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Points: 37240 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 23 2007 at 20:48
Don't know about worst, some of the really bad ones I forget, but there is one by a modern stuporgroup that I found anything but super.
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Where are all of the Love Beach haters????
 
I'm going with Rock 'n Roll Prophet by the mighty Rick Wakeman here.  Probably the closest thing I've ever heard to a vinyl disc with absolutely no redeeming features.
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Points: 4202 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 23 2007 at 18:19
Probably these:

1%20stars ACQUA FRAGILE - Acqua Fragile
1%20stars ACQUA FRAGILE - Mass Media Star
1%20stars DEVIL DOLL - The Girl who Was... Death
1%20stars GENTLE GIANT - Giant For A Day
1%20stars DREAM THEATER - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
1%20stars DREAM THEATER - Octavarium
1%20stars NEW TROLLS - Concerto Grosso Per I New Trolls
1%20stars NEW TROLLS - UT
1%20stars NEW TROLLS - Searching For A Land
1%20stars NEW TROLLS - Concerto Grosso N. II
1%20stars FORMULA 3 - Dies Irae (Formula 3)
1%20stars NEKTAR - Magic is a Child
1%20stars UNO - Uno
1%20stars TANGENT, THE - A Place In The Queue
1%20stars ENID, THE - Aerie Faerie Nonsense
1%20stars JUMBO - DNA
1%20stars SUPERSISTER - Spiral Staircase
1%20stars COMUS - To Keep From Crying
1%20stars BUON VECCHIO CHARLIE - Buon Vecchio Charlie
1%20stars HORSLIPS - Book of Invasions: A Celtic Symphony
 
 + ELP: Brain Salad Surgery.

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Points: 20345 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 23 2007 at 15:01
Originally posted by Bj-1 Bj-1 wrote:

^ my favorite DT..Cry
 
mine too....Shocked...5 stars....Confused
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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 23 2007 at 14:09
Originally posted by YesFan72 YesFan72 wrote:

I suppose just to know what albums people really hated, and see if they happen to be ones that are overrated.
 
Sorry, it wasn't a dig at you so much as the generally uninteresting responses.Wink
 
It's a pet bug of mine that negative threads should at least be usefully negative.
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I (legally) sample albums before buying them, so if a piece sounds castrated, I usually don't listen to the whole album.

Examples of one-balled (not wholly castrated ) and yet highly popular albums include CDs from Genesis, Dream Theater, Magma, Yes, Riverside, Gong etc.
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Ummagumma by Pink Floyd.  I know some people really love it, but I think it's nonsense with no direction.  
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sorry =P at least we agree on the avant-garde
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^ my favorite DT..Cry
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Points: 7606 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 23 2007 at 10:36
Well, the worst albums are the ones you expected to be good, but turned out to be TERRIBLE, so going by those guidelines, the worst prog album I've ever heard has to have been "Awake" by Dream Theater, since the band was the main subject of conversation here last year; I stole the album and it turned out to be contrived, gesticulating, overwrought, pseudo-macho nonsense with the least sense of musical delicacy ever put to album. not exactly what I hoped for ;P
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Originally posted by Majestic_Mayhem Majestic_Mayhem wrote:

   In my opinion this type of music/lyrics lowers The Almighty to the status of a locker room buddy.
 
no offense intended, but that is exactly the argument my Mum uses against any religious music which was written post 1830... (except she's never used the expression 'locker-room' or 'buddy' to my knowledge....Ermm
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Points: 10063 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 23 2007 at 10:29
Originally posted by Darklord55 Darklord55 wrote:

Neal Morse-Testimony.  This is the first and last I tried since his changeover.  Imho most of the lyrics and music remind me of the happy, clappy, sappy praise songs that seem to be popular at the moment.   In my opinion this type of music/lyrics lowers The Almighty to the status of a locker room buddy.  It baffles me that Morse gets such glowing reviews here.  Shocked

Love the album to bits. Did not even think that he demoted God on that one. Great album I say.Smile

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Originally posted by Philéas Philéas wrote:

Pain of Salvation - Be.
 
That's interesting... although I wouldn't say it was the worst, it cwertainly was one of my personal 'biggest disappointments'.....
 
The worst?? Yes: 'Open Your Eyes' really does take some beating....with Marillion.com not far behind it...Ouch
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Points: 3241 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 23 2007 at 10:13
I suppose just to know what albums people really hated, and see if they happen to be ones that are overrated.
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Neal Morse-Testimony.  This is the first and last I tried since his changeover.  Imho most of the lyrics and music remind me of the happy, clappy, sappy praise songs that seem to be popular at the moment.   In my opinion this type of music/lyrics lowers The Almighty to the status of a locker room buddy.  It baffles me that Morse gets such glowing reviews here.  Shocked
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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 23 2007 at 10:08
There really is little point to threads such as this unless there is some constructive discussion. simply listing albums which have disappointed you does not help anyone.
 
What were your expectations, and in what way were they not met?
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Points: 402 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 23 2007 at 09:54
I almost always forget the albums I don't like... but some albums really hurt my memories so far:
 
Genesis - Abacab, Genesis...
Yes - Open You Eyes
Supertramp - Free As A Bird
Barclay James Harvest - Face To Face, Ring Of Changes
Tangerine Dream's awful end-0f-80's hollywood soundtracks... 
 
But 99 from 100 bad prog albums still contain something interesting... that is one of the features of prog that is worth respecting. In these albums I've listed I couldn'f find anything appealing... I triend really hard (that means I gave them about 3-4 listens) but still... 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 23 2007 at 07:34
Originally posted by proger proger wrote:

Originally posted by Aeternus Aeternus wrote:

Fear of a Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree


same... what is the big deal with this album???


Actually, I'm very surprised that people here like very much Porcupine Tree.
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DT - Systematic Chaos
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
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Points: 944 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 23 2007 at 07:06
Originally posted by Aeternus Aeternus wrote:

Fear of a Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree


same... what is the big deal with this album???
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