Worst prog album by famous band
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Topic: Worst prog album by famous band
Posted By: Guests
Subject: Worst prog album by famous band
Date 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...
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Posted By: rushaholic
Date Posted: May 15 2005 at 20:50
| I voted ELP Love Beach - looks and sounds like the Bee Gees (the Gibb brothers, right?) |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: May 15 2005 at 20:52
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Crappy Love BeachPosted By: Guests
Date 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!!!
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Posted By: rushaholic
Date Posted: May 15 2005 at 21:03
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^ My sentiments exactly! |
Posted By: Progger
Date 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! |
Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: May 15 2005 at 23:59
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triumvirat - a la carte ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: Trotsky
Date 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  ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
Posted By: Mategra
Date Posted: May 16 2005 at 03:55
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BIG Generator, Yes... "Genesis" ("Shapes") is actually a good album, one of the best from Three-man-Genesis if you ask me. |
Posted By: Progger
Date 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! |
Posted By: Mategra
Date Posted: May 16 2005 at 05:08
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There must be something wrong with this poll!
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Posted By: Guests
Date 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....
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Posted By: VLADO
Date Posted: May 16 2005 at 08:22
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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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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date 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. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: May 16 2005 at 10:34
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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. |
Posted By: The Prognaut
Date Posted: May 17 2005 at 17:11
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"90125" by YES
------------- break the circle reset my head wake the sleepwalker and i'll wake the dead |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: May 17 2005 at 17:27
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LOVE BEACH - ELP any excuse to show that dreadful cover:
Bring it on!!! |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: May 17 2005 at 18:11
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I voted for The Wedge by Pallas. I love their dubut album The Sentinel, and their 2nd album is horrible. Big generator is a big disappointment, too. I never dared to listen to Love Beach. I have never ever read anything positive about it. So... |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: May 18 2005 at 07:33
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Most of the listed albums have at least one track worth listening to; as far as 'Under Wraps' by Tull is concerned though...
I don't know who is more to blame for this one, Anderson, who effectively duplicated his contemporaneous solo album, or Vetesse, who added texture to 'Broadsword', but smothered 'Under Wraps' with appalling synth work - bear in mind too, that Anderson's solo album featured Vetesse strongly. The following tour was the only time I have ever come close to walking out of a Tull gig halfway through. ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Progger
Date Posted: May 18 2005 at 09:55
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Genesis's 1st album. What a load of crap!
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Posted By: Philrod
Date Posted: May 23 2005 at 04:45
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Power and glory by Gentle Giant bored me to death. Same thing for Love Beach, but I love some of Seinfield's lyrics though ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Philrod/?chartstyle=Geldropdown-small"> 
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Posted By: Mr. Krinkle
Date Posted: May 23 2005 at 17:03
| Under the wraps sucks sooo bad, it is pure crap, what was going on in Ian's head at that time??? |
Posted By: starcastle38
Date Posted: May 28 2005 at 15:31
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Starcastle - "Real to Real" Triumverat - "Ala Carte" Two good bands gone bad. REAL BAD !! ------------- starcastle38 |
Posted By: KeyserSoze
Date Posted: May 28 2005 at 16:41
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Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: May 28 2005 at 16:44
| Actually ToT is really good especially if you are sorta a Metal fan. Anything compared to Love Beach is awesome it seems. Well except maybe for blink 182 and St Anger. |
Posted By: undefinability
Date Posted: May 29 2005 at 05:29
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Under Wraps, definitely. ------------- "Don't listen to me." |
Posted By: Rhayader
Date Posted: May 29 2005 at 09:13
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I actually think Big Generator is an awesome album!
------------- "Sadder still to watch you die than never to have known it..." Rush - Losing It |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 29 2005 at 11:41
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Under Wraps-JT ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: May 30 2005 at 02:37
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genesis...
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Yurkspb
Date Posted: May 30 2005 at 03:26
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Love beach for sure! |
Posted By: kirklott
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 23:29
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Where's ELP "In the Hot Seat?" ------------- "Progressive rock is the key to the continuance of human evolution." - Charles Darwin |
Posted By: bluetailfly
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 23:36
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Has to be "Love Beach." That album was a milestone of misjudgement. It is a significant episode in the tragi-comedy that makes up the mythic-history of prog rock. It is the Waterloo of ELP. ELP's hubris had outstripped reality and an empire crumbled to the ground. ------------- "The red polygon's only desire / is to get to the blue triangle." |
Posted By: King Crimson
Date Posted: June 03 2005 at 19:27
| Love Beach by E.L.P. |
Posted By: Possessed
Date Posted: June 06 2005 at 00:55
| Under Wraps |
Posted By: kirklott
Date Posted: June 07 2005 at 14:47
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>Are you sitting comfortably?/IQ This is NOT IQ's worst album. That would be Nomzamo for sure. Further, Tales from the Lush Attic was poorly arranged and produced, and Seventh House suffered from poor compositions - I swear I can't remember a melody from that album. Are You Sitting Comfortably? has two kick-ass extended prog tracks - Falling Apart at the Seams and Wurensch - along with some pleasant neo-prog tracks. And nicely produced by Terry Brown of Rush fame. ------------- "Progressive rock is the key to the continuance of human evolution." - Charles Darwin |
Posted By: dense13
Date Posted: June 10 2005 at 01:39
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I'd add Camel's Single Factor, veeery disappointing. And I'm (especially was) a big fan Camel, but mate, no matter how hard I tried I could never digest it! But they compensated with so many other great albums! ------------- http://www.dense13.com - www.dense13.com |
Posted By: proger
Date Posted: June 10 2005 at 13:15
| rick solo album-when you sought that nothing can't be worst... |
Posted By: Hammill
Date Posted: June 11 2005 at 01:25
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nektar's down to earth and marillion's holidays in eden.
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Posted By: starcastle38
Date Posted: June 11 2005 at 13:05
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I think "That's Life" and "Show me thw Way" are two of Nectar's best songs. They're off of Down to Earth. I do agree that the circus theme of the album is strange.
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Posted By: starcastle38
Date Posted: June 11 2005 at 13:07
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Sorry spelled Nektar wrong. Have to remember that k. ------------- starcastle38 |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: June 11 2005 at 16:18
| Where is Train of Thought?!?!?!?!?! |
Posted By: Captain Squib
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 14:19
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On that list: ELP album Love Beach.
But I hate all albums by King Crimson (except Red), and Van Der Graff Generator. ------------- He who stands on toilet must be high on pot! |
Posted By: HaroldLand
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 14:57
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i also personally love 90125 and big generator the latter is definitely a pop departure for yes, well, more like a trevor rabin album with the yes guys playing along and jon anderson singing.. but it is a cool record, love will find a way is a guilty pleasure of mine |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: June 24 2005 at 03:45
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That has to be Final Cut by Pink Floyd!!!!!
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: June 24 2005 at 04:14
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Wheres Invisible Touch?? Thats far worse that 'Genesis' ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: gio!
Date Posted: June 28 2005 at 18:52
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Flowerchild, how do you know about PFM ? PFM ! ????? This album had limited distribution, and has never been released in CD. Don't expect many votes for it, as there might not be more than a handful of copies in North America and the thing is just unknown. I have it in cassette at home. Definitely, it's not one of PFM's best, and certainly not on the prog side, but in my book it's better than Come ti va in riva alla citta. Actually, I really love the song called 46, and a couple of others. |
Posted By: nimrodel
Date Posted: June 28 2005 at 18:58
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there isnt any dream theater in that list... and it is more famous than all of those never-heard-bands putt together!!!!!!! ------------- We want... a shrubbery! |
Posted By: Dream Theater
Date Posted: June 28 2005 at 20:27
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None of them ------------- [IMG]http://www.travelwithachallenge.com/Images/Travel_Article_Library/Sacred-Travel/Machu-Picchu-350.jpg"> [IMG]http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63/panchopc1/machupicchu-1.jpg"> |
Posted By: Losendos
Date Posted: June 29 2005 at 18:19
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all this voting for Genesis is absurd. It is good pop so it is a good album in it's category which is not prog. Many albums are completely unlistenable. I went for Under Wraps which was very disappointing. ------------- How wonderful to be so profound |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: June 29 2005 at 18:48
| Toss up betwixt Big Generator and Genesis and Love Beach and Giant For A Day |
Posted By: boo boo
Date Posted: June 29 2005 at 19:31
| love beach...what prog fan wasnt disgusted after just seeing the album cover?...its certainly one of the worst albums ever from a great band. |
Posted By: boo boo
Date Posted: June 29 2005 at 19:34
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not a bad album at all, i think this poll is dedicated to prog bands who sold out by trying to be more pop, so far dream theater hasnt gone down that route. |
Drumdilly wrote:Posted By: Gluonio
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 17:58
------------- ...But my dreams are for dreaming and best left that way-and my zero to your power of ten equals nothing at all... |
Posted By: comicbookguy
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 18:55
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ABACAB There was no crawling back from that walk of shame. |
Posted By: Cygnus
Date Posted: July 14 2005 at 03:26
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DEFINETLY TRAIN OF THOUGHT SUCKS BUT ITS NOT THERE. I VOTE FOR METROMANIA - SOUNDS LIKE DISCO. |