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Which album was a band's creative zenith/magnum opus before falling off? (self.asklemmy)

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Demon Days by Gorillaz

Silent Alarm by Bloc Party

Metallica (Black Album)

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (20 children)

Pink Floyd - The Wall

Not their last album before Roger Waters left the band (that was The Final Cut, the album which followed), but it was far superior, and arguably their best album-- and inarguably their magnum opus.

The David Gilmour-led era of Pink Floyd was ok, but it would never reach the fevered heights and sick intensity of the Roger Waters days.

[–] 13esq 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I agree except that Dark side of the moon is clearly Pink Floyds magnum opus.

I understand that Roger is a divisive character (personally I love him despite his flaws), but god damn he could write an album.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

More popular, more commercially successful, and more accessible to casual fans. Agreed.

But for magnum opus, I gotta agree with the wall for a few reasons

They made a movie out of it
The ode to the intense para social relationships that revolve around stardom and how a truly crazy creative can take advantage of it in scary ways was not only true back then, but predictive of how much worse it would get in current time.
DSotM always seemed like a lot of good ideas in an unordered list. I felt like they could be scrambled and the album would be similar, except for the first and last songs.. Meanwhile the wall tells a story of pain, alienation, search for meaning, lashing out, and then a quest for self-forgiveness.

[–] 13esq 1 points 9 months ago

Fair shout. I also love the wall.

[–] TheDarkKnight 0 points 9 months ago

Best guitar solo of all time helps too

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