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Which album was a band's creative zenith/magnum opus before falling off? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Demon Days by Gorillaz

Silent Alarm by Bloc Party

Metallica (Black Album)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Therion : Lemuria / Sirius B (released on the same day)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Endtroducing

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Rust in Peace - the magnum opus of all humanity has to offer

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago

Metallica (Black Album)

~~Is this a joke? This is where they're newfound mediocrity was cemented. They peaked at Ride the Lightning, everything after that was more and more watered down garbage.~~

Sorry, I meant I strongly disagree.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

There's argument to be made for several albums across their career (including their first), but I think REM's Document was the last great one they made. I know a lot of people will cry and point to Automatic for the People, but they are wrong.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Sam's Town - The Killers

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Murray Street -- Sonic Youth

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

They Might Be Giants - Flood

A Perfect Circle - 13th Step

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

NIN - The Fragile

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This is exactly what I was coming here to comment. This album was fucking astounding, complex, beautiful, intense, musical, destructive... Every single noise in that album was intentional and meant something. Trent was making music at the time that was so far above and beyond what anybody else was doing or has done since.

Then Atticus Ross joined. Now they make background music for movies. It is fucking heartbreaking.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Magnus Opus yes. With Teeth is still an amazing album.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I liked With Teeth, but it's a pretty far cry from The Fragile (or even TDS).

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