Not really One Hit Wonders

SonicAnalysis · 03-18-2014, 11:02 PM

Semisonic actually has some pretty good music. Their one hit being "Closing Time."

Jade_City · 06-08-2014, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by the_pants

Recently I was feeling a bit of late 90s nostalgia so I bought the following albums based on the fact that they'd all had a hit song but I knew nothing else about these them:

Harvey Danger - where have all the merrymakers gone? (song: Flagpole Sitta)
Barenaked Ladies - stunt (song: One Week)
Fastball - all the pain money can buy (song: The Way)
Wheatus - wheatus (released in 2000, close enough...) (song: Teenage Dirtbag)

Turns out all these albums are great from start to finish.

What other bands/artists do you think may be unfairly known as one hit wonders even though they've been around a long time and/or had lots of good songs?

(I realize all those bands have dedicated fans so I'm not saying they're not good, just interest in how some bands have a brief mainstream success and may or may not embrace that success, whether intentionally or unintentionally.)

I think Mtume was a really underrated band, Tawatha Agee who was quite a famous singer in her own right provided some real nice vocals. They did have a hit in 1983 that became pretty big in dance venues called 'Juicy Fruit', even Biggie sampled it. They had a few other successful songs, but they didn't achieve more of the recognition I feel they needed. 'Juicy Fruit' was a good playful funk/R&B album.

Edit: holy **** that's a big picture

~~hate paper doll~~ · 06-08-2014, 04:30 PM

Mazzy Star and The Breeders come to mind, just because I remember knowing a ton of people who only knew "Fade Into You" and "Cannonball".

Black Francis · 06-08-2014, 05:13 PM

^ agree on the breeders, last splash is a great album.

im a little ashamed to mention this but i got Limp bizkit's 3 dolla bill just for 'Faith' and it wasn't a bad album it had a couple of decent tunes.

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Black Francis Out of Place Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: in an abstract house Posts: 4,111	^ agree on the breeders, last splash is a great album. im a little ashamed to mention this but i got Limp bizkit's 3 dolla bill just for 'Faith' and it wasn't a bad album it had a couple of decent tunes. __________________ "Hey Kids you got to meet the MIGHTY PIXIES!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbRbCtIgW3A

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SonicAnalysis Groupie Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 11	Semisonic actually has some pretty good music. Their one hit being "Closing Time."

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~~hate paper doll~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 423	Mazzy Star and The Breeders come to mind, just because I remember knowing a ton of people who only knew "Fade Into You" and "Cannonball".