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Poll Question: Which of those worst albums is the worst ?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
6 [6.25%]
7 [7.29%]
28 [29.17%]
4 [4.17%]
4 [4.17%]
3 [3.13%]
1 [1.04%]
7 [7.29%]
1 [1.04%]
28 [29.17%]
7 [7.29%]
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by Tapfret Tapfret wrote:

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Not sure what criteria you are using to call these the worst.  Yes's lowest rated studio album isn't Big Generator, it's Open Your Eyes (although in my opinion their worst is Union).


They are all 1's. Union has marginally more depth than Big Generator. Oh, they are all just atrocious. For me, Talk is the worst.

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Originally posted by Adams Bolero Adams Bolero wrote:

I have defended Love Beach many times in the past and will again today. It no way deserves the hate it gets. i really like Canario, For You  and the epic Memoirs of an Officer and a Gentleman so for such a hatred album it gives me nearly 30 minutes of good music.
Canario is one of E.L.P.'s finest moments imho:
 
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I have defended Love Beach many times in the past and will again today. It no way deserves the hate it gets. i really like Canario, For You  and the epic Memoirs of an Officer and a Gentleman so for such a hated album it gives me nearly 30 minutes of good music.
Canario is one of E.L.P.'s finest moments imho:


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Yeah, The Big Generator was a bad album, and so were The Final Cut and The Single Factor...but NOTHING can compare to how horrendously bad Love Beach was. Easily one of the worst collection of sounds I have ever heard.

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I voted for The Final Cut.
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Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

I haven't heard most of these, but I enjoy the two I do have - Merci and Thrakattak.  Out of those two, I like Thrakattak less than I like Merci.  No vote, though.


I really like music from Merci, and once I got past the first track (I even like that in a humorous fashion), I was very pleasantly surprised.  "Elephas Levi" and "The Night We Died" were early standouts for me, but I like the "Otis"'s) (especially the second one) and I "I Must Return" too ("I Must Return" being very good when played back-to-back with "The Night We Died"). I'm actually surprised at how many people seem to hate the album, though I can understand "Ooh, Ooh Baby" and to a lesser extent "Do the Music" getting derision, and of course there's that hilarious TV performance by Vander of "Otis" (but I think the studio album version much better and he's done various good live performances of it -- fun track).

I did a topic on it before, so it might be interesting for some to see other opinions on Merci: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=58773

Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

I'm surprised to see that Merci has still with no votes....It's just my opinion, but I think that is really bad...


Octopus, did you find Merci uniformly bad -- any music you liked from it?

As for the list; no vote.


Edited by Logan - November 02 2010 at 11:41
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Originally posted by DisgruntledPorcupine DisgruntledPorcupine wrote:

Accidentally voted The Final Cut because my instinct picked the best... The Final Cut is an amazing album.

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I've not heard any of these except The Final Cut, which is brilliant, so no vote yet.
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The Final Cut is, collectively with a few other Floyd albums, the best album ever.

Abacab is a fun album, Big Generator is okay

Fine, Love Beach, but its not without its moments.
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Originally posted by Anthony H. Anthony H. wrote:

Suonare Suonare has "Maestro Della Voce" on it. That's one of the best PFM songs.
Well, "Come ti Va..." is likely worse but I don't have it. I remember some songs from the radio.
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Ok, let me say what I like less by band. Just to be clear:

Genesis - everything after Duke
Yes - Big Generator  (I like Talk, instead)
Pink Floyd - I like everything, including Final Cut and Momentary Leapse of Reason (maybe this last I like less)
Camel - The Single Factor (Pressure Points if live albums count)
Magma - No doubts about Merci
Jethro Tull - Dot Com is the only quite bad that I have. I remember bad comments about "Too old to Rock and Roll", but I like that one.
PFM - After Suonare suonare I stopped buying their albums. Just restarted this year.
KC - I can't find one really bad so I went just for the low rated, as with PF.
Renaissance - I hate that album. One of my few one-stars
ELP - It's leading the poll
  
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Suonare Suonare has "Maestro Della Voce" on it. That's one of the best PFM songs.

Edited by Anthony H. - November 02 2010 at 10:56
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I haven't heard most of these, but I enjoy the two I do have - Merci and Thrakattak.  Out of those two, I like Thrakattak less than I like Merci.  No vote, though.
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Originally posted by Tapfret Tapfret wrote:

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Not sure what criteria you are using to call these the worst.  Yes's lowest rated studio album isn't Big Generator, it's Open Your Eyes (although in my opinion their worst is Union).


They are all 1's. Union has marginally more depth than Big Generator. Oh, they are all just atrocious. For me, Talk is the worst.

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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Not sure what criteria you are using to call these the worst.  Yes's lowest rated studio album isn't Big Generator, it's Open Your Eyes (although in my opinion their worst is Union).


They are all 1's. Union has marginally more depth than Big Generator. Oh, they are all just atrocious. For me, Talk is the worst.

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I have already explained the criteria. I have only included albums that I own. 
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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Not sure what criteria you are using to call these the worst.  Yes's lowest rated studio album isn't Big Generator, it's Open Your Eyes (although in my opinion their worst is Union).

The criteria is the authors own opinion.
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Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

Btw, positive polls have already been done. What's the sense of starting a poll with Selling England By The Pound, In The Court of Crimson King, The Dark Side Of The Moon, Close to The Edge end so on ?

A possible meaning of this one ? 
Which bands are able to do good even when bad ?

No...the poll is unambiguous......vote for the worst it says clearly.
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Not sure what criteria you are using to call these the worst.  Yes's lowest rated studio album isn't Big Generator, it's Open Your Eyes (although in my opinion their worst is Union).
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