What would be on the "worst of" compilation from your favorite artist or band?

The one i'm about to mention belows to the list of my favourites, but doesn't earns the crown yet.

That said, i don't have to make a list purely depurated or something like that. Just one ugly album defines it at all: Van Halen III.

 

Some of my favourite U2 songs are there!! Wild Honey pop-tastic. The sound of God Part 2 is the portal from Rattle & Hum to Achtung Baby.

 

I was gonna do a Beatles one, but people would think I was being trollish, so instead, I give you...

THE WORST OF THE BEACH BOYS 1962-2012

1. Ten Little Indians
2. Surfers Rule
3. "Cassius" Love vs. "Sonny" Wilson
4. Denny's Drums
5. The Times They Are A-Changin'
6. When A Man Needs A Woman
7. A Day In The Life Of A Tree
8. Child Of Winter
9. The TM Song
10. Love Is A Woman
11. Hey Little Tomboy
12. Oh Darling
13. Crocodile Rock
14. Forever (1992 re-recording, with John Stamos on lead vocals)
15. The Private Life Of Bill & Sue

 

There's a pretty great (awful) Beatles one on the first page. Actually makes me laugh thinking of having it all on one album, and like gifting it to someone haha

 

My all time favorite band is Led Zeppelin, this is its worst:

• Hats Off to Roy Harper
• D'yer Mak'er
• Boogie with Stu
• Black Country Woman
• Candy Store Rock
• Hots On for Nowhere
• South Bound Saurez
• Hot Dog
• Walter's Walk
• Ozone Baby

 

Yardbirds worst

Sweet Music
Hang on Sloopy
Little Drummer Boy
Ha Ha Said the Clown
Ten Little Indians

 

Which do you object to? I can think of maybe two I disagree with, cause his list is pretty solid for the most part.

 

oki doki, glad you asked.
here is the real WORST in no particular order........ (clears throat)
Sumahama
Transcental Meditation
A day in the life of a tree (strongly agree there)
Bluebirds over the mountain
All i want to do (NOT the 'sunflower' song)
Cuddle up
The shift
Daybreak over the ocean
Love is a woman (yep agree)
When girls get together
Summer of love
TM song

that's off the top of my head.

 

I might leave off the tree song. THe lyrics are kinda trite but I think it's still cool. The others I agree with!

 

No Student Demonstration Time?

 

of course! hidden bonus track

 

Bowie

1. I'm Afraid of Americans
2. God Only Knows
3. Shake It
4. John I'm Only Dancing (Again)
5. Knock on Wood
6. Dancing in the Street
7. Too Dizzy
8. Chilly Down
9. Crack City
10. Rubber Band
11. Across the Universe

 

I'd probably throw in 'celebrate the news' too

 

The joys of the wide and varied catalogue of The Beach Boys - there's one of my favourites in there, and another couple that I like a lot. But actually 'Summer Of Love' is a great call as it's a terrible, terrible song. Same with 'When Girls Get Together' - maybe I'd blocked that out of my brain and instead nominated 'Oh Darling'?

I shamelessly adore this song - enough to overlook the lyrics because the performance is magnificent.

 

I remember buying the LP in late 80s and having such high hopes for it... the performance is there but I can't get past the lyrics...

 

Seriously? Does this one even exist?

 

Yes! it's on the 1992 album 'Summer in Paradise'. The so called worst album in the Beach Boys catalogue
according to most people.

 

Kiss

1. Kissing Time
2. Hooligan
3. Then She Kissed Me
4. She's So European
5. X-ray Eyes
6. God Gave RnR to You
7. Any Way You Want It
8. I
9. When You Wish Upon a Star
10. I'm in Need of Love
11. Goodbye
12. Tossing and Turning
13. Baby Driver

 

And here I was thinking mr. Pretzel was just trying to be funny. I love the Beach Boys but I do not own anything they've released after Keepin' the Summer Alive. I don't feel like changing that now

 

Stones

1. Lady Jane
2. Gomper
3. Going Home
4. Harlem Shuffle
5. Can't Be Seen
6. Rock and a Hard Place
7. Can You Hear the Music
8. If You Really Want to be my Friend
9. Cherry oh Baby
10. She Was Hot
11. Anybody Seen My Baby

 

haha! Mr Pretzel is right on the money.
here it is in all it's (cough) glory:

 

The Police

1. Be My Girl Sally
2. Bombs Away
3. The Other Way of Stopping
4. Mother
5. Miss Gradenko
6. Too Much Information
7. Murder By Numbers
8. Hungry for You
9. On Any Other Day
10. O My God

 

Very hard to make a contribution to this subject without being perceived as a troll or without falling for the temptation of being unfair. I could easily put together one for the Beatles without really trying too hard (love the band but there is enough dreck there to make at least a double worst of-album) or someone like Zappa or the Kinks because they've released so many albums of varying quality. But what is the fun of putting the whole of Schoolboys in Disgrace on a list?

I'll have to think about a band I really like with a manageable sized-discography.

 

Even more excitingly, there're TWO different mixes of it, so you can double your agony.