These artists released critically acclaimed albums in 1996 and they also released an album this year. Who do you feel has fared the best over the last decade?
Beck - Odelay (1996) The Information (2006)
Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister and Tigermilk (1996) The Life Pursuit (2006)
Eels - Beautiful Freak (1996) With Strings (2006)
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt (1996) Kingdom Come (2006)
OutKast - ATLiens (1996) Idlewild (2006)
Cat Power - Myra Lee and What Would the Community Think (1996) The Greatest (2006)
Prince - Emancipation (1996) 3121 (2006)
Divine Comedy - Casanova (1996) Victory for the Comic Muse (2006)
Snoop Dogg - Tha Doggfather (1996) Tha Blue Carpet Treatment (2006)
Pearl Jam - No Code (1996) Pearl Jam (2006)
Ten years later... how are they doing?
These artists released critically acclaimed albums in 1996 and they also released an album this year. Who do you feel has fared the best over the last decade?
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
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Cat Power in 2006 is better than ever!
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Belle and Sebastian..... for me stronger and stronger
Archangel risin' on the moon
Just to save me from this tomb
I'll cry the tears of time all day
'Til she wipes them all away
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The ones I care for:
Beck: hasn't really grown better. The Information is a bit weak, IMO.
Belle & Sebastian: I wouldn't say they've grown, but surely maintained their strength!
Cat Power: she definitely has grown and is changed.
Divine Comedy: maintained strength
Pearl Jam: No Code was one hell of ana lbum, but the s/t one wasn't a change - still heavily rocking, but no good for me.
So I went for Cat Power...
(oh great poll too!)
Here, pick up, dig, dig out those weeds out of your happy go lucky fields, of such pollutive thinking
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I don't have any of those albums and don't feel like I'm missing anything.
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It is a great poll. Thank you. I went with Cat Power.
I doubt if very many people here care about Snoop Dogg but I happened to see part of his new video when I was looking for videos on Yahoo, and it was really the worst thing I've ever heard from him. I think his 1996 thing was pretty bad too, though. He really coasts on the classic stuff he did with Dr Dre in the early 90's, and that was just 2 records, one of which he was a guest on, though he did pretty much steal the show. The Chronic and Doggystyle were both classics of the genre, though, and everything since then has been pretty bad.
I've heard Jay Z's new record and it isn't bad, but I really only liked the Black Album and mostly because of 99 Problems which I think is a classic record.
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belle and sebastian because is the only band from there that I've got in my mp3 player and that really really helps me...
funny little frog is a great song
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This is a really interesting topic, thank you. I have to confess, I havn't voted as I havn't heard any of the newer albumsI have a major musical backlog at the moment, which I am trying to sort out with my ipod
I can feel a biut of a spending spree coming on in January in HMV, so maybe I'll catch up then! I should point out I do have new CDs, just none of the ones mentioned in the poll. Honest...
"You're a punk, so now you're glue sniffing. Well done."
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wise man... listen to him peopleOriginally Posted by Pervomartovtsi
Archangel risin' on the moon
Just to save me from this tomb
I'll cry the tears of time all day
'Til she wipes them all away
Re: Ten years later... how are they doing?
So many great artists...very hard to pick one.
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i voted
Belle and Sebastian
but id do
Chan Marshall
Valar Dohaeris
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Where's Soundgarden and Audioslave? They are pretty much the same band after all only the lead singers makes the band!
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An interesting topic in the off-topic section for a change.
(Though this topic would probably be better at home in the other music-section).
I think it is a fact that most artists release their best work within 5 years of their debut, so it is nearly impossible to improve after 10 years.
But I think Divine Comedy and Belle and Sebastian have maintained standard pretty much. They are still good, though not essential anymore I suppose.
What is remarkable is that they sound (as in sound quality) so much better than 10 years ago, but then that's a meney thing I'm sure.
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Could also have added The Beautiful South to this poll
(if had had more slots or could have pre-empted another band):
Blue Is the Colour (1996)
Superbi (2006)
Unfortunately, I can't comment on this at the moment, as I haven't heard Superbi yet (but i will soon now - yes, very soon
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In the poll, I voted Belle & Sebastian: The Life Pursuit is one of my favorite B&S albums to date. Great material.
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Johan, you thought my New Year's Eve Thread dull? Well, maybe you could tell all of us what you are doing that night and spice it up some...
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Beautiful South released first single in 1988, so they can't be on this poll. IMHO Blue is the Colour isn't their best album.
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^?? maybe i somehow don't understand the poll... but Beck, The Divine Comedy, Pearl Jam, and Prince (and maybe others) all released material before 1996. 1996 was not the debut year for any of these artists either.
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That's right NOIP, I was rambled.
Mmmmmm unfortunately wasn't convinced Beautiful South's album was notable enough among others.
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^which album? or both of them, you mean?
(and are you saying, among others like snoop dogg?
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Mmmmmm also missed Soundgarden/Audioslave, so it's simply by mistake?Where's Soundgarden and Audioslave? They are pretty much the same band after all only the lead singers makes the band!
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yeah, poll only allows for ten total, i know... damn those limitations!
Another add could have been Placebo:
Placebo (1996)
Meds (2006)
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