records you really liked that were eclipsed when you realised other record(s) in the band's catalogue were much better

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and name the other record(s)?

one that springs to mind because i was just posting about it is the stooges 'raw power'. i got off on that for months until i bought 'funhouse' which simply blew it out of the water.

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 14:11 (twenty years ago)

"Sgt. Pepper" was what first turned me on to the Beatles, but now that I own their catalogue, it's among my least favorite Beatles records, and pales when held against "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver." I really dug The Replacements' "Don't Tell a Soul" until I heard its predecessors (specifically, "Tim" and "Let It Be"), which made it seem rather pedestrian.

― Charles A. Hohman (Loquacity83), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 18:19 (twenty years ago)

Not really albums, but I used to be a huge fan of Phil Collins' solo work back in the 80s, until in the 90s I discovered Genesis' back catalogue.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:27 (twenty years ago)

Chairs Missing was the first Wire album I bought, and I only had cause to downgrade it when I discovered Pink Flag and 154, both even better than the one I started with.

― LC (Damian), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:34 (twenty years ago)

Hmmm.. Of course!

The first Depeche Mode album I bought was "A Broken Frame" and I expected it to become my favourite album by them. I couldn't have been more wrong, and it is now eclipsed by "Construction Time Again", "Black Celebration" and "Some Great Reward" (plus "Violator", "Ultra" and "Playing The Angel" but they weren't released yet at the time)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:36 (twenty years ago)

The first time I heard Strangeways, Here We Come, I liked it. Then I heard everything else The Smiths ever did and began hating Strangeways... for not living up to the standard set by their old material.

― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:38 (twenty years ago)

Mine is also Depeche Mode. Only it was Violator and it was eclipsed by all their previous albums, including Speak & Spell.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:47 (twenty years ago)

I think you just gave Dan a heart attack.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:49 (twenty years ago)

Avalon, fer shure.
um, i think Mummer is the first xtc record i owned, so that too

― timmy tannin (pompous), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 04:27 (twenty years ago)

How about records you didn't like and then you heard one that was worse like say you got RINGO'S ROTOGRAVURE and then later you got RINGO THE FOURTH?

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 04:41 (twenty years ago)

Mine would be "Beat Surrender" by The Jam. However, it led me to Snap, which was a good thing.

― sleeve version 2.0 (sleeve testing), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 05:06 (twenty years ago)

i just thought of another one.

bought 'keep it like a secret'. loved

followed it up with 'perfect from now on'. made the former sound like small potatoes

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 11:32 (twenty years ago)

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 11:43 (twenty years ago)

I really liked Robert Wyatt's Shleep and then I heard Rock Bottom - but then I realized that I still liked Shleep better - so maybe that's not the best example.

― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 13:40 (twenty years ago)

The Misfits - loved Earth AD, then came to love Walk Among Us, which then had to do battle with 12 Hits From Hell.

It's happened many other times that I can't recall - but it's always a pleasant thing.

― Edward III (edward iii), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 14:08 (twenty years ago)

I think Nonsuch was the first XTC album I bought, and I loved it. It's probably just about my least favorite in their catalog at this point, although still not a bad album.

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 14:25 (twenty years ago)

Steely Dan "Can't Buy A Thrill" and R.E.M.'s "Out of Time" quickly come to mind.

― Eric Harvey (eric marathonpacks), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 15:25 (twenty years ago)

ha, I first head Rock Bottom and then Shleep, but also like Shleep better!

― Dominique (dleone), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 15:40 (twenty years ago)

Assuming that many post-Boomers started with "Low Budget" or "Give the People What they Want" or even "Lola vs.", the Kinks own this thread.

― bendy (bendy), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 16:02 (twenty years ago)

aja
screaming for vengeance

― dave q (listerine), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 19:26 (twenty years ago)

I used to be nutso over Floyd's _Dark Side Of The Moon_ and
and _Wish You Were Here_, but who needs 'em when you have _Animals_
and _The Final Cut_ ?

― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 21:51 (twenty years ago)

Howz about LPs you bought & liked then read somewhere that you were supposed to like some other album by the band better but failed to--my ex. the Replacements' "Pleased to Meet Me" & "Tim" are supposedly inferior to "Let It Be" (& to some punk casualties "Sorry Ma")but are
actually not. I demand an explanation from the Blount camp.

― ramon fernandez (ramon fernandez), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 23:37 (twenty years ago)

My first XTC was a compilation of singles from 1977-85. Right now most of the stuff I prefer by them is from 1986 onwards.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 14 September 2006 01:11 (twenty years ago)

hahha ramon. i really dug 'the cult of ray' by frank black and then read somewhere that 'teenager of the year' was meant to be much better. but i thought and still think that 'cult of ray' is obviously superior.

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Thursday, 14 September 2006 11:38 (twenty years ago)

('m confused, kinda. tho that's nuthin to do with this thread per se (btw, "perse" -- spelled that way -- means "arse" in me mutter tongue (but that's got not a mut or nut or bolt to do with this thread per se)))

mm i still gather my post'd be only half-way for this thread... maybe in reverse? anyway.

the very first record i heard by them -- in, sometime like, 1975 -- was Quo. by, sure 'nuff, Status Quo. I really enjoyed that rekkid then (wot teh hell, i was in me mid-teens, ha). i haven't heard that alb in full for more than thirty years now.
i have heard a coupla other Quo rekkids in the meantime (oh dear oh dear). including their "semi-legendary" debut lp.
no sir, they did nuthin for, or to, me. not compared to Quo they didn't. er... "pictures of matchstick men" 's great tho.

ok, i sorta see it now - the only way i could continue this post would be, as the bare minimum, to relisten to the darn Que. and then --
?

― tiit (tiit), Thursday, 14 September 2006 13:45 (twenty years ago)

Frank Zappa, Over-Nite Sensation
Funkadelic's Greatest Hits
Led Zeppelin, Presence
The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions

All four LPs were the first I'd owned by the respective artists; the Funkadelic and Howlin' Wolf the first ones I'd ever SEEN anywhere. The Zappa LP was inferior to the '60s Mothers records, the Funkadelic and Wolf LPs were dwarfed by the rest of their catalog, and ditto Presence, not counting the occasions when I consider it my FAVOURITE Zep LP.

― M. Agony Von Bontee (M. Agony Von Bontee), Thursday, 14 September 2006 14:07 (twenty years ago)

I *loved* the Kinks "One For The Road" (got it around when it came out, so I was about 12 I guess) and didn't actually hear any of their studio albums until 8 or 9 years later.

― dlp9001 (dlp9001), Thursday, 14 September 2006 16:13 (twenty years ago)

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