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One of mine is Commit This to Memory by Motion City Soundtrack. I basically took the title verbatim and know the album word for word. And while I would love if it did, the rest of MCS's stuff just doesn't hit the same way.

And if you're not an album person, maybe a period of time in the artist's work? Whatever works for you.

*Lots of mentions of hit debut albums that subsequently petered out, which follows with the dreaded sophomore slump that hits many artists. Anyone with mid or even later career albums that stand alone? Those always intrigue me.

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[–] Volkditty@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Ryan's Hope - Apocalypse in Increments. It's from 2006 but I didn't discover it until around 2012, by which point they'd already rebranded as The Reaganomics and adopted a more pop-punk sound that didn't resonate with me.

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

NoFX - White Trash Two Heebs and a Bean

Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump

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[–] mxl@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

The Ataris, with So Long, Astoria

[–] graeghos_714@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Boston, the Cars, but there are so many one hit wonders imo

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[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Augustana. Can’t Love, Can’t Hurt is a fantastic album, but everything else they’ve put out is meh.

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[–] TedZanzibar@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Regular Urban Survivors by Terrorvision. Most people probably know them by way of their subsequent album, Shaving Peaches, but RUS is far superior.

[–] Panurge987@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Kiko by Los Lobos is a masterpiece, to me. The rest of their albums are hit or miss, with The Town and the City being their 2nd best, but nowhere near as good as Kiko.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Sevendust - Animosity - loved every track but only a few selected tracks from their other work

Disturbed - The Sickness - made my 2000

Orgy - Vapor Transmission - way ahead of their time

Limp Bizkit - Significant Other - still fun to listen to

[–] derivatives_are_hard@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Boatman's Call seemed like a solid album and mostly unweird, if not kind of cheesy. But his other stuff, earlier and later feels off. I imagine that's blasphemous to a proper nick cave fan as BC was likely more mainstream and all that but it was nice, lovely, and at some points thoughtful.

[–] CH3DD4R_G0BL1N@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I never really cared all that much for anything other than Lyre of Orpheus/Abbatoir Blues aside from a song here and there. Nothing else just hit the same for me.

Same. He's pretty hit or miss. Like Tom Waites, for me, in a way. Some breathtaking songs but lots of mediocre stuff.

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