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yesno

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Best posthumous album?
« on: October 18, 2009, 03:42:44 PM »
What do you think the best album released after its principal writer/performer died is?

I'm listening to "I am the Cosmos" by Chris Bell and it's not only heartbreaking that he died, but that the album didn't see the light of day until 1992.  So that's my vote.
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methanolcereal

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Re: Best posthumous album?
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2009, 04:57:39 PM »
Was Joy Division's Closer posthumous? If so, that's probably my vote.
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roubaix

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Re: Best posthumous album?
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2009, 05:57:54 PM »
for me it would be Elliott Smith
although I can't think of many in this category
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Andy

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Re: Best posthumous album?
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2009, 06:16:54 PM »
Tupac
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whaleplane

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Re: Best posthumous album?
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2009, 06:20:38 PM »
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daveB from Oakland

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Re: Best posthumous album?
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2009, 08:57:23 PM »
Quote from: Andy on October 18, 2009, 06:16:54 PM
Tupac

Totally! I love that one that they put out after he passed on.
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Matt

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Re: Best posthumous album?
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2009, 10:57:05 PM »
Quote from: yesno on October 18, 2009, 03:42:44 PM
"I am the Cosmos" by Chris Bell

What I came in here to post. I wish I could go back in time and give Chris Bell a big hug.
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Re: Best posthumous album?
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2009, 11:07:08 PM »
Two choices for me:

"Interstellar Space" by John Coltrane and "Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963" by Sam Cooke.
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DanFromBrooklyn

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Re: Best posthumous album?
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2009, 11:46:31 PM »
I'm not sure how many I've actually heard, but George Harrison's "Brainwashed" immediately comes to mind.
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dave from knoxville

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Re: Best posthumous album?
« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2009, 10:00:06 AM »
You're on the right track, but you've got the wrong Beatle.

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FrankFromWeehawken

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Re: Best posthumous album?
« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2009, 11:14:17 AM »
Notorious B.I.G - Life After Death
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DanFromBrooklyn

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Re: Best posthumous album?
« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2009, 01:15:44 PM »
Quote from: dave from knoxville on October 19, 2009, 10:00:06 AM
You're on the right track, but you've got the wrong Beatle.



Haha, well played!
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DanFromBrooklyn

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Re: Best posthumous album?
« Reply #12 on: October 19, 2009, 01:16:38 PM »
P.S. I'd also add that Del Shannon's "Rock On" is pretty excellent.  Produced by Jeff Lynne and Mike Campbell.
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dave from knoxville

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Re: Best posthumous album?
« Reply #13 on: October 19, 2009, 08:49:49 PM »
I should at least nod to Gram Parson's Grievous Angel.
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Steve of Bloomington

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Re: Best posthumous album?
« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2009, 02:01:16 PM »
Quote from: whaleplane on October 18, 2009, 06:20:38 PM


...because Kevin Allin's work was crying out to be digitally re-mastered.
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