Acts whose entire album output has always been on the decline, with no exception

Ultravox, if you only count the Midge Ure-era albums starting with Vienna.

LCD I could see if you consider the debut album to just be the bonus disc

Ultravox, if you only count the Midge Ure-era albums starting with Vienna.

― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Monday, December 3, 2018 7:23 PM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah, I definitely agree with this.

Gang of Four.

...except "Shrinkwrapped" is way better than "Hard" and "Mall".

Oasis

Oasis is a bad example, because Don't Believe the Truth and Dig Out Your Soul are stronger/better records than Standing on the Shoulder of Giants and Heathen Chemistry.

Not to mention the equally obvious that What's the Story Morning Glory is far better than Definitely Maybe.

mmmmmnnnnnnn...

Ride is a good example imo

The Field, Vitalic, and Disclosure come to mind.

maybe Sun Kil Moon depending on how well you like the first 3 or 4 releases. IMO they're all very close neck and neck and then some cracks start around Among the Leaves and then it's been a steep decline since.

Moby Grape is tough but fair, IMO

whoa The Field is sadly otm, his a rather gradual decline, his albums are still good but they are slightly less good each time, 11 years after Here We Go Sublime

Nothing they did was as good as the debut, but Moby Grape ‘69 is better than Wow.

Yes, it's why I added the question mark, I think you could be right.

Yeah, Ride is a pretty good one.
I agree with the VU too although I could see why one would disagree.
Also, Guns n Roses surely (I suppose they've been mentioned already) .

Metric. they went from apathetic, melancholy electro-pop w/ witty lyrics - to stadium rock, to dollar store yeah yeah yeahs... emily haines' solo stuff means the world to me, though.

i wish those first two self-released albums didn't exist so i could say mitski

What exactly does everyone dislike about Moby Grape's Wow? Moby Grape '69 was more straightforward and conventional, but also not very memorable IMO. Wow could have benefited from fewer sound effects and gimmicks, but the underlying songs are mostly solid.

Disclosure's stuff from this year has been way better than anything from the second album BTW.

I like "Wow", better than the debut even.

I don’t dislike Wow at all, but too much of it feels/sounds like not particularly clever goofy filler, like the song that can only be played at 78rpm, or “Funky Tunk.” And yes, I think “The Baby Song” on Flip Your Wig is fun and hilarious, but the difference is that the non-goofy songs on Wow are nowhere near solid enough to justify the goofiness.

Moby Grape ‘69, on the other hand, is all killer/no filler (goofy or otherwise), and has “Seeing,” which is probably the best thing they ever did.

(xp) Yes, but you are literally the only person who has ever existed who thinks that.

Underworld, mk. 2 mostly works.

^ Nah, it doesn't.

Their last album was easily their best since Beaucoup Fish

Hence the 'mostly'. I can't say I liked it better than Beaucoup Fish, but Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future was definitely a step up from Barking. Still, I wrote them off a long time ago, alas.

Yes but Barking was better than the one before it

Eh, it's been a while, but I don't recall that being the case. I'll have to give them both another shot.

Boards of Canada

Katy B.

Yes but Barking was better than the one before it

― groovypanda, Thursday, December 6, 2018 4:46 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

actually untrue imo

None of this matters seeing as there's no way in hell that Second Toughest is better than Beaucoup Fish.

Neu!

- debut > Neu! 2 >> Neu! '75 >>>>> Neu! 4 > Neu! '86

Nein.

4 certainly isn't better than 86 for a start.

4 and 86 are kind of the same album though

and 75 is definitely better than 2, and actually better than the debut and almost every other Krautrock LP in my opinion

also strongly disagree with Underworld mk2 - Oblivion With Bells is so much better than A Hundred Days Off, for one

4 and 86 are kind of the same album though

Yes but without a lot of the pointless and annoying dreck Dinger insisted on saddling 4 with.

> and 75 is definitely better than 2, and actually better than the debut and almost every other Krautrock LP in my opinion

Ditto. Except maybe Cluster's "Sowiesoso".

May I suggest Magazine? At least the first 4, I never heard the reunion album.

its frustrating because '86 removes "Schonelle Welle" and "Bush Drum" which were two of my favorite tracks, though overall it's a better and more coherent album

does MIA count or was Kala better than Arular?

Oh damn I had a great example of this today that I can't remember

xp re Magazine I think I like The Correct Use of Soap more than Secondhand Daylight but it's close

Stevie: Arular beats Kala, but then Matangi beats MAYA!

strongly disagree with the inclusion of M.I.A. I still think MAYA is her best album and Kala and Matangi are also both better than Arular.

a friend suggested Laurie Anderson - thoughts? I’ve only heard the first two records so I can’t speak

Secondhand Daylight is the one Magazine record that I would rescue from the fire/take to the desert island etc.

I also think Second Toughest... is Underworld's best album.

It is. Also, Beaucoup Fish is better dubno.

a friend suggested Laurie Anderson - thoughts? I’ve only heard the first two records so I can’t speak

― flappy bird,

Strange Angels is her best.

Oblivion With Bells is also much better than A Hundred Days off and I'd wager Barbara Barbara is a better album than Barking

I'd put Underworld Dubo thru Fish, this list. Hundred Days thru Barbara, the incline list. Crazy body of work!