Albums Turning 30 - Comebacks Or Catastrophes?

[@GoNorthDesign]

Fall 1994: I took a train and moved 14 hours away from home, and bought two albums-The Cult S/T, Tom Petty Wildflowers-within weeks of starting my new adventure. They became comforts to me, living in a new town with no friends (yet). The Cult album initially threw me for a loop, obviously being nothing like any of their previous albums. (They were the first band I ever saw live, on the 1989 Sonic Temple tour). Wildflowers was the first Petty album I ever owned. Got the first run edition with the cardboard slipcase, and no radio edit (that changed the line "let's roll another joint" to "let's hit another joint"). Living sort of in a bubble back then, I didn't realize how well-received Wildflowers was with the critics, nor how successful (or not) it was. Finally: not sure why it took me 30 years, but I finally bought Amorica on CD this summer, and it came with the original banned cover. I really like it! It's an album I put on and let spin, as opposed to listening for specific tracks.

[@georgeprice4212]

There was a slipcase for the Wildflowers album???

[@GoNorthDesign]

@@georgeprice4212 yes indeed. To confirm I mean the CD (North America).

[@georgeprice4212]

@@GoNorthDesign neither US copy I’ve had (I’m on my second copy, especially as I’m in America) had the slipcase.

[@TimothyMoore-z9l]

Great content Brendon ,very insightful.

[@mse1576]

Man you’re just bringing me back to my graduation year, the summer of 94. Maybe you covered the Beastie Boys Ill Communication in another video? That came out in May of that year.

[@markrussell3414]

Keep up the good work you are doing amazing job brendon snyder 👍🏻🇬🇧👍🏻🎸🎸

[@ericmiller1881]

I was listening to all these when they came out, minus the Yes. Love these albums, I'll check out the Yes for sure

[@thomaswery3087]

My friend who is younger than me told me he got into Yes with the album Talk.I got into them with The Yes Album so I started listening to Talk more and now I love it.Just wish they had a Roger Dean cover.When they came out with the box set I was hoping for a different cover

[@darcyska]

Big fan of Yes - Talk - I feel a lot of their post-Union work is overlooked, but both Talk and The Ladder are really great albums

[@georgeprice4212]

Yes hadn’t spent their entire career with Atlantic/ATCO, with the Union album being on Arista Records, as a “follow up” to the Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe album, also on Arista.

[@markbunton9919]

Great vid! I love the Amorica album. I think it’s held up well among the rest of BC catalog.

[@darinhaller6034]

I think Wildflowers is a perfect record! I love every song and agree that You don’t know how it feels, although good may be my least favorite song. I love Honey Bee the most!

[@richard-mr1vz]

“It’s Good To Be King” is a stunning song off Wildflowers, just wonderful…I had predicted that Voodoo Lounge would age well back in 1994, some really cool tunes on that one….Thanx for taking us down memory lane Brendon😂!

[@mikaelbodin9178]

Great albums all through. Wildflowers is one of my all time favourites. By far the best Tom Petty put out, in my opinion.

[@thomasmarthinussen8978]

Love Wildflowers!

[@sergiikhovanskyi5127]

Cool video, as always. As for me...: Rolling Stones - it's a killer album in my opinion. Love it a lot Tom Petty - another great one for me. the sound is perfect for my ears Black Crowes - Not a fan of this one. It's weaker than its predecessors imho Yes - very good one. Love this era of the band Neil Young - I've never listened to this one. Will give it a try :)

[@darren7634]

The next big think to fill the void of grunge was Britpop. Some amazing bands from the UK that changed the musical landscape, Oasis, Blur, Pulp, Suede etc.

[@benedictdonald4338]

Amorica is the Crowes’ strongest album, imo. They’ve never released anything as good.

[@richard-mr1vz]

Totally agree😂!!…Terrific album, I really dig the extended jams @ the end, you can feel the influence of The Allman Brothers Band all over, a true masterpiece by The Black Crowes ❤

[@PaulMazzoni]

I love Talk. I’m one of the “Union” haters and I thought “West Coast Yes” was done after that. I remember hearing “The Calling” on the radio without any awareness they had made an album. It made me so happy to get one more from that lineup. I think “Endless Dream” is one of their greatest songs. It would be great to see more people revisit this because many probably missed it at the time.

[@Matias-music-71]

fun topic , thanks

[@spiffy8576]

Turn It Upside Down- Spin Doctors Dulcinea- Toad The Wet Sprocket Weezer-Blue Album Dinosaur Jr.- Without A Sound Morrissey- Vauxhall and I Merle Haggard-1994 Cake- Motorcade Of Generosity They Might Be Giants- John Henry These are my favorites from 1994. For some reason it feels like Gin Blossoms and Aerosmith had albums come out in 1994 because they had songs and videos in heavy rotation that year but Get A Grip by Aerosmith came out in 1993 and New Miserable Experience actually was released in 1992 but didn’t blow up right away. Also it feels like Counting Crows released August And Everything After that year because it was big that year but it actually was released in 1993.

[@herbie-f4x]

Amorica was a let down compared to the first two, like you said it has some good songs though. Voodoo Lounge was another solid album from the Stones

[@Matias-music-71]

I adore Tom Petty , Wildflowers was a good album , but it ain't no Full Moon Fever ..,

[@RockNacional8bit]

Brendon can you talk about 2010 2020 albums?? I think is a dark age for rock

[@tapanim6576]

😎👍

[@Matias-music-71]

As for Mr Young , I like Mirror Ball much more .., I'M The Ocean is such a great tune ..,

[@inmyhouse11]

Amorica is a a great album.

[@theomuraca7395]

Great Video You should check out Contact The All Star Collection it turned 30 years old this year, does anyone own it.

[@BrendonSnyder]

I’m not familiar with the band. What kind of music is it?

[@theomuraca7395]

@@BrendonSnyder It is a cool completion album with lots of artist its a hockey themed album, also do you know the band Dire Straits.

[@jasonwalt1664]

In my opinion black crowes , tom petty and stones are not comebacks but continuance of making good music

[@richarddavies6365]

Voodoo Lounge is a stronger album than Steel Wheels (funnily enough, I enjoy listening to the latter more). As S.T. Erlewine points out in his AllMusic review, VL feels more like a return to form for the Stones than its predecessor. Ironically, the “comeback” album Steel Wheels came only three years after their previous album while VL was released five years after SW … huh

[@JohnMacRae23]

Don't see how the Petty and Crowes albums can be called "Comeback" lps, they were released at the height of their career arc's. Same goes for Neil Young who already was on a resurgence roll with Freedom, Ragged Glory, Harvest Moon and Sleeps With Angels was a continuation of that. I agree with you on Yes's talk... to me it's one of their most underrated albums, a great album, but they were on a crap label at the time so the promo was almost non existent.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Except that Amorica and Sleeps With Angels did not continue the rise/comeback and were less successful and started the decline. As for Petty, I explained that one in the video very clearly about the comeback from the Full Moon Fever selling 5 million but the follow-up only doing 2 million then with Wildflowers it was bigger than the previous album selling 3 million. Make sense now? Additionally these are loose ideas, don’t take them so seriously. We’re all just having a good time here.

[@JohnMacRae23]

@@BrendonSnyder Hey Brendon, it's my take and loose opinion as well, i don't take any of these videos seriously. The term comeback i think is what we disagree on. Godspeed man i enjoy your videos.

[@Tom-l5c8f]

I luv Talk but I don’t think it’s as good as Union. But, I’m in the minority on this one. My favorite Yes album is Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe.

[@Matias-music-71]

Amorica had some great material mixed with some meh .., the meh I think hurt it ..,

[@fkvdmark]

1:36 Certified gold 500 copies sold? Isn't that an indication of a catastrophe?😉

[@toke7342]

500 000 is gold. What's your point?

[@fkvdmark]

@@toke7342 I know but there is a slight difference between 500 and 500000. But relax it is just a small joke.

[@toke7342]

@@fkvdmark 500 000 is gold.

[@BrendonSnyder]

If I said “500” and “500,000” that’s my mistake.

[@fkvdmark]

@@BrendonSnyder slip of the tongue can happen. I meant it as a joke

[@Matias-music-71]

Honestly to me at least Voodoo Lounge highly forgettable

[@TomJarmusz-bb5yy]

Too much bla bla bla going on

[@BrendonSnyder]

Well Tom if you opened your ears it’s wouldn’t sound like “blah blah blah” and you might learn something. But then again you thought this video wouldn’t have talking in it 😂😂😂

[@Matias-music-71]

@@BrendonSnyder , maybe he wanted more yada yada ? ;)

[@glennbateman4483]

See ya then, bye