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The Truth

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Posted: December 17 2009 at 21:21

Queen never really did any wrong for me, but they came very close on Hot Space! (They are definitely lucky I'm a fanboy and even enjoy that album)

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Posted: December 17 2009 at 21:13

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Jethro Tull has never seemed to do wrong to my ears either. Their catologue is just a tad bigger than CCR so I've only heard through Stormwatch

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Posted: December 17 2009 at 13:43

IMHO, nobody's perfect, but a few have come close:

The Beatles

Led Zeppelin

Miles Davis

And there's a laundry list of 'if it wasn't for that release or two':

Genesis

Yes

Pat Metheny

John Coltrane

The Doors

Then there are those whose 'classic' period featured huge contributions, but who stuck around too long afterward:

King Crimson

The Rolling Stones

Jethro Tull

Caravan

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Posted: December 17 2009 at 12:21

The Beatles

Led Zeppelin

VDGG

TMV

Tool

Mastodon

Alice in chains

Egg

The Doors

Faith no more

Pantera

Thos are some bands that comes to mind. None of em have realsed a bad album so far IMO. Sure some of em havent realsed that many albums but still no bad ones. =)

Edited by Zargus - December 17 2009 at 12:34

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Posted: December 17 2009 at 09:37

Everything But The Girl/Tracy Thorn/Ben Watt.

I own everything they've done, never tire of them, love all of the changes & challenges they've put themselves through, and find myself undiscriminating as to which album/song I want to listen to at any given moment.

Bill Evans.

Almosts: Led Zeppelin, Pat Metheny, Jean-Luc Ponty, Diana Krall, Bruce Cockburn, David Sylvian, After Crying, Stevie Wonder, Cocteau Twins, Päatos, and Paul Weller/Style Council.

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Posted: December 17 2009 at 06:23

The Beatles

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Posted: December 15 2009 at 20:12

Kashmir75 wrote:

Why are so many people saying the Beatles?

Do you really think Let It Be is a five star album? Or anything pre-Rubber Soul? Beatles fanboys are the most loyal of them all.

Let It Be is not a five star album, it's actually an incomplete project, but still it has many great songs on it. To me albums like A Hard Day's Night or Help! are at least 4 stars, especially considering the context. I already said why I mentioned The Beatles. In my opinion that a band can do no wrong doesn't mean everything they did was outstanding, that's impossible. The first Beatles album weren't great, maybe they were just good, but they keep progressing and getting better in every album, trying different things, experimenting and changing their sound successfully every time, that's why they did no wrong to me.

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Posted: December 15 2009 at 19:48

TheLastBaron wrote:

I can't think of any band that can do no wrong, even when it comes to my favorite bands. i don't care for the teen pop side of the beatles, you know pre-rubber soul. I don't care for Queen's Hot Space. Dream Theaters latest and systematic chaos could have been better, rush's power windows could have been better. Genesis went downhill after trick of the tail. Metallica slowed down and simplified things to much with the black album, Mastodons Blood mountain was dissapointing. Iron Maidens Blaze Bailey era albums are awfull. Judas Priest had some embarrassing material between screaming for vengeance and Painkiller. I like a lot of bands but none of them have blown my mind with every song and every album, yet what matters is the bands that can pull of a lot of good work throughout a long career and most of the bands i have mentioned have done that, for the more recent bands we will have to wait and see.

Well said. All bands are, like us, human. No-one has a perfect day, every day. Not even creative geniuses. I agree with your comments, too, although I liked Blood Mountain by Mastodon, and the first Bayley Maiden album had a couple of decent tracks on it.

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Posted: December 15 2009 at 19:45

Why are so many people saying the Beatles?

Do you really think Let It Be is a five star album? Or anything pre-Rubber Soul? Beatles fanboys are the most loyal of them all.

Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while...

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Posted: December 15 2009 at 08:56

Mastodon are still as steady as evver and their carear sim to possibly go straight up, just a funny band to watch now since they are still improving on evry album. but im nervous about if they kan topp it the next time, they will have HUGH HUGH HUGH HUGH antispation on the following chapter after Crack the SKye.

but they are now in studio making a movie soundtrack so maybe that will make them evolve on even grater scale on the next elbum (which I predict will come in 2012 )

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Posted: December 15 2009 at 08:50

pepato wrote:

Porcupine Tree totally; also Rush (with few downs)

Surely a "few downs" disqualifies them?

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Posted: December 15 2009 at 08:48

Losendos wrote:

The beatles

Have you not heard Mr Moonlight?

Or Octopus' Garden?

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Posted: December 15 2009 at 08:18

Blowin Free wrote:

The T wrote:

There's no such a band for me.

If there is, either you, the listener, are a fanboy, or the band is just not good enough to have tried and developed to different styles, which makes them not that good of a band.

So you mean people can't like different musical styles of one band without being a fanboy? Confused

Apart from The Division Bell I like every album from Pink Floyd.

An album like "The Final Cut" is entirely different from "Ummagumma" though, but both are among the best albums I know.

This doesn't necessarily mean that I'm a fanboy either, as I do like most of the majority of the music the band has made but don't say I like the music they've made which I think is bad.

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Posted: December 15 2009 at 06:41

The T wrote:

There's no such a band for me.

If there is, either you, the listener, are a fanboy, or the band is just not good enough to have tried and developed to different styles, which makes them not that good of a band.

Capability Brown for me though, everybody knows I'm a fanboy...

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Posted: December 15 2009 at 05:37

Arti e Mestieri, and I would have said Banco del Mutuo Soccorso but the've had a problem in the '80s.

RPI=>Camelot Club Prog ...but also>MaRaCash records.

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Posted: December 15 2009 at 03:47

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Posted: December 15 2009 at 02:25

The beatles

How wonderful to be so profound

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Posted: December 14 2009 at 23:10

UFO ,Saga ,Blue Oyster Cult ,Deep Purple ,YES ,Frank Marino ,John Wetton ,Steve Howe ,Savatage ,Uriah Heep ,the Sweet ,Kansas - I know most of these bands aren't prog but hey.........

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Posted: December 14 2009 at 20:37

also Ulver. i find even their black metal stuff incredibly listenable and exciting. maybe 1 or 2 albums im not that into

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Posted: December 14 2009 at 20:35

ill try to mention those i didnt see listed

kayo dot- although only three albums in all three are of incredibly consistent quality.

Can had a 4/5 album brilliant streak

magma - only one slip up (merci) and its still pretty fun. check out the ratings

animal collective - genius and they're what 5 or 6 albums in and consistently changing direction? great stuff

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