February 23, 201015 yr Sugababes keep changing from album to album, some changes are appreciated, some are not... But they (the brand) are still around after 11 years already. This. What i love about the babes is that the sound [and too frequently the line up] changes with each album. One Touch is incredibly raw and powerful, they switched to a more Pop/RnB vibe for AWDF and it paid off big time selling 4x One Touch in the UK and massively World Wide [bet London Records regret dropping the Babes now] Three was full of MidTempo RnB type stuff with some pop sprinkled in and did well. Taller was once again an evolution of their sound and remains their biggest album worldwide. Change saw a change and some interesting new genres [see Back Down] lead by Poprock. C&S saw them attempt a more Motown style. Stunning but floptastic and Sweet 7 see's them head towards a more Clubby vibe and a very US-Friendly sound.
February 23, 201015 yr This. What i love about the babes is that the sound [and too frequently the line up] changes with each album. One Touch is incredibly raw and powerful, they switched to a more Pop/RnB vibe for AWDF and it paid off big time selling 4x One Touch in the UK and massively World Wide [bet London Records regret dropping the Babes now] Three was full of MidTempo RnB type stuff with some pop sprinkled in and did well. Taller was once again an evolution of their sound and remains their biggest album worldwide. Change saw a change and some interesting new genres [see Back Down] lead by Poprock. C&S saw them attempt a more Motown style. Stunning but floptastic and Sweet 7 see's them head towards a more Clubby vibe and a very US-Friendly sound. That's one ot the reasons I love Sugababes!
February 24, 201015 yr Goldfrapp anyone? Each album has been very different from the other, yet all 4 are brilliant :wub:
February 24, 201015 yr Goldfrapp anyone? Each album has been very different from the other, yet all 4 are brilliant :wub: Pretty sure I mentioned her, but fair dos mate, she's well worth mentioning again....
February 24, 201015 yr But like it or not, as far as the record companies are concerned, it's sales that count. Most bands who experiment with new sounds don't do so until they've had enough success to start doing what they like. I doubt the Pet Shop Boys give a stuff whether their albums sell one copy or a million. Blur were in the same position. But they had to sell in huge quantities before they got the freedom to do what they like. Editors are on an Indie label though (Kitchenware) mate, they would tend to be less concerned with "unit shifting" than the likes of Sony or EMI would, and in fact if you also look at Mute, a major label with a very "indie" sort of attitude which is home to a whole plethora of acts of different genres, some huge (like Goldfrapp, Erasure, Depeche Mode and Moby), and some who are never gonna shift millions, such as Laibach, Recoil, Nitzer Ebb or Einsturzende Neubauten.. Mute have made diversity and individuality their selling point, even their mainstream acts such as DM and Goldfrapp have always been free from label interference to experiment, and we should ALL be thankful for it.... But hey, dont take my word for it.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mute_Records_discography and their subsidiary Novamute.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novamute_Records No one really told Blur what to do either... Food always were very supportive of Blur even from the start when they were considered the runts of the "Baggy" litter in comparison to Stone Roses, Happy Mondays or The Charlatans, they weren't even expected to make it past their first album, never mind become what they did during the Brit Pop years... If you look at what they did going from Leisure to Modern Life Is Rubbish, to Parklife to The Great Escape to Blur to 13 to Think Tank, they've never really done the same album twice... The facts are in the 80s and 90s record labels took more of a gamble on acts...
February 24, 201015 yr If you look at what they did going from Leisure to Modern Life Is Rubbish, to Parklife to The Great Escape to Blur to 13 to Think Tank, they've never really done the same album twice... The facts are in the 80s and 90s record labels took more of a gamble on acts... Yes, you're absolutely right. As I said earlier, there's no such thing as a "typical Blur album". And, yes, indie labels are far better at allowing their acts to do their own thing than the major labels. Labels were also more likely to take a gamble than in the past. Now they're too concerned with following trends rather than making them.
February 24, 201015 yr Yes and no. NO: I liked Paolo Nutini in the "These Streets" time, but now he's tried something different, and I know the album got to #1, but I hate all his new stuff. YES: Leona Lewis is mainly a ballad artists, but her up-temp songs ("Forgive Me" & "Outta My Head") are my two favorite Leona Lewis tracks. And I like to think the tracks on GaGa's "Fame Monster" disc one are a bit different to the ones on disc two. Maybe not a major different, but I think the disc one tracks a bit darker.
February 24, 201015 yr I do like it when someone changes there style yes, Kelly Clarkson is my fave for doing that personally and my favourite album of hers in My December even though alot of people see it as crap and a flop, to me its one of the best albums of all time!
February 24, 201015 yr kelly clarkson has changed her style?is she not pop through and through?! I was thinking the same thing tbh.... Unless she's gone down some esoteric Ladytron-esque "Electronica" or Arch Enemy-style "Death Metal" route I've not heard about..... :lol: :lol:
February 24, 201015 yr Arctic Monkeys is another one- starting out with IBYLGOTD which was very joyful and fun- and their next two albums had a much darker theme
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