Musical Artists’ Brave Moments: 10 examples 

Great choices! 😊👍

I agree. Great topic. I think Springsteen’s Nebraska would have been a worthy pick, as it followed The River, which finally gave him the acclaim and following he richly deserved.

Also Sly Stone’s ‘There’s a riot going on’, Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’, Prince’s ‘Rainbow Children’, Kanye West’s ‘Jesus is King. All quality left turns that eventually found, recovered and maintained audiences.

Great topic for a video. I really enjoyed this list. Thanks for sharing John.

My vote would go to John Lennon Plastic Ono Band. After the breakup of the Beatles this album by John was a stunning shocker. The rawness of the music combined with Lennon bearing his soul lyrically and vocally came totally out of left field for most music fans. It remains a classic to this day.

Refreshing and unique topic. I truly enjoyed the video.

Great idea for a video! It made be look at Lennons sabbatical in a different light.

Hi there, John. Very interesting video as always! AC/DC releasing Back In Black after Bon Scott's passing comes to mind as well. Take care!

wanderlust by little big town is a great example with great results!

Brave Moments - Joni Mitchell , 'Mingus'. The record company weren't happy.

Lou Reed bringing out the bleak and depressing Berlin, after what appeared to be his breakthrough with Transformer (and his collaboration with David Bowie), and his hit, 'Walk On The Wild Side'.

'Lotta other examples of Neil Young being brave in that sense. I think Springsteen releasing something like Tunnel Of Love after Born In the USA and then disbanding the E Street Band and releasing not one but TWO albums on the same day with the new band he had at the time could be a good example of that too. The Secret Life Of Plants is actually a soundtrack to the documentary of the same name, and I think Rumours is actually the sequel to the self-titled 1975 Fleetwood Mac album, but that's just me. Ha

Great video, tx. It is touching that you expected many artists to be capable of easily repeating their top albums, and that you believe that it was on purpose that they did not do a similar album.

I was waiting for Electronic Sounds by George Harrison 😂

Great video,John!

Interesting topic, for sure! Thanks much.

U2 actung baby and depeche mode songs of faith and devotion are 2 for me especially u2

John Lennon releasing the song God was pretty brave…” I don’t believe in Beatles “

For Neil Young I could have also picked the album Everybody's Rockin'

Yes, 'Low' was a courageous step for Bowie. So were the three albums prior to it. It reminds me of what Radiohead did after the success of 'OK Computer'. They created 'Kid-A' which to my thinking is their masterpiece.

I wonder if that decision by John was possibly also about simply running dry artistically. Also, I am sure that John had the finance to be this brave. NOW, once again, The McCartney Legacy by Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair. Where is the review, John?

Good video as usual but wot? No John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. Brave, brave album and and utter classic.

tusk cost a million in making..they must have been fighting n making lots of mistakes.

chics n groupies like bob plenty ..

mediocre music from big names. spoiled rich people. bob dylan released the follow up to Self Portrait so fast, the reviews for SP were so bad.