Guest zaphod Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 ween tom waits as far as electronic music is concerned, tim hecker and fennesz haven't produced any shit albums, but they haven't been around as long as autechre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zaphod Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 oh and swans have been around for about thirty years, not a bad album in that time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzkinz Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 tom waits. This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarion Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 i think a lot of jazz artists win just because they put out so much. if you can improvise beautifully on a standard you don't need to compose nearly as much of your own work to put out an album, and that saves a lot of time. or for that matter if you improvise for nine minutes on a track when you generally had to put out 40-50 minute albums. so shall we say Herbie Hancock? no because herbie hancock has like 3 great albums and about 7-8 ones where he fell for disco hook line and sinker well I like disco so *insert negative epithet here* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I'd add Radiohead, Beatles, and Steely Dan if they had put out more excellent albums, but they top out at like 5 or 6 only Fan bias. I can say I think the Beatles are objectively better. My initial reasoning? They're output was spotty (not to mention confusing in terms of releases) until Rubber Soul. Even between their best albums were odd quasi-compilations like Yellow Submarine, Magical Mystery Tour and Hey Jude. Also, I've never been a huge fan of the Beatle's pre-Revolver songs, at least beyond compilations like 1 or 62'-66' R.E.M. on the other hand was fucking solid their entire run at IRS records and with Warner at least until Automatic For The People, though Monster and Adventures in Hi-Fi are good too. That's 8 albums, arguably 10. It was pretty mediocre after that, and while they are understandably unappealing to many, as a fan that's impressive run. In terms of solid Beatles albums, which are among my favorite albums period, it's like 4, maybe 5. For the wealth of the music they put out it's interesting that so much of it was released as singles and comps, they only had a few solid truly full-fledged studio albums. Also like to add: I'm sure Hawkwind would be up there, but can't vouch for their entire discography myself as I haven't listened to it all. The Doors only made 6 before Morrison rode the snake or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterE Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 no because herbie hancock has like 3 great albums and about 7-8 ones where he fell for disco hook line and sinker are you speaking of Head Hunters, Thrust, and Man-Child? i dont know if live albums count and i'm not bringing it up to try to contest your figure of only 3 albums, but i've read about this live album and seen lots of people saying it's really worth getting. seems to be only available by import to US and so it's always been expensive whenever i've seen it, but i've schemed on snatching it up for a couple of years. anyway there has to be a few other good albums in his discog. i'm guessing that the fat albert rotunda and death wish soundtracks might be neat. Any other group/artist with the same run of quality albums as ae? No. heh, classic FF. guy just really really likes ae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 zappa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 oh shit, good call! Also, Neil Young Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candiru Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Herbie Hancock had a fucking killer career before Headhunters anyway. Add him to the list for sure. Fela Kuti. Just an epic individual all around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 no because herbie hancock has like 3 great albums and about 7-8 ones where he fell for disco hook line and sinker are you speaking of Head Hunters, Thrust, and Man-Child? i dont know if live albums count and i'm not bringing it up to try to contest your figure of only 3 albums, but i've read about this live album and seen lots of people saying it's really worth getting. seems to be only available by import to US and so it's always been expensive whenever i've seen it, but i've schemed on snatching it up for a couple of years. anyway there has to be a few other good albums in his discog. i'm guessing that the fat albert rotunda and death wish soundtracks might be neat. yeah those three and flood (which I own and yes it's worth it) Thrust is one of my favorite albums ever. and i like disco too, just like.... his disco was bad and didn't reflect the music talent he possesses at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zzwerty Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I'll most likely catch quite a lot of shit for this but I find Venetian Snares has fairly decent quality control if you ignore the last few releases he's done. Not every track or every album is good but it is plentiful and prolific and most of it is pretty good. I actually agree with this. Sure, his sound hasn't exactly 'advanced' but the pre-filth period was very good at what it did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds just released their 15th album. Only a couple great ones in there, but they are very consistent and never suck. Nick Cave has also obviously done 2 good Grinderman albums, The Birthday Party albums, and some film scores. Might have been a cover album in there though from memory. But still, in that period he did the screenplays and scores for The Proposition & Lawless, the score for The Road, and appeared in films Wings of Desire & Ghosts...of the civil dead. Busy legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Acts as diverse as Tool and George Michael also never released a bad album, 4 each only though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vertsk8er419 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 muslimgauze beat me to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindphaser Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 The Necks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soloman Tump Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 any-other-groupartist-with-the-same-run-of-quality-albums-as-ae No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khov Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Yeah i was thinking about that, after 20 years, most artists/band dont release records like Oversteps or Exai. Well most bands/artists are NOT Autechre... Brian Eno had a few very good records during the 90s/2000s (Neroli, Lightness) but obviously nothing that could beat Before & after science or Music for airports. Mika Vainio has some pretty good music released recently, perhaps not as strong as Pan sonic, but still great. Philip Jeck (he's 60 i think) has never sound so good, his recent live sets (He's mostly a "live" artist) are among his best stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I've pretty much never heard a bad Sun Ra album and that guy's got one of the most prolific discographies known to man... if you don't count the novelty records he was involved in during the late 50s, he had a pretty solid career. Word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whylessness Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 the residents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundwave Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Uwe Schmidt, Namlook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overand Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I'll second Tom Waits and Nick Cave. Also, Miles fucking Davis. Actually, Miles Davis is a pretty good comparison to Autechre in a lot of ways. They both started out fairly conventionally and branched into their own brand of abstraction and improvisation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nirsgv Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Zappa... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraveGlitcher Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Zappa... I second Zappa, that guy was a music machine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exm Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 King Crimson...Genesis...Pink Floyd...Michael Jackson ... (only love King Crimson) zappa David Bowie... Mad Professor (Neil Fraser) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ZombieLincoln666 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Sonic Youth had an absolutely exceptional 15 album run (up until The Eternal, which was dull), almost all of which I think are pretty special records in their own way. NYC Ghosts is the obvious combo breaker that loads of people hate but I still have a soft spot for it. Throw in the SYR discs, the EPs, the soundtrack work, the countless collabs/side projects etc and you have a discography that few can fuck with. The bolded titles are top drawer imo: Sonic Youth Confusion is Sex Bad Moon Rising EVOL Sister Daydream Goo Dirty Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star Washing Machine A Thousand Leaves NYC Ghosts Murray Street Sonic Nurse Rather Ripped beat me to it more of them should be bolded though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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