# One-album wonders **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-album-wonders/524542 "2010-01-11T19:24:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-album-wonders/524542/61 "2010-01-13T04:17:22Z")
Anvil? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-album-wonders/524542/62 "2010-01-13T11:34:14Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Comeback kids. Saw them in Sydney on Sunday night. Thoroughly professional bunch who have been together for 17 years with the same lineup. Played a few songs off this year’s [How Big Can You Get](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:39frxzq0ldje). ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-album-wonders/524542/63 "2010-01-13T19:01:53Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > **Aquashow** by Elliot Murphy. At the time, he was hailed as the next Bob Dylan, but he never produced anything of note afterwards. He’s apparently big in Europe. [http://www.elliottmurphy.com/index.html](http://www.elliottmurphy.com/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-album-wonders/524542/64 "2010-01-13T20:26:24Z")
Cyndi Lauper - **She’s So Unusual** - Sold 5 million copies, contained 4 Top 10 hits and a 5th Top 30 hit. All over MTV. Followed the album up with a hit song for the Goonies soundtrack. The lead single from the follow-up album, “True Colors”, was a big hit, but then… _poof_ gone. Vanilla Ice - **To The Extreme** - Sold 7 million copies and had 2 (yes, there was a second hit) Top 5 singles. Followed up by flop after flop. **Asia** - Their self-titled debut was supposed the most bootlegged (home-taped) album of 1982. Every damn song on that album got tons of airplay on hard rock stations of the AOR format. But “Don’t Cry” is their only song I can name that wasn’t on that first album. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-album-wonders/524542/65 "2010-01-14T01:34:07Z")
Arrested Development had a big hit with Mr Wendel and another and then kept recording without another huge hit. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-album-wonders/524542/66 "2010-01-14T01:54:10Z")
I’ve thought of one that meets my own criteria - namely, three or more songs from the same album that generated quite a bit of airplay but I’ve never personally heard other stuff by them on the radio. **Jimmy Eat World**. _Bleed American_/Jimmy Eat World had the title track, The Middle, The Sweetness, and A Praise Chorus that I’ve heard on the radio more than a dozen times each. Haven’t heard anything on the radio from them since. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-album-wonders/524542/67 "2010-01-14T01:59:32Z")
Missing Persons, the album was Spring Session M ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-album-wonders/524542/68 "2010-01-14T01:59:40Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > **Asia** - Their self-titled debut was supposed the most bootlegged (home-taped) album of 1982. Every damn song on that album got tons of airplay on hard rock stations of the AOR format. But “Don’t Cry” is their only song I can name that wasn’t on that first album. Should’ve thought of them myself. They’re still around, though they went through a number of different line-ups. They’re finally back to the original 4 guys, and released a new album a year or so ago…but, you’re exactly right, their second album wasn’t nearly as big as their first, and everything else just sort of vanished without a trace. ---
**Author:** ![Chicagojeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@Chicagojeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicagojeff)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-album-wonders/524542/69 "2010-01-15T07:46:01Z")
Haircut 100.,. “Pelican West” i believe the lead Singer Nick Heyward went a little batty… Love plus one… Fanstastic Day… a great great album… ---
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-album-wonders/524542/70 "2010-01-15T08:31:34Z")
EMF - Schubert Dip ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-album-wonders/524542/71 "2010-01-15T14:43:25Z")
Supertramp - Coming to America ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-album-wonders/524542/72 "2010-01-15T14:56:09Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > Supertramp - Coming to America You obviously never saw their “Indelibly Stamped” album. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-album-wonders/524542/73 "2010-01-15T15:05:13Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > Supertramp - Coming to America You obviously don’t mean [this Supertramp](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertramp_discography)! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-album-wonders/524542/74 "2010-01-15T15:12:08Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > Supertramp - Coming to America You obviously don’t mean [this Supertramp](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertramp_discography)! ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-album-wonders/524542/75 "2010-01-15T15:12:39Z")
> [@Electric\_Warrior](#): > > They may be a little more obscure, but **VAST** ’s major hit (“Pretty When You Cry”) as well as the other songs people might know by them (“Touched”, “Dirty Hole”) all come from their (well, his; it’s one dude) first album _Visual Audio Sensory Theater_. Everything after that was a bit mediocre in comparison. Not going to argue on the mediocre ('cause you’re kinda right), but I remember at least one song from their second album that featured on a TV show or two. But. . .yeah, I guess they are mostly known for that first album. It’s gotta be the chanting. I’ll nominate **Third Eye Blind**. They had albums and songs after, but that first album had a ton of hits, and is arguably what they’re best remembered for (“Semi-Charmed Life” “Jumper” “Graduate” “How’s it Gonna Be”. Goddamn that was good). ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-album-wonders/524542/76 "2010-01-15T17:52:55Z")
Don McLean’s American Pie. Besides the truly huge title track, it had at least one other semi-hit (Vincent) and several other very good tracks. I’ve found most of McLean’s other albums unlistenable – he sounds too much like a lounge singer on his other albums. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-album-wonders/524542/77 "2010-01-15T19:53:31Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > You obviously don’t mean [this Supertramp](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertramp_discography)! I sure screwed the pooch on this one! Humbly retracted… ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-album-wonders/524542/78 "2010-01-15T20:12:52Z")
Be honest, how many people even know that The Power Station had [a second album](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Station_%28band%29#Albums)? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-album-wonders/524542/79 "2010-01-15T21:40:04Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Be honest, how many people even know that The Power Station had [a second album](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Station_%28band%29#Albums)? I didn’t. Personally I’d rather have a second Arcadia album (the only reason early Duran Duran songs sound better than So Red the Rose is the youthful energy.) ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-album-wonders/524542/80 "2010-01-15T23:45:08Z")
> [@Polerius](#): > > EMF - Schubert Dip I don’t think I would count EMF, and not only because nothing came close to “Unbelievable” (or as I like to think of it, “Crumbelievable.”) IIRC, they didn’t even have Schubert Dip finished when “Unbelievable” exploded. Sadly, their career had already peaked BEFORE their first album was even released. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-album-wonders/524542.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-album-wonders/524542.md?page=5)