[TheMadcapLaughs]

yeah, the who might work. i never really got any of their albums, but i hate many many songs of tommy and quadrophenia.

now, i maybe speaking out of ignorance, but the cure? i only know the hits.

[Torn Curtain]

Originally Posted by pad_023

Cocteau Twins

Treasure is a pretty great album.

[Torn Curtain]

Originally Posted by foreverasskiss

Let It Bleed is solid. c'mon man!

And so is Sticky Fingers.

[TheMadcapLaughs]

Originally Posted by Torn Curtain

And so is Sticky Fingers.

and beggars banquet, exile on mainstreet, and even some girls is pretty solid all the way through

[SonikJesus]

Pinkerton is way awesome too

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

I agree. I'm not a particular stones fan aside from Sticky Fingers, but they are a solidly album band for sure!

[evollove]

There's some good stuff on Some Girls, also Tatoo You. Cut out the crap, squash the decent material together, and you've got an acceptable album. The rest of the post-EXILE Stones is pretty much useless. And before Aftermath (which has a lot of dross), they didn't make a decent LP. All told, they have about 4 or 5 good albums. That averages out to one good record for every decade.
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I gave EandtheB's Crocodile, Porcupine and Ocean a spin again last night. I found myself skipping a lot, but really liking the songs I didn't skip. I insist: a best-of band, and a very good one. (Though they are very silly. "C-c-cucumber, c-c-c-colliflower...")
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Also listened to Cocteau Twins' Treasure. First side is great, second side wanes. I'll take a best-of over this proper album.

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And that's the point. Would you take a proper album over a compilation? If yes, then the artist in question doesn't belong in this thread. If no, throw the name in the ring.

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Lou Reed! I can't believe I didn't think of this. Some okay albums, but no masterpiece. A compilation artist for sure.

[Screaming Skull]

Beyond "Singles Going Steady" what more do you need from The Buzzcocks?

How about The Germs?

Iggy Pop's non-Stooges output?

How about Lush?

The Psychedelic Furs?

[Mortte Jousimo]

I think here´s mentioned many great bands who have great albums: Siouxsie and the Banshees (Kaleidoscope, Juju, a Kiss in the dreamhouse), Creedence (all of their albums except Mardi Gras), New Order (Brotherhood & Technique), the Who (the Who Sell Out, Who´s next, Tommy, Quadrophenia) Lou Reed (transformer, Berlin) & Santana (their three first albums). If you disagree I think you should at least listen those albums first.

Maybe Abba didn´t have any great original album, but at least Waterloo has some much more interesting songs than those hits everybody have heard 1000 times.

About the Stones I think also Tattoo You, Steel Wheels, Voodoo Lounge & Bridges to Babylon are great albums. Of course not as great as Beggars, Let it Bleed etc. but very great comparing many albums that has come in same time.

[Bertrand]

If a Royal Trux compilation pops up, I'll look at it.
Yo Se was great on Veterans of Disaster, and there are 2 songs above the rest on their 2 self-titled.

Holly Golightly.

[demonrail666]

Hall and Oates