What has been your biggest album disappointment?

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  1. Barnabas Collins

    Barnabas Collins Senior Member

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    The prog quotient doesn't really mean much to me. I like TTB better than all of those except for for Raven. And 3.65 is hardly a negative rating on PA. I think Yes' Heaven and Earth was only in 2 star territory back on its initial release.
     
  2. Lukather

    Lukather Forum Resident

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    Achtung baby
     
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  3. dalem5467

    dalem5467 Forum Resident

    This one. It could and should have been great.

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  4. Nielsoe

    Nielsoe Forum Resident

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    I’m glad (on your behalf) that you are willing to give them a chance. Perhaps their previous effort Lost In The Dream would be a slightly better starting point given that fact their americana roots are a bit more predominant on this album. On the other hand plan one (Thinking Of A Place) should work! Happy listening.
     
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  5. Saint Johnny

    Saint Johnny Forum Resident

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    :confused:Confused. Aren't these both Twister Sister covers?
     
  6. CBS 65780

    CBS 65780 "Could I do one more immediately?"

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    Randy Newman Harps And Angels

    Waited for years for an album of new studio material and it ends up being a mish mash of old songs reworked, songs of his that other people previously did now getting a version by Randy, I think it contained only something like 14 minutes of completely new music.
     
  7. D.B.

    D.B. Forum Resident

    Isn't "Sex In The Summer" Disc 2 track 1? Funnily enough that's one of my favourites on the whole set! A breezy, light-hearted, fun and sexy little number - I always enjoy that one.

    But yeah, the second disc is pretty darned good on the whole!
     
  8. Scott6

    Scott6 Forum Resident

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    Oh come on, really?
     
  9. D.B.

    D.B. Forum Resident

    Maybe try Album 1 when driving, it's good like that - fairly loud of course! One of my favourites in the car. In fact, I gotta watch it when I have that on, because it can induce unintentional speeding. Pretty bitchin' loose funky rock 'n' roll... And I also got into it with headphones, listening to the cool parts and interplay within the mix, and Jagger's brilliant vocals.

    It's just another 'really great' Rolling Stones album to me, like many other ones (including more recent ones, similarly to yourself).

    I think it helped that when I first heard / bought it 20-something years ago, I only ever had the cassette (!) of Album 1 for years and years. So it wasn't a big old sprawling thing for me, and proved pretty accessible.
     
  10. Nielsoe

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    I feel the same way about it. In no way a bad album, but it couldn’t hold a candle to Meddle IMO.
     
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  11. oldturkey

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    Bowie's Let's Dance. It was like the Japanese Emperor Hirohito renouncing his divinity.
     
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  12. DTK

    DTK Forum Resident

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    Neil Young's Are You Passionate? He had been on a roll, and the Crazy Horse 2001 Euro tour that previewed some of the songs was great, and it took some time to sink in..."hey, this is pretty awful actually".
     
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  13. Dr.D

    Dr.D Forum Resident

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    Arcade Fire - Reflektor

    The moment they disappeared into the fog of their own self importance.
     
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  14. carlwm

    carlwm Forum Resident

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    Appreciate the advice!
     
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  15. a customer

    a customer Forum Resident

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    Nashville skyline
    Byrd 1973 album
    Planet waves 1974 I think
     
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  16. yesstiles

    yesstiles Senior Member

    I was perplexed and unengaged as well when playing Side 1 of "A Passion Play" for the first time.

    But when I flipped it over and played Side 2 I was floored. It was amazing.

    I love Side 1 as well now, but back then it was tough.

    "A Passion Play" is in a class of its own. Just a stunning and beautiful album. Tull's very best.
     
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  17. Wounded Land

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    Pain of Salvation “Scarsick”

    Don’t know if many know this Swedish band, but their early albums are a unique take on progressive metal. “Scarsick” sounded to me like a band that was out of ideas. I can’t remember ever being more disappointed in a band. My fandom has never recovered.
     
  18. bherbert

    bherbert Forum Resident

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    Beatles Help! in mono
     
  19. Nielsoe

    Nielsoe Forum Resident

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    That one dissapointed me aswell at the time at least. I believe they played Going Home and When I Hold You In My Arms when I saw them in Hamburg. Amazing show!! I feel much better about that album today by the way, but back then it was a major let down.
     
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  20. Splungeworthy

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    This goes way back kids so buckle up.
    When KISS "Destroyer" came out it rocked my world. I was a member of the KISS army as a bratty teenager and I loved it. Then "Rock And Roll Over" came out. I handed in my fatigues and moved on. It was such a let down for me.
     
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  21. Aghast of Ithaca

    Aghast of Ithaca Forum Resident

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    I dread to imagine what you must have thought of Tonight.
     
  22. schnitzerphilip

    schnitzerphilip "Modern Dad" Unlocked Award

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    Oasis - Be Here Now

    Boston - Third Stage

    Pink Floyd - The Final Cut

    Billy Joel - An Innocent Man

    Bruce Springsteen - Lucky Town

    Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Liverpool

    ELO - Time

    Eminem - Relapse

    Foreigner - Inside Information

    Kansas - Audio Visions

    Prince - The Gold Experience

    Styx - Kilroy Was Here

    Supertramp - Famous Last Words

    U2 - Songs Of Innocence
     
  23. Roland Stone

    Roland Stone Offending Member

    Back when I had expectations that great artists would never falter -- I was too young for GOAT'S HEAD SOUP, SELF-PORTRAIT and the like -- I was disappointed with THE LONG RUN by the Eagles.

    Here was a band that was contemporary and, as far I was concerned, was now punching with the Classic Rock big boys awarded five stars in the Rolling Stone Record Guide. HOTEL CALIFORNIA was as ambitious as it was polished and I saw no reason the upward arc of their success and artistry wouldn't continue.

    Then came THE LONG RUN. Wotta dud. The singles were by-the-numbers crap that coulda been any of the mellow rockers in their profitable wake -- think Little River Band, Firefall, Pablo Cruise, etc. -- and the only song that evinced any effort was "The Sad Cafe." Worse, the whole thing seemed enervated, devoid of any energy or spark. Sterile. Then followed an equally turgid live double, a pointless greatest hits and it was all over.
     
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  24. englishbob

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    Prince - Diamonds and Pearls - what is this? Terrible production, terrible band members, and later on a male dancing duo.

    Radiohead - Hail to the Thief - Sorry other than about 2 tracks, they sound bored and un-engaged. Luckily not the end though, it got better

    The Cure - Wish - it was never going to top Disintegration was it.

    R.E.M. - Monster - "believe the hype, REM are back and this is rubbish" - is what they should of kept saying on the radio at the time, rather than try to ram this mediocre album down the throat.

    Faith no more - Album of the Year- again it was never going to top Angel Dust, and no more Big Jim

    Talking Heads - True Stories

    PJ Harvey - Uh oh her

    Oasis - Whats the story morning glory - horrible
     
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  25. jimmydean

    jimmydean Senior Member

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    the strange thing about wish is, that they put two of the best songs ("the big hand", "this twilight garden") out as b-sides... if they included them on the album it would have been much better (imho)
     
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