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Music- Favorite/best one-album artist…


Not sure if this has been done before, but what the hell…

Not sure what’s the best, but I know my fave is pretty damn good…

Interested to see what answers come up…

Sex Pistols- Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols
(The Great Rock and Roll Swindle and bootlegs don’t count)

Shoutout to Lauryn Hill- The Miseducation of…….

Cheers…



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Blind Faith - Blind Faith
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kWV6xIWUb2EVmSr_748kUEUx7T2rQ_pnU

(Not sure if "Supergroups" really count)

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Nah, they count, you go it…

That’s good stuff right there, ny-7

Salut…

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Another Supergroup...Derek and the Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m58MHKZnUxrt1L5fy_pE4qoMAgVphWSdQ

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That's the group that immediately came to mind for me. Used to own that album, one of my favorites.

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What up T…

One, my apologies for bombarding your inbox with replies to the Lyrics Challenge- I just really dig that game….

Two, while those are all solid debut albums, I was looking for artists that only produced one studio album…

Cheers….

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ahhh ok let me rethink...

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Derek and the Dominos is obviously the best but ....


Arcadia So Red the Rose, not great but I liked Election Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W5aKwrsYIM

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Arcadia did more than one album (Duranie Andy).

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Haha, okay, I ain’t gonna lie, I don’t think Derek and the Dominos is the best, but you have good company with that opinion. A friend loves Clapton and really likes this side project. And admittedly, I like Bell Bottom Blues…

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The Monks
The La's
Young Marble Giants
Minor Threat

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The Monks- that’s some “pre-punk” there, nice call

The La’s- they’re all right, a little cutesy, but that’s okay…that one song hit nicely…

Young Marble Giants- didn’t know this band at all until a few years ago…read somewhere they were an early influence on a young Cobain, so I looked into it and glad I did…

Minor Threat- I knew this would come up and man, a bad beat for me. I had Out of Step on vinyl and traded it in the 90s for some bullshyt. Not my finest hour, damn. Along with 7 Seconds, straight edge punk at its finest….

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Dyan Diamond

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dyan-diamond-mn0001472948#biography

Her one album "In The Dark" (1978)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=opAimz_i2Ms&pp=ygUYZHlhbiBkaWFtb25kIGluIHRoZSBkYXJr

16 years old at the time, she had started her career at age 14 with LA underground Punk band Venus & The Razor Blades, when she was noticed & championed by the infamous Kim Fowley & legendary LA Radio DJ Rodney Bingenheimer, & got a deal with MCA Records. The album, unfortunately, didn't go anywhere, & she was dropped from the label. She seemed to have disappeared from the business entirely after 1980/81.

She was kind of ahead of her time. Although classified as "New Wave", she was more of a Rockabilly/Roots Rock revivalist & had a earthy voice that belied her young age.

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Just before the time I became musically conscious, if you will, so this a new. Fowler and Bigenheimer- oh yeah, I know those dudes and Rodney on the Roq always showed love to some good up-and-comers, so that’s a solid endorsement in addition to yours. Thanks for the info…

Cheers…

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Samoanjoes can answer for me.

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Donny's debut?

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Are we the same person?

I'd like to think my puns would be better.

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Sex Pistols are the iconic one. It's surprising such an important band only released one studio album.

Death Ride '69 released "Elvis Christ" in 1988. They did have a second album 8 years later. Still, they counted as a one album band for those 8 years!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHbyO4Kf5xE

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First sentence, nothing to add because I think the same thing. But with Johnny Rotten’s distaste for the establishment, the business, Malcolm McLaren, and essentially, everybody, the writing was on the wall well before the Winterland debacle. Plus, Sid Vicious’ death didn’t help, but not for his musical acumen or anything like that. It just seemed like they were destined for their place in the annals of punk as a blueprint for raw energy and also for the “live fast die young” mantra. (“Live Fast, Die Young” a great song from the Circle Jerks’ “Group Sex” album, but I digress…)

I’ll have to look into Death Ride ‘69…reading and then saying aloud “Elvis Christ” gave me a chuckle…

Salut….

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Yeah, and don't forget that Johnny fronted the band Public Image later. It continued the legacy, though they were a bit more polished.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAPC82Yb77Q

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Oh yeah, PiL was the shyt….hooked up with Jah Wobble and Keith Levene (RIP)….Lydon’s songwriting shines with this project , underrated wordsmith….”Disappointed” is excellent….

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Yeah, back in the 80's I had a PIL sticker in the back window of my black mustang. These old fools at work were like "Pil?", wtf? They hated me. 🤣

https://www.savageoi.com/cdn/shop/products/IMG_5813_large.jpg?v=1652609737

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This reminded me of when I was mentioning to you about making music artists names into food, I completely forgot one that my friend posted. Sid vichyssoise

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Haha.

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Nice, lol….that’s why you’re aces, S….

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OPERATION IVY...ONLY ALBUM WAS ENERGY IN 1989...YET THEY DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE 90S PUNK SOUND.

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Solid pick…

Seems like a lot of punk bands and their material qualify for this thread…I knew that when I started this thread and now I’m pleasantly surprised and pleased that there are some here into that genre…

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Mad Season - Above

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Reminds me of my college radio days…”River of Deceit” received plenty of play….

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LAYNE👍🏾

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