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Bands that had really good first albums that couldn't outdo themselves?
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I'll just go ahead and +1 all of these, IMO.
I'll disagree here. I freakin' LOVE Skyscraper!
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Originally Posted by Andrew Jones http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5888096#post5888096
Living Color
You didn't like Time's Up...but you LOVED Skyscraper?!?
Dude...
Originally Posted by Andrew Jones http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5888096#post5888096
Living Color
I'll just go ahead and +1 all of these, IMO.
I'll disagree here. I freakin' LOVE Skyscraper!
You didn't like Time's Up...but you LOVED Skyscraper?!?
Dude...
Eh, never said I didn't like it. I just followed the OP's question, and +1'd the fact that, IMO, it did not outdo Vivid. I felt Skyscraper was (overall) a better disc than Eat Em' and Smile. I have no doubt I'm in the minority. Music is subjective. Whatcha gonna do?
Andrew, you're killing me! IMO Time's Up is one of the best albums of our time! Every song on it is fantastic. Different strokes.
In other news, a lot of people have said Pearl Jam. I actually like a lot of their downstream stuff, but I will say that, IMO, their first album was totally different than anything that came after it. Much more radio-oriented, very much more glossy sound production approach, fairly less musical exploration. A lot of their more recent work, particularly Binaural and Riot Act, makes me feel like I am hanging in the garage with them. There's a ton of musical talent there, but they have definitely been doing it for themselves versus for anyone else for a very long time now.
Lyle Wagner?
I was not aware he was a musician. Did you mean Lyle Lovett?
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Lyle Wagner?
I was not aware he was a musician. Did you mean Lyle Lovett?
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LOL...
Porter Wagner...sorry...
Lyle Waggoner was a HORRIBLE singer
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A few spring to mind:
-Third Eye Blind
-Counting Crows
-Fantomas (first album was an obvious John Zorn wannabe record, but at least it was fun, everything after...zzzzz)
-Pink Floyd (it could be argued that anything after Syd Barrett's departure was NOT the same band)
- Korn
- Marylin Manson (Portrait of an American Family is killer. Anything after is a shock-rock-by-numbers snooze fest.)
- Temple of the Dog (great first album... I've been waiting 17 years for a followup.)
- Tool (I consider Undertow to be their first full length release (Opiate was just an EP.). They haven't come anywhere close to being as bad ass as they were on Undertow. I miss Paul D'Amour.)
-Third Eye Blind
-Counting Crows
-Fantomas (first album was an obvious John Zorn wannabe record, but at least it was fun, everything after...zzzzz)
-Pink Floyd (it could be argued that anything after Syd Barrett's departure was NOT the same band)
- Korn
- Marylin Manson (Portrait of an American Family is killer. Anything after is a shock-rock-by-numbers snooze fest.)
- Temple of the Dog (great first album... I've been waiting 17 years for a followup.)
- Tool (I consider Undertow to be their first full length release (Opiate was just an EP.). They haven't come anywhere close to being as bad ass as they were on Undertow. I miss Paul D'Amour.)
Anyone think the Pistols will be inducted to the Hall of Fame? I mean who'd be mad enought to invite Lydon to a thing like that?
No-ones dared mention The Darkness, so I will. Awesome first album, and rather lacklustre second.
Kula Skaker - 'K' was brilliant, I can listen to that again and again. The follow up and then the new one from the reformed band just don't hit the spot.
It seems to me both bands first albums had a rawness due to the cheaper production. When the label threw more money at them to produce the follow up, they were more polished productions, but lost that edge.
It's like Def Leppard's Hysteria is a highly polished work of art. A damn near perfect album, but as much as I love it, I prefer the rawness of High n Dry and Pyromonia!
Kula Skaker - 'K' was brilliant, I can listen to that again and again. The follow up and then the new one from the reformed band just don't hit the spot.
It seems to me both bands first albums had a rawness due to the cheaper production. When the label threw more money at them to produce the follow up, they were more polished productions, but lost that edge.
It's like Def Leppard's Hysteria is a highly polished work of art. A damn near perfect album, but as much as I love it, I prefer the rawness of High n Dry and Pyromonia!
Originally Posted by JimK
I thought Living Colour's 2nd one (Time's Up) was a pretty Avant-Rock album. A very good follow-up to Vivid, IMO.
Amen! I thought Vivid was OK, and thought Time's Up was an incredible followup, very experimental, and then Stain blew my socks off with its anger and awesomely aggressive new bass player.
I thought Living Colour's 2nd one (Time's Up) was a pretty Avant-Rock album. A very good follow-up to Vivid, IMO.
Amen! I thought Vivid was OK, and thought Time's Up was an incredible followup, very experimental, and then Stain blew my socks off with its anger and awesomely aggressive new bass player.
I know it's not quite what you meant, but it's hard for me not to think of Blind Faith and Derek and the Dominoes.
Reid
Reid
Bush. Sixteen Stone was a pretty magical album for the mid 90s; glycerine and come down are two of my favoritest songs.. after that though.. garbageeeeeeeeeeee.. and not the shirley manson kind of garbage. razorblade suitcase was a mess.
I thought they were. I remember hearing/reading Lydon make some comments about not wanting to pay the $10,000 it took to sit at a table during the event when they were inducted. Not that I care either way..."he's a hairdresser." And the Hole of Shame is a disgrace.
Back on target, Vernon Reid & Masque's first album, Mistaken Identity, is a tight, focused piece of art, whereas the other two, while good, lack the cohesiveness and flow.
