Bands that ended with their best album

menamestom · August 2018

First up:-

The Doors. LA Woman is a killer album.

Any more?

Blueingreen · August 2018

If you count Abbey Road as The Beatles final album (it wasn't the last to be released but was the last recorded I think?) then IMO it's their best.

menamestom · August 2018

Blueingreen said:

If you count Abbey Road as The Beatles final album (it wasn't the last to be released but was the last recorded I think?) then IMO it's their best.

Yes, great album, my all time best Beatles album. Something about those care free final albums that really hit the spot. Both examples far more ‘live’ that their predecessors.

Alvin · August 2018

Pride And Glory , the first , last and only album . Best thing Zakk Wylde has ever done .

He should have done it the opposite way around - one Black Label Society (one would have been plenty) and more Pride And Glory albums instead.

richardhomer · August 2018

menamestom said:

Blueingreen said:

If you count Abbey Road as The Beatles final album (it wasn't the last to be released but was the last recorded I think?) then IMO it's their best.

Yes, great album, my all time best Beatles album. Something about those care free final albums that really hit the spot. Both examples far more ‘live’ that their predecessors.

As it was recorded last - it should be considered their last, as far as I’m concerned. It’s a great album....

fftc · August 2018

Seahorses.

menamestom · August 2018

fftc said:

Seahorses.

Also their worst!

EricTheWeary · August 2018

menamestom said:

First up:-

The Doors. LA Woman is a killer album.

Any more?

Not The Doors last album ,IIRC, just the last one with Jim.

[ Now that’s how you make friends and influence people...

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Err, if I can include not a band then Back to Black by Amy Winehouse.

UnclePsychosis · August 2018

Never understood the love for Abbey Road. A couple of great songs but most of it is tosh.

The inclusion of the hands down worst song they ever did - Maxwell's Silver Hammer - scores it serious negatives straight off the bat.

rlw · August 2018

EricTheWeary said:

menamestom said:

First up:-

The Doors. LA Woman is a killer album.

Any more?

Not The Doors last album ,IIRC, just the last one with Jim.

[ Now that’s how you make friends and influence people... ]

Err, if I can include not a band then Back to Black by Amy Winehouse.

But Frank must be up there for the best debut in that case.

Philly_Q · August 2018

I can't think of any, apart from one-album wonders. Most bands carry on too long past their peak.

octatonic · August 2018

The Last Waltz by The Band.

KKJale · August 2018

Elliott Smith, Figure 8.

And, cheating slightly, Nick Drake's Pink Moon.

BloodEagle · August 2018

Nirvana - In Utero
Big Black - Songs about Fucking

prowla · August 2018

Clockwork Angels isn't Rush's best, but it is a darned good album!

Majorscale · August 2018

Marillion - Clutching At Straws

bloodandtears · August 2018

Giant...
Blue Murder...
Journey - Trial by Fire lol
The Police

TheBigDipper · August 2018

If we're stretching the point to use the term "band" to mean a particular incarnation of a lineup, then...

Love, Fear & The Time Machine - Riverside. If Piotr Grudziński (guitarist) hadn't died suddenly, who knows what the next one would have become.

thumpingrug · August 2018

Majorscale said:

Marillion - Clutching At Straws

Because the following 15 albums didn't count.

tone1 · August 2018

U2's Joshua Tree.... Well, they were dead to me after that, so it counts in my book

bbill335 · August 2018

Stone Roses - second coming. Great guitar sounds and amazing feel to tracks like Begging You. The eponymous album has decent songs on it but it sounds too 80s in terms of production. Too much chorus and gated reverb!

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