40 Greatest One-Album Wonders The best one-and-dones, including Lauryn Hill, Jeff Buckley, Young Marble Giants, and more

Rolling Stone ^

[mylife]

Some of rock’s greatest stories are short ones. After making one, solitary studio full-length, these acts were promptly derailed by death, internal band politics or the simple desire to put something down and never pick it back up. Here are the best one-and-dones.

[Sirius Lee]

Found this on the yute tube while putting together an 80's playlist to annoy a friend. Power pop ain't my thing, but thought it was catchy. (click the pic)

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

No radio play except for some hippie metal stations.

Real garage band stuff.

[Olog-hai]

Only speaks to the irrelevance and ignorance of Rolling Stone.

There are no subsequent punk bands, particularly hardcore punk bands, whose sound mimics the Sex Pistols; most mimic the faster-tempo songs on the Damned’s first album.

[1Old Pro]

#40 Rites of Spring, phew, because Sypro Gyra’s Rites of Summer is awesome.

[AppyPappy]

Great album. We wore it out after college.

I’ll add Sniff and the Tears and Head East.

[AppyPappy]

Just heard Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne by Looking Glass on the radio