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One of mine is Commit This to Memory by Motion City Soundtrack. I basically took the title verbatim and know the album word for word. And while I would love if it did, the rest of MCS's stuff just doesn't hit the same way.

And if you're not an album person, maybe a period of time in the artist's work? Whatever works for you.

*Lots of mentions of hit debut albums that subsequently petered out, which follows with the dreaded sophomore slump that hits many artists. Anyone with mid or even later career albums that stand alone? Those always intrigue me.

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[–] Panurge987@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Kiko by Los Lobos is a masterpiece, to me. The rest of their albums are hit or miss, with The Town and the City being their 2nd best, but nowhere near as good as Kiko.

[–] mxl@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

The Ataris, with So Long, Astoria

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Augustana. Can’t Love, Can’t Hurt is a fantastic album, but everything else they’ve put out is meh.

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[–] derivatives_are_hard@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Boatman's Call seemed like a solid album and mostly unweird, if not kind of cheesy. But his other stuff, earlier and later feels off. I imagine that's blasphemous to a proper nick cave fan as BC was likely more mainstream and all that but it was nice, lovely, and at some points thoughtful.

[–] CH3DD4R_G0BL1N@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I never really cared all that much for anything other than Lyre of Orpheus/Abbatoir Blues aside from a song here and there. Nothing else just hit the same for me.

[–] derivatives_are_hard@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Same. He's pretty hit or miss. Like Tom Waites, for me, in a way. Some breathtaking songs but lots of mediocre stuff.

[–] MalachaiConstant@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

AJJ - People Who Can Eat People Are The Luckiest People

I knew them by their original name (Andrew Jackson Jihad) and was basically given this album as a demo from someone who knew the band.

There is something so raw and real about this album that just did not make it to anything that came later. It was like they gave up the edge that set them apart when they rebranded to make themselves more marketable.

I get it, the original name was bad. Like actually pretty bad. But I also genuinely feel like the name wasn't the only thing they changed.

[–] Volkditty@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Ryan's Hope - Apocalypse in Increments. It's from 2006 but I didn't discover it until around 2012, by which point they'd already rebranded as The Reaganomics and adopted a more pop-punk sound that didn't resonate with me.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Sevendust - Animosity - loved every track but only a few selected tracks from their other work

Disturbed - The Sickness - made my 2000

Orgy - Vapor Transmission - way ahead of their time

Limp Bizkit - Significant Other - still fun to listen to

[–] graeghos_714@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Boston, the Cars, but there are so many one hit wonders imo

[–] FattestMattest@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

One hit wonder to be means one song. One album hit wonders? Second Boston though! That first album is their greatest hits.

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Goldfish has two. Get Busy Living and Three Second Memory are both amazing albums. Everything else? Meh.

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