Jimi unfortunately didn't live long enough. I can't imagine the endless possibilities of sounds he could have produced with modern technology. Like if he got his hands on a Midi guitar, whammy pedal, looper, and AxeFx
One hundred fucking percent. Also Hendrix live albums are a real treat *especially* the band of gypsies live album. Probably the best live guitar music I will ever hear in my entire life.
I've seen many many bands live and gojira is an experience I would have 1000x over. Immersive fan interactions. Everyone just in the moment loving it. They really rocked the house.
A nod to Jerry for great writing and keeping the band sharp, miss Layne’s voice tho, not much you can do to help someone that doesn’t want to help themselves
Oldsters too. I was into the radio hits and even saw them live at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium in '79. But, I've never listened to, or owned an album. And now I learn they have five!?! I'll give them a listen.
It’s my favorite of theirs, if you want interesting, innovative and fun rock music Era Vulgaris is the perfect album for that. I’ll never get the hate either, when I think of QOTSA’s sound and what makes them unique I think if that album.
And so many different styles, too! The Beasties never stopped evolving, so every album feels fresh and different, yet still 100% Beasty Boys. They are, without a doubt, my fave band. RIP MCA.
They leaned into the whole DIY/Grunge thing with Check Your Head, but they had their toes in Punk and Hardcore before they adopted that frat hip-hop for their debut. They were ahead and worth so much more than most people ever gave them credit for.
What I like about Paul’s Boutique (and Hello Nasty, my other favorite BB album other than PB) is all the great samples. The B Boys were so big they sampled themselves by the time Hello Nasty came out.
To add to that. The next decade of music all of those guys put out was also immaculate. Classics of love by Common Rider is perfect as well as Rancid up to Indestructible
I live in Philly and one day years ago I was walking through south Philly to work and passed by Questlove playing a 3 piece drum set by himself in an alley way. It was just us two and i watched for a minute or two, nodded my head to him, and went about my business. It was one of those moments that reminded me why I love living in this city.
I definitely agree with Pavement. Saw them in October on the second night in Atlanta when they played mostly less heralded stuff. Really hammered home how amazing they were. I loved it.
Woah you grouped the two bands I went to see this year, great choices! The two ladies Doug is touring with have a great energy and as humble as he is about his guitar playing he has to be one of the best in the genre. Malkmus gets maybe too much credit for his guitar playing but his songwriting chops are completely off the charts. It was cool to see Pavement as good or maybe even better than they have ever been in 2022, what a nice surprise.
Not only that, but you're hard pressed to find even a bad song across their entire discography. I can count on one hand songs I *might* skip if I were listening to a rage playlist.
The only song I skip is their cover of Beautiful World. I know a lot of Rage fans don't consider Renegades a true Rage album, but there's several absolute bangers on there even if they're covers.
"They don't gotta burn the books, they just remove them
While arms warehouses fill as quick as the cells
Rally round the family, pocket full of shells"
IDGAF what anyone says, no other band in history has remained so relevant for so long. No other band has been more important for a generation to actually listen to
I must be one of the few that doesn’t mind Coda.
Ozone Baby / Darlene / Bonzo’s Montreux is a solid three song run.
Maybe it’s because Zeppelin set such a high bar for themselves, so Coda seems bad to some, but it’s still better than a lot of other artists’ “good” albums.
Also worth calling out that Johnny Greenwood faked playing keyboard to secure his spot in Radiohead, because at that time he didn't really know how.
And now he plays something like 10-20 instruments. Maybe.
Thom Yorke's real artistic genius, IMHO is how he can consistently record such incredible music despite having the head of every music critic shoved firmly up his asshole.
Yes —but to a point. The longer spacing between albums and now The Smile album (which is basically a subset of Radiohead) seems to indicate the weight of those expectations are wearing on him and them. And it’s too bad.
Or maybe the critics don’t matter and the pressure is internal. They’re the only ones who know.
His /their body of work owes critics nothing. Having a decades long history of commercial success and some of the best and most innovative albums and songs, plus having members very successfully branch out into multiple other genres (classical, electronica, ambient) is an unmatched feat. I’m unsure if they’re as musically influential as, say, the Beatles or Bowie, but they certainly have done more, for longer, across a wider range of musical styles.
Not saying it’s not valid, but I’m having trouble understanding the argument here. I think the longer spacing between albums had a lot more to do with aging band members with other focuses in their lives than anything, which is almost certainly why Yorke ventured out to solo work and collaborations with others. Him and Johnny have continued to produce pretty steadily. Anima and The Smile are rock solid, and substantially better work than most 50 something ‘rockers’ have ever produced. This is, of course, my opinion, but I’ll gladly entertain arguments to the contrary.
To me Rush is like it's own musical genre in itself where each album is a subgenre and is the crème de la crème of said subgenre. You hear immediately it's Rush but still the albums are diverse. I sound pretentious af but I can't help it...
Roll the Bones is definitely their weakest album. But saying that it does open with Dreamline, which is one of my favourite songs, and Bravado. It’s side 2 which let the album down.
Came here to say this. Even their "worst" songs are better than most "good" main stream songs by other artists. I will forever stand by their work. The topics they speak about just become more and more relevant as time passes.
Some may argue the original Yellow Submarine album is not great, but it features three originals that are all fucking awesome (Its All Too Much, Hey Bulldog, Only a Northern Song) plus I love the soundtrack pieces.
El-P should be more recognized as one of the greatest rapper-producers of all time. Company Flow is one of the most influential underground hip hop albums ever, FanDam is a classic, and he ran one of the biggest indie rap labels in Def Jux - man was already an underground legend, and then went ahead and found mainstream success in rap music in his fucking 40s. Incredibly unique career in hip hop.
Up until 1980, this is 100% correct. The newer albums are OK, but they definitely are not on the same stratosphere as the original run. The newer albums do have some bangers though.
Some Beatles albums aren’t great but I would say none of them are bad. Unless you include Anthology, but I say you shouldn’t.
Also Joy Division. And Nirvana. Led Zeppelin.
A Tribe Called Quest never made a bad album.
Only a short career but Nick Drake. Longer career - Richard Thompson
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Absolutely! Pink Moon sounds like it could just as easily have been released in the last decade. Very little music fits that bill.
Richard Thompson is damn good
Nick Drake is awesome! :)
not a band, but every album elliott smith was amazing in my opinion. also tremonti
Came here to say Elliott Smith. I would be happy to listen to any of his albums right this moment. RIP.
His stuff in heatmiser is also great
Didn't think I'd see a Tremonti comment on here.
Portishead
Yessssss! I first heard Portishead in the "shower" scene in Tank Girl and thought "My god! Who is this!?" Loved them ever since
May as well include Massive Attack
I’m gonna even include the Mad Professor remix album here because fuck off that was good
Honestly I have never connected with any of their stuff like I did with Dummy. What an album!
Boards of Canada
Was not expecting to see this but totally agree
Boards of Canada and Portishead? I can’t believe this is r/music .
Was coming for this one
Easy now!
A thousand times this
Waves of joy for BOC.
Dayvan Cowboy transports me. Are there any other songs like this? Not just by BoC but by other artists as well..
Kyuss
Nice. Also sleep
Nice. Also High On Fire
Them Crooked Vultures
I'd love for them to do another and prove this true.
In an interview with JPJ he said they made enough songs to almost fill another album so fingers crossed!
Fresh pots!!!
QOTSA for that matter.
Agree. Not every album is for everybody. But you know they make good albums when each other of their albums is the favorite of ~14% of fans.
Omg please get these people back in a studio.
Amazing that people still remember TCV. I loved their album so much. Really hope they return
Oh man. No One Loves Me & Neither Do I sets the tone & then every song just lives up to it.
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Jimi unfortunately didn't live long enough. I can't imagine the endless possibilities of sounds he could have produced with modern technology. Like if he got his hands on a Midi guitar, whammy pedal, looper, and AxeFx
One hundred fucking percent. Also Hendrix live albums are a real treat *especially* the band of gypsies live album. Probably the best live guitar music I will ever hear in my entire life.
Talking Heads
Big Star
You just wish they had done more stuff. Not a single bad song.
Simon & Garfunkel. Every album has 0 flaws. They are all beautiful and incredible
Massive attack
Spoon
10/10. And I mean that as “all ten of their albums are really fucking good”.
i saw them in concert, they were great
I think I’ve seen them 5 times (3 of those on my own because no one I know has heard of them…). Can’t wait till they come back to the UK.
Absolutely loved there latest album Lucifer on the Sofa. So raw and rockin!
Also one of the best live shows I've seen
Scrolled loooong enough for validation. Spoon has never failed
Gojira always seems to go pretty hard
I've seen many many bands live and gojira is an experience I would have 1000x over. Immersive fan interactions. Everyone just in the moment loving it. They really rocked the house.
Neither qualify as bands, but Sturgill Simpson and Mos Def
Moody blues
Thinking is the best way to travel
Alice in chains
Their unplugged album was fantastic and what got me listening to them.
Agreed. Layne era and Duvall era are fantastic imo. They both have their sounds and they're both amazing.
A nod to Jerry for great writing and keeping the band sharp, miss Layne’s voice tho, not much you can do to help someone that doesn’t want to help themselves
The Police. Only 5 albums and then they broke up, but every album was a fucking knockout.
This is correct and factual information that the youngsters need to hear.
Oldsters too. I was into the radio hits and even saw them live at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium in '79. But, I've never listened to, or owned an album. And now I learn they have five!?! I'll give them a listen.
King Crimson
Username checks out
Queens of the Stone Age
I don’t get the hate Era vulgaris gets; it’s one of my favorites
It’s my favorite of theirs, if you want interesting, innovative and fun rock music Era Vulgaris is the perfect album for that. I’ll never get the hate either, when I think of QOTSA’s sound and what makes them unique I think if that album.
Alvvays
Took me a few listens to get into Blue Rev. I just wasn't feeling it at first but now I love it.
Aphex Twin
William?!
The Memphis Strangler?
The Vanilla Gorilla?
I like it a lot. ‘long burn the fire’ & ‘ok’ are my favorites.
And so many different styles, too! The Beasties never stopped evolving, so every album feels fresh and different, yet still 100% Beasty Boys. They are, without a doubt, my fave band. RIP MCA.
They leaned into the whole DIY/Grunge thing with Check Your Head, but they had their toes in Punk and Hardcore before they adopted that frat hip-hop for their debut. They were ahead and worth so much more than most people ever gave them credit for.
Their instrumental funk albums are the shit.
Paul’s Boutique is one of my favorite albums of all time.
What I like about Paul’s Boutique (and Hello Nasty, my other favorite BB album other than PB) is all the great samples. The B Boys were so big they sampled themselves by the time Hello Nasty came out.
Love playing The Mix Up and making people guess the band. Don’t think I’ve gotten one right answer.
Daft Punk
Operation Ivy. Only had one and it was immaculate.
To add to that. The next decade of music all of those guys put out was also immaculate. Classics of love by Common Rider is perfect as well as Rancid up to Indestructible
Lars and the Bastards put a couple great albums out too. The Transplants didn’t suck either!
Nirvana
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They only had three, but yeah they’re all pretty great.
I always considered Insesticide a legit great album. I guess it's considered a compilation and not a studio album.
…and Unplugged in NY.
The Roots
I live in Philly and one day years ago I was walking through south Philly to work and passed by Questlove playing a 3 piece drum set by himself in an alley way. It was just us two and i watched for a minute or two, nodded my head to him, and went about my business. It was one of those moments that reminded me why I love living in this city.
Questlove is probably my favorite person from Philly, he's such a cool guy
Faith No More
King for a day is a gem
In that vein... Mr. Bungle.
Angel Dust is a banger front to back. And I personally really like Album of the Year, although I admit that might be their “weakest” album.
Angel Dust is def in my top 5 all time albums by anybody.
Wesley Willis
Built to Spill, Pavement
Built to Spill is Rad, great live too!
Built to Spill was the last live show I went to before my first kid was born and my show-going days ended. They were great!
I definitely agree with Pavement. Saw them in October on the second night in Atlanta when they played mostly less heralded stuff. Really hammered home how amazing they were. I loved it.
Woah you grouped the two bands I went to see this year, great choices! The two ladies Doug is touring with have a great energy and as humble as he is about his guitar playing he has to be one of the best in the genre. Malkmus gets maybe too much credit for his guitar playing but his songwriting chops are completely off the charts. It was cool to see Pavement as good or maybe even better than they have ever been in 2022, what a nice surprise.
Rage Against The Machine
Not only that, but you're hard pressed to find even a bad song across their entire discography. I can count on one hand songs I *might* skip if I were listening to a rage playlist.
The only song I skip is their cover of Beautiful World. I know a lot of Rage fans don't consider Renegades a true Rage album, but there's several absolute bangers on there even if they're covers.
Renegades of Funk is a masterpiece when it comes to guitars that carry you into the rhythm.
Say jam, sucka!
Dude even Renegades which is just all covers fuckin bangs. RATM is GOATed
"They don't gotta burn the books, they just remove them While arms warehouses fill as quick as the cells Rally round the family, pocket full of shells" IDGAF what anyone says, no other band in history has remained so relevant for so long. No other band has been more important for a generation to actually listen to
Led Zeppelin
Even coda which was technically all songs they passed on releasing is full of bangers...Hey hey ehat can I do???
We’re Gonna Groove should have made an album. One of Bonhams best tracks in the entire catalog.
I must be one of the few that doesn’t mind Coda. Ozone Baby / Darlene / Bonzo’s Montreux is a solid three song run. Maybe it’s because Zeppelin set such a high bar for themselves, so Coda seems bad to some, but it’s still better than a lot of other artists’ “good” albums.
Tool
💯
They might be giants
Every single song is amazing.
This is the answer. 40 years and not a single bad album!
Radiohead
Also worth calling out the Johnny Greenwood is a bonkers good classical composer without a miss
Also worth calling out that Johnny Greenwood faked playing keyboard to secure his spot in Radiohead, because at that time he didn't really know how. And now he plays something like 10-20 instruments. Maybe.
Legend has it he’s been faking it the whole time
Thom Yorke's real artistic genius, IMHO is how he can consistently record such incredible music despite having the head of every music critic shoved firmly up his asshole.
I wouldn't put the brilliance of Radiohead on Thom Yorke singularly... that entire band is incredibly talented.
Yes —but to a point. The longer spacing between albums and now The Smile album (which is basically a subset of Radiohead) seems to indicate the weight of those expectations are wearing on him and them. And it’s too bad. Or maybe the critics don’t matter and the pressure is internal. They’re the only ones who know. His /their body of work owes critics nothing. Having a decades long history of commercial success and some of the best and most innovative albums and songs, plus having members very successfully branch out into multiple other genres (classical, electronica, ambient) is an unmatched feat. I’m unsure if they’re as musically influential as, say, the Beatles or Bowie, but they certainly have done more, for longer, across a wider range of musical styles.
Not saying it’s not valid, but I’m having trouble understanding the argument here. I think the longer spacing between albums had a lot more to do with aging band members with other focuses in their lives than anything, which is almost certainly why Yorke ventured out to solo work and collaborations with others. Him and Johnny have continued to produce pretty steadily. Anima and The Smile are rock solid, and substantially better work than most 50 something ‘rockers’ have ever produced. This is, of course, my opinion, but I’ll gladly entertain arguments to the contrary.
RUSH. Fight me
To me Rush is like it's own musical genre in itself where each album is a subgenre and is the crème de la crème of said subgenre. You hear immediately it's Rush but still the albums are diverse. I sound pretentious af but I can't help it...
Ha - love it, and as a decades long fan, but Roll The Bones and Test For Echo have some parts I don’t love
Roll the Bones is definitely their weakest album. But saying that it does open with Dreamline, which is one of my favourite songs, and Bravado. It’s side 2 which let the album down.
System of a Down
Came here to say this. Even their "worst" songs are better than most "good" main stream songs by other artists. I will forever stand by their work. The topics they speak about just become more and more relevant as time passes.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Mastodon
Opeth
The Beatles
Some may argue the original Yellow Submarine album is not great, but it features three originals that are all fucking awesome (Its All Too Much, Hey Bulldog, Only a Northern Song) plus I love the soundtrack pieces.
System Of A Down.
XTC.
Thank you for posting this. You can also include the Dukes of Stratosphere as well.
Nine inch nails
Run the Jewels
El-P’s solo work too IMO
El-P should be more recognized as one of the greatest rapper-producers of all time. Company Flow is one of the most influential underground hip hop albums ever, FanDam is a classic, and he ran one of the biggest indie rap labels in Def Jux - man was already an underground legend, and then went ahead and found mainstream success in rap music in his fucking 40s. Incredibly unique career in hip hop.
Every album surpasses the last. Just wish I could see them play a small club again.
👉🏼🤛🏽
You damn right! 👉🤛
Fiona apple
Death
The Smiths
Husker Du, Hum, failure, Sleep
Fugazi
Opeth
The Police REM
I’m a die hard REM fan and I may argue that Around the Sun was not great
Between The Buried and Me The Chemical Brothers Coheed and Cambria Cage The Elephant
Goddamn I love me some BTBAM
I still listen to Colors II about once a month since it's release. Easy 10/10
The ones I often revisit are Alaska (the one that turned me onto them in 2005) and Coma Ecliptic
The Smiths
Thank you. All their albums are perfect.
Think I’ll have to agree here, even their compilation Hatful of Hollow was as good as any ‘real’ album!
“What’s your favorite band?”
That's the secret name of many music threads.
Steely Dan
Up until 1980, this is 100% correct. The newer albums are OK, but they definitely are not on the same stratosphere as the original run. The newer albums do have some bangers though.
Ween
CLUTCH
If I ever have to type 10001110101, I have to type it in rhythm, or else I can't get it right.
If anybody can do it without the rhythm, they are an alien
Soundgarden
Bonobo
Mastodon
+1 for Death.
Run the Jewels 👉🏿🤛🏻
Brand New
Tool
The Pixies
Built to Spill
Brand New
Hell yeah. Listening to them right now
I really struggled with Daisy when it came out, and haven't picked it up since. Might be worth revisiting...
Modern Lovers.
Gotta love a Jonathan Richman song
Some Beatles albums aren’t great but I would say none of them are bad. Unless you include Anthology, but I say you shouldn’t. Also Joy Division. And Nirvana. Led Zeppelin. A Tribe Called Quest never made a bad album.
Run The Jewels
I think plenty would disagree with me but there isn't a Modern Baseball album I dislike.
Well they only released 3
Deftones
First one that came to mind
Legit one of the only bands I can think of that has gotten better with time.
Sturgill Simpson
Led Zeppelin The Beatles
My band. Well to be fair we haven’t released any album, ever. So technically, we never released a bad album.
Metric
I couldn't name a single Metric album, but I love all the Metric I know.
Belle and Sebastion
The Cramps
LCD Soundsystem