Biggest drops in quality ever

Gang of Four, fr'instance.

also, for my friend Tom: revolver into sgt. pepper's.

I wanted to cry when I heard Black Cherry. And not in a good way.

Dude upthread, if you think Document beats out Murmur-Pageant we cannot talk about Pavement, me and you.

(how on earth does that get the same star rating as New Gold Dream and Reel To Real Cacophony on allmusic?)

and while document blows lifes rich pagent, fables and dead letter office away it does not blow away murmur or reckoning

Shmool OTM on Wu Tang

some others to consider
doolittle to bossanova
teenager of the year to cult of ray

Also, Lauryn Hill.

zeppelin ii is way overrated. i like three better....and houses, and physical graffiti, and most day, presence.

-- Ben Dot (wearethedot...), November 16th, 2004

frank black might be more concise (at least half as many songs) but I dont think teenager was a drop off

No one gives a fuck about GVSB anymore but man this is the winner of the thread hands down.

I just was selling some records and unloaded my special edition double clear blue vinyl of Freakonica. got like 2 bucks for it.

Right on.

Cool, yeah I love Boatman's Call too - In fact, (don't tell anyone) it's my number one pick in the 90s album poll. Not that it'll get anywhere, mind.

Rank and File's Long Gone Dead >>>>Rank and File
Replacements' Pleased to Meet Me >>>>Don't Tell a Soul
The Band's The Band>>>>Stage Fright
Dylan's Nashville Skyline>>>>Self Portrait
Ramones' Road to Ruin>>>>End of the Century
Nick Lowe's Labour of Lust>>>>Nick the Knife
Black Flag's Damaged>>>>My War
Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street>>>>Goats Head Soup
Public Image Ltd's Metal Box>>>>Flowers of Romance
The Jam's In the City>>>>This is the Modern World
Violent Femmes' Violent Femmes>>>>Hallowed Ground
Waterboys' Fisherman's Blues>>>>Room to Roam
Van Morrison's Into the Music>>>>Common One
Toots and the Maytals' Funky Kingston>>>>everything since

How could I forget:
Elvis Costello's King of America>>>>Spike

Actually, that'd be Blood & Chocolate>>>>Spike

Ah, yes. Even more so, then.

Nah, most of Flowers of Romance is still great.

It's This Is What You Want...that marks the drop.

I nominate Good Will Hunting -> Elephant. The movies, not the albums.
Good Will Hunting sucked! At least Elephant was remotely interesting and not another predictable and bland tugging-at-the-heartstrings Hollywood piece of crap.

And I'm sure I'm in the distinct minority on this but, U2's Pop>>>>>>>>>>>>>> All That You Can't Leave Behind.

Nope, you're right

Bring You My Love >>>> Is This Desire

is a much bigger drop off than

Rid Of Me >>>> To Bring You My Love

I can see that, but hearing TBYML on its release, after months of anticipation -- months spent constantly listening to Rid Of Me and 4-Track Demos -- it was a colossal letdown. By the time I heard the relative suckage of Is This Desire, I wasn't surprised, and I'd pretty much stopped caring.

The Monster Magnet drop-off occurred between Powertrip and God Says No, not between God Says No and Monolithic Baby. Monolithic Baby is way better than GSN.

pavement: wowee zowee to brighten the corners.

To Bring You My Love is way better than Rid of Me IMO, by far her best record ever, before or after. I'm very happy I got to see her on this tour, with Maxinquaye-era Tricky opening (and with my buddy Alex in NYC, a rare intersection of our taste).

Midnight Marauders >> Beats, Rhymes and Life

TBYLM always struck me as flat and half-assed; none of the cliffhanger drama of Rid Of Me or Dry. Plus, her band on those records was astounding, somehow managing to combine the best aspects of Paul Lovens and John Entwistle. After that, it was all studio hacks (even though the drummer was the same, he'd apparently been anesthetized).

the songs on TBYML are much more developed and sophisticated and the atmosphere is incredible, it's not all just primal venting (which is cool too, but it's pretty narrow IMO). I should say that the next record Albini produces that I like will be the first, so that clearly has something to do with it, but to me this is no contest, let alone a dropoff.

also, that Paul Lovens reference is way over the top, IMO, it'd be amusing to see those two (drummers) try a duo. I'm guessing that would show you the (VAST) difference pretty quickly.

Patti Smith for the thread win

Boomania>>>>>Grrr...It's Betty Boo

Apple Venus > Wasp Star
(Dave Gregory is sorely missed)

Doobie Brothers without Michael McDonald > Doobie Brothers with Michael McDonald

Borad ("First 48 hours" to "Ensuing period")

One Nation Under A Groove -> Uncle Jam Wants You

"Like a Prayer" -----> "Erotica"

Turbo > Ram It Down

5 years of this shit and no one has said Pet Sounds > Smiley Smile. Weird.

nas' illmatic ----> it was written (though it has a few tracks i still like)

Chicks On Speed 99 Cents >>> Press the Spacebar
but then I don't really expect them to follow a career track the way "real" bands do, so I wasn't surprised that they're back on track with the new one.

It Was Written isn't any sort of masterpiece but it's a dope album and better than anything Nas has released since.

It's a decent album, but no way is it better than Stillmatic or God's Son. "If I Ruled the World" remains the best single he's ever released though.

""If I Ruled the World" remains the best single he's ever released though."

not nearly.

i like gods son and stillmatic better than it was written (but then i think zone out with the bravehearts is super underrated). live nigga rap was good though.

Bowie - "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)" & "Let's Dance" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Tonight" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Never Let Me Down" (waddaya mean, never let you down? ya let us down! /Nathan Adler)

I'm a bit shocked no one's mentioned the following as far as I can tell...

S/T >>>>Second Coming

there's this thing called "crtl+f"

Erotica -----> Bedtime Stories

Silent Alarm ---------> A Weekend In The City

bedtime stories was pretty good.

The Band's The Band>>>>Stage Fright

i guess i could argue that s/t is marginally better, but a big drop in quality? save that for Cahoots (full disclosure: i'm a total Stage Fright stan). anyway Big Pank rules over them all imo.

bedtime stories was pretty good.

I admit when I was first writing it, I had Ray of Light in the second spot because I totally forgot she'd even made Bedtime Stories.

Funhouse > Raw Power >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>The Weirdness

Goldfrapp: "Felt Mountain" to "Black Cherry"

This is so, so rong.

Yeah really. I don't even like Felt Mountain!

The Beatles ("Sgt. Pepper" to "White Album")

No longer interested in this thread.

xpost: I love "Supernature", far more than "Black Cherry", and don't like "Felt Mountain" or "Seventh Tree" much at all. So kill me.

Is This It to Romm on Fire. Make one of the greatest rock albums ever, then make one of the worst rock albums ever.

Or Room on Fire, even.

16 year old me would scream "fucking Pinkerton to the Green Album fuck you, Rivers Cuomo!".

Stillmatic and God's Son both have some dope as fuck songs on them (and are his next best albums after Illmatic and IWW imo) but they also have some unlistenable shit too ("Mastermind"? "My Country"? fuck that!) and that's where It Was Written beats them because it has standouts and front-to-back playability (intro excepted but who cares about that) and feels more of a piece

Straitjacket Fits: Melt to Blow (lol, either an incisive wink or the most unintentionally appropriate title of all time).

The Final Cut > A Momentary Lapse of Reason

I know I'm 9 years late to this but in what universe is Room on Fire a steep drop from Is This It?

No shot, that’s a loopy opinion

xp the universe of The Strokes only having 3 albums

with the third being Comedown Machine?