Post the album that marked the beginning of the decline for that artist..

Good one.

 

He gave it up as the 1990s ended. Prince's last racy/sexually charged album was 1998's Newpower Soul.

 

Well, it didn't work for me

 

Oh, I like it a lot as well. I think I was McCartney's last great album, a slight drop from Band on the Run. Everything that came afterwards was kind of a slow decline.

 

Reznor's best, imho.

 

That's terrible. Is this what drugs do?

 

Without the question mark... is a statement IMO.

 

Totally!

 

It's one of my favorite albums. Reality was up next and it was so-so. Teddy died in June 1973 and yep I do think that caused his work to decline.

 

He's probably part of the reason, among other things.

 

It's certainly not their best, but man is it well recorded/mastered. The S.Q. on the vinyl is exemplary. I enjoy it because of that, maybe I have a 'Hot Stamper' ? I'll sell it for $500!

 

The very first People releases were in 45 form, distributed by King - including JB's last two singles under his King contract before Polydor bought it, "Escape-Ism" and "Hot Pants" (whose chart life was why he re-recorded that track for the same-named LP which was his first of that configuration for his new label).

But for him, it was all downhill after "Papa Don't Take No Mess" and his '74 string of albums.

 

Since KISS is mentioned every so often: I would say in terms of their group works (and what their music and personae were all about - not exactly Shakespeare, some would argue), their decline - if not necessarily commercially - began with Dynasty and crystallized with Unmasked - the last two with Peter Criss as an active original member (though if you spoke to Gene Simmons or Paul Stanley, they'd say Criss wasn't all that active in the last few years up to the point he was fired).

 

I'm not too keen on the E & N tracks, but that "Marco Polo" album just sounds magical and also has a really nice flow, it's one of my all-time favourite albums. I personally can't see how adding or repeating those DS tracks would add much to DBOTC and possibly an additional album, other than having more (incongruous) material. The biggest problem with DBOTC is that unlike previous albums it has no flow. It all feels randomly put together, more like a compilation. I don't think "Cafe Europa" and "Krishna Blue" (and also "Wanderlust") are bad songs - I do enjoy them but they're somewhat slight compared to what came before, a bit like Talk Talk regressing after "Spirit Of Eden" and doing another "It's My Life" and worse, sticking it on said album. Mind you, me and friends often joked about how DS got a bit too serious over time and that he should perhaps go back bleaching his hair and do a more commercial album. FWIW, my favourites on DBOTC are "Alphabet Angel" and "The Shining Of Things". I also thought those two ballads on "Damage" were fantastic and would have welcomed a whole album in that vein.

 

The original Fleetwood Mac had several big chart hits in 1968-70 in Europe, among them Albatross and Oh Well.

 

It may seem like rather a strange point of view, but I can kind of see it: In some ways, DSOTM was their crowning achievement, the most advanced distillation of their experimentation from the preceding years. They poured months of work into it and produced a classic, but in some ways they painted themselves into a corner at that point. Global superstardom ultimately proved to be unhealthy for the band, IMO, sapping their ambition and their group cohesion. Of course, I still enjoy WYWH and Animals, but as the 70s wore on, Roger's dominance took hold, planting the seeds of their demise. So I wouldn't completely agree with this assessment, but I can see how DSOTM was the beginning of the end in some ways.

 

They ruined their sound with this album and it was all downhill from here artistically.

 

Beatles For Sale is a good album,not a decline from what came before. Yellow Submarine is a sound track (and a pretty good one at that) which should not be compared with the other albums. Let It Be is the last album, so it can't be the beginning of anything.

 

Actually, my favorite Wings album is London Town. Closest they ever came to making a folk album.

 

Quadrophenia is a masterpiece.

 

Yeah and Who by Numbers is excellent

 

The bigger the cover thumbnail, the greater the decline.