Which band has the best discography?

I wouldn't say "coasted" because both Beats, Rhymes and Life and The Love Movement are ambitious records. The first one wasn't understood in its time, which is not Tribe's fault. The second one is weak, which is.

Saint Etienne is a good suggestion tho I don't think Good Humor is their weakest (not sure what i would call their weakest, though i probably put on Sound of Water less than anything else, and it's really good nonetheless).

Ramones? I thought they were supposed to have years and years of bad albums?

What is the ILX verdict on '80s Miles Davis?

I think Alfred considers it his best era

some of it is fine, some of it is v bad imo

yeah. 80s production cheese was a menace.

Ramones? I thought they were supposed to have years and years of bad albums?

― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, January 31, 2020 2:13 PM (forty seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

I don't think they have any outright BAD albums, but they have like four classics, two or three actually p dope post-70s joints and a buuuuunch of middling-to-weak stuff flailing around in the metal '80s and alt-rock 90s.

I love w all my heart FoxBase Alpha and So Tough but rest of SE's catalog varies from meh to ugh

What is the ILX verdict on '80s Miles Davis?

― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, January 31, 2020 2:13 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I think Alfred considers it his best era

― omar little, Friday, January 31, 2020

what the

sorry sorry just a bit of fun

Ramones footnote

Search: The four classic seventies joints, the Phil Spector experiment (1980's End of the Century), the chilly heavy metal one (1984's Too Tough to Die) and the Lollapalooza return to form (1995's Adios Amigos).

The rest are meh compared to their peaks but none are really terrible

nice to see someone else rep for End of the Century

my knowledge of Miles' '80s era extends mostly to a copy of 1986's Tutu being in a scene in The Talented Mr. Ripley.

80s miles is good imo. actually miles is a good answer for this thread, only one i think i can think of

the synth sounds on Star People are truly shocking

I remember liking Aura

cocteau twins don't really have any albums I dislike

100000 xps but "What's the New Mary Jane is pretty bad" yeah but it wasn't really officially released until relatively recently so I don't know that it counts

could argue for Royal Trux

OP: take in every single thing a band has recorded from start to finish – albums, B-sides, loosies

xps

Aura's fine, don't care for the rest in toto.

re AMC: "Still waiting on that reissue campaign..." 2021.

My Miles era is E.S.P. through In a Silent Way.

decoy i guess is kind of bad

good cover tho

Born Again is in that zone of records that's been "underrated" for so long I think it's almost becoming overrated

pfft one listen to "disturbing the priest" or "zero the hero" would disabuse you of this notion

'80s Miles:

The Man With The Horn has its moments
The 1981 comeback live band rules (We Want Miles, Miles! Miles! Miles!)
Star People and Decoy are just OK; Decoy is better
You're Under Arrest is really good
Tutu is a masterpiece
Amandla is pretty good, as is Siesta
Doo-Bop is a solid EP if you delete all the tracks with vocals (in fact, delete every track Miles ever recorded with a vocalist)
Any and all '80s live material is better than the studio stuff. His bands were uniformly hot from 1984-1989.

but i do think it's a bit much to consider sabbath for this thread xp

I've never made it all the way through Aura.

(in fact, delete every track Miles ever recorded with a vocalist)

truthbomb. the lone vocal on Birth of the Cool is abysmal.

Underworld would be a decent choice if we forget their first two rock albums, which they might want us to forget.

underneath the radar is a good single, a shame he looks like Francis rossi in the video

if we replaced those two with the two Freur albums then yeah totally it works

fwiw I think Change the Weather is a decent LP, not killer but kind of a guilty pleasure

Underneath the Radar would be alright if every song was shortened by a minute

WTF no way would Sabbath qualify for this thread. If they'd stopped after Sabotage and maybe regrouped for Mob, Heaven, and Born again and then stopped completely, sure.

second freur album is a bit dull imo

its one of those albums I dig that I suspect nobody else really does, its just full of catchy tunes front to back

really could use a remaster though, it sounds like garbage

unperson OTM; some 80s Miles is great, most of it is good

but his 80s lows are the deepest of his discography, thanks to poor decisions about production, guitar tones, and synth presets (and, yes, vocals)

otoh Aura is good not bad

even his fashion choices then were hideous

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Music/Pix/pictures/2010/8/27/1282918078033/Miles-Davis-in-1989-006.jpg?width=620&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=e07ee1888c864f9d32057974b9375ced

Thanks for the lolz Miles

I've never made it all the way through /Aura/.

american bradass (BradNelson) at 1:30 31 Jan 20

Born Again is in that zone of records that's been "underrated" for so long I think it's almost becoming overrated

pfft one listen to "disturbing the priest" or "zero the hero" would disabuse you of this notion

I've heard it!

Miles would win best wardrobe - 80s included.

xp i assumed! :)

xps to frogbs: this is the pre-underworld compilation I put together a while back

01 The Screen Gemz - I Just Can't Stand Cars
02 Freur - Doot Doot
03 Freur - Steam Machine
04 Freur - The Devil and Darkness
05 Freur - You're a Hoover (Dun Difrunt)
06 Freur - The Piano Song
07 Freur - Bella Donna
08 Freur - This is the Way I'd Like To Live My Life (Snippet)
09 Freur - Hey Ho Away We Go
10 Freur - Alabaster White Thing
11 Underworld - Underneath The Radar
12 Underworld - Bright White Flame
13 Underworld - The God Song
14 Underworld - Stand Up
15 Underworld - Mercy
16 Underworld - Sole Survivor

guess yours would be a bit different

WGTIFH...TYFYS is definitely a solid comeback album but i would argue that it's the ONLY tribe album which, if you removed the vocals, would be somewhat boring to listen to.

now i agree BR&L and TLM are lyrically not the strongest albums. but the thing people sometimes forget is, the production on there is INCREDIBLE and a lot of the beats are by the GOAT himself (Dilla) ... so, if you think the love movement is bad album, try listening to the instrumental version and you may change your opinion !

lol why would I judge a rap album just by the instrumentals

actually I'm gonna say everything I've heard by clipping. has been 100% fire

also has anybody nominated Sun Ra yet

btw the Dilla beats on The Love Movement were the main things I found objectionable