Al Green and Pet Shop Boys, obviously. How is this even a question?
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 22:56 (four years ago) link
deffo second pet shop boys and third young marble giants
― nxd, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 22:57 (four years ago) link
Bardo Pond
― Charlotte Brontesaurus (Leee), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 22:59 (four years ago) link
Motorpsycho have kicked out something great pretty much every year or two since 1992. only their debut album is 'less than good'.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 23:10 (four years ago) link
I def think "reliable" bands in the AC/DC/Motorhead/Ramones tradition are their own separate argument
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 23:11 (four years ago) link
PSB are always worth checking in on to see where their ideas are at this year, but are hardly consistent across 35+ years (although if you stick to B-sides...)
― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 23:12 (four years ago) link
PSB for sure. I think of anything of theirs that is less than good as kind of bonus music, like side three of Sandinista.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 23:14 (four years ago) link
ok, musicians who only put out one song, here we go:
aspidistra - cradle (a single, but same song on both sides)arthur miles - lonely cowboy (one song split over two sides)the aforementioned elizabeth city state (track on a compilation album)sphinx tush - crashville - german '70s band who appeared on a comp; only one song but there are two different recordings of it...
there are others but i tend to forget them or else find out that they did in fact do a _second_ song - like the calico wall would count it seems because their single was one song backed by an electronic beep, but they also did a song called "i'm a living sickness" which was released later so they're out.
― you know my name, look up the number of the beast (rushomancy), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 23:14 (four years ago) link
tons of great blink-and-you-missed-them reggae one-offs
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 23:16 (four years ago) link
i would also add neu if we ignore 4 and pour one out for the 'remixes' off 2writing that sentence probs means its a no go actually haha
― nxd, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 23:17 (four years ago) link
The Death discography is wall-to-wall classics
― jmm, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 23:18 (four years ago) link
if we're talking metal, Opeth has never really put out a bad album.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 23:21 (four years ago) link
Mick Smiley just did Magic on the Ghostbusters soundtrack, not sure if it's the best song tbh, but it's a good story.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 23:21 (four years ago) link
Wham!
― ymo sumac (NickB), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 23:22 (four years ago) link
pet shop boys, steely dan, afghan whigs, bijelo dugme, haustor, vu, joy division
― gospodin simmel, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 23:27 (four years ago) link
a lot of the big names of the early 80s UK seemed to start out immediately big then end things while they were still on top - wham!, the police, the jam, the specials
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 23:27 (four years ago) link
i said husker du not haustor vu
― nxd, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 23:27 (four years ago) link
Actually Nirvana is a good answer imo
― ymo sumac (NickB), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 23:30 (four years ago) link
I love the Police but they had some really really bad songs
― ymo sumac (NickB), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 23:32 (four years ago) link
I don't really like them, just starting an appendix
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 23:36 (four years ago) link
The Police had a few clunkers for sure but I think their non-single tracks are quite underrated as a whole. they even had some really great B-sides, like "how the fuck did this not make it on the album" level quality - "Low Life" & "I Burn For You" come to mind but there are several more
― frogbs, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 23:41 (four years ago) link
I like Broadcast as an answer. Or my heart does. But then my brain is all "not sure many people have actually made it through the entirety of those Microtronics EPs"
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 23:42 (four years ago) link
Judee Sill
― Maresn3st, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 23:42 (four years ago) link
ooo Death is a good one. Also Talk Talk/Hollis (mentioned early on).
but... now that I think about it, fucking KENDRICK LAMAR is on a path few pop artists have taken in terms of utter perfection on any and every release thus far.
― octobeard, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 23:45 (four years ago) link
Like his side project for Black Panther was just ridiculously good. And it seems any time he lays down a rap for another artist that track ends up being the best on the record. I mean this dude has some magic fairy dust of talent and taste that's pretty remarkable
― octobeard, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 23:46 (four years ago) link
Nick Drake
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 23:49 (four years ago) link
The Cardigans
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 23:57 (four years ago) link
If ths is limited only to bands, and only ones with sizeable doscographies (which it apparently isn't), I would say Can have the best discography overall. "Flawless" is another thing. Yummy Fur?
― Deflatormouse, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 00:58 (four years ago) link
Funkaelic and Can would be my two picks. So much goodness over so many records.
― glumdalclitch, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 01:01 (four years ago) link
Yeah, if quantity of classic records is the criteria it's probably Can for me.
― Deflatormouse, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 01:07 (four years ago) link
I actually dumped all my Can CDs post-Landed, did I fuck up?
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 01:07 (four years ago) link
I have no problems with Can and Funkadelic, even though ymmv will vary on albums in their respective streaks.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 01:08 (four years ago) link
I was thinking their studio albums up to 1975 + Soundtracks and Delay 1968 + various odds and ends, side projects is a formidable enough discography that I feel disinclined to name a punk band with one incredible album. The Beatles are also a very good and sensible choice.
Inclusive of non-bands, this gets much harder. I love everything Jorge Ben recorded up to about 1980. Heck, there are dozens (at least) of Morricone scores I can't live without...
― Deflatormouse, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 02:08 (four years ago) link
Suicide kept it short and sweet
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 02:32 (four years ago) link
Joanna Newsom is my choice, at least among more recent music
― Dan S, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 02:33 (four years ago) link
agree about Autechre though
― Dan S, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 02:35 (four years ago) link
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, January 28, 2020 5:49 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
otm
― uncrut gems (crüt), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 02:51 (four years ago) link
Aphex Twin
― uncrut gems (crüt), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 02:52 (four years ago) link
Keith HudsonJackie MittooKing Tubby
― rob, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 03:02 (four years ago) link
Erykah Badu
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 03:18 (four years ago) link
The answer is so obvious. Joy Division. Two perfect albums, no really bad song in their whole oeuvre including b-sides and stuff.
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, January 28, 2020 4:42 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― treeship., Wednesday, 29 January 2020 03:23 (four years ago) link
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten)
first five tracks of the s/t aka inner space are prime stuff very much of a piece of holger czukay's movies (czukay doesn't play but he does produce and his presence is definitely felt)
last couple tracks are crap but the same is true for scott walker's "till the band comes in" and that's an all-timer imo as well
― you know my name, look up the number of the beast (rushomancy), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 03:34 (four years ago) link
Erykah Badu― kitchen person, Tuesday, January 28, 2020 9:18 PM (twenty-five minutes ago)
Four LPs, one EP, one mixtape, one live album, none less than a masterpiece. This is the right answer.
― I Heard You Ain't HOOS's (Eric H.), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 03:45 (four years ago) link
if Worldwide Underground is her weakest, then otm
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 03:48 (four years ago) link
yep erykah’s a great choice
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 03:49 (four years ago) link
yes
― Dan S, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 03:50 (four years ago) link
Which band has the heaviest discography, is what I want to know.
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 03:50 (four years ago) link
harvey milk
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 03:54 (four years ago) link
also Fushitsusha, Current 93
― Dan S, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 04:10 (four years ago) link
if you listen to enough Ween, then Ween
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 04:21 (four years ago) link