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

LoathedVermin72 · Post by **LoathedVermin72** » Sun August 17, 2014 9:41 pm

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

Lament · Post by **Lament** » Sun August 17, 2014 9:45 pm

Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come

PryTo · Post by **PryTo** » Sun August 17, 2014 10:40 pm

The Doors' debut is my favorite overall album but this one was a mighty good swan song.

BurtReynolds · Post by **BurtReynolds** » Sun August 17, 2014 11:17 pm

They aren't done yet but I think the National's last album is their best. Same with Pinback.

Wolf Parade -Expo 86
Hum - Downward Is Heavenward

I'm tempted to add The Pixies, because fuck Pitchfork.

BigRedLedbetter · Post by **BigRedLedbetter** » Sun August 17, 2014 11:46 pm

I second In Utero. I listen to it and the Unplugged way more than Nevermind.....and that is nothing against Nevermind

Self · Post by **Self** » Sun August 17, 2014 11:56 pm

BurtReynolds wrote:Hum - Downward Is Heavenward

I used to prefer You'd Prefer An Astronaut, but now I think you might be right.

Simple Torture · Post by **Simple Torture** » Mon August 18, 2014 1:23 am

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland

DeLima · Post by **DeLima** » Mon August 18, 2014 2:37 am

Basically if you died young, your last album has a good chance of being your best

BigRedLedbetter · Post by **BigRedLedbetter** » Mon August 18, 2014 3:06 am

DeLima wrote:Basically if you died young, your last album has a good chance of being your best

A lot of truth to that.

zeb · Post by **zeb** » Mon August 18, 2014 4:38 am

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.

verb_to_trust · Post by **verb_to_trust** » Mon August 18, 2014 5:44 am

The Woods..... so much The Woods

Heathen · Post by **Heathen** » Mon August 18, 2014 6:11 am

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

Birds in Hell · Post by **Birds in Hell** » Mon August 18, 2014 6:40 am

The only one that springs immediately to mind:

Slowdive - 'Pygmalion'

LoathedVermin72 · Post by **LoathedVermin72** » Mon August 18, 2014 2:10 pm

Heathen wrote:Talk Talk - Laughing Stock

I can't behind this. I gotta give the edge to Spirit of Eden.

kreng · Post by **kreng** » Tue August 19, 2014 5:20 pm

great call on Yellow Swans

the only one that comes to mind right now is Conifer - Crown Fire

elliseamos · Post by **elliseamos** » Tue August 19, 2014 5:33 pm

Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion 1 & 2

nyquillyn · Post by **nyquillyn** » Tue August 19, 2014 6:11 pm

PryTo wrote:

What??!!! TT was their worst album.

Rangi Guy · Post by **Rangi Guy** » Tue August 19, 2014 9:12 pm

elliseamos wrote:Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion 1 & 2

They're still going - you can't ignore The Spaghetti Incident? or Chinese Democracy

surfndestroy · Post by **surfndestroy** » Tue August 19, 2014 9:25 pm

Roxy Music - Avalon
J Geils Band - Freeze Frame
Bob Marley - Uprising

PryTo · Post by **PryTo** » Tue August 19, 2014 9:58 pm

Should have been their last album; wasn't.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27re_G ... tin%27_Odd

surfndestroy wrote:J Geils Band - Freeze Frame

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