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Difford & Tilbrook… and That Unfortunate Comparison
“Hmmm, someone’s trying to be Lennon & McCartney!”
I was sitting on the beach at Point Pleasant, NJ in the summer of 1980 when an enticing sound came over the airwaves from legendary station WNEW-FM. It was the band Squeeze, with their first massive single, “If I Didn’t Love You,” which would introduce their newest album,
Argybargy, to the American audience. I had given minimal notice to the band before, but this track, with each singer’s parts an octave apart, conjured an immediate reaction: “Hmmm,
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‘Hey Clockface’: Elvis Costello Surprises Again
Growing up as an Elvis Costello fan, I could always count on something surprising.
The fun thing about growing up as an Elvis Costello fan was that I could always count on something surprising. His prolific output, consisting of 31 studio albums over 43 years, has produced a variety of styles and musical approaches. This body of evidence is proof that he’s one of the most successful artists despite continuing to live and breathe outside of the musical mainstream. So what more could he do?
10 Disappointing Follow-Up Albums
Here’s how it goes: your favorite band puts out a masterpiece and critics and fans fall at their feet. The subsequent tour is a hot ticket, the record sales in the stratosphere. That grand album puts them on a whole other level. You can’t
wait until the follow-up…but when it finally comes, it’s a big flop.
Yes, we can argue that a “flop” is grounded in perception, but we
can tell when a fan base is disappointed; you can almost hear the collective sigh.
Perhaps it’s pressure to repeat a hit, followed by timing, procrastination, or unfocused musical direction. Whatever the reason(s), no great group is immune. Here are ten disappointing “follow-up” rock albums.