The Church
Playing it safe. I know a lot of their fans were thrilled by Peter Koppes rejoining the band and by their subsequent return to their classic jangley 80s sound but I disagree with those people. When circumstances forced the band into being a three-piece and then a two-piece in the early and mid 90s it caused them to experiment and move in new directions with their sound. As a result they produced what I consider to be their three best albums: Priest=Aura, Sometime Anywhere and Magician Among the Spirits. Don't get me wrong, their new albums are pretty good too, but I think they'd have been amazing if they had continued trying to experiment instead of playing it safe.
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