^ Nah, it doesn't.
Their last album was easily their best since Beaucoup Fish
― groovypanda, Thursday, 6 December 2018 11:18 (five years ago) link
Hence the 'mostly'. I can't say I liked it better than Beaucoup Fish, but Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future was definitely a step up from Barking. Still, I wrote them off a long time ago, alas.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 6 December 2018 11:35 (five years ago) link
Yes but Barking was better than the one before it
― groovypanda, Thursday, 6 December 2018 11:46 (five years ago) link
Eh, it's been a while, but I don't recall that being the case. I'll have to give them both another shot.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 6 December 2018 11:47 (five years ago) link
Boards of Canada
― Neil S, Thursday, 6 December 2018 12:00 (five years ago) link
Katy B.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 6 December 2018 13:19 (five years ago) link
― groovypanda, Thursday, December 6, 2018 4:46 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
actually untrue imo
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 December 2018 13:22 (five years ago) link
None of this matters seeing as there's no way in hell that Second Toughest is better than Beaucoup Fish.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 6 December 2018 13:24 (five years ago) link
Neu!
- debut > Neu! 2 >> Neu! '75 >>>>> Neu! 4 > Neu! '86
― GG Allin: The Musical (Matt #2), Thursday, 6 December 2018 13:31 (five years ago) link
Nein.
― Monica Kindle (Tom D.), Thursday, 6 December 2018 13:32 (five years ago) link
4 certainly isn't better than 86 for a start.
― Monica Kindle (Tom D.), Thursday, 6 December 2018 13:33 (five years ago) link
4 and 86 are kind of the same album though
and 75 is definitely better than 2, and actually better than the debut and almost every other Krautrock LP in my opinion
also strongly disagree with Underworld mk2 - Oblivion With Bells is so much better than A Hundred Days Off, for one
― frogbs, Thursday, 6 December 2018 13:58 (five years ago) link
Yes but without a lot of the pointless and annoying dreck Dinger insisted on saddling 4 with.
― Monica Kindle (Tom D.), Thursday, 6 December 2018 17:40 (five years ago) link
> and 75 is definitely better than 2, and actually better than the debut and almost every other Krautrock LP in my opinion
Ditto. Except maybe Cluster's "Sowiesoso".
May I suggest Magazine? At least the first 4, I never heard the reunion album.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 6 December 2018 18:31 (five years ago) link
its frustrating because '86 removes "Schonelle Welle" and "Bush Drum" which were two of my favorite tracks, though overall it's a better and more coherent album
― frogbs, Thursday, 6 December 2018 19:02 (five years ago) link
does MIA count or was Kala better than Arular?
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 17 December 2018 03:48 (five years ago) link
Oh damn I had a great example of this today that I can't remember
― flappy bird, Monday, 17 December 2018 04:00 (five years ago) link
xp re Magazine I think I like The Correct Use of Soap more than Secondhand Daylight but it's close
― Colonel Poo, Monday, 17 December 2018 11:44 (five years ago) link
Stevie: Arular beats Kala, but then Matangi beats MAYA!
― maffew12, Monday, 17 December 2018 12:32 (five years ago) link
strongly disagree with the inclusion of M.I.A. I still think MAYA is her best album and Kala and Matangi are also both better than Arular.
― silverfish, Monday, 17 December 2018 20:42 (five years ago) link
a friend suggested Laurie Anderson - thoughts? I’ve only heard the first two records so I can’t speak
― flappy bird, Monday, 17 December 2018 22:27 (five years ago) link
Secondhand Daylight is the one Magazine record that I would rescue from the fire/take to the desert island etc.
I also think Second Toughest... is Underworld's best album.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 17 December 2018 23:01 (five years ago) link
It is. Also, Beaucoup Fish is better dubno.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Monday, 17 December 2018 23:05 (five years ago) link
― flappy bird,
Strange Angels is her best.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 17 December 2018 23:08 (five years ago) link
Oblivion With Bells is also much better than A Hundred Days off and I'd wager Barbara Barbara is a better album than Barking
― frogbs, Monday, 17 December 2018 23:21 (five years ago) link
I'd put Underworld Dubo thru Fish, this list. Hundred Days thru Barbara, the incline list. Crazy body of work!
― maffew12, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 00:33 (five years ago) link
Rocket From The Crypt
Mudhoney?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 01:51 (five years ago) link
Ride is a good example imo
― nostormo, Monday, 3 December 2018 20:55 (two weeks ago)
Are you including last year’s comeback album in that?
― the salacious inaudible (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 17:14 (five years ago) link
The newish Ride album has one peak era tune on it and a couple of other 3rd album quality tunes and then loads of nonsense iirc
My answer which I believe to be true (and not to everyone's taste maybe) is Mercury Rev.
― kraudive, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 01:06 (five years ago) link
If Suede hadn’t reformed, they would have worked (I’m not fond of their 3 latest albums but at least one is better than their 5th... and apparently many people consider them great).
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 04:43 (five years ago) link
Strongly co-signing on Mercury Rev.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 08:23 (five years ago) link
Beat Happening
― nostormo, Monday, 14 January 2019 05:25 (five years ago) link
otm
― flappy bird, Monday, 14 January 2019 05:52 (five years ago) link
Oh it's decline right..sorry Quite the opposite for Beat Happening.
― nostormo, Monday, 14 January 2019 07:14 (five years ago) link
I still have time for Revolution Come and Gone more than anything else in their back catalog so yeah, quite the opposite
― doug watson, Monday, 14 January 2019 14:31 (five years ago) link
Pink Floyd
― Οὖτις, Monday, 14 January 2019 20:42 (five years ago) link
flatline is no decline
― mark s, Monday, 14 January 2019 20:43 (five years ago) link
I like Animals more than WYWH or DSotM. And even though I love Syd, I think Echoes is my favorite.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 14 January 2019 20:47 (five years ago) link
Pink Floyd only works if you start counting at Meddle for me. And then yes.
― akm, Monday, 14 January 2019 20:59 (five years ago) link
And when I wrote Echoes, I obv meant including the other half of Meddle haha.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 14 January 2019 21:24 (five years ago) link
This is more or less true for most bands. Only a few reach a peak at the end. Immediately springing to mind: Talk Talk.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Monday, 14 January 2019 21:37 (five years ago) link
The 3rd and the Mortal
― pomenitul, Saturday, 19 January 2019 16:43 (five years ago) link