Acts whose entire album output has always been on the decline, with no exception

I kinda wish somebody would disagree with me about Devo or the B-52s (who I'm way less sure belong here than, um, the Clash.)

(with exception for the entertaining singles...)

BEST SHARK JUMPER maybe.

BWAHAHAHA :'D

Gotta love some of those american 'e-lectro-nicka' fans.

actually, *They Said It Couldn't Be Done* (c. 1985). "Girls Love the Way He Spins" was the first track, though.

accept my apologies already.

"The Masterplan" is a b-sides collection & therefore excempt btw.

Oasis own this thread and only politeness in regard of the thread starter is holding back the obvious conclusion imo.

Not very, but it does have more decent songs than anyone was really expecting by then, like 'Excess'.

Oasis's starting point was pretty low already, though. There's a point at which distinguishing between various shades of shit becomes ridiculous.

xp

*Explodes!*

OK.

How about The Undertones?

cyndi lauper? (though not if blue angel counts, i guess.)
go-gos?? (though i think xgau liked one of their later albums.)

a case could be made for blondie, too, though i doubt i'd *quite* agree with it. (their third beats their second, probably.)

their third is at least as good as their second, maybe better.

There's also
Daft Punk

I'd dare to say Pearl Jam. Depending on your taste.
Mull Historical Society.

and i'd say basement jaxx, too, though nobody would agree with me.

pretenders third > second, in my mind.

i'd also love to see somebody make a case for springsteen, since i'm currently in love with his debut (the most hold-steady-like album he ever made, probably.)

I agree about the Pogues, though. RRFM is their best record.

Absolutely not, The W is waaaaaaaay better than Wu-Tang Forever.

and no way on springsteen. #2 and #3 both > #1. #6 > #5. actually, #6 > everything else.

Shellac.

Anybody taking odds on whether or not The Arcade Fire will be on this list in a few years?

Runaways, maybe?

(that is a massive overstatement. it's just not nearly as great as tnt and millions. I can't believe anyone would think it was).
-- kyle (akmonda...), May 20th, 2005 9:37 PM. (akmonday) (link)

Oh, y'know what? I'd actually forgotten there was an album before Millions. Ha!

Meat Puppets?

You've got your arrows back to front.

So you did. OTM, though! As for Meat Puppets, I think II is a little better than I.

I think this is the best suggestion yet!

Third Police album Zenyatta Mondatta is probably their best (hence better than Regatta De Blanc and Vagina Dentata or whatever); otherwise, they would probably totally work.

There ain't no good guys, there ain't no bad guys, there only xhuxk and me, and one of us is off the mark again.

Or should at least acknowledge that this is an idiosyncratic nomination, since conventional wisdom establishes Talk Talk Talk as the Furs' highwater mark, and many would rank Book Of Days over Midnight To Midnight and Mirror Moves.

I concede Love Spit Love > Trysome Eatone

I wish Martin Popoff was here so he could nominate Def Leppard (at least that's my recollection; his metal book is not in front of me.)

Pysch Furs' debut is better (funnier, catchier, more energetic, more rocking, more consistent) than *Talk Talk Talk,* which I still like a lot. (And yes, "conventional wisdom" is indeed wrong sometimes.)

Warren Zevon, maybe (though I guess there was an Eminem-style early years album years before his "debut", so I suppose he's disqualified)

upthread: SPOON???!!? what'r you, nuts?

>no way is the first red cross ep better than Born Innocent<

And "I Hate My School" and "Annete's Got the Hits" and "Cover Band" are the best songs Red Cross/Kross ever did. So their debut EP was their best record, in my book. (And their second EP, *Teen Babes From Monsanto,* beats anything they did after it, though *Neurotica* comes close.)

Interpol will probably count for this. I can't imagine them making anything that tops Turn on the Bright Lights.