Help me settle a debate

"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats) 04/29/2019 at 21:09 • Filed to: None

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A good artist can make good singles but make terrible albums, right?

I’ve been fighting with my girlfriend about this for over an hour. She’ll except, prima face, that someone can make good singles, but bad albums, but won’t accept it in practice, and it’s driving me crazy. 

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Honeybunchesofgoats 04/29/2019 at 21:17

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Sure, sometimes lightning only strikes so many times.  

fhrblig > Honeybunchesofgoats 04/29/2019 at 21:18

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Oh yeah they can . My older sister (who has great taste in music) really liked the song “Digging Your Scene” by the Blow Monkeys when it came out  so she bought the album. The album was so bad that she actually returned it for a refund.

boredalways > Honeybunchesofgoats 04/29/2019 at 21:19

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Ummm, are you looking to crowd source your relationship out of existence?

Also, it's Monday.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Honeybunchesofgoats 04/29/2019 at 21:22

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That’s like asking who is better Lemmy or God?

Cash Rewards > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 04/29/2019 at 21:27

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Trick question. Lemmy is God

Tapas > Honeybunchesofgoats 04/29/2019 at 21:28

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Yes

DipodomysDeserti > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 04/29/2019 at 21:30

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All I know is that  Lemmy would smite Honeybunchesofgoats and his girlfriend.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Honeybunchesofgoats 04/29/2019 at 21:31

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Or maybe a not-great-in-hindsight artist can only make “good” singles  and make  actually- bad albums. Incubus with A Crow Left of the Murder comes to mind. Or hell, Light Grenades.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Honeybunchesofgoats 04/29/2019 at 21:33

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I bought Falco Vienna Calling, the entire album. Other than the hit single the rest of the tape was crap. I also did this with Bob Jovi’s hit album New Jersey. I bought it for Bad Medicine and the rest was a disappointment.

Deltyn drives a meh car > Honeybunchesofgoats 04/29/2019 at 21:43

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One or two great songs doesn’t make for a great artist in my opinion. But for that matter, someone can only be great for so long before the audience becomes cynical or they run  out of creativity.

Honeybunchesofgoats > boredalways 04/29/2019 at 21:49

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Monday is my Sunday. 

Clown Shoe Pilot > Honeybunchesofgoats 04/29/2019 at 21:51

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you’re right, but you need to let it go :)

Honeybunchesofgoats > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/29/2019 at 21:51

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Jeanny came up in this discussion, but not in a positive way. 

Honeybunchesofgoats > Clown Shoe Pilot 04/29/2019 at 21:53

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Sigh. I can’t. Because it means implicitly accepting that Michael Jackson made good albums, and he did not. He made good singles, which he then sold in album format with a lot of shitty songs. 

Clown Shoe Pilot > Honeybunchesofgoats 04/29/2019 at 21:54

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you can still be right, you just gotta let her be wrong and not say anything about it

boredalways > Honeybunchesofgoats 04/29/2019 at 22:09

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AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Honeybunchesofgoats 04/29/2019 at 22:44

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I would call them a mediocre artist.

50ford500 > Honeybunchesofgoats 04/29/2019 at 22:58

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It’s very subjective but yes I’d agree a good artist can make terrible albums. Honestly it’s unreasonable to expect any artist to create albums full of songs everyone loves. I think with rare exception there are at least a few stinkers on every album. Fair example I like Metallica but St Anger was absolutely awful. Just tell your gf your internet friends agree

Future Heap Owner > Honeybunchesofgoats 04/29/2019 at 23:04

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Off the Wall is a great album

Honeybunchesofgoats > Future Heap Owner 04/29/2019 at 23:13

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Sigh

Future Heap Owner > Honeybunchesofgoats 04/29/2019 at 23:27

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You cray.

Thriller is overrated as an album, though.

Honeybunchesofgoats > Future Heap Owner 04/30/2019 at 00:13

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It’s an AWFUL album. That’s the crux of my argument. Good artist, good singles, never made a good album. 

i86hotdogs > Honeybunchesofgoats 04/30/2019 at 08:16

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Unfortunately, “artists” thrive off that formula now. The y bank on one or two singles to carry the weight of the rest of the album. The other songs are fillers. Metallica’s late st album is an example. Their two singles were d ecent songs, but the rest of the album is very forgettable. And in the industry of streaming, you no longer have to buy full albums to get their good songs.

diplodicus forgot his password > 50ford500 04/30/2019 at 08:35

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The black album was the last good Metallica record. Although I did hear Hardwired on the radio a couple weeks ago and shazamed it cause I was like shit is this Metallica?

MonkeePuzzle > Honeybunchesofgoats 04/30/2019 at 09:20

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you are hardly likely to get a fair and unbiased opinion from us when you state the debate topic with such an obvious leaning as to your expected outcome