Originally Posted by jackhammer

Of course it isn't. If you find Syd Barret unlistenable then Frank zappa, Captain Beefheart, Tom Waits, The Residents and many other 'difficult' bands have passed you by too.

I'm not a Rolling Stones or Bob Dylan fan but I wouldn't say that their albums are the worst I've ever heard, far from it. To dislike a band is one thing, to say a band (especially an album) is the worst you have ever heard when it still resonates today through so many musicians is something, as a music fan find hard to take.

I hate Coldplay with a passion but I still wouldn't say any of their albums are the worst I have ever heard by a long chalk.

You don't like Piper? Fair enough but if it's the worst album you have ever heard, you must listen to some right old crap.