Going out with a Bang: Bands Whose Last Album was Their Best

Other than Pearl Jam, who else is there?
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Pretty self-explanatory. Only bands that have broken up qualify; not just a band's most recent album. Band must have released at least two albums.

Acid Bath - Paegan Terrorism Tactics
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
Big Black - Songs About Fucking
Daughters - Daughters
Godplow - Soft Formal Static
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Nirvana - In Utero
The Police - Synchronicity
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
White Zombie - Astro-Creep: 2000
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The Doors' debut is my favorite overall album but this one was a mighty good swan song.
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They aren't done yet but I think the National's last album is their best. Same with Pinback.

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Hum - Downward Is Heavenward

I'm tempted to add The Pixies, because fuck Pitchfork.
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I second In Utero. I listen to it and the Unplugged way more than Nevermind.....and that is nothing against Nevermind
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BurtReynolds wrote:Hum - Downward Is Heavenward
I used to prefer You'd Prefer An Astronaut, but now I think you might be right.
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Basically if you died young, your last album has a good chance of being your best
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DeLima wrote:Basically if you died young, your last album has a good chance of being your best
A lot of truth to that.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
Nirvana - In Utero
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
These are the three that come to mind for me.
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The Woods..... so much The Woods
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BurtReynolds wrote:They aren't done yet but I think the National's last album is their best.
Oh hell no, no fucking way.


Hmmm this is tough, I have very few dead bands in my collection.

Yellow Swans - Going Places [not that I've heard everything they released, I just refuse to believe a better YS album exists]
Castevet - Obsian
Altar of Plagues - Teethed Glory and Injury
Ramesses - Possessed By The Rise Of Magik
maybeeeeee Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
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The only one that springs immediately to mind:

Slowdive - 'Pygmalion'
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Heathen wrote:Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
I can't behind this. I gotta give the edge to Spirit of Eden.
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great call on Yellow Swans

the only one that comes to mind right now is Conifer - Crown Fire
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Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion 1 & 2
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PryTo wrote:Image
What??!!! TT was their worst album.
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elliseamos wrote:Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion 1 & 2
They're still going - you can't ignore The Spaghetti Incident? or Chinese Democracy
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Roxy Music - Avalon
J Geils Band - Freeze Frame
Bob Marley - Uprising
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Should have been their last album; wasn't.

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