye April 5, 2018, 9:09 am Roger the Engineer is the only Yardbirds release that's a real studio album. - Joe April 5, 2018, 11:22 am Why wouldn't "Little Games" count? - Pugeye April 5, 2018, 11:48 am Oh, it does. - Joe April 5, 2018, 2:41 pm I prefer "Songs From a Room", but recognize I'm in the minority (nt) - Norville April 4, 2018, 5:00 pm Re: Artists whose best album is more or less undisputed - Matt April 4, 2018, 12:58 pm I'm probably the only one - Ken April 4, 2018, 1:39 pm I also forgot about Rivers solo demo compilations - Joe H. April 5, 2018, 12:49 pm yeah theres good stuff on those - Ken April 5, 2018, 1:15 pm Re: yeah theres good stuff on those - B. D. April 5, 2018, 5:35 pm Re: yeah theres good stuff on those - Ken April 5, 2018, 6:40 pm The White album was great. - nieh April 4, 2018, 9:22 pm If only they would push themselves that hard every album. - Ken April 4, 2018, 10:34 pm Re: I'm probably the only one - B. D. April 4, 2018, 4:04 pm I didn’t think Pacific Daydream was that bad - Paul C April 5, 2018, 3:06 pm Re: I'm probably the only one - Ken April 4, 2018, 4:12 pm Re: I'm probably the only one - B. D. April 4, 2018, 5:06 pm Re: I'm probably the only one - Ken April 4, 2018, 6:45 pm Re: I'm probably the only one - B. D. April 4, 2018, 7:01 pm Re: I'm probably the only one - Joe H. April 5, 2018, 12:44 pm Re: I'm probably the only one - B. D. April 5, 2018, 5:42 pm Re: I'm probably the only one - Joe H. April 4, 2018, 2:29 pm The Green Album isn't terrible, but it was a big step down from the first two. - nieh April 4, 2018, 9:12 pm I keep forgetting the Moog was Matt Sharp's idea. - B. D. April 5, 2018, 5:43 pm Re: I keep forgetting the Moog was Matt Sharp's idea. - nieh April 6, 2018, 3:48 pm I feel like there's a case to be made for Lost in Alphaville being the best album by either band - nieh April 7, 2018, 2:35 pm Also on the topic of Matt Sharp, the most recent Rentals album was really great. - nieh April 4, 2018, 9:27 pm Re: Also on the topic of Matt Sharp, the most recent Rentals album was really great. - Joe H. April 5, 2018, 12:38 pm Re: Also on the topic of Matt Sharp, the most recent Rentals album was really great. - nieh April 5, 2018, 4:11 pm Re: Also on the topic of Matt Sharp, the most recent Rentals album was really great. - Joe H. April 6, 2018, 12:22 am Re: Also on the topic of Matt Sharp, the most recent Rentals album was really great. - nieh April 6, 2018, 3:49 pm Re: I'm probably the only one - Ken April 4, 2018, 3:10 pm Weezer is a lot like The Simpsons to me. - Norville April 4, 2018, 5:05 pm Re: Weezer is a lot like The Simpsons to me. - B. D. April 4, 2018, 5:07 pm Let alone.in the Rock & Roll HOF (nt) - Tabernacles E. Townsfolk April 6, 2018, 9:41 am Re: Artists whose best album is more or less undisputed - Rich B. April 4, 2018, 10:11 am I think this applies to a lot of 90s hip-hop. - Norville April 4, 2018, 2:43 pm Yea I was thinking of noting that - Rich B. April 5, 2018, 9:27 am speaking of the '90s - Matt April 4, 2018, 8:33 pm Re: I think this applies to a lot of 90s hip-hop. - Nick E. April 4, 2018, 6:56 pm I purposefully didn't include those two. - Norville April 5, 2018, 10:01 am I thought about putting "3 Feet High" on my list - Pugeye April 4, 2018, 7:01 pm Re: Artists whose best album is more or less undisputed - Nick E. April 4, 2018, 10:59 am Unrelated: New Kylie - Rich B. April 4, 2018, 11:59 am Re: Unrelated: New Kylie - Nick E. April 4, 2018, 6:54 pm Re: Artists whose best album is more or less undisputed - Nick E. April 4, 2018, 8:28 am I actually listened to Weezer's debut for the first time the other day - Pugeye April 4, 2018, 11:49 am Pinkerton is a lot more raw and way less poppy. - nieh April 4, 2018, 7:55 pm « Back to index

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