Great 'solo' albums when the artist was still in a band!

[Garden Dreamer]

Hasse Bruniusson - Flying Food Circus/Flowerkings
Bodin, Tomas - 2002 - Pin Up Guru/Flowerkings

Heck, practically the entire band! Roine released Wall Street Voodoo, Tomas has around 6 solo albums, Hasse Froberg and Jonas Reingold have both released a few although not strictly under their name (Karmakanic, Hasse Froberg's Musical Companion).

[No Pride]

Just out of curiosity, was Trevor Rabin actually in Yes when he wrote Can't Look Away?

90125 came out in '83, Talk came out in '94 and CLA came out in '89, so I'd say yes to (him still being in) Yes.

[bill g]

Steve Howe - Beginnings (I personally think it is a great album in spite of his voice)-his next 3 are also quite good.

I'll throw in another for Tony Banks-A Curious Feeling. (I personally would add 'Still' too, which I thought was tons better than any Genesis album post-Duke)

[yamishogun]

90125 came out in '83, Talk came out in '94 and CLA came out in '89, so I'd say yes to (him still being in) Yes.

I guess Yes was on hiatus that period but close to be broken up.

"We weren't going to stay together when we decided we want to do something." (he speaks quickly here at 3:20) Rabin went to the record company, but he thought it shouldn't be called Yes wthout Jon Anderson's voice so wrote with Hodgson.

Then a little later Rabin speaks of Hodgson joining Yes.

But at 13:55 Rabin talks about Big Generator being a difficult album "and another reason we split up again."

I'm sure this has been posted before. He sounded more favorable about Union compared to another interview where he said he only liked maybe 3 songs (his with Squire/Sheerwood). I didn't realize that he and Squire wouldn't let other musicians on their songs.

Trevor's take on Union (1992)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z69aKywzpDI

[pb2015]

Ray Thomas released "From Mighty Oaks" while the Moody Blues was still a going concern. I haven't heard it, but I am told it's quite good.

Of course Hayward and Lodge released an album as well, if we are allowed to include duos from the band.

Didn't John Lodge do a solo album at one time?

All five members did solo albums (as well as the Blue Jays duo album with Hayward and Lodge) in the hiatus between Seventh Sojourn and Octave.

[Shadow]

Steve Morse

[miamiscot]

Olias Of Sunhillow and Voyage Of The Acolyte are two of my favorite LP's ever. Every bit as good as their main gigs' efforts.

Just sayin'.

[flowerking]

I'm a bit surprised no one mentioned Zappa's Lumpy Gravy, which he recorded while the MOI were also doing We're Only In It For the Money. I'm not a fan of Lumpy Gravy - musically its brilliant but most of it is a collage of nonsensical dialog. But a lot of Zappa fans put it in the great category.

I don't think i saw Kerry Livgren's Seeds of Change. If I'm not mistaken, it was released around the same time Audio-Visions was being recorded.

[Ten Thumbs]

Jan Akkerman - Tabernakel
Dave Cousins - a couple solo albums
Billy Talbot (Crazy Horse) - Blues In The Spirit World

[3LockBox]

Keith Richards Talk Is Cheap album is way better than anything The Stones have put out in the '80s onward.

Stevie Nicks album were as good as any FM album of the same era. Buckingham's first two solo albums were spotty at best, but Out Of The Cradle is a masterpiece and one of the best sounding albums ever... technically, Buckingham had left FM after the Tango tour and didn't return until The Dance.

[Soc Prof]

Trurl--Do Not See My Rabbit

At least it was a great album, until he jacked up the price to unconscionable levels.

[pb2015]

Robert Lamm's Skinny Boy was interesting (more so because the only other Chicago member involved was Terry Kath, playing bass).

[Gruno]

Buckingham's first two solo albums were spotty at best, but Out Of The Cradle is a masterpiece and one of the best sounding albums ever... technically, Buckingham had left FM after the Tango tour and didn't return until The Dance.

I thought he left prior to the Tango tour. In fact, I am disappointed that I have not seen them perform "Big Love" with the full band since Lindsey has been back. Fleetwood Mac didn't perform that hit on their Tango tour. Now, it's usually performed similar to Lindsey's acoustic, one-man performance of it.

Out Of The Cradle is my favorite of all his solo albums and I will echo the applause for the sound and clarity throughout. His next two releases were technically released after he rejoined Fleetwood Mac (Under The Skin, Gift Of Screws) and I feel those are also great discs. He fell a little short with his last solo album, Seeds We Sow.

and all of these are "great" or are we just naming any album by anyone as a solo artist, while he/she was in a band ? If it's the latter then:

KISS- all 4 solo records

I would challenge that with Paul Stanley & Ace Frehley's records. Those two solo LPs from their KISS days are great and even better than some of the KISS material at the time.

[arturs]

Steve Howe - Beginnings (I personally think it is a great album in spite of his voice)-his next 3 are also quite good.

I love Beginnings too. The songs really have something unique and special going on. Takes me to a place that no other record does, and I like being there.

Steve's voice is obviously the weak spot, but it has never ruined the thing for me. At least he's in tune... maybe he should have had Jon or Chris do the lead vox. But then maybe the songs need Steve's voice to convey the magic. Dunno.

[grego]

Steve Howe's first two albums
Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow
Rick Wakeman - Six Wives
Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolute
Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy, Casino
David Gilmour - 1st album
Zappa & Mothers...but that's hard to define indeed..

[bob_32_116]

I don't think albums by people like Frank Zappa or Steven Wilson qualify, because even though they were in "bands", the bands were always understood as being mainly vehicles for the artist.

[pb2015]

Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy, Casino

Except maybe for his debut Land Of The Midnight Sun, I think all of his albums were from after the breakup of the four piece Return To Forever in 1976.

[Udi Koomran]

Steve Hillage - Fish Rising

[Udi Koomran]

Eno Here Come The Warm Jets

[Udi Koomran]

Eno Here Come The Warm Jets (Roxy Music )
Jaco Pastorious - Word of Mouth ( Weather Report )
Billy Cobham - Spectrum (Mahavishnu )
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage ( Miles Davis )
Jim Welton - a.k.a. L. Voag - The WAy Out (The Homosexualls )
Peter Baumann - Romance 76 (Tangerine Dream )
Coltrane Giant Steps (Miles Davis)

[Facelift]

Clever, I see the way you are thinking, it's a great album and I'd agree if it werent for the fact that Neil is credited on the album as songwriter, and was involved (uncredited) in the making of the album. Their first "solo" album truly independent from Neil was the next one, "Loose" in 72.

Oh, then scratch it. I never looked at the album credits.

[Rufus]

David Gilmour's 1st solo record.

I should have included About Face!

[Rufus]

Eno Here Come The Warm Jets

Was he still in Roxy Music ?

[NogbadTheBad]

Eno Here Come The Warm Jets

Was he still in Roxy Music ?

Apparently he had left the band the year before.

[Udi Koomran]

Apparently he had left the band the year before.

My mistake !
But the same year 73