tectactoe: ðŸ—» PEAKING EARLY ðŸ—»

FowlKrietzsche 06.26.24	Not a single bad album here tbh
Hawks 06.26.24	Finally some love for 81 from someone other than myself mao. Sick list bro!
Ryus 06.26.24	nelly is my favorite band 89 is true regardless of what the prog nerds say
artificialbox 06.26.24	YOOO big agree with The Van Pelt. So much better than Sultans of Sentiment.
Demon of the Fall 06.26.24	Leonard Cohen, Arcade Fire, Morbid Angel, At The Gates, Black Sabbath all agreed on first glance, probably a few more I noticed how you didn't actually say if these were good albums, just that they represented the artist's best work. There's certainly a few here I imagine aren't actually considered good, lol
JohnnyoftheWell 06.26.24	Waits and Hecker are probably the biggest red cards here, can at least see the argument for everything else Fugazi is a bit shady + pedantic as to whether it's either a debut or their best Alcest/Mastodon/Cynic all very necessary reminders of where the spotlight should rest
Rowhaus 06.26.24	74 is quite the curveball
Trifolium 06.26.24	Love the 74 love. Portishead (only barely) and Massive Attack would be here as well if I did this.
Vercetti 06.26.24	I prefer Paranoid over Black Sabbath but still a great list. "(1) Band must have released at least THREE full-length albums over their career." The Notorious B.I.G.
budgie 06.26.24	i am happy to see pagan altar on any list even though i disagree, mythical and magical is their best and the most underrated album of all time slayer and metallica belong here
Demon of the Fall 06.26.24	â€œWaits and Hecker are probably the biggest red cards hereâ€ yeah, on second glance if I was to pick out disagreements those would be first up Fugazi, Unwound & Nick Cave too, yet they seem a matter of preference / more justifiable if I squint hard enough
YoYoMancuso 06.26.24	40 is the worst fleet foxes album and 106 is the 2nd worst SDRE album, those are my only major complaints besides the Meshuggah take which I'm really looking forward to hearing
tectactoe 06.26.24	Need to fill out explanations for the rest of the entries, I will get to those later.
tectactoe 06.26.24	'Portishead (only barely)' THIRD is king, baby ðŸ‘‘ Saying DIARY is the "second worst" SDRE album is very sus, YoYo
tectactoe 06.26.24	'89 is true regardless of what the prog nerds say' Ryus with the based take per usual ðŸ™ 'Finally some love for 81 from someone other than myself mao. Sick list bro!' ðŸ»
tectactoe 06.26.24	Also yeah i guess i should change â€œbandsâ€ to â€œartistsâ€ huh
chemicalmarriage 06.26.24	74 gtfo
arthropod 06.26.24	I looked at the stipulations and my first thought was "Hedon Cries", followed by "Karnivool". I'm convinced that in both cases each LP is worse than the previous one.
Trifolium 06.26.24	Absolutely fair, Portishead's discog is more like a plateau than a peak anyway.
tectactoe 06.26.24	""(1) Band must have released at least THREE full-length albums over their career." The Notorious B.I.G." Posthumous releases count, babe.
tectactoe 06.26.24	'I noticed how you didn't actually say if these were good albums, just that they represented the artist's best work. There's certainly a few here I imagine aren't actually considered good, lol' 100%, tried to note as such whenever possible (finally added text to the list).
ArsMoriendi 06.26.24	Butthole Surfers Portishead but all 3 albums are good, itâ€™s just that the debut is on another level Heavily disagree with Velvet Underground
Ryus 06.26.24	24 is the easiest choice of all time that album prevents them from being the worst band ever just by being decent
Havey 06.26.24	fun house smokes 55
el_newg 06.26.24	I feel like it's almost more common to come to out of the gate with a killer album than to reach the pinnacle later in yr career. plenty of things off the top of my head - Annihilator, Testament, Entombed, Dio, Mercyful Fate, Exhorder, He Is Legend - and I think generally these are consensus too, unlike some arguable inclusions you have like Meshuggah (?) or Mastodon (which I agree with tho)
tectactoe 06.26.24	'Butthole Surfers' Debut rules, agreed, but REMBRANDT is my fave. 'Heavily disagree with Velvet Underground' The first three TVU albums are all quality so I can't be too mad about that. (assuming LOADED is not your favorite lol). '24 is the easiest choice of all time that album prevents them from being the worst band ever just by being decent' [2]
neekafat 06.26.24	Angles >>>> Is This It
Egarran 06.26.24	Since you have Morbid Angel you should have its sister album Deicide.
cylinder 06.26.24	Great list. Only ones I would argue with are Jeromes Dream and Henry Cow. I also prefer Traced in Air to Focus but sounds like youâ€™re not a Cynic fan so thatâ€™s w/e haha
cylinder 06.26.24	Feel like Endtroducing deserves a spot here too
tectactoe 06.26.24	@cylinder - peep 33 :)
Trundle 06.26.24	Nice list, I can't really think of many other groups that meet the criteria, not many bands I know of that peaked on their debut made it to 3 LP's
cylinder 06.27.24	lol whoopsie
ArsMoriendi 06.27.24	"The first three TVU albums are all quality so I can't be too mad about that. (assuming LOADED is not your favorite lol)." White Light > s/t > &Nico > VU compilation > Loaded
Ryus 06.27.24	white light is the true champ indeed. white light > nico > s/t >>> loaded
JohnnyoftheWell 06.27.24	white light is definitely the one, s/t ain't bad though
jrlikestodance 06.27.24	Thought this list was gonna be about psychedelics
ToSmokMuzyki 06.27.24	sounded to me like concern for morning wood
ToSmokMuzyki 06.27.24	also death goes downhill after leprosy
Pikazilla 06.27.24	good list i agree with most of these could do without emperor though, ihsahn's solo stuff craps on nightside ez
Demon of the Fall 06.27.24	I'm no Emperor stan but that is a bizarrely unexpected pika-pinion
tectactoe 06.27.24	'could do without emperor though, ihsahn's solo stuff craps on nightside ez' Yeah but this is slightly against the spirit of the list in its strictest form, Ihsahn's solo stuff is totally divorced from Emperor's body of work. The only "Emperor" release that could challenge NIGHTSIDE is probably ANTHEMS but again, 2symphonic4me. 'also death goes downhill after leprosy' That is certainly an opinion.
YoYoMancuso 06.27.24	"Saying DIARY is the "second worst" SDRE album is very sus, YoYo" They're the rare band where every album is fantastic imo, LP2 is my exact brand of weird and maybe the biggest influence on my songwriting today, and then How It Feels To Be Something On just blows all their other work out of the water imo
MO 06.27.24	misfits - walk among us
fogza 06.27.24	I find diary kind of draining to listen to, prefer their other records
fogza 06.27.24	I'd easily pick automatic for the people over 94
fogza 06.27.24	Things we lost in the fire best Low lfg
tectactoe 06.27.24	The disclaimer there is that I'm not really a big R.E.M. fan at all and AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE felt too...commercially pandering? idk
Pikazilla 06.27.24	tec's edge so sharp, he could be a military knife
bighubbabuddha 06.27.24	agreed with the pink floyd choice and sentiment about changing the band name pink floyd was Syd's baby and if they did a Joy Division/New Order thing it would have been nice but because hewas alive for several years after he left, albeit seriously mentally ill, it probably wasn't a clear-cut thing, so to speak
tectactoe 06.28.24	Indeed. Shame we never got any more of that magic :(
Yotimi 06.29.24	Agree with most of these except Galaxie 500, stooges, and Sunny Day Real Estate. Always thought the leap from SDRE's 1st to their 3rd was like Radiohead's
Demon of the Fall 06.29.24	your Low take â€˜sucks broâ€™ I understand why you think that, but itâ€™s just wrong ðŸ˜‰
Ryus 06.29.24	low belongs on the peaking on their final album list
DoofDoof 06.29.24	64 (Killing Joke), 89 (Pink Floyd) and 93 (RHP) are definitely wrong imo ;) In all three instances I prefer at least two releases to the debuts. Jane's Addiction and Pearl Jam I prefer other albums to the debuts too.
DoofDoof 06.29.24	A lot of trip hop qualifies - Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky, DJ Shadow, Unkle.
Drifter 06.29.24	3 is the best 50 album but calling the rest of his albums trash is a lame take and saying that one in particular is ass is ridiculous
botb 06.29.24	Mars Volta for me
Demon of the Fall 06.29.24	yeah essentially all those are 100% correct Doof same with Lamb, Hooverphonic & Son Lux (although the latter wasnâ€™t always as consistently trip-hoppy, especially later)
fogza 06.30.24	"AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE felt too...commercially pandering? idk" Lmao this is such a vintage tec take
tectactoe 06.30.24	i am in this too deep to just abandon my brand all willy-nilly like that. Prefer MEZZANINE to BLUE LINES, THIRD to DUMMY, have only heard MAXINQUAYE from Tricky so donâ€™t have a large enough sample of their work to make a judgment call. Prefer FRANCES to DE-LOUSED by a fair margin. Doof, the rest of those are all totally reasonable. I know the PF stance is not shared by many and the schism between that album and literally every other record theyâ€™ve done (except maybe SAUCERFUL) is so huge that itâ€™s almost not fair to compare them in that way. Understand those who like ROLLERCOASTER best and Killing Joke has several that are at least in the upper sphere of their work. Preferring any PJ record to TEN, though, seems a bitâ€¦sacrilege?? (This is coming from anti-grunge guy, however.)
JohnnyoftheWell 06.30.24	Yeah Killing Joke only gets a pass because there's no super-clear contender for their best record to me -- several I'd take over it, but the first s/t holds the fort pretty well on its own
tectactoe 07.01.24	â€˜ 3 is the best 50 album but calling the rest of his albums trash is a lame take and saying that one in particular is ass is ridiculousâ€™ I mean I guess he has a few moderately catchy club bops but the man is absolutely on the bottom rung of A list rappers when it comes to lyrical creativity and/or complexity, which (at least for me) is the largest appeal of hip hop in general.
Demon of the Fall 07.01.24	"Prefer MEZZANINE to BLUE LINES, THIRD to DUMMY" on the subject of "branding" this makes complete sense and neither are exactly eye-brow raising takes. Doof being on the opposite side of that coin also feels comfortably familiar
tectactoe 07.01.24	I've clearly set expectations and fully intend on fulfilling them forevermore.
Orb 07.02.24	Easy choice
bellovddd 07.02.24	mayday parade peaked right out the gates
tectactoe 07.03.24	Cannot say I've honestly listened to a single Mayday Parade album in full.
Winesburgohio 07.03.24	I especially agree re: Tom Waits and Tim Hecker AND i was going to post that even before I saw Johnny's comment!!! I think u should give 154 another shot tho, it's the biggest grower in their discog
Winesburgohio 07.03.24	don't know why this one sprang immediately to mind but Viet Cong/Preoccupations never really came close to living up to the potential of their first, which is a real shame
tectactoe 07.03.24	Nice shout - I quite enjoy their debut, but haven't heard their second or third releases so I can't really make a total judgment call on that). Their latest was definitely disappointing, though.
Winesburgohio 07.03.24	what do u call it when you have duck three ways for breakfast peking early
ffs 07.03.24	opeth
ffs 07.03.24	easy choice unless you're a coward
Winesburgohio 07.04.24	I'm going to go w/ Pixies