I think The Stones were finished after Black and Blue, and are a sad caricature of themselves. Some people really don't know when to quit. Queen I can't agree with either - Hot Space anyone!!? And every Smiths record sounds the same to me, so they can't really go wrong, can they.

Two artists for me that have made consistently good music over a very long time are: Richard Thompson and Tom Waits.

Quoted from Andy Smith

The Beach Boys maybe, even their not-so-good one's they released in the late
70's are worth investigating!

All the albums they made after 1975 (and that's 9 albums), except for 1977's "Love You", were between mediocre and really bad.

Quoted from mr kite

I dont think it that YELLOW SUB is a bad BEATLE album as the beatles are only on half of it .

It says "The Beatles" on the cover and it's an official, authorized album, so it's a 'real' Beatles album.

It has just 4 new tracks and they're all weak for Beatles standards, so it's not a good album.

So therefor, it's a not-so-good Beatles album.  

Agree Bowie's albums were very good in the 70's ,and Kate Bush as'nt released a bad album in her career  

DaveRam

I thought Sandinista by the Clash was awful. Tom Petty seems to have been consistant (though I haven't heard his last few.)

ABBA were great singles wise and their albums were always solid and they did'nt outstay their welcome , but as they did'nt sell so well in America , there not considerd a great group by some ,But i like them and there last album The Visitors is a favourite of mine .
Kratwerk's albums were very influencial .
But i still think The Beatles top the pile with their brilliant work  

DaveRam

The STONES SOME GIRLS is not a bad album B.M. RICK THOMPSON is class, but i couldnt say ive liked all his albums .  
ITS ALL TOO MUCH is one my fav beatle songs  , HEY BULLDOG aint bad either  
Im sorry to say this DAVE RAM but i dont think RED SHOES[KATE BUSH] is a good album  , having said that MOMENTS OF PLEASURE is a beautiful song  
I guess its all down to personal opinion
I dont think  Led Zeppelin have made a bad album , PRESENCE and IN THROUGH THE OUTDOOR  just scrape it for me .  

The Beatles finshed on top, they did of course struggle in the Get Back sessions but
they realised they all had to make one more fantastic album which was the classic Abbey Road!
But phil spector put out Let It Be after which is quite a weak album in places but has brilliant
songs on it. Yellow Submarine is the one Beatles album i never listen to much, as it never
does much for me (Hey Bulldog is my fav track on the album).

Another thumbs up for YELLOW SUB.  

Yellow Submarine Songtrack is better, that's what it should have sounded like!
It would have sounded great if it was mixed like the Love soundtrack with the
songs flowing in & out, along with George Martin's orchestral compositiosns!

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Spot on again ANDY  
I have thought of a band who`s albums have just got better and better THE WHITE STRIPES , Icky thump is a great album  

Tyrannosaurus Rex's 4 albums got better and better and when Bolan morphed the group into T.rex the first 3 T.rex albums were brilliant to, from folk to glam in 5 years .
Not forgetting none album singles like Ride A white Swan , Hot Love , Children Of The Revolution and the brilliant 20th Century Boy .
Then sadly it all went wrong drink drugs and a Mini and a tree , but those first 7 albums showed a real talent and development of sound .
Tyrannosaurus Rex's Unicorn and T.rex's Electric Warrior are great albums  by this underrated group Electric Warrior spent 8 weeks at # 1 in 71/72 , tracks like Cosmic Dancer ,Jeepster , Get It On , Life's A Gas still sound fantastic.
Ringo saw this talent and filmed Bolan and T.rex at the top of there game in the film Born To  Boogie

DaveRam

Loved T.REX  
I was listening to BOLAN before the BEATLES , i ve never heard the early albums UNICORN  etc , i will have to try them .

Quoted from 679

Tyrannosaurus Rex's 4 albums got better and better and when Bolan morphed the group into T.rex the first 3 T.rex albums were brilliant to, from folk to glam in 5 years .
Not forgetting none album singles like Ride A white Swan , Hot Love , Children Of The Revolution and the brilliant 20th Century Boy .
Then sadly it all went wrong drink drugs and a Mini and a tree , but those first 7 albums showed a real talent and development of sound .
Tyrannosaurus Rex's Unicorn and T.rex's Electric Warrior are great albums  by this underrated group Electric Warrior spent 8 weeks at # 1 in 71/72 , tracks like Cosmic Dancer ,Jeepster , Get It On , Life's A Gas still sound fantastic.
Ringo saw this talent and filmed Bolan and T.rex at the top of there game in the film Born To  Boogie

DaveRam

Couldn't agree more Dave. They played Girl at the end of Cold Case last night!

That sig is asking for trouble Mr. K. You do realise I have new powers?

Can we count Frank Zappa as a band