I'm not saying Minutes to Midnight was Linkin parks zenith. But I thought it was fine, it was different for sure. But not bad at all IMO.

After that however, I don't think they released a single song i liked.

NIN - The Fragile

Stone Roses - Stone Roses.

Their debut album put them on a very high pedestal that they were never able to match.

This is gonna be a really spicy take - Nightmare by Avenged Sevenfold. Pretty much every song is a banger and Save Me is a masterpiece. The singing is on point. I debated Waking the Fallen, but sadly I feel that some songs on that album just aren't up to the same quality (and Nightmare is much more approachable).

As for albums after Nightmare, Hail to the King was okay, The Stage was good but flawed (we got so many songs, but the mixing wasn't very good imo) and Life Is But A Dream is.... Just not good - again, in my opinion as a long-time fan.

Before Nightmare, self-titled was okay (certain songs like Unbound kinda pull it down for me, but they're not straight SKIPS per se) and City of Evil was amazing but not quite Nightmare quality in my opinion (just because of Matt's nasally singing, especially in songs like Seize the Day). WtF I've already went over, and Sounding the Seventh Trumpet honestly only had a few good songs in my opinion.

Stadium arcadium - red hot chilly peppers

RAM - Daft Punk

Evenessense - fallen

Lateralus - tool

Lonerism - Tame Impala

Dunno if they are falling off, but since Lonerism , they (or just Kevin Parker) are more focus producing music aside psych rock. Nowadays, Its visible Kevin is more focus on pop music, and his collaborations explains his focus.

He is now producing the new album of Dua Lipa. And the last song from her, has clearly new Kevin vibes

They Might Be Giants - Flood

A Perfect Circle - 13th Step

Sam's Town - The Killers

Rust in Peace - the magnum opus of all humanity has to offer

Endtroducing

Agree with lots of others here so I'll say

Paul Simon - Graceland

Marilyn Manson - Holywood

Death Magnetic is better than Metallica's Metallica. That coming from a person who has been a fan since the 80s.

• Last Splash by the Breeders
• White Album - The Beatles
• The Wall - Pink Floyd

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane. And in no way do I mean this as a dis for anything that followed. A masterpiece is simply just that.

Shinedown The Sound of Madness

I love all of their albums, but there's something truly special about the musicality and emotional impact of the songs and album as a whole for The Sound of Madness

There subsequent albums are fantastic, but have more ups and downs than the consistent high bar of The Sound of Madness

Similarly, I think Disturbed Immortalized was Disturbed's peak work, with The Light and The Sound of Silence being incredible peaks of their signature style and highly musical storytelling on a fantastic album.