Worst Albums On PA?

Negoba wrote: Leng Tche is not music. It's not good doom metal. It's not good noise. It just blows. Misanthropic, actively painful to listen to at first but then decaying into monumental boredom. What's more, it's a completely emotional and visceral intent performed completely from the left brain. Monumental failure.   http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=269447

The fact that 43% of the ratings for that album are 5* seems to suggest that this is just your opinion.

Logan wrote: Speaking of Trout Mask Replica, I was just reading this old list done for theguardian.co.uk in 2007 where various musicians were asked "to nominate the supposedly great records they'd gladly never hear again", and that is one of those albums listed.  So is Dark Side of the Moon, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Pet Sounds, and LA Woman by the Doors. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/jun/15/popandrock Yes, old news is old news, and I don't expect many would care about such lists, but.....

It was an interesting read for me, if only to see how some of the 'other side' think.  And of course, what a predictable list of bands to interview, of course most of them are going to trash classic albums. And with, for the most part, some stunningly simplistic and shallow analysis at that. Shouldn't really call some of those 'interviews' 'analysis' either, really.

Still, I do agree that 'Pet Sounds' had a few songs that didn't blow me away, along with some stunners.

^I totally agree with you. 

Edited by Guldbamsen - July 06 2011 at 11:57

Negoba wrote: If it works for you, go ahead and listen to it. That album sat unreviewed for a very long time before I put up my opinion. I personally think it's emperor's new clothes. People trying to fake being cool by pretending to like the most aversive music they can find.

The emperor's new clothes is an incredibly stupid and deeply offensive metaphor to apply to music (well, probably anything, to be honest, but that's a different topic). Where people got the idea that it's OK to claim that someone else must be lying when they like something you don't is beyond me. And I've always thought the story was more about even the rich and powerful emperor being scammed because of his vanity than the common people playing along because they're afraid of him, but whatever...

And I'm not terribly familiar with Naked City, but I find most of their output rather dull except for Leng T'che, but I'm a noise hipster.

Tapfret wrote: Henry Plainview wrote: I think St. Anger is really overrated as a terrible album, but what do I know, I actually like the sound of the trashcan drums... Hating St. Anger was the cool thing to do. I heard all the bashing and thought it had to be even worse than the 90's Metallica albums. When I finally heard it 2 years later I was reminded again of how much people who try to be cool piss me off. Especially when they jump on a bashwagon. By no means is it a masterpiece, but I enjoyed it.

Yeah, it's just lazy bandwagoning. I don't even like Metallica, but I'm willing to defend them on this one because everyone only jumps to that one because it was such a high profile release.


Edited by Henry Plainview - July 06 2011 at 12:16

Henry Plainview wrote: Tapfret wrote: [Hating St. Anger was the cool thing to do. I heard all the bashing and thought it had to be even worse than the 90's Metallica albums. When I finally heard it 2 years later I was reminded again of how much people who try to be cool piss me off. Especially when they jump on a bashwagon. By no means is it a masterpiece, but I enjoyed it.   Yeah, it's just lazy bandwagoning. I don't even like Metallica, but I'm willing to defend them on this one because everyone only jumps to that one because it was such a high profile release.

It's definitely not as bad as Garage Inc. or either of the Load albums.

Triceratopsoil wrote: Henry Plainview wrote: Tapfret wrote: [Hating St. Anger was the cool thing to do. I heard all the bashing and thought it had to be even worse than the 90's Metallica albums. When I finally heard it 2 years later I was reminded again of how much people who try to be cool piss me off. Especially when they jump on a bashwagon. By no means is it a masterpiece, but I enjoyed it.   Yeah, it's just lazy bandwagoning. I don't even like Metallica, but I'm willing to defend them on this one because everyone only jumps to that one because it was such a high profile release. It's definitely not as bad as Garage Inc. or either of the Load albums.

I like Load and Reload 

cannon wrote: Here's a album that's really bad:   http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=9308

That's quite the album art, too

It kind of does want to make me hear it just to judge for myself how bad it really is.  My luck, I'd probably like it.

You were mocking, by saying something that other people obviously think is a masterpiece or near to one is "the most aversive music they can find."