The term Swan Song, a metaphor for a final gesture or effort, is often used when the year comes to an end. Actually, it was quite a few months before the New Year in October, when Boston’s veteran designated hitter David Ortiz enjoyed his swan song playing his final season for the Red Sox against the Cleveland Indians in the AL Division Series. American League.
A more appropriate use of the swan song is when it comes to musicians, to whom it is applied in a literal sense. For example, David Bowie recorded his swan song this year, an album called black Starreleased just days before his death in January.
The album was well received by critics and fans alike, and the song Dollar Days is one of the sweetest songs in his discography. black Star, nevertheless, pales in comparison to Bowie’s best albums. The disc Scary and super creepy monsters from 35 years ago is still the best, along with dory from 1972.
Rarely is the swan song of a band or artist the best album of their career, but several groups have made recent albums that surpassed all their previous releases. Here are five of those bands whose last album was the best in their catalogue.
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Guitarist and co-founder Mick Ralphs had left before this record, so vocalist Ian Hunter took sole control of the brilliant rock quintet. melodies like Alice Puppet, Y roll away the stone made this last album the best of his impressive catalogue.
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His biggest hits, like I’m not in love, Dreadlock Holiday Y The things we do for Love, preceded this album. However, the ten songs here could very well be pop hits as, unlike their other records, there are no flaws on either side of this vinyl.
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The title track became an instant classic when, shortly after the album’s release, frontman Marc Bolan was killed in a car accident.
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David Gates and his group of hitmakers broke up in 1972, but thank God they reunited six years later. The title song became a huge hit, and change of heart could be the best song about a guy in a love triangle.
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Mickey Dolenz, who had a great voice at the band’s ’60s heyday, somehow sounds even better now. The dozen songs here, written by an all-star cast that includes the guys themselves, make this collection of new stuff better than any of the band’s previous albums. those old men like Campus they were certainly good but, unlike this record, they all had a bit of flaws. Even Davy Jones appears posthumously to sing in love takes lovean unpublished theme from a session of the sixties.
