I was reading one of Russell Davies’ excellent blog posts when I found this great, great thought.
What if every band ever was only able to record one album?
When I was back doing A&R and some band would present some cool demo, great songs, good style, etc, the thought would go through my head: “they’ve had their whole lives to write these tracks; how good will their next set of songs be?” Which bands have released a masterpiece debut album and never been able to follow it up?
For that matter, how many film or fiction writers have done the same?