[Music] Which artist had the best ever single album career?

[clapham_gull]

Another unusual fact about them , they were all ex public school boys from England . That must be a first for a pop band .

I think you'll find there is a long history of publicly educated pop/rock stars who don't want to mention it.

 

[Live by the sea]

I think you'll find there is a long history of publicly educated pop/rock stars who don't want to mention it.

Mick jagger I think . He sounds it .

 

[Kosh]

OK, I see others have mainly gone for bands who made one great album plus a pile of dogshite. In which case, try these:

Now hang on just one sodding second.

Wishbone Ash recorded an incendiary debut album AND there’s the rub is awesome too… in spite of the worst album cover ever.

So there.

 

[5Ways Gull]

The Sundays, Reading, Writing Arithmetic

 

[Bodian]

Forgetting the crap second album 'Liverpool'. I will add Frankie goes to Hollywood with Welcome to the Pleasuredome

I honestly didn't know they released a second album!

 

[Bodian]

The Sundays, Reading, Writing Arithmetic

That was their best, yes. But the others weren't dross. Static & Silence produced this

 

[Kosh]

There’s loads of absolutely obscure one off albums that I consider to be lost masterpieces… Titus Groan, Pluto, Fuzzy Duck, Fuchsia, Greer, Folly’s Pool, Asgard, Dryewater, Armageddon, Czar, Indian Summer, Mellow Candle, Room… whether anyone else agrees however… lol

 

[WATFORD zero]

Not sticking to the rules, best two album artist - Amy Whitehouse. Saw her at Pizza Express Sevenoaks guesting with a friends Jazz trio after being told I must come up because they had a great guest singer from the National Jazz youth orchestra. Absolutely blown away with her (and the band who were all younger than her ) must have been about a year before the release of her first album.

From that day I took great interest in her career, and got a copy of Frank early which got blasted all over the Withdean Junior School's summer barbeque in the field. I remember a few people asking what I was playing.

So sad

 

[Live by the sea]

Not sticking to the rules, best two album artist - Amy Whitehouse. Saw her at Pizza Express Sevenoaks guesting with a friends Jazz trio after being told I must come up because they had a great guest singer from the National Jazz youth orchestra. Absolutely blown away with her (and the band who were all younger than her ) must have been about a year before the release of her first album.

From that day I took great interest in her career, and got a copy of Frank early which got blasted all over the Withdean Junior School's summer barbeque in the field. I remember a few people asking what I was playing.

So sad

She was a generational talent . Absolutely amazing .

 

[Machiavelli]

Not sticking to the rules, best two album artist - Amy Whitehouse. Saw her at Pizza Express Sevenoaks guesting with a friends Jazz trio after being told I must come up because they had a great guest singer from the National Jazz youth orchestra. Absolutely blown away with her (and the band who were all younger than her ) must have been about a year before the release of her first album.

From that day I took great interest in her career, and got a copy of Frank early which got blasted all over the Withdean Junior School's summer barbeque in the field. I remember a few people asking what I was playing.

So sad

Lucky you. Finger on the pulse

 

[heathgate]

Alt-J .... Awesome Wave.... Mercury PRIZE winner... nothing since.... the tracks on that album have been used in numerous film, TV and advert scores...I listen to it at least once a week.

 

[MattBackHome]

This is what I was going to post.

I was in New York last week and saw The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie doing a double headline 'Give Up' / 'Transatlanticism' show.

38 years of my life thus far and that's up there in the Best Night Ever category.

f*** me that's awesome

 

[MattBackHome]

The Sundays, Reading, Writing Arithmetic

I was going to say them for Static & Silence so I guess they don't count?

 

[BBassic]

f*** me that's awesome

It was incredible.

Came about when me and my Mrs were in a pub in Birmingham talking about bucket list bands. Postal Service came up and it turned out they were doing this 20th anniversary tour.

Dumb luck from a dumb pub chat.

 

[GT49er]

Unbelievably, the answer is probably EMF.


...........with honourable mentions for The Alarm ...............


..... and Gail Ann Dorsey.

 

[HyperTony]

Good question.

Lift To Experience, 'The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads'

Notable mentions for Dennis Wilson, 'Pacific Ocean Blue', The Modern Lovers album* and Chris Bell, 'I Am The Cosmos'.

*if that counts.

Another vote for Dennis Wilson, incredible album.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

I agree with this statement. I’ll also add, it’s often the case these same people think everything which has been released since they were 16-24 is rubbish…..which is nonsense.

Everything released since I was 24 - in 1977 - is rubbish……… we’ll maybe not.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Live dates is not an album of original songs. So ner. Ner. NER!

 

[Simgull]

This still sounds great


Also June Brides..There are Eight Million Stories.

 

[Jimmy Come Lately]

I don't know that I'd claim that it's the bestest ever, but the one-off album that I've listened to most over the years must be One Dove's Morning Dove White.