Your Biggest Album Disappointment

The River by Springsteen was quite disappointing.

 

You’ve also “liked” posts citing Tunnel of Love, Human Touch, Lucky Town, Working On a Dream, Wrecking Ball, High Hopes and maybe one or two others I missed.

So, which Springsteen album was your biggest disappointment? And what did you think of Born in the U.S.A.?

 

I agree about Draw The Line.
I don't think Night In The Ruts is bad either.

Yep, Presence rocks hard.
Love it.
ITTOD I Like, but.... I was very disappointed at the time of release.
Didn't sound like a Zep album.
It has grown on me over time thankfully.

 

Blue Oyster Cult - Revolution By Night.

I can't lie, this was very disappointing.
BOC's first really lackluster album in my opinion.
(No it's not Mirrors which I love).

 

Bowie - Pin-Ups

 

That was not the best Soundtrack. The Bee Gees were great Frapton not bad either yet it just didn't live up to my expectations.

 

These come to mind:

Chicago VIII
Coming off a great album like VII, VIII was dull and boring.
Minute By Minute
It would have worked better as a Michael McDonald solo album since it didn't have that Johnson era Doobies vibe.
Livin' On The Fault Line
The band sounded tired and bored, nothing interesting. Even after a few listens nothing grabbed me musically
Frank Zappa Versus The Mothers of Prevention.
Other than "Were Turning Again", the whole album sounds rushed and slapped together as a excuse to issue that "Porn Wars" track.
Thing Fish
It was cute for the first 10 minutes but got boring fast.
Strawberry Sound (Shonen Knife)
After one listening to a bunch of soulless tunes, this album proves Michie Nakatani was the musical brain of the group. They need to bring her back.

 

And for those millions that dug Frampton Comes Alive, the abysmal I'm In You.

 

Not really, seems like an overreaction.
Bands have a peak and Rocks was that peak for Aerosmith.
DTL wasn't a precipitous fall, it wasn't a bad album, it just wasn't as good as Rocks.
And as was pointed out earlier had some standout tracks on it too.
Still a good album.

 

Squeeze-Sweets from a Stranger- I'd been a fan since I bought the A&M comp "No Wave" and they really were improving by leaps and bounds from "Cool for Cats"-"Argybargy"-and their peak (for me) "East Side Story". This record seem to go deeper into the genre-hopping/dabbling they did with "East Side Story" with much lesser results. The songs weren't there, the production was clumsy and there was no flow to the album.

 

Not to me. And, yeah, they got worse after that, but by then I wasn’t expecting as much.

 

Lana Del Rey’s Honeymoon. What a freaking boring album. Painfully boring.

 

Yeah right

 

Talking Heads Naked

 

Well the band saw the end of the road as well as you. I found it brave.

 

Genesis Abacab. Really loved everything through Duke.

 

Think all involved were disappointed in that one....sad

 

And..don’t forget Earth Wind and Fire... they were on that album too...

 

RHCP: The Getaway. Give us back Frusciante!

 

Agreed. And in hindsight it’s a wonder they were even able to come up with anything at all after Rocks...

 

I agree with Chicago VIII and In Through The Out Door. They were both disappointing.

 

Kind of Blue.

I had such high hopes, but it’s incredibly ordinary and boring.

 

Pete Townshend - White City
Terence Trent D'Arby - Neither Fish Nor Flesh
Black Flag - My War

 

For me it was Invisible Touch.

 

There are many worse final albums from a band .