One Album Wonders Or Not?

[Soot and Stars]

^^^ I knew it! I absolutely predicted you would post that one Sooty.

Sooty gotta represent! ***:

 

[TheSound]

There was a band I remembered last night who were around in the 60's called 'The United States of America' whose career probably lasted for about 40 minutes - or basically about as long as it took anybody to play their only album through once.



They released a couple of singles from it, here's one...



Music like this usually only makes any real sense if you are wearing a kaftan and a Pocahontas headband, and you're on about your 19th tab of LSD, especially the 3 or 4 bits in this track, after the girl begins singing, where the music totally grinds to a halt about every 30 seconds whilst a space ship from the Planet Zog lifts off, that really is worth a listen. It's actually quite hilarious, which I guarantee wasn't the bands intention, the album I found out made it to position #181 in the Billboard charts in the Summer of Love '67.

In their defence there is a track on the album called "I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife for You, Sugar" which surely has to be in the Top 100 best song titles ever.

 

[METALPRIEST]

The first to come to mind for me...

 

[Tray73]

I'm really hoping Them Crooked Vultures aren't going to stop with the one album...




Bandoliers


New Fang



C'mon guys let's have another album

 

[Sweaty]

Some really good ones here, gentle reminder that this thread is for bands that made 1 studio album keep em' coming there are so many out there

Here is another classic from late the 60's

 

[Syd]

I like this one:

 

[electric funeral]

Here's an Italian one album wonder and what an album it is!!

Semiramis - Dedicato a Frazz. The lead guitar player at that time was just 16. Michele Zarrillo is his name.



Released in 1973.

 

[ILoveJimmyPage]

Some really good ones here, gentle reminder that this thread is for bands that made 1 studio album keep em' coming there are so many out there

Here is another classic from late the 60's

One of my absolute favorites that I purchased last year Sweaty. "Do What You Like" is a lengthy track but just the perfect showcase for each artist to show off their skills and what made them so great individually and in their respective projects. Do you know why BF didn't continue on?

 

[Fever]

Orion The Hunter with former Boston members Barry Goudreau and Fran Cosmo.Brad Delp did backup vocals.Cosmo joined Boston after Orion The Hunter and shared lead vocals with Delp.

 

[DaKillerWolf]

From my Obscure 70's thread ..probably my favorite one album wunderkind
NIGHT SUN ..German Heavy Psych / Proto Metal monsters from the dawn of the 70's Awesome!!! There are a bunch of bands w/ one release that I could add here from that thread but here be my offering to the Rock Godz !

Awesome Proto from Germany

NIGHT SUN :