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Re: Artists Who Only Made Consistently Excellent Records
Posted: Wed February 12, 2020 7:12 pm
by epilogue
Higgs wrote:Yeah, I'm not convinced that anyone really fits this description. Lots of artists with lots of excellent and great albums, not many (if any) with only excellent albums.
Every St. Vincent record is excellent.
Re: Artists Who Only Made Consistently Excellent Records
Posted: Wed February 12, 2020 7:13 pm
by Strat
Geezes. i can't think of anyone even by my favorite artists. For me the closest is the Replcements but all shook down is mostly awful.
Re: Artists Who Only Made Consistently Excellent Records
Posted: Wed February 12, 2020 7:32 pm
by VinylGuy
Ello Sailor wrote:I think Faith No More might be the best example of this. Good call, VG.
yeah, they are great. I could list another band from Patton but i would say FNM is the right call.
Re: Artists Who Only Made Consistently Excellent Records
Posted: Wed February 12, 2020 7:35 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
durdencommatyler wrote:Higgs wrote:Yeah, I'm not convinced that anyone really fits this description. Lots of artists with lots of excellent and great albums, not many (if any) with only excellent albums.
Every St. Vincent record is excellent.
Yeah she just ruins other people's records
Re: Artists Who Only Made Consistently Excellent Records
Posted: Wed February 12, 2020 8:07 pm
by epilogue
E.H. Ruddock wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:Higgs wrote:Yeah, I'm not convinced that anyone really fits this description. Lots of artists with lots of excellent and great albums, not many (if any) with only excellent albums.
Every St. Vincent record is excellent.
Yeah she just ruins other people's records
Re: Artists Who Only Made Consistently Excellent Records
Posted: Wed February 12, 2020 10:37 pm
by Matters
BurtReynolds wrote:I dont know who any of these people are
You should familiarize yourself with Nick Drake. Even you you don’t like his music, his story is one of the most interesting in modern music.
The Beatles and Nick Drake are the only 2 listed in the thread so far that I agree with.
Re: Artists Who Only Made Consistently Excellent Records
Posted: Wed February 12, 2020 10:39 pm
by Ms Harmless
Pearl Jam would have made this list during the first 7
Re: Artists Who Only Made Consistently Excellent Records
Posted: Wed February 12, 2020 10:45 pm
by epilogue
Ms Harmless wrote:Pearl Jam would have made this list during the first 7
It's only the word "excellent" that precludes them, I think. If we go back in time to what this thread originally said -- "consistently good" -- then I think Pearl Jam count.
BS and LB are solid records. But they aren't excellent. To your point, though, the first seven are. And for my money, damn near the best seven album run in all of music history.
Re: Artists Who Only Made Consistently Excellent Records
Posted: Wed February 12, 2020 10:52 pm
by Matters
The first 7 Pearl Jam albums are ALL excellent.
Re: Artists Who Only Made Consistently Excellent Records
Posted: Wed February 12, 2020 10:57 pm
by i got bugs
Qotsa up until the last one
Re: Artists Who Only Made Consistently Excellent Records
Posted: Wed February 12, 2020 11:03 pm
by verb_to_trust
R.E.M were remarkably consistent, even while constantly evolving.
Re: Artists Who Only Made Consistently Excellent Records
Posted: Wed February 12, 2020 11:04 pm
by Ms Harmless
I hard agreed with Sigur Ros earlier in the thread but then I remembered "Von" isn't excellent
also I put forward Stevie Wonder but on second thought I've realised I can't vouch for the entirety of his 80s output
Re: Artists Who Only Made Consistently Excellent Records
Posted: Wed February 12, 2020 11:06 pm
by Ms Harmless
verb_to_trust wrote:R.E.M were remarkably consistent, even while constantly evolving.
this is true; my least favourite of theirs is Monster but I probably wouldn't argue if someone called it excellent
Re: Artists Who Only Made Consistently Excellent Records
Posted: Wed February 12, 2020 11:28 pm
by verb_to_trust
Ms Harmless wrote:verb_to_trust wrote:R.E.M were remarkably consistent, even while constantly evolving.
this is true; my least favourite of theirs is Monster but I probably wouldn't argue if someone called it excellent
Monster just has such a great aesthetic. It's top 5 for me easy. But the great thing about R.E.M. is you can hear a song like Harborcoat and go nuts over it having not really let it grab you initially. Lot of relisten value in their catalog.
Re: Artists Who Only Made Consistently Excellent Records
Posted: Wed February 12, 2020 11:34 pm
by Ms Harmless
verb_to_trust wrote:Ms Harmless wrote:verb_to_trust wrote:R.E.M were remarkably consistent, even while constantly evolving.
this is true; my least favourite of theirs is Monster but I probably wouldn't argue if someone called it excellent
Monster just has such a great aesthetic. It's top 5 for me easy. But the great thing about R.E.M. is you can hear a song like Harborcoat and go nuts over it having not really let it grab you initially. Lot of relisten value in their catalog.
true
Re: Artists Who Only Made Consistently Excellent Records
Posted: Wed February 12, 2020 11:57 pm
by DWFB
Could that streak be honestly stretched to 8? How many solid songs does an album require to be excellent?
Solid: life wasted, wws, marker, parachutes, Army Reserve, inside job
A lot of fans like: severed hand, unemployable, come back
Poppy but catchy: Gone
Acquired taste but rocks: comotose
1. "Life Wasted"
2. "World Wide Suicide"
3. "Comatose"
4. "Severed Hand"
5. "Marker in the Sand"
6. "Parachutes"
7. "Unemployable"
8. "Big Wave"
9. "Gone"
10. "Wasted Reprise[II]"
11. "Army Reserve"
12. "Come Back"
13. "Inside Job"
Re: Artists Who Only Made Consistently Excellent Records
Posted: Thu February 13, 2020 12:07 am
by liebzz
I would argue it is excellent.
Re: Artists Who Only Made Consistently Excellent Records
Posted: Thu February 13, 2020 12:25 am
by Matters
I’d argue that excellent albums are made up of mostly excellent songs, not solid ones. Just my take. I’ve admittedly never been a big fan of S/T. I like Backspacer more.
Life Wasted is excellent.
Re: Artists Who Only Made Consistently Excellent Records
Posted: Thu February 13, 2020 1:18 am
by Kevin Davis
liebzz wrote:Oh, Jimmy wrote:liebzz wrote:cutuphalfdead wrote:liebzz wrote:Tom Petty is really close.
ehhhh
The only records of his I can think of that are not excellent are Let Me Up, I’ve Had Enough (meh), Southern Accents (very good, not excellent), and The Last DJ (had its moments but not excellent). Otherwise we are talking one excellent album after another. I am not keeping count but there’s at least a dozen of them, no?
For as great as Petty is, he really had no all killer no filler albums.
RATM mentions are a joke.
Wildflowers is all killer no filler.
Damn the Torpedoes, Hard Promises, Full Moon Fever, She’s the One, Mojo, and Hypnotic Eye - is they had filler I never noticed it. The others - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, You’re Gonna Get It, Long After Dark, Into the Great Wide Open, Echo, and Highway Companion - all maybe have a song or two I can do without but would still rate as excellent. Even the Live Anthology which is like 4 hours long, is phenomenal. So I stay true to my original thought that he was close - especially for an artist with a large catalogue.
I like Petty a lot but I think he'd be more of a candidate for the "Artists Who Generally Made Pretty Solid Records" thread.
Same with Will Oldham.
Re: Artists Who Only Made Consistently Excellent Records
Posted: Thu February 13, 2020 3:48 am
by bodysnatcher
That’s a petty difference