spectoremg Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 8 minutes ago, PaulWarning said: Trolling again Mr Warning's stock answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonEdward Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Level 42: World Machine (1985) - 2× Platinum; Running In The Family (1987) - 2× Platinum; Staring At The Sun (1988) - Gold. All three very different sounding albums - commercially succesful. All within the space of three years.. and a considerable change in line up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 1 minute ago, SimonEdward said: Level 42: World Machine (1985) - 2× Platinum; Running In The Family (1987) - 2× Platinum; Staring At The Sun (1988) - Gold. All three very different sounding albums - commercially succesful. All within the space of three years.. and a considerable change in line up. Running In The Family and Staring At The Sun remind me of late 80’s drives in my dads green Volvo 340GL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 9 minutes ago, SimonEdward said: Level 42: World Machine (1985) - 2× Platinum; Running In The Family (1987) - 2× Platinum; Staring At The Sun (1988) - Gold. All three very different sounding albums - commercially succesful. All within the space of three years.. and a considerable change in line up. Three very good albums, but for me World Machine is the one where Level 42 went stratospheric. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonEdward Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Just now, spectoremg said: Three very good albums, but for me World Machine is the one where Level 42 went stratospheric. Yes - agreed! World Machine was the 1st album I bought on vinyl back in 1985. Of these three, it's my favourite - the writing, musicianship and production is just a cut above the other two.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trav Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Watched a vid of them performing live in Holland back in 2009 a couple of months back. For some reason was more drawn to Gary Husband's drumming... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 4 hours ago, spectoremg said: Neither Fish Nor Flesh - massively successful first album pop star rebels against the music industry. Stupid twunt. Was just a little bit daft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 I was thinking about Dire Straits pre Brothers in Arms, but just looked at the figures and was surprised. I was going to suggest Making Movies as being the breakthrough album (yes, I know Sultans was an iconic single, but MM seemed to have been the album that lifted them to the next level). However, the following album, Love Over Gold was actually more successful, and was their first number 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicVibes Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 Radiohead - OK Computer > Kid A. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 ELO did it on a couple of successive albums. A New World Record and then Out of the Blue were very successful and epitomise the violins and cello orchestral pop ELO sound everyone thinks about when you think ELO... ...then they released "Discovery" - or "Disco-Very", their first No 1 album which had a very different sound but was also very successful with many hit singles. AND THEN they released their last big hit album "Time", also a No 1 album, which largely ditched the strings-based/disco-tinged sound for a much more synth/electro tinged flavour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 I don't really get this thread, probably because my favourite album by bands I like tends to be the one they made before the one that was successful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Def Lep - Pyromania was massive (everywhere but the UK anyway), and then Hysteria was even more massive and was very different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 7 minutes ago, fretmeister said: Def Lep - Pyromania was massive (everywhere but the UK anyway), and then Hysteria was even more massive and was very different. I nearly went with that very same example. My cousin is from Texas and she came over here in 1983 with Pyromania and introduced a 10yr old me to rock music. It sold something like 6 million copies which is huge but yet eclipsed by the later sales of Hysteria. None of my friends at school had heard of them but by the time Animal came out in the summer of '87 they were a household name. A very different story back in the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patster1969 Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill > Paul's Boutique Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicVibes Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 5 hours ago, BigRedX said: I don't really get this thread, probably because my favourite album by bands I like tends to be the one they made before the one that was successful. Ah, the I liked them before they were famous album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 32 minutes ago, ClassicVibes said: Ah, the I liked them before they were famous album. We've got 3 of them 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Jethro Tull - Aqualung ---> Thick as a Brick. Rush - 2112 --> All the World's a Stage. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin --> Led Zeppelin II. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkypenguin Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 I'll go with Dream Theater, Images and Words > Awake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 11 hours ago, ClassicVibes said: Radiohead - OK Computer > Kid A. Artistically you could even make that a trio... The Bends> Ok Computer > Kid A I think Kid A was probably the most musically influential on everything that came after it though (and it hardly sold nothing) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicVibes Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 4 hours ago, Bassfinger said: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin --> Led Zeppelin II. I would probably say Led Zep IV > Houses Of The Holy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 12 hours ago, ClassicVibes said: I would probably say Led Zep IV > Houses Of The Holy. Or in fact... II > III III > IV IV > Houses of the Holy Presence > In Through The Out Door 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 18 hours ago, ClassicVibes said: Ah, the I liked them before they were famous album. Most bands I like never really become famous. However the classic IMO better before they were famous album is Travelogue by The Human League. And for albums that are better after the best known one, everything the Sneaker Pimps have made post Becoming X has been far superior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 1 hour ago, BigRedX said: However the classic IMO better before they were famous album is Travelogue by The Human League. And for albums that are better after the best known one, everything the Sneaker Pimps have made post Becoming X has been far superior. Agree on the first one and not the second! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, followed by The Great Rock n Roll Swindle. Essentially a great album followed by a pretty mediocre one, that had a few good songs and a lot of stuff imo just bunged in to pad it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Nothing by The Ramones 😏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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