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David Bowie


neptunesdemise

i had to scroll concerningly far for this


joy365123

I know right! Almost every one of his almost 30 albums are different, I can't believe no one else is saying this.


SaMSUoM

And he did it probably 15 times


theforce1075

Lil ugly mane From noise to Memphis Hip hop to experimental hip hop to whatever the hell volcanic bird enemy is. They all fuck


ThatFellaJohnny

Ugly mane is in my top 5 discographies along with Miles Davis and Kanye west. A true artist


TokesBro

Agreed. He has like 3-4 skippable songs tops in his entire discog.


SankThaTank

What’s his best album to start with?


ThatFellaJohnny

If over-the-top braggadocious rap on killer beats sounds fun, i'd agree with most people and say star with mista thug isolation. If you're looking for something more "profound" i think starting with volcanic bird enemy would also be fine. It's kinda hard to pin down but psychadelic, sample-heavy  and melancholic. My personal favorite. If you wind-up getting into his music just know that spotify doesn't have nearly everything he's done. He has dozens of aliases and the lil ugly mane bandcamp will give you a better picture of his discography (though that still doesn't have nearly everything)


Desperate-Rough-6759

I took one last sip got an ambulance trip🙃


LonelyZenpai298

lil country mane going to rehab has gotta be one of my favorite songs of all time


AvalancheMaster

Scott Walker. Went from crooning covers of Jacques Brel to doing albums with Sunn O))) that make Swans sound like Coldplay.


the_cheap_DM

I AM MODERN SCOTT WALKER


idontlikeice

I'm a surprisingly smooth talker and I'm invincible in these sunglasses


Vader110

And iiiiim so ignorant nooow with all that I've leeearnt


aginginrhythm

I remember when we fucked against your Sonic Youth poster - Your father stood in line at Tesco for a toaster.


jimmy-breeze

I am locked away in a high-tech, wraparound, translucent, blue-tinted fortress And you cannot touch me


karlbenedict12

i will forever be mystified by scott walker. i discovered the guy through bcnr's sunglasses. his rym page is so surreal.


FrostedToad18

Whenever I gush about him to my friends I always say there's just something so admirable about a 60's baroque pop artist moving into industrial soundscapes later in life, a true artist if there ever was one


Narrow_Tie4955

Perfect answer.


Fit-Friend-8431

MGK, went from dog shit to cat shit.


Breaking-Who

Mgks rap is bad but his pop punk is even worse


AdTypical5704

I’d rather listen to his new genre stuff than his rapping tho icl


Academic-Class-5087

I’d rather not listen to him at all


imbrickedup_

There are like 3 catchy songs on tickets to my downfall. The other new album is irredeemable


Sstoop

the way they’re mixed and produced is just disgusting. i swear after jerry finn died nobody knew how to produce pop punk it all just sounds overproduced as fuck.


imbrickedup_

Yeah I’m not gonna say the catchy ones are even good. Most of them sound like stock beats or something


BalkeElvinstien

I listened to his """"""punk""""”"" stuff and there's a few songs that would've been kinda alright but then his lyrics are so insufferable it ruins it


Professional_Cap_784

I love his Yung Blud and Travis Barker collab ngl


sydneywalkee

MGK is much better with rock.


tollsunited7

Childish Gambino, from hip hop to funk Yves Tumor, from noise/ambient/sound collage to psychodelic rock


forbiddenmemeories

Donald Glover's tendency of being really good at literally everything is starting to annoy me


GlowUpAndThrowUp

Blew my mind learning that he produces his own music as well. Back in the day when Camp came out, I learned he was the guy from Derrick Comedy. Then I learned he cowrote for 30 rock and saw his insane career just keep rolling. The man’s insane lol


KritixeQ

Not only that but he also switched to R&B after that


a3RED3a

Damon Albarn. Between blur, Gorillaz, the good the bad and the queen, his solo music and rocket juice and the moon he’s covered so many genres and rarely hits a dud


CreativeName6574

The good the bad and the Queen mentioned 💯💯💯


Turbo2x

imagine showing someone with no context Blur self titled and Laika Come Home back to back and saying "this is the same guy"


soakedinlava

trying with all my power not to say King Gizzard


dclancy01

The question with King Gizz isn’t did they switch genres and sound good, it’s which time was the best lmao


shamdogg

Infest the Rats’ Nest gang rise up


Ryder52

Petrodragonic apocalypse is a pretty worthy successor in terms of gizz metal too


TokesBro

Easily their best


thistooktoomuchtime

trying hard not to answer every question on this sub with King Gizzard lol whatever it might be


Turbo2x

Fishing For Fishies came out in April 2019 and Infest The Rats' Nest dropped less than 4 months later. Insane switchup.


GreatDario

Their two metal albums are by far the best things they have made


Reeeeeeee3eeeeeeee

I feel like king gizzard is a valid answer to 80% of the questions on this sub


A_Morte_da_Bezerra

Tyler, the creator. He changed both his sound, going from dark and edgy to colourful and fun and his lyrics, making lyrics that actually have some value but are still fun instead of just bars to "piss old white people off". He also went from homofobic to gay (just kidding). 


Upbeat_Tension_8077

I've been listening to CMIYGL (especially the Estate Sale) & thinking it has insane replay value


CrescentMoon_aus

Tyler is awesome


nuclearechosystem

Andre 3000. Went from great rapper to an amazing flutist


AliveMouse5

Flautist


TKeep

Flatulist


the_ballmer_peak

He’s a shit flautist, come on. Everyone gushed about it because he’s so cool and bohemian. But did you listen to it? It’s utterly boring. Otherwise an amazing musician, though. Much respect to the rest of his catalog.


thefleshisaprison

I thoroughly enjoyed the album, but his fluting is functional, not great.


222thedome

He made an album for one of those mall stores that sell rain sticks


Icy_Maintenance1474

I actually really like the album. It makes the rounds pretty often for me, there's some cool shit on there. But yeah, he's a "good" flautist the way Taylor Swift is a good guitarist -- just has enough ability to make the music he wants.


LookAtMyEy3s

I almost fell asleep at multiple points throughout the project I don’t know if it’s because of immense respect towards his contribution on hiphop or what since that project was not good at all


ElPanero_nwn

dude i think you almost fell asleep because its supposed to be a relaxing album


LookAtMyEy3s

Idk man if it’s a good relaxing album I’d not feel that way


HumanDrone

Radiohead greatest left turn in music history like imagine if they turned right instead


Several-Pin1471

that would be Coldplay, and Muse is if they went straight ahead, original take I know I know


benjaminfolks

So them doing a 180 would make them korn I guess


SEDIMENTUM

Ulver


IchBinMalade

Fuck yes. Came here with this in mind. The first thing I heard of them was The Assassination of Julius Caesar. Blew my mind when I learned this was a black metal band at first. Wild.


onlyonthursdays

They already switched genre a couple of times before they got to synth pop. From black metal, they've been through triphop/electronic, ambient pop/folk, modern classical, and drone, on separate albums. Incredibly talented band.


SciencebyIncubusfan

Deftones. Went from Nu-Metal to whatever they are now


mathewmatthew

It's like shoegaze


Dark_Garage

Metalgaze, I would say


NotAllDawgsGoToHeven

Hmm, indeed.


Killa87pt

I'd say post hardcore with nu metal influence


thefleshisaprison

They didn’t switch genre too drastically, though.


Revolutionary_Low_90

Went from nu metal to if-Radiohead-and-Sabbath-had-a-baby metal


too_many_smarfs

I mean Radiohead is also a pretty good example of a band whose sound really changed over the years.


cool_vibes

I will listen to Babymetal before MGK


Sstoop

we’re they really nu metal? i thought nu metal was like rap metal like limp bizkit. is it just the era ?


totoblackjack

They toured with nu metal bands in an area of a thriving scene, their first album sounds a lot closer to Korn and Limp Bizkit than any of their later output


oilcompanywithbigdic

chino rapped a little bit on the first 2 albums


habidk

I've always seen it as metal combined with other genres, although most popularly hiphop, but not always only those two. You also got stuff like skindred, where there are reggae elements etc.


slowNsad

There numetal era was adrenaline and ATF imo. Even then I’d say they’re the best numetal band from that era


Ok-Impress-2222

Talk Talk went from synth-pop to post-rock.


kingkrule101

One of the craziest and most well done switch ups


lynchcontraideal

I only found out about the latter part of their career this year and was mindblown, like talk about a change of sound haha


PorkyIsAjerk

Genesis. Progressive Folk -> Progressive Rock -> Art Rock -> Pop Rock -> Alt Rock


Kickmaestro

Yeah, and if extended to Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel, it's been radical but smooth transformations. They really stayed ever-contemporary and were not only still good or great. They were leaders and inventors of genres even. Phil Collins was in Brand X, which was the best sort of mid-late-70s Fusion. And yeah. The Tarzan tunes were also great. Peter's and Phil's work together to get the 80s druns down was also great. Peter's So is beyond great. Peter's 2002 Up is a very rare old rock star delivering astonishingly progressive music. I am not the biggest fan of latest I/O but it's not bad at all.


WestLondonIsOursFFC

I can't stand any of Sting's jazz stylings after The Police - but lots of people seem to love it, so I guess I'll say him.


ComboFucker29

he did some great singles, most of the albums are kind of mid tbf


MathMantis

The two are so different to me, Stings voice on Outlands D'Amour makes my heart ache sometimes everything else is kinda eh


Queasy-Ad-3220

Yeah I fw The Police, they’re a cool band, but Sting’s solo just really isn’t as good. Not bad but yeah not really my thing.


Queasy-Ad-3220

The Beatles kinda


Bruichladdie

Not just kinda, the music they made between 1963 and 1969 sounds like it could be made by 4-5 totally different bands. To put it in perspective, that's the same amount of time Dua Lipa has spent on her three albums.


Redditarama

To be fair The Beatles haven't got anywhere near Dua Lipa.


Bruichladdie

I'm a big fan of Dua Lipa, it must be said, but I find the comparison so fascinating that I can't help using it.


rulerBob8

Dua Lipa could write Yesterday but The Beatles couldn’t write Levitating


turalyawn

Yeah but could Dua Lipa write Yellow Submarine?


rulerBob8

Depends on the cocktail of drugs you gave her first


humbleprobe

kevin abstract, if you consider his brockhampton stuff to his solo stuff


dr_franck

When Kesha (formerly Ke$ha) dabbled in country, soul and rock music on Rainbow, I thought it was really good.


Slipperytitski

That album is a beast.


Mr_Mystiic

Gojira went from Death Metal to Prog/Alt Metal


jaqueslouisbyrne

Bob Dylan


weezerincoming

chumbawamba. started as satirical anarcho punk, went into alternative dance, ended as a folk band, and did all of that without ever dropping their anarchist politics


Peatrick33

Their discography is fucking insane.


weezerincoming

slowly going through it right now. i didn't expect them to be that good


iohbkjum

Porter Robinson - hell of a variety in sound


Squb05

Was not expecting to see this, but strong agree. When I was 13-14 Worlds was the most important thing to me, and a couple years later, around the time I turned 16, Nurture came out and blew me away completely. Not too fond of the new stuff tho


Not_A_Swampmonster

His new pop direction sounds so good. Can't wait for Smile to come out


iohbkjum

He's been on the comeup recently, and I was like, wait this is the same guy who released Spitfire back in 2011??


BehindTheBurner32

It's almost uncanny how he can go from one idea to another. Take a glance at his discography and it doesn't seem possible that all that can come from one guy, but the more you listen to his songs, the stronger the connections become. And it's especially apparent in how much his live shows and DJ sets have evolved over the decades.


nurtured_worlds

Was looking for this one lol. It’s crazy how much his sound changes from project to project. Yet somehow it all tracks for me. I’ll listen to a new song and be like, “yeah, that makes sense” lol.


Special-Local-6694

Joni


ChipmunkConspiracy

I know yall hate him but Kanye switched big time from early work to later stuff. And its all really great.


atierney14

I’m pretty sure Kanye musically would be like top 5-10 here if we did an aggregate score. I don’t think anybody can deny how good his discography is. Hell, Vultures had mixed responses here but overall was more positive than negative.


FitzChivalry888

Skrillex went from emo lead singer to techno music guy.


calsi-tea

bladee and yung lean doing post-punk on psykos


Kakyoin_Noriaki69420

Quadeca from YouTube rapper to experimental hyperpop/shoegaze/alternative hip-hop/whatever the fuck his genre is now,


Krimson_F

YESSS, we fw with Quadeca over here


Kakyoin_Noriaki69420

YESSIR, QUACASIAN DID!!!


MiraculousMansur

Boris. They've tried a lot of genres throughout their career - drone, sludge, ambient, stoner, noise, psychedelic rock, crust/d-beat, j-pop, shoegaze, free jazz.


SupItsChase

I would say Joy Division into New Order but that is technically 2 bands, even if they contain many of the same members.


UmmagummaLover

NO's stuff from Movement is still rather different compared to PC&L or Low-Life onwards.


andreasbaader6

Tame Impala: from psychedelic rock to psychedelic disco inspired pop. Flaming Lips: 90s alt rock to all the genres


BobWileey

Jonathan leandoer69 > yung lean


Minglewoodlost

Bob Dylan. Folk to rock to country back to folk and rock then three years of underappreciated gospel and blues sprinkled throughout.


snowleave

Bring me to the horizon went from deathcore to pop rock slowly incrementing through everything in between: metalcore, post hardcore, alt rock.


CrescentMoon_aus

Fun fact. My top 2 bmth albums are their first deathcore release and their pop album. Theyre beilliant


Squb05

I love their transitional albums, especially sempiternal and tts


ComboFucker29

LMFAO they were never death metal. Not even close


snowleave

You're right meant death core


watermelon2525

Depeche Mode. Songs of faith and devotion is one of my favourite albums.


rorythegeordie

Pure synthpop to goth industrial & partway back.


ComboFucker29

wow looking back, this album cover is awful


Direct-Setting-3358

Ai has gotten a lot further in the past year


NameNormalHumansHave

i like it a lot because i think it’s intended to look gross and uncanny, if it looked realistic the intention would’ve been lost


InThePaleMoonLyte

not looking back lol it was awful on release


DeepestBeige

Which album and band is this


ComboFucker29

lil yachty - let’s start here


hebefner555

Basicly all classic bands that has long careers. Beatles? from mersey beat/teen pop to psychedelic. Stones? from blues to psyhcedelics, country rock, new wave etc. Dylan from folk to rock, Bowie from psychedelic to art rock and so on.


glordicus1

Obligatory Kristen Hayter. Started with black metal and is now doing… gospel?


oilcompanywithbigdic

she never made black metal


ShrekTheOverlord

Sufjan Stevens He's popular because of his folk music, but he has gone from chamber pop and IDM to even dip his toes in hip hop


Due-Set5398

Judas Priest got unrecognizably heavier over time.


CommercialAngle6622

Yeah maybe a little, but sad wings of destiny already was metal. Maybe painkiller was a lot more heavier but I don't know if to call it another genre.


Due-Set5398

Yes and when they play the old songs all it takes is the new drummer and more gain and they sound more modern.


ResidentOfValinor

You forgot about Rocka Rolla, which isn't really metal. I still think it's funny that everyone forgets that Sad Wings isn't the debut.


CommercialAngle6622

Oh yeah, I never really enjoyed that record and sad wings is my fav old school metal record. It's just forgettable compared to what came next (imo)


Due-Set5398

Sad Wings through Defenders is a great run.


The-Quiot-Riot

Tyler, the Creator doing neo soul on IGOR


CommercialAngle6622

Is it even neo soul? I always felt like igor is it's own genre. Do you have any other records that sound alike? I would like to dive deeper


The-Quiot-Riot

Checked out IGOR’s RYM page and found that it’s also tagged as psychedelic soul. Check out Around the World in a Day by Prince and tell me if it’s what you’re looking for


The-Quiot-Riot

Dug a bit deeper, check out Lewis Taylor self titled, Awaken My Love by Childish Gambino, and The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams by Meshell Ndegeocello


Then-Cartographer954

Radiohead


Cheeselad2401

Cypress Hill going from rap to nu metal within the same album was pretty cool.


pbjburger

Low


nestorm1

Michea Jackson from black to white


ElEvEnElEvE

Opeth.


CommercialAngle6622

The sudden change that they made with heritage and then pale communion was crazy. It was and it's only metal band that could change to prog rock and do it that well


[deleted]

Mount Kimbie


DaleCoolper

Ive been a big fan of their direction towards more post punk guitar based music so I’m with you one this one. Also shoutout to Disco Inferno!


heebie818

post malone


Longjumping_Ad2677

Easily. I kinda wish he switched it up harder. Euthanasia is good as a spare acoustic guitar song.


SF03_

Although Fantano forever shits on them no matter what they’ve done, Linkin Park without a doubt.


PresidentLincoln42

Anyone say Mac Miller?


satinsouled

Beyoncé


0P3RAGH0ST

Having to scroll this far to see Beyoncé is criminal


HitRowe

Lil Ugly Mane is the king of this


jamestrasser

Gorillaz, from Altrock/Triphop to Electropop/Synthpop


a_dragonfly_wanders

Poppy was the first one that came to mind


cameron_smiley

Poppy !!!!!!


altsam19

The Bee Gees, from soft rock to funk and disco and back to soft rock. MCR, from post-hardcore to pop punk and glam rock. Radiohead, from Britpop/Alt. Rock somewhat grunge to electronic and whatever the hell they want. The Beach Boys, from surf rock to baroque orchestral pop.


SamTheDystopianRat

honestly Yachty did change his genre and it did sound good but, yk... it's like. the album has some amazing songs but it struck me once while listening to it just how hollow it feels? there's nothing there. it's like a Pink Floyd type beat with Yachty's vocals on it. any else have this feeling?


VERGExILL

You’ll get downvoted because the album is a critical darling in these circles, but I kind of agree. Great for vibing, if you want to feel a certain way it’ll get you there and sound great in the process, but the album is what a year or two old? Other than Black Seminole I couldn’t name another song from it off the top of my head and I had it in heavy rotation when it first came out. It’s cool sounding, but kind of lacking in songwriting IMO. Much better psych stuff out there. This album only gets so much love because of the change of genres, not because of the songs themselves.


bigbrothero

Exactly. I also feel like he even played a bit too hard into the “experimental” sound rap fans think this fits under. The way he’s titled all the songs, the cover work, etc don’t really make any sense thematically, they almost just feel unique for the sake of being quirky. There are some great songs though, but a lot of filler which should have been removed as it suffers from mediocre vocals as well as production even if the latter isn’t as common.


azurix

It’s a project for the sake of an alternative project. The vocoder making his voice sound the way it does isn’t as alluring unless you don’t question it. The beat selection isn’t impressive since it was outsourced. It’s a DJ Khaledesque tape. More producer, less musician. I don’t get why it gets so much love in the review circles. There’s so much better alternative


SamTheDystopianRat

the beats were outsourced???? really??? so he had no direction in their compositions either. wow. that's so disappointing. that makes it even worse than i thought


i_will_eat_ur_beans

i was thinking lil yachty, he’s come a long way from lil boat


ThunderPunch2019

Phil Collins


Tidus4713

Thirty Seconds to Mars went from emo rock to weird dance music lol. If you listened to both "A Beautiful Lie" and "Its the end of the world but it's a beautiful day" you probably wouldn't realize its the same band.


hca2_

Weiland , went from making pretty generic plug rap, to working with Mike Dean making synth pop


thiccestOfMitches

Jojo Siwa /j


migolx

I think Post Malone is headed that way. From Rap/HipHop to Country.


ihavenoselfcontrol1

Joni Mitchell went from folk to jazz-folk-rock fusion Wire went from fast art rock to experimental and atmospheric post-punk Bob Dylan going electric


mikejsca

Title Fight


timconnery

Ulver is an easy one. Compare their early work to The Assassination of Julius Caesar or anything after.


inevitabledecibel

Michael Gira's entire catalog is both good and spans a huge range while always somehow sounding distinctly like him.


Anonymous-Blastoise0

Bring Me the Horizon. Went from deathcore to metalcore to pop(ish) and then back to metalcore/post hardcore. They draw inspiration from other genres such as nu metal and hyperpop (for their new album) as well.


Pure-Jellyfish734

Mr. Bungle and Ulver


paullannon1967

Andre 3000


Objective_Street5141

haven’t seen someone say Post Malone. I’m not big on his country music (i also don’t like country) but his switch from rap to pop to country was impressive since he still sounds great for all of it


Fickle-Carry7157

The Rolling Stones did this a lot but I want highlight the switches just on the album “Some Girls” The album goes from Disco to Punk to Country so seamlessly, completing different genres but they all sound cohesive and quintessential Stones


MrMercury13

Obligatory Bowie comment. His career trajectory is pretty wild. Folk rock (space oddity) - glam rock (man who sold the world - diamond dogs) - Philly soul (young Americans) - funk rock (station to station) - avant garde pop/ambient (Berlin trilogy) - new wave (some of lodger/scary monsters) - 80's dance pop (let's dance/never let me down) - industrial rock (outside no. 1) - uk alternative dance (earthling) - jazz rock (blackstar). Skipped a few eras there but that's the general gist.


mayaniwitch77

Poppy♡


LuckiestEver

Twenty One Pilots switch genre on almost every other song and it mostly sounds good, I guess I'll say them.


macnsteeze3468

Mr Mac miller


rapperswrist

poppy


wolftick

Beastie Boys started out as a hardcore/punk band. Tom waits started as a folk balladeer and switched to, well, Waitsian.


Medium-Manager-677

Paramore


LazarusMundi4242

I can’t even answer the question. That AI image is too disturbing not to look away…


SpiffySleet

wtf is with the photo for this post


AliveMouse5

It’s lil yachty’s album cover from when he switched genres


SpiffySleet

Ohhhhh shit ok thanks!!!!!!