Any band can change their sound -- sonic progression comes with new influences, and anyway, who wants to write the same sophomoric metal album at 40 that was written at 17? But switching perspective is a very different thing. Doing so means one's outlook on the world -- and music, culture, and entertainment as a whole -- is fundamentally altered. Not every artist can do that and survive; those who do often find out more about themselves and their music than they bargained for.
Sometimes, a musician’s perspective changes over time. But some bands release a single album that gives fans a window into a fundamental perspective shift. Here are eight albums in which artists publicly changed their perspectives on the world: