Easy for me to answer: Jethro Tull - A Passion Play After four great records in Stand Up, Benefit, Aqualung and Thick As A Brick, Ian Anderson laid a turd, at least in my world. While I certainly liked Jethro Tull albums after that, I never again was the fan I once was.
I forgot about these: Queen- A Day At The Races Never really got into it. The three hits are the best one there by a long, long shot. Queen- The Works In my opinion, this may be worse than Hot Space. The hits are all you need on it.
I bought a brand new, sealed LP of Graham Nash - Songs For Beginners. Opened it when I got home, and contained within: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.
Kid A. I still think OK Computer is one of the greatest albums of all time. Then came Kid A, and they told us, it is even better. I still don't get it, like at all.
In 1970/71 at the time, we did. The store erroneously told my parents it was the latest release anyway, which it wasn't.
For me it was the White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan I like Blue Orchid but remember feeling very unmoved by the rest of the album. I haven't listened to it since initial release.
St. Anger. Heard the lead off single on the radio (title track). Couldn't quite believe my ears. A friend downloaded the album and gave me a CDR of it. I still felt ripped off. The moment when Metallica quit their place at metal's top table. The Offspring - Conspiracy Of One/Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace - Their 90s work was supreme, but on Conspiracy.... the songwriting fell off a cliff completely and never recovered. Bought RAFRAG when it came out to see if they had regained any momentum and it sounded like bad emo for the most part. QOTSA - Rated R - Not a bad record, but really different to what I was expecting. The reviews made me think it was all going to sound like Feel Good Hit Of The Summer, but it was way more of a varied listen and pretty laid back in places. I still think it's chronically overrated and that the following Songs For The Deaf was their absolute masterpiece. Megadeth - Rust In Peace - Supposed to be a classic of the thrash era, but I noticed on first listen that after the first two songs (which are great) most of the album seemed like boring filler. I waited several years and expected it to grow on me. It never did.
Probably Bridge Over Troubled Water - I'd got their other four, but although everyone raves about this, I don't rate it even as highly as Wednesday Morning 3 a.m.
OK it's a gig but the Born In The USA album disappointed me and after missing out on tickets for The River tour I was so looking forward to this but it was a a real let down, sun setting over the stage (blinded by the light, haha) and surrounded by fist pumping drunks and not loud enough, or maybe I was in a bad mood that day, I just remember coming away really pissed off
Surprised to hear that - I’d have it as their finest album (but sure what would be the point if we all liked the same thing ).
I remember being terribly disappointed when Pet Shop Boys released Bilingual. I'd loved all their previous albums, but not this one.
Well how wrong could you be? On Amazon, this amazing record has 4 1/2 stars with 167 reviews. (Seriously though, what the heck is this? Why oh why would I pay $31.93 of 2021 U.S. Dollars for this? Methinks I just don't understand "art," let alone "avant garde." Nor do I want to, I suppose.)
For me it would have to be the original Rush Vapor Trails. I had never heard of the "Loudness Wars," so all I knew was that it sounded like crap in a can.
Mankind and his so-called Civilized Nations, as originally released by We're Doomed and The Monkey's Bunghole,,,
