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Originally Posted by the_pants
Recently I was feeling a bit of late 90s nostalgia so I bought the following albums based on the fact that they'd all had a hit song but I knew nothing else about these them:
Harvey Danger - where have all the merrymakers gone? (song: Flagpole Sitta)
Barenaked Ladies - stunt (song: One Week)
Fastball - all the pain money can buy (song: The Way)
Wheatus - wheatus (released in 2000, close enough...) (song: Teenage Dirtbag)
Turns out all these albums are great from start to finish.
What other bands/artists do you think may be unfairly known as one hit wonders even though they've been around a long time and/or had lots of good songs?
(I realize all those bands have dedicated fans so I'm not saying they're not good, just interest in how some bands have a brief mainstream success and may or may not embrace that success, whether intentionally or unintentionally.)
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I think Mtume was a really underrated band, Tawatha Agee who was quite a famous singer in her own right provided some real nice vocals. They did have a hit in 1983 that became pretty big in dance venues called 'Juicy Fruit', even Biggie sampled it. They had a few other successful songs, but they didn't achieve more of the recognition I feel they needed. 'Juicy Fruit' was a good playful funk/R&B album.
Edit: holy **** that's a big picture