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Xonty 
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Posted: March 11 2014 at 16:07 |
Hello, can anyone think of any single albums that completely ruin a band's discography. Struggling to think of any in particular, as most prog bands just go downhill towards the end of their careers (ELP, Genesis, arguably Yes, Pink Floyd, etc.) Albums I can think of are:
King Crimson - The ConstruKction Of Light (IMO) Supertramp - Free As A Bird Led Zeppelin - Coda (could have been so much better, looking at their other outtakes) The Velvet Underground - Squeeze (compared to the others, terrible)
Really stuck now, I'll edit if I think of any 
As always, thanks for any feedback 
Edited by Xonty - March 11 2014 at 16:08
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: March 11 2014 at 16:16 |
I also hate Famous Last Words by Supertramp.
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Posted: March 11 2014 at 16:18 |
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CoL is a brilliant Crimson album imo.
For me it's Final Cut, but that's also because of the circumstances under which it got produced. I could never get into it, and that's coming from a huge Waters fan. I love 'Pros and Cons' and 'Amused to Death'.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: March 11 2014 at 16:20 |
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Not to be that guy but...for me one bad album in a semi-large or larger discog doesn't ruin the whole output of the band. Now that I think about it....even if a band had two albums, one that was top notch and one that is better buried in the ground, I still wouldn't say that whole discog is ruined.
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Posted: March 11 2014 at 16:27 |
 Man With Hat wrote:
Not to be that guy but...for me one bad album in a semi-large or larger discog doesn't ruin the whole output of the band. Now that I think about it....even if a band had two albums, one that was top notch and one that is better buried in the ground, I still wouldn't say that whole discog is ruined. |
QFT
Edited by bloodnarfer - March 11 2014 at 16:32
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Posted: March 11 2014 at 16:31 |
Man With Hat wrote:
Not to be that guy but...for me one bad album in a semi-large or larger discog doesn't ruin the whole output of the band. Now that I think about it....even if a band had two albums, one that was top notch and one that is better buried in the ground, I still wouldn't say that whole discog is ruined. |
qft
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: March 11 2014 at 16:33 |
Hahah ninja'd by bloodytapir! With the same acronym no less 
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Posted: March 11 2014 at 16:35 |
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Should be "Albums that ruin a good run", or sumfink.
Edited by irrelevant - March 11 2014 at 16:36
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: March 11 2014 at 16:48 |
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some fink eh?
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bloodnarfer
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Posted: March 11 2014 at 16:53 |
Guldbamsen wrote:
Hahah ninja'd by bloodytapir! With the same acronym no less |
bloodytapir? oh I like it! I'm having a hard time thinking of any combo breaker albums. I don't usually think of bands in those terms.
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: March 11 2014 at 16:57 |
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ole-the-first
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Posted: March 11 2014 at 17:43 |
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'The ConstruKction Of Light' is a great album for me.
As for the topic, I say it's 'Serenades' by Anathema, because it's so lame and juvenile-sounding even in comparison with 'The Silent Enigma'.
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HolyMoly
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Posted: March 11 2014 at 18:03 |
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I'm willing to accept the hyperbole in good sporting fun and game spirit what ho hey now ashtray's your uncle.
Feedback by Spirit was a very shocking misstep for a band that had been nearly perfect to that point. They replaced 3 of their 5 members and were Spirit in name only. It's not rancid terrible, but ... Well maybe it was close. It only had the Spirit name on it because Cassidy was still in the band (RIP Cass <3)
Edited by HolyMoly - March 11 2014 at 18:04
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Posted: March 11 2014 at 18:33 |
irrelevant wrote:
Should be "Albums that ruin a good run", or sumfink. |
But then we'd only get Then There Were Three or Duke.
Edited by Horizons - March 11 2014 at 18:33
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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silverpot
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Posted: March 11 2014 at 20:02 |
Guldbamsen wrote:
CoL is a brilliant Crimson album imo.
For me it's Final Cut, but that's also because of the circumstances under which it got produced. I could never get into it, and that's coming from a huge Waters fan. I love 'Pros and Cons' and 'Amused to Death'. |
Yeah, The Final Cut, what a disappointment! No fan of Pros and Cons and Amused either, but I'm quite fond of Radio KAOS. Not many agrees with me on that one though.
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: March 11 2014 at 20:24 |
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Ocean is kind of a turd compared to Eloy's previous 5 albums. But some people are into turds, so that's ok.
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richardh
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Posted: March 12 2014 at 02:51 |
Those last two choices are strange to me. Ocean is not my favourite Eloy album but a 'turd'?? I would rate it 3 stars. Ra is the only album I can't listen to by them.
Platinum is rather beautiful in my eys and Oldfield managed his transition from epic instrumental works to a sleeker more band lead approach absolutely perfectly imo.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: March 12 2014 at 02:58 |
Triceratopsoil wrote:
Ocean is kind of a turd compared to Eloy's previous 5 albums. But some people are into turds, so that's ok.
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Why would you say that ??? You must study some pretty decent 'turds' to liken Eloy 's 'Ocean' to these random faecal dumpings .............
Edited by Tom Ozric - March 12 2014 at 02:59
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Svetonio
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Posted: March 12 2014 at 03:12 |
richardh wrote:
(...) and Oldfield managed his transition from epic instrumental works to a sleeker more band lead approach absolutely perfectly imo.
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"transition"? that's very bad believe me
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