[Music] What do you consider to be the greatest 'difficult' third album of all time ?

[Bakero]

Bands that failed with 3rd difficult album, for me, would The Black Crowes, Guns n Roses, Nirvanna, Oasis, guess just what I was listening to at the time...

In Utero and Use your Illusion were failures?

 

[jonnyrovers]

Bands that failed with 3rd difficult album, for me, would The Black Crowes, Guns n Roses, Nirvanna, Oasis, guess just what I was listening to at the time...

There's a new thread waiting to be started there....

 

[Fungus]

Born to Run

Was not expecting to be the first to suggest that!

Broooooce!

 

[smillie's garden]

Can - Tago Mago
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
The Replacements - Let it Be
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
Parliament - Mothership Connection
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders

And...

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Sheer Heart Attack - Queen, and with you on After the Goldrush and Master of Reality

 

[Bold Seagull]

An excellent album, but not up to the levels of their 1st, 2nd, 5th and 6th. In my humble opinion.

So what you're saying is, as a third album its not even the band's best let alone greatest 3rd album of all time...

 

[Brovion]

Fish Brothers. They actually called their third album the 'Difficult Turd album'.

 

[Napier's Knee]

Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay. Sarah Cracknell at her most divine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46FCicXL6eo

 

[rippleman]

Bowie's The Man Who Sold The World

Blondie's Parallel Lines

 

[Peter Grummit]

Close the thread.

It is All Mod Cons

Precisely.

I reckon we can age everyone responding to this thread - mid to late teens when their choice was released

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Muse - Absolution

That's the answer.

 

[BeHereNow]

Be Here Now

 

[Gwylan]

Precisely.

I reckon we can age everyone responding to this thread - mid to late teens when their choice was released

No way. The best third album has to be Trout Mask Replica and I was 12 when that was released, Big votes too for The Velvet Underground, Soft Machine 3, Electric Ladyland and We're Only In IT For The Money - all released before I became a teenager

 

[Peter Grummit]

No way. The best third album has to be Trout Mask Replica and I was 12 when that was released, Big votes too for The Velvet Underground, Soft Machine 3, Electric Ladyland and We're Only In IT For The Money - all released before I became a teenager

You were clearly ahead of your time Mr C...

 

[seagullsoverlincoln]

Misplaced childhood

 

[Gwylan]

You were clearly ahead of your time Mr C...

Is that a euphemism for prematurely middle-aged?

 

[Is it PotG?]

All Mod Cons

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

Not so fast

Quick research show's me

All Mod Cons peaked at no4

Black& White at no2

 

[CliveWalkerWingWizard]

After my disaster on the debut thread can I suggest urban hymns ?

 

[Pevenseagull]

MBV

Took 22 years, that's pretty difficult.