Fuck it, let's go there. It should be harder anyways.

Wilco.

6/22/2006 12:27:56 PM

6/22/2006 12:34:39 PM

sufjan stevens?. . .

6/22/2006 12:37:50 PM

outkast
sufjan stevens

6/22/2006 12:40:08 PM

Talk Talk
Beatles

6/22/2006 12:42:39 PM

i disagree with outkast, ATLiens is a pretty fucking awesome album

6/22/2006 12:44:25 PM

i agree....i dont think you have to start off sucking in order to get progressively better.





[Edited on June 22, 2006 at 12:47 PM. Reason : v]

6/22/2006 12:46:20 PM

theres no way this thread should get as many legitimate responses as the "progressively worse" thread

6/22/2006 12:49:30 PM

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

6/22/2006 12:51:40 PM

Isis

6/22/2006 3:45:15 PM

massive attack

6/22/2006 4:01:04 PM

i'm going to have to disagree with sufjan. seven swans is way better than his 50 states stuff.

6/22/2006 4:24:57 PM

yeah, that's what the question mark is for.

but seven swans is his second most recent album (right?)

and illinois gives seven swans a run for its money. iow: they're both great.

illinois ?=? seven swans > michigan > a sun came

i've never heard "enjoy your rabbit"

[Edited on June 22, 2006 at 4:34 PM. Reason : but]

6/22/2006 4:30:36 PM

The Decemberists.

6/22/2006 4:34:01 PM

eh, i think radiohead got different, but not necessarily better.

wilco belongs in the progressively worse thread.

6/22/2006 4:38:01 PM

you, sir, are an idiot (in regards to wilco)

unless you're just talking about the transition from yhft to a ghost is born. i can see that, though i don't agree.

6/22/2006 4:38:54 PM

though Do You Want More??!?? will always stick out in my mind...The Roots

6/22/2006 4:39:53 PM

no, i hated yfth and ghost is born. honestly, i've only heard a couple songs off of ghost is born. after they released yfth i lost interest because that album was so bad. i miss the being there days...

6/22/2006 4:41:53 PM

*shakes head*

6/22/2006 4:45:41 PM

haha, all my friends love that album too.

i just can't understand why. it's goofy as fuck.

6/22/2006 4:49:54 PM

i didn't like a ghost is born for a good 4 or 5 months. then i had listened while working one day, and it didn't leave my school cd drive for a good week. i love it now.

6/22/2006 4:52:24 PM

I don't see how you could describe any part of that album as "goofy as fuck".

6/22/2006 4:52:34 PM

i don't remember specifics now, but i'll break it out tonight and find some examples....

6/22/2006 4:59:00 PM

personally I think Wilco is crap. However, I dig the shit out of Son Volt. (not that I should compare the two)

6/22/2006 5:11:55 PM

I think Wilco is more like a bell curve...AM is a fun album but not very memorable, being there was a great step forward, summerteeth was the peak, yankee hotel foxtrot was very good, a ghost is born was LOL bad

the beatles certainly have an upward trend. i would say abbey road (2nd to last album) was their strongest

i have made it clear in the past that i disagree with radiohead, but we can let that die

sufjan stevens maybe, but i will not admit that illinoise is better than michigan

6/22/2006 5:25:30 PM

A.M. : YHF :: Pablo Honey : Kid A

not many people are huge fans of both ends of these bands' careers

6/22/2006 6:08:13 PM

agreed

6/22/2006 6:08:42 PM

nirvana

aha

6/22/2006 6:20:40 PM

yankee hotel > ghost is born > summer teeth, fuck the rest

6/22/2006 7:04:43 PM

lamb of god: Godly metal from day one.

6/22/2006 9:05:18 PM

Death
Frank Zappa
King Crimson

6/22/2006 9:14:38 PM

from what i've heard strictly on radio. Nickelback. A lot of you may say they suck period but you've got to admit they've gotten better

6/22/2006 10:45:28 PM

between the buried and me

6/22/2006 10:48:58 PM

Our Lady Peace

6/22/2006 10:55:08 PM

The trouble with this thread is that when bands have always sucked they never get a record deal/playtime, that only comes once they get good. This is why many bands seem to tank after the first album; there was a period of suckage that built up to the good album, you just didn't see it.

6/22/2006 11:10:12 PM

Um new outkast? Andre should rarely ever given the reigns

6/23/2006 12:22:19 AM

^^ you are so wrong its not even funny

6/23/2006 12:57:58 AM

Quote :

"Wilco."

Nah, "A.M." is a GREAT album! YHF is alright, they got a bit too experimental.

Wilco is still a great band though.

6/23/2006 1:00:37 AM

wilco has shifted so far away from their alt-country roots they aren't even a valid subject for this thread

6/23/2006 1:29:05 AM

agreed

6/23/2006 1:31:14 AM

i'm not trying to turn this into a wilco thread

but they're not even the same band anymore

the addition of glenn kotche and nels cline and jeff tweedy's doodlings with jim o'rourke have completely changed the direction of the band

so, again, they don't even belong in this thread

6/23/2006 1:42:09 AM

the lack of unconditional love for every wilco album in this thread is unacceptable - specifically "Being There"... the album that gave is Kingpin, I Got You, and Forget the Flowers...

that said,
The White Stripes
Nirvana
Jimi Hendrix

6/23/2006 2:10:22 AM

wilco was a band. wilco is a band. wilco will be a band.

wilco = band.

wilco fucking wilco. they've gotten better and better. styles change. deal with it.

6/23/2006 2:27:12 AM

they belong in here because i made the thread, fags.

6/23/2006 2:28:51 AM

Quote :

"The trouble with this thread is that when bands have always sucked they never get a record deal/playtime, that only comes once they get good. This is why many bands seem to tank after the first album; there was a period of suckage that built up to the good album, you just didn't see it. "

if most hte bands we were listing were big radio rock bands then yes your argument might hold some weight. however a lot of people posting in these threads, the bands they listen to, the have every recording back to these band's first demos and such.

6/23/2006 3:37:24 AM

the new deal
pnuma
lotus
quagmire swim team

6/23/2006 8:30:47 AM

outkast belongs in the other thread, imho

6/23/2006 9:08:25 AM

the lox

6/23/2006 9:28:43 AM

Quote :

" outkast belongs in the other thread, imho"

tru

the earlier shit like southernplayalisticcadillacfunkymusic was their best

another band i could add to this list is Blackalicious

6/23/2006 9:37:39 AM

Coldplay? Maybe a stretch...

And I'm totally with Sufjan being on the list.

Illinois>Seven Swans>Michigan

although all of them rock.

6/23/2006 4:28:24 PM