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Which album was a band's creative zenith/magnum opus before falling off? (lemmy.world)

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Demon Days by Gorillaz

Silent Alarm by Bloc Party

Metallica (Black Album)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Shinedown The Sound of Madness

I love all of their albums, but there's something truly special about the musicality and emotional impact of the songs and album as a whole for The Sound of Madness

There subsequent albums are fantastic, but have more ups and downs than the consistent high bar of The Sound of Madness

Similarly, I think Disturbed Immortalized was Disturbed's peak work, with The Light and The Sound of Silence being incredible peaks of their signature style and highly musical storytelling on a fantastic album.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Wow, I entirely forgot that Devour existed until just now. It blew my teenage mind when I first heard it. I also forgot how much I hated that every single store seemed to be playing The Crow and the Butterfly when you walked in.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Last Splash by the Breeders
White Album - The Beatles
The Wall - Pink Floyd

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane. And in no way do I mean this as a dis for anything that followed. A masterpiece is simply just that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Death Magnetic is better than Metallica's Metallica. That coming from a person who has been a fan since the 80s.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Avenged Sevenfold - White Album

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Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Cursive - The Ugly Organ

LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Murray Street -- Sonic Youth

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

There's argument to be made for several albums across their career (including their first), but I think REM's Document was the last great one they made. I know a lot of people will cry and point to Automatic for the People, but they are wrong.

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