Which album do you "rather dislike"?

Changed the subject title- apparently the word hate is harmful.

Dream Theater "Octavarium"

Post Hackett Albums, any of them.

I wish that Magma's Merci was listed.  Not that that poor album put prog back a few years, but it would be twenty years until Magma released another great, or indeed any studio album.


Edited by Logan - March 21 2008 at 13:42

However poor Union is, I would disagree with that album as Yes' listed choice.  Note that only one album of each of these bands was listed, but an other "option" is available.

To quote part of the initial  post:

1800iareyay wrote: Which album do you think is not only bad, it set prog back a few years? This is similar to the "When bands lost it" thread but these albums affected your perception of a band and/or prog in general as opposed to just sucking. ...   Tormato brought an end to Yes' prog domination; though not terrible, it does not measure up to Yes' standards....

I don't think that Tormato is Yes' worst album, but that 1978 album was, I think, a clear beginning of the end for Yes in terms of "prog dominance."  Actually Drama, the following album wasn't bad, as I recall, and subsequnet albums were worse than Tormato.  Union didn't come out until 1991, and I don't think Yes came out with one strong prog album throughout the 80's.  Mind you, i haven't bothered listening to any post classic Yes albums (for me the classic years were pre-Tormato) in years.  I'd much rather discover to and listen to albums that are held in high-esteem by the prog community as I only have so much funds and time.

Logan wrote: Mind you, i haven't bothered listening to any post classic Yes albums (for me the classic years were pre-Tormato) in years.  I'd much rather discover to and listen to albums that are held in high-esteem by the prog community as I only have so much funds and time.

This. =)

It's not my time or money, but it does irk me when people on a prog forum can recall the track names from Big Generator and mount a defence of "Roll the Bones" but haven't yet tried much stronger and well-supported albums with much better reviews. Poor priorities, I say =)

Still, this comes from someone who five-starred ConstruKction of Light ;P

laplace wrote: Logan wrote: Mind you, i haven't bothered listening to any post classic Yes albums (for me the classic years were pre-Tormato) in years.  I'd much rather discover to and listen to albums that are held in high-esteem by the prog community as I only have so much funds and time. This. =) It's not my time or money, but it does irk me when people on a prog forum can recall the track names from Big Generator and mount a defence of "Roll the Bones" but haven't yet tried much stronger and well-supported albums with much better reviews. Poor priorities, I say =) Still, this comes from someone who five-starred ConstruKction of Light ;P

And there I responded to someone that they may wish to check out Love Beach to see what all the fuss is about. ;)

Yes, I can understand that uberfans of certain bands will want to check out all those albums by their favourite bands that are considered poor.  I'm generally not such a completist.  Merci is poor, did I want it, yes!  I don't have KC's ConstruKtion, but have hard a little and liked it.  Poppish music doesn't bother me at all, and I take it that KC's album is much more than that.  Great review by you... I don't automatically dismiss music because it's generally held in low-regard (and some reviewers and raters have much closer tastes to mine so I'd rather rely on their opinions even though they may be in the minority), but yes, I totally agree with your points.

I wish more people would dig deeper, and re-prioritise what they choose to get, but also as a corollary, what they choose to discuss (that tends to follow).  There are so many bands and so many albums out there just waiting to be discovered and discussed.  Incidentally, I've discovered a great many excellent ones though polls here (if I see names I don't know, I check out myspace, the band's website, and PA's streaming tracks looking for samples -- I guess I do make time for that, often).

I also am of the opinion that there is little to dislike (or gulp! HATE! such a big bad word! ) That being said Open Your Eyes is YES, a little bit revolting but the title sort of implies that its ..... gulp.... difficult. OK OK Its Bad  Gianni Nocenzi of Banco fame had a stinker called Empusa as well as Vince Tempera of Il Volo had one called Temperix. I have both and they are silent . Sono SPORCO!

Why the negativity? Why the hate? The only album that I've heard that deserves this kind of bashing is and then there were three. Dont be fooled though, I semi like all the other post hackett Genesis albums until Invisible touch.

fandango wrote: I just couldn't believe how poor yes 'Open Your Eyes' was when I heard it...

yeah, that was a mess

Big Generator's not so bad, ATTWT is a very good album as is Tormato, and Discipline is a one of a kind masterpiece.. so I'd have to say Presto







Edited by Atavachron - March 21 2008 at 19:31