Worst prog album by famous band

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   'Love Beach' really was an awful album- even the cover didn't instill one with confidence, and the music; a hodge podge of pop/ AOR was even worse. That got my vote.
I think 'Works' by ELP could have a claim to being one of the worst, as could 'Tormato' by Yes and 'Rhapsodies' by Rick Wakeman that set about a creative torpor that he only recently began to recover from.
'Genesis', whilst not a very good album, was a little better than 'Abacab' was- it was far less patchy than 'Abacab'. That said, I don't particularly like either!!
'Are You Sitting Comfortably' was indeed terrible- I haven't heard much else by IQ though so I couldn't say how bad it is compared to their other stuff.

Poll Question: Which is the worst prog-album out of those?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Giant for a day/Gentle Giant	4	[1.42%]
Big generator/Yes	31	[11.03%]
Genesis/Genesis	107	[38.08%]
Jan Akkerman 3/Jan Akkerman	1	[0.36%]
The Wedge/Pallas	1	[0.36%]
Metromania/Eloy	5	[1.78%]
Earth moving/Mike Oldfield	5	[1.78%]
Back to front/Caravan	0	[0.00%]
Love beach/EL&P	29	[10.32%]
Rock’n’roll prophet/Rick Wakeman	80	[28.47%]
Are you sitting comfortably?/IQ	3	[1.07%]
Under wraps/Jethro Tull	13	[4.63%]
Cured/Steve Hackett	1	[0.36%]
Russian roulette/Triumvirat	0	[0.00%]
PFM? PFM!/Premiata Forneria Marconi	1	[0.36%]
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salmacis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Content Addition Joined: April 10 2005 Status: Offline Points: 3928	Posted: May 16 2005 at 10:34
	'Love Beach' really was an awful album- even the cover didn't instill one with confidence, and the music; a hodge podge of pop/ AOR was even worse. That got my vote. I think 'Works' by ELP could have a claim to being one of the worst, as could 'Tormato' by Yes and 'Rhapsodies' by Rick Wakeman that set about a creative torpor that he only recently began to recover from. 'Genesis', whilst not a very good album, was a little better than 'Abacab' was- it was far less patchy than 'Abacab'. That said, I don't particularly like either!! 'Are You Sitting Comfortably' was indeed terrible- I haven't heard much else by IQ though so I couldn't say how bad it is compared to their other stuff.

Snow Dog Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 23 2005 Location: Caerdydd Status: Offline Points: 32995	Posted: May 16 2005 at 08:24
	Yes the poll is ruined. I like Big Generator (as everyone knows) and Genesis so I voted Earth Moving as I was really dissapointed with it. His worst short songs ever possibly.


VLADO Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 06 2005 Location: Slovakia Status: Offline Points: 136	Posted: May 16 2005 at 08:22
	anyway it is always a bad feeling to vote for bad things. I rather use my voice to support good ones. If one likes most of genesis, hardly one can say that something else of genesis is absolutely bad, cause there are still the same guys with the same hands and ideas, for example i like everything of yes, in every work i can find a lot of what i like, the same it is with genesis.
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Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Guest Group	Posted: May 16 2005 at 06:39
	Yes, I think that someone has voted multiple on Genesis. I won't allow multiple voting if I make a poll in the future. My intension was if someone thought two or three albums was equaly bad or something. Pity....

Mategra Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 23 2004 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 592	Posted: May 16 2005 at 05:08
	There must be something wrong with this poll!

Progger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 26 2005 Status: Offline Points: 1188	Posted: May 16 2005 at 04:52
	Big Generator is a classic in comparison to those on the list. And please don't compare anything that poppy Genesis put out in the 80's to anything Yes have ever done please!

Mategra Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 23 2004 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 592	Posted: May 16 2005 at 03:55
	BIG Generator, Yes... "Genesis" ("Shapes") is actually a good album, one of the best from Three-man-Genesis if you ask me.

Trotsky Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 25 2004 Location: Malaysia Status: Offline Points: 2771	Posted: May 16 2005 at 03:04
	Big Generator ... bland boring pop that makes That's All, Just A Job To Do, Mama and the Homes By The Sea etc really stand out, can't believe it's 26-2 in "favour" of Genesis
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	triumvirat - a la carte
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Progger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 26 2005 Status: Offline Points: 1188	Posted: May 15 2005 at 21:38
	I voted for IQ's 'AYSC'. It was my first introduction to IQ and I never bought another album until I heard a track off 'Ever' on the radio, which made me ealise that they can't be all that bad!

rushaholic Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 13 2005 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 1138	Posted: May 15 2005 at 21:03
	^ My sentiments exactly!

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Guest Group	Posted: May 15 2005 at 20:56
	Yes, it has to be the worst album-cover ever. Perhaps it IS Bee Gees???? A funny thing is that The Bee Gees album Odessa from 1969 is IMO, BETTER then Love beach. It really is!!!

NetsNJFan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: April 12 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3047	Posted: May 15 2005 at 20:52
	= Crappy Love Beach


rushaholic Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 13 2005 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 1138	Posted: May 15 2005 at 20:50
	I voted ELP Love Beach - looks and sounds like the Bee Gees (the Gibb brothers, right?)

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Guest Group	Posted: May 15 2005 at 20:48
	I grabbed a few albums by famous bands that I know, which I think is not all that good. Vote, please and feel free to add more "mistakes" in a list of your own...