Which musical artist's catalogs aren't bad, but just OK?

[Taverner]

Mike Nesmith, The Monkees, Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles...

Yours?

[Common Sense Party]

1. Eric Clapton.

Great player. Had a few absolute gems through the years. But most of his songs?

Major meh.

[Taverner]

2. Your argument is derailed by "Derek and the Dominoes"

Otherwise, I would agree

Also add "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"

[Common Sense Party]

3. I was specifically referring to his solo stuff.

[Taverner]

4. Ah but that's not his catalog

And to be fair, his playing on Layla (the best solos are his - Duane is doing counter-melody on this one) is one of the best solos in the world

[Common Sense Party]

5. Absolutely. And Gently Weeps. And Cream. Really, as I said, he's a masterful

player. It's just that many of his songs are just...boring. Uninspired. And his singing leaves much to be desired.

[Taverner]

6. Thing is I am talking about an "artist's" total catalog

And even some of his solo songs are better than most - "Let it Rain" for example

But take "The Eagles" and all of their songs are OK - but not great

Same with "Fleetwood Mac"

You'd listen to them, but not all the time. Not like a Velvet Underground, David Bowie or Beatles album.

[rkennedy_68]

7. Michael Jackson

[Taverner]

8. No - "Off the Wall" is an excellent album

A Soul Classic

Thriller is OK

After that, yeah he sucks

[mvd]

10. Thriller is also excellent, and Bad is not bad at all

His most recent stuff would qualify IMO.

[mvd]

9. Have to disagree on those last three - great stuff IMO

Just ok? I guess Ani DiFranco, even though she has some good political messages. I'm sure I could think of many more..

[mitchum]

11. Mott The Hoople, dbs, Go Gos, Rain Parade

[Amerigo Vespucci]

14. Gotta high-five you on the Mott choice.

It's always been a band I thought I "should" like, but the reality is that I like Ian Hunter's solo career a lot more. I have the two-CD retrospective "The Ballad of Mott" and have tried to make a one-CD mix of it and couldn't, without cheating and adding some Hunter solo tracks. Way too many for what was supposed to be a "Best Of Mott The Hoople."

:toast:

[mitchum]

17. I have never been able to sell Mrs mitchum on Ian Hunter...

I don't get it. She really likes "similar" artists such as Warren Zevon, Dan Baird, Ray Davies, Paul Westerberg
???
Like you, I find his solo work consistently stronger than the work with Mott

[Tabasco_Dave]

12. Kiss, Sammy Hagar, Kansas, Chicago, Jefferson Starship.

Don't confuse the last band with Jefferson Airplane who where fantastic.

[Taverner]

13. Chicago had some good albums in the old days though

First 9 albums for example

[Tommy_Carcetti]

15. Rush.

Seriously, for all the Rush topics on here I'm entirely neutral on Rush, neither love them or hate them.

Actually, Freewill is pretty bad ass musically (maybe not lyrically), but the rest of Rush is just sort of "meh" to me.

But they certainly deserve to be in the R&R HOF more than fucking ABBA does.

[SKKY]

16. R.E.M.

They blew their load on the "Green" album. Everything after that is pretty much garbage.

[zx_3500]

18. jethro tull