Musical Artists Whose Reputations Stand on One Great Album
Submitted by JohnnyW on Wed, 05/02/2001 - 06:12
Tags:
- Buffalo Springfield/Again
- Love/Forever Changes
- Moby Grape/Moby Grape
- Jefferson Airplane/Surrealistic Pillow
- Patti Smith/Horses
- Television/Marquee Moon
- The Sex Pistols/Never Mind the Bullocks
- Guns N' Roses/Appetite for Destruction
- Jesus and Mary Chain/Psychocandy
- Liz Phair/Exile in Guyville
- Tricky/Maxinquaye
Author Comments:
These are artists generally considered great, as well as influential, but only have one true masterpiece of an album to hold up their reputations. Of course, that doesn't diminish their talents or influence, but I do find it interesting that some true icons only have the one work of the highest quality. The Sex Pistols broke up fairly quickly, but the rest of these artists have released several albums besides the one listed. Often these albums are good, might have isolated inspired moments, but overall never match their one masterpiece. Anyone I'm missing?
Hey, Johnny!
I know you dig that Buffalo Springfield, so here's a news item I chopped for you...
HEY, WHAT'S THAT SOUND?
NEW BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD BOXED SET
EXPECTED TO FLY JULY 3
88-track, 4-CD Package Unleashes Stampede of Previously Unreleased Music
There's something happening here as Atco/Elektra/Rhino readies the release of BOX SET, the first and only comprehensive career retrospective for seminal '60s band Buffalo Springfield. The 4-CD package contains 88 tracks, including familiar recordings as well as 36 demos, remixes, and other previously unreleased material, all spanning Buffalo Springfield's brief but intensely creative existence between 1966 and 1968.
The collection includes historical essays by Pete Long and Ken Viola, supplemented by rare photos and memorabilia, vintage newspaper and magazine clippings, a complete discography, and a listing of the band's concert appearances. Produced by the group members themselves, BOX SET is due in stores July 3, 2001
Discs one through three are sequenced chronologically, from the band's earliest demos to their demise; more than half of these tracks have never been available commercially. Disc four features newly remastered versions of Buffalo Springfield's first two albums in their entirety -- Buffalo Springfield (mono) and Buffalo Springfield Again (stereo). All of the great Buffalo Springfield songs are included in their final commercial mix (and often in fascinating early demo or remixed versions), such as the Top 10 hit "For What It's Worth," "Mr. Soul," "Sit Down I Think I Love You," "Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It," "Bluebird," "Broken Arrow," "Uno Mundo," "Kind Woman," and many more.
More classic material? We'll see...
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Thanks! Man, I don't know how much money I'll have this summer, but I would love to get my hands on that. Of course, sometimes they were a bit inconsistent, so I may see what the critics have to say, but overall, I think its about time. Plus the remastering of the first two albums sounds cool...
Johnny Waco
One Buffalo Springfield cut you forgot to mention Les, Rock And Roll Woman". Along with Bluebird and Mr. Soul, my favorites by them.