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I would say Bon Jovi's album Crush was a comeback for the band. They had made good music in the '90s, but they were nowhere near as popular as they had been in the '80s. Crush and the single "It's My Life" were massively popular and kicked off a new era for them. Luke, what do you think of Bon Jovi? Is there an era of theirs that you like or don't like? What do you think of their more recent work?
On a related note to _Brave New World,_ I think Blaze Bayley's first solo album _Silicon Messiah_ definitely counts as a comeback for him. He left Maiden after two lacklustre albums with them and then released that absolute beast of an album. He's been pretty consistent in terms of quality since then, too.
@Conrad Nickelson spot on. He was a poor choice and just too different to Bruce and struggled in the live setting during a period when grunge was all the rage. And even with those relatively weak albums it spawned two classics in The Clansman and The Sign of the Cross. He's also been very respectful in the ensuing years unlike a certain Paul Dianno who undoubtedly helped launch them but has bitched ever since and still tried to live off the past.
But in all fairness though, it was an honest experimental yet nice move for them to take by having bailey join since it kind of gave him a sort of revaluation period after he left from the god awful Virtual XI. I’m glad bailey is doing well now with his own career although I can’t say the same about Maiden now since I HIGHLY wish they change up their style of music since it’s been kind of getting blander and blander, in my own personal opinion as of now, the final good Maiden album was Brave New World while their final good song in my opinion was Wildest Dreams.
The hype towards Death Magnetic was BIG at the time. "Hardwired..." was better in my opinion but I was one of those fans who were extremely happy with something thrasher from Metallica. Also I loved AIC return with Duvall. The first time I heard A Looking View was so great that song became one of my favorite song from the band. Oh and Back In Black, one of my introductions to rock. Many great music in this video!
I didn't really like DM when it dropped but I liked Hardwired immediately on release. I did start to like DM a few years after it's release. That said I hardly ever listen to either anymore. Maybe a couple of tracks off of each every now and then. Both are infinitely better than Anger but they are kind of bland in general if I were to put it bluntly. I'm glad they made both of them, sure, but I think they are far from great. I'll take Load and Reload over them any day if I'm going to be perfectly honest. I don't give two shits if those aren't "metal" enough. I find them more creative and interesting lyrically and musically. HW is definitely more in line with that but didn't really reach that level. DM sounds like a tired attempted rehash of the 80's material (their best material, no shit) while dragging over some of hacky songwriting from Anger era. Not much really but it's there. I'd probably like it more if the lyrics were better too. I guess obviously it's kind of dumb to expect a band this deep into their career to drop another classic. That doesn't mean I still don't hope for it even if it's unrealistic.
@@Thought0Ninja You've kinda expressed the same view which is an issue I see a lot with the die hard old school metal fans and that is that they want everything to sound like puppets and lightening and when they do anything outside of that box its rubbish and they are slayed by fans. I've seen it with maiden, slayer & I think. AC/DC. So they go back to writing the same old material where one song blends into another. Its good, they have a formula and it works but then you can't tell where some songs end and others start. I do agree that hardwired feels like it has more staying power the DM. Personally I feel DM has a few too many melodic breakdowns in their songs, that about it for me, maybe some lyrics too . When people used to slate DM I would always take the few oh 'hey its nit perfect but at least its a step in the right direction" and I think hardwired is another step in that direction so lets see what the next one brings!
@@Thought0Ninja I feel for DM Metallica had a lot of pressure for delivering a "heavy" record and proving they weren't done after St. Anger, while for Hardwired the band was in more relaxed and better conditions, with basically nothing to prove. Those factors influenced in the final results of those records. For Load & ReLoad, both albums are still a must play for me. Haters could say what they want, but songs like Until It Sleeps and Mama Said shows that Metallica can make great songs outside thrash metal. While Garage Inc and S&M proved how strong the band was at those time despite their sound change (plus still killing live) Honestly I'm happy that Metallica decided to do what they want with their sound, despite their high and lows. There's reason why nearly 40 years later Metallica remains strong.
Hardwired has Spit Out The Bone which has got to be their best song since the Black Album. But the double album just had too many filler songs that aren't too good. Would have been a bigger success with less tracks.
Me and my bandmate were at work the day that “The Day That Never Comes” first debuted on radio. We sat there with the skepticism we acquired from St. Anger slowly getting into it both thinking “okay this is good, but where’s the solo?” And when that solo hit there was a joy like your favorite team hitting a game winning buzzer beater.
Black Sabbath's Heaven snd Hell album. They put out 2 albums in '76 and '78 that left a lot to be desired and then fired Ozzy. Replaced him with Dio and made the best albums ever with him. Speaking of Dio: Killing the dragon is a great comeback album. Dio suffered from his experimenting during the 90's. This was an album back to his roots.
I completely agree. The Dio Albums are top tier Black Sabbath Albums and I would rank Heaven and Hell at 3 of their entire discography and I think most people would agree with that.
I think Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die are great. They kind of remind me a bit of Tony Iommi doing Queen albums, in a way. He was apparently friends with May and hanging out with him some around this time. In that sense, I enjoy the albums quite a bit. I just wish the opposite was true, with Queen doing something a bit heavier.
@@austinfailz I'm a HUGE Ian Gillan fan, but the production on Born Again was awful. Apparently it's being remastered, so hopefully they give that album some well deserved props bc Ian's vocals on that album are insane
I would even add Deep Purple's "Perfect Strangers". Came out in '84 when Blackmore returned after Rainbow broke up. Arguably the best Deep Purple album. I would even argue Meat Loaf's "Dead Ringer". He did this while regaining his voice after he lost it. Not to mention" Read 'Em and Weep" is a MASTERPIECE.
Rush’s “Vapor Trails” (2002) Not only was this a statement of an album for Neil being able to come back to the band after family tragedy in his own life.. Musically, after a very hit or miss late 80s and 90s for the band, it was (at that point) their best material since 1984’s “Grace Under Pressure” and their most cohesive rock album since “Moving Pictures” (only 1993’s “Counterparts” came close in being a straightforward rocker) “Vapor Trails” had a few issues, primarily a horrendous original mix (fixed by a 2013 remix of the album)... but VT kicked off that final era of Rush that saw a decade of constant touring, and two further studio albums... both of which were as strong if not better than VT, certainly an era for the band that was inconsistent in the 90s.
Excellent choice. I've grown very fond of Vapor Trails after the remixed version came out. In fact, it was the first album I put on after learning of Peart's death last year.
honestly I think 5150 would count. Most fans didn't think the band would make it without DLR so for them to hit such a homerun with Sammy Hagar in my mind counts.
Dream Theater's Scenes from a Memory is an easy pick for me. Falling into Infinity was the band forced to be more commercial by their label, and the band almost split. However, when the label backed off again for their next album, they came back and made one of the best prog metal albums, and one of the best concept albums, of all time.
@@quake1792 Oh, same! Like, it's one of their weaker albums, but you still have some great tunes on there, like Trial of Tears, Hollow Years and Lines in the Sand. That's the thing with DT, their output is so consistent in quality, even when they're bad, they're still better than a lot of bands
God, that song “Smooth” immediately takes me back to working at Red Robin shortly before I moved away to NYC. I swear that place played it every 15 minutes.
Omg it’s the WORST when you work somewhere that continually plays the same music. I worked at Calvin Klein & they played the same awful techno/dance songs on loop. Ugh it drove me fucking insane lol
What made "Smooth" work was the pairing of Rob Thomas' voice and Carlos licks! They named the song PERFECTLY because the licks are so smooth but gritty enough for R'N'R and Thomas' thirds whisper/thirds singing/thirds speaking the lyrics just comes off...well...SMOOTH!!!
Other than the compression was pretty AWFUL on Death Magnetic, but god dammit - that album was a return to thrash that the hardcore fans had wanted since …And Justice For All. It doesn’t nearly get the amount of love that it should. Also, check out the demos if you ever get the chance - they’re a must hear. m.ruclips.net/video/_Z5lPY6bTqU/видео.html (here’s the link)
Mate, if you're a real Metallica fan, that's utter rubbish, c'mon... not a memorable song to give you goosebumps. Horrible mastering, horrible mixing, horrible vocals, usual sh*tty wah solos.... c'mon
@@trun1979 For the record, Ride The Lightning is my all-time favorite album, so I don’t need you to question whether I’m a “real fan” or not. Don’t get me wrong, the album does have problems. The god-awful mixing, mastering, and compression is HORRENDOUS, but you can’t tell me that there’s not a memorable song on there. Just off of the top of my head, That Was Just Your Life is arguably the most thrash song they’ve written since 1988, The Judas Kiss sounds like something off of AFJA (especially that riff in the chorus), James’ solo on Suicide and Redemption gives me chills every time I hear it, All Nightmare Long has arguably one of my favorite riffs of all time (starts at around the 5:21 mark), and the whole album itself returns to the song-writing style that the band hadn’t done since the aforementioned …And Justice For All. And as for the “shitty wah solos” I don’t even know what to say to that - everyone bitches about how St. Anger had no solos, they bring solos back, and then you so-called “real fans” continue to bitch about it. It makes no sense. Now, let me be clear; I’m not saying that Death Magnetic is their best work, you can’t touch those first five albums. However, it’s criminally under-appreciated and it’s WAY better than everyone gives it credit for. The fans wanted a return to thrash, and they gave it to them. And that said, I think you’d enjoy the link to the demos I posted in there. There’s no god-awful clipping, the production is solid, and everything sounds much more raw. You should give it a listen.
@@trun1979 Oh yeah, not like the old albums don't have a horrible mixing. RTL has an almost inaudible bass, ear-piercing vocals, drowned out bass drums and so much echo you would think you were in a gallery. And don't let me start on AJFA or I'll write a book about it. P.S. : Only jackasses elitists snob posers spout crap about who's a "real fan" and what not, nobody likes those guys.
@@ericksheldon3870 dude, you HAVE to listen to the Ahdy Khairat and Simon hill fan mixings if you haven’t already, they are how the songs should have been mixed originally, specifically my apocalypse by Simon hill and that was just your life by Ahdy Khairat, they are so much better since those 2 suffer the most since they were so thrash and loud and so much was happening that turning them up too loud made it a static mess, but these mixing make it so much more listenable, and the that was just your life fan mixing make the drums sound phenomenal, so punchy and bassy. The day that never comes and unforgiven 3 by Ahdy Khairat also are soooo much better since they are meant to be beautiful songs, so better production really makes them a lot better
I love Death Magnetic so much. I will never understand how people completely dismiss this album in preference to Hardwired and say that's the real comeback album. The second half of Hardwired is a slog for me until Spit Out the Bone. With Death Magnetic, nearly every song is a banger that kicks your ass through your skull. It has the original format of a Metallica album too unlike Hardwired (start heavy, 4th song is a ballad, 2nd to last song is an instrumental, last song is the heaviest and thrashiest of the album). Compression and mixing isn't an issue when you blast it in a car. Hopefully it gets a remaster to quell the critics but Metallica fans are like Star Wars fans and will never be pleased with what they get. For me though, it's my second favorite Metallica album behind Justice.
i wish it wasn't compressed to death for the CD version, but magnetic has better songs than hardwired. less i'd skip too. plus lars' kick drums sound sample replaced.
Literally couldn't have worded this better. This is the Metallica album that made me fall in love with the band. I was a late bloomer when it came to rock, and I had heard Metallica, but didn't know much outside of their big hits. My friend burned the album onto a CD for me and I couldn't stop listening to it. I started going through their entire catalouge and they're my favorite band now. Death Magnetic is my second favorite album behind RTL and will always hold a special place in my heart
@@austindolan7182 I need to get the vinyl. I have all their early albums and Hardwired from the Walmart colored vinyl pack that came out, still missing Death Magnetic
I would add Beyond by Dinosaur Jr. and Inlet by Hum. The former was their first album in 10 years and one of their best, while the latter went 22 years before releasing arguably their best album. Great video!
I don't know if Burn qualifies for this list but Who Do We Think We Are was very boring, and the band lost 2 major members... then came up with their best non-MK2 album ever.
Strays- Jane’s Addiction simply rocks. After a thirteen year gap they came back together to rock as hard as ever. As soon as I heard the first riff from “True Nature” I knew they were back
Brave New World was a fantastic album (Show them no fear, show them no pain!), but the Blaze era still holds a spot in my heart for it's dark tone (We are Lord of the Flies!)
Ultra by Depeche Mode was a great comeback album in my opinion, even if it wasn’t as good as the last few albums they released. In the years before Ultra’s release, major member of the band left them in Alan Wilder, arguably the group’s composer. Dave Gahan literally died for a few minutes due to an overdose, and Martin and Fletch were dealing with depression and alcoholism. Ultra was Depeche Mode’s most important album and thus makes it an incredible comeback all things considered.
Bad Religion - Suffer Their previous album (Into The Unknown) basically broke up the band, then they come back with a genre-defining classic. Doesn't get much better than that, in my opinion.
The fact that this wasn't on the list, given that it set the tone for the resurgence of punk rock, (No suffer: no green day, NOFX, offspring, etc.) is a form of heresy. But hey... Top 8 something will get left off.
I think Death Magnetic is underrated. Some people don’t like it because of the production, which I do get. But it still has great songs like That Was Just Your Life, the instrumental Suicide and Redemption, and the Unforgiven III. I do like how they brought back the number 4 ballads.
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell and two more personal ones even though they weren't unsuccessful in the interim: Sevendust - Cold Day Memory (2010) marking the first album with guitarist/backing, and occasional lead, vocalist Clint Lowery since 2003's Seasons Korn - The Paradigm Shift (2013) marking the first album with guitarist Brian "Head" Welch since 2003's Take a Look In The Mirror
Yeah, Korn were doing really BAD music at that time, and then Head came back, put the entire band in form again, and they made a genuinely good album... surely a great comeback for Korn's fans.
Two albums I would throw in as comebacks Def Leppard - Hysteria: Not my favorite album by them since I think the first 3 are the best but Rick Allen's accident left a lot of uncertainty and they came back with their most successful album Black Sabbath - 13: First album with Ozzy since 79 and its a killer album.
I agree with 13, but Hysteria? Not a comeback album. Sure, Rick Allen lost an arm, but he didn't even quit the band. And its not like their last few albums were bad. In fact, their last two albums were some of the greatest in hard rock history. Great album, but not a comeback album.
7:42 It blows my mind that Santana is where a sizeable chunk of Journey's band members came from. So Santana virtually became Journey, just like Mother Love Bone virtually became both Pearl Jam and Temple of the Dog.
"He REALLY loves California..........even though he was born in Michigan.... And only moved there when he was twelve...... Weird." This made me chuckle pretty hard.
He turns 60 next year, lived in California since he was 12, was going there to stay with his father long before he was 12. A majority of his life, nearly 48 years, has been in California. It's his home. I never understood the jokes either about how he sings about California. Guess nobody has heard the Beach Boys who have loads more songs about California, surfing, beaches, summer etc despite Brian Wilson even trying to move away from that. There are many bands from England who often sing a lot about their home country.
LuLu is more of an experiment than a full on album. An experiment that failed. However, just like St. Anger, if it was given time, it might be considered a hidden gem. David Bowie even considered LuLu as a great album. While I do see why everyone hates that album, I also see the positives of that album, mainly the great riffs.
The cool thing about that album is that DL thought that Hysteria would be their final album, but it instead became their best sold album and were able to return with Adrenalize (albeit Steve's death) 5 years later.
Painkiller could also get a nod for the band. In the late 80s they were kind of considered past their prime in the metal world, and came back hard with one of their best albums ever.
@@jeffjackson9679 That’s true. Album came after a dark time for Halford and Painkiller basically is known as the “we’re sorry for Turbo album.” And what an “apology” it was! So many kick ass tracks from the title track to “Hell Patrol” to one of the greatest album closers ever with “Battle Hymn…One Shot at Glory” there isn’t a bad track on that album. Right up there along my favorite Priest albums with the first seven tracks of Defenders of the Faith hahaha and Screaming For Vengeance.
@@freeparking301 Angel is also a solid pick for a comeback album as well. Judas is Rising is such a killer track. I hated the whole grunge era, and putting in that CD put a grin on my face when it came out when it did.
@@jeffjackson9679 I feel like the band popped on Painkiller during the writing process for that album and were like “oh yeah we are that damn good…let’s do more of that!” So many documentaries talk about how grunge was such a good thing for killing hair metal (their term not mine) but by the end of the 90s people wanted those bands and they were making a comeback and meanwhile the so called authenticity of grunge turned into post grunge and we got Nickelback and Creed (sssexxxxx!).
Honestly I would say that Redeemer Of Souls is the true comeback. While solid, AOR felt longer that it was, and Rob wasn't exactly at his best. With ROS, those problems went away. Also, Halls Of Valhalla is fucking amazing.
I know you're a massive Deftones fan, so I've got to ask why no _Diamond Eyes_ ? After Chi's death and some lackluster reception to Saturday Night Wrist, is this not a massive comeback for them?
Maybe I'm showing my age but The Moody Blues had their ups and downs. After Days of Future Passed it wasn't until A Question of Balance did they resurface and then went back into obscurity after Seventh Sojourn until after an eight year hiatus AND a moderate album did they come back again with Long Distance Voyager. To note: Keys To The Kingdom is probably their VERY BEST work and that came out in the NINTIES!!! Another band that was hot when they first started but had a few comebacks we're The Rolling Stones. Especially after Tattoo You. There was a point where it was unpopular to listen to the Stones until Voodoo Lounge and their video walking through Manhattan, Jagger playing a harmonica like he did years ago and singing, "Love Is Strong." did they make any noise. R.I.P. Charley Watts.
Seeing Maiden at Glen Helen is still my favorite concert I've seen of all time. Also, I don't know if you could call a Final Album a Comeback Album or not but Johnny Cash's American IV was one of the best comeback albums and Swan Songs in music history
saw Maiden at the Molson Amphitheater in Toronto. amazing show! I'm even wearing the tour t-shirt right now! (sorry Luke, I'm not trying to rub it in lol. you've probably been to some amazing shows that I wish I got to see)
Other great comeback albums were.... Rust In Peace by Megadeth Heaven And Hell by Black Sabbath The Eternal Idol by Black Sabbath Holy Diver by Dio Burn by Deep Purple Master Of The Rings by Helloween Christ Illusion by Slayer Sounds Of White Noise by Anthrax Judas Rising by Judas Priest. Blizzard Of Oz by Ozzy Osbourne.
Due to death/line up change .5 The Gray Chapter - Slipknot And Justice for All - Metallica Nightmare- Avenged Sevenfold Other American Idiot - Green Day Help! - The Beatles (after Beatles for Sale was meh, Help came in and blew the door down for albums like Revolver - Let It Be)
1) Manfred Mann - Roaring Silence Manfred Mann had a massive hit in 1964 with *Do Wah Ditty Ditty.* It would be until 1977 after he formed the group Manfred Mann's Earth Band and had a monster hit (voted best cover song) with *Blinding by the Light.* 2) Fleetwood Mac - The Dance Buckingham returned to the line-up. The group had a hit with a discarded song from the Rumours album *Silver Springs.* 3) Rolling Stones - Some Girls 4) Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers 5) Golden Earring - Cut (Single #2 in the states - Twilight Zone)
Worship Music from Anthrax, one of the best modern thrash albums in or out of The Big 4. That album found me only knowing a few of the big songs from Among The Living, to making them one of my favorite bands who I love pouring over the discography of
First time I'm pretty late to your vid, but as always, a nice treat before work. I commented Daughters before I watched and was elated; I remember listening to Canada Songs and then you uploaded that interview.
Scenes From a Memory from Dream Theater is one proper title I would classify as a comeback - Falling Into Infinity didn’t sell well, Mike Portnoy thought of hanging it up, but they pressed on and made a shift (Jordan Rudess on keys), and then Dream Theater became *Dream Theater* for time eternal.
IMO William sounds very different to Layne and I think it's a good thing. Also, Jerry became much more prominent as a singer in the current line-up and in fact he does the majority of the lead vox on the last 3 albums.
Thanks for including AIC, one of my all time favorites. Having introduced a new album *after 13 YEARS,* is a monumental feat that I don't think any band has ever been able to do. Usually if a band takes a hiatus for more than a year, they tend to be technically "over."
Alice Cooper: TRASH. Always wonder if Rick Rubin was somehow subconsciously influenced by Tom Petty's "Mary Jane's Last Dance" as those songs are virtually identical and Rubin had produced Wildflowers. Now that they're reunited, if we could just get a new My Chemical Romance album...
There was only 5 and a half years between albums and no line up change, but Vapor Trails by Rush could be considered an all time great comeback album. For the longest time during the period all 3 members of the band thought it was done after Neil's daughter and wife passed away within 12 months.
Fleetwood Mac's "white album" in 1975 should get a nod. At least in the UK. They were a pretty big act in the late 60s with Peter Green, kind of floundered around with Bob Welch in the early 70s, then became a multiplatinum sucess almost 10 years into the groups existence. Judas Priest's "Painkiller', Hearts self titled album, and Deep Purple's "Perfect Strangers" are a few others that should get a nod.
Rush with Vapor Trails? Damn good album but considering that Neil Peart decided to retire following the death of his wife and daughter, taking a cross Canada motorcycle trip and the band nearly calling it quits because they didn’t want to go on without him at the time, I personally feel that’s more than worthy
Like clock work from Queens of the Stoneage should be considered as a great comeback album. It brought back old and new fans, even though I really loved Era vulgaris myself.
Diamond Eyes by Deftones, the band would’ve completely fallen apart internally between loss of direction and the loss of Chi. That combined with the Nu metal scene on the decline, their change in style brought them back to their former glory
I saw Iron Maiden from the second row on the Fear of the Dark tour, bad ass!!! One album that should be on this list is Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers. With Ian Gillan and Roger Glover coming back after 11 years, they released arguably one of the best albums ever let alone within their own catalog. Perfect Strangers is still one of the best songs ever IMO.
Luke, you need to see Maiden ASAP. I see them here in Stuttgart, Germany 10 years ago and in Tinley Park, IL in July 2012 while on leave before end of my active duty in the Army. I will take my wife next year for the twice postponed Best of the Beast tour.
Dude Legacy of the beast tour is marvellous, the staging is amazing, they sound great. I was lucky to see them in 2019 before all this pandemic shit. Second time, my first one was on The Book of Souls tour and same, speechless. I hope you can catch that tour next year, same with Luke lol!
While not as impactful as Supernatural or Back in Black, the comeback album I celebrate the most is Duran Duran's 1993 self-titled album (sometimes called The Wedding Album). Those singles Ordinary World and Come Undone were more hailed by audiences than all the output of the Big Thing and Liberty (possibly also Notorious) albums combined.
I know only 1 comeback per group but ACDC deserves a mention at least for what they just did with Power Up. They were all but retired and broken up after Rock or Bust but absolutely knock it out of the park with their new album which is their best work since the 80s
Saints of Los Angeles by Mötley Crüe, while not a perfect album by any means, is comeback album. Everyone sobered up, tensions were finally resolved, and John Carobi was finally booted. It feels both like a return to form as well as fitting with the time
Vince neil was there for 2 albums after John & they were pretty bad,but vince never Sobered up,it also helped that saints of los angeles had outside writers on it .But ill take John anyday of the week hes a better singer & song writer
@@dynamo4543 Yeah, Generation Swine was supposed to be their triumphant comeback, but yeah, it was awful. But still, New Tattoo and the self titled were awful. Carobi has the dullest and flattest set of vocals I’ve ever heard and pretty much just writes the same thing over and over. There are at least five songs on the self titled that Carobi single-handedly made bad by overshadowing any energy from Mars or Lee
@@thehardie-boy3090 I agree,if you listen to John in the Dead Daisys & the scream hes great,that self titled thou had some good songs but i think Bob rock had a lot of influence in their too because that album had some really Metallica Black album influence sound in there
I'd say the greatest comeback album of all time is Heaven and Hell by Black Sabbath. I like Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die but they sorta represented a tired Sabbath that was trying to be something it wasn't. At that point, people barely cared about the band anymore. Firing Ozzy and hiring Dio was the best decision they ever made cause in the process they put out one of the greatest metal albums of all time.
Hell you could make an argument for Blizzard of Ozz being one of the greatest comeback albums seeing where Ozzy was at the time before that albums release. I know it can’t technically count since it was his debut but still…
I would have put The Paradigm Shift from Korn on this list. Once Brian "Head" Welch came back into the fold, they got an adrenaline shot in their arm, and their material felt like their old selves again.
Long Road Out Of Eden (2007) by Eagles. It was their first full studio album since 1979, and it sold platinum several times as well as topping the charts worldwide.
Californication, Permanent Vacation, and Brave New World are probably my favorites here. Californication is probably my favorite RHCP album. Permanent Vacation was my introduction to Aerosmith and I like Brave New World a lot. Mechanize by Fear Factory is another comeback album that I think is pretty good.
Not sure you’d consider it a comeback album, but The Satanist by Behemoth is an absolute beast of an album and considering everything the frontman went through I would call somewhat of a comeback or resurrection lol
I don’t listen to the chili peppers as much as I used to but I have some fond memories of hearing a bit of the Californication album when I was about eight. I remember liking the two singles off of black gives way to blue when I heard them in 2009/2010.
Deep purple in rock is up there changed signers form rod evans to.Ian Gillian. Brought in a new bass player in roger glover. Also went from a psychedelic sound to proto metal.
It's more like a breakthrough album instead of a comeback, like Dream Theater did with James LaBrie in Images & Words. If I were to pick a comeback album from Deep Purple it would be Perfect Strangers.
Does releasing a bunch of songs that existed for years really count as a comeback through? They went and did it again recently, laziest stoner band out there....
3:23 - Your note on the spitfire prop, if it had fallen, it would have mostly just been a mess. But it was an inflatable, so there wasn't really much risk with it. I have a shot somewhere that's really amusing because the propeller blades weren't fully inflated and were quite "wobbly".
An underrated comeback album is Meddle by Pink Floyd. After their acclaimed debut and the departure of Syd Barrett, the group released a number of panned albums and critics thought they had lost their spark when Syd left. But Meddle, particularly Echoes, was a critical smash hit and commercially successful, whilst helping lead the band into their golden era that started with Dark Side of the Moon
The one comeback album that comes to my mind is Steel Wheels by the Rolling Stones. The band's track record for decent 80s albums is mediocre at best. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards got in a much publicized spat. It looked like time was not on the band's side and that they were going to break up. However, cooler heads prevailed and the Stones released a gem of an album. One that has a nice blend of rock, blues, country and some exotic sounds from Morocco. 1989 was indeed a rebirth for "The Greatest Rock 'N' Roll Band in the World"!
*Anthony Kieidis in literally every song pitch:* ''Okay so check it out.....it's gonna be about this hot but messed up girl who lives in California and she does heroine. HUH!?''
Now before I say this: I love the Foo Fighters and my favorite concert ever was a show they did in TN a few years ago. However, if we are honest I believe the Foo Fighters are in need of a simply great album to get back on track. I enjoy some tracks from the latest album and Concrete and Gold, but the last album I can truly enjoy from beginning to end IMO is Wasting Light.
Slayer’s album Christ Illusion was a comeback to their thrash metal roots (after years of showing off during the time Nu Metal was everywhere). Yeah, remember Undisputed Attitude, Diabolus of Musica, and God Hates Us All? In my opinion, I didn’t mind Diablous In Musica and God Hates Us All but Undisputed Attitude...ohhhhh boy did that album reek of cheesy sounding covers of old hardcore punk songs (no seriously, the album is just a bunch of cover songs and it’s bad).
Fair enough dude. I actually liked Undisputed Attitude, but I was born in 1990, so it was a fresh sound to me. DDAM is hilarious in the darkest way. Vince Neil probably hates it.
Best Comeback CD's IMO: 1. Saxon - Unleash the Beast (1997) 2. Iron Maiden - No prayer for the Dying (1990) 3. Judas Priest - Painkiller/Jugulator (1990) (1997)
Shinedown's Sound of Madness comes to mind for me. Previous album was a bit of a mess, Brent was dealing with addiction, half the band got fired/left, and then they put this album together
If I had to pick a comeback album, I’m going to say Blink-182’s “California” is a great example. Their first with Skiba and without Tom after “Neighborhoods”, I think it was a great way to reintroduce the band to a new generation, as well as a great way to show the band can press on without Tom Delonge
Oh god, Smooth. I worked at a restaurant with a jukebox when it came out. Every few minutes, it was on again. Over and over. Sometimes twice in a row. My mother had a clip as her ringtone. I didn't even know she knew how to change her ringtone. Santana is amazing, but I never, ever want to hear that song again.
Here's some more: Green Day- Revolution Radio Sum 41- 13 Voices At The Gates- A War W/ Reality Judas Priest- Firepower Refuses- Freedom & Much more recently- The Ghost Inside- s/t
I got a lot I want to say, but let's start at the top. As I said on the community post, I love Death Magnetic. I know some people prefer Hardwired, and I get it. Hardwired is probably two songs too long, but it's meant to be exploration of Metallica's entire career on a single album, and I think they largely nailed it. The groove songs really fucking groove, and the thrash tracks are fucking insane! Spit Out the Bone is easily the fastest song Metallica's released since Dyer's Eve, at least. If not the fast thing they've released since Damage, INC. But I find myself going back to Death Magnetic more often, because of what it did and what separates it from other Metallica albums. For all the compression issues (it's easily 20% or so louder than every other album I own...and I own Merzbow albums for God's sake!), I can't help but love what they did with the music. Instead of being a thrash album or a groove album, they managed to find a middle ground between the two. And James came up with probably his most earworm vocal melodies ever. How can you NOT sing along to That Was Just Your Life or Broken, Beaten, Scarred? Plus...it has a longform instrumental! Something they hadn't done since And Justice! And it's a fucking good one! Now, let's move on to other comeback albums. Speaking of Groove-Thrash, we have to talk about Machine Head pulling themselves out of the nu-metal doldrums, getting Phil Demmel onboard, and rampaging back into Thrashland with Through the Ashes of Empires. The Blackening and Unto the Locust are better albums, but Ashes had the direction the band sorely needed, and a song to end all songs with Imperium. How do you not get a rush as soon as that "HERE ME NOW!" comes in after that calm, slow build intro and that main riff, all prime Vio-lence thrash speed and pinch harmonic squeals, just kicks your damn head in?! Sticking with thrash as well, oh man, have there been a lot of thrash comeback albums since 2000 that are just out of this world good. Testament with Dark Roots of Earth. Anthrax with Worship Music. Megadeth with The System Has Failed. Exodus with Tempo of the Damned and the monumental monsters that are Scar Spangled Banner and Blacklist. Death Angel with The Art of Dying. Slayer with God Hates Us All. You could do a whole list on just thrash comeback albums. Then there's Mayhem with Ordo ab Chao. The music they did with Maniac on Grand Declaration of War and Chimera was fine. But man, Mayhem are another beast entirely when they have Atilla on vocals. Not only do the vocals themselves go up SEVERAL notches, but the songwriting tends to jump up as well. And with how mixed of an album Chimera was in terms of reactions, having an album be as universally praised as Ordo ab Chao was, was a massive comeback. And since we're onto black metal now, fucking MONOTHEIST BY CELTIC FROST! Not only did Ein and Warrior come back with maybe the most solid set of songs of their whole careers, but they went in a different direction (less thrash influenced, more epic/Gothic doom, but still 100% as black of black metal as you can get) and made it work. It's a shame the comeback only lasted the one album, but we got one of the best albums of the millennium so far, as well as Tryptikon, out of it. And really, that's enough. Whatever lingering bad taste was still lingering on the Celtic Frost name from Cold Lake all those years ago, was tossed away by a lumbering sentient mountain crushing everything in its path and leaving a scarred landscape in its wake for the survivors to build a new civilization on. There's any number of mid-90's emo bands that could fit here. A lot of these bands barely put out their debut albums before falling apart (volatility seemed to be a common feature in the early scene, as the turmoil that fueled the music also tended to put the band members at each other's throats constantly) before finally getting back together after the scene broke in the early-aughts, but of them the nod would have to go to either At the Drive-In with Inter Alia (an album just as full of hooks, abstract lyricism, and angular riffage as anything they've ever put out) or American Football with their 2016 album. Neurosis with Given to the Rising is another good one. It's hard to say Neurosis has comeback albums per se. Critically, they never really fall off. Their weak albums tend to still stand above other bands' good albums. But that said, I know some people thought that Eye of Every Storm was a little too reliant on the folk influences and acoustic passages, and there was a pretty long layoff between that album and this one where they entire post-metal scene just exploded. I mean just became the biggest subgenre in all of heavy music on the entire planet. And all those bands were doing the Neurosis formula so well that it almost felt like they were being eclipsed, especially in the face of bands like Russian Circles, Pelican, the Ocean, and especially Isis and Cult of Luna. So they really needed to deliver on that album, and man did they! It's super-dark, with some of the heaviest riffs they've ever written., and it's Neurosis doing what they do best. While the other post-metal bands try to use the Neurosis formula to try to find light at the end of the tunnel, Neurosis on Given to the Rising did what only they do so well, and that's fucking PAIN! They aren't looking past the pain for epiphany. For Neurosis, pain IS the epiphany. A pain so exquisite in its violence that it makes you touch God. Other post-metal bands are Raja Yoga. The 8-limbed path. The rejection of the world through discipline and mindfulness. Neurosis are Aghora. The use of all experience, regardless of how painful or scary, to achieve enlightenment. And lastly, how could we forget Faith No More. Back just as heavy and just as weird as when they left us.
Pearl Jam-Gigaton. Technically I suppose they could be considered a “comeback album band” due to the fact that they take forever to release new albums in general, but this one felt more like a real comeback. The band has a reputation for doing their own things in between PJ stuff and releasing albums like 7 years apart due to this fact. But After their 2013 release it did actually feel like they were done in comparison to every other time. I say this because as a long time PJ fan (since I was 10. I am 38 now) I and many other old school pj fans always seemed to hype ourselves up for the long awaited album and weren’t surprised when they would eventually come out. With Gigaton, I and many older PJ fans were genuinely shocked to hear they were releasing a new album in March 2020, and most fans seemed let down, but for me I personally loved it and felt so happy listening to it. The same way I felt when Ten first came out, even though Eddie’s voice has changed slightly (in a good way) and the sound was different than past albums. It was still a great album and I feel it was some of Eddie’s best writing. Fans differ in opinion on it, with the majority hating it but critics and fellow musicians praised it. I feel like this album is perfect for a great comeback list.
@@Jovian999 I stand corrected thanks All the more reason the record shouldn’t have been so awfully produced and bloated .. snip 20-25 minutes off and we’d have a really great album
You gotta show some love to At The Gates - At War With Reality. It was their first album in almost 20 years and they’ve showed that they still got it. Great comeback album.
My first live concert was a few years back, Iron Maiden at the Chesterfield Ampitheater, they were touring Book of Souls and it was great, you should've gone! Also my second live concert was later that weekend when Megadeth came, with a few other bands like Meshuggah opening lmao it was great
I’m going to go out on a limb and say Mission of Burma’s “The Obliterati” album from 2006 was a tight, cohesive comeback after 19 years apart, reuniting in 2001, issuing the okay “ONoffON” in 2004 and then issuing an album that sounds like an ALBUM with great song flow and placement (instead of ONoffON’s feeling of songs placed in a random order).
Constrictor by Alice Cooper Heaven & Hell & 13 by Black Sabbath Violence Unimagined by Cannibal Corpse Perfect Strangers by Deep Purple Dr. Feelgood & Saints Of Los Angeles by Motley Crue Angel Of Retribution by Judas Priest Endgame & Dystopia by Megadeth Fear Inoculum by Tool 5150 by Van Halen
It sounds strange even to me to say this about such a phenomenally popular band, but we might think of the Beatles' "Abbey Road" as a comeback of sorts. They were on the point of breaking up after the difficulties of recording "Let It Be" and went into the studio with the specific idea in mind of saying goodbye properly. With some complications that might have shattered other bands, they put together a medley that's still influencing musicians more than 50 years later. Comeback? You better believe it.
"Comeback" albums after key member changes (all great albums) Testament The Gathering Slayer Divine Invention Motley Crue self titled Megadeth Rust in Peace Anthrax Sound of White Noise Suicidl Tendences Art of Rebellion Morbid Angel Formulas Fatal to the Flesh Death Individual Thought Patterns Steely Dan Aja (lol)
Mötley Crüe self titled was a commercial failure which started a downward spiral that took over a decade and a half to fix. The album before Rust in Peace was a good album, but I can see how it would be a “comeback” because of the band lineup change. However, if we’re talking about Megadeth, The World Needs A Hero is a better choice IMO.
Ultra, or Playing The Angel by Depeche Mode, should be on the list. Ultra because it was done in one of the band's worst years, and was a miracle that it even recorded in the first place. And PTA because it was a return to form, with the band being in good spirits and DM getting back into the groove. Darker, sadder and more solid songs all around.
EDIT: THE AUDIO QUALITY IS ROUGH BECAUSE I RECONFIGURED MY MIC AND AUDIO PHYSICALLY. IT'LL BE BETTER NEXT TIME!
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How about come back bands
•Lap Of Luxury - Cheap Trick.
Perfect Strangers by Deep Purple
Tool: fear inoculum
I would say Bon Jovi's album Crush was a comeback for the band. They had made good music in the '90s, but they were nowhere near as popular as they had been in the '80s. Crush and the single "It's My Life" were massively popular and kicked off a new era for them.
Luke, what do you think of Bon Jovi? Is there an era of theirs that you like or don't like? What do you think of their more recent work?
On a related note to _Brave New World,_ I think Blaze Bayley's first solo album _Silicon Messiah_ definitely counts as a comeback for him. He left Maiden after two lacklustre albums with them and then released that absolute beast of an album. He's been pretty consistent in terms of quality since then, too.
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@Conrad Nickelson spot on. He was a poor choice and just too different to Bruce and struggled in the live setting during a period when grunge was all the rage. And even with those relatively weak albums it spawned two classics in The Clansman and The Sign of the Cross. He's also been very respectful in the ensuing years unlike a certain Paul Dianno who undoubtedly helped launch them but has bitched ever since and still tried to live off the past.
My man is here!
But in all fairness though, it was an honest experimental yet nice move for them to take by having bailey join since it kind of gave him a sort of revaluation period after he left from the god awful Virtual XI. I’m glad bailey is doing well now with his own career although I can’t say the same about Maiden now since I HIGHLY wish they change up their style of music since it’s been kind of getting blander and blander, in my own personal opinion as of now, the final good Maiden album was Brave New World while their final good song in my opinion was Wildest Dreams.
VIRTUAL XI and THE X FACTOR are one of the greatest albums Ever in any genre! ❤
The hype towards Death Magnetic was BIG at the time. "Hardwired..." was better in my opinion but I was one of those fans who were extremely happy with something thrasher from Metallica.
Also I loved AIC return with Duvall. The first time I heard A Looking View was so great that song became one of my favorite song from the band.
Oh and Back In Black, one of my introductions to rock. Many great music in this video!
I didn't really like DM when it dropped but I liked Hardwired immediately on release. I did start to like DM a few years after it's release. That said I hardly ever listen to either anymore. Maybe a couple of tracks off of each every now and then. Both are infinitely better than Anger but they are kind of bland in general if I were to put it bluntly.
I'm glad they made both of them, sure, but I think they are far from great. I'll take Load and Reload over them any day if I'm going to be perfectly honest. I don't give two shits if those aren't "metal" enough. I find them more creative and interesting lyrically and musically.
HW is definitely more in line with that but didn't really reach that level. DM sounds like a tired attempted rehash of the 80's material (their best material, no shit) while dragging over some of hacky songwriting from Anger era. Not much really but it's there. I'd probably like it more if the lyrics were better too. I guess obviously it's kind of dumb to expect a band this deep into their career to drop another classic. That doesn't mean I still don't hope for it even if it's unrealistic.
@@Thought0Ninja You've kinda expressed the same view which is an issue I see a lot with the die hard old school metal fans and that is that they want everything to sound like puppets and lightening and when they do anything outside of that box its rubbish and they are slayed by fans. I've seen it with maiden, slayer & I think. AC/DC. So they go back to writing the same old material where one song blends into another. Its good, they have a formula and it works but then you can't tell where some songs end and others start.
I do agree that hardwired feels like it has more staying power the DM. Personally I feel DM has a few too many melodic breakdowns in their songs, that about it for me, maybe some lyrics too . When people used to slate DM I would always take the few oh 'hey its nit perfect but at least its a step in the right direction" and I think hardwired is another step in that direction so lets see what the next one brings!
@@Thought0Ninja I feel for DM Metallica had a lot of pressure for delivering a "heavy" record and proving they weren't done after St. Anger, while for Hardwired the band was in more relaxed and better conditions, with basically nothing to prove. Those factors influenced in the final results of those records.
For Load & ReLoad, both albums are still a must play for me. Haters could say what they want, but songs like Until It Sleeps and Mama Said shows that Metallica can make great songs outside thrash metal. While Garage Inc and S&M proved how strong the band was at those time despite their sound change (plus still killing live)
Honestly I'm happy that Metallica decided to do what they want with their sound, despite their high and lows. There's reason why nearly 40 years later Metallica remains strong.
The music on DM was good. The production and mixing were trash.
Hardwired has Spit Out The Bone which has got to be their best song since the Black Album. But the double album just had too many filler songs that aren't too good. Would have been a bigger success with less tracks.
Rammstein’s 2019 self-titled album was a great album and made the TEN YEAR wait for a full new album worth it.
and the tour that came with it was amazing.
@@Poisson96 I’m going to *finally* see them play a show in September. I’m so damn happy!!
Wasn’t really a comeback though. Their entire catalog is amazing.
What? 🤣 I feel this is by far their worst record.
@@customcornpop Sehnsucht is easily a poorer album than Untitled
Death Magnetic had some of my favorite Metallica songs of all time. All Nightmare Long, That Was Just Your Life, Cyanide, etc
All Nightmare Long is still the best Metallica song since AJFA.
Me and my bandmate were at work the day that “The Day That Never Comes” first debuted on radio. We sat there with the skepticism we acquired from St. Anger slowly getting into it both thinking “okay this is good, but where’s the solo?” And when that solo hit there was a joy like your favorite team hitting a game winning buzzer beater.
My fave is probably broken beaten scarred
Papa Het introducing the song live, "cccyanide!" actually is a bigger earworm for me than the song is.
The piano in Unforgiven 3 gives me chills every time
Black Sabbath's Heaven snd Hell album.
They put out 2 albums in '76 and '78 that left a lot to be desired and then fired Ozzy.
Replaced him with Dio and made the best albums ever with him.
Speaking of Dio: Killing the dragon is a great comeback album.
Dio suffered from his experimenting during the 90's. This was an album back to his roots.
I completely agree. The Dio Albums are top tier Black Sabbath Albums and I would rank Heaven and Hell at 3 of their entire discography and I think most people would agree with that.
I think Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die are great. They kind of remind me a bit of Tony Iommi doing Queen albums, in a way. He was apparently friends with May and hanging out with him some around this time. In that sense, I enjoy the albums quite a bit. I just wish the opposite was true, with Queen doing something a bit heavier.
Good call. I am a Sabbath freak and will listen to Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die, but they are not as good as Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules!!!
Brett K who cares? They still kick Born Again's ass all over the universe and back.
@@austinfailz I'm a HUGE Ian Gillan fan, but the production on Born Again was awful. Apparently it's being remastered, so hopefully they give that album some well deserved props bc Ian's vocals on that album are insane
Brave New World is definitely one of my favorite Iron Maiden records. A huge return to form IMO.
Best Maiden album since Seventh Son. \m/
@@TheRealLucifer_Morningstar Seventh Son is a perfect album, and that last clause was autocompleted because I've said it before.
Still one of my favorites to listen to to this day.
Brave New World is actually my favorite Iron Maiden album ever and also my favorite metal album in general too.
Love the panzerfaust pic man
I would even add Deep Purple's "Perfect Strangers". Came out in '84 when Blackmore returned after Rainbow broke up. Arguably the best Deep Purple album. I would even argue Meat Loaf's "Dead Ringer". He did this while regaining his voice after he lost it. Not to mention" Read 'Em and Weep" is a MASTERPIECE.
Rush’s “Vapor Trails” (2002)
Not only was this a statement of an album for Neil being able to come back to the band after family tragedy in his own life.. Musically, after a very hit or miss late 80s and 90s for the band, it was (at that point) their best material since 1984’s “Grace Under Pressure” and their most cohesive rock album since “Moving Pictures” (only 1993’s “Counterparts” came close in being a straightforward rocker)
“Vapor Trails” had a few issues, primarily a horrendous original mix (fixed by a 2013 remix of the album)... but VT kicked off that final era of Rush that saw a decade of constant touring, and two further studio albums... both of which were as strong if not better than VT, certainly an era for the band that was inconsistent in the 90s.
One Little Victory is phenomenal song
A very fair assessment. I really enjoyed Counterparts, but yeah. Vapor Trails proved Rush was back
2112 was also a good comeback album after the 'going down the tubes tour' that was Caress of Steel.
Excellent choice. I've grown very fond of Vapor Trails after the remixed version came out. In fact, it was the first album I put on after learning of Peart's death last year.
Absolutely. Great album.
As a huge Alice In Chains fan I love black gives way to blue on the same level as facelift and dirt, I think jerry really shined on it.
honestly I think 5150 would count. Most fans didn't think the band would make it without DLR so for them to hit such a homerun with Sammy Hagar in my mind counts.
I thought for sure that was on the list.
Have to admit I prefer Hagar.
@@VampireJack10 Me too.
Nothing wrong with a bit of Van Hagar. Poundcake has to be my favorite from that period.
Dream Theater's Scenes from a Memory is an easy pick for me. Falling into Infinity was the band forced to be more commercial by their label, and the band almost split. However, when the label backed off again for their next album, they came back and made one of the best prog metal albums, and one of the best concept albums, of all time.
Scenes From a Memory is my favorite Dream Theater LP.
Good call
Hard to argue with that (although I love Falling into Infinity as well).
@@quake1792 Oh, same! Like, it's one of their weaker albums, but you still have some great tunes on there, like Trial of Tears, Hollow Years and Lines in the Sand. That's the thing with DT, their output is so consistent in quality, even when they're bad, they're still better than a lot of bands
Unpopular opinion: DT creatively peaked during the Moore era and their best album is Awake.
God, that song “Smooth” immediately takes me back to working at Red Robin shortly before I moved away to NYC. I swear that place played it every 15 minutes.
Omg it’s the WORST when you work somewhere that continually plays the same music. I worked at Calvin Klein & they played the same awful techno/dance songs on loop. Ugh it drove me fucking insane lol
Arguably the best song ever. I still turn it up
What made "Smooth" work was the pairing of Rob Thomas' voice and Carlos licks! They named the song PERFECTLY because the licks are so smooth but gritty enough for R'N'R and Thomas' thirds whisper/thirds singing/thirds speaking the lyrics just comes off...well...SMOOTH!!!
Other than the compression was pretty AWFUL on Death Magnetic, but god dammit - that album was a return to thrash that the hardcore fans had wanted since …And Justice For All. It doesn’t nearly get the amount of love that it should. Also, check out the demos if you ever get the chance - they’re a must hear.
m.ruclips.net/video/_Z5lPY6bTqU/видео.html
(here’s the link)
Mate, if you're a real Metallica fan, that's utter rubbish, c'mon... not a memorable song to give you goosebumps. Horrible mastering, horrible mixing, horrible vocals, usual sh*tty wah solos.... c'mon
@@trun1979 For the record, Ride The Lightning is my all-time favorite album, so I don’t need you to question whether I’m a “real fan” or not. Don’t get me wrong, the album does have problems. The god-awful mixing, mastering, and compression is HORRENDOUS, but you can’t tell me that there’s not a memorable song on there. Just off of the top of my head, That Was Just Your Life is arguably the most thrash song they’ve written since 1988, The Judas Kiss sounds like something off of AFJA (especially that riff in the chorus), James’ solo on Suicide and Redemption gives me chills every time I hear it, All Nightmare Long has arguably one of my favorite riffs of all time (starts at around the 5:21 mark), and the whole album itself returns to the song-writing style that the band hadn’t done since the aforementioned …And Justice For All. And as for the “shitty wah solos” I don’t even know what to say to that - everyone bitches about how St. Anger had no solos, they bring solos back, and then you so-called “real fans” continue to bitch about it. It makes no sense. Now, let me be clear; I’m not saying that Death Magnetic is their best work, you can’t touch those first five albums. However, it’s criminally under-appreciated and it’s WAY better than everyone gives it credit for. The fans wanted a return to thrash, and they gave it to them.
And that said, I think you’d enjoy the link to the demos I posted in there. There’s no god-awful clipping, the production is solid, and everything sounds much more raw. You should give it a listen.
@@ericksheldon3870 eh, I liked them better as a blues rock band
@@trun1979
Oh yeah, not like the old albums don't have a horrible mixing. RTL has an almost inaudible bass, ear-piercing vocals, drowned out bass drums and so much echo you would think you were in a gallery. And don't let me start on AJFA or I'll write a book about it.
P.S. : Only jackasses elitists snob posers spout crap about who's a "real fan" and what not, nobody likes those guys.
@@ericksheldon3870 dude, you HAVE to listen to the Ahdy Khairat and Simon hill fan mixings if you haven’t already, they are how the songs should have been mixed originally, specifically my apocalypse by Simon hill and that was just your life by Ahdy Khairat, they are so much better since those 2 suffer the most since they were so thrash and loud and so much was happening that turning them up too loud made it a static mess, but these mixing make it so much more listenable, and the that was just your life fan mixing make the drums sound phenomenal, so punchy and bassy. The day that never comes and unforgiven 3 by Ahdy Khairat also are soooo much better since they are meant to be beautiful songs, so better production really makes them a lot better
I love Death Magnetic so much. I will never understand how people completely dismiss this album in preference to Hardwired and say that's the real comeback album. The second half of Hardwired is a slog for me until Spit Out the Bone. With Death Magnetic, nearly every song is a banger that kicks your ass through your skull. It has the original format of a Metallica album too unlike Hardwired (start heavy, 4th song is a ballad, 2nd to last song is an instrumental, last song is the heaviest and thrashiest of the album). Compression and mixing isn't an issue when you blast it in a car. Hopefully it gets a remaster to quell the critics but Metallica fans are like Star Wars fans and will never be pleased with what they get. For me though, it's my second favorite Metallica album behind Justice.
i wish it wasn't compressed to death for the CD version, but magnetic has better songs than hardwired.
less i'd skip too.
plus lars' kick drums sound sample replaced.
Literally couldn't have worded this better. This is the Metallica album that made me fall in love with the band. I was a late bloomer when it came to rock, and I had heard Metallica, but didn't know much outside of their big hits. My friend burned the album onto a CD for me and I couldn't stop listening to it. I started going through their entire catalouge and they're my favorite band now. Death Magnetic is my second favorite album behind RTL and will always hold a special place in my heart
@@Hoosier3091 the vinyl and guitar hero versions sound better.
You worded this perfect dude. This was the album that got me into playing guitar and Metallica. It is one of my favorite album. It is underrated imo
@@austindolan7182 I need to get the vinyl. I have all their early albums and Hardwired from the Walmart colored vinyl pack that came out, still missing Death Magnetic
I would add Beyond by Dinosaur Jr. and Inlet by Hum. The former was their first album in 10 years and one of their best, while the latter went 22 years before releasing arguably their best album. Great video!
Back in black is a great pick
Don’t forget about Perfect Strangers by Deep Purple.
My thoughts exactly. Not every band and album can make this list but that album should
I don't know if Burn qualifies for this list but Who Do We Think We Are was very boring, and the band lost 2 major members... then came up with their best non-MK2 album ever.
Strays- Jane’s Addiction simply rocks. After a thirteen year gap they came back together to rock as hard as ever. As soon as I heard the first riff from “True Nature” I knew they were back
Almost forgot about that album. That release also inspired Perry Farrell to relaunch Lollapalooza!
Brave New World was a fantastic album (Show them no fear, show them no pain!), but the Blaze era still holds a spot in my heart for it's dark tone (We are Lord of the Flies!)
Ultra by Depeche Mode was a great comeback album in my opinion, even if it wasn’t as good as the last few albums they released.
In the years before Ultra’s release, major member of the band left them in Alan Wilder, arguably the group’s composer. Dave Gahan literally died for a few minutes due to an overdose, and Martin and Fletch were dealing with depression and alcoholism.
Ultra was Depeche Mode’s most important album and thus makes it an incredible comeback all things considered.
"You Won't Get What You Want" is the first Daughters record I heard and it's so good. "Less Sex" is on of my favorite songs off that album
Bad Religion - Suffer
Their previous album (Into The Unknown) basically broke up the band, then they come back with a genre-defining classic. Doesn't get much better than that, in my opinion.
The fact that this wasn't on the list, given that it set the tone for the resurgence of punk rock,
(No suffer: no green day, NOFX, offspring, etc.)
is a form of heresy. But hey... Top 8 something will get left off.
I think Death Magnetic is underrated. Some people don’t like it because of the production, which I do get. But it still has great songs like That Was Just Your Life, the instrumental Suicide and Redemption, and the Unforgiven III. I do like how they brought back the number 4 ballads.
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
and two more personal ones even though they weren't unsuccessful in the interim:
Sevendust - Cold Day Memory (2010) marking the first album with guitarist/backing, and occasional lead, vocalist Clint Lowery since 2003's Seasons
Korn - The Paradigm Shift (2013) marking the first album with guitarist Brian "Head" Welch since 2003's Take a Look In The Mirror
Serenity of Suffering from Korn should've made this list. Best Korn album since Untouchables
Yeah, Korn were doing really BAD music at that time, and then Head came back, put the entire band in form again, and they made a genuinely good album... surely a great comeback for Korn's fans.
Agreed
Two albums I would throw in as comebacks
Def Leppard - Hysteria: Not my favorite album by them since I think the first 3 are the best but Rick Allen's accident left a lot of uncertainty and they came back with their most successful album
Black Sabbath - 13: First album with Ozzy since 79 and its a killer album.
I agree with 13, but Hysteria? Not a comeback album. Sure, Rick Allen lost an arm, but he didn't even quit the band. And its not like their last few albums were bad. In fact, their last two albums were some of the greatest in hard rock history. Great album, but not a comeback album.
7:42 It blows my mind that Santana is where a sizeable chunk of Journey's band members came from. So Santana virtually became Journey, just like Mother Love Bone virtually became both Pearl Jam and Temple of the Dog.
"He REALLY loves California..........even though he was born in Michigan....
And only moved there when he was twelve......
Weird."
This made me chuckle pretty hard.
I mean so the guys lived like 40+ years In California, I think he has a right to love it
He turns 60 next year, lived in California since he was 12, was going there to stay with his father long before he was 12. A majority of his life, nearly 48 years, has been in California. It's his home. I never understood the jokes either about how he sings about California. Guess nobody has heard the Beach Boys who have loads more songs about California, surfing, beaches, summer etc despite Brian Wilson even trying to move away from that. There are many bands from England who often sing a lot about their home country.
Honestly, after St. Anger, anything Metallica put out would've ben considered a comeback album.
Lulu would like to know your location
@@liamsagucio61 I AM THE TABLE!
LuLu is more of an experiment than a full on album. An experiment that failed. However, just like St. Anger, if it was given time, it might be considered a hidden gem. David Bowie even considered LuLu as a great album. While I do see why everyone hates that album, I also see the positives of that album, mainly the great riffs.
Definitely happy to see Aerosmith on here, Permanent Vacation is a killer album and it’s one of their best albums (IMO, at least)
Def Leppard's "hysteria" was 4 years in the making. Rick Allen returning has to be recognized as the ultimate comeback
The cool thing about that album is that DL thought that Hysteria would be their final album, but it instead became their best sold album and were able to return with Adrenalize (albeit Steve's death) 5 years later.
I think what keeps it off a list like this is the fact that pyromania was also s huge album.
@@joeywalker2061 I was going with the comeback theme
@@danm9460 I know but it's not really a comeback because hysteria came out after pyromania so they had two huge albums back to back.
Kid Rock is better than Def Leppard
Angel of Retribution by Judas Priest certainly deserves a mention. “Judas Rising” and “Hellrider” are some of the band’s best work!
Painkiller could also get a nod for the band. In the late 80s they were kind of considered past their prime in the metal world, and came back hard with one of their best albums ever.
@@jeffjackson9679 That’s true. Album came after a dark time for Halford and Painkiller basically is known as the “we’re sorry for Turbo album.” And what an “apology” it was! So many kick ass tracks from the title track to “Hell Patrol” to one of the greatest album closers ever with “Battle Hymn…One Shot at Glory” there isn’t a bad track on that album. Right up there along my favorite Priest albums with the first seven tracks of Defenders of the Faith hahaha and Screaming For Vengeance.
@@freeparking301 Angel is also a solid pick for a comeback album as well. Judas is Rising is such a killer track. I hated the whole grunge era, and putting in that CD put a grin on my face when it came out when it did.
@@jeffjackson9679 I feel like the band popped on Painkiller during the writing process for that album and were like “oh yeah we are that damn good…let’s do more of that!” So many documentaries talk about how grunge was such a good thing for killing hair metal (their term not mine) but by the end of the 90s people wanted those bands and they were making a comeback and meanwhile the so called authenticity of grunge turned into post grunge and we got Nickelback and Creed (sssexxxxx!).
Honestly I would say that Redeemer Of Souls is the true comeback. While solid, AOR felt longer that it was, and Rob wasn't exactly at his best.
With ROS, those problems went away. Also, Halls Of Valhalla is fucking amazing.
I know you're a massive Deftones fan, so I've got to ask why no _Diamond Eyes_ ? After Chi's death and some lackluster reception to Saturday Night Wrist, is this not a massive comeback for them?
I agree, even if Saturday Night Wrist is one of my own favorites
Ohms, after Gore, might also be a comeback... but eh, Deftones has no bad albums per se...
Maybe I'm showing my age but The Moody Blues had their ups and downs. After Days of Future Passed it wasn't until A Question of Balance did they resurface and then went back into obscurity after Seventh Sojourn until after an eight year hiatus AND a moderate album did they come back again with Long Distance Voyager. To note: Keys To The Kingdom is probably their VERY BEST work and that came out in the NINTIES!!! Another band that was hot when they first started but had a few comebacks we're The Rolling Stones. Especially after Tattoo You. There was a point where it was unpopular to listen to the Stones until Voodoo Lounge and their video walking through Manhattan, Jagger playing a harmonica like he did years ago and singing, "Love Is Strong." did they make any noise. R.I.P. Charley Watts.
Seeing Maiden at Glen Helen is still my favorite concert I've seen of all time. Also, I don't know if you could call a Final Album a Comeback Album or not but Johnny Cash's American IV was one of the best comeback albums and Swan Songs in music history
saw Maiden at the Molson Amphitheater in Toronto. amazing show! I'm even wearing the tour t-shirt right now!
(sorry Luke, I'm not trying to rub it in lol. you've probably been to some amazing shows that I wish I got to see)
My pick is American Idiot-Green Day
Other great comeback albums were....
Rust In Peace by Megadeth
Heaven And Hell by Black Sabbath
The Eternal Idol by Black Sabbath
Holy Diver by Dio
Burn by Deep Purple
Master Of The Rings by Helloween
Christ Illusion by Slayer
Sounds Of White Noise by Anthrax
Judas Rising by Judas Priest.
Blizzard Of Oz by Ozzy Osbourne.
Due to death/line up change
.5 The Gray Chapter - Slipknot
And Justice for All - Metallica
Nightmare- Avenged Sevenfold
Other
American Idiot - Green Day
Help! - The Beatles (after Beatles for Sale was meh, Help came in and blew the door down for albums like Revolver - Let It Be)
You mean Rubber Soul?
@@theradioactivefox3593 whichever one came after Help. I don’t remember right now
1) Manfred Mann - Roaring Silence
Manfred Mann had a massive hit in 1964 with *Do Wah Ditty Ditty.* It would be until 1977 after he formed the group Manfred Mann's Earth Band and had a monster hit (voted best cover song) with *Blinding by the Light.*
2) Fleetwood Mac - The Dance Buckingham returned to the line-up. The group had a hit with a discarded song from the Rumours album *Silver Springs.*
3) Rolling Stones - Some Girls
4) Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
5) Golden Earring - Cut (Single #2 in the states - Twilight Zone)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
Tool - Fear Inoculum
Paramore - After Laughter
Three of my absolute favourite ones there. Debate
Oh and Achtung Baby by U2
Everything must go is a fantastic choice!
Fear Inoculum was a huge disappointment for me
Eh, EMG wasn't so much a comeback as can they do this without Richy? To me at least.
Worship Music from Anthrax, one of the best modern thrash albums in or out of The Big 4. That album found me only knowing a few of the big songs from Among The Living, to making them one of my favorite bands who I love pouring over the discography of
First time I'm pretty late to your vid, but as always, a nice treat before work. I commented Daughters before I watched and was elated; I remember listening to Canada Songs and then you uploaded that interview.
A heavily underrated comeback album is Sleep's The Sciences.
Scenes From a Memory from Dream Theater is one proper title I would classify as a comeback - Falling Into Infinity didn’t sell well, Mike Portnoy thought of hanging it up, but they pressed on and made a shift (Jordan Rudess on keys), and then Dream Theater became *Dream Theater* for time eternal.
Avenged Sevenfold's The Stage was a phenomenal comeback after Hail to the King.
IMO William sounds very different to Layne and I think it's a good thing. Also, Jerry became much more prominent as a singer in the current line-up and in fact he does the majority of the lead vox on the last 3 albums.
Thanks for including AIC, one of my all time favorites. Having introduced a new album *after 13 YEARS,* is a monumental feat that I don't think any band has ever been able to do. Usually if a band takes a hiatus for more than a year, they tend to be technically "over."
Alice Cooper: TRASH.
Always wonder if Rick Rubin was somehow subconsciously influenced by Tom Petty's "Mary Jane's Last Dance" as those songs are virtually identical and Rubin had produced Wildflowers.
Now that they're reunited, if we could just get a new My Chemical Romance album...
There was only 5 and a half years between albums and no line up change, but Vapor Trails
by Rush could be considered an all time great comeback album. For the longest time during the period all 3 members of the band thought it was done after Neil's daughter and wife passed away within 12 months.
Fleetwood Mac's "white album" in 1975 should get a nod. At least in the UK. They were a pretty big act in the late 60s with Peter Green, kind of floundered around with Bob Welch in the early 70s, then became a multiplatinum sucess almost 10 years into the groups existence. Judas Priest's "Painkiller', Hearts self titled album, and Deep Purple's "Perfect Strangers" are a few others that should get a nod.
Rush with Vapor Trails? Damn good album but considering that Neil Peart decided to retire following the death of his wife and daughter, taking a cross Canada motorcycle trip and the band nearly calling it quits because they didn’t want to go on without him at the time, I personally feel that’s more than worthy
Like clock work from Queens of the Stoneage should be considered as a great comeback album. It brought back old and new fans, even though I really loved Era vulgaris myself.
Diamond Eyes by Deftones, the band would’ve completely fallen apart internally between loss of direction and the loss of Chi. That combined with the Nu metal scene on the decline, their change in style brought them back to their former glory
I saw Iron Maiden from the second row on the Fear of the Dark tour, bad ass!!! One album that should be on this list is Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers. With Ian Gillan and Roger Glover coming back after 11 years, they released arguably one of the best albums ever let alone within their own catalog. Perfect Strangers is still one of the best songs ever IMO.
Luke, you need to see Maiden ASAP. I see them here in Stuttgart, Germany 10 years ago and in Tinley Park, IL in July 2012 while on leave before end of my active duty in the Army. I will take my wife next year for the twice postponed Best of the Beast tour.
Dude Legacy of the beast tour is marvellous, the staging is amazing, they sound great. I was lucky to see them in 2019 before all this pandemic shit. Second time, my first one was on The Book of Souls tour and same, speechless. I hope you can catch that tour next year, same with Luke lol!
While not as impactful as Supernatural or Back in Black, the comeback album I celebrate the most is Duran Duran's 1993 self-titled album (sometimes called The Wedding Album). Those singles Ordinary World and Come Undone were more hailed by audiences than all the output of the Big Thing and Liberty (possibly also Notorious) albums combined.
That's a good record!
I know only 1 comeback per group but ACDC deserves a mention at least for what they just did with Power Up. They were all but retired and broken up after Rock or Bust but absolutely knock it out of the park with their new album which is their best work since the 80s
Breaking benjamin ember. Dark before dawn was decent enough but ember was my favorite rock album of 2018 but I'm biased cause that band saved my life.
Saints of Los Angeles by Mötley Crüe, while not a perfect album by any means, is comeback album. Everyone sobered up, tensions were finally resolved, and John Carobi was finally booted. It feels both like a return to form as well as fitting with the time
Vince neil was there for 2 albums after John & they were pretty bad,but vince never Sobered up,it also helped that saints of los angeles had outside writers on it .But ill take John anyday of the week hes a better singer & song writer
@@dynamo4543 Yeah, Generation Swine was supposed to be their triumphant comeback, but yeah, it was awful. But still, New Tattoo and the self titled were awful. Carobi has the dullest and flattest set of vocals I’ve ever heard and pretty much just writes the same thing over and over. There are at least five songs on the self titled that Carobi single-handedly made bad by overshadowing any energy from Mars or Lee
@@thehardie-boy3090 I agree,if you listen to John in the Dead Daisys & the scream hes great,that self titled thou had some good songs but i think Bob rock had a lot of influence in their too because that album had some really Metallica Black album influence sound in there
I'd say the greatest comeback album of all time is Heaven and Hell by Black Sabbath. I like Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die but they sorta represented a tired Sabbath that was trying to be something it wasn't. At that point, people barely cared about the band anymore. Firing Ozzy and hiring Dio was the best decision they ever made cause in the process they put out one of the greatest metal albums of all time.
Hell you could make an argument for Blizzard of Ozz being one of the greatest comeback albums seeing where Ozzy was at the time before that albums release. I know it can’t technically count since it was his debut but still…
@@freeparking301 Yeah you could make a case for that too.
@@beyris Listening to any sabbath album after the first 4 honestly feels like listening to a sabbath cover band
@@ileutur6863 No it doesn’t. (imagine that Roman soldier from the romanes eunt domus scene in Life of Brian saying that)
Bruce Springsteen lost his "Born In The USA" relevance in the 90s. His elegy to 9/11, "The Rising" in 2002 restored him to greatness.
I would have put The Paradigm Shift from Korn on this list. Once Brian "Head" Welch came back into the fold, they got an adrenaline shot in their arm, and their material felt like their old selves again.
Long Road Out Of Eden (2007) by Eagles. It was their first full studio album since 1979, and it sold platinum several times as well as topping the charts worldwide.
Californication, Permanent Vacation, and Brave New World are probably my favorites here. Californication is probably my favorite RHCP album. Permanent Vacation was my introduction to Aerosmith and I like Brave New World a lot. Mechanize by Fear Factory is another comeback album that I think is pretty good.
Not sure you’d consider it a comeback album, but The Satanist by Behemoth is an absolute beast of an album and considering everything the frontman went through I would call somewhat of a comeback or resurrection lol
Refused- Freedom.
We thought the band was dead forever. It was as surprising as it was (and still is) excellent.
I don’t listen to the chili peppers as much as I used to but I have some fond memories of hearing a bit of the Californication album when I was about eight. I remember liking the two singles off of black gives way to blue when I heard them in 2009/2010.
Deep purple in rock is up there changed signers form rod evans to.Ian Gillian. Brought in a new bass player in roger glover. Also went from a psychedelic sound to proto metal.
It's more like a breakthrough album instead of a comeback, like Dream Theater did with James LaBrie in Images & Words. If I were to pick a comeback album from Deep Purple it would be Perfect Strangers.
Sleep - The Sciences is an amazing comeback album!
Does releasing a bunch of songs that existed for years really count as a comeback through? They went and did it again recently, laziest stoner band out there....
@@ileutur6863 That is a fair point. I do consider it a comeback album because, the songs were not released in a officially recorded versions yet.
3:23 - Your note on the spitfire prop, if it had fallen, it would have mostly just been a mess. But it was an inflatable, so there wasn't really much risk with it. I have a shot somewhere that's really amusing because the propeller blades weren't fully inflated and were quite "wobbly".
An underrated comeback album is Meddle by Pink Floyd. After their acclaimed debut and the departure of Syd Barrett, the group released a number of panned albums and critics thought they had lost their spark when Syd left. But Meddle, particularly Echoes, was a critical smash hit and commercially successful, whilst helping lead the band into their golden era that started with Dark Side of the Moon
The one comeback album that comes to my mind is Steel Wheels by the Rolling Stones. The band's track record for decent 80s albums is mediocre at best. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards got in a much publicized spat. It looked like time was not on the band's side and that they were going to break up. However, cooler heads prevailed and the Stones released a gem of an album. One that has a nice blend of rock, blues, country and some exotic sounds from Morocco. 1989 was indeed a rebirth for "The Greatest Rock 'N' Roll Band in the World"!
*Anthony Kieidis in literally every song pitch:* ''Okay so check it out.....it's gonna be about this hot but messed up girl who lives in California and she does heroine. HUH!?''
This meme is so shitty
Now before I say this: I love the Foo Fighters and my favorite concert ever was a show they did in TN a few years ago. However, if we are honest I believe the Foo Fighters are in need of a simply great album to get back on track. I enjoy some tracks from the latest album and Concrete and Gold, but the last album I can truly enjoy from beginning to end IMO is Wasting Light.
Slayer’s album Christ Illusion was a comeback to their thrash metal roots (after years of showing off during the time Nu Metal was everywhere). Yeah, remember Undisputed Attitude, Diabolus of Musica, and God Hates Us All? In my opinion, I didn’t mind Diablous In Musica and God Hates Us All but Undisputed Attitude...ohhhhh boy did that album reek of cheesy sounding covers of old hardcore punk songs (no seriously, the album is just a bunch of cover songs and it’s bad).
Fair enough dude. I actually liked Undisputed Attitude, but I was born in 1990, so it was a fresh sound to me. DDAM is hilarious in the darkest way. Vince Neil probably hates it.
Seen Alice live in Halifax, around 2016. What a fun show. Duvall was good live.
Also, seen Iron Maiden live.
Best Comeback CD's IMO:
1. Saxon - Unleash the Beast (1997)
2. Iron Maiden - No prayer for the Dying (1990)
3. Judas Priest - Painkiller/Jugulator (1990) (1997)
Shinedown's Sound of Madness comes to mind for me. Previous album was a bit of a mess, Brent was dealing with addiction, half the band got fired/left, and then they put this album together
ACDC's Back In Black was the first album I owned...was given to me as a christmas gift in 2010
If I had to pick a comeback album, I’m going to say Blink-182’s “California” is a great example. Their first with Skiba and without Tom after “Neighborhoods”, I think it was a great way to reintroduce the band to a new generation, as well as a great way to show the band can press on without Tom Delonge
Ozzy-No more tears.
Pink Floyd-A momentary lapse of reason.
Kiss-Lick it up.
R.E.M-Monster.
Grateful dead-In the Dark.
U2-Achtung baby.
Oh god, Smooth. I worked at a restaurant with a jukebox when it came out. Every few minutes, it was on again. Over and over. Sometimes twice in a row. My mother had a clip as her ringtone. I didn't even know she knew how to change her ringtone. Santana is amazing, but I never, ever want to hear that song again.
The Hunting Party by Linkin Park was a great comeback album, even if the comeback lasted for less than 3 years.
Here's some more:
Green Day- Revolution Radio
Sum 41- 13 Voices
At The Gates- A War W/ Reality
Judas Priest- Firepower
Refuses- Freedom
& Much more recently-
The Ghost Inside- s/t
I got a lot I want to say, but let's start at the top.
As I said on the community post, I love Death Magnetic. I know some people prefer Hardwired, and I get it. Hardwired is probably two songs too long, but it's meant to be exploration of Metallica's entire career on a single album, and I think they largely nailed it. The groove songs really fucking groove, and the thrash tracks are fucking insane! Spit Out the Bone is easily the fastest song Metallica's released since Dyer's Eve, at least. If not the fast thing they've released since Damage, INC. But I find myself going back to Death Magnetic more often, because of what it did and what separates it from other Metallica albums. For all the compression issues (it's easily 20% or so louder than every other album I own...and I own Merzbow albums for God's sake!), I can't help but love what they did with the music. Instead of being a thrash album or a groove album, they managed to find a middle ground between the two. And James came up with probably his most earworm vocal melodies ever. How can you NOT sing along to That Was Just Your Life or Broken, Beaten, Scarred? Plus...it has a longform instrumental! Something they hadn't done since And Justice! And it's a fucking good one!
Now, let's move on to other comeback albums.
Speaking of Groove-Thrash, we have to talk about Machine Head pulling themselves out of the nu-metal doldrums, getting Phil Demmel onboard, and rampaging back into Thrashland with Through the Ashes of Empires. The Blackening and Unto the Locust are better albums, but Ashes had the direction the band sorely needed, and a song to end all songs with Imperium. How do you not get a rush as soon as that "HERE ME NOW!" comes in after that calm, slow build intro and that main riff, all prime Vio-lence thrash speed and pinch harmonic squeals, just kicks your damn head in?!
Sticking with thrash as well, oh man, have there been a lot of thrash comeback albums since 2000 that are just out of this world good. Testament with Dark Roots of Earth. Anthrax with Worship Music. Megadeth with The System Has Failed. Exodus with Tempo of the Damned and the monumental monsters that are Scar Spangled Banner and Blacklist. Death Angel with The Art of Dying. Slayer with God Hates Us All. You could do a whole list on just thrash comeback albums.
Then there's Mayhem with Ordo ab Chao. The music they did with Maniac on Grand Declaration of War and Chimera was fine. But man, Mayhem are another beast entirely when they have Atilla on vocals. Not only do the vocals themselves go up SEVERAL notches, but the songwriting tends to jump up as well. And with how mixed of an album Chimera was in terms of reactions, having an album be as universally praised as Ordo ab Chao was, was a massive comeback.
And since we're onto black metal now, fucking MONOTHEIST BY CELTIC FROST! Not only did Ein and Warrior come back with maybe the most solid set of songs of their whole careers, but they went in a different direction (less thrash influenced, more epic/Gothic doom, but still 100% as black of black metal as you can get) and made it work. It's a shame the comeback only lasted the one album, but we got one of the best albums of the millennium so far, as well as Tryptikon, out of it. And really, that's enough. Whatever lingering bad taste was still lingering on the Celtic Frost name from Cold Lake all those years ago, was tossed away by a lumbering sentient mountain crushing everything in its path and leaving a scarred landscape in its wake for the survivors to build a new civilization on.
There's any number of mid-90's emo bands that could fit here. A lot of these bands barely put out their debut albums before falling apart (volatility seemed to be a common feature in the early scene, as the turmoil that fueled the music also tended to put the band members at each other's throats constantly) before finally getting back together after the scene broke in the early-aughts, but of them the nod would have to go to either At the Drive-In with Inter Alia (an album just as full of hooks, abstract lyricism, and angular riffage as anything they've ever put out) or American Football with their 2016 album.
Neurosis with Given to the Rising is another good one. It's hard to say Neurosis has comeback albums per se. Critically, they never really fall off. Their weak albums tend to still stand above other bands' good albums. But that said, I know some people thought that Eye of Every Storm was a little too reliant on the folk influences and acoustic passages, and there was a pretty long layoff between that album and this one where they entire post-metal scene just exploded. I mean just became the biggest subgenre in all of heavy music on the entire planet. And all those bands were doing the Neurosis formula so well that it almost felt like they were being eclipsed, especially in the face of bands like Russian Circles, Pelican, the Ocean, and especially Isis and Cult of Luna. So they really needed to deliver on that album, and man did they! It's super-dark, with some of the heaviest riffs they've ever written., and it's Neurosis doing what they do best. While the other post-metal bands try to use the Neurosis formula to try to find light at the end of the tunnel, Neurosis on Given to the Rising did what only they do so well, and that's fucking PAIN! They aren't looking past the pain for epiphany. For Neurosis, pain IS the epiphany. A pain so exquisite in its violence that it makes you touch God. Other post-metal bands are Raja Yoga. The 8-limbed path. The rejection of the world through discipline and mindfulness. Neurosis are Aghora. The use of all experience, regardless of how painful or scary, to achieve enlightenment.
And lastly, how could we forget Faith No More. Back just as heavy and just as weird as when they left us.
Pearl Jam-Gigaton. Technically I suppose they could be considered a “comeback album band” due to the fact that they take forever to release new albums in general, but this one felt more like a real comeback. The band has a reputation for doing their own things in between PJ stuff and releasing albums like 7 years apart due to this fact. But After their 2013 release it did actually feel like they were done in comparison to every other time. I say this because as a long time PJ fan (since I was 10. I am 38 now) I and many other old school pj fans always seemed to hype ourselves up for the long awaited album and weren’t surprised when they would eventually come out. With Gigaton, I and many older PJ fans were genuinely shocked to hear they were releasing a new album in March 2020, and most fans seemed let down, but for me I personally loved it and felt so happy listening to it. The same way I felt when Ten first came out, even though Eddie’s voice has changed slightly (in a good way) and the sound was different than past albums. It was still a great album and I feel it was some of Eddie’s best writing. Fans differ in opinion on it, with the majority hating it but critics and fellow musicians praised it. I feel like this album is perfect for a great comeback list.
Say what you will about Death Magnetic and the questionable production, the music was classic thrash and to date has some of my favourites on it.
A good album but seriously needed editing .. bloated as fuck, that’s what happens when self produced
@@MrRoundthetwist Death Magnetic was produced by Rick Rubin.
@@Jovian999 I stand corrected thanks
All the more reason the record shouldn’t have been so awfully produced and bloated .. snip 20-25 minutes off and we’d have a really great album
The production sounds fine to me. Then again, I don't really care about production.
You gotta show some love to At The Gates - At War With Reality. It was their first album in almost 20 years and they’ve showed that they still got it. Great comeback album.
My first live concert was a few years back, Iron Maiden at the Chesterfield Ampitheater, they were touring Book of Souls and it was great, you should've gone! Also my second live concert was later that weekend when Megadeth came, with a few other bands like Meshuggah opening lmao it was great
Seen Maiden once. Right after Brave New World came out. Best set I've ever heard.
I’m going to go out on a limb and say Mission of Burma’s “The Obliterati” album from 2006 was a tight, cohesive comeback after 19 years apart, reuniting in 2001, issuing the okay “ONoffON” in 2004 and then issuing an album that sounds like an ALBUM with great song flow and placement (instead of ONoffON’s feeling of songs placed in a random order).
Constrictor by Alice Cooper
Heaven & Hell & 13 by Black Sabbath
Violence Unimagined by Cannibal Corpse
Perfect Strangers by Deep Purple
Dr. Feelgood & Saints Of Los Angeles by Motley Crue
Angel Of Retribution by Judas Priest
Endgame & Dystopia by Megadeth
Fear Inoculum by Tool
5150 by Van Halen
Not sure if live albums count, but "Hell Freezes Over" by the Eagles was an excellent return by the group.
Nah, Limp Bizkit is better than the Eagles
It sounds strange even to me to say this about such a phenomenally popular band, but we might think of the Beatles' "Abbey Road" as a comeback of sorts. They were on the point of breaking up after the difficulties of recording "Let It Be" and went into the studio with the specific idea in mind of saying goodbye properly. With some complications that might have shattered other bands, they put together a medley that's still influencing musicians more than 50 years later. Comeback? You better believe it.
Love alice in chains, that come back was epic
Megadeth- Dystopia best metal comeback album.
Best Megadeth since Youthanasia .. can’t wait for new album this year!
I would have to pick Revolution Radio by Green Day as A comeback album.
"Comeback" albums after key member changes (all great albums)
Testament The Gathering
Slayer Divine Invention
Motley Crue self titled
Megadeth Rust in Peace
Anthrax Sound of White Noise
Suicidl Tendences Art of Rebellion
Morbid Angel Formulas Fatal to the Flesh
Death Individual Thought Patterns
Steely Dan Aja (lol)
Mötley Crüe self titled was a commercial failure which started a downward spiral that took over a decade and a half to fix.
The album before Rust in Peace was a good album, but I can see how it would be a “comeback” because of the band lineup change. However, if we’re talking about Megadeth, The World Needs A Hero is a better choice IMO.
Ultra, or Playing The Angel by Depeche Mode, should be on the list. Ultra because it was done in one of the band's worst years, and was a miracle that it even recorded in the first place. And PTA because it was a return to form, with the band being in good spirits and DM getting back into the groove. Darker, sadder and more solid songs all around.