Albums that disappointed you

[Kenami]

The album that destroyed me when I was younger was "The Open Door" by Evanescence. I loved Fallen, but when Ben Moody left the band, he took the band with him.

absolutely. I used to love that first record to bits and The Open Door was a massive let down! Nothing but incredibly dull self-indulgent tracks by Amy Lee. The lack of song writing from Ben Moody was highly apparent.

And you weren't joking...he literally did take the band with him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_Fallen

 

[ScoobyDizzle]

Lupe Fiasco - L.A.S.E.R.S.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

I'm just gonna say this right now, I'm getting my rage face on for St. Anger.

Well you've saved me from saying it. I didn't think things could get any worse after that rancid pile of sh*t, but then they went and released the Some Kind of Monster DVD. Uurgh.

 

[WalrusPowers]

Pretty much 80 percent of ACDCs stuff after the Bon Scott era.

and also, St Anger. Although, that kinda need not be mentioned.

 

[0_Insomnis_0]

Night Train by Keane. Very disappointing.

 

[Xelt]

The new one by Norther Change of singer really changed them too much.

 

[Professor Lupin Madblood]

Korven Kuningas by Korpiklaani. They're a really obscure Finnish folk metal band, you've probably never heard of them.

/hipster

In all seriousness, though, their first two albums were excellent, combining elements of classic headbanging metal and genuine musicianship with Finnish folk tales and fiddles.

Korven Kuningas was an hour and 13 minutes of music that all sounded the same and was mostly in Finnish. Guys, I get that you're a Finnish band and I don't mind it when you decide to speak in Finnish (Keep on Galloping from Koren Kuningas is still good despite 90% of it being incomprehensible to my Canadian ears), but when your albums so far have been almost entirely in English, it's not the sort of thing you just go around changing.

And I'm not going to get into the title track, which I thought was going to be a 22-minute epic the likes of which I had not heard since Niflheim by Adagio (obscure French band because that's how I roll). It ended up being a song like any other one on the album, but with 15 minutes of THE SAME THREE DRUM NOTES REPEATED UNTIL THE END OF THE SONG.

Good God did that ever annoy me.

EDIT: Hah! My 42nd post and it's about obscure European metal. Awesome. Read more Douglas Adams if you don't get why 42 is a significant number.

 

[SuperNova221]

Every David Bowie from the 80's onwards.

 

[w9496]

I'm just gonna say this right now, I'm getting my rage face on for St. Anger.

I was hoping someone would bring that shit-infested bulbous wart on the asshole of music into this thread.

I think I may have typed that wrong, I ACTUALLY LIKE THAT ALBUM. I like the sound of the snare, the fast riffs in songs like Frantic, Lars went back to double bass, and to me it seemed like they actually had emotion behind their songs and their lyrics.

I can see why some may not like it, or to go as far as to hate it.

I'm just gonna say this right now, I'm getting my rage face on for St. Anger.

Well you've saved me from saying it. I didn't think things could get any worse after that rancid pile of sh*t, but then they went and released the Some Kind of Monster DVD. Uurgh.

and since you quoted me about this too, there ya go.

 

[smithy_2045]

The new Arctic Monkeys album, "Suck It And See".

I'll agree on the first two. The last two Arctic Monkeys albums haven't been very good (but they'll always have those Your Favourite Worst Nightmare and Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.

IMO, Humbug was their best album yet. But I definitely agree Suck It and See was a let down.


Bloc Party's Intimacy had some really good songs, but also some utter crap.

Franz Ferdinand have never matched the height of their debut album.

Interpol's self-titled wasn't as good as their earlier work.

Jet's Shine On was pathetic.

The Killer's Day & Age sucked.

MGMT's Congratulations lacked everything that made Oracular Spectacular good.

Muse's The Resistance was too much filler.

That's all I can think of for now.

 

[standokan]

The last U2 album, I know it's dated but still, didn't love it.

 

[WaReloaded]

Xecutioner's Return by Obituary and Evisceration Plague by Cannibal Corpse.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Well you've saved me from saying it. I didn't think things could get any worse after that rancid pile of sh*t, but then they went and released the Some Kind of Monster DVD. Uurgh.

I think I may have typed that wrong, I ACTUALLY LIKE THAT ALBUM. I like the sound of the snare, the fast riffs in songs like Frantic, Lars went back to double bass, and to me it seemed like they actually had emotion behind their songs and their lyrics.

I can see why some may not like it, or to go as far as to hate it.

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Well, I won't argue with that - the songs definitely had emotion behind them. But to me the delivery was just pathetic.

My reasons I hate St Anger:

a) The production
I mean - it was so muddy, with no power or sonic energy. like they tried to do Nu-metal and just ended up with brown sludge.

b) The drums
sounded like Lars drunkenly falling around in a restaraunt kitchen banging pots and pans together. I admire that he wanted to thrash his kit again but he just isn't a very good drummer and this really shows when the drum is this raw and unpolished.

That snare sound was cool when Helmet did it but it just became noise when pounded in thrash rhythms.

c) The songs
Song structures were just endless repetitive, droning riffing cut and pasted in Pro tools into something resembling overly long structures - none of the great dynamics they used to be so good at, and none of kirk's solos or inventive little flourishes

d) The lyrics and James's voice

'hard to see clear
is it me, is it fear?'

'i want my anger to be healthy'

'it's my world you can't have it'

'God I feel like it only rains on me'

SO... much.... cringe.... I mean, this is the man who wrote 'Unforgiven' and 'Wherever I May Roam'! And what was up with his voice and all those nasty squeals and whines?

Anyway... lol. I felt I should at least give a few valid reasons for hating it

 

[CrashBang]

Avenged Sevenfold's self-titled one. It was nowhere near their usual level of awesomeness.

(I feel like I'm going to get shit for saying I like A7X, but whatevs...)

A7X are a guilty pleasure of mine as well and I actually quite liked that album. Nightmare, however, was dire. I hated everything about it

OT: AFI - Decemberunderground. This album was their transition from hardcore punk to pop-rock, a transaction which I was fine with because the next album, Crash Love, was excellent. The transition, however, was fairly awkward and included Miss Murder, the worst AFI song ever

Also Architects new album, The Here And Now, was a bit of a disappointment but not because it was a bad album. In fact, the album is superb, but it was a bit of a disappointment simply because the album before it, Hollow Crown, was so hugely original and mind-blowingly awesome that they couldn't really follow it. This was obvious given the shift in style which upset a lot of fans

 

[DustyDrB]

the white album. it's quite good, but it's not the great Beatles masterpiece that it's often made out to be

The masterpiece? No. Because they released five masterpieces (Rubber Soul, The White Album, Revolver, Abbey Road, and The Magical Mystery Tour) that all had varying sounds. I don't know which is my favorite (it's between Rubber Soul and The Magical Mystery Tour), but asking five people what the best Beatles album is will yield you twelve answers.

sorry if that was confusing but I didn't mean it's often considered their only masterpiece. I meant it's often considered their best, or one of their absolute best. also while you're right that there's no consensus about what the best Beatles album is, I'm glad to meet another person who'd nominate Rubber Soul.

Oh, I get your meaning now. I'm a folk musician at heart. Rubber soul is right at home for me.

the white album. it's quite good, but it's not the great Beatles masterpiece that it's often made out to be

The masterpiece? No. Because they released five masterpieces (Rubber Soul, The White Album, Revolver, Abbey Road, and The Magical Mystery Tour) that all had varying sounds. I don't know which is my favorite (it's between Rubber Soul and The Magical Mystery Tour), but asking five people what the best Beatles album is will yield you twelve answers.

6... you forgot Sgt Pepper

And that was unacceptable of me. Apologies, Sgt Pepper!

 

[Alluos]

The Foo fighters - Wasting light

It's probably just a grower, but besides "White limo" and a few other songs, it's not quite got the same kind of awesome that appealed to me in their older albums.

 

[Dense_Electric]

I will admit I USED TO like Avenged Sevenfold, keyword "USED TO". Until I heard their shitty ass cover of walk by Pantera. Its like Chinese Democracy Guns N' Roses Bad.

Is that seriously your reason for disliking the band and their entire discography? Not even mentioning that I thought it was a pretty damn good cover, I don't see how not liking one cover of another band's song invalidates their own music.

MCR's Danger Days. I was hoping for it to be a new version of Revenge but....yeah, big let down.

I feel you on that one, too. Granted, it was still a pretty cool album, but out of the four it's my least favorite (TCfSR is still the best, of course)

I think I may have typed that wrong, I ACTUALLY LIKE THAT ALBUM. I like the sound of the snare, the fast riffs in songs like Frantic, Lars went back to double bass, and to me it seemed like they actually had emotion behind their songs and their lyrics.

I can see why some may not like it, or to go as far as to hate it.

Actually I thought it was a pretty good album on it's own merit. It's probably my least favorite, and it's not great compared to their other work (Reload was my favorite post black-album/pre-Death Magnetic), but still a pretty solid album by itself.