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 Post subject: Self-titled albums that aren't the band's debut
PostPosted: Fri November 25, 2022 5:28 pm 
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What are some good ones? What are some bad ones? Was it a good decision to have the album be self-titled?

It always bugs me when bands do this. Often they're in the press going "it's self-titled because it's our artistic identity condensed into a single album! It's our mission statement!" but what it really means is they're trying hard for a commercial comeback. The Mötley Crüe album from the 90s is a hilarious example because it didn't even really sound like them

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We need more Led Zeppelins and Chicagos that number their albums, but keep it going always. King Gizzard should have done this - wouldn’t you have loved arguing “but XXIV isn’t quite IX”


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Jorge wrote:
What are some good ones? What are some bad ones? Was it a good decision to have the album be self-titled?

It always bugs me when bands do this. Often they're in the press going "it's self-titled because it's our artistic identity condensed into a single album! It's our mission statement!" but what it really means is they're trying hard for a commercial comeback. The Mötley Crüe album from the 90s is a hilarious example because it didn't even really sound like them

I'd say that would be fairly accurate for BOTH of the Stone Temple Pilots releases.

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Why would it bug you lol. It's the wiggly air that's important!

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Paramore has a self titled album

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Why would it bug you lol. It's the wiggly air that's important!

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Jorge wrote:
Ello Sailor wrote:
Why would it bug you lol. It's the wiggly air that's important!

My brain is a complex machine

Did it bug you when The Cure did it? Huh!?

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Yeah! It did bug me. It felt as lazy as half of the songwriting on that album

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Anyway, I'd take a self-titled Pumpkins record over some dorky shit like Shiny and Oh So Bright Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.

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Yeah! It did bug me. It felt as lazy as half of the songwriting on that album


Mayyyybe you already listened to that album hating it because of the self titled name....

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And what do you think of those albums Wease

And the choice to make them self-titled

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Oh yeah, Weezer have like 7 of these. White was pretty good

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