Seriously? I'll admit I hate the 5 second interludes that are pretty much every other song, but still, there are some great tunes on that album.

Echh, I didn't think so. Sounded like 3rd rate ELO, and I dont even like ELO in the first place. To tell you the truth, everthing after the first three albums Im not wacky about.

mogwai - the hawk is howling

pavement - terror twilight

pixies - bossanova


and the doors album without morrison...dunno if it should even be considered the doors.

I would have put Terror Twilight, but I really like 'Major Leagues'. Pavement lost everything that made them original with that album, they just became this boring pop band.

And Bossanova is only viewed so harsh because it followed 'Rosa' and 'Doolittle'. Its not their strongest, but at least they sounded much different on it, I really like the sound on 'Bossanova'.

"Metallica" by Metallica
great album but why did it had to be such a mainstream success...?
I really like the albums afterwords but they really became a$$holes

also "One hot minute" by Red hot chilli peppers
the band picture on the back says it all

why?
really...I like it.
what for?

It's just absurdly weak, if you ask me. I only really like 'Im Free' and 'Christmas', but I DESPISE overture, underture, all those stupid filler storyline tracks, and especially Pinball Wizard. I know I didn't mention 'Terror Twilight' because I like one song, but the reason I wont salvage Tommy for the same reason is that 'Twilight' is just kind of boring, while I actively dislike much of 'Tommy'.

'Who Sell Out' is far superior, as well as everything before it. I like 'Who's Next', Baba O'Reilly is the best song they ever wrote, and I dont like Quadrophenia. Everything afterwords ranges from 'not bad' to 'meh'.

And that's my thoughts on The Who.

i dont think bossanova is anywhere near as good as surfer rosa, come on pilgrim, or doolittle

doolittle was there only album i really even liked at all

Me either, but that's because the standard set by those albums is impossibly high.

I think if you take any decent album, and make believe it came out after those three, it pales in comparison. If you can seperate it from those three, Bossanovas pretty good, just not as immediate.

I'm not some fanboy either, its my least favorite Pixies record, but it's still a very good album.

that's why the bands that get progressively better are the ones that don't burn out as fast after their last album is released

im no fan. i dont have it on my computer.(bought cd though). i dont enjoy it at all.

Hmm, matter of taste is what it comes down to.

What do you think of Trompe Le Monde, out of curiosity?

I knew there was a reason I liked it.

I enjoyed Cassadaga and hated I'm Wide Awake. Whatever. It's not like there's too much of Conor's stuff that I can listen to anyways.

Personally, I love Tommy, and it might even be my favorite Who album (assuming Meaty, Beaty, Big & Bouncy doesn't count as a proper album), but I can see why people hate it. I'm not big on the interlude tracks either, and I think Pinball Wizard is one of the Who's weakest tracks (the BBC version smokes the album version), but the best songs (We're Not Gonna Take It, Underture, Sally Simpson, Cousin Kevin, Christmas) are a match for just about any other band's work.

The concept is crap, the lyrics can be overbearing, but the music is wonderful. It's a great zoning out album.

:eek:

Some Girls is one of their best 70s albums.

its been on my to do list for 5+ years....

Aggghhh!!! I HATE "Some Girls", I've given it ample chances too. It has probably the most atrocious Stones song of all time, "Shattered". Echh. The sad part is, everything afterwards made "Some Girls" sound like "Exile" in comparison. I just really dont like any songs off it, while their mid-70's albums, despite being mediocre for the most part, all have at least one song I like.

I've always liked it better than 'Bossanova', it rocks harder, and has better melodies. Just don't expect anything near as good as 'Doolittle' or 'Rosa'.

Apart from Before They Make Me Run (which is one of the Stones' all time best tracks), I don't see what the fuss is over that album.

Personally, I'll extend Brad's 1976 cutoff for the Stones to 1972. Exile was their last stand for me.

I'd say it's solid rather than spectacular , but it's a vast improvement over the 2 that preceeded it.

I've never really understood this whole Exile cut off point regarding the stones , Goats Head Soup while being a step down from Exile is still just as good as anything they put out in the late 60s.

Well, I think they peaked with Let It Bleed, and if Sticky Fingers was a step down from that, Exile was even further down the ladder, but still decent. Goat's Head Soup is, at best, mediocre (and Black & Blue is awful).

For me, Exile was the end of their "Great" album run.


I don't mind Goats Head Soup, and Black and Blue has "Far Away Eyes" which is a good song. I think Goats Head Soup just has "Following a great album Syndrome", where it doesn't matter if it's decent or not, people are still going to expect Exile Pt. 2.



No way! I think Sticky Fingers is just as good as "Let It Bleed" and "Beggars Banquet", with Exile eclipsing all of them. 'Sticky Fingers' has 'Sway', 'Dead Flowers', 'Ive Got the Blues', 'Wild Horses', so many great tunes. And of course, Exile being my favorite Stones album, no explanation neccasarry.

Weezer- The Red Album.
not so good. Rivers needs to stick to writing the songs

weezers first album is the only one of theirs i like. i do like hash pipe and holiday in the sun tho...

i didnt think it was too bad...better than maladroit

I grew up loving Queen and all they`re old and middle stuff...

i happened to comment on a Youtube vid how i didnt think much of what they did post `A Kind Of Magic` was any good.... Fkin hell, the hatred and sh!t i got back...


so my vote for this thread is `The Miracle` and `Innuendo` - terrible albums by an immortal band.:hphones:

I can't stand Beggar's Banquet; Street Fighting Man is the only keeper on there. Sticky Fingers is their most consistant album (all of the tracks are good, unlike Let It Bleed, which has a few clunkers), but the peaks of Let It Bleed (particularly the last three tracks) eclipse anything on Sticky Fingers.

If I had to choose a favorite Stones album, it'd be Let It Bleed...but as far as the desert island scenario goes, I'd pick Sticky Fingers.

BTW, Far Away Eyes is on Some Girls.

Beggars Banquet is probably the most sound Rolling Stones album. It might not have all their wild hits but it's such a strong album. It doesn't deteriorate in the middle like Let It Bleed or Aftermath, and there are some genuinely infectious tunes on there. It opens with such clarity:

You're telling me Sympathy with the Devil doesn't have one of the catchiest basslines ever? And it's got some sweet backup vocals too...

Sorry, I meant, "Memory Motel" off Black and Blue, not "Far Away Eyes".

I love Beggars Banquet. "Stray Cat Blues" is one of my top 3 Stones songs.

Actually, I think the weak tracks on Let It Bleed are at the beginning, and I don't think Aftermath really has any weak tracks. BB just doesn't do anything for me.

I never got the big deal over Sympathy, bass line or backup vocals or not. It's decent, but nothing to write home about.

We've clearly got some disagreeing tastes then. I think Gimme Shelter might be the best Stones song ever.

There's not really any big deal about Sympathy for the Devil, it's just got an infectious beat and it isn't guitar-driven, which is pretty sweet.

The White album by The Beatles. Spare a handful of tracks, it really is just a cluster****.

Though I don't dislike it by any means, I find Revolver to be overhyped as an icon for the "album" format. I'm certainly not a stickler for the format, and I do appreciate a good cohesive one too. But the staunch "album as the only respectable musical document" preachers usually adore it, and I can't see how they can. An album that starts off with "Taxman," jumps straight into "Eleanor Rigby," waddles along to "Yellow Submarine," plods along to "Got To Get You Into My Life," and caps off with "Tomorrow Never Knows" is hardly a fantastic example of album-craft. In fact, it feels like I'm listening to a far-more enjoyable version of musical potluck, compared to the **** storm that is The White album.

I love Gimmie Shelter too; I guess I should have been more specific and said that Love In Vain and Country Honk are the tracks I don't care for.

Re: Sympathy For The Devil; I usually don't get into songs on the basis of their rhythms (which is why I don't appreciate much funk music), but I'm all for non-guitar driven songs. That track just doesn't do much for me, though I know I'm definitely in a very small minority here.

actually the song is for whom the bells toll
and you are on drugs if you think metallica is ****
:finger::band:

Well I should take your opinion into consideration considering you're clearly not biased about Metallica, Metallicafan27.

I am on drugs.

Let's see:

Lead Sails Paper Anchor - Atreyu
They went in a softer direction.

Steal This Album! - SOAD
I need an explanation?

All Rainbow releases after Dio left

All Rush releases after 1982 (no I haven't heard them all, but I've heard at least one track off each and I am not impressed)

The Great Southern Trendkill - Pantera (I don't really HATE it, but it's so sub-par for them)

LSPA was Atreyu's second best for me :shycouch:

The 2.0 version is better.

I'm a pretty big Leonard Cohen fan but his 2001 album Ten New Songs was just awful. The thing that made it worse was the fact that I had been waiting for nine years for him to put out a new album and when he finally did it was this muzak-sounding crapfest. In retrospect, I guess the atrocious album cover design should've been a tip-off that the album sucked.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...enNewSongs.jpg