Songs that made you realize your favorite band was going downhill

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By The Time I Get To Arizona - Public Enemy

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Kill yourself.

[bwana devil]

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November Rain

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a band can go downhill on their second album?

[Matt24]

I seem to always be the only Metallica fan(at least on messageboards and from what I read online) that likes Load. Hero of the Day is actually my favorite Metallica song.

ReLoad pretty much sucked though

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November Rain

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a band can go downhill on their second album?

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Res Ipsa Loquitur

[Los Feliz Slim]

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Phish, Sample in a Jar

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I assume you mean the studio version. Phish has lots of tunes that pretty much bite in the studio, but really open up live. I think this is one of them. Crappy as a four-minute polished tune. But unbelievable as a first-set closer. Especially with the lights.

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Correct. I heard it for the first time live in Washington, DC, in December 1993 and thought it was amazing. When the album came out I distinctly remember thinking "uh-oh". That also applies to most of Hoist in general, but Sample is what sticks out in my mind.

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Not all the Black album was bad by any means, but I thought it showed signs of the band slipping.

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I guess I'm just too into mainstream music. I thought the black album, end to end, was STELLAR. However, talk to any hardcore Metallica fan and you'd think they crapped on a CD, threw it in a jewel case and charged $13.99 at Sam Goody for the privilege of smelling their sh*t.

[7ontheline]

Well, it depends on when you got into Metallica I guess. I know the Black album got them a TON of new fans. Good for them, they're totally rich. Most people who like the older music don't like the newer stuff.

Good call on Faith No More earlier in the thread. They were a fantastic band when they started. King For a Day had a number of mediocre songs though and everything after that was really bad.

Use Your Illusion was G'NR's 3rd album, and I thought it was good. I can't think of a song that made me think they were going downhill since they pretty much crapped out after that and didn't make much more music.

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Death Cab For Cutie - "Sound of Settling" ; puke

Pavement - "Stereo" (Brighten the Corners)
though I really like some songs on that album, some of the songs are just obviously phoned in and you can tell it was going downhill from here.

U2 - Zooropa (yeah, I know Numb is in the OP, suck me, OOT)

Metallica - Nothing Else Matters or Unforgiven

REM - Losing my Religion (yeah, pretty obvious they lost it on this album)

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REM - Shiny Happy People


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WTF? That's a crap song for sure, but downhill? Yeah, you're right -- following that up with AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE is a real step down. ROFL, etc.

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I actually think "Automatic" is their best album, and "Monster" isn't bad at all either, but you could tell on "Out of Time" that they were headed for the crapper, and it quickly came to pass after Monster.

The last few songs on "OOT" are actually still awesome : Half A World Away / Texarkana / Country Feedback / Me In Honey-580 but the first half is puke-worthy.

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The Joshua Tree was good but I could totally tell what direction U2 was going after that and I didn't like it.


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You seem like you're into punk which sort of makes sense, but people make this statement a lot and it's so sick. Joshua Tree - Rattle & Hum - Achtung was the peak of U2 for most people. I personally love the stuff before Joshua, but it's very raw and not really that unusual or special. You could definitely get worried by Achtung.