What has been your biggest album disappointment?

Like, an album you eagerly awaited for only to be let down?
My vote goes to Chinese Democracy by Axl's GN'R. A huge letdown compared to the hype and expectation.

 

Shadows in the Night....

 

Radiohead's Hail to the Thief

 

Sgt. Pepper. I was expecting to hear the greatest album of all time. That's my fault for reading the reviews and checking out all the "Greatest Albums of All Time" lists.
As for being disappointed by an album that I was eagerly anticipating, in recent years, I'd say "I'm With You" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

 

Battle Studies is up there.
The 3rd Cypress Hill album.
311 after Grassroots.
Stevie Wonder after Songs in the Key of Life.
The Black Album
When the Fat Boys broke up.

 

Exile on Main Street.

It has it's moments.....but not one of their best.

 

Be Here Now by Oasis. Overblown, bloated and a Beatles parody band. The "in thrall" music press lavished stupidly high praise on it when it came out....only to withdraw later.

 

Back in the early noughties, when Travis were big in the UK and headlining Glastonbury their third album was highly anticipated. I was quite the fan at the time and was dying to hear it. Finally the day came and I picked it up at the record store, got home and put it on the stereo. I literally fell asleep somewhere in the middle.

I couldn't even tell you the name of the album now, nor if I ever listened to it again to be honest. It was like listening to paint drying.

 

steel wheels, I think, I blacked it out

 

Smiley Smile by The Beach Boys

 

I think Q magazine were frightened to give out 5 star ratings for years after that. Remember that morning so clearly, queuing up to get the album - probably the last time I ever did that. As overblown as the album was, it was still a great event.

 

I can't imagine anyone being more wrong than this. Congrats!

 

Psychedelic Furs Midnight To Midnight. I was expecting a masterpiece and it was just more songs about hearts and stars...

 

The Cars - Door to Door

 

The day Britpop died.

 

The Clash - Cut the Crap, I waited months and months for that, kept getting delayed. It should still be delayed to this day.

 

REM- Green
runner up:
The Replacements - Don't Tell A Soul

 

Adventure and Destiny Street.

 

The Firm (both albums)

Mic Jagger - first solo album - didn't bother with anything after that one.

 

Talking Heads' "Naked"

 

Sgt. Pepper

 

It's a shame too. The songwriting was still strong.

Oasis Mistakes:

1. Using great songs as b-sides instead of saving them for the 3rd album
2. The production of the songs on Be Here Now

 

Isaac Hayes' Hot Buttered Soul is one of them.

 

RSD 2016 Doors. Wait in line for hours to get one only to get 2 record 1's and record 3. Quantity not quality. If you can't find time to do it right, when are you going to find time to do it over Rhino? What a bringdown.

 

In no particular order of crap:
Push and Shove - No Doubt
MDNA - Madonna
Gwen Stefani - Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
Björk - Biophilia and Vulnicura