What are some bands and/or artists by whom you enjoy only one album?
Every now and again, I come across an album that is perfect from start to finish by a musician or group whose larger output has never really resonated with me.
My list:
Jam Session featuring Maynard Ferguson - Maynard Ferguson
The Blues and the Beat - Henry Mancini
The King of the Gospel Singers - Little Richard
At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground
I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! - Janis Joplin
Children of the Future - Steve Miller Band
Blind Faith - Blind Faith
Bookends - Simon and Garfunkel
Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago
Child is Father to the Man - Blood, Sweat, and Tears
The Band - The Band
Hot Rats - Frank Zappa
Songs of Love and Hate - Leonard Cohen
Funhouse - The Stooges
Benefit - Jethro Tull
Carly Simon - Carly Simon
Tres Hombres - ZZ Top
Here Come the Warm Jets - Brian Eno
Country Life - Roxy Music
Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
New Values - Iggy Pop
Desolation Angels - Bad Company
Guilty - Barbra Streisand
Bad to the Bone - George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Learning to Crawl - The Pretenders
Black Metal - Venom
Don't Break the Oath - Mercyful Fate
Camouflage - Rod Stewart
Graceland - Paul Simon
Into the Pandemonium - Celtic Frost
Trash - Alice Cooper
Jane's Addiction - Jane's Addiction
A Picture of Nectar - Phish
Ignition - The Offspring
Images and Words - Dream Theater
The Blue Album - Weezer
Let Love In - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Orchid - Opeth
A Night at the Opera - Blind Guardian
Untying the Not - The String Cheese Incident
Demigod - Behemoth
Colors - Between the Buried and Me
Crack the Skye - Mastodon
The Desaturating Seven - Primus
You?
Posted Aug 4, 2025, 4:33 PM UTC