[Music] Artist with far better songs/films/art than their huge hits?

BadFish

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Herr Tubthumper said:

I have been thinking about this thread a lot, and you’re right about Talking Heads. Whilst their well know hit songs are great, imho they have lesser known songs which are better. Take Heaven for another example.

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They have so many though its hard to rank them.

My personal favorite is This Must Be the Place.

 

herecomesaregular

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Not a great fan at all of Elton John and his big hits but his Tumbleweed Connection album (1970), with no hits, as a play-through album is absolutely beautiful. Same for Joe Cocker. His Stingray album (1976) seems unknown but as a whole-album listen is a blinder.... but I don't like anything else he ever did.

 

Herr Tubthumper

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BadFish said:

They have so many though its hard to rank them.

My personal favorite is This Must Be the Place.

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They’re a rare band which has so so many good (and musically different) songs that people have different favourites, and you cannot really argue against their choices. What a band.

 

BadFish

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Herr Tubthumper said:

They’re a rare band which has so so many good (and musically different) songs that people have different favourites, and you cannot really argue against their choices. What a band.

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But like cure and Friday I'm in love, they have lots and lots better than Road to Nowhere.

 

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cheshunt seagull

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Bjork's biggest hit is 'Oh So Quiet' which provided no indication at all that she would be capable of making great records like 'Pagan Poetry' and 'Venus as a Boy'.