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Favorite One-Album Wonders

The concept of a One-Hit Wonder is practically as old as the charts themselves, but what about the albums that hit it and quit? Single albums from bands that changed our worlds and then went silent? AllMusic selects some of our favorite records that rose up from nowhere and then never saw a true follow-up.

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Deftones

Private Music

Reprise / WEA

Pop/Rock

With returning producer Nick Raskulinecz, the alt-metal vets craft a flawless stunner of a tenth album.

- Neil Z. Yeung

Wolf Alice

The Clearing

Columbia / RCA

Pop/Rock

A heartfelt tour de force, the band's fourth album taps into rock & roll's undying power to reflect inner truths and bring fantasies to life.

- Heather Phares

Superchunk

Songs in the Key of Yikes

Merge

Pop/Rock

After 35-plus years, the band have lost none of the fire that powers their hooky, punk-in-the-truest-sense brand of indie rock.

- Tim Sendra

Mac DeMarco

Guitar

Mac's Record Label

Pop/Rock

After several years of miscellaneous output, the indie artist returns to traditional songwriting with an album of slow-moving tunes intoned with wintery reflections.

- Fred Thomas

John Fogerty

Legacy: The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years

Concord

Pop/Rock

The CCR leader records new versions of his old classics, which are great, but not as great as the originals.

- Mark Deming

Teyana Taylor

Escape Room

Def Jam

R&B

Narrated by an all-star cast, the singer's first album in five years is a powerful statement of emotional and sexual liberation.

- Andy Kellman

Winter

Adult Romantix

Winspear

Pop/Rock

Top-notch shoegaze spiked with dream pop as expected, but this time amped up, dialed down, and better all-around.

- Tim Sendra

Water from Your Eyes

It's a Beautiful Place

Matador

Pop/Rock

The volatile art-punks follow their breakthrough album with dense experiments full of haunting melancholy, sci-fi optimism, and potent wit.

- Heather Phares

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