Bands/Artists that have done no wrong?

[Zook]

And you wonder why you have the reputation around here that you do

I gave you an equally rude answer as you did me when I asked you an honest question. Maybe I have that reputation because there are too many hypocritical assholes like you here.

Ban away, mods.

Eh, not really my thing once the vocals came in.

Did you even listen to the whole song?

Does it matter? He said he didn't like the vocals. Why keep listening?

yeah cause it's not like things can grow on you or something.. the first opinion is always the one you stick to no matter what

And here come the growl defenders...

[black_biff_stadler]

I dunno man. I know lots of Zeppelin fans yet I've never heard them mentioning any "black sheep" albums they way other bands seem to have like:

Metallica-Load
Pearl Jam-take your pick of the post-Vs. albums (I love Vitalogy but many didn't...also No Code lost 'em a lot of love at the time)
Opeth-Heritage (for a fair amount of their fanbase anyway)
Pink Floyd-The Final Cut

And you wonder why you have the reputation around here that you do

I gave you an equally rude answer as you did me when I asked you an honest question. Maybe I have that reputation because there are too many hypocritical assholes like you here.

Ban away, mods.

I was talking to Adami and you rudely butted it to basically tell me I have no right to further inquire about the song.

[Dark Castle]

And here come the growl defenders...

That was necessary.   

[Zook]

I dunno man. I know lots of Zeppelin fans yet I've never heard them mentioning any "black sheep" albums they way other bands seem to have like:

Metallica-Load
Pearl Jam-take your pick of the post-Vs. albums (I love Vitalogy but many didn't...also No Code lost 'em a lot of love at the time)
Opeth-Heritage (for a fair amount of their fanbase anyway)
Pink Floyd-The Final Cut

And you wonder why you have the reputation around here that you do

I gave you an equally rude answer as you did me when I asked you an honest question. Maybe I have that reputation because there are too many hypocritical assholes like you here.

Ban away, mods.

I was talking to Adami and you rudely butted it to basically tell me I have no right to further inquire about the song.

There you go jumping to conclusions again. I just asked a question. Instead of answering, you told me to shove off. I know you enjoy trolling me 'cause I take it so well, but this isn't 5/8.

And here come the growl defenders...

That was necessary.   

It was. Any time someone says anything remotely negative about death metal, those fans come to its defense with their condescending tones.

[Adami]

Wow. What did I accidentally cause?


Anyway floydie I did listen to the whole song. I didn't like the vocals or the music under the verses. I liked the rest of the music but I've heard enough arch enemy that it sounds like standard arch enemy. I am aware that this was before it became standard and thus respect it more, but it didn't blow me away. Overall though I didn't like the vocals or the music under just the verses.

[bout to crash]

This is all your fault, Adami.

Anyway, I can't think of anyone that I can fit into this category, but some come close.

[Adami]

This is all your fault, Adami.

It usually is.

Anyway, I can't think of anyone that I can fit into this category, but some come close.

Indeed I do.

[Perpetual Change]

I can't think of any. Maybe Sigur Ros? Or Pocupine Tree? ...Radiohead?

[The King in Crimson]

I can't think of any really.  Some come close but that's it.

[Zantera]

I can't think of any. Maybe Sigur Ros? Or Pocupine Tree? ...Radiohead?

I can't speak for you Joe obviously, but personally I couldn't name any of those because Sigur Rós has Von, Porcupine Tree has On the Sunday of Life and Radiohead has Pablo Honey.

[black_biff_stadler]

I'm just surprised to see someone naming anything other than Kid A as Radiohead's goat.

[skydivingninja]

The closest for me would be Porcupine Tree, Mastodon and Coheed, but even then there are songs I don't like ("Made Out of Nothing" by Coheed, the YOTBR demos that didn't make the album, most of OTSOL by PT, and a few songs from Remission and Blood Mountain, plus "Thickening" by Mastodon).

Oh wait, Eisley exists and I don't dislike any of their songs.  Carry on.

[Elite]

Eisley

YES. Forgot this.

[Perpetual Change]

Eh, bands with less than 5 studio albums shouldn't count.

[Jaq]

I dunno man. I know lots of Zeppelin fans yet I've never heard them mentioning any "black sheep" albums they way other bands seem to have like:

Metallica-Load
Pearl Jam-take your pick of the post-Vs. albums (I love Vitalogy but many didn't...also No Code lost 'em a lot of love at the time)
Opeth-Heritage (for a fair amount of their fanbase anyway)
Pink Floyd-The Final Cut

You must not know the right Zeppelin fans. The general consensus is that they peaked at Physical Graffiti, and both Presence and In Through The Out Door have sizable amounts of detractors. Depending on who you ask, either one of those rightly counted as black sheep albums, until How the West Was Won and Celebration Day arrived for the elitists to turn their noses up towards. And yes, they ALREADY hate Celebration Day.

[MoraWintersoul]

Eh, bands with less than 5 studio albums shouldn't count.

[ReaperKK]

Fair To Midland comes into mind, 4 albums of bliss if you ask me

dredg would be here if it wasn't for CMS, incubus would be here also if it wasn't for If Not Now, When?

[Adami]

I'd throw nightwish in there if you consider Oceanborn to be their first album like they do.

[robwebster]

Frost* are a fairly easy answer, having only put out two albums, but they're also a correct one.

Aside that? Only band that comes to mind is Dream Theater. Certainly, without a doubt, they get eleven passes out of a maximum of eleven if we're looking at them on an album by album basis, but even going song by song... their worst songs are mediocre, rather than terrible. My least favourite is probably The Ones Who Helped to Set the Sun, and you could load five songs of that calibre onto a "quite good" Iron Maiden album before I'd realise something was up.

[PixelDream]

Deftones.

[ZeppelinDT]

Only three I can think of:

The Dear Hunter
Mew
Regina Spektor

[sirbradford117]

Led Zeppelin.

[jingle.boy]

You love every song on every album, and wouldn't dream of changing anything about any song.

This line alone precludes any band with more than 2 or 3 releases.  Seriously.  Most here know I have Zeppelin, DT and Rush tattoos... permanent fans of theirs I am.  But even those bands have a song or three that I cringe at.  As far as whole albums, there are plenty of bands that have great discographies, start to finish.

I was going to chime in to agree with Circus Maximus and Frost*, but again... only 3 and 2 releases respectfully.  There's plenty in that boat.

[Crow]

Oceansize is the first band that comes to mind for me, though they have one song per album I don't really like usually.
(Oddly enough both EPs are exempt)

They've never made anything less than a great album but they're still not flawless, really, nobody is.

[The Letter M]

I'm going to make a silly suggestion:

Yes - Anderson/Wakeman/Howe/Squire/White

This line-up yielded FOUR studio albums: Tales From Topographic Oceans, Going For The One, Tormato, and Keys To Ascension/Keystudio.

Sure, Tormato isn't ENTIRELY golden, but those four albums are pretty fantastic, and I'd say they're four of the band's BEST albums. I'd take those four over the Anderson/Rabin/Kaye/Squire/White line-up anyday.

Also, I'd say Genesis, if it was the Gabriel/Banks/Rutherford/Collins/Hackett line-up, which also yielded four studio albums: Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, Selling England By The Pound, and The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - all complete stellar albums.

I'd say line-up changes in a band allow specific sections of a discography to count to this because technically, the changes in the line-up make for a different band, especially in the cases of Yes and Genesis. If I also could include it, I'd add the Wetton-Era King Crimson Trilogy: Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Starless And Bible Black and Red.

-Marc.

[Ruba]

Animal Alpha. Every single song is perfect.

Nightwish comes pretty close, though they have some mediocre songs.

Eh, bands with less than 5 studio albums shouldn't count.

It's not my fault that they broke up after EP and 2 studio albums!

[?]

OSI, Sonata Arctica and Katatonia are the only ones that come to mind - almost every band has at least one or two stinkers in their discography.

[Eldomm]

The closest for me would be Queen. And IQ, probably.

[Zydar]

There is no such thing for me. The Beatles is my #1 band of all time, but even they have done stuff I'm not that crazy over.

[BlobVanDam]

I can't think of any, and out of the bands that have been mentioned so far that I'm familiar with, I disagree.

[Cedar redaC]

Rush, I don't own all of their albums yet, but the ones I do, I enjoy quite thoroughly.

Circus Maximus comes to mind, but I only own NINE, so I'm not sure I can form an educated opinion yet.

What's the deal with Frost*, I don't know anything about them? Is it time for me to make another amazing discovery through Dream Theater Forums?

[jingle.boy]

Frost*.  Yes.  At your earliest convenience.  Like, nao.  And look at CM's first two as well.

[theliloutkast]

I would say System of a Down, however, I don't like how they sound live. That detracts from perfection. Also, there are two songs on their first album I don't particularly enjoy.

There is only one artist that I love every song they've made, they only have two albums however, and it's Yelawolf.

[Scorpion]

I would say System of a Down, however, I don't like how they sound live. That detracts from perfection.

As a fanboy, I have to ask: what don't you like about their live performances? When I saw them, it was far and away the best concert that I ever witnessed.

[ZKX-2099]

Avenged Sevenfold and Between The Buried & Me if you're asking me.