Albums that have re-invented musicians or bands

My personal response would be the Beastie Boys 'Check Your Head'. After the brilliant and complex sound of Paul's Boutique, the return to their punk roots i think really showed how musically diverse the Beasties were

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Swordfishtrombones wiped the notion that Tom Waits was 70s pseudo-beatnik singer songwriter.

Some people may disagree with this, but I thought Stillmatic reinvented Nas.

I actually haven't heard any of Stillmatic but it seems dwarfed by how epic Illmatic was

Obviously, "The Man Who" reinvented Travis. Some may claim for the worse, but those of us who love them only do from that album. Strangely, they also showed ability to write great songs, after sounding like Oasis without the good tunes on their debut.

I disagree.

There are of course lots of albums who have reinvented acts for the worse too, Blur's "13", Radiohead's "Kid A" and Talk Talk's "Spirit Of Eden" being among the worst cases.

we have to be careful here, not to confuse reinvention with just "career-making"...

Moody Blues: Days Of Future Passed
Genesis: Trespass
David Bowie: Lots of 70s albums. Starting with "The Man Who Sold The World"

There are of course lots of albums who have reinvented acts for the worse too,... Talk Talk's "Spirit Of Eden" being among the worst cases

The Return of the Norwegian Troll

Talk Talk used to be a great synthpop band, sounding like a lot of other bands, but that is a good thing as long as they sound like good band.

As soon as you sound like nobody else at all, you have gone too far.

The other two examples Geir cites are just as heinous.

Not if you like good-old classic song-based pop music and want all music to stay like that forever.

Blur reinvented themselves in a good way on "Modern Life is Rubbish" though. They should have settled with that formula, not changing at all for the rest of their career.

As soon as you sound like nobody else at all, you have gone too far.

Tell that to Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig Van Beethoven sounded a lot like Mozart and Haydn. At least his best work did.

Who did Mozart sound like?

Haydn

Who did Haydn sound like?

Haydn sounded like Bach's sons, who were considered great composers at the time.

I mean, surely, they all added some trademark elements, but they stuck to the formula, not creating their own formula.

Not if you like good-old classic song-based pop music and want all music to stay like that forever.

take these hands and give yourself a big slap

You're beginning to sound like Mike Love, Geir... what am I saying, beginning to??!??!

Well, I want music to sound (forever) like the Brian Wilson music that Mike Love hated.

So Brian Wilson "stuck to the formula, not creating his own formula" did he?

GEIR HONGRO IS A PSYCHOPATH AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH.

Remember that govt advert where a drinky lad was given the voice of an old woman?

"What's wrong with a good old fashioned sing-song?"

that one?

Bringing It All Back Home: Bob Dylan
Saturday Night Fever: Bee Gees
Fleetwood Mac: Fleetwood Mac (the 1st one with Lindsay Buckingham & Stevie Nicks)

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good-old classic song-based pop music

This is a tad vague, no?

beck is reinventing himself with every new album. isn't he?

As soon as you sound like nobody else at all, you have gone too far.

Wow.

I will keep this in my valise of immortal sayings forever.

My favorite albums list is gonna need some serious ideological cleansing...!

the totalitariat hast won

Scott Walker, Mark Hollis, eYe, you are stand accused of FORMALISM and the wanton CORRUPTION of innocent proletarian tractor drivers.

It'll Take A Nation Of Shut-ins To Hold Us Back

I mean, surely, they all added some trademark elements, but they stuck to the formula, not creating their own formula.

this sounds like something gareth would say. or indeed HAS SAID

As soon as you sound like nobody else at all, you have gone too far.

Boy, I spend a lot of time looking for albums like that and now I'm hearing it's a waste of time. Hmm.

I guess Ms. Mitchell made a pretty big shift from Court & Spark to Hissing of Summer Lawns.

So Brian Wilson "stuck to the formula, not creating his own formula" did he?

He did nothing that wasn't based on stuff that had already been done before. His genius was in mixing the melodic genius of The Beatles with the harmonies of the Four Freshmen and the orchestral genius of Phil Spector.

Saturday Night Fever: Bee Gees

The one album to mention would be "Main Course" rather than "Saturday Night Fever". They only reinvented themselves, though, not music in general.

(And they would have been better had they stuck to the style of their debut, rather than gradually becoming more MOR with every album, and then going disco from the mid 70s onwards)

GEIR HONGRO IS A PSYCHOPATH AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH.

GEIR HONGRO IS A PSYCHOPATHPOMP AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH.

who's eYe?

Chieftain of the Boredoms.

What does The Rite of Spring sound like Geir?

(wait for it, wait for it...)

An obvious one

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What does The Rite of Spring sound like Geir?

Nothing else. Which is one reason why it sucked.

Byrds- Sweethearts of the Rodeo
Yes- 90125

I'm beginning to see the shape of Geir consciousness:
Guitars and synths can imitate the sounds of other instruments and are championed.
Drums and bass ultimately end up sounding like themselves and are therefore shunned.
Yet here is Geir paradox:
Geir view is famously individual and his words are immediately recoginzable as his own. Would he not shun his own self?

Drums and bass are needed. In the background that is.

Btw, drums not being able to sound like anything else? Never heard of those Simmons electric drumsets?

So, the plantation cannot thrive without slaves?

KEEP MUSIC LIVE

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