I count 6. Band of Gypsies counts: an album of all-new material arranged into a coherent whole is a new album regardless of whether it was recorded in the Fillmore East or his studio down the street. Cry of Love counts: it also forms a coherent unit, with a kind of theme, in that most of the songs tell stories, in 1st or 3rd person. Whether it's the exact vision he had for his next album or not, it shows his maturing genius. And even Rainbow Bridge counts: it's admittedly closer to a miscellany, with different musicians, but every cut is great and except for the first song, fit a theme of spiritual development and community building.
A genius and I'm not saying they're bad but his later albums definitely push the boundaries and a lot of people upon hearing them probably wouldn't immediately class them as good
I vividly remember hearing him for the first time, playing Riverman while I was walking through the deserted streets of night time Seoul, feeling for the first time, too, the weight of being so far away from everything I knew and loved. And yet the sadness was soothing; somehow that soft-spoken man who died before I was born understood me. In a weird serendipity, a few days earlier, on the plane over to Korea, I had just finished Hesse's Siddhartha, and I knew instantly that the song was about that same riverman who had impressed and confused me so.
I'll always remember being 17, smoking with my friend and he couldn't believe Nick wrote Fruit Tree years before he passed and it perfectly describes his entire life.
I first heard Nick Drake sometime around 1999 and thought it was someone's dad who made some awesome records in his basement because of the sound/feel and his voice. He sounded like a 60 year old with a lot of wisdom and life experience.
Got really into Elliott Smith in high school and someone recommended Nick Drake. He's been in the rotation ever since. "Saturday Sun" is probably my personal favorite.
Talking Heads are fantastic. Have to say, I prefer the live versions over most of their studio catalogue. The songs on Stop Making Sense feels like night and day compared to the originals
Legit though one of the best popular albums of all time. Just an utter masterpiece. I know you're being cheeky, but I do hope that the younger generation appreciates what a unique gem that album is.
Tree of Forgiveness is one of the best folk albums released in the past ten years; what an incredible "goodbye" album even if that wasn't the intention.
Honestly out of all the bands I know, which is quiet a lot, I have to say Dire Straits does not have one bad album. One could argue that On Every Street might be the weakest album but I find it as good as Love Over Gold. All and said, great band.
I just saw them with RATM at MSG and had only a peripheral idea of what they were about. Wooo they go so god damn hard. They came out to play a song with Rage and it was fucking thunderous.
It makes me so happy to see this comment, The Sound of Perseverance is top 3 favorite albums of all time (Spirit Crusher, what a banger), and I’ve always regarded Chuck as one of the best vocalists that I know of.
Beach house super underrated in these comments. Every album they put out sounds like the last focal next step after their last, but they all sound like beach house, and they get better with each album. Band is crazy good.
Just saw them at MSG last weekend and was blown away. When you can fill MSG for five nights of sell out crowds without releasing an album of new material this century, you know your stuff holds up.
I use to work at a nursing home, and there was this 80 year old resident who was a very conservative, well-to do kinda guy. He use to be a professor and you could tell he was a gentleman. So one day I was helping him to bed, and he turned to me and said "ya know Burdie... I'm not gonna be around much longer and there is a story I've been wanting to tell someone for a long, long time... can I bug you for a second of your time?"
Their albums were so well engineered they were used by unscrupulous stereo salespeople to sell speakers at a massive markup in the 70s and 80s. What should be a $59 speaker was listed at 129 and then "on sale" for $99. The albums would make any loudspeaker sound good.
I might get made fun of for my taste, but Simon & Garfunkel put out 5 flawless albums, and broke up shortly after creating one of the best albums of all time (Bridge Over Troubled Water)
System Of A Down. From the self titled album to the dual Mesmerize / Hypnotize albums. It is all gold. Bangers from start to finish. I was on a road trip a few weeks ago and listened to the whole discography. So good.
Was looking for someone to say this. I'm a self admitted fan boy as well as Armenian so I really put in the effort to digest all the albums and they are all fantastic. Having Daron at the forefront on Mes/Hyp and it being a little screamo was an adjustment for me but it really works. And not only were there some excellent songs individually all the albums have a good flow as well, all in an era where complete albums were a rarity imo
Huge Petty fan, recently went through his discography w/Heartbreakers, solo, and with the Wilburys. I agree he was one of the best, but he had some stinkers. You’re Gonna Get It! was a drag of an album for me, 2 10/10 songs and 8 that no one remembers. Heartbreakers self-titled had 4 10/10 tracks and then 6 tracks like Luna and Mystery Man that even the biggest fans haven’t listened to since 1976. Once the band hit Damn the Torpedoes! they were gold though, and once Tom met Jeff Lynne he hit an even higher peak minus a few songs even Tom hated like Zombie Zoo.
A colleague wrote for the Marquette University student newspaper when he was in college in the 70s. He was assigned to go cover a Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers show in a little bar theater when they were pretty unknown. Must have been awesome.
Some people don’t get this because they always wanted Radiohead to do more of what that listener was into. But what I love about them is that they continued to grow and change.
I wholeheartedly agree with this. For the Pablo Honey haters, I feel a lot of the dislike possibly comes from comparing it to their later work, but compared to other sophomore albums from bands in the same genre, it still holds it's own. Plus, You, Ripcord, Stop Whispering and Blow Out are all great songs imo.
Honestly "Like Clockwork..." maybe one of the greatest albums of that decade. I wanted to like everything on Villans but I couldn't. It's grown more on me over the years but it just didn't blow me away like Clockwork did.
I've been dreading this day for a while. Not that I expect it in the near future but I've been saddened by several artist passing away in recent year like Bowie etc but then I realised Trent's death would properly fuck me up
NIN has provided a soundtrack to my life for the last 30 years. Pretty incredible considering how much music has changed since then and Tent keeps creating musical heroin.
Rush. The closest things to stinkers in their discography are probably Test for Echo and the debut album, but I have a big fondness for both and IMO are not bad records by any stretch.
Jimi Hendrix, definitely. All three of his albums are considered classics.
Band of Gypsys counts too, best live album ever
I count 6. Band of Gypsies counts: an album of all-new material arranged into a coherent whole is a new album regardless of whether it was recorded in the Fillmore East or his studio down the street. Cry of Love counts: it also forms a coherent unit, with a kind of theme, in that most of the songs tell stories, in 1st or 3rd person. Whether it's the exact vision he had for his next album or not, it shows his maturing genius. And even Rainbow Bridge counts: it's admittedly closer to a miscellany, with different musicians, but every cut is great and except for the first song, fit a theme of spiritual development and community building.
Not sure, but Michael Jackson released one Bad album for sure.
Weird Al released an album that was Even Worse.
Shamon!
The first album I ever owned. On cassette. I was 6, and apparently played it constantly on a Fisher-Price tape deck I had.
John Coltrane
A genius and I'm not saying they're bad but his later albums definitely push the boundaries and a lot of people upon hearing them probably wouldn't immediately class them as good
Nick Drake. Short career, but he dropped three pleasant records.
What a poet. Tragic loss, Nick.
Glad to see there are still Nick Drake fans out there.
Here's
I vividly remember hearing him for the first time, playing Riverman while I was walking through the deserted streets of night time Seoul, feeling for the first time, too, the weight of being so far away from everything I knew and loved. And yet the sadness was soothing; somehow that soft-spoken man who died before I was born understood me. In a weird serendipity, a few days earlier, on the plane over to Korea, I had just finished Hesse's Siddhartha, and I knew instantly that the song was about that same riverman who had impressed and confused me so.
Every time Pink Moon comes on I immediately relax
I'll always remember being 17, smoking with my friend and he couldn't believe Nick wrote Fruit Tree years before he passed and it perfectly describes his entire life.
Not only did he not release a bad album he released three perfect albums.
I first heard Nick Drake sometime around 1999 and thought it was someone's dad who made some awesome records in his basement because of the sound/feel and his voice. He sounded like a 60 year old with a lot of wisdom and life experience.
Totally discovered Nick Drake because a car company used "Pink Moon" for a commercial. Thanks random car company!
Got really into Elliott Smith in high school and someone recommended Nick Drake. He's been in the rotation ever since. "Saturday Sun" is probably my personal favorite.
Pleasant is one way to put it lol. I'd call them transcendent.
Kid Rock. He never released ONE bad album. They were ALL garbage.
You almost got me there...😂
Talking Heads never sat on their laurels.
Probably because David Byrne would flay them alive if they did. Not disagreeing though, not a bad album in their whole discog
Talking Heads are fantastic. Have to say, I prefer the live versions over most of their studio catalogue. The songs on Stop Making Sense feels like night and day compared to the originals
They never had a bad album, but there's definitely a noticeable decline in quality after Speaking In Tongues, imo
A tribe called quest
Represent represent
Q-tip’s verses on the Beastie Boys “Get It Together” is pure magic
Low end theory is certifiably top five hip hop records of all time
Elliot Smith, every one of his albums ranges from solid to top-tier
The post above mentions Nick Drake, and here is Ellliot Smith...
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His albums range from "greatest gift to humanity" to "impossibly good"
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Postal Service ;)
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Legit though one of the best popular albums of all time. Just an utter masterpiece. I know you're being cheeky, but I do hope that the younger generation appreciates what a unique gem that album is.
Thank you!! I came here hoping to find some new music, I am digging the shit out of them rn.
portishead for sure
John Prine
Tree of Forgiveness is one of the best folk albums released in the past ten years; what an incredible "goodbye" album even if that wasn't the intention.
God yes. Fish and Whistle is among my favorite songs ever, and Sam Stone makes me want to cry.
Best to ever do it
fuck covid for taking John Prine from us
There’s a reason why when you see a singer-songwriter asked who their favorite singer-songwriter is, it’s usually John Prine.
How in the everloving fuck he took three chords, some verses and made a whole novel is flabbergasting.
My mom listened to Prime when I was a kid. Sam Stone is the saddest song ever written.
dire straits, six albums and they’re all great
Mark Knopfler, man.
That's the way you do it.
Honestly out of all the bands I know, which is quiet a lot, I have to say Dire Straits does not have one bad album. One could argue that On Every Street might be the weakest album but I find it as good as Love Over Gold. All and said, great band.
Fuck yeah.
Run The Jewels, and each one keeps getting better in my opinion
RT and J are new PB and J!
I just saw them with RATM at MSG and had only a peripheral idea of what they were about. Wooo they go so god damn hard. They came out to play a song with Rage and it was fucking thunderous.
"me and Mike we just think alike and can't stop high-five'n"
Producer gave me a beat, said it’s the beat of the year. I said El P didn’t do it so get the fuck outta here
my fist to your face is fucking Folgers!
Idk how they keep outdoing themselves.
El's solo stuff never missed either imo.
Fugazi
Great answer. Six flawless studio albums, but also amazing evolution from their first release to The Argument.
Death. Scream Bloody Gore was kinda mediocre compared to the rest but it wasn't bad.
Death not only never had a slump, but got better with each album.
Yes this, I’ve seen so many varying opinions on which Death album is the best. All of them are valid choises.
Leprosy is sooooo good
That album started the death metal genre, so it was immensely crucial in their catalogue… they get better after each record!
SBG is definitely their thrashiest album though and I love it for that
It makes me so happy to see this comment, The Sound of Perseverance is top 3 favorite albums of all time (Spirit Crusher, what a banger), and I’ve always regarded Chuck as one of the best vocalists that I know of.
Scream bloody gore was great. Some of my favorite Death songs are from that album (Zombie Ritual, Evil Dead).
The Police. Five Albums. Every one of them has a case for being their best album.
Did they ever learn how to finish a song without fading the volume?
Slowdive doesn’t have a bad album.
Only a 20+ year break between a few of them lol
Souvlaki is one of the best albums of the 90s. Slowdive are part of my ‘Shoegaze Holy Trinity’ along with MBV and Ride.
Sade
"Just maintain eye contact, light some scented candles and throw in some Sade. The early stuff, though, before her arrangements got too...baroque."
Fleet foxes for ever
Aphex Twin, beach house, the smiths and bell witch
Beach house super underrated in these comments. Every album they put out sounds like the last focal next step after their last, but they all sound like beach house, and they get better with each album. Band is crazy good.
Belllllllllllllllllll Wiiiiiiitch
Beach House
Rage Against the Machine
Just saw them at MSG last weekend and was blown away. When you can fill MSG for five nights of sell out crowds without releasing an album of new material this century, you know your stuff holds up.
Roxy music . Their 2nd album is better than the 1st imo
When Mother of pearl starts playing in SLC punk I always tear up
What an incredible band.
Amazing live band.
Roxy Music is great enough on their own but they also music god Brian Eno as a member for several of their albums.
Steely Dan
I use to work at a nursing home, and there was this 80 year old resident who was a very conservative, well-to do kinda guy. He use to be a professor and you could tell he was a gentleman. So one day I was helping him to bed, and he turned to me and said "ya know Burdie... I'm not gonna be around much longer and there is a story I've been wanting to tell someone for a long, long time... can I bug you for a second of your time?"
Their albums were so well engineered they were used by unscrupulous stereo salespeople to sell speakers at a massive markup in the 70s and 80s. What should be a $59 speaker was listed at 129 and then "on sale" for $99. The albums would make any loudspeaker sound good.
you can listen to all their albums completely through and never once think of skipping a track
Digable Planets. They only released 2 albums but both albums are just amazing.
Ishmael Butler is still killing it with shabazz palaces
I might get made fun of for my taste, but Simon & Garfunkel put out 5 flawless albums, and broke up shortly after creating one of the best albums of all time (Bridge Over Troubled Water)
Who the heck is going to make fun of you for Simon and Garfunkel lol
Love Simon & Garfunkel! Great taste
The Decemberists, Iron and Wine, All Them Witches, MF DOOM.
Damn straight the decemberists
Murder by Death is a great band! I started listening to them because their name made me laugh, but then I realized that I genuinely loved their sound
Jimi Hendrix
Anyone who likes ATCQ is someone I can be friends with.
X-Ray Spex because they only put out one album and it's fucking amazing
Ima throw in LCD soundsystem. James Murphy has always provided really solid albums start to finish, even if there aren’t a ton of them.
System Of A Down. From the self titled album to the dual Mesmerize / Hypnotize albums. It is all gold. Bangers from start to finish. I was on a road trip a few weeks ago and listened to the whole discography. So good.
Was looking for someone to say this. I'm a self admitted fan boy as well as Armenian so I really put in the effort to digest all the albums and they are all fantastic. Having Daron at the forefront on Mes/Hyp and it being a little screamo was an adjustment for me but it really works. And not only were there some excellent songs individually all the albums have a good flow as well, all in an era where complete albums were a rarity imo
Came here to find SOAD. 5 albums, zero filler tracks. Only bangers.
I had a 4 hour flight some years ago, and listened to their entire discography, but with the songs in alphabetical order because Spotify is awesome.
This was my answer. First gig I ever went to was system of a down when I was in high school. Incredible band.
TOOL
Scrolled waaaaaay to far to find this.
Weird al yankovic.
I agree Weird Al is awesome. Both as a musician and a person
Consider how many songs he parodied are still well known. It is not just his skill that makes things hold up, but his ear for what songs are catchy.
Me. Unfortunately I haven’t released a Good one either.
Will you release your Google photos album?
Tom Petty. The man was a national treasure that doesn’t get the proper respect.
My favorite artist of all time.
Pretty sure he does get proper respect. I mean we could change the name of Florida to Pettyland I guess. Also he had a couple albums that weren’t gems
Huge Petty fan, recently went through his discography w/Heartbreakers, solo, and with the Wilburys. I agree he was one of the best, but he had some stinkers. You’re Gonna Get It! was a drag of an album for me, 2 10/10 songs and 8 that no one remembers. Heartbreakers self-titled had 4 10/10 tracks and then 6 tracks like Luna and Mystery Man that even the biggest fans haven’t listened to since 1976. Once the band hit Damn the Torpedoes! they were gold though, and once Tom met Jeff Lynne he hit an even higher peak minus a few songs even Tom hated like Zombie Zoo.
A colleague wrote for the Marquette University student newspaper when he was in college in the 70s. He was assigned to go cover a Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers show in a little bar theater when they were pretty unknown. Must have been awesome.
Nirvana…
Hell yeah.
Radiohead
Came here to say this also. Radiohead has been dropping great albums for 30 years.
The Smile record is really good too imo, check it out if you haven't already
Some people don’t get this because they always wanted Radiohead to do more of what that listener was into. But what I love about them is that they continued to grow and change.
I came to say Jonny Greenwood but most will label him under Radiohead. His movie scores are unbelievable!
I wholeheartedly agree with this. For the Pablo Honey haters, I feel a lot of the dislike possibly comes from comparing it to their later work, but compared to other sophomore albums from bands in the same genre, it still holds it's own. Plus, You, Ripcord, Stop Whispering and Blow Out are all great songs imo.
Op Ivy
Beach House
Nujabes. 3 albums, 2 mixtapes and all fire
The Notorious B.I.G.
Absolutely agree. It’s unfortunate that the career was so short lived.
Fiona Apple, Gillian Welch, Iron & Wine
Man I never see any love for Gillian Welch. She's seriously top tier
Fiona, man. What a treasure she is.
I was also thinking Fiona apple. Iron and wine is also a great one!
I'm not gonna stop gushing over the fact that she wrote criminal at 16 YEARS OLD!!
Nine Inch Nails
Was about to say the same.
I love every NIN album.
my answer as well, imagine your first three releases being Pretty Hate Machine, Broken, and then the fucking Downward Spiral
Was looking for this. Yeah.
Pretty hate machine is flawless and gets a listen 👂 every year
Queens of the Stone Age
Josh Homme is King Midas in my eyes
Honestly "Like Clockwork..." maybe one of the greatest albums of that decade. I wanted to like everything on Villans but I couldn't. It's grown more on me over the years but it just didn't blow me away like Clockwork did.
100% agreed. Every album is awesome, including Villians.
Layne Staley Era Alice in Chains
I love the Duvall era too. All six albums and the two EPs are great.
Peter Gabriel
Steely Dan
FLAWLESS ALL!
Florence + The Machine... Everything Florence Welch produces is fabulous
Her rendition of
Nine Inch Nails, my man Trent has been producing non stop bangers for 30+ years. It will be a sad sad day with this legend passes.
I've been dreading this day for a while. Not that I expect it in the near future but I've been saddened by several artist passing away in recent year like Bowie etc but then I realised Trent's death would properly fuck me up
NIN has provided a soundtrack to my life for the last 30 years. Pretty incredible considering how much music has changed since then and Tent keeps creating musical heroin.
Daft punk AND system of a down.... I know I know opposite ends of the spectrum but I'm just answering the question honestly
Frank Ocean so far
Literally never gets old
Always on repeat 🔁
Cant have a bad album if you never release albums
There was not a bad Dire Straits album
Peter Gabriel as a solo artist, all his genesis albums are solid too except from genesis to revelation
Porcupine Tree
Tool
Creedence Clearwater Revival
I would agree but Mardi Gras exists
No one remembers Mardi Gras...
Mazzy Star
Bon Iver.
The Beatles
Tame impala
Lonerism is a masterpiece.
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Dethklok
Brand New
was looking for this one. 100% agree. was listening to science fiction last night, what a killer album to end on.
Absolutely! And their sound progression between each one was great!
Bob Marley
Rush. The closest things to stinkers in their discography are probably Test for Echo and the debut album, but I have a big fondness for both and IMO are not bad records by any stretch.
I really like Test for Echo...
Sturgill Simpson
Acid Bath
The Strokes.
Agreed! The New Abnormal might be their best since Is This It.
The strokes!! Crazy how they can make every melody sound so original but fiercely theirs.
I clicked this thread looking specifically for this comment.
Every song slaps
Joy Division.
Totally in agreement on Pavement.
Dance Gavin Dance. They just released their 10th album and it has been all rise since the start!