Highest Quality Catalog
Different from the 'Favorite', 'Greatest', or 'Best' band idea, more like desert island act.
I started wondering about the overall quality of the output from various acts when I was listening to an absolute machine like Ryan Adams - a guy who pumps out tracks, but I only enjoy about 40% of it.
Overtime, I'd say for basic listen-ability, hit/miss ratio my favorite of bands that have made more than a couple discs would be -
Led Zeppelin - diverse, but I can spin any album and enjoy it.
Beatles - nuff said.
Incubus - Even with their rougher early stuff.
Bob Marley - just listenable
Van Morrison - song composition
Jack Johnson - I can listen easily to any of his discs with few rejects, though I'd get bored by the same chords.
Rage Against The Machine - Maybe because they didn't put out that much.
And I am surprised by who didn't make my list -
Rolling Stones, U2, REM - Maybe they just outlived their usefulness to me, they diluted their catalogs.
Beck & Beasties - Didn't make it because of the hard misses on most their discs.
Stevie Wonder - the 80's
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