Beastie Boys....loved License to Ill, but 'Pauls Boutique' was the cat's meow for the band!

Nirvana (Bleach to In Uetro)
Broken Family Band (The King Will Build A Disco to Jesus Songs)
Teenage Fanclub (Bandwagonesque to Grand Prix)
Fiery Furnaces (Gallowbirds Bark to EP)

Nope. I can do the go-back-and-discover-after-the-fact thing, but...nope...

Pink Floyd -- had already released my favourites by the time I realized they were my favourite group

Ditto Tangerine Dream, although that one was close

Ditto Skinny Puppy, Kraftwerk, Mike Oldfield, Vangelis, Jean-Michel Jarre, Talk Talk...

Nope, pretty much everyone is after the fact.

Well, a lot of bands earned my fandom early on -- Talk Talk is a good example, loved 'em from the first album on -- but hadn't made it to my list of favourites yet.

Actually, now that I think about it -- Nine Inch Nails became one of my favourites with Pretty Hate Machine, and now Broken is my favourite. So that might be one.

Tragically Hip's 'In Violet Light' - This might not be the best example as this album is not my absolute favourite out of all their albums, but for a latter day Hip album, it is played nearly as often as Fully Completely or Road Apples. I guess I was surprised at how much I love this album because they hadn't been as consistent as they once were.

Radiohead, 'Kid A' - This is probably my favourite Radiohead album. I never would have thought I would like anything more than OK Computer, but here it is.

Beastie Boys 'Check Your Head' - Loved the first one, eventually came to love Paul's Boutique, but this one is my favourite out of all of them. I need to play this again soon.

the bends still remains my favorite.



funny, i think this is their worst album yet. i'm a big fan of lonesome crowded & moon antarctica however.

Animal Collective - got into them late, with Sung Tongs, but Feels is better).

Skinny Puppy - Last Rights is my favorite and I was into them after VIVSectVI

Phish - Into them from about the time of Hoist and Story of the Ghost is by far my favorite.

The Orb - Bought the first album and went from there. Now my favorite disc is either Pomme Fritz, UFOrb or Orbus Terrarum.

Blur - Into em from the 'baggy' days and dug the hell out of Modern Life and Parklife.

Usually the first album I hear from a band tends to be my favorite, but...

I was already a Pink Floyd fan when Wish You Were Here was released.

I was already a Clash fan when London Calling was released

I was already a Elvis Costello fan when This Year's Model was released.

I was already an Echo & the Bunnymen fan when Ocean Rain came out, (but it's really a tie with Crocodiles.

I was already a Smiths fan when The Queen is Dead was released.

I was already a Los Lobos fan when Kiko was released.

I was already a Pogues fan when If I Should Fall from Grace with God was released.

I had long been a Blur fan when Think Tank came out.

I was a Radiohead fan before The Bends.

I liked Mogwai before the Peel collection, but that may not count.

I liked Nirvana before In Utero.

This is a tougher category than I thought before looking at the collection. I guess a lot of my love is retrospective.

Beat Band with Hot Shots II?

I don't know, this was harder than I thought.

The only one I can think of is Wilco. YHF is my favorite but I was pretty into them before that came out. At first I didn't like it then got to liking it more and more and now it's in my top 3 albums of all-time.