Worst Album
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Topic: Worst Album
Posted By: 46and2
Subject: Worst Album
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 00:04
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What is the worst album that a great band has released. Worst meaning how bad is it compared to their other albums. hope that makes sense.
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Posted By: Avantgardehead
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 00:08
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I'm inclined to type "Scarsick", but then again there's always things like "Invisible Touch" or "Are You Dead Yet?".
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 00:12
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Brain Salad Perjury aka Re-Works
The song list includes 5 or 7 dance versions of Fanfare for the Common Man.
Simply repulsive.
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Posted By: lightbulb_son
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 00:30
One dreadful word.... ABACAB  ------------- When the world is sick Can't no one be well But I dreamt we were all beautiful and strong 
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Posted By: akiko
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 00:31
Yuck!  But I still have to stand by Love Beach, even if Canario is a pretty tune |
Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 00:47
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'American Dream', CSN&Y
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Posted By: The Lost Chord
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 00:49
this isnt a TLC thread -------------  "Only the sun knew why"
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Posted By: lightbulb_son
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 01:05
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A few others:
Celtic Frost - Cold Lake
ELP - Love Beach
PoS - Scarsick
JT - Under Wraps
Pink Floyd - AMLOR
------------- When the world is sick Can't no one be well But I dreamt we were all beautiful and strong
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 01:06
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I'll go with Gentle Giant's Giant for a Day. Really I don't think much of any of their final three studio albums, but the first eight were fantastic. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: MadcapLaughs84
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 01:33
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Abacab ------------- 
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 01:40
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Genesis has made worse music than on Abacab..
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Posted By: zbida
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 02:48
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That's my opinion:
Genesis.... yes, nothing strange, the winner is... Abacab
PF... The Final Cut
Yes.... I don't know which is worse - Open Your Eyes or Big Generator
Camel... hard to find, but Remote Romance from ICSYHFH is one of the most horrible tracks ever released by the prog group (shame
- look at my avatar)KC... The ConstruKction Of Light
Rush... Vapor Trails
TFK... Adam&Eve
Supertramp.... Indelibly Stamped
Enough. Let's make some positive...
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Posted By: Beastie!
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 04:20
| Probably the biggest shock I've ever got was when I listened to Roger Waters's Radio KAOS album for the first time. I bought it despite all the bad reviews it gets, thinking that "Hey, the guy who was responsible for the masterpiece that is Pros and Cons of Hitch-hiking cannot possibly make a rotten album all of a sudden, right?". Boy was I wrong. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 04:24
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In The Hot Seat (in the toilet seat)
Abacab (abacrap)
..I've yet to muster the courage to get The Big Generator but I expect that must be a contender as well.
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Posted By: Chipiron
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 04:32
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My favourite horrors:
Supertramp: Live 88 and Slow Motion
Genesis: Invisible Touch, Genesis, some others too horrible to mention...
Pink Floyd: The Final Cut.
ELP: Due to the horrible reviews, I haven't even listened to Love Beach (except Canario, a nice song) or "In The Hot Seat".
Yes: 90something.
King Crimson: I don't like Beat, Discipline and 3 of a perfect pair.
Rush: I don't like them much after "Exit... stage left"
The bands before are some I really like, there are many others I can't stand at all, but It's not funny being destructive... ------------- [IMG]http://www.belderrain.es/GIFs/tora.gif"> |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 07:32
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For me, there is only one irredeemable Genesis album and that's 'Calling All Stations'. I can find at least half an album I like on the other 80s ones, but that had one song I liked in the title track. The rest was just dull, dull, dull...
Yes' 'Open Your Eyes'- I always say this was the wrong album at the wrong time. It's very much a blip in their discography as other albums of this period were more progressive, this was not and wasn't necessary, imho. I'd add their 'Tormato' to the list as well...
ELP In Concert- awful mix, a dull set list, terrible keyboards from Keith Emerson; just bad all round really!! 'Love Beach' is salvaged by 'Canario' and 'Memoirs Of A Gentleman' isn't terrible, even if it's not a patch on earlier works.
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Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 07:40
Now I've discovered Kevin Gilbert, I'm wondering what if Gilbert had become Collins' replacement on lead vocals and clearly song-writing duties. ------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 08:04
Don't believe everything you read about Big Generator, Richard. It may not be their best but it has at least 3 excellent tracks in "Love will find a way", "Final Eyes" and especially "I'm Running". Overall I prefer it to 90125 and Open Your Eyes.
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 08:11
| Permanent Waves and Vapor Trails are the only Rush albums I have a hard time liking. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 08:11
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ELP....In The Hot Seat
Genesis.......We Can't Dance
Yes...........Time And A Word
Camel.......Stationary Traveller
Spocks Beard.......Octane
Led Zep.........Coda
Rush........Grace Under Pressurer
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Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 08:12
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It's not an original choice, but definitely Love Beach. I picked it up on cassette tape from a bargain bin some time during the eighties, just to see how bad it really was.
Cost me 50p, and I overpaid by about 48p.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 08:12
As most people know, I'm a big fan of Big Generator. I love it in fact. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 08:16
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[[/QUOTE]
As most people know, I'm a big fan of Big Generator. I love it in fact. [/QUOTE]
surely great to see someone who enjoys Big Generator
 . I enjoy BG a lot. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 08:18
It has to be said Ian, we have immaculate taste.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 08:25
To my mind, it sounds nothing like 90125. It has a sharper more "edgy" feel.
Edit. Less "glossy" souding is wehat I'm trying to say I think.  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: febus
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 10:02
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--The konstruktion of light by King Crimson
-AMLOR by Pink Floyd
-Under Wraps by Jethro Tull
-World record , the Quiet Zone by VDGG
-every AMON DUUL 2 after ''vIVE LA Trance''
-every GENESIS after ''Wind And Wuthering''
I don't dislike ''Love Beach'' and ''the Final Cut''
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Posted By: Paradox
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 10:54
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The first thing that sprang to mind was either Crest of a Knave or Under Wraps by Jethro Tull, but both of those albums have a few good tracks on them too. But overall they are the (in my opinion) the worst of Jethro Tull's output. Steel Monkey and Automotive Engineering i really enjoy! ------------- 
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 12:05
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Dream Theater- Octavarium Queensryche- Operation:Mindcrime II ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 12:06
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Dream Theater - SFAM and Octavarium... SFAM has to be the MOST overrated album in the history of prog... ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 12:13
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Genesis - Genesis, ABACAB
PFM - Jetlag (sorry, too commercial for me) Gentle Giant - Civilian ELP - Love Breach (sic) ELO - Discovery (Disco papp) Rush - Hold Your Fire ------------- 
Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 12:59
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Supertramp - Free as a Bird
JM Jarre - Deserted Palace
Genesis - We Can't Dance
Gentle Giant - Giant For a Day
King Crimson - Islands
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Posted By: markl
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 18:54
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well here we go
anything after:
elp - bss
gentle giant - missing piece
pf - animals {maybe after the wall }
supertramp - breakfast
genesis - wind & wathering
yes - topographic oceans
eloy - time to turn
Jethro Tull - heavy horses
ok i know this is not going to make a lot of people happy
kc - red
i never felt anything after RED was really CK , i thought of them [ discipline ] as a totaly new band with no connection to the old one other then RF , BB
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Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 20:40
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^^It's not "After what album did the band go astray" but rather which SPECIFIC ALBUM is the worst. You gave periods, rather than albums. I'm gonna have to go with Islands for King Crimson. There's only one piece there I like, Sailors Tale. -------------   |
Posted By: markl
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 21:42
right,,,,,,,,, but after these albums i lost all interest in them, but i know what your saying
as for islands i think it a underrated lp the frist 4 IMO was KC best period with lizard on top
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 21:47
 Ok, let's see:
YES - 90125 (atrocious, so bad that the best song is actually Owner of a lonely heart)
Genesis - Invisible Touch (Also, GENESIS -the album- just because of Illegal Alien)
Evergrey - Monday Morning Atrocity (Evergrey is not one of my favorites, but this album sucks so much I had to put them in the list)
YES - The Ladder (it's very bad for me)
Royal Hunt - Paper Blood
Pain of Salvation - Scarsick (it's not terribly bad, but the band used to be SO good, it's such an enormous contrast)
I haven't heard many reputed atrocities as Love Beach or Islands or many others... And there are a lot of awful albums I could name, but from bands I don't consider among my top-20
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 00:16
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Well from a broader perspective by bands:
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Posted By: Cheesecakemouse
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 00:36
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I'd have to say Ummagumma by Pink Floyd is pretty abysmill in places ------------- |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 01:21
^My favorite PF album
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Posted By: Cheesecakemouse
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 02:30
how?, I mean the life stuffs great, but Grand Vizors tea party and Sysyphus are pretty much self indulgent. Of course I don't use that word self indulgent lightly, its an overused term that critics use if their appreciation is too poor to understand diverse music; but seriously Ummagumma was more interesting for PF to executethan it was to listen. ------------- |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 02:50
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Easy: Rush - Hold Your Fire see my review for my feelings on this album |
Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 03:06
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Another Batch:-
Focus - Mother Focus (Lack of er...focus) Kansas - Monolith (A big let down after Leftoverture and Point of Know Return.) Renaissance - Camera, Camera (Air-brushed,typical 80's production, Yick!) Jethro Tull - Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll... / A / Under Wraps All below par.;Too Old...' was the first of the spoadic inconsistent albums they/he, have/has released ever since. -------------
Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |