Biggest Disappointments

Over the past few weeks I have seen topics reguarding Best albums, Greatest of all time, Best releases over the past couple of years, and so on.

My question is: what are some of the biggest disappointments from bands that you were really looking forward to?

Whether they be recent or from years ago.

 

• ELO - Face The Music
• Spastic Ink - Ink Compatible
• Kansas - Leftoverture
• Pink Floyd - The Wall
• Yes - 90245

The Miracle wrote: ELO - Face The Music Spastic Ink - Ink Compatible Kansas - Leftoverture Pink Floyd - The Wall Yes - 90245

Leftoverture is the only Kansas album I can stomach.

My biggest disapointments were:

• ELP - Works Vol. I
• Gentle Giant - Giant for a Day
• Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
• Marillion - Holidays in Eden
• The Mars Volta - Everything they ever put out
• Dream Theater - When Dream and Day Unite
• Probably many others, I am a very hard to please person.

The Miracle wrote: Damen wrote: Leftoverture is the only Kansas album I can stomach. That's the only one I have and I just don't like it Damen wrote: The Mars Volta - Everything they ever put out

Sorry friend, no hard feelings.

In recent times Dt's Octavarium.

• Genesis....ATTW3: Bought it 8:00 am the day of release, the first Genesis album ever printed in Perú, almost broke it at the first play, changed it brand new for an old Mountain Climbing! copy (It was that or the trash can, but thanks to God the Mountain album was excellent).
• Yes....Tales From Topographic Oceans: Not bad, but I expected much more from this album
• ELO....Works I: Almost 4 years of waitting for a cheesy ballad Lake side a Piano Concerto withoiut feet or head, a too long ELP side and an excellent Carl Palmer side.
• Kansas...Vynil Confessions: Bought it without listening and made me sick.
• Triumvirat...A La Carte: The Rat went pop.
• STYX...Kilroy Was Here: Still felt some respect for Styx, but Mr Robotto was the drop the spilled the glass.
• GTR...GTR: Hackett plus Howe, it had to be a masterpiece but instead

Iván

Edited by ivan_2068

Geck0 wrote: Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I've got a really stupid name IV: I like peanuts - Into the Fire...

I felt slightly disppointed by it at first (I don't know if you were a fan prior to that album or not, but I was). It grew on me quickly, and now I love it.

I'll save all of my other discrepancies with other posts though.

I don't get disappointed often, at least without significant growth, but here are ones I could think of:

• Both post-Morse Spock's Beard albums
• Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez - s/t (I haven't really given it much of a shot after the first few listens)

I'm only coming from the perspective of a fan hearing a new album for the first time. If I was around or a fan when a lot of disappointing albums came out, I would have listed them too.

I find anything under 8/10 disappointing so I would have to say probably 50% of every prog CD I have bought is , not so much with 70`s prog thats got a high hit ratio but some of the new more modern prog and prog metal I am buying often misses the target, despite the research I put in and the glowing reviews I read before I  buy (I`m getting a bit sick of it actually)      I know a modern progressive masterpiece when I hear it and the last one I remember hearing was probably Trent Gardner's  Leonardo "the absolute man"   that was about 4 years ago

Edited by s1ipp3ry

Hands down:

Genesis - 'Calling All Stations'

They had an opportunity to revitalize their sound, but all we got was a Mike & the Mechanics rehash with ever song played at the exact same Slooooooowww tempo. Not godawful as everyone has suggested, just boring.


Also Roger Waters 'To Kill A Child / Leaving Beirut' single. First release of new music from the man in over a decade and it is everything but musical. Primarily a speech over some glacially paced non-melodic soundscapes. What a disappointment.

Magic Pie: Motions of Desire
Moon Safari: A Doorway to Summer

Maybe I should give them another try