Their last great album?

[mogrooves]

Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Doors - Strange Days
Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
Robert Wyatt - Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard
Caravan - For Girls......
Steve Miller - Your Saving Grace
Traffic - John Barleycorn....
The Who - Sell Out
Family - Bandstand
Manfred Mann - Chapter III Vol. I
Hammill - In Camera
Groundhogs - Hogwash
UFO - Force It
BS&T - Child Is Father.....
Stones - Beggars Banquet
ELO - s/t (No Answer)
LZ - III
Van Morrison - St. Dominic's Preview
Beefheart - Doc at the Radar Station
Jeff Beck - Rough & Ready
Deep Purple - s/t
MoI - Uncle Meat
FZ - Grand Wazoo
Kinks - Arthur
JA - Crown of Creation

[snowsnow]

Mogrooves - some very interesting selections!

The one that really caught my eye was Van Morrison. Since St.Dominic's Preview he has released some corkers (IMHO)
Veedon Fleece
Into the music
Common one
No guru no method no teacher

Have you heard these, if so no problem, but if not well worth investigating. Love his music so much did a quick kindle book on Morrison's best albums.

Hammill - would nearly agree with In Camera but think A Black Box merits the term "great".

[WytchCrypt]

Fun question...guess it implies that any band I like that's not listed (IQ, VDGG, etc) never stopped making great albums

Crimso : USA
Yes : Drama
Genesis : W&W
Tull : Stormwatch
Queen : A Day at the Races
ELP : BSS
Black Sabbath : Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Procol Harum : Home
Grateful Dead : Mars Hotel
Rush : Signals
Ange : Guet Apens
REM : Life's Rich Pageant
Gentle Giant : Free Hand
Gong : Angels Egg
AC/DC : Highway to Hell
Eno : Another Green World
Camel : Moonmadness
Black Flag : My War
Cathedral : The Ethereal Mirror
Marillion : Clutching at Straws

[No Pride]

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
Genesis - Wind and Wuthering
Yes - 90125
Gentle Giant - Free Hand
The Doors - Strange Days
RTF - Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy
Queen - Jazz
Dixie Dregs - Dregs of the Earth
Bruford - One of a Kind
King Crimson - The Power to Believe
XTC - Nonsuch
Tribal Tech - Reality Check
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions of the Emerald Beyond
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Jeff Beck - Guitar Shop
Cream - Wheels of Fire
Steve Vai - Alien Love Secrets
Led Zeppelin - II
Deep Purple - s/t
The Beatles - Revolver
Weather Report - Heavy Weather

[progeezer]

BS&T - Child Is Father.....
Van Morrison - St. Dominic's Preview

Two that should have made my original list as well. Thanks for the reminder. I forget shit.

[Dodie]

So the last albums by artists, and which I personally find completely engaging without any low points?

Genesis - Duke (but only if I ignore two or three weaker tracks; otherwise it would have to be Wind & Wuthering)
Yes - Talk (with The Ladder a close second)
Queen - The Game (unlike most of you, or so it seems, I think Queen did some fantastic stuff in the 80s and early 90s - but The Game was the last album without such a high proportion of filler)
King Crimson - Red (I like plenty of music they've done since, but just not entire albums)
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (for me, better than either of the 80s Floyd albums) :-)
Steve Hackett - Out of the Tunnel's Mouth (but to be fair he tends to produce a great album out of every three or four he does in different styles)
It Bites - The Tall Ships (for me, Map Of The Past was a bit disappointing in comparison, though I still like it a lot)
Kansas - Somewhere To Elsewhere (pretty great, and certainly more consistently so than anything since POKR)
Marillion - Marbles (for me, 'Montreal' lets down Sounds That Can't Be Made)
ELP - Works Vol. 1, but only if you discount most of the first three sides ;-) (and I must be the only one who actually thinks Black Moon is a pretty good album - not great though, of course!)
Camel - Nude (but lots to like on plenty of later ones, especially Rajaz and A Nod and a Wink. Dust and Dreams could have been one of their greatest if only the drums and production were better)
Dream Theater - Octavarium (yep, I'll be in the minority here once again...)
IQ - Ever (I'm a fan of almost all their stuff, but I don't think they've made an album as consistently great as this one since)
Alan Parsons [Project] - Try Anything Once
Spock's Beard - V (all the other albums since have been very good, but not quite as great as this one)
The Enid - Aerie Faerie Nonsense ((after that it's patchy, for me)
Panic Room - Satellite (neither of the two albums since have been so good, and the latest one, Incarnate, is the first time I've felt a bit let down by them)

[Jerjo]

OK, if I step back and consider what's truly great:

Yes: Close to the Edge (Yes, I am serious)
Tull: Heavy Horses
King Crimson: Red
Kansas: Leftoverture
Black Sabbath: Sabotage
Queen: News of the World
Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti
Genesis: Wind
Deep Purple: Made in Japan (or Machine Head if live albums are forbidden)
Aerosmith: Rocks
Steely Dan: Aja
Marillion: Marbles
Pink Floyd: Animals
Porcupine Tree: Deadwing
The Who: Quadrophenia
Gov't Mule: The Deep End, Vol 2
Little Feat: Waiting for Columbus (or if you discount live albums, then we gotta go back to Sailin' Shoes)
Radiohead: OK Computer
UFO: Strangers in the Night (so overwhelming it buries the studio work)
The Kinks: Lola versus Powerman
The Rolling Stones: Some Girls

[perpetual strange]

Yes - Relayer
Genesis - Duke (or possibly w&w)
Anthony Phillips - Soiree
Mike Oldfield - Amarok
Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood
PFM - The World Became The World
XTC - Mummer
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
ELP - Brian Salad Surgery (emerson, lake & powell very close)
King Crimson - Larks Tongues In Aspic
Fleetwood Mac - Heroes Are Hard To Find

[simon moon]

YES - Going for the One
ELP - BSS
KC - Discipline
PFM - Chocolate Kings
Banco - Canto di Primivera
Area - Maledetti
Dream Theater - Scenes From a Memory
Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane
Camel - Raindances
Gentle Giant - Interview
IQ - Subterranea
Happy the Man - Crafty Hands
Genesis - Wind and Wuthering
After Crying - Első évtized
Isuldar's Bane - Mind Vol I

[cavgator]

YES - Close to The Edge (Relayer is very good, but not great; too many replacement parts for the era)
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery (A condensed Works is good but not great)
KC - Red
Uriah Heep - Friday The Magician's Birthday
The Who - Quadrophenia
Rolling Stones - Its Only Rock and Roll
Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail (love WaW, but it isn't as strong throughout)
Deep Purple - Burn (if this is indeed a great album)
Alice Cooper - School's Out (Billion Dollar Babies began his Hollywood streak, and bit into the music)
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti (I love Presence, but it is very good)
David Bowie - Aladin Sane (Diamond Dogs is close)
Queen - Jazz
Kiss - Nothing
Styx-Pieces of Eight
Black Sabbath-Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Pink Floyd - Animals
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Jethro Tull - Song From The Wood

[Trane]

Read the OT, it's about your favourite bands, not mine!!! Not interested whether you like Budgie, UFO or Kiss or not!!!

then the thread is pointless

[Vic2012]

The Beatles - Abbey Road
Led Zeppelin - Presence
Santana - Santana III
Judas Priest - Stained Class
AC/DC - Ballbreaker
Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier
Thin Lizzy - Chinatown
Van Halen - A Different Kind Of Truth
Soundgarden - King Animal
Yes - Relayer
Genesis - W&W
VDGG - World Record
GG - In A Glass House
Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood


and I've only scratched the surface.

[Oreb]

Most of these have had good-very good since, but taking 'great' seriously...

Peter Gabriel, 4 / Security

Marillion, Brave

IQ, Ever

Yes, Relayer

Pete Townshend / The Who, Empty Glass

Roy Harper, HQ

Jethro Tull, A

Non-Prog

Joni Mitchell, Turbulent Indigo

Dylan, Love and Theft

Springsteen, Devils and Dust

Richard Thompson, The Old Kit Bag

[Vic2012]

The Rolling Stones - Black & Blue

[davis]

The Doors: L.A. Woman
Morphine: The Night
Alabama Thunderpussy: Open Fire
Alice Cooper: Dragontown
Bob Dylan: Together Through Life
Phlimm: Caffeine Withdrawl for Experts
Pharaoh Overlord: Lunar Jetman
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
GFR - E Pluribus Funk
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
Rob Zombie - Educated Horses
Jeff Beck - Jeff
John 5 - God Told Me To

[NogbadTheBad]

The OP makes the choices tough as there are albums that I like but aren't great and my interest hasn't waned. I'll treat it as great & ignore the wane bit.

Pink Floyd - Animals
Yes - Relayer
Genesis - Selling England
Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses
ELP - BSS
Gentle Giant - Free Hand
Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump
Finnegans Wake - Blue
CAN - Future Days
Amon Duul II - Wolf City
Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
Rainbow - Long Live Rock n Roll
Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene 7-13
Mike Oldfield - Amarok
Atomic Rooster - In The Hearing Of
Gong - Expresso II
Hawkwind - Levitation

[Jerjo]

Van Halen - A Different Kind Of Truth
Soundgarden - King Animal

Nothing like a real powerful comeback. I could argue the same for Rush's Clockwork Angels.

[Shadow]

Mr. Motaba - Self Titled
Abraxas Pool - Self Titled
Carl Hupp Project - HyperStatue
Redfins - Get Off The Phone
Bad Dog U - Selt Titled
Power Job - Self Titled
Bella Band - Self Titled

[No Pride]

Mr. Motaba - Self Titled
Abraxas Pool - Self Titled
Carl Hupp Project - HyperStatue
Redfins - Get Off The Phone
Bad Dog U - Selt Titled
Power Job - Self Titled
Bella Band - Self Titled

I never realized that you thought our one and only album was "great," Ed... but hey, THANKS!

Are these all "one off" albums?

[Rufus]

Forgot to add Rush-Moving pictures to my list!

[llanwydd]

I haven't looked at anyone's list yet. I find it interesting that some of the albums I will mention are also on the "First Great Album" thread, meaning I consider it their only masterpiece. I will mark those with an *.


Allman Bros. - Fillmore* (all the Allmans you need)
Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow*
Beatles - Abbey Road
Bruford - One of a Kind
Bob Dylan - Desire
ELP - Welcome Back, My Friends
Genesis - Wind and Wuthering
Gentle Giant - Playing the Fool
Grateful Dead - Blues For Allah
Steve Hackett - Please Don't Touch
Jethro Tull - 20 Years of Jethro Tull
King Crimson - Discipline
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
John Lennon - Walls and Bridges*
Paul McCartney/Wings - Band on the Run*
Patrick Moraz - i*
PFM - Chocolate Kings
R.E.M. - Document
Renaissance - Novella
Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water*(surprise)
U2 - Rattle and Hum
Van der Graaf Generator - Still Life
Rick Wakeman - Criminal Record
Yes - 90125
Zappa - Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar*

[bob_32_116]

^^ Agree with Band On the Run. I have tried to appreciate McCartney's solo & wings stuff, both earlier and later, but I find there is normally a handful of really good songs and a heap of - well, silly love songs. Venus and Mars is probably the closest contender, though it's so much like BOTR Part 2 that it's pretty redundant.

[Garden Dreamer]

A few people had Power Windows as the last great album from Rush and that was my choice as well for many years, until they redeemed themselves with Clockwork Angels.

Tull - Heavy Horses
Manowar - Kings of Metal
Humble Pie - Smokin'
The Monkees - The Birds, The Bees and the Monkees
Horslips - Aliens
Yes - Drama
Angel - Helluva Band
Elvis Costello - Trust
Gov't Mule - Life Before Insanity

[Shadow]

I never realized that you thought our one and only album was "great," Ed... but hey, THANKS!

Are these all "one off" albums?

You bet your "one off"

[presdoug]

Triumvirat-Pompeii
Colosseum-Colosseum Live
Passport-Man In The Mirror
Wallenstein-No More Love
Budgie-Deliver Us From Evil
Wishbone Ash-Nouveau Calls
Soft Machine-Bundles
Solution-Cordon Bleu