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

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POSSIBLY Camper Van Beethoven if you discount extra things like their version of Tusk (which I have not heard). Definitely include their grebt reunion album from last year, tho.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 20 May 2005 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)

gee mitch *sniff* it's hardly worth breaking up over the Pixies

― TV's Mr Noodle Vague (noodle vague), Friday, 20 May 2005 18:36 (twenty-one years ago)

For a long time I would have said XTC. I liked each successive album better and better from "White Music" through "English Settlement," and the next three only dropped off a bit for me. That's a pretty damn good arc for eight records.

― Daniel Peterson (polkaholic), Friday, 20 May 2005 18:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Bersuit Vergabarat
El Gran Silencio (3 albums, kinda cheating) (plus i hope they didn't break up)

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 20 May 2005 19:37 (twenty-one years ago)

I agree with the Pixies.

― dan. (dan.), Friday, 20 May 2005 19:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Teenage Fanclub? (if you ignore The King)

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 20 May 2005 20:09 (twenty-one years ago)

I agree on the White Stripes, at least through their first four albums.

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Friday, 20 May 2005 20:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Jon W1ll1ams

― A homunculus of Darby Crash, .... created for the purposes of *EVIL* (ex machina, Friday, 20 May 2005 20:34 (twenty-one years ago)

he's good!

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Friday, 20 May 2005 20:34 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm tending to think this is impossible, and has never been actually been accomplished. Closest I can come up with is *maybe* Big Black, if you think Songs About Fucking > Atomizer > Racer X > Bulldozer > Lungs, which I don't think I do, but at least I don't think anybody who did think that would be completely nuts.

― xhuxk, Friday, 20 May 2005 23:19 (twenty-one years ago)

As for the Ex, Douglas, don't they have like 50 albums or something? And the early ones were actually pretty good! If they've been going uphill for a quarter-century, they must be the best band in the universe by now!

Also, Camper Van Beethoven seems way, way off to me.

― xhuxk, Friday, 20 May 2005 23:24 (twenty-one years ago)

(On the other hand, the only Ex album I actually still own is their most recent one, so who knows? I've always assumed I should have kept my copy of that old *1936: Spanish Revolution* EP with the 50 page book attached though...)

― xhuxk, Friday, 20 May 2005 23:26 (twenty-one years ago)

A case could also maybe be made for the MC5 (or even the Stooges?), and I think I know people who could make the case. But not me.

― xhuxk, Friday, 20 May 2005 23:28 (twenty-one years ago)

I bet there's people who could argue Sonny Sharrock, too.

(And maybe Justin Timberlake, including *NSync if that counts?)

― xhuxk, Friday, 20 May 2005 23:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Fountains of Wayne. "Radiation Vibe" is probably still be my favorite song of theirs, but "Utopia Parkway" is a stronger album than "Fountains of Wayne." Calling "Welcome Interstate Managers" stronger than "Utopia" is a tougher call, but justifiable.

― John Fredland (jfredland), Friday, 20 May 2005 23:36 (twenty-one years ago)

two years pass...

i'm prob. the only one who think so,but animal collective

― Zeno, Wednesday, 16 April 2008 16:32 (eighteen years ago)

Mr. Bungle.

― chap, Wednesday, 16 April 2008 16:36 (eighteen years ago)

Enon

― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 16 April 2008 16:57 (eighteen years ago)

Neko Case

― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 16 April 2008 17:08 (eighteen years ago)

Boards of Canada?

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 16 April 2008 17:15 (eighteen years ago)

two years pass...

Mr. Bungle.

― chap, Wednesday, 16 April 2008 17:36 (2 years ago)

― acoleuthic, Saturday, 20 November 2010 02:12 (fifteen years ago)

A strong case can be made for Half Man Half Biscuit as well

― acoleuthic, Saturday, 20 November 2010 02:13 (fifteen years ago)

Minor lol @ Devendra Banhart love upthread...goes to show that it's difficult to have monotonically improving albums if you keep releasing new ones.

― seandalai, Saturday, 20 November 2010 02:19 (fifteen years ago)

I can barely listen to any of them but you could argue that Animal Collective has improved with every album.

― skip, Saturday, 20 November 2010 02:48 (fifteen years ago)

Kind of yeah, though I'd say Strawberry Jam < Feels quite significantly. Once you put out a bunch of albums it's hard to keep the always-inclining crowd happy.

― seandalai, Saturday, 20 November 2010 02:53 (fifteen years ago)

LCD Soundsystem?

― Mark, Saturday, 20 November 2010 03:46 (fifteen years ago)

― nakhchivan, Saturday, 20 November 2010 03:55 (fifteen years ago)

― based lord sotosyn (The Reverend), Saturday, 20 November 2010 06:32 (fifteen years ago)

Supergrass fit in here for a long time, until they took a slight dip on "Road To Rouen" and then a more ill-advised and bigger one on "Diamond Ho-Haa"

― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 20 November 2010 10:19 (fifteen years ago)

I guess Fountains Of Wayne have dropped out of this list by now. Their fourth album was not at all bad, but still not up there with "Welcome Interstate Managers".

― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Monday, 22 November 2010 10:52 (fifteen years ago)

A strong case can be made for Half Man Half Biscuit as well

Dunno, I played their first two a lot, but "Achtung Bono" got one play and I feel that if had been 'better', it'd have got more.

― Mark G, Monday, 22 November 2010 11:00 (fifteen years ago)

eight years pass...

trust fund

― imago, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 02:00 (seven years ago)

I understand others might feel differently but my first thought was Broadcast.

― umsworth (emsworth), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 03:16 (seven years ago)

Simon & Garfunkel

― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 08:02 (seven years ago)

This Mortal Coil

― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 08:02 (seven years ago)

My first thought was Japan, and I'm sure the band members that are still with us would agree, but on second thought I think their first album is better than their second.

― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 13:30 (seven years ago)

I posted in the other thread that the Midge Ure Ultravox belonged there. Funnily enough I would also say that the John Foxx Ultravox belong in this thread.

― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 13:45 (seven years ago)

deftones

― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 14:01 (seven years ago)

Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub) at 11:43 20 May 05

Belle and Sebastian

I know this is 13 year ago, but FYHCYWLAP was already out then, and in no sane world is it even in the same league as Tigermilk

― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 14:11 (seven years ago)

Black Flag

― MaresNest, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 14:11 (seven years ago)

God fucking damn, wrong thread, durrrrr

― MaresNest, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 14:13 (seven years ago)

trust fund
sean mccann
youth lagoon/trevor powers
mount eerie
rachel's (during their career)
maybe joanna newsom?

this is tough

― meaulnes, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 14:14 (seven years ago)

Black Flag
― MaresNest, Tuesday, December 4, 2018 2:11 PM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
God fucking damn, wrong thread, durrrrr
― MaresNest, Tuesday, December 4, 2018 2:13 PM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Please argue the case for it anyway.

― GG Allin: The Musical (Matt #2), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 14:20 (seven years ago)

Simon & Garfunkel is a good one

Many xps

― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:00 (seven years ago)

Paramore

― kitchen person, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 16:32 (seven years ago)

Glass Hammer are a good example of a prog band who did this for like, 10 straight albums or so

Lemon Demon/Neil Cicierega is another good one

― frogbs, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 16:51 (seven years ago)

The Sound

― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:19 (seven years ago)

Chastity Belt

― o. nate, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:47 (seven years ago)

the Beatles

― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:56 (seven years ago)

I agree their early albums are borderline unlistenable, but no.

― Monica Kindle (Tom D.), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 18:21 (seven years ago)

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jesus, is that a Stonehenge made of cars?

― flappy bird, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 22:21 (seven years ago)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carhenge

― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 22:22 (seven years ago)

Yep!

Anyway, to answer your question:
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A1JOM-koWOL._SX466_.jpg

― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 22:22 (seven years ago)

Buncha things to respond to itt:

> Meat is Murder has the title track on it, so no

I heard "Meat Is Murder" when I was 17 so I'll admit to some temporal bias but I still love every heart-on-his-sleeve bit of it more than the rest of their catalog. It's full of amazing sounds (especially given that my copy included "How Soon Is Now").

> British Sea Power

Their catalog has been inconsistent for me, and I'll rep for most of it. The debut is great, then a couple of good but lesser albums until "Valhalla Dancehall" which I adore, then lesser returns on the next couple of albums (not counting the soundtrack work, which is fine but not my thing).

> Gerald, you're my favorite poster here for a reason.

Cheers, Austin! The Sound is one of those amazing bands where each album feels like a triumph for very different reasons. "Jeopardy" is a punch in the face, "From The Lions Mouth" tones it down but adds wonderful texture, "All Fall Down" is a left-turn full-on post-punk masterpiece, "Shock Of Daylight" is a perfect pop EP, "Heads And Hearts" takes that pop and inverts it and "Thunder Up" crystallizes everything Borland was trying to accomplish. And then his solo albums almost continue that upward climb but "Brittle Heaven" and "Cinematic" are a bit weak.

― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 02:21 (seven years ago)

I think 3 albums is the sweet spot:
Vampire Weekend
Janelle Monae
Solange

― enochroot, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 03:00 (seven years ago)

potential challop: Jawbreaker

― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 03:02 (seven years ago)

post flagged

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 03:07 (seven years ago)

xposts more bands should nick Manic Street Preacher albums for their own.

― Mark G, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 12:29 (seven years ago)

one month passes...

Beat happening lol

― nostormo, Monday, 14 January 2019 17:45 (seven years ago)

one year passes...

Hum

― nostormo, Sunday, 5 July 2020 16:05 (five years ago)

Radiation City (3 albums)
Scrawl (6 albums!!)
Secret Cities (3 albums)

Someone mentioned Joanna Newsom - only up to "Have One On Me" though ("Divers" < "Ys" in my opinion).

― ernestp, Tuesday, 14 July 2020 16:13 (five years ago)

clipping

― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 16:18 (five years ago)

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