Artists whose first album was pretty good, but then the second one was awesome, and then the third was just OK but really more of the same, and by the fourth one you weren't even paying attention

LCD Soundsystem (please remind me to post this in 3 or 4 years)

thats a pretty depressing thing to say about someone whos written some of this decade's best songs. give him a little credit

R.E.M.

― Sara Sara Sara, Friday, October 17, 2008 9:46 AM (11 hours ago)

Yeah, this was the band I thought of before I even opened the thread.

mogwai, if you don't count ten rapid

Cream; more controversially, Black Sabbath.

Also, Labradford, big time.

beck

Totally Slowdive (I guess you can consider their fourth album to be all the post-Slowdive projects, which I like, but hey, they're no Souvlaki)

Spacemen 3, not to put down Playing with fire, though.

And I disagree in advance to whomever will inevitably say Animal collective.

Tortoise fits this category, except I really really like the same that they give more of.

Travis

this is exactly right for me. Good Feeling was really good but The Man Who was amazing. then came The Invisible Band which pretty much sucked outside a song or two, then they got even worse.

Snrub, you stopped paying to Beck after Stereopathetic Soulmanure? You've got some catching up to do!

damn, now i see Finefinemusic did beat me to this, but is way off the money about Super Furry Animals!

yeah; SFA discog = strength to strength up to that last two IMO

100% OTM

Graveland

Grandaddy denied for last album's actual awesomeness

"mogwai, if you don't count ten rapid"

This implies CODY is their "awesome" album = WTF.

All that's springing to mind for me is Lil' Kim.

CODY is their awesome album.

three mile pilot reminded me that I felt this way about Pinback.

If you start counting their major label debut (Rafi's Revenge), this could apply to Asian Dub Foundation.

'counting from'

Haha, I was juts gonna say Asian Dub Foundation, but counting from their real debut, not Rafi's Revenge.

Enon

CODY is their awesome album.

You can all stop bickering about Mogwai b/c their first four albums are very good to brilliant and quite variant in sound and assemblage, thus disqualifying them for this thread entirely.

Grandaddy denied for last album's actual awesomeness

I'll have to go back and take a look at this. I couldn't agree or disagree b/c I wasn't paying attention at that point, plus I was a bit dissuaded by the horrible title.

^^^^YES xpost

People who hate on Rock Action and Happy Songs are reactionary imbeciles imo

That last Grandaddy album might be their best.

Streets

Original Pirate Material is way better than the second one IMO.

I would also say the past couple of SFA albums are a bit weaker. Not because they are doing the same thing, just because the songs aren't quite as strong. It's not like I am losing interest, though, and next time around they may suddenly come up with their best album ever.

i just sat here for 5 minutes trying to think of something that fit this thread and then realized that i'm listening to Dog Man Star

also i feel this way about Big Star but most people seem to like the 3rd one best

Chic

Pygmalion is "more of the same" after Souvlaki? WTF?

Public Image Ltd. is so OTM

The Doors

weezer

Public Image Ltd. is so OTM

― Creeztophair, Sunday, October 19, 2008 4:28 AM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

You jaded noize doods totally missed out on the delectable popness of Happy? and 9

"Disappointed" is their best single IMO

if boards of canada ever release a 4th album it will probably follow this

^^ That would be incorrect, as their first album is quite possibly the best album of all time (for right now at least)

weezer

Sadly, the green album was not more of Pinkerton, otherwise I might have paid attention to Maladroit.

A Tribe Called Quest
Dinosaur Jr.

Suede is a bad example, as their third album was the best ever. (And not really "more of the same" either as "Coming Up" was more pop oriented and had better and catchier tunes)

Slowdive??

A Tribe Called Quest
Dinosaur Jr.

NICE ONES, poifect.

Let me throw in the Comsat Angels

Talib Kweli

PiL

Let me throw in the Comsat Angels
and the Sound
not that I was actually alive at the time, but y'know, looking back and all

was going to say clinic, but beaten to the punch. i'd endorse PiL, too.

Beat Happening

I may have imagined this, but i seem to remember some rumblings from the Super Furry Animals that their next album would be an entirely instrumental affair. Do think the songwriting hasn't been as strong on the last couple, although Gruff has spread himself a bit thin what with solo albums, Neon Neon etc.

no way on BH!! jamboree is classic for sure, but the three after are at least as good as each other, you turn me on possibly the best...