[Music] Artists/bands who never bettered their breakthough album

[Icy Gull]

This could be quite contentious

Keane - Hopes and Fears

For me everthing they did afterwards paled in comparison

David Gray - White Ladder

 

[Vankleek Hill Seagull]

Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells

This is the album he will always be associated with. Nothing else comes close, recognition or sales wise.

Is it his best album, though?

 

[Bodian]

Stone Roses - how can you better perfection?

 

[Seasidesage]

Oasis arguably? Definitely Maybe far better than their later stuff IMO

 

[Icy Gull]

Carole King - Tapestry

James Taylor - Sweet Babt James

 

[Tesco in Disguise]

This could be quite contentious

Keane - Hopes and Fears

For me everthing they did afterwards paled in comparison

David Gray - White Ladder

No, I think most people would agree that's an average album by an offensively mediocre band.

 

[Icy Gull]

No, I think most people would agree that's an average album by an offensively mediocre band.

All about opinions, I thought it was a brilliant album

Anyway if that wasn’t their best album, which was, or have you totally missed the point of the thread?

The contentious bit wasn’t about my choice of albums but posters who disagree with albums...hopefully yet to be posted.

I’d say Bowie never bettered Hunky Dory but I know plenty are likely to disagree with that!

 

[carlzeiss]

Never mind the bollocks

 

[Is it PotG?]

 

[Icy Gull]

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Gonna disagree with that

Mermaid Avenue with Wilco was the best thing he did...imo, but then I’m not a big fan of his

 

[albionfan37]

I should coco
I don’t think that was bettered

 

[Weststander]

Madonna - Madonna

Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston

I Just Can’t Stop - The Beat

Dummy - Portishead

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

 

[LANGDON SEAGULL]

Frankie goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome


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[Blue3]

Sex pistols, The The and Beth Hourghton and the Hooves of Destiney

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Roxy Music - their breakthrough album being their first album.

 

[Stat Brother]

There's only one answer to this:-




Then again beating This Is It, would have been damn near impossible, anyway.

 

[Sorrel]

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Definitely disagree with the Bragg opinion. I much prefer Worker's Playtime.

 

[The Lemming Stomper]

UB40- Signing Off

 

[Icy Gull]

UB40- Signing Off

Great call

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Quite a few suggestions here are from bands who basicall made one album (Pistols.....etc).

OK, I'll bite.

This link will take you through all the tracks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VmEXWpvfhc&list=PLEvr99j7ruPza50qQ4MaKVKUTDQGnM8u-