One of mine is Commit This to Memory by Motion City Soundtrack. I basically took the title verbatim and know the album word for word. And while I would love if it did, the rest of MCS’s stuff just doesn’t hit the same way.
And if you’re not an album person, maybe a period of time in the artist’s work? Whatever works for you.
*Lots of mentions of hit debut albums that subsequently petered out, which follows with the dreaded sophomore slump that hits many artists. Anyone with mid or even later career albums that stand alone? Those always intrigue me.
Boy’s Night Out made the album Trainwreck, a concept album about a man having a night terror and strangling his wife to death and coping with her loss. It’s fucking great.
Everything else they’ve ever done is aggressively mid
You left off the best part that he “copes” by cutting off his hands afterwards. I love that album.
The Strokes. Their debut *Is This It *is one of the best if not the best Rock debuts. Eveything else after is just meh to me.
You’re right. It’s an amazing album. “Definitely Maybe” by Oasis is my vote for best rock debut album but I think you’re spot on otherwise about The Strokes.
Gravity by Canadian alt-rock band Our Lady Peace
It comes from the middle of their discography in 2002, and while it’s short at only 10 tracks, it packs an incredible amount of energy. I’ve tried several times to listen to the rest of their catalogue but it’s maybe just a little too alternative for me. Can’t get enough of Gravity though.
Bear with me on this one. Stadium Arcadian by the red hot chili peppers.
They’ve had other good albums before and after this one. But stadium Arcadian is so good everything else pales in comparison to such a degree that anything outside that album is trash.
I respect your opinion but you can’t tell me “BSSM” is a “trash” album.
It’s not. It’s a really good album. In fact, most of their albums are good, but stadium arcadium in particular is on such a different level that in comparison they’re much worse.
I’ve never met a single person with that opinion. I remember being so disappointed when that album came out.
I have never met a single person in my life that supports Putin as president of Russia yet here we are.
Haha, yeah fair, but that mightn’t’ve been the best example you could’ve used.
Trash? Stadium Arcadian was a good album, but Californication was one of the most well put together albums ever.
The Queen is Dead is the only Smiths album I like, the others just don’t do it for me.
Megadeth. Rust in Peace is a masterpiece. The rest of the albums are just boring.
Megadeth is just one of those bands where you’ll only like select tracks per album. But there’s almost no album of theirs that’s perfect from beginning to end.
I honestly don’t know why other bands are bothering to continue making music when Rust In Peace exists. It’s embarrassing.
*credit to The Onion
Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers
I think the popularity of Stacy’s Mom really scared them. But everything on the album is amazing. Interstate Managers was their third album. The other two albums following Interstate Managers were good, but not at that power pop level that Interstate Managers reached.
I don’t care for the Beatles, but I love the white album
Yeah, that’s most Beatles fans. Abbey road being a close second.
No. It’s not most Beatles “fans”.
Yes it is.
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane.
They used to be so delightfully unique and funky. They’re just sellouts now.
Makes me sad where they ended up, such a great album.
Pearl Jam Ten. I wore that album out and everything they put out afterwards just wasn’t even remotely the same for me.
Same. I’m sure the rest is not bad but I can’t get into it. Ten is absolute perfection.
Hard disagree
NoFX - White Trash Two Heebs and a Bean
Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump
All of NoFX stuff is great imo
Groove Armada’s Black Light.
I highly doubt if anyone but me is listening to it.
Boston is the first that comes to mind for me. there’s their self-titled which is easily one of the best records of all time, and then everything that came wasn’t exactly bad but it was nowhere near the same level
Boston was my first reaction. Their first album is nigh perfect; everything after is merely decent '80s rock.
Fatboy Slim, You’ve Come a Long Way Baby I could listen (and have) all the way through for decades. Barely even had a few singles after that I enjoyed. Was very disappointing.
Linkin Park.
Hybrid Theory was amazing, but most of their other albums were mostly “meh” for me. Meteora had a couple of good songs, but that’s about it.
I would put Hybrid Theory and Meteora on the same level as far as albums go. Everything after that… Not so great.
You’re wrong
This is all personal opinion. Sometimes music just doesn’t click for some people and that’s alright.
I just can’t agree. I wish having a different opinion didnt just mean people downvoted you to hell, you should be allowed to disagree with a popular opinion.
So, instead, i will just counter with: i think hybrid theory and meteora were written around the same time, ive always held that both albums are start to finish bangers. When one song finishes and im just “catching a mental breath”, but another one starts and im like “oh shit!” Because i know its another great track i cant help but think both albums are amazing.
They did, however, fall off a cliff after those albums. (Save for maybe reanimation, that was a fun album)
Also im not even particularly a fan. I know them second hand from my younger brother who is/was more die hard. Im more into Muse, dear hunter, radiohead and things like that.
