Musicians With No Bad Albums
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Posted on Aug. 7, 2016, 1:01 p.m. by DemonDragonJ
Musicians, like any artists, often have both high points and low points in their careers, and it is practically inevitable that even the most talented of musicians shall eventually run out of ideas or inspiration and produce material that is not the best example of their skill and capability.
However, there are a rare few musicians who manage to avoid any decline in their skill and consistently produce exceptional work. Therefore, this thread is to discuss artists who have never released a bad album.
Obviously, a thread of this nature is highly subjective, so I ask that users who participate in it please remain civil and discuss the subject in a mature fashion, without needing to resort to insulting the opinions of others.
For me, I have heard only three artists whom I believe have no bad 2albums: The Beatles, The Doors, and Led Zeppelin. I have heard nearly every song that they have written, and I do not believe that any of them are of poor quality; they all are amazing and exceptionally well-written. It is also worth mentioning that those bands had consistent lineups during their careers; with the exception of The Beatles replacing Pete Best with Ringo Starr, those bands all had the same members for their entire lifespans, and I believe that that is no coincidence in relation to the fact that they have no bad albums.
As an honorable mention, my favorite band of all, Metallica, has, in my opinion, exactly one bad album, St. Anger, which is definitely the lowest point of their career, as it was made when they were experiencing intense internal turmoil. Other than that album, however, I believe that all of their other albums are very well-written, even the highly-divisive Load and Reload.
What does everyone else say about this? What bands do you believe have no bad albums?
I want to say Queen had no bad albums.. I can't recall a bad song. Sure some of the songs didn't mesh with my style preferences but I don't think any of them were bad and most of them were great.
Also Crystal Castles maintains their level of quality on basically every song they did. Seeing as how they don't have any songs that make me think "this is garbage" I would personally say they don't have any bad albums.
Kyaryu Pamyu Pamyu also has nothing but entertaining music. Some of the songs are so different from western music from a technical perspective that I don't enjoy them as much but the quality is always high.
Even better the artist Bonjour Suzuki always sounds like an angel. Always. Check her out on sound-cloud if you want to fall in love all over again like you did with Britney Spears when her career launched and you were in grade school. (Don't hate me for that I was literally 10 years old when her first album came out.)
August 7, 2016 2:24 p.m.
In my humble opinion, I think that Dimmu Borgir has no bad albums... although, black metal, or any of its related subgenres, is an acquired taste
August 7, 2016 2:44 p.m.
Unforgivn_II says... #5
If we're only going off of studio albums, Tool hasn't missed yet. I'm not a huge fan of Opiate, but it's an EP. Some of their songs do get pretty weird, but when you listen to full albums without shuffle (as you should) it all works out
August 7, 2016 6:11 p.m.
EverythingIsK says... #6
If you count ever since their lead singer came to them, Yellowcard has been consistent quality every since ocean Avenue.
August 7, 2016 7:51 p.m.
SwaggyMcSwagglepants says... #7
In terms of hip hop, Eminem and Drake have never really done anything majorly wrong. A$AP Rocky, Big Sean, and the Weeknd are also very good.
August 7, 2016 8:02 p.m.
Chris Shifflet & the Dead Peasants have only good albums.
I agree with Led Zepplin.
I also have never heard anything from City & Colour I didn't like.
maiden77 says... #2
Periphery have no bad albums. Same for Killswitch Engage too tbh. Metallica I agree with, St.Anger was terrible, but Load Reload are closely following it IMO. Iron Maiden are pretty sick on Albums, having one bad one when Bruce wasn't with them.
August 7, 2016 1:52 p.m.