{"id":6150,"date":"2016-07-07T14:37:21","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T14:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=6150"},"modified":"2017-01-20T16:38:28","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T16:38:28","slug":"10-of-the-greatest-comeback-albums-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/07\/07\/10-of-the-greatest-comeback-albums-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"10 of the Greatest Comeback Albums of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week saw pop punk legends Blink 182 return with a new album, <em>California<\/em>. It\u2019s their first record without Tom Delonge, who is now hunting UFOs and writing novels, with Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio stepping into the guitarist\/singer role. By all accounts, it\u2019s worked out pretty well.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Blink isn\u2019t the first band to make a successful return. Here are 10 of our favourite comeback albums ever!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pAgnJDJN4VA\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Back in Black \u201d\u201c AC\/DC<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Shortly after the release of<em> Highway to Hell<\/em>, AC\/DC\u2019s Bon Scott was found dead in the back of a car.<\/p>\n<p>This would be the end for most bands. Not for AC\/DC, though. Instead, they recruited a new singer, Brian Johnson, and got to work on a new album in honour of their fallen vocalist.<\/p>\n<p><em>Back in Black <\/em>was released a few months later and went on to become the second highest selling album of all time. That\u2019s how you stage a comeback!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Buy Back in Black on the musicMagpie Store\" href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/back-in-black-ac-dc-ac-dc-cd\"><strong>Buy Back in Black from the musicMagpie Store<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/33Kv5D2zwyc\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>American Recordings &#8211; Johnny Cash<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In the 90s, Johnny Cash had fallen on hard times after being dropped by his record label.<\/p>\n<p>Enter Rick Rubin. Best known for producing heavy metal and hip hop records, Rubin signed Cash to American Recordings and set to work on a stripped back set of original songs and popular covers.<\/p>\n<p>The subsequent album reignited Cash\u2019s career, winning him a new generation of fans and leading to some of his most beloved songs, including his haunting cover of Nine Inch Nails\u2019 <em>Hurt<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Buy American Recordings on the musicMagpie Store\" href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/american-recordings\">Buy American Recordings from\u00a0the musicMagpie Store<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YlUKcNNmywk\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Californication \u201d\u201c Red Hot Chili Peppers<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>After releasing the critically and commercially loved <em>Blood Sugar Sex Magik<\/em>, the Red Hot Chili Peppers spent most of the 90s in limbo. Guitarist John Frusciante quit the band and fell into drug addiction, while <em>Blood Sugar Sex Magik\u2019s <\/em>follow up <em>One Hot Minute <\/em>is widely considered the band\u2019s worst record.<\/p>\n<p>All of which set up the band for a huge comeback. Frusciante rejoined the band in 1998 and, with the help of Rick Rubin, the band recorded perhaps their best album to date <em>Californication<\/em>, catapulting the band back to global stardom.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Buy Californication from the musicMagpie Store\" href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/californication\">Buy Californication from\u00a0the musicMagpie Store<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2eYCZ7lZ0uw\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Next Day \u201d\u201c David Bowie<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>It was widely assumed that David Bowie had retired from music after 2003&#8217;s <em>Reality<\/em>, with no tour dates announced and no new music in the pipeline. He\u2019d earned a quiet life in New York with his wife and kids.<\/p>\n<p>Then, on Bowie\u2019s 66<sup>th<\/sup> birthday, he announced <em>The Next Day <\/em>out of nowhere, unveiling a new single at the same time. Apparently, he\u2019d kept the album so secret that even the label didn\u2019t know about it until a few days before the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, <em>The Next Day <\/em>is a fantastic album, with big, bold rock songs that have a subtle hint of the art rock Bowie would explore further with his final album, <em>Blackstar<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Buy The Next Day from the musicMagpie Store\" href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/the-next-day-david-bowie\">Buy The Next Day from the musicMagpie Store<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RUAJ8KLGqis\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Syro \u201d\u201c Aphex Twin<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Richard D James AKA Aphex Twin was hugely prolific in the 90s, with 4 studio albums, multiple EPs and countless records released under various aliases.<\/p>\n<p>After 2001\u2019s <em>Drukqs,<\/em> Aphex released one more album under his AFX alter ego then promptly disappeared. Rumours of a new record whirled for years, but nothing emerged.<\/p>\n<p><em>Syro <\/em>was eventually released in 2014 and Aphex had lost nothing in the interim. It&#8217;s one of his\u00a0best albums, and arguably even more accessible than his earlier work.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Buy Syro from the musicMagpie Store\" href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/syro\">Buy Syro from the musicMagpie Store<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_CL6n0FJZpk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>2001 \u201d\u201c Dr Dre<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Can you believe Dr Dre has only released three \u201d\u02dcproper\u2019 albums?<\/p>\n<p><em>2001 <\/em>was the follow-up to <em>The Chronic<\/em>, one of the best hip-hop albums of all time. Dre took his sweet time making it as well, with a near-7 year gap between the two. Luckily, the wait was worth it, with <em>Still D.R.E<\/em>, <em>The Next Episode <\/em>and <em>What\u2019s The Difference<\/em> becoming bona fide hip hop classics.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Buy 2001 from the musicMagpie Store\" href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/2001-dr-dre\">Buy 2001 from the musicMagpie Store<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bm5iA4Zupek\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy \u201d\u201c Kanye West<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>When historians look back on the life and times of Kanye West, they will mark <em>My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy <\/em>as the point he evolved from cocky but talented rapper to artistic genius and uber-troll.<\/p>\n<p>Coming after the sad autotune of <em>808s and Heartbreak <\/em>and The Taylor Swift Incident, <em>My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy <\/em>was the rebirth of Kanye. It\u2019s hugely ambitious and genuinely epic, with songs like <em>Power <\/em>and <em>Monster <\/em>the hip-hop equivalent of stadium anthems.<\/p>\n<p>And then there\u2019s <em>Runaway<\/em>, the nine minute piano-driven ballad at the centre of the album. With lyrics acknowledging his ego, <em>Runaway<\/em> is the sound of Kanye accepting who he is, freeing him up to declare himself a God and to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2016\/2\/15\/10995374\/kanye-west-mark-zuckerberg-debt-twitter\">beg Mark Zuckerberg for money<\/a>. We wouldn\u2019t have it any other way.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Buy My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy from the musicMagpie Store\" href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/my-beautiful-dark-twisted-fantasy\">Buy My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy from the musicMagpie Store<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KKoS5X4SMrY\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>You Are The Quarry \u201d\u201c Morrissey <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Everyone\u2019s favourite miserabilist had a terrible time in the mid 90s, with the world apparently becoming bored with his bleatings on life, love and not eating animals. In 1997, poor Moz was dropped from his record label entirely.<\/p>\n<p>Our hero retreated to Los Angeles, which is possibly the least \u201d\u02dcMorrissey\u2019 place on the planet, and was nary heard from in 7 years. Then, he returned with <em>You Are The Quarry<\/em>, an album of punchy rock that paraded Moz at his best. The quiffed one had returned, and our lives are all the more better for it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Buy You Are The Quarry from the musicMagpie Store\" href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/you-are-the-quarry-morrissey\">Buy You Are The Quarry from the musicMagpie Store<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/273eSvOwpKk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Beautiful World \u201d\u201c Take That<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Say what you will about Take That (and we\u2019re sure some of you will), but no-one can deny that their comeback was a ridiculously massive success.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to songs like <em>Patience, Rule the World <\/em>and <em>Shine<\/em>, Gary Barlow and co became national treasures overnight, selling out arenas and soundtracking films and adverts left, right and centre. It was so successful that they even convinced Robbie to come back!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Buy Beautiful World from the musicMagpie Store\" href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/beautiful-world-take-that\">Buy Beautiful World from the musicMagpie Store<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PkosqJFd97Q\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Chinese Democracy \u201d\u201c Guns N Roses<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>For years, <em>Chinese Democracy <\/em>was a myth on par with Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster. People talked about it in hushed tones, sharing rumours and tales that had apparently emerged from the lair of Axl Rose.<\/p>\n<p>In 2008, 13 years after it was first announced, <em>Chinese Democracy <\/em>emerged. It got mixed reviews, some of which declared it the worst album ever. It really isn\u2019t. It\u2019s not as good as <em>Appetite<\/em>, but considering it was recorded with about a million different musicians and took so long, it isn\u2019t too bad at all.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, it\u2019s <em>Chinese Democracy! <\/em>You know, the one they said would never come out!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Buy Chinese Democracy from the musicMagpie Store\" href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/chinese-democracy\">Buy Chinese Democracy from the musicMagpie Store<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>You can find all of the albums in this post, plus many more great comeback albums, on the musicMagpie Store! Prices start from just \u00a31.19 and you\u2019ll get FREE delivery on all orders too. Click below to <a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/music\/cds\">buy CDs<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/music\/cds\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5210\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SHOP-NOW.png\" alt=\"SHOP NOW\" width=\"299\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week saw pop punk legends Blink 182 return with a new album, California. It\u2019s their first record without Tom Delonge, who is now hunting UFOs and writing novels, with Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio stepping into the guitarist\/singer role. By all accounts, it\u2019s worked out pretty well. Of course, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[1776,1687,1777,1779,1581,1778],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6150"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6150"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6967,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6150\/revisions\/6967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}