How about Black Sabbath (18 yrs)
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 21:55 (three years ago) link
Like for example I find Tool's Fear Inoculum and Avalanches' Wildflower would be obvious worthy additions, but are these albums as good as anything they've done prior? Better than? This is the thinking here. Just because a band like Black Sabbath has a comeback album (or other horny old hippies like Roger Waters) doesn't mean they're as good as their peak output (say Iron Man or Animals or something). You can definitely argue that for any of the bands I initially included in the poll.
― octobeard, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 22:02 (three years ago) link
I like Wildflower more than SILY but I'm probably alone on that
as for the ones on that list - I think the Devo album has held up pretty well. it does something that very few of these albums do, which is sound very much like the year it was released, rather than an "updated" take on what they used to do. the Van Der Graaf Generator one is the opposite, it sounds like it could've come out in 1978.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 22:09 (three years ago) link
also I'm very amused by the fact that the 5th spot on the list belongs to....Gryphon
― frogbs, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 22:10 (three years ago) link
VDGG's Present had an extremely good opening track at least, but their follow-up to the comeback was a much better album
Suede did the same - comeback was so-so, but then they got better
― imago, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 22:11 (three years ago) link
I would nominate Polvo, but it's their second post-comeback LP that I *really* dig
― handsome boy modelling software (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 22:13 (three years ago) link
In a similar vein, Swans The Seer is arguably the best thing they ever did.
― octobeard, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 22:17 (three years ago) link
We Didn't Say That >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Save the World but Daphne and Celeste
― CRVTCHΞS (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 22:44 (three years ago) link
Didn't know Linda Perhacs made another record, any good?
― CRVTCHΞS (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 22:45 (three years ago) link
black messiah, but all of these are damn good.
― la table sur la table (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 22:48 (three years ago) link
Omg! I didn't count Daphne and Celeste (because it's more a Max Tundra record) but of COURSE that one is amazing yeah :D
― imago, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 23:29 (three years ago) link
anyone else itt prefer 50 words for snow to aerial?
― la table sur la table (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 23:31 (three years ago) link
Hum, for instance. It’s a good ‘un, too.
Yep, absolutely. I've lived with it long enough now to comfortably consider it one of their best records. (22 years, 4 months, 27 days - for the uninitiated)
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 23:33 (three years ago) link
Voting Mission of Burma - ONoffON & Oblierati both pretty great.
― BlackIronPrison, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 00:21 (three years ago) link
The Pop Group or X.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 00:35 (three years ago) link
Mix seems relevant:
https://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/musicophilia_00_various_late_2005-2019_cover-a.jpg?w=1536
https://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/musicophilia_00_various_late_2005-2019_cover-b.jpg?w=1536
Various – ‘Late’(2005-2019) 01 [0:00:00] David Bowie – “Lazarus” (‘Blackstar’ 2016)02 [0:06:20] My Bloody Valentine – “In Another Way” (‘MBV’ 2013)03 [0:11:50] Shelleyan Orphan – “Bodysighs” (‘We Have Everything…’ 2008)04 [0:16:40] D’Angelo & The Vanguard – “The Charade” (‘Black Messiah’ 2014)05 [0:19:50] Low – “Fly” (‘Double Negative’ 2018)06 [0:25:35] Kate Bush – “Snowflake” (’50 Words for Snow’ 2011)07 [0:35:15] Nick Cave – “Jubilee Street” (‘Push The Sky Away’ 2013)08 [0:41:35] Sam Phillips – “So Close” (‘World On Sticks’ 2018)09 [0:45:00] Flaming Lips – “Turning VIolent” (‘The Terror’ 2013)10 [0:49:15] Portishead – “The Rip” (‘Third’ 2008)11 [0:53:40] Mazzy Star – “Seasons Of Your Day” (‘Seasons Of Your Day’ 2013)12 [0:57:15] Bjork – “Black Lake” (‘Vulnicura’ 2015)13 [1:07:25] Daft Punk – “Motherboard” (‘Random Access Memories’ 2013)14 [1:13:00] A Tribe Called Quest – “Conrad Tokyo” (‘We Got It From Here’ 2016)15 [1:16:30] Beck – “Defriended” (‘Defriended’ EP 2013)16 [1:20:25] Cavern of Anti-Matter – “Kool Boy Narcosis” (‘Blood-Drums’ 2013)17 [1:23:20] Neneh Cherry – “Soldier” (‘Broken Politics’ 2018)18 [1:27:40] Rustin Man – “Our Tomorrow” (‘Drift Code’ 2019)19 [1:32:15] Nine Horses – “Wonderful World” (‘Snow Borne Sorrow’ 2005)20 [1:38:10] Erykah Badu – “Hello” (‘But You Cain’t Use My Phone’ 2015)21 [1:43:15] Slowdive – “Falling Ashes” (‘Slowdive’ 2017)22 [1:51:10] Radiohead – “True Love Waits” (‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ 2016) [Total Time: 1:55:43]
01 [0:00:00] David Bowie – “Lazarus” (‘Blackstar’ 2016)02 [0:06:20] My Bloody Valentine – “In Another Way” (‘MBV’ 2013)03 [0:11:50] Shelleyan Orphan – “Bodysighs” (‘We Have Everything…’ 2008)04 [0:16:40] D’Angelo & The Vanguard – “The Charade” (‘Black Messiah’ 2014)05 [0:19:50] Low – “Fly” (‘Double Negative’ 2018)06 [0:25:35] Kate Bush – “Snowflake” (’50 Words for Snow’ 2011)07 [0:35:15] Nick Cave – “Jubilee Street” (‘Push The Sky Away’ 2013)08 [0:41:35] Sam Phillips – “So Close” (‘World On Sticks’ 2018)09 [0:45:00] Flaming Lips – “Turning VIolent” (‘The Terror’ 2013)10 [0:49:15] Portishead – “The Rip” (‘Third’ 2008)11 [0:53:40] Mazzy Star – “Seasons Of Your Day” (‘Seasons Of Your Day’ 2013)
12 [0:57:15] Bjork – “Black Lake” (‘Vulnicura’ 2015)13 [1:07:25] Daft Punk – “Motherboard” (‘Random Access Memories’ 2013)14 [1:13:00] A Tribe Called Quest – “Conrad Tokyo” (‘We Got It From Here’ 2016)15 [1:16:30] Beck – “Defriended” (‘Defriended’ EP 2013)16 [1:20:25] Cavern of Anti-Matter – “Kool Boy Narcosis” (‘Blood-Drums’ 2013)17 [1:23:20] Neneh Cherry – “Soldier” (‘Broken Politics’ 2018)18 [1:27:40] Rustin Man – “Our Tomorrow” (‘Drift Code’ 2019)19 [1:32:15] Nine Horses – “Wonderful World” (‘Snow Borne Sorrow’ 2005)20 [1:38:10] Erykah Badu – “Hello” (‘But You Cain’t Use My Phone’ 2015)21 [1:43:15] Slowdive – “Falling Ashes” (‘Slowdive’ 2017)22 [1:51:10] Radiohead – “True Love Waits” (‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ 2016)
[Total Time: 1:55:43]
Download/stream here: https://musicophilia.wordpress.com/2020/08/29/late/
― Soundslike, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 02:20 (three years ago) link
aerial is my favourite of those but slowdive, third, black messiah, and we got it from here are all excellent too
from the wiki list i hadn't realised that inlet was a slightly bigger gap than slowdive. that's great too
― ufo, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 02:26 (three years ago) link
No Coast by Braid is one of the only comeback albums I like, although Third is really good. But Braid actually announced a breakup/final show before the interim between Frame & Canvas and No Coast.
― Iannis Xenakis double fisting Cutty Sark (Tom Violence), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 22:14 (three years ago) link
Definitely voting for D'Angelo, given the options presented. I really find the love for that Tribe album baffling.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 22:18 (three years ago) link
Some of these are really good, but it feels like hardly any of them left any cultural footprint. They came out, everyone discussed them online for a day or so, then that was it.
That's how it seemed to me anyway, especially the MBV and Aphex records.
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 22:43 (three years ago) link
I still listen to m b v regularly and it absolutely bangs
― imago, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 22:44 (three years ago) link
I enjoyed several of these but Black Messiah stands out
― Brad C., Wednesday, 18 November 2020 22:48 (three years ago) link
anyone else itt prefer 50 words for snow to aerial?― la table sur la table (voodoo chili), Tuesday, November 17, 2020 6:31 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― la table sur la table (voodoo chili), Tuesday, November 17, 2020 6:31 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 23:09 (three years ago) link
Has anyone itt mentioned At The Drive-In yet? Because in•ter a•li•a delivered exactly what I wanted from a new ATDI album in 2017
― handsome boy modelling software (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 23:21 (three years ago) link
Hey Octo, thanks for doing this poll! I'm still going with Slowdive but Wire is tough competition. And it depends on what we're looking at - just LPs or do EPs count too? Cause they released an amazing 1997 EP, "Vien", which was smack in the middle between the Wir album and "Send".
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 19 November 2020 00:55 (three years ago) link
oh yeah no coast is fucking amazing
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 19 November 2020 00:56 (three years ago) link
i listened to syro today and it's totally my favorite aphex twin record after the first saw. it slaps
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 19 November 2020 00:57 (three years ago) link
often makes me wanna do the robot in public
Portishead
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 19 November 2020 00:59 (three years ago) link
― pomenitul, Thursday, 19 November 2020 01:00 (three years ago) link
I picked Third. Still listen to it all the time. It was between that, D'Angelo and Tribe for me
― Rollie Pemberton, Thursday, 19 November 2020 01:08 (three years ago) link
No The Drift? I suppose it was more or less on schedule at 11 years rather than being a comeback album in the same sense as some of the others.
Of those I've heard on the list, m b v. That album has a special power to induce good feelings.
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Thursday, 19 November 2020 04:08 (three years ago) link
Black Messiah is the only comeback album I like more than the earlier material.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 19 November 2020 04:14 (three years ago) link
wait....Low??
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 19 November 2020 04:18 (three years ago) link
I like that album but I don't think they've released a bad one
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 19 November 2020 04:19 (three years ago) link
Third long ago cemented itself as one of the albums that defines me as me in some way, so it's an easy vote. But Tribe and D'Angelo are not far behind.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 19 November 2020 04:24 (three years ago) link
Low never stopped releasing records... Double Negative just was so good on its own that it made you forget the albums leading up to it, I guess?
― octobeard, Thursday, 19 November 2020 05:19 (three years ago) link
An artist who was very close to being in this list, and arguably should be in it if we're shortening the gap from 10 years to 8 is Fiona Apple
― octobeard, Thursday, 19 November 2020 05:21 (three years ago) link
Totally fair - would have thrown in the Read and Burn EPs if they hadn't put out Vien, which is too long ago for this poll (post 2000 comebacks), but definitely worthy of discussion!
This list is absolutely abbreviated and missing a number of worthwhile picks. Mostly happy there's at least a thread to encapsulate this discussion as it has spilled into multiple threads in the past (and the Slowdive one the other day) and there's been quite a few astonishingly good comeback records of late.
― octobeard, Thursday, 19 November 2020 05:26 (three years ago) link
Portishead is the only album here where I'd argue it's their best work. Cherry Thing would be my "other" vote, and it's defiantly my favorite thing Neneh has done.
― Julius Caesar Memento Hoodie (bendy), Thursday, 19 November 2020 18:43 (three years ago) link
ended up voting slowdive and now i'm having voter's remorse. definitely should have gone with lookaftering or third.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 19 November 2020 19:09 (three years ago) link
Write-in for Carcass.
― chap, Thursday, 19 November 2020 19:09 (three years ago) link
Scott Walker for both Tilt and Drift.
Some people might think it an odd or really bad example but I really love the third Comus album even though it's really an EP + one live archive track.
So many I want to hear, including Linda Perhacs.
Huge listhttps://rateyourmusic.com/list/lastnightadjsavedmylife/your-ears-have-waited-follow-ups-10-years-later/
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 19 November 2020 21:49 (three years ago) link
I am starting to think that solo artists shouldn't really be considered for this unless they fully withdraw from the biz, retire, etc
― imago, Thursday, 19 November 2020 22:09 (three years ago) link
Some favourites of mine: Shed Seven - Instant Pleasures; Cast - Troubled Times and Blur - The Magic Whip (yeah, I got the impression that this one isn't very popular around here, but I love it)
But maybe I'll pick a more 'respectable' choice as my write-in: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - History of Modern.
Not sure if Madness counts, as they did some shows (albeit partially under a different name) and released a covers album in 2005, but as for original material, they followed up 1999's Wonderful with The Liberty Of Norton Folgate in 2009 - arguably their best album.
Similar thing with Peter Gabriel: Up was released 10 years after Us, but he did the OVO project a couple of years earlier which resulted in an album as well.
― Valentijn, Thursday, 19 November 2020 22:29 (three years ago) link
voted for thirdi liked the harvey milk return but not sure youd call it a comeback
― nxd, Thursday, 19 November 2020 22:37 (three years ago) link
Good selection. The Tribe album is good but it doesn't measure up to Low End or Midnight Mauraders to my ears. Of this list, Aerial, Third, and Black Messiah are the ones I've listened to the most. I don't know which one is my favorite. Second the recommendation for Suede's followup comeback album(s), they are excellent.
― akm, Thursday, 19 November 2020 22:43 (three years ago) link
Oh have people stopped voting for Tribe?
It was nearly Portishead..
mbv and syro were both fine too but were more of the same. The above two albums were beyond.
― Mark G, Thursday, 19 November 2020 22:47 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
Excellent results - sticking by my 'other' Mission Of Burma vote though, even though it's 'Obliterati' where they hit stride.
― BlackIronPrison, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 00:16 (three years ago) link
i want to live in the alternate reality that you guys live in where black messiah wasn't terrible to the brink of embarrassment.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 00:29 (three years ago) link
Austin i like you lots but get the fuck out with that
― Uptown Top Scamping (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 00:33 (three years ago) link
the fuck
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 00:49 (three years ago) link
Didn't see this in time and have not heard all listed or later mentioned but would have voted either A Tribe or write-in for xpost Sleater-Kinney.
― dow, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 01:10 (three years ago) link
Went back and re-listened to all known-by-Spotify D'Angelo-inclusive tracks in the lead-up to release of Black Messiah, but something a little too hermity about his approach to win over A Tribe or Sleater-Kinney. Not that I had any prob listening to any of his.
― dow, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 01:14 (three years ago) link
And not that I'm not hermity, but doesn't mean I want (all *that* much) sonic mirroring.
― dow, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 01:15 (three years ago) link
I say, as I sit here w headphones on, typing again.
― dow, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 01:16 (three years ago) link
You should be embarrassed of that take Austin lol wtf
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 01:22 (three years ago) link
third still absolutely stuns me every time, sometimes I think it's the best album ever
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 15 December 2020 01:33 (three years ago) link
Love you Austin but on this score you're RONG.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 01:35 (three years ago) link
not sure I think of all of these as comebacks, but Third, m b v, Black Messiah, Aerial and Syro are all great albums, and maybe the others are too
― Dan S, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 01:58 (three years ago) link
Not loving it I might be able to see, but "terrible to the brink of embarrassment" no less lol
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 08:00 (three years ago) link
The first three songs on Black Messiah attempt this Prince-with-Bowie-production thing that I'm not into at all tbh, but I love the rest of the album iirc
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 14:08 (three years ago) link
the second track is heavy as hell!
― imago, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 14:09 (three years ago) link
like, heavier than I've ever heard from Bowie, but maybe I've not heard the heavy Bowie
It's more "Bowie production", the drums sound completely distinct from the D'Angelo universe otherwise, none of the tensile qualities. I'm not into those three tracks at all. Album obv gets amazing tho
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 17:08 (three years ago) link
Thanks everyone, I love you all too.
Black Messiah was very disappointing at the time. We listened to it twice and both times it very much felt like a chore to get through. Never revisited it since. Junior was a lot more harsh on it than Andy was; I just thought it was kind of plodding and tuneless, he said it sounded "like shitty Frank Zappa outtakes." Nobody is wrong or right, as I would be the first to say that we probably did not give the album a fair chance. Maybe we will again in the future, maybe we won't.
Am very happy Portishead won though, even if we did not vote for it.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 23:55 (three years ago) link
it sounded "like shitty Frank Zappa outtakes." Nobody is wrong or right
um yeah i would say this opinion is wrong as fuck
― la table sur la table (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 00:11 (three years ago) link
please point me to the zappa song that sounds like "another life" or "the charade"
I can't believe I overlooked the nonstop tinkling marimbas when I was listening to Black Messiah. Truly, this thread has opened my eyes (and ears!).
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 00:14 (three years ago) link
Proof that opinions can be counterfactual.
― Soundslike, Wednesday, 16 December 2020 01:22 (three years ago) link