Which band has the best discography?

Gorguts are pretty damn solid throughout.

gorguts otm

autechre is the right answer, but then it's sometimes hard to be subjective about it, if that's the right word. there sound is so sui generis you can't really gauge it against anything else.

I wanted to say Oval but, oof, the vocals on that first album. Oof.

Was going to add The Feelies ... but don’t know enough about the later releases.

the first comeback album is fine but kind of a snooze. second one is good though

if we're going short but sweet...I guess Soul Coughing had basically a flawless discography. some dud tunes for sure but all 3 of their albums are really great

Big Star

I love Steely Dan but I don’t think this could be any band that has reunion albums which are clearly good but on a lower plane. Maybe ATCQ could be the exception that proves the rule.

Kraftwerk, Drexciya, Shellac

I always forget those Steely Dan reunion albums even exist!

d'oh

Magma also seems like a good answer here

Dunno about that, have you heard their LinnDrum-led funk/soul album from the 80s? Guess it has some fans.

Was going to suggest Kraftwerk but I can’t say I thought much of that Tour De France album they put out

Arthur Russell

Dunno about that, have you heard their LinnDrum-led funk/soul album from the 80s? Guess it has some fans.

I have - I think the first track is very bad but I actually love the second side a lot

xxp I'd call Tour De France solid, certainly not a disgrace. People have differing views on the pre-Autobahn records of course.

wait you mean there are some people who don't like those? madness.

so I've heard!

I'd say the only blot on the Kraftwerk discography is some of the dated-sounding reworkings on "The Mix", if that even counts.

The Mix was the first Kraftwerk album I ever heard and it's still one of my favorites.

Thinks of The Pretenders
Looks up on discogs
Realizes they put out albums after Learning To Crawl
Oh well.

Arthur Russell

― fetter, Wednesday, January 29, 2020 11:53 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

Almost said Russell and his discography is the most intriguing and resonant to me has been the most rewarding to revisit over the last few years, but there's still a few things I haven't heard.

xp after the deaths of Honeyman-Scott and Farndon they were a different band anyway

Oneohtrix Point Never came to my mind immediately. there's not a single record of him i don't like. and his last soundtrack for 'uncut gems' is really incredible.

yeh i like that call

the correct answer is Prince and the Revolution

I see what you did there

good answer

My very unpopular take:

Ashra (incl. Gottsching solo).

Yes 2 Prince and the Revolution, A+ cheat. Makes me wish Bowie had thought to append a band name to his '70s albums.

The Prince and the Revolution discography is not that good, they have some great songs of course, but they're not quite as strong as albums as 1999 or Sign o' the Times, for example. Around the World and Parade especially have several meh filler tunes.

only song I don't think is great on ATWIAD is Condition of the Heart

1999 is Prince and the Revolution

and "Condition of the Heart" pwns

intentionally hueg image so you can see the backwards "and the Revolution" on the football hovering over the 1 in "Pr1nce":

https://townsquare.media/site/960/files/2017/10/1999.jpg?w=980&q=75

And Parade is all-killer, no-filler, gtfo.

I feel like this thread is really about trolling me

Prince and Autechre have huge volumes of bullshit output. The correct answer is a band that only made three albums but they were all good

I've never been seriously disappointed by Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Or Stars of the Lid, for that matter.

SotL is a good answer!

The way Prince uses the Joni ethos to structure, harmonies and weds it to this improvisatory approach in "Condition of the Heart" redeems its album; it's as if he's willing the girl and the condition into being in the act of singing and playing.

Prince ... ha(s) huge volumes of bullshit output.

I think you missed a caveat

Slowdive too, come to think of it.

I did not say Prince. I said Prince and the Revolution.

I feel like this thread is really about trolling me

Prince and Autechre have huge volumes of bullshit output. The correct answer is a band that only made three albums but they were all good

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, January 29, 2020 2:29 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

No one nominated Prince qua Prince, is the key here, no troll bruh.

YMO is a ton of fun but I wouldn’t nominate them because I’m not a prick who thinks his second favorite band made only good records

Autechre is still a bullshit answer to this thread question

If you don't hate them (lol), Tool are pretty damn reliable.

never really thought of Tombot as a big Portishead booster tbh

Portishead is also my ultimate answer to this question.

My suggestions seem niche-y - I can imagine people not liking some of these bands at all - but, taken on their own terms, I think these groups all have p flawless discogs (helps that some of them are not extensive discogs). Was also tempted to say someone like Dylan, just because the 'crap' is at the very least of DEEP interest to even the semi-committed fan. Or, Jandek.

Gastr del Sol - if anything, they went out on their best alb but it's all good
Television - their reunion alb may be a notch below Marquee Moon - or Adventure - but it's still a very good Television alb)
This Heat - the two studios albs, the EP, the Peel Sessions, the various live sets floating around - all golden
Harry Pussy - never heard a bad HP rec and I think I've heard most of them
Suicide - again, the first two albs are primal, but the subsequent albs are no disgrace

I like pretty much every Unwound album but I may be alone on that.

The correct answer is a band that only made three albums but they were all good

sugar