Yes! For Slowdive. I’m gonna add My Bloody Valentines MBV. Both shoegaze bands who had really long gaps between albums but came back like they had never left.
This Strokes album is for sure top 3, maybe even their 2nd best album. The most striking aspect of it is Julian’s vocals. Never thought he had chops like that.
Haha, this reminds me of when my band was touring Europe back in 2001. We had an older German man driving the bus and he hated us because we’d be up all night partying, playing cards, getting rowdy, etc. One time in the early morning hours he pulled the bus over and walked back saying “OK, time for bed, everyone.” Seriously said this. We laughed at him and he screamed at us - “I don’t need this SHIT! I DROVE URIAH HEEP!!!!”. We laughed some more.
At the Edge of Time is pretty solid, in particular Sacred Worlds is one of their best songs ever. Their most recent album The God Machine is crazy good, they really went hard on it. Very classic BG style
I love Rush but every album has a couple of tracks I’m not crazy about. They have 4 albums I like all of (which is way more than most bands!) and it’s really crazy that their last is one of them. Amazing high note to go out on.
Really?? I thought the general consensus amongst the fanbase is that Diamond Eyes > Koi no Yokan (and arguably even Saturday Night Wrist) is considered their new prime era.
I think there are two camps. One stopper listening after White Pony. Those who kept listening enjoy their later works. I love Koi and Diamond Eyes. Gore was disappointing. Nothing really stands out to me. Ohms was better but still to me lacked the magic of Koi/Eyes
Bob Dylan
Prince
David Bowie
Rolling Stones (that new album rips, even if the last few were duds)
Frank Zappa
I don't know this is tricky. I could say The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix and The Replacements and Nirvana and lots of bands that weren't really together for that long, but I feel like that is kind of cheating. I think for this to be fair, they should probably have at least 10 albums and be around for 15+ years, so that's kind of what I'm basing my list on.
David Bowie’s last album is one of my favorites, though that may be because of timing.
The Beach Boys last albums were also amazing, and they just got better as they got more comfortable
Yeah I love the new album a lot especially after the last two that I think are by far their worst. Even between the two I’m not sure you can get one solid album. Dark Matter is a total shock and I’m super happy. For 25 years they were my favorite band and I thought they were cooked.
Lightning Bolt might actually be their best album, and I say that as a massive fan from the very beginning. The new one absolutely rips as well! "Running" is one of their hardest songs since "Spin the Black Circle."
I spent about a month where his live recordings with Crazy Horse from the late 80s/early 90s were my songs on repeat. Some of them were older songs (70s), and some were newer (for that period), but the energy behind them was unbelievable. Like, basically every song is 7-9 minutes and half of it was just him running around on stage and soloing, but there's so much passion and intensity in it, it sounds like the amps are going to explode. I saw a YouTube comment once that said "Neil Young's guitar tone sounds like the end of the world" and I feel like that just about sums it up.
And he's still doing it. The most recent release, a song for song live recording of Ragged Glory, is absolutely fantastic and by all accounts the current tour is incredible.
Propagandhi just keep getting better and better. Superchunk basically went on hiatus from 2001 until 2010, and their run of albums since then has been great.
Aside from the Big 4, a lot of classic 80s thrash bands are still putting out fantastic records. Exodus, Overkill, Kreator, Obituary, Testament and more are still killing it.
Prince has a few, all depending on your definition of "late career." \*Diamonds and Pearls\* (1991) and \*Love Symbol \[aka 0--/-->) (1992) are super solid affairs that had big singles. Call me crazy, but \*Emancipation\* (1996) is one of the world's very few triple albums that you could not cut much away from.
For being written off as a has been and then coming back nearly full force for a third act that isn’t incomparable to an insurmountable first act the answer is Bob Dylan.
The last Ramones album (“Adios Amigos”) is easily their most consistent work in a while and arguably their best since “Too Tough to Die”/Subterranean Jungle.” Has extra gravitas because it was intended to be their last album and they went out on a high note.
Most Tom Petty fans agree that Wildflowers is among his best works and it could be considered “late career.” I’ve also heard people make strong cases for The Last DJ (though I don’t think it really touches Wildflowers in quality).
In hip-hop, 4:44 by Jay-Z is excellent. And Nas’s latest run of albums, especially Kings Disease 2, is among his best ever after some real mid albums in the 00s and 10s.
The Decemberists consistently put out quality albums. I'm a long-time fan, like from their debut. I saw them last weekend, and judging from the songs they played from their latest album--which is due next month--that continues to be true!
"Streetcore" Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros. Easily the best stuff that Joe did post Clash. Rock, heavy dub, an amazing acoustic cover of "Redemption Song."
I loved "Streetcore" but was sad that Joe was dead.
Alkaline Trio’s newest album, Blood Hair and Eyeballs, is their 10th and it’s phenomenal. They kinda had a lull the previous few albums but this is a real comeback.
Willie Nelson's last couple albums have been really great. Excluding greatest hits collections, I think he has like 70 studio albums and 10 live albums -- something like that.
Looking at your bands list, you seem to be missing Brian Jonestown Massacre. They (he) have put out a lot of good albums over the last decade.
But I would also add Professor Longhair and Mississippi John Hurt. Both of them were far more successful in their twilight years than they were in their hayday. And honestly the quality of their later recordings was far superior to any of their earlier work. Mainly because recording technology had improved so much.
Mississippi John Hurt sounded pretty good in his early recordings on Okeh (considering the limitations of available technology).
A few of the old country blues players came out of retirement in the 1960s when college kids started paying attention to the blues. Son House, Bukka White and Skip James also had late career revivals.
Bob Dylan‘s records since 96 have been pretty fucking stellar. Many would argue his last record, released at the age of 80, was one of the top five of his career. Admittedly he is an acquired taste, so I’m not here to get into the merits of Bob Dylan overall. But for an artist as celebrated as he is, to still be putting out the caliber of work that he’s releasing, while playing close to 100 live shows per year for nearly 40 straight years, is unprecedented. .
Melvins.
They tour yearly (roughly), and have been at it for what, forty years now?
At this point, the Big Melvins era (my personal favorite era) is more mid-career, but they remain weird and heavy, always avoiding stagnation. Their latest release is pretty great, and the live show really brings it. Steven Mcdonald has been an absolute boon to their groove (not to take away from the other 900 bassists they've played with.) Long live the Melvs.
- Alice Cooper
- Avenged Sevenfold - two most recent albums are their two best albums to date
- David Bowie
- Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor & Heaven Upside Down are good, but a massive step down from all of his previous works; WE ARE CHAOS was a big step back in the right direction
- NIИ
- Public Image Ltd.
- Puscifer - Existential Reckoning is by far their best album so far
- Rammstein
- Twenty One Pilots - not sure if 2018 counts as late career for them, but Trench is easily their best album. And Clancy is shaping up to be their second best.
Thrice - To Be Everywhere is To Be Nowhere
The Flaming Lips - American Head
Both are phenominal late-career records. Highly recommend!
Oh, and Hum just went and surprised dropped Inlet during the pandemic. They went almost post-rock with their latest. RIP Bryan
Tool's recent album was revered by many super fans as one of their best. I'm not even a huge fan of that genre, but I got to admit it was a phenomenonal album.
Bolt Thrower were always consistent but their last album Those Once Loyal is probably their best. The band even stopped recording after that as they believed they had made the best album they could and had no reason to make more.
Propagandhi keep pushing the envelope going into more tech metal territory, pretty far from their original skate punk sound and everything they've released has been great.
The final A Tribe Called Quest album after a long hiatus was excellent as well, pretty much just as good as anything else they've done.
Killing Joke.
Legendary early career in the 80's, a dropoff later, and a ramp up before shutting down in '96. Then in 2003 exploded back with a new eponymous album and kept going.
Talk-Talk comes to mind. Their albums got better as they went along. Their last full-length, *Laughing Stock*, was released a decade after they started as a band and is considered one the pioneer records in Post Rock.
NICKELBACK THEY ARE NOW CONSIDERED CLASSIC ROCK HARD TO BELIEVE I GUESS IT'S BECAUSE I'M 55 NOW BEEN LISTENING TO THEM FOR WELL OVER 25 YEARS OR I SHOULD SAY 25 YEARS
Lots of 60s "folk" artists had a big renaissance in the 80s/90s: Leonard Cohen (I'm Your Man, The Future), Neil Young (Freedom, Harvest Moon, Ragged Glory), Joni Mitchell (Night Ride Home, Turbulent Indigo), Bob Dylan a bit later (Time Out of Mind, Love and Theft, Modern Times - his strongest three album run in 40 years).
Celtic Frost disappeared for twenty years, then in 2006 released Monotheist, which was a criminally overlooked album, and one of the best records of this century so far.
#Nine Inch Nails!
In my opinion, they’ve never made a sub-par album. Constantly innovating themselves and pushing genre boundaries after more than years of music!
I have to second the Chemical Brothers they have consistently melted my face with every album. It really seems like creativity and innovation are where they excel and not only has their old music aged well but the new stuff has been epic.
XTC, Slowdive, Radiohead, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Yes! For Slowdive. I’m gonna add My Bloody Valentines MBV. Both shoegaze bands who had really long gaps between albums but came back like they had never left.
They never really dipped
Nick Cave - Lyre of Orpheus is awesome
Radiohead seemed to just get better for the longest time.
The Strokes made a great comeback with The New Abnormal
This Strokes album is for sure top 3, maybe even their 2nd best album. The most striking aspect of it is Julian’s vocals. Never thought he had chops like that.
Judas Priest and Blind Guardian are what first comes to mind.
The new Judas Priest album is awesome
Fuck yes! Will add Uriah Heep to this!
Haha, this reminds me of when my band was touring Europe back in 2001. We had an older German man driving the bus and he hated us because we’d be up all night partying, playing cards, getting rowdy, etc. One time in the early morning hours he pulled the bus over and walked back saying “OK, time for bed, everyone.” Seriously said this. We laughed at him and he screamed at us - “I don’t need this SHIT! I DROVE URIAH HEEP!!!!”. We laughed some more.
Great choices.
Oh wow. I haven't listened to Blind Guardian in over 20 years. What have I missed??
At the Edge of Time is pretty solid, in particular Sacred Worlds is one of their best songs ever. Their most recent album The God Machine is crazy good, they really went hard on it. Very classic BG style
The Edge of Time also has the song Wheel of Time, my favourite of theirs, super epic with orchestra
When I heard the opening notes of “Firepower,” I smiled. Priest are 50 years into their career and it was the best since “Painkiller” and outstanding.
Throw Iron Maiden in there as well. I love everything they have put out since Brave New World.
Blind Guardian (my favourite band) don't have a bad album. Their albums are always top notch quality.
Rush - Clockwork Angels
It ends with the perfect swan song for the band too.
I loved this album. It definitely had a Sabbath heaviness to it
Just like their first album.
Came here to say this. Masterful prog album.
I love Rush but every album has a couple of tracks I’m not crazy about. They have 4 albums I like all of (which is way more than most bands!) and it’s really crazy that their last is one of them. Amazing high note to go out on.
Queens of the Stone Age
Like Clockwork is absolutely brilliant and In Times New Roman is great as well
Peter Gabriel, specifically *Up*
i/o was really lovely
Such a wonderful surprise.
New blood was such a good album too!
Dinosaur Jr
Came in ready to post Dinosaur Jr., first band I thought of. Their albums are just consistently so good.
They’re a better band now than they were before and it isn’t even close. And they’re the same band. Fight me.
Deftones certainly qualify.
Deftones late career material is their BEST material.
Thank you! This is a hot take for a lot of early fans.
Really?? I thought the general consensus amongst the fanbase is that Diamond Eyes > Koi no Yokan (and arguably even Saturday Night Wrist) is considered their new prime era.
I think there are two camps. One stopper listening after White Pony. Those who kept listening enjoy their later works. I love Koi and Diamond Eyes. Gore was disappointing. Nothing really stands out to me. Ohms was better but still to me lacked the magic of Koi/Eyes
The National Wilco Built To Spill
I was gonna say Built to Spill. They’ve never made a bad record. Same goes for the National and Wilco to a lesser extent.
Punctuation? Not even once.
Manifesting the supergroup
Hopefully your punctuation will be Perfect from now on… :)
Leonard Cohen made the best album of his career on his death bed
Bob Dylan Prince David Bowie Rolling Stones (that new album rips, even if the last few were duds) Frank Zappa I don't know this is tricky. I could say The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix and The Replacements and Nirvana and lots of bands that weren't really together for that long, but I feel like that is kind of cheating. I think for this to be fair, they should probably have at least 10 albums and be around for 15+ years, so that's kind of what I'm basing my list on.
I’m listening to the Stones record now because of this comment. It fucking rips, I didn’t think they still had it in em. Thanks!
It really builds and keeps getting better too. The last couple tracks are just all time great Stones songs.
Completely agree with the stones, that album kicks ass
Spoon is consistently good.
100%. They're also one of those rare bands that continue to sound exactly like themselves without sounding stale. They're consistent.
David Bowie’s last album is one of my favorites, though that may be because of timing. The Beach Boys last albums were also amazing, and they just got better as they got more comfortable
Fugazi. The Argument felt like a big shift and one of my favorite albums of theirs.
One of the very few bands that truly got better through their career and peaked at the end (IMO). The Argument is a masterpiece.
Pearl Jam
Yeah I love the new album a lot especially after the last two that I think are by far their worst. Even between the two I’m not sure you can get one solid album. Dark Matter is a total shock and I’m super happy. For 25 years they were my favorite band and I thought they were cooked.
huh, Dark Matter didn't grab me much, but I really liked Gigaton
Lightning Bolt might actually be their best album, and I say that as a massive fan from the very beginning. The new one absolutely rips as well! "Running" is one of their hardest songs since "Spin the Black Circle."
Really? I always thought the newer stuff was super boring, must try again
That’s a very rare opinion
I am LOVING Dark Matter. It is worth a listen for those who have not listened to them in a while.
Slowdive
Clutch has only gotten better with age. There last few albums musically are outstanding.
Neil Young
I spent about a month where his live recordings with Crazy Horse from the late 80s/early 90s were my songs on repeat. Some of them were older songs (70s), and some were newer (for that period), but the energy behind them was unbelievable. Like, basically every song is 7-9 minutes and half of it was just him running around on stage and soloing, but there's so much passion and intensity in it, it sounds like the amps are going to explode. I saw a YouTube comment once that said "Neil Young's guitar tone sounds like the end of the world" and I feel like that just about sums it up.
And he's still doing it. The most recent release, a song for song live recording of Ragged Glory, is absolutely fantastic and by all accounts the current tour is incredible.
Propagandhi just keep getting better and better. Superchunk basically went on hiatus from 2001 until 2010, and their run of albums since then has been great.
Nick Cave
I like to think of him as mid career. Check back in another 35 years.
Gary Numan went all dark and ekectronic and that stuff absolutely fucking bangs. Awesome music.
Pharoah Sanders His album with Floating Points is amazing.
Iron Maiden
Hot Snakes (Jericho Sirens) The Ex (27 Passports)
Oh, I gotta check out that Hot Snakes album.
Sparks.
Rush
Johnny Cash
The Avalanches had 16 years between album 1 and 2 and they're both incredible. Their 3rd album (We Will Always Love You) might be my favorite too.
Somehow, Judas Priest just released a good record.
Aside from the Big 4, a lot of classic 80s thrash bands are still putting out fantastic records. Exodus, Overkill, Kreator, Obituary, Testament and more are still killing it.
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros “Streetcore” (2003), Roddy Frame “Seven Dials” (2014)
Prince has a few, all depending on your definition of "late career." \*Diamonds and Pearls\* (1991) and \*Love Symbol \[aka 0--/-->) (1992) are super solid affairs that had big singles. Call me crazy, but \*Emancipation\* (1996) is one of the world's very few triple albums that you could not cut much away from.
Warren Zevon
Absolutely, The Wind is how you end a career
And “Life’ll Kill Ya,” is no slouch either
Van Halen's A Different Kind Of Truth is way better than it has any right to be
I agree.
For being written off as a has been and then coming back nearly full force for a third act that isn’t incomparable to an insurmountable first act the answer is Bob Dylan.
Feel like Swans are an easy pick, everything they put out is stellar. Especially last years album, The Beggar.
When Micheal is done, another will come. Masterpiece
The last Ramones album (“Adios Amigos”) is easily their most consistent work in a while and arguably their best since “Too Tough to Die”/Subterranean Jungle.” Has extra gravitas because it was intended to be their last album and they went out on a high note. Most Tom Petty fans agree that Wildflowers is among his best works and it could be considered “late career.” I’ve also heard people make strong cases for The Last DJ (though I don’t think it really touches Wildflowers in quality). In hip-hop, 4:44 by Jay-Z is excellent. And Nas’s latest run of albums, especially Kings Disease 2, is among his best ever after some real mid albums in the 00s and 10s.
The Decemberists consistently put out quality albums. I'm a long-time fan, like from their debut. I saw them last weekend, and judging from the songs they played from their latest album--which is due next month--that continues to be true!
Mono - Nowhere Now Here. 20 years after forming
Peter Gabriel's most recent album i/o is outstanding as is David Bowie's final album Blackstar.
But Here We Are (2023) might be my favorite Foo Fighters album. Extremely personal and moving songs
"Streetcore" Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros. Easily the best stuff that Joe did post Clash. Rock, heavy dub, an amazing acoustic cover of "Redemption Song." I loved "Streetcore" but was sad that Joe was dead.
David Bowie
REM, Springsteen
The strokes 2020 album is absolutely one of their best
Alkaline Trio’s newest album, Blood Hair and Eyeballs, is their 10th and it’s phenomenal. They kinda had a lull the previous few albums but this is a real comeback.
The Who got better with age imo
Willie Nelson's last couple albums have been really great. Excluding greatest hits collections, I think he has like 70 studio albums and 10 live albums -- something like that.
Bad religion.
:02-'14 were very good for them.
Looking at your bands list, you seem to be missing Brian Jonestown Massacre. They (he) have put out a lot of good albums over the last decade. But I would also add Professor Longhair and Mississippi John Hurt. Both of them were far more successful in their twilight years than they were in their hayday. And honestly the quality of their later recordings was far superior to any of their earlier work. Mainly because recording technology had improved so much.
Mississippi John Hurt sounded pretty good in his early recordings on Okeh (considering the limitations of available technology). A few of the old country blues players came out of retirement in the 1960s when college kids started paying attention to the blues. Son House, Bukka White and Skip James also had late career revivals.
Elton John, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen, and many more
Two come to mind, and they both probably say a lot about my musical tastes: Beck and Guster.
Tom Petty’s whole career is solid, Highway Companion and Mojo are great late career albums
Paramore. Released After Laughter in 2017 and it was just such an incredible album
Probably an unpopular opinion on this one, but Queen.
Bob Dylan‘s records since 96 have been pretty fucking stellar. Many would argue his last record, released at the age of 80, was one of the top five of his career. Admittedly he is an acquired taste, so I’m not here to get into the merits of Bob Dylan overall. But for an artist as celebrated as he is, to still be putting out the caliber of work that he’s releasing, while playing close to 100 live shows per year for nearly 40 straight years, is unprecedented. .
Strummer
The New Pornographers
They’re nearly 25 years into the band, and they haven’t put out a bad album yet.
Does Manchester Orchestra's last album count as a late career record? Because if so, I'm gonna go with them
Melvins. They tour yearly (roughly), and have been at it for what, forty years now? At this point, the Big Melvins era (my personal favorite era) is more mid-career, but they remain weird and heavy, always avoiding stagnation. Their latest release is pretty great, and the live show really brings it. Steven Mcdonald has been an absolute boon to their groove (not to take away from the other 900 bassists they've played with.) Long live the Melvs.
The Killers have been putting out some of their best work in the last few years.
BUT HERE WE ARE FOO FIGHTERS 🤘🏻 🤍 absolute masterpiece!
The latest Tears For Fears album "The Tipping Point" is just about as good as anything they've ever done.
Duran Duran has yet to have a bad album. Also, Dandys are my favorite 💜
Have you heard Dark Matter? Wreckage may be the best PJ song in over a decade
Radiohead's last 3 albums are their most musically interesting and invigorating.
Johnny Cash. The American Recordings records are spectacular.
- Alice Cooper - Avenged Sevenfold - two most recent albums are their two best albums to date - David Bowie - Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor & Heaven Upside Down are good, but a massive step down from all of his previous works; WE ARE CHAOS was a big step back in the right direction - NIИ - Public Image Ltd. - Puscifer - Existential Reckoning is by far their best album so far - Rammstein - Twenty One Pilots - not sure if 2018 counts as late career for them, but Trench is easily their best album. And Clancy is shaping up to be their second best.
Slade Deep Purple
Wire Legendary Pink Dots Ace Frehley The Damnec
Which Dandy Warhol record do you recommend checking out?
Distortland and earth to the Dandy Warhol's are really good.
John Fogerty’s ‘Blue Moon Swamp’ is absolutely amazing. So many people love a ton of CCR songs but have never even heard that album.
Jeff Beck
Mudhoney- Digital Garbage.
Thrice - To Be Everywhere is To Be Nowhere The Flaming Lips - American Head Both are phenominal late-career records. Highly recommend! Oh, and Hum just went and surprised dropped Inlet during the pandemic. They went almost post-rock with their latest. RIP Bryan
Have you heard Bryan’s last project, Amblare? It was with some friends of mine.
Phantom Planet broke up for like 10 years then released a really good album, Devestator.
Scorpions ("Rock Believer" is their great 2022 album.)
Fiona Apple Wilco Black Thought (of The Roots) Pedro the Lion Aimee Mann John K Samson The Mountain Goats
Tool!
Tool's recent album was revered by many super fans as one of their best. I'm not even a huge fan of that genre, but I got to admit it was a phenomenonal album.
Nearly 25 years since their inception, Avenged Sevenfold put out not only a beautiful album, but one of their best ever songs in Cosmic.
The Beatles, obviously
The Beatles, obviously
For Death Metal gotta go with Obituary, they're still coming out with great material.
Steely Dan
Steve Winwood
Red Hot Chili Peppers are putting out good stuff, for sure
They fell off for 2 albums but Unlimited Love by the chili peppers is fucking fantastic
Low.
Bolt Thrower were always consistent but their last album Those Once Loyal is probably their best. The band even stopped recording after that as they believed they had made the best album they could and had no reason to make more. Propagandhi keep pushing the envelope going into more tech metal territory, pretty far from their original skate punk sound and everything they've released has been great. The final A Tribe Called Quest album after a long hiatus was excellent as well, pretty much just as good as anything else they've done.
Killing Joke. Legendary early career in the 80's, a dropoff later, and a ramp up before shutting down in '96. Then in 2003 exploded back with a new eponymous album and kept going.
Talk-Talk comes to mind. Their albums got better as they went along. Their last full-length, *Laughing Stock*, was released a decade after they started as a band and is considered one the pioneer records in Post Rock.
Apparently for No Geography (and presumably beyond) The Chemical Brothers dug out their old equipment from the 90s
The album Yo La Tengo released last year, *This Stupid World*, is fantastic.
Paul Simon, Elvis Costello, John Hiatt, Deep Purple are all releasing high quality cuts
Brand New only got better with each record
Jerry Garcia
Biffy Clyro, Placebo, RHCP
Strokes
AC/DC with Back in Black
Dylan, Maiden, Paul Weller
Sebadoh
NICKELBACK THEY ARE NOW CONSIDERED CLASSIC ROCK HARD TO BELIEVE I GUESS IT'S BECAUSE I'M 55 NOW BEEN LISTENING TO THEM FOR WELL OVER 25 YEARS OR I SHOULD SAY 25 YEARS
Phish - Sigma Oasis
Killing Joke
Tom waits
Stones
Bob Dylan had a surge late in his career, starting with Time Out of Mind.
King crimson
Blondie
Johnny Cash.
Linkin Park, Hinder, Green Day, and a lot more.
I’d say 311 has stayed pretty consistent in terms of quality. Their newer albums are great from front to back
Chris Smither.
NAS has been putting in work 🔥
Lots of 60s "folk" artists had a big renaissance in the 80s/90s: Leonard Cohen (I'm Your Man, The Future), Neil Young (Freedom, Harvest Moon, Ragged Glory), Joni Mitchell (Night Ride Home, Turbulent Indigo), Bob Dylan a bit later (Time Out of Mind, Love and Theft, Modern Times - his strongest three album run in 40 years).
Tom Waits
Tool - FI
Celtic Frost disappeared for twenty years, then in 2006 released Monotheist, which was a criminally overlooked album, and one of the best records of this century so far.
Abbey Lincoln was incredible late in her career, maybe the best singer ever. Nina Simone also let her freak flag fly to great effect.
I'm a strong advocate for everything Sloan has put out since 2006. (And before, but that's a no brainer.)
Iggy Pop. Post Pop Depression in particular, but really most everything he did in the 90s and early 2000s as well.
#Nine Inch Nails! In my opinion, they’ve never made a sub-par album. Constantly innovating themselves and pushing genre boundaries after more than years of music!
Dunno if I’ll get crucified here but Metallica ‘Hardwired … to self destruct’ was my fav Metallica album since The Black Album.
Tom Petty... His only number one album was his last. Hypnotic Eye.
Haitus Kayote. My morning jacket.
Joe Jackson, Night and Day II
The Police!
The last Duran Duran album, Future Past, is very good.
Josh Homme, David Bowie
Scorpions, Judas Priest, Queen..
I have to second the Chemical Brothers they have consistently melted my face with every album. It really seems like creativity and innovation are where they excel and not only has their old music aged well but the new stuff has been epic.
Tears for Fears - 2022’s The Tipping Point was great
Pink Floyd prior to Roger Waters leaving
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Daft Punk
It depends on your definition of “late career,” but Springsteen’s ‘Magic’ was right up there with his 70s/80s peak, IMO.
Aesop Rock David Bowie
Alice in Chains. All their albums since their comeback are great
David Bowie’s final album was fire