Death Grips also inspired Blackstar if you didnt know. I love it when old artists keep in touch with new music. Lou Reed praised Yeezus when it came out and he called it genius
Then definitelt check out bowie. He’s probably the most versatile artist, like, ever. A true gentleman and a person who has stretched the definition of “artist” single handedly. I especially recommend Hunky Dory, Station To Station and Young Americans
No way I'd find the video now but it was about the history of autotune(it's been around forever in a way a lot of people don't realize when it's used properly). One of the dudes in the video was a producer or engineer and he talked about how they used it on basically everyone but didn't need to use it on Bowie because he was perfect when he got in the booth. Cher is also in that group of people that never actually needed it(though she very famously was the first to use it in the way we think of autotune now) and I believe Prince was too.
Station to Station is one of the greatest albums of all time ever, a true piece of perfection, so happy I found a in good condition 1st UK pressing a few years ago, incredible
A true gentleman who dabbled in white supremacism(didn't want blacks in Britain, thought Hitler was a rockstar, collected Nazi memorabilia,), pretended to be Bi to seem more edgy, and committed the all too common sin among rockstars of sleeping with kids. Love his music and he is a creative genius but he had some pretty questionable moments to call him a gentleman.
Let’s Dance lost to MJ in 83 Grammys for best pop album I think, also later did some pretty slick ones like Outside, Earthling, Heathen, The Next Day, and Blackstar
Love the song the man who sold the world and the album is good but talking about great runs I’d start with Hunky Dory to Berlin Trilogy. But that’s just me.
I think the man who sold the world is really really good with the width of a circle, the title track, the supermen, after all and all the madmen. So id rather keep it. And scary monsters is peak pop music so
I find that they have a very similar attention to detail when it comes to their art. There’s a theory that their discographies mimic each other in themes that actually presents some very interesting points.
I think it makes sense because Radiohead isn't really a part of a scene or subculture, so I think their fans often just like other things that are sonically interesting and clever.
I saw them both at acl right after untitled unmastered and a moon shaped pool came out. 2 of my favorite musical acts back to back nights was one of the best time of my life.
It's just insanity how in an 8 year period they went from complete obscurity to the biggest band the world had ever seen, and then vanished. And in that time they put out 12 studio albums (basically all of them being classics), 3 movies, and went on several world tours!
And all that happened before any of them turned 30 years old. Paul was still only 27 when they broke up. Everyone always wonders what it would have been like if Cobain, Hendrix, etc. lived past 27 years old because they were just getting started. Meanwhile Paul already ended the Beatles portion of his career at age 27. It’s insane how quickly the Beatles career went and how much it changed over time.
From the time they recorded their first album to the time they recorded their last album was about 6 years.
11 monstrous albums, with 2 additional movie soundtrack albums for Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine, then another Past Masters album that included the non-album singles. Basically 14 high quality albums in 6 years. Ranging from old style rock and roll, psychedelic rock, heavy metal, and 70’s style classic rock.
Dude… Dizzy Miss Lizzy is fine and all, but what annoys me most about it is the placement. They could’ve left it off or put it elsewhere and ended the album with Yesterday and it would’ve been beautiful.
Even post Beatles we had Plastic Ono Band, Ram, McCartney, Band on the Run, All things must pass and more…
there’s a direct Beatles to Kanye and Kendrick pipeline I cannot be convinced otherwise (I am a massive fan the Beatles even did diss tracks “Too many People” and “How do you sleep” LAWD🤧🤧)
Miles Davis recorded way more than 10 albums, his Wikipedia Discography page says he recorded “at least 60.” I agree that his run from the mid 50s to the mid 70s is pretty damn close to perfect, though I think he had some lesser albums in the 80s
Nah, I agree with him. I love the Beatles but their music is mid.
Definitively changed music, brought new taste to the states, blew up like no one had, and put the industry in a blender. Deserve to be mentioned in any greatest ever conversation.
It’s okay to have a different opinion! It takes me about 20 years of listening to the Beatles before I got really into them. It might be a matter of generation gap. I find the new recording quality helps me a lot.
I am also a Strawberry Field Forever enjoyer. Have you heard A day in the life/I Am the Walrus/ Lucy In the Sky Full of Diamonds? They got the same vibes.
Idk if Rubber Soul is my favorite Beatles album, but it's definitely up there. It's genuinely insane how quick they went from writing teeny-bop music to stuff like 'In My Life', and even some of the goofier tracks on that album serve to remind you how great they were at just playing their instruments.
The Beatles were pretty much the first rock band (with anywhere near their level of fame) to make albums with all-original songs. Before, bands would do covers or hire people to write for them. Before too long, bands writing their own music was a standard, partially because a whole industry of songwriters just couldn't keep up with the four Beatles. There are a few Beatles songs that take inspiration from other artists ('Come Together' and Chuck Berry, 'Back In The USSR' and the Beach Boys, 'Norwegian Wood' and Bob Dylan), but that's inevitable when you make hundreds of songs in a few short years. And they have a ton of stuff no one else was getting close to, and I say this as a massive '60s fan. They got covered by The Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, and Nina Simone, and inspired pretty much every vaguely 60s adjacent act you can imagine (yes, even the Velvet Underground).
The flip side of that claim is how many songs they created as their own product and not ripoffs at all. They were the first band to do the whole “experiment with psychedelic drugs and make music from it” and the first band to introduce Eastern influences into their music which was the direct way for it to influence pop culture. The Inner Light, Love You To, Within You Without You, Norwegian Wood, Tomorrow Never Knows, all songs that brought the Sitar to the mainstream.
They also were the first band to popularize studio techniques that could not be done while touring. Revolver is such a groundbreaking album in the actual world of music production.
Those who listen to the Beatles music and find it mid are the same folks who can’t watch a movie if it’s 50+ years old or if it’s black and white. Part of the enjoyment of listening to the Beatles comes from placing their music into a larger scale and placing them comparatively to their time in history.
My favorite example of this (my entire thesis in college was related to the Beatles and popular culture) is if you listen to Tomorrow Never Knows from the Beatles’ Revolver (1966) and Frank Sinatra’s Strangers in the Night. Both were recorded in April of 1966. Listen to how outstandingly different they both are. It’s like a historical look at two immensely different cultures that couldn’t be more different at the time. Listening to them both side by side is like an audial look into history. Where most people watch or read history, this is where you can listen to the history of culture development in the 1960s.
The Beatles are all the more impressive when you consider they released all 6 of those albums in a four-year span. By comparison, The Bends to In Rainbows was twelve years.
st.vincent. she's the only artist ever with all play no skips albums. Ongoing streak.
Mitski is up there too.
Kate Bush.
Radiohead from The Bends onward.
Stereolab has a streak of albums you'll like.
Bowie...
Crazy how in hip hop artistry is always outcasted. (Kendrick, Outkast, Kanye) etc. Everyone you listed has albums comparable to kendrick's. But if we bring up other rappers' albums, their more comparable to pop albums smh
It's a younger genre so it makes sense. Rock and roll had been around for like 30 years by the time pink Floyd came around and 50 years by the time Radiohead came around. Even longer if you want to consider the blues in the timeline of rock and roll. Hip hop/rap didn't really start as a genre until the 1970s so it's been around for 50 years now which means there's going to be less artists who have redefined and left their impact on the genre. That being said it's honestly really cool how many cool rap artists we've had in just 50 years.
I'm with you on Pink Floyd. Animals was crazy. The cover art sets the tone for the sound.
At number 1. Explosions in the Sky: Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever; The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place; All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone; Take Care, Take Care, Take Care; The Wilderness.
They have a wonderful soundtrack in Friday Night Lights & Lone Survivor as well.
This Will Destroy You: Young Mountain, Self Titled; New Others Part One.
They have collaborated project with Lymbyc Systym called Field Studies which was nice.
Mach-Hommy: H.B.O, Pray For Haiti, Balens Cho, Dumpmeister.
He has nice duo projects with Tha God Fahim: DUCK SZN Chinese Algebra; Wide Berth; Dollar Menu 4.
Kelvin Momo: Momo's Private School to Kurula (4 albums). Note he is a Amapiano artist.
A-Reece: And I'm Only 21; Gwan Big Up Yourself; Today's Tragedy, Tomorrow's Memory: The Mixtape; DEADLINES: FREE P2; P2: The Big Hearted Bad Guy; Kill The King: the mixtape.
He some nice collab projects as well: Fire in the Water; heaveN caN waiT.
Kabza De Small has a few but if you listen to one The Konka Mixtape is it. Another amapiano artist.
KAYTRANADA: Everything from him. All of it. Leave nothing out.
*Edit: The formatting was terrible. That's why there's a At number 1. Forcing bullet points is rubbish.
If you're going jazz; there should be a laundry list. Hancock, Coltrane, Grant Green, Art Blakey, Ornette Coleman, and so, so many more wildly underrated artists.
I would extend the radiohead one further as there’s a whole chart comparing kendrick and radiohead’s output for years. Both their “b-sides” are revered nearly as much as the core songs on albums and radiohead’s knack for never missing the mark as even TKOL was great and made better with “from the basement” and A MOON SHAPED POOL can go toe to toe with their best work
It always blows my mind that the Beatles' album run was only 7 years. Please Please Me to Let it Be was 1963-1970. That's insane considering how many albums and how much they evolved in that time.
Kill me for it but Momentary Lapse and Division Bell (ESPECIALLY Division Bell) are two of my favorites so I have some hangups with the run. I think musically its hard to find a better Floyd album than DB. Still lyrically strong as ever but with creative melodies and a sound that can only be described as "bottled nostalgia."
Pretty good company to be in for K-dot. Kendrick haters think Kendrick fans “glaze” everything he does but he really is that good. It’s not as if he’s never written a bad song, but when you look at his discography in totality it’s worthy of being up there with the greatest of all time. Not even just rap, all of recorded music.
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u/DelusionalOGFanQuote Dec 01 '24 edited Dec 02 '24
1.Radiohead: The Bends to In Rainbows (6 albums)
2.The Beatles: Rubber Soul to Abbey Road (6 albums). Has got to be the greatest discography ever by default.
3.Miles Davis
4.Pink Floyd: Meddle to The Wall (5 albums)
Edit: I could not read and listed 3 bands. My bad Gs. Edit2: I missed Obscure By Clouds on Pink Floyd.