― Dave M. (rotten03), Sunday, 23 March 2003 10:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
― girl scout heroin (iamamonkey), Sunday, 23 March 2003 14:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
Well, The Pod I can definitely understand people hating (the slow stuff sure can get on peoples' nerves), but GodWeenSatan: The Oneness is a forkin' MASTERPIECE!!! One of the funniest albums ever. How can you not like an album that has a song called "Let Me Lick Your Pussy"?
― Evan (Evan), Sunday, 23 March 2003 15:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
The XTC one isn't that bad, but still extremely inferior compared to their marvellous 1986-onwards stuff.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 23 March 2003 17:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
― paul cox (paul cox), Sunday, 23 March 2003 17:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
The Squeeze album is worse. Producer John Cale apparently didn't like any of their brilliant songs and forced them to write songs while in the studio. Thus, it is a pretty patchy collection of hastily written songs, not at all close to the quality of their following three albums (which were all classics). "Take Me I'm Yours" is still a great song (which was released before the rest of the album was recorded anyway), but the rest of the album was a disaster.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 23 March 2003 17:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
Of course, standing up for "Bang Bang" and "Sex Master" will probably speak volumes about why I love the first XTC album as well.
― paul cox (paul cox), Sunday, 23 March 2003 17:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Sunday, 23 March 2003 17:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Evan (Evan), Sunday, 23 March 2003 19:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Sunday, 23 March 2003 23:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Sunday, 23 March 2003 23:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
― kephm, Monday, 24 March 2003 04:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Boss Pooper, Monday, 24 March 2003 06:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
In conclusion: The Boo Radleys.
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Monday, 24 March 2003 06:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
obv answer = flaming lips.
― pete b. (pete b.), Monday, 24 March 2003 11:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 24 March 2003 11:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 24 March 2003 12:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Fabrice (Fabfunk), Monday, 24 March 2003 15:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jon Williams (ex machina), Monday, 24 March 2003 15:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
Sacrilege! You're choosing a semi-melodic, instantly forgettable baggy album over THE sharpest set of 90's pop songs! I will defend that album to the grave!
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 24 March 2003 15:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
You go right ahead with that. In fact, I'm going to go home tonight, put on Leisure at a ill-advisedly high volume, open a bottle of beer and use The Great Escape as a coaster.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 24 March 2003 16:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Chris P (Chris P), Monday, 24 March 2003 17:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 24 March 2003 18:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
I would scold you further, but the fact that you have no "great Escape" in your life is punishment enough!
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 10:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tijn, Tuesday, 25 March 2003 11:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
what on earth is shameful about being poppy?
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 11:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 11:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Fabrice (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 11:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tijn, Tuesday, 25 March 2003 12:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 13:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tijn, Tuesday, 25 March 2003 13:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
Listen to any early to mid-period Madness song, watch its video. Then listen to "Country House" and look at the video for it.
Then...
Listen to the "More Specials" album, particularly "Stereotype". Then, listen to "Fade Away".
Listen to any Fun Boy Three singleThen, listen to "T.O.P. M.A.N."
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 13:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tijn, Tuesday, 25 March 2003 14:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 15:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
Surely Prince is the best example of this? The guy would later make records like Chaos and Disorder, which although not an essential Prince LP is still fairly enjoyable and has its highlights. For You provides little indication of the brilliant music that was to follow, and is probably one of his least enjoyable LP's.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Saturday, 1 July 2017 21:45 (six years ago) link
or the 1975?
― joshywinty (josh), Sunday, 2 July 2017 00:30 (six years ago) link
Hawkwind. The debut album is not good. In Search of Space through Warrior on the Edge of Time, though...
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 2 July 2017 01:12 (six years ago) link
some of these may just be me:japannomeansnocop shoot copbad religionthe waterboyscoil (Transparent)swans (s/t EP, not Filth obv.)kraftwerk (sorry, just don't like the traffic cones)
― StanM, Sunday, 2 July 2017 03:59 (six years ago) link
David Sylvian dismisses the first Japan LP and reckons the second album should have been their debut, but I disagree... I think that the first album is great and the second LP not so much.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Sunday, 2 July 2017 11:51 (six years ago) link
or the 1975?― joshywinty (josh), Sunday, July 2, 2017 12:30 AM (eleven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― joshywinty (josh), Sunday, July 2, 2017 12:30 AM (eleven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Nah, they don't count because they never went onto greatness and they're crap full stop.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Sunday, 2 July 2017 11:52 (six years ago) link
The Divine Comedy
― heaven parker (anagram), Sunday, 2 July 2017 12:17 (six years ago) link
These New Puritans's debut is rubbish, Hidden is interesting but flawed, but they definitely achieved greatness with Field of Reeds
― ultros ultros-ghali, Sunday, 2 July 2017 12:28 (six years ago) link
I will rep for the Prince debut...haven't got the time now... but I WILL rep for it...also the 'Adolescent Sex' is genius...they just can't see it
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Sunday, 2 July 2017 14:00 (six years ago) link
Motorpsycho is kind of the quintessential example of this, if we're including stuff like Prince that is. Who could have known...
― frogbs, Monday, 3 July 2017 03:37 (six years ago) link
first Afghan Whigs is pretty terrible.
― campreverb, Monday, 3 July 2017 04:21 (six years ago) link
Bob Dylan
― Fine Toothcomb (sonofstan), Monday, 3 July 2017 22:25 (six years ago) link
I like all of Japan's albums.
― Austin, Tuesday, 4 July 2017 01:14 (six years ago) link
I like 'em all too, but think the second one is the weakest.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Tuesday, 4 July 2017 12:45 (six years ago) link
Since the thread includes some of the greatest artists of contemporary music with a huge catalogue, obviously there will always be someone who loves the more obscure stuff.It's the distance and evolution between the debut - no matter how good it is - and the peak of the artist in question that seems more interesting to me.In that regard, Dylan, the Stones or Prince would be perfect examples. Stevie Wonder even more imo : I mean, from "The Jazz Soul Of Little Stevie" to "Songs In The Key Of Life" !
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 4 July 2017 12:59 (six years ago) link
The first Prince album is underrated if anything.
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 4 July 2017 13:51 (six years ago) link