While listening to Little Eearthquakes from Tori Amos, i am thinkingNic, hey, there are quit a lot of major artists who are busy in the musicbussines for quite some time but never bettered the quality of their debutrecord. Some new artists deliver such a buzz because of the magic and quality of their debutrecord, but after that never seem to reach that hights again.

Right now i am thinking about the following artists / records:
- Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
- Lenny Kravitz - Let love rule
- The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
- Living colour - Vivid
- Pearl Jam - Ten
- Rage against the machine - Rage against the Machine
- Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left

You have any other examples? (or you disagree, with my view, thats possible of course...lol)

Riverpoet31 said:

I don't agree with Lenny. His second album Mama Said is fantastic and so is "are you gonna go my way". Having said that, Alanis Morrisette comes to mind. Other then Jagged Little Pill, all her cd's have sucked.

terrence trent d'arby
d'angelo

The Pretenders















now beat that.....

Riverpoet31 said:

Vs. is just as good if not better tha ten

meltwithu said:

Sorry, but I completely disagree. TTD and D both had great cd's after there debut. Voodoo is better than Brown Sugar IMO.

VoicesCarry said:

Yep, that might be one. I tried to get into her others, but they are damn boring.

kisscamille said:

nope ... after untitled, there's nothing memorable on voodoo. ttd might have had some decent follow-up cd's...but not better than the first...jmho

meltwithu said:

Differences of opinion. I find Voodoo so much more sophisticated than Brown Sugar.

Riverpoet31 said:

I have to say I disagree with this

Although, my own personal favorit Tori
album is "From The Choirgirl Hotel", I
can honestly say that her crowning
achievement is "Boys For Pele" which is
simply as good as you can get.

It might not be commercialy sound but
it's an album unlike any other, taking
you from one end of the spectrum right
through to the other. breaking you,
hurting you, healing you, loving and
consoling you all in one journey.

Little Earthquakes had a bigger impact
but "Boys For Pele" is her masterpiece.

sorry, i'm done now. just passing thru

IstenSzek said:

Agreed.

annie lennox (solo). 'medusa' and 'bare' have their virtues, but they don't even come anywhere close to touching 'diva'.

Anxiety said:

I think Bare is her best record.

VoicesCarry said:

Agreed, but Diva is right there with it.

VoicesCarry said:

'Til Tuesday


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

theAudience said:

They never topped the title track, but as far as albums go, Welcome Home and Everything's Different Now are far superior.

VoicesCarry said:

i think 'bare' is far more honest and emotionally rich than 'medusa', right down to the way it was produced, but i also think 'diva' is the full package - there's so much variety and range on that album, yet it manages to remain consistent and focused.

VoicesCarry said:

You're probably right.
Haven't really listened to them beyond that single.

The thread appears to be asking two different questions.
1) "never bettered the quality of their debutrecord" (quality of product)
2) "never seem to reach that hights again" (popularity of product)

'Til Tuesday may have satisfied condition 1 but not 2.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

No one's mentioned Maxwell?

An argument could be made for The Beastie Boys, not saying I'd co-sign, but it could be made.

namepeace said:

Pauls botique ripped the shit outta Liscensed

TheRealFiness said:

Like I said . . .

TheRealFiness said:

So true.

Ready For The World

Lauryn Hill's Miseducation

All About Eve
The Velvet Underground
Wu-Tang Clan

Deee-Lite
Expose
Jody Watley

heartbeatocean said:

co - Agreed.

Anxiety said:

I've had my moments with "Medusa" and "Bare", but "Diva" will always be her crowning achievement.