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
The Nolans - "Nolan Sisters", "Making Waves"
― 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
Kabza de Small’s tally so far this year (there were four last year, see upthread):February: Scorpion Kings Live (with DJ Maphorisa) (note: it’s a studio album)April: Pretty Girls Love Amapiano, Vol. 2April: Once Upon a Time in Lockdown (with DJ Maphorisa)June: I Am The King Of Amapiano: Sweet & DustThese are long-ass albums, they are a lot to take in, people might even say (and have said, on this thread) they can get a bit samey, but it’s quality stuff and there’s plenty of gold* as well as new and exciting directions explored on all of them.*including song-of-the-year-so-far “Emcimbini” on February’s offering
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 15:30 (four years ago) link
mount eerie - clear moon / ocean roar (2012)
― devvvine, Wednesday, 29 July 2020 15:32 (four years ago) link
Billy Childish has done this several times, in terms of actual numbers of albums it looks like he was busiest in 1987 with 7/8 actual albums not including live and comps, but not sure they were all actually good (they definitely weren't all actually good)
I do rate these though:
1984Milkshakes - Nothing Can Stop These MenMilkshakes - They Came, They Saw, They ConqueredMilkshakes - Thee Knights of Trashe
1986Thee Mighty Caesars - Acropolis NowThe Delmonas - Delmonas 5
1990Thee Headcoats - Beach Bums Must DieThee Headcoats - Heavens To Murgatroyd, Even! It's Thee Headcoats (Already)
1994Thee Headcoats - ConundrumThee Headcoatees - Ballad Of The Insolent Pup
1996Thee Headcoats - In Tweed We TrustThee Headcoats - Knights of the Baskervilles
(warning - do not listen if you hate garage rock/punk)
― CP Radio Gorgeous (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 15:54 (four years ago) link
as always with Zappa the sum total of good stuff on those albums is pretty impressive, especially since most of those are doubles
― frogbs, Wednesday, 29 July 2020 16:03 (four years ago) link
thinking we could call this the Kabzappa Phenomenon
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 16:08 (four years ago) link
Sault ― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, July 29, 2020 7:25 AM
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, July 29, 2020 7:25 AM
Sault, otm.― Gerneten-flüken cake (jed_), Wednesday, July 29, 2020 7:48 AM
― Gerneten-flüken cake (jed_), Wednesday, July 29, 2020 7:48 AM
Sault - 5 + 7― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, July 29, 2020 8:23 AM
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, July 29, 2020 8:23 AM
because it bears repeating.
hell, add the new one and that's three in just over a year.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 30 July 2020 04:04 (four years ago) link
― Tuomas, Thursday, 30 July 2020 07:45 (four years ago) link
Let us not forget Elvis Costello's 1986: King of America / Blood and Chocolate
― SlimAndSlam, Thursday, 30 July 2020 12:25 (four years ago) link
The Doors 1967: The Doors and Strange Days
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Thursday, 30 July 2020 12:38 (four years ago) link
Heldon, 1975: Allez Téia / It's Always Rock and Roll
(the latter is a double LP)
― panburger partner (unregistered), Thursday, 30 July 2020 16:06 (four years ago) link
Cecil Taylor’s Unit Structures and Conquistador! were both released in 1966, at least according to Wikipedia.If you count each disc that makes up the Cecil Taylor In Berlin ‘88 box as an individual release — which is how they were most widely available, as the box sold out quickly — then it’s around seven or eight utterly classic records of his all released in 1989.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 30 July 2020 20:23 (four years ago) link