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You know the ones. Bands who haven't done anything for yonks, then come back with something absolutely belting. Its a rare feat to pull off.

Just listening to the new OMD stuff. A return to cracking form after a 14 year gap. The only other band I can think of that have done it successfully were Echo and the Bunnymen

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Posted : 18/08/2010 10:09 am
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would you call division bell a comeback album?


 
Posted : 18/08/2010 10:16 am
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Take That


 
Posted : 18/08/2010 10:19 am
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Take That

+1 for that one 🙂 Embarassingly


 
Posted : 18/08/2010 10:24 am
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TBH I cant really think of any great come back albums but I can think of a couple of bad ones

Stone Roses Second coming...very dissapointing
Janes Addiction, Strays...mediocre


 
Posted : 18/08/2010 10:31 am
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Well they didn't actually stop making albums, but Iron Maiden's output after 1988's "Seventh Son" was total carp until Dickinson's return for "Brave New World" in 2000, although I really think they got rolling again with 2003's "Dance of Death".


 
Posted : 18/08/2010 10:33 am
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Paul Weller - Paul Weller


 
Posted : 18/08/2010 10:35 am
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Blimey I thought OMD had long since gone to an OAP home. Is this history of modern out on release yet, or is it currently from cheeky sources only?


 
Posted : 18/08/2010 11:53 am
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Gil Scot Heron's new album... it is a miracle that it was even made if you know the man's history!


 
Posted : 18/08/2010 12:06 pm
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Second Coming is a great album - not like the first one admitedly but some great tracks on it


 
Posted : 18/08/2010 12:09 pm
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Gil Scot Heron's new album... it is a miracle that it was even made if you know the man's history!

Thats a terrible album.


 
Posted : 18/08/2010 12:16 pm
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The Divine Comedy - Victory for the Comic Muse. A screaming return to the glory days.

The follow-on album (Bang goes the Knighthood) is even better.


 
Posted : 18/08/2010 2:43 pm
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[quoteStone Roses Second coming...very dissapointing

mm i like it better than their overrated 1st album.


 
Posted : 18/08/2010 4:48 pm
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American Recordings J R Cash


 
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[quoteStone Roses Second coming...very dissapointing

mm i like it better than their overrated 1st album

Begging You was a cracking track. I remember buying it as soon as it came out and listening to it over and over with my mates and a few beers. Would have been winter 1994 I reckon...


 
Posted : 18/08/2010 5:13 pm
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Wire - The Ideal Copy


 
Posted : 18/08/2010 6:06 pm
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Maybe doesn't count but ......

AC/DC – Back In Black


 
Posted : 18/08/2010 6:14 pm
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I liked Perfect Strangers, it was Deep Purple's comeback album with the early 70's line up
Sabbath's Heaven and Hell was also rather good when Ronnie replaced Ozzy

Sort of agree about Iron Maiden although I am one of the few it seems that enjoyed Fear Of The Dark
Poor production though and the last album Martin Birch produced before retiring. Not one to be remembered for after all the great albums he had such a big hand in


 
Posted : 18/08/2010 6:29 pm
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Television 'Television'


 
Posted : 18/08/2010 6:47 pm
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Maybe not comeback albums but some of De La Soul's later releases are excellent and largely ignored, particularly 'Stakes Is High'.


 
Posted : 18/08/2010 6:51 pm
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The Verve - Urban Hymns, was a massively successful comeback album.


 
Posted : 18/08/2010 8:28 pm
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Call me a heathen if you like, but I really like Chinese Democracy...

Also, Europe's latest album is superb, as is the new Skynnrd album.


 
Posted : 18/08/2010 8:43 pm
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Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue


 
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Call me a heathen if you like, but I really like Chinese Democracy

Heathen, hell of a long wait for so little


 
Posted : 18/08/2010 9:07 pm
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Not sure if its a comeback (5 years since previous release) but Death Magnetic is the best thing metallica have done since 1991's Black album!


 
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Chinese democracy is possibly the best GnR album IMO - I really like it and have always been a fan. Just got tickets to see them in the autumn - my 5th time seeing them live I think.


 
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dinosaur jr- "the farm".
as good as "bug".


 
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> [i]Chinese democracy is possibly the best GnR album IMO[/i]

*does not compute*

😉


 
Posted : 18/08/2010 9:54 pm
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Permanent Vacation seemed like an Aerosmith comeback album; 'tis rather good.


 
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OCS - A Hyperactive Day For The Flying Squad, only to disappear again.


 
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agree with xherbivorex

didn't want to listen to it for ages, just in case it was awful, but oh my goodness me... "said the people"....just sooooo good.


 
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dinosaur jr- "the farm".
as good as "bug".

agree with xherbivorex

didn't want to listen to it for ages, just in case it was awful, but oh my goodness me... "said the people"....just sooooo good.

These


 
Posted : 19/08/2010 10:09 am
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> Chinese democracy is possibly the best GnR album IMO
*does not compute*

POSTED 23 HOURS AGO # REPORT-POST


Just my opinion. Appetite possibly edges it, and some stand-out tracks on other albums, but I like the slightly deconstructed sound that is a departure for them.


 
Posted : 19/08/2010 9:29 pm
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Chinese Democracy is NOT a GnR album, it is an Axl Rose solo project.


 
Posted : 19/08/2010 9:33 pm
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It says GnR on the sleeve...


 
Posted : 19/08/2010 9:34 pm
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Back in Black 🙂

Chinese democracy is possibly the best GnR album IMO

It's absolute shite in my opinion. It doesn't even come close to AFD.


 
Posted : 19/08/2010 10:15 pm
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AFD is great, no doubt, and I know CD isn't as mainstream rock but it doesn't mean my opinion is wrong! I really like it but I know I am in a minority.


 
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There are some good tunes in there, lost in the mix. Some verses and choruses I'd swear are from different songs - 'There Was a Time' for example.

Some of the solos are incredibly bad - he needs to dig out Slash's phone number!

Anyway - glad you like it; it's my loss that I just don't.


 
Posted : 19/08/2010 10:20 pm
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I like the track "Better" but can't get into the rest at all. And I really dislike the lead playing on the album. Too much random noise and widdling for me.


 
Posted : 19/08/2010 10:20 pm
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anything after "Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide" was starting to get disappointing from a GnR perspective. appetite had some good tracks on it but they were already starting to get too safe and tame. (still got the robot rape cover LP :D)

good comebacks
green day -american idiot
Van halen -5150
the spice girls - forever


 
Posted : 19/08/2010 10:31 pm
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Well they didn't actually stop making albums, but Iron Maiden's output after 1988's "Seventh Son" was total carp until Dickinson's return for "Brave New World" in 2000, although I really think they got rolling again with 2003's "Dance of Death".

there was a little peak of BNW and DoD, but I listen to The X Factor far more than any of the last 4 albums.
very underrated album.


 
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I do agree that some of the guitar work is very 'different' than Slash's but he ain't Slash and has his own style. Perhaps I would prefer Slash overall but then the tracks might have been railroaded down a Slash style...


 
Posted : 20/08/2010 11:34 pm