They made the GOAT album with turn off the bright lights.
Then got crushed under the weight for a followup
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Artists who arguably never topped their debut album?
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They made the GOAT album with turn off the bright lights.
Then got crushed under the weight for a followup
pinsomniac
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I'm agreeing with you! I'm saying people are free to make the argument that Pablo Honey is their best work they just won't get very far.
I can get behind this.
Also: Justice & Andrew W.K.
Favorite Worst Nightmare is as good imo.
Gurgelhals
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Fear of Music and Remain in Light would like to have a word with you about that
Speaking of post punk records: Real Life is still the best Magazine record and Gang of Four never managed to top Entertainment. Then there's Killing Joke's debut, which still remains their best album imho (they did a lot of excellent albums and are still going strong though) and sometimes I even think that Siouxsie and the Banshee's The Scream remains their best and certainly most focused statement.
theignoramus
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Black Girl Lost is a snoozefest of a song for me. That puts it below Illmatic, which has no bad or boring tracks.
theignoramus
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Did anyone mention Lupe Fiasco? Not only has he not topped Food and Liquor, it's questionable whether or not he is has it in him to put out an album that even rises to the level of "the cool"
Lauryn Hill. The fuck happened to that woman?
I hope Kendrick Lamar's name doesnt show up on these lists 6 to 8 years from now.
Lauryn Hill. The fuck happened to that woman?
I hope Kendrick Lamar's name doesnt show up on these lists 6 to 8 years from now.
You should probably listen to his latest album. Is it better than Food & Liquor? Hell no. But it's pretty great.
SmackDaddy
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Pearl Jam
Garbage
Interpol
Franz Ferdinand
The Killers
Goldfrapp
The Avalanches
What is up with people saying interpol's first album is their best? I'm a new fan, and it just seems like underdeveloped monotonous droning. I guess it's a pretty clear beginning to their current sound, but damn. It's boring.
theignoramus
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Tetsuo and Youth. Album was extremely forgettable. I listened to it the day it came out and the only tracks I can remember from it are the intro, the song that follows it (wasnt it almost 10 minutes?) and Chopper.
Robot Pants
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A lot of people agree that the Mars Volta never did (I disagree. I think Frances the Mute destroys it).
Sgtpepper89
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Alphaville
The Stone Roses
The Strokes
Interpol
Arcade Fire
DJ Shadow
Fleet Foxes
Franz Ferdinand
65 Days of Static
Rage Against the Machine
The first album has less bombast than the later stuff, but infinitely more heart and soul. Listening to it on headphones at night time is one of life great pleasures. Absolutely gorgeous album.
The Strokes
Interpol
Arcade Fire
DJ Shadow
Fleet Foxes
Franz Ferdinand
65 Days of Static
Rage Against the Machine
The first album has less bombast than the later stuff, but infinitely more heart and soul. Listening to it on headphones at night time is one of life great pleasures. Absolutely gorgeous album.
hobblygobbly
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Boards of Canada. All great albums but nowhere as good as their debut.
Turnstyle
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Nope, got to disagree with you there I'm afraid. I To Sky is a masterpiece of indie-rock and one of my Top 20 albums of all time.
20cent
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Serious about liking homework, ram, and ignoring the "French touch" clubbing house dancing crap, yeah.
for me, Viva la Vida is as good as their first. Cemeteries of London is probably my favourite Coldplay song in general
Baron von Loathsome
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Yes, I know people have already made similar jokes.
I wouldn't go as far as top 20 albums, but I think it's better than the debut. Unfortunately, it wasn't as catchy and they forget to record a "big single" so were promptly forgotten about. A massive shame.
TheZink
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Sad but I totally agree.
True Savior
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Body Count
De La Soul is Dead is the far superior album.
In fact it is the best rap album of all time.
Ágætis Byrjun isn't Sigur Rós first album
helloresolven
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Yeah, it's the album with Slide Away.
ZackieChan
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Cibo Matto. Though Stereo Type A is pretty awesome, it's no Viva La Woman. New album is straight trash.
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good one
cant agree on arctic monkeys or interpol their new releases are amazing
Except Meteora is better than Hybrid Theory.
PHOENIXZERO
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Nope. Jagged Little Pill was her third though IDK if they were released outside of Canada.
Those two.
Overall I'd have to agree with this even if there are quite a few songs from following albums I like more than some songs on her first, not to mention her B-sides that never got compiled but should have and other songs well, maybe song because I can't remember if she did more than Identify for someone else. She's frustrated me on various levels musically (and I guess on the business side too to an extent) since her second album in ways no one else has but at least she didn't try and recreate Torn on every album since, she might've been better off if she had an album or two before Left of the Middle. I think to an extent I've enjoyed her sister Laura's work (which is totally, completely different from Natalie's) more over the last ten or twelve years.
Fred Feuerstein
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The XX
brain_stew
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The worst post there is.
The worst post there was.
And the worst post there ever will be.
Fred Feuerstein
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Indeed. Put another Crystal on the list: Crystal Fighters
Poimandres
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Just out of curiosity, how would you rank their albums?
Yield deserves way more credit. Is it Ten on a song v. song basis? No, but I'd argue it makes for a more better composite album with excellent flow and a diverse yet thematically well synced package.
Ten feels like listening to a greatest hits album. Every song is pretty much it's own thing. They're all great, sure, but as an album it doesn't feel quite as intertwined.
ShemhazaiX
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He Is Legend and (IMO) Protest the Hero. Though both had EPs they released before their debut albums.
Both started with pretty good, unique sounds and great vocals. He Is Legend being a weird combination of blues, and hardcore, Protest being an interesting, punky take on prog.
He Is Legends second album ditched the blues and amazing clean vocals of the previous album and traded it in for a more grungey sound with hoarse vocals (though that may have been because the lead singer screwed his voice up). It was no where near as good.
Protest sort of went too hard on the prog and have a completely different feel now. It's not actually bad, but a completely different style that just didn't really resonate as well (with me at least).
First: YAY SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHO CIRCA SURVIVE ARE.
Second: when you refer to Underoath's first, are you talking about the Dallas Taylor years or starting from when they got Chamberlain?
Both started with pretty good, unique sounds and great vocals. He Is Legend being a weird combination of blues, and hardcore, Protest being an interesting, punky take on prog.
He Is Legends second album ditched the blues and amazing clean vocals of the previous album and traded it in for a more grungey sound with hoarse vocals (though that may have been because the lead singer screwed his voice up). It was no where near as good.
Protest sort of went too hard on the prog and have a completely different feel now. It's not actually bad, but a completely different style that just didn't really resonate as well (with me at least).
First: YAY SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHO CIRCA SURVIVE ARE.
Second: when you refer to Underoath's first, are you talking about the Dallas Taylor years or starting from when they got Chamberlain?
Stereogatari
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I personally see their 2nd album as being under the same umbrella as Hybrid Theory, though Hybrid Theory was the best. Nothing after that appealed though.
I find it amusing to think I was listening to them while I was like 7/8 years old lol (like in a proud of myself kind of way), and then again in my mid teens. I guess I'm due for another "renaissance" lol.
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