One Album Wonders

[BradH]

Big Country comes to mind. I liked their second one, Steeltown, quite a lot, but their debut has a much more natural feel and was a big hit. Not as much whiney lyrics on the first one, either.

Also, Missing Persons never repeated the success of their first lp. Notice how many of these bands, great or otherwise, are associated with big MTV promotional splashes.

[Stone]

Big Country comes to mind. I liked their second one, Steeltown, quite a lot, but their debut has a much more natural feel and was a big hit. Not as much whiney lyrics on the first one, either.

I like The Seer quite a bit -- not as much as The Crossing, but it's a pretty good record. Granted, it had much more of a "commercial" feel to it, but it still had some very good tracks. I like Steeltown too, but not nearly as much as the other two I mentioned.

[BradH]

I like The Seer quite a bit -- not as much as The Crossing, but it's a pretty good record. Granted, it had much more of a "commercial" feel to it, but it still had some very good tracks. I like Steeltown too, but not nearly as much as the other two I mentioned.

That's interesting because I thought The Seer was totally lame and stopped following them at that point. I saw them live on the tour for The Crossing and they were fantastic. D Chalk makes a good point that they might've still been big in Europe. I'm sure Adamson's comment about America never producing anything worth calling art didn't help his career w/ American execs. But I remember "Wonderland" was promoted on eneMaTV in 1984, it just never took off.

[jasn]