One Album Wonders

Music A To Z

Calling a song or a band a one hit wonder can be dependent on region or even just faulty memory. But what about one album wonders? Steve and Doug take a look at bands who released just one glorious studio album, then faded away. Along the way they chat about AI Taylor Swift, strange live albums, and albums composed via mail.
Today's Albums:
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill - August 1998
New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too - October 1998
The Postal Service - Give Up - February 2003
Hird - Moving On - September 2004
Beast - Beast - November 2008
Kordan - The Longing - October 2010
Music featured this week:
Harry Nilsson - One
Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing)
New Radicals - You Get What You Give
The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
Hird - Keep You Kimi
Beast - Finger Prints
​Kordan - Mirror

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8:31 - You can listen to it here: D is for dep
9:09 - You can take a look at Danny Peck's new album on his official website
​26:49 - The movie is 1998's Bulworth, starring Warren Beatty and Halle Berry. It's about a politician who sudden decides to be honest, truthful, and... urban
42:55 - We spoke at length about the amazing and varied career of percussionist Pat Mastelotto in our last episode. Although a prolific prog drummer for King Crimson, the world may know him best as the drummer for The Rembrandts, whose song "I'll Be There For You" is the theme song for Friends
49:01 - I think I've pronounced Danielle Brisebois's name three different ways by this point
54:14 - I'm thinking of "Tonight, Tonight" by Smashing Pumpkins
1:37:40 - Here's "Running Low" and "Deep Mod" by Hird
1:59:22 - You can check out Artur Flor's Bandcamp page here
2:03:03 - Here's the Soundcloud page for TAKE's "Mirror (No Reflection Remix)"
​2:09:00 - Kordan has done quite a few remixes. The early ones no longer available on their Bandcamp page includes "Endless Spring" originally by Houses and "He Was Worse Than The Needle He Gave You" originally by The Delta Mirror
2:13:10 - We did indeed! R Is For Remy Shand
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​Lauryn Hill's Official Website
New Radicals's AllMusic Entry
The Postal Service's Official Website
Christoffer Berg's (aka Hird) Soundcloud
Beast's AllMusic Entry
Kordan's Bandcamp