Members Alden97 Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 Been seeing a lot of threads relating to good music lately, and I started thinking... What's the worst album you bought, thinking it was going to be good or at least OK? Mine is Psychostick. I heard a few clips, thought it sounded OK and decided to try my luck. I'm actually a bit embarrassed I own it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dooshbag Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 Yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StillRock Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 When I bought Death Magnetic, I was all over it. Now I skip every song that comes up in my shuffle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pixelchemist Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 one of the buckethead albums i forget what it was called... i am generally a fan but he takes the stupid puppet thing a little far sometimes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alden97 Posted July 23, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 When I bought Death Magnetic, I was all over it. Now I skip every song that comes up in my shuffle. Man, that reminds me I own St. Anger... I just can't get past the snare drum on that album. I just want to scream at Lars to flip the lever down so it actually sounds like a snare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V-Type Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 Oh man lots of stinkers out there but by far the worst release Ive actually paid $$$ for was The Vinnie Vincent Invasion.What a pile of garb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shades990 Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 Hawthorne Heights - Skeletons. I really like their first album, the second album was a significant decline, didn't get the third, don't know why Skeletons would have been any better. I traded it back in in two days towards another disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members brandass Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music". Maybe "worst" isn't exactly the right word to describe it; more like "unlistenable", and that was intentional, so can it be considered the worst if it hits its mark? Most disappointing was Captain Beefheart's "Trout Mask Replica". The hype was so intense, all signs pointed to instant Nirvanna, and... I never got through the album even once, too {censored}ing annoying. I've still got it though; every 5 years or so I put it on for recalibration purposes - ah, THAT'S rock bottom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundgardener75 Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 The 2nd Nativity In Black. Two artists (Slayer and Pantera) were the best ones imo on it. The rest... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members =JL= Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 I bought Joss Stone's Soul Sessions album for my wife, who liked her version of Fell in Love with a Boy. The album version has a different (and not so good) vocal take, and all the other tracks have a different producer. They just sound like a lifeless recording of some bored old men from a cruise ship band limping through a few soul cliches.We're all quite used to buying albums which don't live up to the promise of the single, but that one actually felt like a ripoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aenemated Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 back in the late 90s; a co-worker was like "man, you like pearl jam right? dude, check out creed. you'll love them." i didn't (and still don't) really listen to the radio or follow any of that {censored} so i had no idea who this band was. so ... you know ... i bought it to check it out. i threw it out the window of my car on the way home from the store and never talked to that asshole again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzztone Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music".Maybe "worst" isn't exactly the right word to describe it; more like "unlistenable", and that was intentional, so can it be considered the worst if it hits its mark? Lester Bangs called it "The Greatest Album Ever Made" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CoqBelliqueux Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 I love the first album, like the second and that duet with Klaus Meine is pretty awesome, what's wrong with this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CoqBelliqueux Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 Eric Clapton Unplugged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brandass Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 Lester Bangs called it "The Greatest Album Ever Made" Yeah, that was part of the calculation in buying it. I had to work hard at it too, in those pre-internet, pre-CD days. It was hard to track down a copy, and harder to shell out so much dough. And it's not like I didn't have big ears - I was listening to tons of different stuff, including a lot of experimental noise-based music and boundry-less free jazz and such. My expectations were high. But... blech. A lot more fun to think about than to listen to (same goes for VU's "Murder Mystery"). I kept reading Bangs' reviews/rants, and kept liking them (still do), but was a lot more skeptical of his recommendations after buying that album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Janwender Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 Last year I bought World Painted Blood by Slayer, terrible album... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vinchester Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 In Flames - Soundtrack to Your Escape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Surrealistic Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 Most disappointing was Captain Beefheart's "Trout Mask Replica"Admittedly that album is an acquired taste but I have to say, for me, it's up near the other end of the spectrum from worst album I've ever purchased. Worst for me would probably be Doctors of Madness - Figments of Emancipation (yeah I know - "who?"). I bought the album based on a way-over-the-top review in the NME (don't think it was csm but it could have been) and pretty much hated every song on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brandass Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 Admittedly that album is an acquired taste but I have to say, for me, it's up near the other end of the spectrum from worst album I've ever purchased. I'm sincerely glad to hear that somebody got something positive out of that album! Lord knows I tried! I've acquired many hard-won tastes, but in this case it was not to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Snowcow Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 What was I thinking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Snowcow Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 Admittedly that album is an acquired taste but I have to say, for me, it's up near the other end of the spectrum from worst album I've ever purchased. Trout Mask is an all time favourite, for sure.However, I can understand how it may not appeal to some people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wulver Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 Well Brandass, you shouldn't have jumped straight into Trout Mask. Beefheart's the sort of guy where it's best to ease yourself in, go with some other albums that aren't so intentionally hard to listen to, you know? But, TMR gets as hyped as it does, that's what people do, and the sane ones tend to back off after that. Heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ArKay Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 I love the first album, like the second and that duet with Klaus Meine is pretty awesome, what's wrong with this one? I like the first and second so I preordered without hearing it first... It's too poppy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 Mc Cartneys first solo album. What a POS Why did I buy it? I blam it on bad drugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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