I oughta reboot this thread with a "let's not nominate every album we can think of that fits the category" option so we can actually have the poll because 200+ option polls are like the dumbest thing ever.
Truly. Okay, as much as I love Young Marble Giants and United States of America (both worthy choices) I have played The Suicide Commandos "Make A Record" 20x more than either, and maybe 100x more than "Never Mind The Bollocks." So this is my vote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_b9kCJwEMc&feature=related
― Sugar-coated Satan Sandwich (Dan Peterson), Friday, 12 August 2011 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
So what's going to happen?
Will the album list get compiled, and we get to choose 20 and put them in order?
― Mark G, Friday, 12 August 2011 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
kind of annoyed by the reasoning for excluding The Glove
― CLUB PISCOPO (DJP), Friday, 12 August 2011 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
I'm going to look at the .txt file I compiled from the names, think "that's too many and makes for one of those dumb polls with a trillion options," and then probably have a beer
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 12 August 2011 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
j/k I'll put up a ridiculously long poll when I get a chance I got my hands full today
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 12 August 2011 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
Confining it to only albums that got more than one mention would whittle it down considerably.
― Hey T-Paw, mow my lawn! (Dan Peterson), Friday, 12 August 2011 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
Arc AngelsBlack Star
Neither were exactly side projects when they happened.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 12 August 2011 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
oh shit suicide commandos!
that's my vote for sure
― om nom nom nnamdi asomugha (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 12 August 2011 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
Elias Hulk - UnchainedAlamo - s/t
― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
as a proud owner of "make a record" i was gonna nominate suicide commandos until wikipedia informed me of their 1979 live album
come to think of it, john sinclair put out a shitty bootleg-quality live album of mitch ryder's detroit (my nominee) so i guess single-album status is elusive at best
― chief content officer (m coleman), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
CRU - Da Dirty 30
― Erin Go! Bwaaaah!!! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 12 August 2011 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
Original Concept - Straight From The Basement Of Kooley High
― Erin Go! Bwaaaah!!! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 12 August 2011 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
RE Commandos, I thought live albums didn't count (wasn't it decided that Layla counts above?) but I'll sadly withdraw my vote if that's the verdict.
― Hey T-Paw, mow my lawn! (Dan Peterson), Friday, 12 August 2011 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
ah guess you're right. suppose I'll stick w/Detroit. wish I would've seen Suicide Commandos live
fwiw there's a live derek/dominoes at fillmore east from the 90s that's basically the best clapton I've heard besides layla, those southern guys brought out some funk in him
― chief content officer (m coleman), Friday, 12 August 2011 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
i hope whoever picked up my cd copy after i traded that one in is enjoying it as much as i am missing it
a lesson i learnt way too late : never trade stuff in.
― mark e, Friday, 12 August 2011 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
Commandos still reunite occasionally, and are still a helluva lotta fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3q1IKtkosY
I thought about The Rezillos too (one studio, one live) but then The Revillos was pretty much a continuation.
― Hey T-Paw, mow my lawn! (Dan Peterson), Friday, 12 August 2011 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
Cromagnon - Orgasm (rereleased as Cave Music but its the same exact album so shut the hell up)
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Friday, 12 August 2011 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
Cave ROCK. whatever
Wiseblood - Dirtdish
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Friday, 12 August 2011 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
The Ann Steel Album is one of many albums by Roberto Cacciapaglia, not Ann Steel herself.I think The Glove should be included
― classic albums live! (Ówen P.), Friday, 12 August 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
And though "Colossal Youth" LP is my favourite of all time, YMG issued a Peel Sessions, a compilation of demos+EPs, and a live album... I dunno....
― classic albums live! (Ówen P.), Friday, 12 August 2011 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
I reluctantly accept disqualification of Kendra Smith & The Glove, but the Sleepers record is great and I will also stand by A Primary Industry (who turned into Ultramarine) and The Count Five.
The Underneath is kind of a Karl Blake side project so go ahead and cut it.
― sleeve, Friday, 12 August 2011 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
Delia & Gavin - The Days of Mars
― Neil S, Friday, 12 August 2011 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
I would argue that U.N.P.O.C. released only 1 album since the "second" live album released around the same time, and it was nothing more than a 250 copy limited edition CDr that had all but two of the same songs
And judging from all the bands that I recognize in this thread, I'd vote U.N.P.O.C. as the best artist
so yeahU.N.P.O.C. - Fifth Column
― stop listening to the lyrics so much. you're ruining music (CaptainLorax), Friday, 12 August 2011 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
* - ,and it
― stop listening to the lyrics so much. you're ruining music (CaptainLorax), Friday, 12 August 2011 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
If The Germs don't win this, there is something wrong.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 12 August 2011 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
what was the verdict on side projects and super groups?because we might have to scratch my nomination for Ugly Casanova since it's a super group (debut album from Modest Mouse vocalist/guitarist Isaac Brock and featuring members of Red Red Meat, Black heart Procession & Holopaw)
― stop listening to the lyrics so much. you're ruining music (CaptainLorax), Friday, 12 August 2011 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
Germs is a good one, but I'd rate most of these first:
X-Ray Spex - Germ Free AdolescentsThe Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks...Minor Threat - Out Of StepScratch Acid - Just Keep Eating
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 12 August 2011 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
some great picks there!
― sleeve, Friday, 12 August 2011 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
I think the Special AKA should count
― the wheelie king (wk), Friday, 12 August 2011 20:32 (twelve years ago) link
I wouldn't rate this one at the top but will throw it in the pot anyway:
Dead Fingers Talk - Storm The Reality Studio
Was gonna add Tin Huey but they had a reunion album. Actually X-Ray Spex did too, even though I'd never heard of that 1995 album before. I don't think it was all the original band members, so I wouldn't count it.
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 12 August 2011 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
Was gonna add Tin Huey but they had a reunion album.
Me too; wish the reunion album was better.
― Hey T-Paw, mow my lawn! (Dan Peterson), Friday, 12 August 2011 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, hey, I'm a big fan of Remy Shand, The Way I Feel. Guy slipped off the map afterwards.
http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/r/remy-shand/album-the-way-i-feel.jpg
― saint dominic's p4k review (Eazy), Friday, 12 August 2011 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, I also love X-Ray Spex, so.
however he feels, he at least has a warm head
― Neil S, Friday, 12 August 2011 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
can't believe fucking BABYLON ZOO managed two albums
― CLUB PISCOPO (DJP), Friday, 12 August 2011 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
I fear I've fallen out of my "make serious nominations" phase
― CLUB PISCOPO (DJP), Friday, 12 August 2011 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
felt the same way when I checked Tin Machine's discography
― Neil S, Friday, 12 August 2011 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
start an "artists who should have released only one album" poll!
― chief content officer (m coleman), Friday, 12 August 2011 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
haha okay I need to stop because I was about to nominate "Chris Gaines"
― CLUB PISCOPO (DJP), Friday, 12 August 2011 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
Flux - Uncarved Block
(I do not want to hear any crap abt how this is Flux Of Pink Indians cuz it isn't all of the same people and it is totally different musically & lyrically)
― sleeve, Friday, 12 August 2011 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
yo i'd just like to say this is a cool idea. a lot of these are on spotify so i started to playlist that shit:
http://open.spotify.com/user/callalldestroyer/playlist/5DgQcF6WXYybf3a6yZKC78
i will work on it when i am bored. new radicals will not be on the playlist fyi.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 12 August 2011 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
I love that first Dios album, too - but didn't they have a follow up LP on Buddyhead Records (called "WEAREDIOS")?
― Lee626, Friday, 12 August 2011 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
Would Death count? (one studio album, ...For The Whole World To See during their existence, one posthumous odds & sods compilation)
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 12 August 2011 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
― classic albums live! (Ówen P.)
I'm pretty sure it was put out under her own name and self titled in 1979. The 2003 reissue is credited to Roberto Cacciapaglia and the album title changed to The Ann Steel Album. I was hoping it would count but realise this may be a long shot.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 12 August 2011 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
Someone nominated Big L upthread, and he too got one of those posthumous compilation albums after he died, besides the one album he released while living.
― Tuomas, Saturday, 13 August 2011 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
@ KP Really? That is interesting! I haven't read anything about that record, all of my knowledge about it was gathered from extemporaneous commentary from the friend who introduced it to me, including "Sears catalog model" "from middle America" "contacted by Italian dance producer" "she wrote all the lyrics herself, and cheekily calls punk 'boring' in 1979"
― classic albums live! (Ówen P.), Saturday, 13 August 2011 00:29 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah those were the things I knew about her too before I started looking for the album late last year. I quickly discovered you could either pay an absolute fortune for the orginal vinyl with her name on it or the Roberto Cacciapaglia CD version which was slightly less and the one I ended up settling for. It's probably the last album I heard that really blew me away.
― Kitchen Person, Saturday, 13 August 2011 01:07 (twelve years ago) link
Tranquility Bass "Let The Freak Flag Fly"
― Sami, Sunday, 14 August 2011 03:28 (twelve years ago) link
yeah that guy completely disappeared, didn't he??
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 14 August 2011 03:51 (twelve years ago) link