Albums That Were Considered Huge Flops That You Actually Enjoy...

Screen13 · 06-10-2012, 04:40 AM

Soft Cell - this Last Night in Sodom
Going off the rails and off most of the charts, I always had a like of this album. The big hit is "Soul Inside," but "Where Was Your Heart (When You Needed It Most)," the experimental "Slave to This," "Meet Murder My Angel," and "The Best Way to Kill" are possibly among the fan favorites of those who want to remember them as the Electronic Duo who went beyond the norm.

EMF - Stigma - Critical favorite, but still hardly remembered at all beyond that, this was the one where The 'Mef go strange on us. If it can be called a hit, "They're Here" is possibly the best known. The whole album is damn good - Cinematic Electro Pop through Hell.

a ha - Memorial Beach - Compared to their hits and better known albums, this was a moody one, beyond the few tracks that tried to lighten up the show. Favorites, "How Sweet It Was," "Turn to Stone" (an epic for them at that time), and "Locust." This was the point where a lot of people counted Norway's Pop titans out before the Late 90's return, although there's still one mention in a best of 1993 (in Q I think it was) to remind me that there was someone else listening.

Madness - Mad Not Mad - The Nutty Boys get all reflective and moody after Mike Barson left them after Keep Moving, but they way they did it was still with some sharp humor and style. "Yesterday's Men," "I'll Compete," "Mad Not Mad," and "Tears You Can't Hide" remain top songs. Kind of loses it's grip on side Two, but I got this back in '86 in the Cut Outs, and I still have that well-played copy.

The Monkees cult following has turned the Head Soundtrack into a classic album, but I first heard this back before the re-issues, knowing a time when it was not so cool to rave about the album to the film that at one time hardly anyone saw (which now, of course, many have).

Screen13 · 06-10-2012, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Billy Idol—Cyberpunk
I may very well be one of the only people in the world who views this album not as an extreme change in style for him, but rather as a natural evolution of his new wave tendencies. Not only that but it's a hell of an improvement over Charmed Life. I actually rate it—along with Rebel Yell and Whiplash Smile—as one of his three best albums.

I'll try this one again. Bought this a while back, but never really got into it, although I do think it's an interesting change of pace. I kind of figured his music was starting to tread water by Charmed Life.

Screen13 · 06-10-2012, 04:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Alice Cooper - Flush The Fashion / Special Forces / Zipper Catches Skin / DaDa

Alice Cooper attempts Post Punk, New Wave, Synth Pop, Avant Garde and a whole bunch of other shit that his regular fan base will hate.... and ends up doing them surprisingly well.

Got Flush and Zipper in the Dollar Used Album bins recently. Flush I seriously like (to those who don't know, his classic "Clones (We're All)" is from it). Zipper is to me not as good, although I still have a place for it in my collection for "I Am the Future," the theme to one of my favorite Exploitation memories, Class of 1984 (which, possibly predicted the future in US schools...).

Screen13 · 06-10-2012, 05:05 AM

One final mention from me for now...

Arcadia - So Red the Rose. "Election Day" and "Goodbye is Forever" seriously remain my favorite 80's Pop memories. This is the one where 3/4 of Duran Duran go arty on us, lose fans, and create at least a couple of great singles. In a way, a compare and contrast to Powerstation's huge selling thundering chunk of Big 80's Pop (which I have..."Some Like It Hot" however is a guilty pleasure) is a reminder of how the 80's changed in '85. Sophisticated music, Mega videos, a big list of guests (including Grace Jones on "Election Day"), and a big promotion all wrapped up in a hideous cover which to this day I still blame for it's quick tank. I used to laugh at this one, until one day...

mr dave · 06-10-2012, 05:08 AM

Ministry - Filth Pig

Apparently this album is crap. I don't know if it's because it was my introduction to the band or what but I never thought it was that bad even after I acquiring other albums. If anything I prefer the sludgy-ness of this disc over the sterility of their more proper industrial fare. Reload and Brick Windows are still great tracks, I always enjoyed The Game Show and Useless as well. The Dylan cover of 'Lay Lady Lay' is a little odd but fits well in the disc. I can definitely understand why the album got the reaction it did from longtime fans as well as the press, I just didn't happen to be in either camp when I got my hands on it back in the day.

TheTremulants · 06-10-2012, 05:13 AM

I endevour to check out all of these albums..except Hot Space, sorry but that is a bad album

Unknown Soldier · 06-10-2012, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Screen13

Got Flush and Zipper in the Dollar Used Album bins recently. Flush I seriously like (to those who don't know, his classic "Clones (We're All)" is from it). Zipper is to me not as good, although I still have a place for it in my collection for "I Am the Future," the theme to one of my favorite Exploitation memories, Class of 1984 (which, possibly predicted the future in US schools...).

Special Forces is the hidden gem in that bunch, a fantastic album and a great cover of the Love song "Seven and Seven Is"

Paedantic Basterd · 06-10-2012, 07:05 AM

Critically, and apparently generally speaking, Paralytic Stalks has gone rather belly up since its release, but I don't give a ****, I love it.

Duraddict · 06-10-2012, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by TheTremulants

I endevour to check out all of these albums..except Hot Space, sorry but that is a bad album

Awwww. Boo. :P

Howard the Duck · 06-10-2012, 09:01 AM

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Bluejeans and Moonbeams

often cited as his "worst" album and referred to as "Captain Beefheart & His "Tragic" Band"

i enjoy this - nice commercial romp through easy-listening blues and even a proto-disco song to boot

has nothing at all to do with the classic "Magic Band" as they're mostly session musicians

still not bad, even if the last two songs are hell to sit through

06-10-2012, 04:40 AM	#11 (permalink)
Screen13 Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,388	Soft Cell - this Last Night in Sodom Going off the rails and off most of the charts, I always had a like of this album. The big hit is "Soul Inside," but "Where Was Your Heart (When You Needed It Most)," the experimental "Slave to This," "Meet Murder My Angel," and "The Best Way to Kill" are possibly among the fan favorites of those who want to remember them as the Electronic Duo who went beyond the norm. EMF - Stigma - Critical favorite, but still hardly remembered at all beyond that, this was the one where The 'Mef go strange on us. If it can be called a hit, "They're Here" is possibly the best known. The whole album is damn good - Cinematic Electro Pop through Hell. a ha - Memorial Beach - Compared to their hits and better known albums, this was a moody one, beyond the few tracks that tried to lighten up the show. Favorites, "How Sweet It Was," "Turn to Stone" (an epic for them at that time), and "Locust." This was the point where a lot of people counted Norway's Pop titans out before the Late 90's return, although there's still one mention in a best of 1993 (in Q I think it was) to remind me that there was someone else listening. Madness - Mad Not Mad - The Nutty Boys get all reflective and moody after Mike Barson left them after Keep Moving, but they way they did it was still with some sharp humor and style. "Yesterday's Men," "I'll Compete," "Mad Not Mad," and "Tears You Can't Hide" remain top songs. Kind of loses it's grip on side Two, but I got this back in '86 in the Cut Outs, and I still have that well-played copy. The Monkees cult following has turned the Head Soundtrack into a classic album, but I first heard this back before the re-issues, knowing a time when it was not so cool to rave about the album to the film that at one time hardly anyone saw (which now, of course, many have).

06-10-2012, 05:05 AM	#14 (permalink)
Screen13 Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,388	One final mention from me for now... Arcadia - So Red the Rose. "Election Day" and "Goodbye is Forever" seriously remain my favorite 80's Pop memories. This is the one where 3/4 of Duran Duran go arty on us, lose fans, and create at least a couple of great singles. In a way, a compare and contrast to Powerstation's huge selling thundering chunk of Big 80's Pop (which I have..."Some Like It Hot" however is a guilty pleasure) is a reminder of how the 80's changed in '85. Sophisticated music, Mega videos, a big list of guests (including Grace Jones on "Election Day"), and a big promotion all wrapped up in a hideous cover which to this day I still blame for it's quick tank. I used to laugh at this one, until one day...

06-10-2012, 05:13 AM	#16 (permalink)
TheTremulants Groupie Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 17	I endevour to check out all of these albums..except Hot Space, sorry but that is a bad album

06-10-2012, 07:05 AM	#18 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	Critically, and apparently generally speaking, Paralytic Stalks has gone rather belly up since its release, but I don't give a ****, I love it.