New Albums Devaluing a Band's History

There are albums like Sun by Tai Phong or Danger World by Anyone's Daughter, however in my opinion the fact that they're crap makes the earlier albums shine even more.

I agree with Iain. More than that, the whole idea reflects pretty poorly on anyone so fickle and shallow.  

This is a very similar idea to the devoted fan who worships, adores, is total nuts about said group and their records. They put out an album which said devotee finds is other than what is expected - it "stinks, sucks" etc. Said fan stop listening to band's output thereafter. Devotee is not so devoted.

There are many like that and likely to miss out on some good stuff.

This is why when someone says something stinks, sucks etc I would give (more) value to such a view if they gave some idea what, why, some depth, just a little bit.

Actually being devoted is a bit daft (but a great way of winding some people up). The extent of business is they record, release the latest, tour maybe. You like the release, you buy (or vice versa), you see the gig. That's it.

is it not?

Underwhelming albums... well, there are a few here and there but no, how can CTTE etc be less of an album merely because a later release say... Heaven And Earth was not quite in the league expected. Those of this view may find their worshipful devotion Of King Jon 1 reinforced while their views of Prince Jon the Younger have been proportionally reduced.

It doesn't diminish what they did previously but it does make me sad that it isn't as good as the good stuff. 

Well, I'll put it this way. I stopped listening to Genesis after And Then There Were Three.To this day I have a problem with the earlier material and don't even listen to it that much. Funny thing is that with Yes I manage to ignore anything after Drama with no side effects when listening to the earlier material. I'll never get sick of Yessongs. I went through a phase where I couldn't listen to TFTO because I thought that Wakeman had gone for good. I even looked at Relayer( which I love )  as an album by a different band for a while because of Moraz. ELP has a limited amount of first rate material so I can ignore In The Hot Seat and still enjoy the earlier material without having to go and see my psychiatrist.

Edited by Kepler62 - May 05 2017 at 05:55

All it defines for me is the point at which I get off that particular train. If anything it makes me more thankful for the earlier stuff.

It does not, and I can't think even think of a decent counterargument.


Edited by Logan - May 05 2017 at 08:34

Jeffro wrote: It doesn't diminish what they did previously but it does make me sad that it isn't as good as the good stuff.

freyacat wrote: Here is a question to ponder: If you are a fan of one of the classic prog-rock greats, like Yes, ELP, King Crimson, or Genesis, one of the bands who were around in the 70's, and that band releases a new album which (almost inevitably) fails to recapture the glory of their peak years, does it devalue their earlier accomplishments in your view? Does a bad new album make the earlier ones seem less good?

Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - May 05 2017 at 17:13

I don't think it is any different than the band putting out an album during their heyday that wasn't as good as their previous releases.