Bob Dylan
The Kinks
The Beatles
Chris de Burgh
Men At Work
The Stranglers
Incredible String Band
R.E.M.
@SeanRea That's really true. S;panish Train and some of the early 'ballads' or poems (almost) were good, still hold up. But The Lady in Red ruined everything else!
@Florence In your defence, The Traveller, Don't Pay the Ferryman etc were great; he just started sucking big time from Lady in Red (or arguably from High on Emotion) onwards and never returned from suck-dom city