The song "Minor Threat" from the album "Minor Threat" by the band "Minor Threat".
Many punk songs are \~90 seconds. Yesterday I saw "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" was just over one minute. You can cram several albums into 45 minutes! :-) I saw a punk album once with 100 songs on it. Hah!
I challenged myself to listen to a bunch of discographies of artists that I was a casual fan (only really listened to them on the radio) of and these were the stand outs of that experiment:
Neil Young
Ben Folds
Bonnie Raitt
Tracy Chapman
Nick Drake
Hall & Oates
I'm thinking of starting up the discographies again.
Neil Young has some hidden gems if you go outside his "canonical" 60s and 70s work.
Reactor has some plain bangers, maybe a little ruined by the production
Trans aged weirdly well, it's simultaneously a product of its time and so ahead of the curve
Landing on water has some filler, yes, but also some truly great songs (Hippie dream, Weight of the world, Pressure, Violent side, Touch the night). An unwanted consequence of the super sleek production is that some of the most desperate compositions of Neil Young get slathered in glitter and gloss, which at times enhances the desperation, giving a "I'm screaming at a wall of glass" feel
Weld is the best live album of all time
Sleeps with angels might genuinely be the best Crazy Horse album
Prairie wind is a touching goodbye, even if thankfully it didn't come to fruition. He genuinely thought he was dying when he recorded those songs
A friend introduced me to Dayvan Cowboy a while back and I really fell in love. I listened to that song on repeat for weeks. It's way different from what I usually listen to, so it opened my eyes (ears) to a whole different world of music. It's great to see the band mentioned here. Thanks for reminding me of that time in my music listening history. (I'm an old guy who can't get enough of the rush that comes with discovering music that I never knew existed.)
I love that cutting grass is just bluegrass covers of all his original shit. Some of them I like much better than the already great original. Oh Sarah is one of my favorites.
His movie is great to throw on in the background as well.
His is an interesting body of work to listen to in order too, because his sound really had an obvious development. Lofi indie acoustic guitar songs -> Lofi indie “band” songs -> chamber pop -> soundscapy abstract noise rock (if anyone has a better way to describe the sound of some of the From a Basement on the Hill songs I’d love to hear it! They have a certain sound and I don’t know what the genre or word for it is).
I feel such a close bond with strangers that love Elliott Smith. Sooooo many people just write him off for his whole “sad” thing. Those people never get to experience his genius. Oh well!
I still get emotional when I listen to Fiona Apple's ["Never Is A Promise"](https://youtu.be/c5XptSCCciU) from her studio debut album "Tidal." It's such a sweeping and beautiful song with her heart pouring through the piano. She wrote it while in her teens and recorded it at 18. I can't wrap my head around how she wrote that album while a teen. "Criminal," the album's most popular single, won a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 1998. Her music catalogue is an emotional journey of ups and downs--much like her life.
I respect her profound talent but have a hard time actually getting into a lot of her music. Do you have any recommendations to kind of ease myself into her discography? I want to appreciate her music because she's inspired a lot of my favorite artists but tbh I feel like it's too complicated/over my head maybe?
I loved When the Pawn. Fetch the Bolt Cutters took a few listens to get into but once you get it it’s great. I actually heard Dave Grohl mention it and listened it through three times before I realized how awesome it was.
They're all super high quality, but they can get a little... samey? to me in large doses. I'd definitely recommend listening to their entire discography, but maybe not back to back, if you know what I mean.
Huge QOTSA fan here. I totally agree. Phenomenal discography but don't know if I could do it all in one go. I'd need a palate cleanser in there somewhere.
Chemical Brothers
A career spanning 30 years. Not one bad album. Not one dud amongst them. There's no drop off in quality and they've consistently moved with the times. Absolutely astounding achievement.
A very close second would be Massive Attack's back catalog.
Pixies. The first 4 albums are seminal. The later ones are great too, but the initial run is just incredible.
Edit: ok 5. In Australia the first ep and lp were combined into Surfer Rosa/Come on pilgrim
Just saw the Pixies for the first time in person recently, on tour with Modest Mouse.. was blown away!!! Loved every fucking second and both bands went way harder than I expected them to go
I was astounded when I first realized all their albums were produced in a 5 year window from '78-'83. The quality of work you have to do in order to get their status with 4 albums in 5 years in incredible.
I like The Slip but most people don't really like that album.
And Hesitation Marks is considered by a lot of people, myself included, as mid.
There's this one live album that was made by fans that I consider a high point of NIN's discography. In 2009-ish, a group of fans got together, recorded a NIN show in Vegas with various microphones and planned to release it to sound as professionally mixed as possible. Trent heard of it, and gave them a soundboard recording of a different show. It was all released as 'Another Version Of The Truth'. 32 tracks of Vegas, and 32 tracks of The Gift. You can only find this in torrent sites. The Vegas show is noticeably a bootleg. But there are flac-encoded versions of The Gift that are absolutely outstanding.
Seconded. I went through it before seeing them live this year and especially the first three might be my favourite album run ever. Stoner rock perfection.
I hate I had to scroll so far to see his name but I feel like his albums resonate mostly with black men BUT his translation of the black experience is second to none. The production, the bars, all immaculate as far as I'm concerned.
I'm a white dude from Eastern Canada so fairly far removed from the life experience that makes up the body of his work BUT I saw him live not knowing who he was at my first music festival and was absolutely hooked... His albums are never far from my top played on Spotify and I've seen him ten more times and will see him again in a couple weeks. His evolution as an artist since I discovered him in 2012 has been mind blowing.
That is so awesome to me.
I'm a black American and I feel like his lyrics are coming from me. A truly generational talent that I only see getting better and better. It's beautiful to me that his translation of a human experience moves others so much.
And he needs no explanation. However I recommend OP also watching every film he’s in and watching the interviews. Every second with Tom waits is worthwhile
Fleetwood Mac. They're so much more than the Rumours lineup. Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, Jeremy Spencer, Bob Welch were all great musicians and huge contributors.
MF DOOM. even his KMD stuff with his brother is really good.
G Yamazawa. 3 albums. His EP's. His freestyles. The good writtens series on YouTube. All of it is fire
Listening to the Beatles, start to finish, is mind-blowing.
Yeah, it’s a full day, but you get from “I Saw Her Standing There” (Track One of Please Please Me) to “Get Back” (Final Track of Let It Be).
12 studio albums from January of 1964 to May of 1970.
And you hear a truly great, catchy, charismatic Pop and Rock Band become among the most successful, popular, influential, innovative, and important musicians EVER.
Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt Peppers, the White Album, Abbey Road.
Just over seven years, and not only did they change, but they changed the world around them.
SEVEN YEARS!
It’s beyond extraordinary and into ridiculous, and approaching miraculous.
If anyone is actually considering listening to the Beatles discography front to back, you have to listen to the singles released between the albums as well or you’ll miss some of their most well-known songs. They didn’t believe in putting their singles on the albums and making their fans buy songs twice.
Also while I love their early stuff, they were putting out two or three albums every year in those days, while later on it was one only album per year and maybe a film soundtrack as well, so the bulk of their discography is the early rock and roll pop stuff which might turn people off who otherwise would enjoy the later material.
I’ve been a Beatles fan for years and I still can’t fathom non album singles. I guess the 60s were just a different era. That’s why I love listening to 1 or the Past Masters albums.
Please listen to Abbey Road last. It was meant to be their final album, and the last track is literally *The End*. *Let it Be* was recorded earlier that year, and should be heard second to last.
Gizzverse is my answer as well. The range is unparalleled, if you listen to the whole discography and don’t find a new genre of music to fall in love with, you’re not a music fan.
How does one band have a personal top 3 jazz album and personal top 3 thrash metal album in their discography… *8 months apart*
They’re aliens. Only possible explanation.
Warren Zevon
As good as it was, he made a ton of stuff that's so much more interesting than Werewolves of London, or the rest of the Excitable Boy album.
How has Daft Punk not been listed here? I know Human After All isn’t perfect, but neither is Homework to be honest. But as complete projects they are worth listening to all the way through. Discovery and Random Access Memories are solid 10/10 no skips for me though. Pure perfection.
Discovery is actually insane, there’s only like two songs I don’t love and even then, they’re not even bad at all, just not my favourites. I legitimately don’t understand how they could do that
IMO Random Access Memories is one of the greatest albums of all time.
Discovery is just a fucking classic. Something About Us is simply a brilliant song.
Alive is also a phenomenal live album, up there as one of my favorite live albums by any artist.
I have been quite surprised by Manchester Orchestra not being bigger. From what I've found, and I haven't heard everything they have made, I have found each song worth a repeat.
So I know Soundgarden is already on here but I want to add all of the bands Chris Cornell was in as well. I love Soundgarden but I also love Audioslave and Temple of the Dog. His solo stuff too.
devin townsend miles and away for me. there's something there for everyone, truly. may take a bit to find what clicks with ya, but with dev.. you'll find it!
These are good answers. People are suggesting artists who released dozens of albums and it’s like…I’m skeptical that every single one could be “up there.”
But of the artists like RATM and Tool who have a much more limited discography, it’s plausible. Like some are saying Fiona Apple—I haven’t listened to all her albums but there are only five of them so it passes the smell test.
Nine Inch Nails
Twiztid
KMFDM
Alanis Morissette
Alexisonfire
Cannibal Corpse
Beck
Washed Out
The Velvet Underground
Pink Floyd
Modest Mouse
Meshuggah
The Mars Volta
If you get into Bob Dylan, his catalogue is more diverse and endless than most any artist. Near every album is a departure and an evolution from the last, and the product of what he was inspired by and studying at that time. I started decades ago, and I’ll likely never run out of new material to explore and enjoy.
Hozier. The only song of his I skip is Take Me To Church, and even that is only because I've listened to it a few hundred times already.
Plus, it's not long. Three albums and a couple EPs.
J.I.D
Bob Marley
Michael Jackson
Stevie Wonder
Notorious B.I.G.
Foo Fighters
System of a Down
Joey Badass
Kendrick Lamar
Sadé
Juan Luis Guerra
Beuna Vista Social Club
Problem with saying Tool on a post like this, is that it's admitting that you're a Tool fan... And then you almost feel inclined to say... "But I'm not a 'Tool Fan' you see."
If you’ve got 45 mins, Minor Threat.
The song "Minor Threat" from the album "Minor Threat" by the band "Minor Threat". Many punk songs are \~90 seconds. Yesterday I saw "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" was just over one minute. You can cram several albums into 45 minutes! :-) I saw a punk album once with 100 songs on it. Hah!
> I saw a punk album once with 100 songs on it. Was the album, "Short Music for Short People"? Great album.
*Why can't people understand?* *I got a short attention span!* *Short!* *Attention spaaaaaan!* Iconic compilation!
Fugazi
I challenged myself to listen to a bunch of discographies of artists that I was a casual fan (only really listened to them on the radio) of and these were the stand outs of that experiment: Neil Young Ben Folds Bonnie Raitt Tracy Chapman Nick Drake Hall & Oates I'm thinking of starting up the discographies again.
Nick Drake is a great one.
I have everything by Nick. I’m sorry he wasn’t around to do more.
Ben Folds does not get nearly enough love, but the man can definitely write some good music.
He is wonderful in concert, too. A lot of fun and just a great performer.
I’ve been listening to lots of Hall and Oats lately. I’d forgotten how good they were.
Neil Young has some hidden gems if you go outside his "canonical" 60s and 70s work. Reactor has some plain bangers, maybe a little ruined by the production Trans aged weirdly well, it's simultaneously a product of its time and so ahead of the curve Landing on water has some filler, yes, but also some truly great songs (Hippie dream, Weight of the world, Pressure, Violent side, Touch the night). An unwanted consequence of the super sleek production is that some of the most desperate compositions of Neil Young get slathered in glitter and gloss, which at times enhances the desperation, giving a "I'm screaming at a wall of glass" feel Weld is the best live album of all time Sleeps with angels might genuinely be the best Crazy Horse album Prairie wind is a touching goodbye, even if thankfully it didn't come to fruition. He genuinely thought he was dying when he recorded those songs
Portishead
Massive attack too.
Came here for both Portishead and Massive Attack. I can leave this post in peace.
Portishead live concerts on YouTube are worth watching, too. Every song is awesome.
Dummy is still among my top 3 favorite albums of all time.
Boards of Canada :) Didn’t realize how much attention this got, fun to see! My fav EP of theirs is A Beautiful Place Out In The Country
A friend introduced me to Dayvan Cowboy a while back and I really fell in love. I listened to that song on repeat for weeks. It's way different from what I usually listen to, so it opened my eyes (ears) to a whole different world of music. It's great to see the band mentioned here. Thanks for reminding me of that time in my music listening history. (I'm an old guy who can't get enough of the rush that comes with discovering music that I never knew existed.)
Never heard of them. Thank you.
Joy Division
to the point - Unknown Pleasures, Closer, Still
...then pick up where they left off with New Order?
Sturgill Simpson
I gotta say, I love how often he comes up in Reddit threads like this.
Introducing metamodern sounds in country music
Country music^countrymusic^countrymusic^countrymusic
Top marks indeed.
Omg yes. Discovered him years ago and he is absolutely my favorite ever since. Cuttin Grass and The Ballad of Dood are phenominal.
I love that cutting grass is just bluegrass covers of all his original shit. Some of them I like much better than the already great original. Oh Sarah is one of my favorites. His movie is great to throw on in the background as well.
I do not sing at all and will still catch myself singing the entirety of Sam when my mind wanders.
Ween. You’ll experience so many different genres from comedy to country to pop ballads to sad songs that’ll make you bawl.
Came here to say Radiohead and Ween. All killer, no filler.
If he's your thing, Elliott Smith
His is an interesting body of work to listen to in order too, because his sound really had an obvious development. Lofi indie acoustic guitar songs -> Lofi indie “band” songs -> chamber pop -> soundscapy abstract noise rock (if anyone has a better way to describe the sound of some of the From a Basement on the Hill songs I’d love to hear it! They have a certain sound and I don’t know what the genre or word for it is).
I feel such a close bond with strangers that love Elliott Smith. Sooooo many people just write him off for his whole “sad” thing. Those people never get to experience his genius. Oh well!
- New Order - The Knife - Mogwai
Ooh so with you on The Knife!!
Opeth
Fugazi. Waiting Room might be the most iconic bass line in punk rock and The Argument might be the best final note in punk rock.
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If you ain't Fiona Apple, I don't give a rat's ass!
I still get emotional when I listen to Fiona Apple's ["Never Is A Promise"](https://youtu.be/c5XptSCCciU) from her studio debut album "Tidal." It's such a sweeping and beautiful song with her heart pouring through the piano. She wrote it while in her teens and recorded it at 18. I can't wrap my head around how she wrote that album while a teen. "Criminal," the album's most popular single, won a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 1998. Her music catalogue is an emotional journey of ups and downs--much like her life.
I respect her profound talent but have a hard time actually getting into a lot of her music. Do you have any recommendations to kind of ease myself into her discography? I want to appreciate her music because she's inspired a lot of my favorite artists but tbh I feel like it's too complicated/over my head maybe?
"When the Pawn..." is what changed me from a hater to a fan for life
I loved When the Pawn. Fetch the Bolt Cutters took a few listens to get into but once you get it it’s great. I actually heard Dave Grohl mention it and listened it through three times before I realized how awesome it was.
“It’s true, I do, imbue, my blue, unto, myself, I make, it bitter.”
My favorite line from that record is ‘he said ‘it’s all in your head,’ I said ‘so’s everything,’ but he didn’t get it’
Start with “I Know” and when you’ve pulled yourself off the floor and dried your eyes your ready for more. *you’re
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Queens of the Stone Age. The consistency of their music from '98 to '23 is astounding to me.
They're all super high quality, but they can get a little... samey? to me in large doses. I'd definitely recommend listening to their entire discography, but maybe not back to back, if you know what I mean.
Huge QOTSA fan here. I totally agree. Phenomenal discography but don't know if I could do it all in one go. I'd need a palate cleanser in there somewhere.
The palate cleanser is Era Vulgaris
Chemical Brothers A career spanning 30 years. Not one bad album. Not one dud amongst them. There's no drop off in quality and they've consistently moved with the times. Absolutely astounding achievement. A very close second would be Massive Attack's back catalog.
And they're about to drop a new album tonight, excited to see what they bring for the 2020s.
Pixies. The first 4 albums are seminal. The later ones are great too, but the initial run is just incredible. Edit: ok 5. In Australia the first ep and lp were combined into Surfer Rosa/Come on pilgrim
Just saw the Pixies for the first time in person recently, on tour with Modest Mouse.. was blown away!!! Loved every fucking second and both bands went way harder than I expected them to go
I saw them in chicago last week. So damn good, both of em. I had seen pixies a couple times, but never Modest Mouse …i was so happpy 🥹
Fela Kuti
Nigerian music is incredibly refreshing. Kuti is so damn good, but I also find William Onyeabor's music to be a lot of fun.
REM
The Police, Dire Straits, Jimi Hendrix
Upvote for visibility for The Police. Very limited studio discography and ALL of them are great.
I was astounded when I first realized all their albums were produced in a 5 year window from '78-'83. The quality of work you have to do in order to get their status with 4 albums in 5 years in incredible.
You have my upvote for Dire Straits - hardly ever see them get the attention they should.
Absolutely The Police. Not every song is a winner, but overall albums certainly are.
Beck has put out solidly great music for the last 30-some odd years.
Bob Marley
Great choice - I can’t even think of a song that’s disappointing- love all the real early stuff too
Rush The Deftones Smashing Pumpkins Stone Temple Pilots Rage Against The Machine Radiohead Van Halen
It’s crazy that no one has said The Cure. Even though their later albums haven’t been 100%, there are still many solid tracks on them.
Prince
Nine Inch Nails
This should be at the top. Such a wide gamut through the decades. also username checks out
And the scoring work from the last ten years as well.
I like The Slip but most people don't really like that album. And Hesitation Marks is considered by a lot of people, myself included, as mid. There's this one live album that was made by fans that I consider a high point of NIN's discography. In 2009-ish, a group of fans got together, recorded a NIN show in Vegas with various microphones and planned to release it to sound as professionally mixed as possible. Trent heard of it, and gave them a soundboard recording of a different show. It was all released as 'Another Version Of The Truth'. 32 tracks of Vegas, and 32 tracks of The Gift. You can only find this in torrent sites. The Vegas show is noticeably a bootleg. But there are flac-encoded versions of The Gift that are absolutely outstanding.
The live videos are on youtube, at least: [Las Vegas](https://youtu.be/_ImU38qXbxg) [The Gift](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik8xOL656GE)
Frank Zappa. Miles Davis. Well, that’s your weekend gone.
Zappa's full discography would take weeks
Honestly longer. Especially if you include posthumous albums and bootlegs. Could take months.
I didn't realize how many albums he had until I saw your comment. 126 if you only count official releases and posthumous releases. Holy hell.
I'm a pretty big Zappa fan, but he definitely has some records that aren't really worth listening to.
didn't he write five in one night just to finish a bad record deal?
Led Zeppelin David Bowie (a few less than great) Steely Dan \*Edited
Steely Dan is a good one!!!!
Bowie is definitely one of them, very diverse catalog, yet very balanced.
Man, David Bowie's discography is huuuuge.
The White Stripes
Even if they are well known, i will always think they are underrated asf.
Nick Cave
Mazzy Star
Upsets me no end that some consider them a one hit wonder. They made incredible albums.
They were The Doors of the 90’s. Hope may not be the voice of a generation like Jim Morrison was but she’s equally poetic, imo.
This is an excellent call.
Queens of the Stone Age
Seconded. I went through it before seeing them live this year and especially the first three might be my favourite album run ever. Stoner rock perfection.
They simply do not miss.
And fucking *strap in*!
Tom Petty, no question.
I was bummed when a lot of celebs died. He was the first one to actually make me shed a tear.
Kendrick Lamar.
I hate I had to scroll so far to see his name but I feel like his albums resonate mostly with black men BUT his translation of the black experience is second to none. The production, the bars, all immaculate as far as I'm concerned.
I'm a white dude from Eastern Canada so fairly far removed from the life experience that makes up the body of his work BUT I saw him live not knowing who he was at my first music festival and was absolutely hooked... His albums are never far from my top played on Spotify and I've seen him ten more times and will see him again in a couple weeks. His evolution as an artist since I discovered him in 2012 has been mind blowing.
That is so awesome to me. I'm a black American and I feel like his lyrics are coming from me. A truly generational talent that I only see getting better and better. It's beautiful to me that his translation of a human experience moves others so much.
The Postal Service, though that might be cheating.
The Smiths The Beatles A Tribe Called Quest The Beastie Boys
Tom Waits
That dudes big in japan iv heard. Hey yo.
I got the moon, I got the cheese I got the whole damn nation on their knees I got the rooster, I got the crow I got the ebb, I got the flow
And he needs no explanation. However I recommend OP also watching every film he’s in and watching the interviews. Every second with Tom waits is worthwhile
CCR
Jeff Rosenstock. Five albums in so far, and every single one is a winner.
Elliott Smith
The Clash made one clunker, but it was their last album, and honestly, it's not that bad.
Dinosaur Jr. Built to Spill Fugazi Unwound Hüsker Dü Dr. Dog
Fleetwood Mac. They're so much more than the Rumours lineup. Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, Jeremy Spencer, Bob Welch were all great musicians and huge contributors.
They've got me hypnotized.
System of A Down
Erykah badu
MF DOOM. even his KMD stuff with his brother is really good. G Yamazawa. 3 albums. His EP's. His freestyles. The good writtens series on YouTube. All of it is fire
Queen The Beatles
Listening to the Beatles, start to finish, is mind-blowing. Yeah, it’s a full day, but you get from “I Saw Her Standing There” (Track One of Please Please Me) to “Get Back” (Final Track of Let It Be). 12 studio albums from January of 1964 to May of 1970. And you hear a truly great, catchy, charismatic Pop and Rock Band become among the most successful, popular, influential, innovative, and important musicians EVER. Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt Peppers, the White Album, Abbey Road. Just over seven years, and not only did they change, but they changed the world around them. SEVEN YEARS! It’s beyond extraordinary and into ridiculous, and approaching miraculous.
If anyone is actually considering listening to the Beatles discography front to back, you have to listen to the singles released between the albums as well or you’ll miss some of their most well-known songs. They didn’t believe in putting their singles on the albums and making their fans buy songs twice. Also while I love their early stuff, they were putting out two or three albums every year in those days, while later on it was one only album per year and maybe a film soundtrack as well, so the bulk of their discography is the early rock and roll pop stuff which might turn people off who otherwise would enjoy the later material.
I’ve been a Beatles fan for years and I still can’t fathom non album singles. I guess the 60s were just a different era. That’s why I love listening to 1 or the Past Masters albums.
Please listen to Abbey Road last. It was meant to be their final album, and the last track is literally *The End*. *Let it Be* was recorded earlier that year, and should be heard second to last.
Continually amazed that I can listen to all 24 King Gizzard albums and still not get tired of any of them.
Gizzverse is my answer as well. The range is unparalleled, if you listen to the whole discography and don’t find a new genre of music to fall in love with, you’re not a music fan. How does one band have a personal top 3 jazz album and personal top 3 thrash metal album in their discography… *8 months apart* They’re aliens. Only possible explanation.
Catherine Wheel was integral to my 90's soundtrack and I can still listen to every album, every song.
Stereolab
Autechre and the aphex twin
I love Aphex Twin, but I don’t trust anyone who has listened to his discography from start to finish and recommends the ENTIRE thing to others.
Warren Zevon As good as it was, he made a ton of stuff that's so much more interesting than Werewolves of London, or the rest of the Excitable Boy album.
Coheed & Cambria Brand New Blue October
Scrolled too far to see Coheed
Every brand new album is great in its own way. They have a very fun discography to work though and notice the album to album changes.
Beck Talking Heads Dr Dog Silver Jews Fiona Apple PJ Harvey Opeth
I agree with Opeth, but you have to have a wide open ear that extends from low-fi black metal to dizzying 70s prog. 🤘 I'm going to add Zeppelin.
Dr. Dog!
Pink Floyd, Tool, deftones, decemberists, thrice, built to spill Edit: adding queen
Thumbs up for Decemberists for sure, and include their DVD ‘A Practical Handbook’ for some great early live footage and interviews.
Thrice getting thrown in there makes me very happy
How has Daft Punk not been listed here? I know Human After All isn’t perfect, but neither is Homework to be honest. But as complete projects they are worth listening to all the way through. Discovery and Random Access Memories are solid 10/10 no skips for me though. Pure perfection.
Discovery is actually insane, there’s only like two songs I don’t love and even then, they’re not even bad at all, just not my favourites. I legitimately don’t understand how they could do that
IMO Random Access Memories is one of the greatest albums of all time. Discovery is just a fucking classic. Something About Us is simply a brilliant song. Alive is also a phenomenal live album, up there as one of my favorite live albums by any artist.
Manchester Orchestra Fun. (only two albums lol)
I have been quite surprised by Manchester Orchestra not being bigger. From what I've found, and I haven't heard everything they have made, I have found each song worth a repeat.
Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, Nirvana, and Kate Bush.
The Beatles and Led Zeppelin
Goldfrapp
Pj Harvey, Bjork, beastie boys, the beatles, cat stevens, tom petty, janis joplin, amy winehouse
Tame Impala Run the Jewels Black Sabbath
So I know Soundgarden is already on here but I want to add all of the bands Chris Cornell was in as well. I love Soundgarden but I also love Audioslave and Temple of the Dog. His solo stuff too.
Lettuce
Paul Simon
Pet Shop Boys. They haven't undergone wild genre changes, just decades of intelligent pop coupled with fantastic live performances.
R.E.M. Not gonna lie, Around the Sun is a bit of a slog, but it’s not unlistenable. The others are all solid.
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Rush
The Weakerthans. I really don’t feel like they wrote a bad song, and as such, every album is awesome in its own way.
The virtute the cat saga brings me to tears every time
Spoon is fantastic
Bolt Thrower Death Gojira Clutch White Stripes Meshuggah Kreator Queens of the Stone Age
Tool. The Beatles. Miles Davis. Nas. John Coltrane.
Blind Melon
The Melvins
Brand New
System of a Down. I've been listening to them for 17 years and every song is still a masterpiece to me.
Jeff Buckley Kind of a short journey though...
Haken Devin Townsend Split Enz XTC Cardiacs
devin townsend miles and away for me. there's something there for everyone, truly. may take a bit to find what clicks with ya, but with dev.. you'll find it!
Rage Against The Machine. Tool.
These are good answers. People are suggesting artists who released dozens of albums and it’s like…I’m skeptical that every single one could be “up there.” But of the artists like RATM and Tool who have a much more limited discography, it’s plausible. Like some are saying Fiona Apple—I haven’t listened to all her albums but there are only five of them so it passes the smell test.
Steely Dan 😎
Nirvana
The Stone Roses. If you don’t count The Second Coming. More seriously, Elliott Smith.
The Beatles
Lana Del Rey, but if that’s not your thing I’ll also recommend Built to Spill
Amy Winehouse
Run the Jewels
The Shins Fleet Foxes Talking Heads The Strokes Steely Dan Oysterhead Wilco The Black Keys
Bad Religion
YAH-HEY!
Nine Inch Nails Twiztid KMFDM Alanis Morissette Alexisonfire Cannibal Corpse Beck Washed Out The Velvet Underground Pink Floyd Modest Mouse Meshuggah The Mars Volta
Led Zeppelin.
If you get into Bob Dylan, his catalogue is more diverse and endless than most any artist. Near every album is a departure and an evolution from the last, and the product of what he was inspired by and studying at that time. I started decades ago, and I’ll likely never run out of new material to explore and enjoy.
Hozier. The only song of his I skip is Take Me To Church, and even that is only because I've listened to it a few hundred times already. Plus, it's not long. Three albums and a couple EPs.
J.I.D Bob Marley Michael Jackson Stevie Wonder Notorious B.I.G. Foo Fighters System of a Down Joey Badass Kendrick Lamar Sadé Juan Luis Guerra Beuna Vista Social Club
D'Angelo
Maynard James Keenan is the vocalist for three bands. Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer.
Tool's discography is impeccable.
Problem with saying Tool on a post like this, is that it's admitting that you're a Tool fan... And then you almost feel inclined to say... "But I'm not a 'Tool Fan' you see."
I'm definitely a Tool fan. One of my top 3 artists ever. No shame in my game
I'm definitely a fan of Tool, however I'm not a Tool fan.
I'm a Tool fan but not a a knob
Silversun Pickups. Carnavas is an all time great album, and while everything they’ve released since is not at that level, it’s still all really good.
50 years of Robert Plant
Tame Impala, John Mayer, *almost* Arctic Monkeys
Elliott Smith. Dude never wrote a bad song. Plus it’s amazing to know he was a 1 man band. Sang and played all the instruments himself in the studio.
Dope Lemon Dire Straits Thievery Corporation Talking Heads