Bands Whose First Album Is Their Best

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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Grizzly Bear.
Horn of Plenty or do you only count Yellow House as the first?
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Probably the Velvet Underground but all the albums are really close despite all being very different.
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I haven’t bothered looking back in this thread, but that first Real Estate album is their best.

Days is very solid, but I got back to that first one more often.
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dad wrote:I haven’t bothered looking back in this thread, but that first Real Estate album is their best.

Days is very solid, but I got back to that first one more often.
So you’re saying that unlike actual real estate, they haven’t appreciated over time?
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bodysnatcher wrote:
dad wrote:I haven’t bothered looking back in this thread, but that first Real Estate album is their best.

Days is very solid, but I got back to that first one more often.
So you’re saying that unlike actual real estate, they haven’t appreciated over time?
I never thought of it that way, but yes.
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dad wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Grizzly Bear.
Horn of Plenty or do you only count Yellow House as the first?
I forgot about it. Is it an album or EP?
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
dad wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Grizzly Bear.
Horn of Plenty or do you only count Yellow House as the first?
I forgot about it. Is it an album or EP?
trick question. Grizzly Bear sucks.
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dad wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:
dad wrote:I haven’t bothered looking back in this thread, but that first Real Estate album is their best.

Days is very solid, but I got back to that first one more often.
So you’re saying that unlike actual real estate, they haven’t appreciated over time?
I never thought of it that way, but yes.
The lesson here is a diversified portfolio!
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BurtReynolds wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
dad wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Grizzly Bear.
Horn of Plenty or do you only count Yellow House as the first?
I forgot about it. Is it an album or EP?
trick question. Grizzly Bear sucks.
Not Yellow House though!
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Nevermind. In retrospect I remember nothing about Horn of Plenty. I'll leave this thread forever.
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
dad wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Grizzly Bear.
Horn of Plenty or do you only count Yellow House as the first?
I forgot about it. Is it an album or EP?
trick question. Grizzly Bear sucks.
Not Yellow House though!
Its Not their debut though
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psychobain wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
dad wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Grizzly Bear.
Horn of Plenty or do you only count Yellow House as the first?
I forgot about it. Is it an album or EP?
trick question. Grizzly Bear sucks.
Not Yellow House though!
Its Not their debut though
Don’t make lenny leave this thread forever again!
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Ms Harmless wrote:Coldplay
Their last album will absolutely be their best imo.
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dad wrote:
psychobain wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
dad wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Grizzly Bear.
Horn of Plenty or do you only count Yellow House as the first?
I forgot about it. Is it an album or EP?
trick question. Grizzly Bear sucks.
Not Yellow House though!
Its Not their debut though
Don’t make lenny leave this thread forever again!
Yeah, I'm with Burt here. I can't get with the whole "art rock" vibe they so relentlessly have going on.
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Higgs wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:Coldplay
Their last album will absolutely be their best imo.
as in their final album ever, or the one they just did about Space?
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Their last one they do, whatever that may be.

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