Music: What are the best albums by bands that only put out one studio album?

[Sleemans]

The First one to come to mind is Boomtown by David & David. David Baerwald made a few solo albums, but this was their only one together.

 

[Teemu]

Layla is probably my pick but this is a great one that's still a bit under the radar

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

Layla is probably my pick but this is a great one that's still a bit under the radar

Thank you for this. His version of A Change Is Going to Come is phenomenal.

 

[kihei]

Mick Taylor

 

[angusyoung]

Indio

 

[Neil Racki]

Amy Winehouse .. probably Op Ivy and Rancid and other punk bands that played musical chairs

Then hip hop had collabs like Black Star (Kweli/Mos Def)

 

[93gilmour93]

Temple of the Dog for me. Still enjoy listening to this album over 30 years later. RIP Chris Cornell

 

[Xelebes]

Jacqueline Taïeb

 

[DaaaaB's]

Amy Winehouse .. probably Op Ivy and Rancid and other punk bands that played musical chairs

Then hip hop had collabs like Black Star (Kweli/Mos Def)

These bands/musicians all put out more than one album.

 

[Paul Simonon]

The La’s.

 

[Hippasus]

Ras Algethi

Oneiricon - The White Hypnotic


Sex Pistols

 

[HolyGhost]

Some people need to google the groups that they think only put out one album. Maroon 5 has like 7 albums. Mr Mister have 4

 

[NyQuil]

Some people need to google the groups that they think only put out one album. Maroon 5 has like 7 albums. Mr Mister have 4

The title of the thread changed.

It used to be about "one album wonders" and some people interpreted that as only having one album that people liked or heard of.

 

[PANARIN BREAD FAN]

right underneath the thread title the op posted:

"I'm asking about groups who only put out one studio album."

what i want to know from the ones that replied with bands with 2 or more albums - why did you reply with bands with 2 or more albums? i find the thought processes for such instances to be very fascinating.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Amy Winehouse .. probably Op Ivy and Rancid and other punk bands that played musical chairs

Then hip hop had collabs like Black Star (Kweli/Mos Def)

Rancid has multiple studio albums, although I'd argue only the first two are any good.

Operation Ivy's Energy fits the bill though, and it's one of my favorite albums of all time, easily better than anything Rancid ever did.

 

[Neil Racki]

These bands/musicians all put out more than one album.

f*** me .. youre right. didnt know Amy had an album prior to Black. Def didnt know mos def and talib did another album last year.

good call.

 

[justashadowof]

I'm a rock guy but this one-off techno-dance album was very good:

 

[NyQuil]

right underneath the thread title the op posted:

"I'm asking about groups who only put out one studio album."

what i want to know from the ones that replied with bands with 2 or more albums - why did you reply with bands with 2 or more albums? i find the thought processes for such instances to be very fascinating.

The "Last edited: Jun 7, 2023" when the original post was dated June 6th should give you a clue.

He changed the original post including the title to be more clear.

 

[Roo Returns]

The Bicycle Thief?

Josh Klinghoffer's into to the LA music scene. I saw them open for RHCP (and also Foo Fighters) during that tour. They were great. A lot of people who had no idea who they were and casuals in the audience definitely noticed Josh.

 

[Roo Returns]

Kind of related to my above post and love for all LA music from the 80s-90s:

-Deconstruction-s/t: This was a post-Jane's Addiction album made by Eric Avery, Dave Navarro, and an LA drummer named Mike Murphy (as Stephen Perkins was unavailable). It came out July 1994 and got some very light press (there was a TV spot that would run on MTV "from the ashes of Jane's Addiction") around the time of Woodstock 94 when Navarro was already in RHCP.

If you're a fan of Jane's Addiction and either Navarro's guitar, or Avery's bass playing and baritone vocals (he mostly sings lead) check it out.

 

[Roo Returns]

Rancid has multiple studio albums, although I'd argue only the first two are any good.

Operation Ivy's Energy fits the bill though, and it's one of my favorite albums of all time, easily better than anything Rancid ever did.

I'd say Rancid was great up until Out Come The Wolves, then the rest of their discography is a blend of mp3/mix worthy tracks.

Matt Freeman's bass on Rancid sound infinitely better than Operation Ivy but that's all about technology advancement and studio budget.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

I'd say Rancid was great up until Out Come The Wolves, then the rest of their discography is a blend of mp3/mix worthy tracks.

Matt Freeman's bass on Rancid sound infinitely better than Operation Ivy but that's all about technology advancement and studio budget.

Yup. Rancid's first two albums are great. I'm not a huge fan of And Out Come The Wolves but I can see how some would like it.

Nothing they ever did compares to Energy imo, I still listen to that one frequently and it's one of my favorites ever.

 

[H I S T O R I C]

*Edit: Almost added The Avalanches, but forgot they came out with two more albums 16 years later.

 

[Terry Yake]

The La’s.

this is the correct answer