I wasn't alive at the time, so I can't comment on the sentiment at the time, but I've always thought LA Woman was one of their best albums. Certainly the 2-3 before it were pretty bad, but it seemed maybe they were reversing the downslope. But I don't know.

But I don't think Morrison belongs on the list.

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Posted by SystemsGo

Member since Oct 2014

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Posted on 8/21/15 at 12:35 pm to The Spleen

Unclear why people are still posting when

Bradley Nowell
Amy Winehouse
Andrew Wood
Buddy Holly
Biggie Smalls

is obviously the definitive top 5.

Could you imagine how much better the world would be today if Biggie Smalls hadn't died, and had made music for, hell, even 5 more years, but hopefully more like 10.*

*Rappers do have primes, and after a while pretty much all of them will start to suck.**
**Exhibit A: Jay Z

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Posted by 632627

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Posted on 8/22/15 at 8:06 am to The Spleen

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The Doors were on a clear downslope when he died

I wasn't alive at the time, so I can't comment on the sentiment at the time, but I've always thought LA Woman was one of their best albums. Certainly the 2-3 before it were pretty bad, but it seemed maybe they were reversing the downslope. But I don't know.

The first name that came to mind for me was Morrison, but after thinking about it I don't know how much more he had to give. The guy lived so hard that he died of natural causes at the age of 27, and as mentioned earlier the bands best album was their first and it was downhill from there.

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned tupac, I know he had accomplished a lot prior to dying (albeit a lot more than biggie who possibly is better suited for this list) but he was at the peak of his career when he died.

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