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

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

brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 02:13 (six years ago) link

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.

o. nate, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 02:16 (six years ago) link

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

aw I'm not the only one

Men's Scarehouse - "You're gonna like the way you're shook." (m bison), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 02:54 (six years ago) link

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.

Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 03:03 (six years ago) link

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

bob lefse (rushomancy), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 03:08 (six years ago) link

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

Mark G, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 05:33 (six years ago) link

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

octobeard, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 08:56 (six years ago) link

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.

― o. nate, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 02:16 (nine hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ttthhhiiiissss

imago, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 12:17 (six years ago) link

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

niels, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 12:27 (six years ago) link

plenty of female artists end up here eventually

sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 14:55 (six years ago) link

Who?

Evan, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 15:07 (six years ago) link

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.

Matt DC, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 15:35 (six years ago) link

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

aw I'm not the only one

― Men's Scarehouse - "You're gonna like the way you're shook." (m bison), Monday, January 1, 2018 7:54 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

comedown machine club

flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 16:56 (six years ago) link

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

imago, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 17:04 (six years ago) link

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

flappy bird, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 17:53 (six years ago) link


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