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15 Years of Musical Good Taste

Posted on Monday, May 5th, 2025

Dave!Every once in a while I run across a really cool question that makes me long for the good ol' days when blogging was still popular and memes were a Big Deal.

This time is was on BlueSky where somebody was asking a music question which, let's face it, is a darn good question because I had to really think about it...

here's a fun game if you're a music dork: what is the best album released by a music act at least 15 years after its debut album?

I came up with...

  • Pet Shop Boys released Yes 23 years after Please (And Yes is hands-down my favorite PSB album)
  • Depeche Mode released Ultra 15 years after Speak and Spell
  • Madonna released Ray of Light 15 years after Madonna
  • OMD released History of Modern, English Electric, The Punishment of Luxury, and Bauhaus Staircase all 30 (THIRTY!) years and more after Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
  • a-ha released Minor Earth Major Sky 15 years after Hunting High and Low (And Minor Earth Major Sky is hands-down my favorite a-ha album)
  • Erasure released Nightbird almost 19 years after Wonderland
  • Human League released Octopus 15 years after Reproduction
  • Heart released Brigade and Desire Walks On 15 and 18 years after Dreamboat Annie
  • Fleetwood Mac release Tango in the Night 19 years after Fleetwood Mac
  • New Order released Waiting for the Sirens' Call 24 years after Movement
  • Elton John released loads of great albums 15 years after Empty Sky

Jester came up with...

  • Bonnie Raitt released Luck of the Draw 20 years after Bonnie Raitt
  • Aerosmith released Permanent Vacation almost 15 years after Aerosmith
  • Prince released Love Symbol almost 15 years after For You (how the heck did I miss frickin' Prince?!?)
  • Paul Simon released Graceland 21 years after The Paul Simon Songbook
  • Tina Turner released Private Dancer 23 years after The Soul of Ike & Tina Turner
  • Genesis released Invisible Touch 17 years after From Genesis to Revelation

Marty (from Banal Leakage) came up with...

  • Foo Fighters released But Here We Are 28 years after Foo Fighters
  • Duran Duran released Astronaut 23 years after Duran Duran (along with All You Need is Now and Paper Gods, both of which I loved... how I missed Duran Duran on this list, one of my favorite bands, is impossible to comprehend)
  • Steely Dan released Two Against Nature 28 years after Can't Buy a Thrill
  • Crowded House released Time On Earth 21 years after Crowded House
  • Tears For Fears released The Tipping Point 39 years after The Hurting
  • Pearl Jam released Dark Matter 33 years after Ten
  • The Cars released Move Like This 33 years after The Cars
  • The Cure released Songs of a Lost World 45 years after Three Imaginary Boys
  • David Bowie released Let’s Dance 16 years after David Bowie (really embarrassed I missed this one)

The biggest shock to me was Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. All these albums I love by the band were released THIRTY YEARS after their first album? How often does that happen?

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