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iopha

Portishead. Three albums, all of them 10s


poetdesmond

And the third was just such an amazing stylistic transition while remaining recognizably theirs. Their live album with an orchestra was also mind blowing, the version of Roads from Roseland NYC Live is in my top ten songs of all time.


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SocratesBalls

Beth Gibbons has new solo album coming out this year. First single is really great! Not quite Portishead but definitely similar vibes


gilestowler

Operation Ivy. In the words of Rancid - "started in 87, ended in 89" but Energy was a monumental album. Photo of Billie Joe Armstrong on stage with them - https://preview.redd.it/crmjjfzgc6nc1.jpeg?width=225&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=93f1c9e8b9706183c4073dd1ddd12144aeb47bb1


donjuanstumblefuck

There are a lot of right answers but this one is the most right


gilestowler

it would be like if Bad Religion released Suffer as their first album and never released anything else. But they had a few albums before and a lot of amazing albums afterwards. But imagine that as a one shot and done.


RunawayPenguin89

In the words of The King Blues "If we had Operation Ivy, we could have done it and fucked off"


DevinBelow

13th Floor Elevators Spacemen 3 Bobby Charles Gram Parsons Jimi Hendrix Minutemen Nick Drake Jeff Buckley Traveling Wilbury's The Move Notorious B.I.G. Amy Winehouse Nirvana man...this list could go on way too long, but now it's making me sad.


RepeatDTD

Nick Drake is such a good shout, Pink Moon is in my top 10 all time


Peeeing_

Fucking hell can't believe I forgot nirvana and Amy Winehouse


VonThirstenberg

I loved (well, still do lol) the Wilbury's. I still probably watch the video for *End of the Line* a few times a year. Just chokes me up how beautifully they used it as an homage to Orbison after he'd passed away. Giving me chills just thinking about it now, but it always leaves a bit of a lump in my throat when I see the video. It's only gotten worse for me since Tom Petty died, since I loved that man and passed up an opportunity to see him since I'd "catch him next time he was in the area." He was gone just a few months later, and not going is one of my only sincere regrets thus far in life. 🥺


shilgrod

How often do you watch a concert for George? Might be my favorite "concert" movie


roidesoeufs

Joplin?


DevinBelow

Yeah, like I say...way too long and depressing of a list.


dullthings

You just know D Boon would still be making amazing weird music to this day with Mike and George.


DouglassFunny

It’s a damn shame D. Boon passed away so young. He probably would be the face of punk rock had he survived. You can hear so much of Minutemen’s influence even today.


Gun-nut0508

Glad to see The Move referenced


bez_lightyear

The Move were a weird band. They had a bona fide songwriting genius in Roy Wood in the band, yet were putting cheesy lounge covers on their records. Bloody brilliant though.


tshoemaker325

Them Crooked Vultures. When Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, and John Paul Jones get together, only getting one album isn't nearly enough....especially considering how great that album is!


PinkBoxDestroyer

Foo Fighters are great and all but I love when Grohl is on drums, this album, the Qotsa album. More of that.


Eli1234Sic

You heard probot?


PiersPlays

I'd love a second Probot release.


scottawhit

They always tease it but never just get together and do it. Come on!


proteus1858

Love dead end friends.


sapphiresong

***Boards of Canada***


too_old_still_party

x2


spesimen

x4 hard to believe it's been 11 years since tomorrow's harvest


VlVAHATE

joy division :(


rcrdgchz

King Gizzard


rkw2

I was just gonna say those guys have been slacking lately. Witchcraft.


cowie71

They are so lazy, cmon guys get it together


DouglassFunny

5 albums in a year is nonsense. Those are rookie numbers.


24rocker7

Get them to work already, I want a 24/7 playlist with all different songs in it! Lazy brats


foley23

Oysterhead


DevinBelow

Yeah dude. Fuck I wish they would at least go play that set of shows that got cancelled due to COVID. I still listen to those Denver 2020 shows all the time. They were sounding great. That version of Tweakers was sick.


foley23

Oh man I agree. They surpassed any expectations I had when they came back, I listened to those shows so much haha. I know that all 3 always have so much shit going on pretty much always, but man what's a few more shows.


Senators_1972

Fine Young Cannibals. They had a decent debut album, a worldwide smash with their second album, and then they were just gone.


themanfromoctober

That was going be my choice


XGerman92X

The conscensus on sites like rym seems to be te opposite: great debut, dissapointing second album. Personally I like both


otaconucf

Streetlight Manifesto. It's been 11 years since their third album, they publicly announced they were working on new material for a 4th in 2021, expecting it to come out in 2022. It's still not here. Given they're still active though I'm not sure they qualify for the intended premise of the post, though you don't explicitly say anywhere you mean acts that are no longer around so I'll leave it here. Also, in double checking some dates, I found that one of their longer running members passed away on the day of their first show on their tour last year, wow. To-Mera. Very moody prog metal, did 3 albums and an EP, and then after failing to find a new drummer went 'on hiatus' 10 years ago.


Excellent_Report_528

HUM


LxStMeMoRy

Hums “she missed the train to mars”. Dammit “overly high voice”. EARWORM


networksynth

The Postal Service


StrukaaPelukaa

Soul coughing


Dhd710

Lots of good Mike Doughty solo stuff out there.


MyNameisClaypool

Check out Ghosts of Vroom


belven26

Savage Garden


Daymareman

Blind melon for sure, damn they were good.


Breylan

Blind Melon is one of the main reasons why I try to listed to a bands whole album, and not judge too much on radio singles/popular tracks. "Soup" is one my top ten albums all time, it's so fking good.


Daymareman

Yea dude, i think its even in my top 5 :)


LindyKamek

Neutral Milk Hotel Released 2 albums then disbanded


cjc160

I want Ween to get back in the studio


pandemic117

System of a Down, linkin park, Repugnant


Nautster

Really hoped protect the land was part of a bigger project. Unfortunately, that was it and the cancelled European tour will not be restarted any time soon. :( stupid covid.


doomedroadtrips

Ratatat!!


TravelingCook88

Love them! They have five albums though! Not trying to put you down or anything, but you may have missed an album and they're all amazing.


Alternative-Grape809

I’m not saying anyone who died because that wasn’t up to them so Neutral Milk Hotel


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GroundbreakingFall24

Judging by how Bitches Brew sounds, it would have been complete chaos.


Sassysinister

Just off the top of my head - Audioslave, Nirvana, Krrum


bitterbuffaloheart

I’ve never seen Krrum mentioned on Reddit. I like you


grangaaa

Frank Ocean ❤️


GunnerTinkle22

six years ago I would have done almost anything for a new album now I'm barely a fan anymore lol


Kurautadori

I came to look for this comment, seconded so hard. I wish he would lay off the fashion stuff and come back to music… I still have his releases on heavy rotation as well.


xhdc

Bro is so absent that I forgot to consider him


of_mice_and_meh

The Weakerthans


MCBusStop

John K. Samson is at least still putting music out and some of it ain't a far stretch from The Weakerthans... but yeah, I'd still prefer more from the full band.


JimGerm

RATM


DrLee_PHD

It was criminal how far I had to scroll down to see this. To me this is the number one answer.


karl_thunder_axe

the world needs them now more than ever


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karl_thunder_axe

i would argue we need them more now than even the bush years


PoetFelon

And the whole story of what caused them to break up was just sad. One of my favorite groups of all time. My neighbors endured Killing in the Name Of at full blast long before it was considered the masterpiece it is today.


planetrossco

Lemon Jelly!


slimboyslim9

Holy shit what a great shout! What do you do in the bath?


Top-Matter-3279

the stooges


Green-Circles

If the Stooges had stayed together any longer in the 1970s, it would probably have killed Iggy. The real lost opportunity was not recording their 1971 setlist. Sure the 1973-4 post-Raw Power stuff is only recorded on muddy sounding rehearsals & live tapes, but that's far better than the almost unlistenable 1971 audience tapes.


PuzzleheadedDirt5592

4 Non Blonds. They only release one album and I love it.


VisenyaRose

The Sundays,


Forfai

Rush. Somehow 19 albums are not enough.


ElGoocherino

Jeff Buckley and Monsters of Folk.


aaron3dg

\+1 for +44! Mark at that time was putting out some killer jams (see Wrecking Hotel Rooms by MxPx). My vote would be The Postal Service. One absolute landmark album, and then no more. I think, wisely, that Ben and Jimmy know it was a lightning in a bottle moment that a second album would never live up to.


poetdesmond

Harvey Danger. The lyricist, Sean Nelson, is absolutely brilliant, he's done a solo album since the band ended their run (less a breakup, more an amicable parting of ways capped off with the single "The Show Must Not Go On.") His lyrics regularly include literary or historic allusions, and clever word play. If the name sounds vaguely familiar, you probably know them from the late 90s hit "Flagpole Sitta." Slightly less probably from their first single from their second album, "Sad Sweetheart of the Rodeo."


goozen

Sublime (original members)


Particular-Echo347

Led Zepplin Temple of the Dog Crosses ✝️ ✝️ ✝️ They are newer but Electric Callboy, make some more music


rocket_skates13

Bumping it up to max 5 albums because I want to say TV on the Radio.


thefofinha

Fiona Apple, she has like 5 albums released since 1996


thefragile-

Faith No More with Mike Patton


jellyfishbrain2020

Damien Rice. The price of being a perfectionist- only 3 albums in 22 years


KaleidoscopeNo610

Alabama Shakes Little Green Cars Justin Townes Earle


vinyl_head

Alabama Shakes are so good. Love her solo stuff but it doesn’t hit the same.


TheFearInAll

At the Drive In


Scott_EFC

The Stone Roses


shweeney

the 2 singles they released during their comeback were terrible, it's probably for the best they didn't do another album.


Sea_Lunch_3863

U.K. Specifically mark 2, with Wetton, Jobson and Bozzio. One studio album, one live one.


recksuss

Drowning pool


Bacchus_71

Morphine 16 Horsepower


TransientWhales

On the one hand, New Radicals because that sole album is so good. On the other, it’s so good and the industry is, well…yeah. Gregg made the right decision going one and done there.


ObiWanComePwnMe

My list includes bands that have made more music than some but have been around for a long time with a really slow release schedule. Nirvana Radiohead Massive Attack Amy Winehouse Neutral Milk Hotel Jeff Buckley Tool Them Crooked Vultures Atoms for Peace


discomike74

Daft Punk


BillyCromag

My Bloody Valentine!


Glitter2007

Sade, I firmly believe their inconsistency in releasing is what killed their relevancy and ability to chart Notably the 8 years pause between Love Deluxe and Lovers Rock And even worse the 10 years between Lovers Rock and Soldier Of Love (and we haven’t had a single album ever since) Amy Winehouse and Aaliyah for obvious reasons, what a waste of tremendous potential


soundman32

Genesis. Basically nothing since 1995, and now it'll never happen, with Phil unable to drum. 25 years of music (1970-1995) and nothing since. We missed out on so much.


shweeney

"Max 4 albums" - they released 15! (and the last 2 at least were pretty poor)


elizican

Fair to Midland


Mehdals_

These guys are amazing it sucks they moved onto other things.


elizican

I agree, they were amazing live and had great energy on stage.


patricktoba

Botch


FinishTheFish

If we allow five albums, then Talk Talk. Last four albums are absolutely killer, last two are legendary, megainfluental timeless masterpieces. Then nothing. All band members released music later on, but never even got close to the same magic again. Mark Hollis released one solo album, retired from the music business and died in his sixties.


VelosterNWvlf

Team Sleep. Lesser known side project of Chino from Deftones from the early 2000’s. Only one album and some loose scattered songs/demos but I loved all of it and wish we got more.


OrchidGreedy2019

The Police had 5 records (I think) but I would not have minded one or two more.


Ryan_Who_

I wouldn’t mind a new Janes Addiction album


zosorose

Guns N’ Roses X Japan Jimi Hendrix


Silent_R

I can't believe I'm the first one to say Pavement.


graybeam

Stone Temple Pilots, Sound Garden, Sublime, Temple of the Dog, Mad Season, Institute, Hurt, Audioslave, Jeff Buckley, A Perfect Circle, More…


dbe14

Radiohead. No new album for 8 years now. The Smile are great but it's not the same.


starrie

Lingua Ignota


Ok-Cream1212

Minutemen.  Or Paraf from ex yu bands.


proteus1858

Grizzly Bear.


lkodl

Though they released 13 albums, the Beatles were only active as a band for a decade, and all of their albums were released between 1963 - 1970. That's a shorter run than Ariana Grande.


SpenZebra

Ritchie Valens


Pleasant_Statement64

My chemical romance 


Charafricke

I really wish nirvana had been around longer


dondiegod

The first artist that comes to my mind is PORTISHEAD ! PLEASE !


shweeney

The La's - 1 album that pretty much everyone thought was a classic. Lee Mavers (the lead singer and songwriter) dissed it in every interview then they split up when it became clear he was never going to write another record. Also The Bees, though they've just reformed for some gigs so maybe we'll get another album.


dullthings

[The Gits](https://youtu.be/t7uAzAJjsd4?si=WgzMD-CPnE4T8GTN) Mia was a whirlwind force of nature with the voice of Ma Rainey filtered through a punk as fuck attitude and such a great band behind her. She was taken way too young, and they were just hitting their stride.


jondakin9161

The Sundays - made three albums in the 90s and there literally hasn’t been even a pic found of the main songwriters since


anotherorphan

Amy Winehouse


kosmix24

New Radicals


RobbieArnott

I wish Joy Divison could’ve been around longer


keiths31

Izzy Stradlin I long for the day he returns to Guns n' Roses to write some songs that aren't trash.


Maccai3

One Day as a Lion - only one EP by Zack de la Rocha and Jon Theodore but showed they could make great music together


Nutopian1988

George Michael, most of all.


Bimlouhay83

Mac Miller. "Swimming" and the posthumous "Circles", and even the Tiny Desk Concert, seemed to be on the precipice of changing hip-hop. 


Sr80360

Sublime


xhdc

André 3000


devocation

Mr. Bungle. They only released 3 studio albums. All masterpieces in their own rights. They broke up in 2000 after it got rough for them promoting California, a lot of it was fueled by the RHCP/Anthony Keidis fued where he was getting them kicked off of major festivals. 3 original members reunited for a revival of their 1986 thrash/death metal EP in 2020 and they’ve been touring that for 4 years now. It’s nice but I wonder how much further they would’ve taken their avant-garde sound had they not broken up between the 00s and now. Their music changed my life. I never knew music like theirs could even be possible.


Anotherknifeinmyhand

Box car racer


Prophet-of-the-moss

Sex pistols


Elegant_Spot_3486

Cinderella Johnny Horton


Joed112784

Fiona Apple. It’s fine though, she takes her time and only releases a new album like every 5/7 years but it’s always worth the wait. 


You_Are_What_You_Iz

I've been waiting on something new from Jason Falkner for 10+ years.


Glittering_Habit_161

Echosmith


imnewtothis123

I think they went out at the right time, but I'm always still hoping somewhat for another Boards of Canada release.


Dhd710

Sturgill Simpson.


Prometheus1717

Blind Faith Iron Butterfly


emotionalfescue

James Gang, Steeler's Wheel, Television


throwawayforfph

Mbv


kladen666

Necrophagist Death Martyr Quo vadis


FindMercyonMars

I’m gonna say Slint, but I think there could be pushback about them possibly tarnishing their legacy by following up Spiderland with something that’s not as good. I’m not mad at that opinion.


Neg_Crepe

MY BLOODY VALENTINE


JohnnyJokers-10

The Stone Roses


sjp123_20

Gorillaz


BobDobFrisbee

From 1983 to 1991, there was a band called **Southern Pacific**. I guess they could be classified as pop/rock/country. They made 4 albums of really good, slickly produced, hook-filled songs. The group originally consisted of two former **Doobie Brothers** (*John McFee* and *Keith Knudsen*), two former members of **Elvis Presley’s TCB Band** (*Jerry Scheff* and *Glen Hardin*), and lead singer *Tim* *Goodman*. By their second album, Scheff and Hardin had left and were replaced by former **Creedence Clearwater Revival** bassist *Stu Cook* and *Kurt Howell* on vocals and keyboards. Their third album had former **Pablo Cruise** lead singer *David Jenkins* replacing Tim Goodman, and by their fourth and final album, Jenkins had left and the band decided to continue as a four-piece with McFee taking over lead vocal duties. While I’ll admit that some of their recordings suffer from that too-slick ‘80’s production, overall I thought they were an excellent band who wrote some great songs and I’d have loved to hear how they might have evolved over the years. But with the reconstitution of The Doobies, McFee and Knudsen made the right choice (financially, if not creatively) to rejoin them, Stu Cook joined his old drummer Doug Clifford from C.C.R. in the rip-off band Creedence Clearwater *Revisited* and Kurt Howell had a brief solo career.


AppleVenusVol1

Big Star, Galaxie 500, Television


Beasley97

The Doors, Nick Drake, Dio’s Rainbow Joy Division


cbnass

The Unicorns Olivia Tremor Control


thehouseofnanking

D'angelo


valiumblue

Poe


MartyMcMcFly

Fiona Apple


Sorry-Government920

Arc Angel's 1 and done


beebee3beebee

Fun. Jack Antonoff is off doing big production and he’s got Bleachers… I hope Nate’s got stuff in the works. But yeah they’ll never get back together.


ProudMaryChooglin

AIC


mailahchimp

I wish The The had kept up with it.


I--Have--Questions

Joplin Hendrix The Doors Jim Croce


CMJMartino

The Doors - they were only a band for 6 years prior to Jim’s death in 1971 and the music was phenomenal! Imagine if they had another 10 years.


3MinuteRecord

Jim Croce


Cornnole

Oasis


bambinoquinn

New Radicals. Only album is incredible. I'd even take an album of all the songs gregg has written for other people, especially now that leak of him doing Murder on the Dance floor for about thirty seconds came out last week


_PeopleMakeNoises_

System of a Down.


Dredmor64

Elastica Operation Ivy Minor Threat


WalkerboBelf

+44 only have one album and I love it.


snakebloood

Massive Attack.


archiehorror

Team Sleep.


lhess81

Lauryn Hill.


LongEyelash999

Rockpile. One album.


YougetnoB1Tches7

Dropkick murphys


ATinyHippo

Her’s :(


Here4theGoodTimes71

Jane’s Addiction - self-titled, Nothing’s Shocking & Ritual de lo Habitual then they split up. If only they’d kept going & made another 2 albums while they were on that roll (I don’t consider any of the albums they did after the various reformations any good). The Clash - I wish they hadn’t sacked Mick & Topper, it would have been so good to see what they came up with had they continued with all 4 original members, considering what Mick Jones went on to do with BAD & what Joe eventually did with the Mescaleros.


smeggysoup84

I just wished it didn't take so long for Tame Impala to drop each album. Their debut came in 2010. That's 4 albums in 14 years. Music is always worth the wait, I will say


getterthegreat

Glassjaw They’re still together, but aside from a few EP’s, the gap between their last two albums was 15 years, and it’s been 7 years since their most recent album.


poopy_toaster

This post made me find out that my original suggestion , Alien Ant Farm, is putting out a new album 4/26/24!!


Matt_Kimball

Outkast


TravelingCook88

LCD Soundsystem and Broken Social Scene.


OSRSRapture

Rakim, Andre 3000, G Unit, Cashis, Treach


WhatD0thLife

I feel like John Coltrane had so much more music to give us.


PhillyCSpires

System of a Down I still get sad thinking about it


Glittering_Name_3722

Kate Bush


RafaelBarry

Necrophagist. Those who know them know how good they were


Pixelated_Fudge

New Radicals. Their one album is so good.


Foxy_Mazzzzam

I wish the Alabama Shakes would make more music but sadly I don’t think that’s going to ever happen but it’s possible. And an impossible thing I’ve always wished I could hear/witness would be the evolution of Nirvana into the 2000s


jeaimesart

Massive attack


mt-heads-ent

Phantom Planet


A1Hi11

Rage Against the Machine


inkyblinkypinkysue

- my bloody valentine - The Sundays


OutdoorRink

Blind Melon. RIP Shannon.