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re: Bands or artists who released great albums long after their "classic" period had ended

Posted on 1/18/23 at 8:49 am to
Posted by hogcard1964
Alabama
Member since Jan 2017
17388 posts
Posted on 1/18/23 at 8:49 am to
Fleetwood Mac

When they put out the album “Fleetwood Mac” in '75, the band was stagnant.

Imo, it's still their best album.
Posted by bawbawbaw350
Member since Nov 2022
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Posted on 1/18/23 at 8:58 am to
The Allman Brothers' Back Where it All Begins in 1994... got air play on classic rock radio, great album.
Posted by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
12779 posts
Posted on 1/18/23 at 9:18 am to
Hawkwind had Lemmy and were the first to do the song Motorhead. It's a neat laid back version with a freakin' sax of all things: Motorhead
Posted by Legba007
Franklin, Tn
Member since Jul 2013
2599 posts
Posted on 1/18/23 at 9:43 am to
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Rolling Stones . A Bigger Bang in 2005. Very underrated although a somewhat overtly political. Also Voodoo Lounge in 1994....maybe their best since the early 70's when everything they put out was great


so true...Voodoo Lounge is almost flawless, a bigger bang would have been a all time classic if it came out as a album format with about 9 or 10 songs. The only knock on Bigger bang is it's too long
Posted by hogcard1964
Alabama
Member since Jan 2017
17388 posts
Posted on 1/18/23 at 9:47 am to
Moon is Up and Mean Disposition are criminally underated.
Posted by TheTideMustRoll
Birmingham, AL
Member since Dec 2009
10210 posts
Posted on 1/18/23 at 1:25 pm to
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Hawkwind had Lemmy and were the first to do the song Motorhead.


It blows my mind every time I think that metal god Lemmy fricking Kilmister was in Hawkwind, possibly the hippiest band of all time.
Posted by pheroy
Raleigh, NC
Member since Oct 2006
741 posts
Posted on 1/18/23 at 4:31 pm to
Great call on King Crimson, OP.

Queensryche - last few records with new singer Todd La Torre have been fantastic.
Judas Priest - 2018's Firepower compares favorably to anything they've done.
Deep Purple - Surprisingly good records recently.
Posted by LSU Jax
Gator Country Hell
Member since Sep 2006
10383 posts
Posted on 1/19/23 at 9:21 pm to
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I’d submit Black Sabbath’s ‘Heaven And Hell’ and even ‘Mob Rules’ as great later year albums.

Hell yes!!!

I would add Tempo Of The Damned by Exodus. 20 years after they formed and the first album following a hiatus. It’s a thrash masterpiece.
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
66950 posts
Posted on 1/19/23 at 10:31 pm to
What is Aerosmith's "classic" period?

They went years between their two distinct eras.
Posted by TigrrrDad
Member since Oct 2016
7937 posts
Posted on 1/20/23 at 3:45 am to
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Ozzy - Patient Number 9


Incredible album. So much great guitar work and so vocally melodic. I want to sing along to practically every song. Been a LONG time since I’ve bought an album that I can’t stop listening to.
Posted by vandelay industries
CSRA
Member since May 2012
2509 posts
Posted on 1/20/23 at 7:41 am to
Van Halen: A Different Kind Of Truth

DLR returns to the fold. It's not another Fair Warning or Women & Children First, but after several missteps over the years, they ended their career with a solid album that exceeded many folks' expectations.
This post was edited on 1/20/23 at 7:42 am
Posted by yallgood
Franklinton
Member since Jan 2018
1058 posts
Posted on 1/20/23 at 9:55 am to
KISS - Revenge 1992. 13 years after Dynasty and the end of the heyday.
Posted by samson73103
Krypton
Member since Nov 2008
9041 posts
Posted on 1/20/23 at 1:53 pm to
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Van Halen: A Different Kind Of Truth

Not quite on par with what they released with DLR back in their prime but much better than expected.
Posted by BabysArmHoldingApple
Lafayette
Member since Dec 2016
1196 posts
Posted on 1/31/23 at 3:20 pm to
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Fleetwood Mac

When they put out the album “Fleetwood Mac” in '75, the band was stagnant.

Imo, it's still their best album.


What a fantastic album! Its pretty crazy to think how much the band changed from Peter Green to Danny Kerwan to Bob Welch...all the way through to the "Buckingham/Nicks" version that was introduced via this album.

Of course Rhiannon and Landslide are huge hits for Stevie Nicks, but Christine McVie is such an important contributor for this album. Her lead vocals and her harmonies with Lindsey Buckingham are all over the record and such an important part of the sound. For example, you never really heard Sugar Daddy or World Turning anywhere but they are masterful deep cuts.



Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
28259 posts
Posted on 1/31/23 at 3:25 pm to
Steely Dan with Two Against Nature and Everything Must Go.
Posted by hogcard1964
Alabama
Member since Jan 2017
17388 posts
Posted on 1/31/23 at 3:32 pm to
After Rocks, they were terrible.
This post was edited on 1/31/23 at 3:33 pm
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
46478 posts
Posted on 1/31/23 at 3:45 pm to
little feat- let it roll 1988
ten years after lowell george died.
this was their first with craig fuller and features some help from friend bonnie raitt, linda ronstadt and others

great album

and if you were on the riverboat president on 29 april 1988...well, you know
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