Would people still care about (band/act) if their best album didn’t exist?

Posted by Paul C (@paulc) on May 21, 2026, 1:49 a.m.

Test I saw on twitter earlier. The called it “The Strokes Test” but I don’t really think they’re the best example to name it after.

‘Greatest Hits’ acts like Abba and Queen fare just fine here.

Beach Boys are an interesting one because they’d still be 60’s hitmakers, but there probably wouldn’t be the same reverence around Brian as composer without Pet Sounds.

Re: Would people still care about (band/act) if their best album didn’t exist? - Mighty Kurtz Today 9:41 AM
- They have other songs people know from a bunch of different albums. - Joe Today 11:11 AM
- I think to be fair you'd have to lose BoRhap (nt) - Paul C Today 10:58 AM
Forever Changes - Mod Lang Today 2:22 AM
- Re: Forever Changes - Paul C Today 4:56 AM
  - This hits on some of the questions I have about the original question. - Joe Today 5:44 AM
    - I think you've got to look at it as if every copy of the album was wiped from existence - Paul C Today 10:57 AM
      - It would be like that TNG episode where only Data remembers what happened. - Joe Today 11:12 AM