Allergist: POLL: Best Comeback Album?

TheMightyScoop 02.20.19	limp bizkit - stampede of the disco elephants
Allergist 02.20.19	If only it were on the site I’d add it. Legendary comeback album for sure
StrikeOfTheBeast 02.20.19	14 is rather underappreciated by DM purists. It's a magnificent album imo. List rules.
polyrhythm 02.20.19	11 20 and The Seer by Swans
TheSonomaDude 02.20.19	9 for absolute sure. if i had to pick two more, maybe 6 and 8. loads of good choices
StrikeOfTheBeast 02.20.19	1, 3, and 9 are the best with 14 as the runnerup for me imo.
Dewinged 02.20.19	2 no doubt.
Meridiu5 02.20.19	i thoroughly enjoyed brave new world. my fav is angra - rebirth though so theres 2.
onionbubs 02.20.19	depending on what counts as a comeback album, whether it be first album since getting back together or first album in a really long time either way, glassjaw is a definite
Morningrise767 02.20.19	2 & 19 are my favs from this list.
RogueNine 02.20.19	16 and 20 m8.
Skoj 02.20.19	19 and it's not even close. fuck heavy metal.
StrikeOfTheBeast 02.20.19	yikers
WatchItExplode 02.20.19	Bad Religion - The Process of Belief
veninblazer 02.20.19	Glassjaw - Material Control, At the Drive-In - Inter Alia, and A Perfect Circle - Eat the Elephant come to mind.
Royl123 02.20.19	Weezer - everything will be alright in the end
Royl123 02.20.19	Carcass - surgical steel
veninblazer 02.20.19	@Royl: Was thinking about that one as well
Morningrise767 02.20.19	Ah yes, Surgical Steel is great as well!
ArsMoriendi 02.20.19	Blackstar isn't really a comeback album, if you're being honest it's The Next Day Which isn't nearly as good
ArsMoriendi 02.20.19	Also, out of these I vote for 12
sixdegrees 02.20.19	mbv
Ebola 02.20.19	Painkiller
Sinternet 02.20.19	how are 25 and 26 here
sixdegrees 02.20.19	deathbat
Allergist 02.20.19	Haha yeah 25 especially is shit but hey, not my choice
veninblazer 02.20.19	25 and 26 are legitimately pretty good albums, and I interpreted "comeback" as albums that took over 10 years to release coming off of prior full-lengths.
budgie 02.20.19	perdition city cuz themes from william blake was haggard hopefully trif doesnt see this
J() Alexander 02.20.19	Obscura and Painkiller comeback albums? what I mean, maybe Obscura, but Painkiller?
J() Alexander 02.20.19	How is The Seer a comeback album what the hell
J() Alexander 02.20.19	Or Heaven and Hell or... I'm just going to stop now.
Allergist 02.20.19	The seer isn’t really a comeback album but the rest of those you listed are absolutely comeback albums
neekafat 02.20.19	...Like Clockwork by QotSA obvs
J() Alexander 02.20.19	How are they comeback albums? Painkiller was released two years after Ram It Down, Heaven and Hell two years after Never Say Die!, and Obscura is the only one that is close because it was released five years after The Erosion of Sanity, and even then I don't count it considering the band was just having troubles finding a label that was interested in their work.
Kompys2000 02.20.19	I think they're meaning it as in "Returning to or surpassing the quality of their earlier albums after releasing some not-so-good albums" Not, like, "their first album after an extended break from releasing anything"
J() Alexander 02.20.19	That's a weird definition of "comeback" but ok.
Allergist 02.20.19	The period of time between album releases doesn't always have to matter for it to be a comeback album. Comeback albums can also be defined by a band making a great album after a string of crappy ones, a band "Coming back" to their original style after being distant from it for some albums. Painkiller: JP had released a string of mediocre 80's hard rock albums and people were starting to lose hope in the band. Suddenly out of nowhere Painkiller is not only their first great album in a long time, but it's also the meanest and the heaviest album in their entire careers. JP had fully returned to their distinguished sound for the first time in about a decade. Heaven & Hell: People forget, but Sabbath was a laughingstock in the late 70's. Issues among band members being impossible to work with due to drugs and ego were widespread throughout the rock world, and their previous two albums were sellout shitheaps. During their Never Say Die tour, it was reported that people were buying tickets to see opener Van Halen and the attendance would drop 75% once Sabbath got on stage. After Ozzy left the band, there was zero focus on Sabbath. However, H&H quickly gave fans a reason to return to the band with one of their strongest albums yet and it helped Sabbath pull themselves out of the bog they were sinking into. Definitely a comeback for themselves and the fans. Obscura: Gorguts had called it quits, done, broken up. Obscura is the barebones definition of comeback album I think, because any album released after a band has separated and reformed should be considered a comeback album by default.
Kompys2000 02.20.19	I dunno man, literally everyone else itt understood it to mean "Comeback to quality" and not "comeback to recording", so maaaybe it isn't that weird
veninblazer 02.20.19	Honestly I can't think of a ton of examples in that vein, so I went with "comebacks after an extended break" instead. Maybe FATA's "Holding a Wolf By the Ears" considering it was better than Abandon Your Friends? Idk
JWT155 02.20.19	Personally as a fan, I loved Haste the Day's last record Coward. As a huge fan of Jimmy and the early band's work along with their later records, I thought it was a perfect marriage bewteen the new and the old and an excellent send off for the band.
Source 02.20.19	dude I still need to hear that
Funeralopolis 02.20.19	cynic - traced in air
JWT155 02.20.19	I love it. Based on this list I'd go with Alice in Chains Black Gives Way to Blue
Source 02.20.19	I liked htd's first two albums back in the day
JWT155 02.20.19	Me as well, Burning Bridges is still one of my go to records. Ever check out Trenches? It was Jimmy Ryan's side project wher ehe made a Post Metal album.
Source 02.20.19	I remember when it came out but I never checked it
TheMightyScoop 02.20.19	D'Angelo - black messiah melt banana - fetch Portishead - third
Avagantamos 02.20.19	colored sands obscura too I guess but I never really thought of that as a comeback album
Avagantamos 02.20.19	also aphex twin - syro
mrdogthrow 02.20.19	Like in the context of having a bunch of shitty albums and then making a good one? Emmure Like in the context of the band being virtually nonexistent for years on end and then making an album which potentially may or may not be up to par with said bands magnum opus? My Bloody Valentine
kalkwiese 02.20.19	Heaven And Hell m/ Also SikTh - The Future in Whose Eyes? and the mini album Opacities they did before that. What a comeback, really damn good stuff
Middle18 02.20.19	Busted 'Half way there'
Zig 02.20.19	Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
Doibhin69 02.20.19	Californication
Slex 02.20.19	Itd be tough for me to pick between Slowdive and QOTSA I think
DungeonBoy 02.20.19	Damage Done by Dark Tranquillity. I was always a fan of the Gallery era sound, and they started to get much more experimental with the Projector/Haven era, but then out of nowhere they release Damage Done which was such a reinvigorating album that really brought them back to life.
Scheumke 02.20.19	Soilwork - The Living Infinite Machine Head - The Blackening Behemoth - The Satanist *update: Scratch the last one and replace with Cradle of Filth - Hammer of the Witches. I never liked older Behemoth anyway and Cradle's was really a return to form.
BigPleb 02.20.19	16 gets my vote.
Marehelm 02.20.19	The Seer, men
kalkwiese 02.20.19	I also really liked Soundgarden's King Animal, but it's not "the best" comeback album out there. Just great
PyramidNoise 02.20.19	Does Death Magnetic count as a comeback? That one was alright.
Trifolium 02.20.19	32!!! Third was a complete triumph.
DikkoZinner 02.20.19	Morbid Angel - Kingdoms Disdained
Uzumaki 02.20.19	I’ll go with 2, 21 and 23, although I don’t think 21 could technically be considered as a “comeback” album, mainly because his previous album was well received.
Uzumaki 02.20.19	Also, I think “Devil” by Chiodos would qualify as a comeback album.
SitarHero 02.20.19	Black Gives Way To Blue
SitarHero 02.20.19	Also, I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought Neekafat's name was Neefakat all along! :D
gschwen 02.20.19	Man, people are quick to forget the Daughters record.
Source 02.20.19	neefakat is the bizarro neekafat
pjquinones747 02.20.19	Glassjaw, Slowdive, Bowie
deathschool 02.20.19	Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
BerryGarlicia 02.20.19	2 6 and Megadave Dystopia
deathschool 02.20.19	The Seer, Obscura, and Everything Will be Alright... aren’t comeback albums.
Sevengill 02.20.19	Surgical Steel wait no, Traced In Air
deathschool 02.20.19	I guess I’ll vote for Colored Sands
deathschool 02.20.19	You can vote for 3, gill
Allergist 02.20.19	Again, Obscura is absolutely a comeback album. The Seer really isn't agreed.
InFlamesWeThrash666 02.20.19	Brave New World and the new Tool album
Sevengill 02.20.19	in that case, also Burzum - Belus
Sevengill 02.20.19	but man, Jupiter is such an underrated album. I just pulled that gorgeous reflective digi out of storage and spun it for some friends.
deathschool 02.20.19	Jupiter is pretty good stuff, but it’s still their worst album.
StrikeOfTheBeast 02.20.19	agreed
SharkTooth 02.20.19	put me down for Daughters-You Won't Get What You Want
BerryGarlicia 02.21.19	Anyone know why stampede of the disco elephants was removed?
deathschool 02.21.19	It hasn’t been released, bitch.
ArsMoriendi 02.21.19	Who added 32? That's a good one!
Source 02.21.19	The world needs a new limp bizkit album
Flashmobba 02.21.19	Where the fock is Tribe Called Quest's
deathschool 02.21.19	In your butt
Lucman 02.21.19	Was gonna say Daughters but I'm gonna throw a curveball: Zao - The Well Intentioned Virus is my pick.
deathschool 02.21.19	Fuck you luc jk
naughtcturnal 02.21.19	9 and 21.
furyroad97 02.22.19	Anathema - We’re Here Because We’re Here Might chuck Killing Joke 03 in there too, why not
Faenrir 04.04.19	Judas Priest - Firepower (how is painkiller a comeback album??)
JesusCage 04.04.19	30 gets the prize, if it depends on me.
dimsim3478 04.04.19	ooh this is a really good idea for a poll. feel like it should be featured.
anarchistfish 04.04.19	Black gives way to blue
Trifolium 04.04.19	It could have been featured, but it's an old one that's been bumped so it won't happen again. Plus my vote for Third (32) wasn't counted :-( Such a stunning comeback and re-imagining of what Portishead could be
DoofDoof 04.04.19	Portishead 'Third' gets one vote from me Then can you kindly put up, and have me vote for: - Boards of Canada, Tomorrow's Harvest - Dinosaur Jr, Beyond Also shouts out to The Membranes and Dream Syndicate who both came back after ages and sounded maybe better than ever. Really bad comebacks would make a great list.
Demon of the Fall 04.04.19	Obscura, Like Clockwork & Third All borderline 5/5 for me, in fact I might change my ratings.
Allergist 04.04.19	I seriously don’t understand why some of us get featured and some don’t. To be fair a lot of truly great list do end up getting featured but just as many great list end up getting ignored. I’m not saying my list is one of those at all, but is just an observation I’ve made since I’ve joined this site. Like a few weeks ago there was a top 10 song list that somehow got featured even though it had zero descriptions or even pictures. Like why would that get a feature???
osmark86 04.04.19	I'm assuming the definition for comeback album here isn't strictly after a hiatus or reformation or something along those lines judging by the picks.
butt. 04.04.19	Slowdive - Slowdive, for sure
DoofDoof 04.04.19	Comeback defined as at least 4+ year gap between recordings. Worst comebacks top (bottom?) 10: - Guns n Roses, Chinese Demo - Metallica, St Anger - Eminem, Revival - Animal Collective, Painting With - Garbage, Not Your Kind of People - Smashing Pumpkins, Shiny and Bright - The Pixies, Head Carrier - Bloc Party, 4 - Massive Attack, Heligoland - Faith No More, Sol Invictus All those albums damaged reps, not saying they are all terrible, but they did damage reps and cool interest in any prolonged comeback
luci 04.04.19	I'd put the last Japandroids record in worst comebacks
osmark86 04.04.19	and Thrice's To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere
DoofDoof 04.04.19	luci - yeah Japandroids comeback sunk without trace, good pick and an incredible memory you have to even remember ;)
Demon of the Fall 04.04.19	'Comeback defined as at least 4+ gap between recordings.' I was confused by some of these entries and that simply doesn't sound long enough. I voted anyway.
DoofDoof 04.04.19	Four years seems to be the 'ok, where are you?' cut off. All the albums I picked for worst comeback were defined as comebacks...except maybe AnCo as the various members of the band were still very active in solo work Pumpkins was a comeback as it was the famed 'returning original members comeback' - the most dangerous one for expectations
zakalwe 04.04.19	Dino Jr - Beyond deserves a mention.
DoofDoof 04.04.19	that's a second vote zak for 'Beyond' ;D I actually prefer that one to 'Farm'
Faenrir 04.04.19	Ah yeah, worst comeback would make a fun list :D
DoofDoof 04.04.19	there's something beautifully tragic, nay poetic, about a clueless comeback attempt
butt. 04.04.19	oh shit I forgot about Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want That's my #1 comeback album
osmark86 04.04.19	Beyond is a good call
Firedust 04.04.19	Gorguts - Colored Sands for me
Yotimi 04.04.19	Slowdive Dismemberment plan is the worst in recent memory
EclipseInYourEyes 04.18.19	Is this still going? Cuz yeah: Daughters.