title says it all, I've started this thread to know if I should check out good/great late-career albums of veteran artists that I don't care about that much anymore...and please, add the date if possible

to name a few

Prince - 3121 (2006)

Stevie Wonder - A Time to Love (2005)

David Bowie - Heathen (2002)

Bob Dylan - Love & Theft (2001)

Heaven & Hell (Black Sabbath with Dio) - The Devil You Know (2010)

all great, yours?

[Edited 6/6/12 18:51pm]

Van Halen - A Different Kind Of Truth (2012)

Bruce Springsgteen - Working On A Dream (2008)

Whitesnake - Forevermore (2011)

Eagles - Long Road Out Of Eden (2007)

Bobby McFerrin: Vocabularies (2010)

Swing Out Sister: Where Our Love Grows (2004)

Swing Out Sister: Beautiful Mess (2008)

The Eagles: Long Road Out Of Eden (2007)

Basia: It's That Girl Again (2009)

Tears For Fears: Everyone Loves A Happy Ending (2004)

Original 7ven: Condensate (2011)

Brand New Heavies: Get Used To It (2006)

Van Halen: A Different Kind Of Truth (2012)

Chaka Khan: Funk This (2007)

Chante Moore: Love The Woman (2008)

El DeBarge: Second Chance (2010)

George Benson & Al Jarreau: Givin' It Up (2006)

George Benson: Songs & Stories (2009)

Al Green: I Can't Stop (2003)

Steely Dan: Everything Must Go (2003)

Donald Fagen: Morph The Cat (2006)

Beastie Boys: To The 5 Boroughs (2004)

Charlie Wilson: Charlie Last Name Wilson (2005)

Prince - The Rainbow Children (2001)

Prince - One Night Alone: Piano Solo (2002)

Prince - LotusFlow3r (2009)

Al Green - Lay It Down (2008)

Candi Staton - His Hands (2006)

Candi Staton - Who's Hurting Now (2009)

Gil Scott Heron - I'm New Here (2010)

Bobby Womack - The Bravest Man In The World (2012)

Chaka Khan - Funk This (2007)

Michael Jackson - Invincible (2001) (Haters can hate)

Madonna- Confessions On A Dance Floor (2005)

Madonna- MDNA (2012) (Haters can hate)

Prince- Planet Earth (2008)

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Harlepolis said:

Prince - Musicology (2004)

Prince - 3121 (2006)

Prince - LotusFlow3r (2009)

Al Green - Lay It Down (2008)

Candi Staton - His Hands (2006)

Candi Staton - Who's Hurting Now (2009)

Gil Scott Heron - I'm New Here (2010)

Bobby Womack - The Bravest Man In The World (2012)

Chaka Khan - Funk This (2007)

yep

David Bowie - Heathen

Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind & Modern Times

Paul Weller - 22 Dreams

Eric Clapton - Clapton

Crowded House - Intriguer

Pink Floyd - Division Bell

Robert Plant - Fate of Nations

New Order - Waiting For The Siren's Call

Neil Young - Chrome Dreams 2

Tim Finn - Feeding the Gods

Prince - The Vault...Old Friends For Sale

INXS - Elegantly Wasted

Brett Anderson - Black Rainbows

B 52's - Cosmic Thing

Pulp - This is Hardcore

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a-ha "Minor Earth Major Sky" 2000

a-ha "Foot of the Mountain" 2009

a-ha "analogue" 2005

u2 "all that u cant leave behind" 2000

Elton John "songs from the west coast" 2001

Rick Springfield "shockdenialangeracceptance" 2004

Rick Springfield "Venus in Overdrive" 2008

Bon Jovi "Crush" 2000

Heart "Velvet Car" 2011

Prince "rainbow children" 2001

Van Halen "different kind of truth" 2012

John Mellencamp "human wheels" 1996

John Mellencamp "freedoms road" 2006

Barry Manilow "15 Minutes" 2011

Duran Duran "all you need is now" 2011

Paul McCartney "Flaming Pie" 1996

Paul McCartney "chaos and creation"

The Cars "move like this" 2011

Cheap trick "the latest" 2009

Inxs "elegantly wasted" 1996

just a few

Todd Rundgren - Liars

Dusty Springfield - Reputation

Frankie Valli - Heaven Above Me

Grace Jones - Hurricane

Winger - IV

JoeTyler said:

Harlepolis said:

Prince - Musicology (2004)

Prince - 3121 (2006)

yep

Those albums are garbage compared to the ones Harlepolis said..

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Earth, Wind & Fire - Illumination (2005)

Toofunkyinhere said:

B 52's - Cosmic Thing

This one threw me for a second because ten years, in relation to many of the other artists posted is not that long. But considering that the Bs only released two more albums after Cosmic Thing, calling it a late-career release is not wrong.

CrabalockerFishwife said:

JoeTyler said:

yep

Those albums are garbage compared to the ones Harlepolis said..

I didn't realize he changed her post, haha.

aardvark15 said:

Michael Jackson - Invincible (2001) (Haters can hate)

Madonna- Confessions On A Dance Floor (2005)

Madonna- MDNA (2012) (Haters can hate)

Prince- Planet Earth (2008)

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YEAH!!!

Janet-Discipline

Duran Duran-Red Carpet Massacre

Prince-3121

Brandy-Human

Mariah Carey-Emancipation of Mimi

Prince - The Rainbow Children, N.E.W.S., Musicology, 3121, LOTUSFLOW3R/MPLSound, 20Ten

Teena Marie - La Dona, Sapphire, Congo Square

Stevie Wonder - Conversation Peace, A Time 2 Love

Al Green - Lay It Down

Janet Jackson - Damita Jo, 20 Y.O.

The Isley Brothers - Mission To Please

Earth, Wind & Fire - The Promise, Illumination

Michael Jackson - Invincible

Chaka Khan - Funk This

WAR - Peace Sign

Steely Dan - Two Against Nature, Everything Must Go

Smokey Robinson - Time Flies When You're Having Fun

Santana - Supernatural (I know this is cheating alittle, but...)

Sade - Lovers Rock, Soldier of Love

Curtis Mayfield - New World Order

Rick James - Urban Rapsody

Barry White - The Icon Is Love

LaBelle - Back To Now

Bootsy Collins - The Funk Capital of the World

Anita Baker - My Everything

Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around

Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas

Nick Cave & The Badseeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus

For me...

Rush- Test For Echo and possibly Clockwork Angels once I digest it

Duran Duran- Astronaut

Metallica- Death Magnetic

Iron Maiden- The Final Frontier

Mint Condition- 7

Prince - The rainbow Children (2001)

Al Jarreau - All I got (2002)

The Isley brothers - body kiss (2003)

The O'Jays - Imagination (2004)

Paul Mc Cartney - chaos & creation in the backyard (2005)

Jeffrey Osborne -from the soul (2005)---covers

Earth wind & fire - imagination (2005)

Aaron Neville - Bring it on home ..The classics soul (2006)-- covers

George Benson & Al Jarreau - givin it up (2006)---covers

Sergio Mendes - Timeless (2006)

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Johnnie Taylor: Good Love (1996)

Johnnie Taylor: Taylored To Please (1998)

Johnnie Taylor: Gotta Get The Groove Back (1999)

Johnnie Taylor: There's No Good In Goodbye (2003) This is a compilation of unreleased songs recorded in the 1980s & 1990s.

Duran Duran: Red Carpet Massacre (2007)

Sade: Soldier Of Love (2010)

How many years since their first release before an artist is considered a veteran?

MickyDolenz said:

Bee Gees: Size Isn't Everything

MotorBootyAffair said:

Shocked that one of my favorite groups were mentioned twice. Absolutely shocked

There's a video in this thread of Swing Out Sister recently performing at Java Jazz.

prince.org/msg/8/378301

sextonseven said:

How many years since their first release before an artist is considered a veteran?

Good question. It seems like the first ten years are an equal span to the next twenty or thirty

Al Green's Lay It Down. Solomon Burke's last album.

The Beach Boys - That's Why God Made The Radio (2012)

Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)

Bruce Springsteen - The Rising (2002); Devils & Dust (2005)

George Benson - Songs and Stories (2009)

Yoko Ono - Between My Head and The Sky (2009)

Lionel Richie - Just Go (2009)

sextonseven said:

How many years since their first release before an artist is considered a veteran?

25 sounds good

or basically when the press/fans start with the "their/his/her last great album was..." shit LOL

CrabalockerFishwife said:

The Beach Boys - That's Why God Made The Radio (2012)

Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)

Bruce Springsteen - The Rising (2002); Devils & Dust (2005)

George Benson - Songs and Stories (2009)

Yoko Ono - Between My Head and The Sky (2009)

Lionel Richie - Just Go (2009)

happy to read all these positive pre-release reviews

I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR THAT ALBUM. Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks ( ) are BACK!! These guys truly deserved a "one more" album. Dennis and Carl sure are proud, wherever they are...

JoeTyler said:

sextonseven said:

How many years since their first release before an artist is considered a veteran?

25 sounds good

or basically when the press/fans start with the "their/his/her last great album was..." shit LOL

Thank you for the clarification. I'll think about this and post later. I agree with the Time and Grace Jones albums mentioned.

Tom Waits--Mule Variations

Bob Dylan--Time out of Mind