Someone said Drift in the other thread...
― Pyschocandles, Thursday, 6 February 2020 23:50 (four years ago) link
Tim Buckley - Happy Sad / Blue Afternoon (1969); Lorca / Starsailor (1970)
― ymo sumac (NickB), Thursday, 6 February 2020 23:53 (four years ago) link
The Nolans - "Nolan Sisters", "Making Waves"
― GK Chessington's World of Adventure (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 February 2020 23:56 (four years ago) link
I read somewhere that the DMX thing was due to label pressure - Def Jam were being sold (from Polygram to Universal, as part of what would become the Island Def Jam Music Group) and needed another hit record to drive up their valuation, so they promised him a bonus if he'd deliver before the end of the calendar year.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 6 February 2020 23:58 (four years ago) link
obv E-40, who has more than a few examples. Revenue Retrievin': Day Shift and Revenue Retrievin': Night Shift from 2010 are all time
― gaudio, Friday, 7 February 2020 00:02 (four years ago) link
xpost ^ oh yeah - last year Underworld put out four "episodes" of their Drift series ranging from 38 mins to 85 mins, plus a box set collecting all of it (inc. a 30 minute episode from 2018) with another two hours of bonus tracks, plus the 70-minute Manchester Street Poem album.
in that case you could argue that almost all of Miles' 70s output was recorded in the same year in which case he wins this hands down imo
the two albums recorded in 1970 both came out in 1971 anyway so this doesn't especially gain anything! nobody's counting Lovesexy as 1987 because one song from The Black Album got used on it, and there's only five minutes from 1970 on Get Up With It
― MOAR PETE (sic), Friday, 7 February 2020 00:10 (four years ago) link
Motörhead released Overkill in March 1979, Bomber in October 1979, and On Parole (recorded in 1976) in December 1979.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 7 February 2020 00:54 (four years ago) link
Lol good call on E-40. Obv the volume of what he put out diminished the individual impact of each release, but dude was releasing three albums a year (on the same day) and they were usually all fire
― ill fuckin put a paste on those (Neanderthal), Friday, 7 February 2020 00:58 (four years ago) link
Van Morrison: Moondance and His Band & Street Choir (1970)
Neil Young: Tonight's The Night and Zuma (1975)
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 7 February 2020 01:19 (four years ago) link
it’s dark and flesh of my flesh are fucking awesome records
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 7 February 2020 01:21 (four years ago) link
los campesinos! - hold on now, youngster & we are beautiful, we are doomed
― ufo, Friday, 7 February 2020 01:45 (four years ago) link
I forgot the first two Damned albums came out in 1977 but only the first one is good.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 7 February 2020 04:34 (four years ago) link
Depression Cherry and Thank Your Lucky Stars, not sure they're the best Beach House albums but the release of U.F.O.F. and Two Hands the same year reminded me of them
― Dan S, Friday, 7 February 2020 04:47 (four years ago) link
and I had the same response, I didn't want to engage too much with the second album, it felt like too much
― Dan S, Friday, 7 February 2020 04:54 (four years ago) link
Same
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 7 February 2020 05:04 (four years ago) link
Ferry/Roxy:
StrandedThese Foolish Things
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn),
For Your Pleasure was the same year as well.
― kitchen person, Friday, 7 February 2020 05:08 (four years ago) link
Scott Walker - Scott 3 & Scott 4 in 69
Al Green - Let's Stay Together & I'm Still In Love With You in 72
― kitchen person, Friday, 7 February 2020 05:13 (four years ago) link
Was just going to post this and point out he put out another (not-so-good) album between the two.
― (includes digression on farting) (Tom D.), Friday, 7 February 2020 07:38 (four years ago) link
Stevie Wonder - Music Of My Mind and Talking Book
Elton John - s/t and Tumbleweed Connection (he did this other times but this is the best one probably)
― billstevejim, Friday, 7 February 2020 07:44 (four years ago) link
imo the beatles are not a good example of this bc usually one of their two LPs from a given calendar year is a lot better.
― billstevejim, Friday, 7 February 2020 07:45 (four years ago) link
has there ever been a single year with three artists releasing three different all in the same year and where the albums have been so nice, other than 1969?
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Monday, December 2, 2019 1:00 AM (two months ago) bookmarkflaglink
classic post
― TOO LOW, the Curator (imago)
listen i'm pretty sure i bumped the "wtf typos" thread right after that, there were ghosts in the keyboard that night
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Friday, 7 February 2020 07:45 (four years ago) link
― breastcrawl, Friday, 7 February 2020 08:02 (four years ago) link
> Autechre: NTS Sessions 1 (5/4/19), NTS Sessions 2 (12/4/19), NTS Sessions 3 (19/4/19), NTS Sessions 4 (26/4/19),
and technically these were all double lps at 2 hours each
― koogs, Friday, 7 February 2020 08:06 (four years ago) link
that doesn't make them not albums
― Fantastic. Great move. Well done (sic), Friday, 7 February 2020 08:35 (four years ago) link
Black Album was pressed and promoed in 1987, it's fair to count for thread purposes. Thread title only says "by."
― Tuomas, Friday, 7 February 2020 08:53 (four years ago) link
But duh, an obvious recent case is Kabza De Small & DJ Maphorisa’s Scorpion Kings/The Return of the Scorpion Kings one-two, both on my 2019 album ballot.
Not to mention there was also their Piano Hub last year, as well as Kabza’s solo Pretty Girls Love Amapiano mixtape.
- and just this week the pair dropped another excellent album.
Beat that, you Big Thieves people!
― breastcrawl, 6. februar 2020 22:48 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
This is wrong. Scorpion Kings is by DJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small, whereas Return of the Scorpion Kings is by Kabza De Small & DJ Maphorisa
― Frederik B, Friday, 7 February 2020 12:21 (four years ago) link
Obviously that is a joke, but it is slightly annoying they are not grouped together in my Apple Music library
― Frederik B, Friday, 7 February 2020 12:22 (four years ago) link
You are absolutely right tho, Fred - I was this close to raising the same issue with the Singing Nolans: one album by was by “The Nolan Sisters”, the other by “The Nolans” for godsake.What went wrong between you and the Scorpion Kings tho? Did you vote-split both albums outside your ballot? I had you down as one of my fellow voters.
― breastcrawl, Friday, 7 February 2020 13:50 (four years ago) link
A couple examples of artists releasing multiple great albums in one year:
Lucette Bourdin in 2009:Silver MoonRadiant StarsGolden SunUnder Currents
Uwe Schmidt/Atom Heart in 1994:Orange [Monochrome Stills]A.D.SoftcoreMorphogenetic FieldsDotsFlextoneHalograms
Both of them actually released even more albums in those years, but the ones I listed are the best.
― Tuomas, Friday, 7 February 2020 14:02 (four years ago) link
x-post: I just didn't really rate them as albums, I think. Overlong, a bit samey. Didn't vote for Sha Sha either, though it's hardly overlong. But did put Lorch at seven on my track ballot.
Or rather, I just listened to a lot of albums this year, and there's only 25 spots on an album ballot. Feel like I left off a lot of incredible jazz as well.
― Frederik B, Friday, 7 February 2020 14:03 (four years ago) link
Coltrane 1961 - Africa/Brass, My Favorite Things
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Friday, 7 February 2020 14:06 (four years ago) link
guys, how could we forget Use Your Illusion 2 and whatever the other one was called?
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 7 February 2020 14:06 (four years ago) link
Neil Young - On the Beach, Tonight's the Nightand then Tonight's the Night, Zuma
― medicate for all (outdoor_miner), Friday, 7 February 2020 14:07 (four years ago) link
and Comes a Time, Rust Never Sleeps
On the Beach and Tonights the Night were released 11 months apart, but in different years
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 7 February 2020 14:12 (four years ago) link
oh, my bad. but i reckon Live Rust and Rust Never Sleeps fits the criteria.
― medicate for all (outdoor_miner), Friday, 7 February 2020 14:33 (four years ago) link
xp to Fred: that’s fair, I guess. (I wouldn’t call the Sha Sha “samey” tho, if that’s what you were implying).
― breastcrawl, Friday, 7 February 2020 14:48 (four years ago) link
Oh no, that one really went places over a pretty short runtime :)
― Frederik B, Friday, 7 February 2020 14:49 (four years ago) link
Frank Sinatra released 2 or more great albums every year from 1957 to 1962 except 1960. It would be hard to choose between
1957: Close to You; a Swinging' Affair!; Where are you?1958: Come Fly with Me; Frank Sinatra sings for Only the Lonely
Peggy Lee was doing the same thing during the same period. My pick would be
1958: Jump for Joy; Things are Swingin'; Sea Shells
― Josefa, Friday, 7 February 2020 16:26 (four years ago) link
Gentle Giant - Three Friends & Octopus, both released in 1972
― frogbs, Friday, 7 February 2020 16:28 (four years ago) link
1973 Waylon Jennings- Lonesome On'ry & Mean/ Honky Tonk Heroes
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 7 February 2020 16:30 (four years ago) link
Blondie - Plastic Letters and Parallel Lines in 1978
― Josefa, Friday, 7 February 2020 16:31 (four years ago) link
Just to raise the four album per year record of Fela Kuti 1975. Frank Zappa 1979:
- Sleep Dirt- Sheik Yerbouti- Orchestral Favourites- Joe's Garage Act I- Joe's Garage Acts II & III
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 14:15 (four years ago) link
Sault and Moses Sumney should be on here
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 14:25 (four years ago) link
I'm sure John Zorn has released 25 or so decent albums in a year at some point
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 14:26 (four years ago) link
A couple of those Zappa ones were recorded years earlier though and then held up by some sort of legal dispute? Notwithstanding the fact that it's Frank Zappa so none of the individual albums are that great.
― Sonny Shamrock (Tom D.), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 14:30 (four years ago) link
was going to say '94 Pete Namlook/FAX crew etc, but of course Tuomas beat me to it with his Atom suggestion.
― mark e, Wednesday, 29 July 2020 14:32 (four years ago) link
I think Gucci Mane is not really highly regarded on ILM (at least his recent output) but he did it a few times over the last few years imo (2019, 2017, 2016).
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 29 July 2020 14:39 (four years ago) link
Sault, otm.
― Gerneten-flüken cake (jed_), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 14:48 (four years ago) link
Sault - 5 + 7Tom Waits - Blood Money + Alice
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 15:23 (four years ago) link