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Sonic Youth - at least solid albums til the end, also very consistent.
Bob Mould - see above.
Guided by Voices - see above.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg_imQDC4eUOjuBBRl2mBwA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyQgllCIpqY
https://rozaliftwave.bandcamp.com/
Bands like Do Make Say Think sound as good as they ever did. Low is another band who changed their sound a lot as the years went on.
I still listen to those first three albums though - there are some absolutely killer tracks on all of them.
Funnily enough, although I listen almost entirely to hard rock and metal, Bob Mould is one of the artists whose albums I collect (although I'm at least a couple behind, I don't know how many because he's pretty prolific). I'm not always in the mood for his stuff - I might even go a couple of years without listening to him at all - and I don't like all his albums, he's so eclectic, but he certainly hasn't gone stale.
Ian
Lowering my expectations has succeeded beyond my wildest dreams.
I'd argue that no music will ever be as vital, as incredible, as essential as the music you discover at the right point in your life - which for most of us I'd wager is the music that soundtracked becoming an adult. Those summer gigs with mates when you feel like you could take on the world, that band your first girlfriend got you into, the rebels who understood you the way your parents don't, those speaking truth to power when you're at your most idealistic, etc etc etc.
However, all that you've said there can also apply to the bands themselves. They had that youthful energy, idealism etc and for many that's when they made their best music. It's not there any more twenty years later, even if they've theoretically become "better" musicians and songwriters.
Very mediocre albums peppered with the odd gem. Empath was a step in the right direction - I haven't had a chance to fully digest the latest one, Lightwork.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
I quite like Los Palabras De Amor as well - but I do find myself skipping the other Hot Space tracks on Live at the Bowl when I'm giving it a listen...
As I understand it, Freddie wanted to continue with the disco / funk direction and the rest of the band weren't so keen so... this was the album that resulted?
U2, Tom Petty, Willie Nelson, the Stones, Radiohead all have good staying power. Just regular old music.