Lauded artists who tanked creatively critically and commercially, but then recorded a brilliant comeback by which point no one gives a shit.

The Orb too, I think their last two (Moonbuilding and COW) are about as good as any classic Orb albums really

this.

The Strokes did this with Comedown Machine which is sometimes my favourite album of theirs

the biggest shock for me was Weezer's White Album which was by far their best work in 20 years

musicfanatic, I can't stand looking at this thread title any more. I think niels is right that his is a similar enough thread, but that title is not great either. I have attempted to streamline the current thread title for you because I am a bored mod.

Lauded artists who tanked creatively critically and commercially, but then record a brilliant comeback by which point no one gives a shit.

If you like the change I can switch it.

haha, I had a hard time parsing my thoughts when I made that thread

Mod, that works! Apologies for the vomitus attempt at a title. Niels, I wished I found that thread, apologies.

I can see The Orb and Chemical Brothers being a part of this discussion.

Niels, I would love to hear your reaction to CYHSY's latest? I adore it, again after ignoring this band for half a decade.

Drive-By Truckers. A Blessing and a Curse and Go Go Boots were both underwhelming, it seemed like their best songwriting days may be behind them. Now with English Oceans and American Band they're back at their peak.

I'd definitely say Roddy Frame deserves a mention in this regard — even though I'd say that the album where critics initially turned against him (1984's Knife) is easily my favorite thing he's ever done.

The rest of the time he was using the Aztec Camera name, he was infrequently brilliant. However, his output since 2002 (including that year's Surf) has been pretty solid; at least as good as the best of the post-Knife Aztec Camera stuff, if not better.

I loved Dreamland but haven’t kept up since then. I’ll check out his newer stuff.

I guess I might nominate Matthew Friedberger's recent solo album: Mr. Fried Burger, I Resume . It checks at least 2 of the boxes: formerly critically lauded, and no one seemed to give a shit. Is it a brilliant comeback? I don't know, but it definitely has its moments.

The Strokes did this with Comedown Machine which is sometimes my favourite album of theirs

aw I'm not the only one

Roddy's solo albums have a handful of memorable tracks but are otherwise lost in my mind to the point that I'm finally selling them. I wish it was otherwise but the highs of his first two a Aztec Camera albums will never be scaled again.

I nominate Paul Weller's 22 Dreams / Wake Up The Nation / Sonik Kicks trilogy for the thread. Brilliant after so, so many duds.

i have never given a shit about anything paul weller has released except for "wake up the nation"

I'm at that point where I really don't need another Paul Weller album.

Porter Ricks - Anguilla Electrica, these guys came out of the blue with a super solid release

I guess I might nominate Matthew Friedberger's recent solo album: Mr. Fried Burger, I Resume . It checks at least 2 of the boxes: formerly critically lauded, and no one seemed to give a shit. Is it a brilliant comeback? I don't know, but it definitely has its moments.

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musicfanatic I gave the new CYHSY a quick listen, didn't really grab me but I'll give it another go sometime

plenty of female artists end up here eventually

Who?

Mr. Fried Burger, I Resume

To be fair this is a really terrible title to pick if you're looking to convince people to start giving a shit again.

The Strokes did this with Comedown Machine which is sometimes my favourite album of theirs

aw I'm not the only one

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comedown machine club

M Friedberger has never really been about making people give a shit and basically lucked out into success early on before quite obviously reacting against it (Rehearsing My Choir through Widow City is a FABULOUSLY zero-fucks run of weirdness). His sibling was having none of it so they did one last FF album more to her tastes and then parted musical ways. Good luck to her but I'm with Matthew in the crazy corner

rehearsing my choir was dope, it makes me sad though that the fiery furnaces have been forgotten and seemingly erased from 00s indie history. i mean, blueberry boat barely gets mentioned anywhere anymore and that record remains a stone jam, a classic