Last night, I decided to replace three very cherished albums that I once owned on vinyl, but lost long ago. All three albums were by the same band -- a band that only ever put out a grand total of five studio albums.
As a body of work, those five albums are quite possibly the tightest, most solid body of work ever put out by a rock band. The volatile personalities that produced such great music also meant they couldn't last. They straddled genres and in many ways redefined what music could be, all while helping propel the overall sound of rock music into it's next phase.
The albums I picked up are (IMO) the best three of the five, though the other two still kick much ass. One was the best of their two early albums. One was the middle album -- an album very representative of a slight shift in the sound of the band, but still solid in its own right. The third album I bought was, in my opinion, lip to label one of the greatest rock albums ever recorded.
Anyone want to take a stab as to who the band is, and what three albums I picked up?
I'm guessing the Police. Album: Zenyatta Mondatta, Synchronicity, & Regatta de Blanc
I'm pretty sure Sean has Tool on CD.
I'm guessing The Pixies.
HA! Good guess bon, but no. Sue guessed correctly with surprising alacrity. Except for the part where she thinks that Synchronicity is a better album than Ghost in the Machine, which is just wrong, wrong wrong.
I'm guessing The Pixies.
Didn't they only have four LPs? COME ON PILGRIM was an EP, and it's on the CD of SURFER ROSA.
I was guessing POLICE as well, and the number of releases is correct. However, as enjoyable as I found them, there's nothing they put out I'd consider a great album back to front, let alone of all time. That's just MO, though.
You know, I probably wouldn't have even thought of The Police, but I saw an interview with Andy Summers last night, so they were fresh in my mind.
I was way into The Police in high school and early college. So now they're one of those bands I just can't listen to objectively. I hardly listened to them at all for a long time, but in the last few years I've acquired their oeuvre on CD or iTunes.
I was gonna guess The Feelies, but I googled and found they've released four albums and an EP.
The Feelies were awesome....
eta: "Can't Stand Losing You" was my favorite song in high school....
You can say that again.
I think only their first album is in print right now, though.
I had to pay a shitload of money for a few Feelies albums a year ago or so.
