Artists worst album.

[JochemHippie]

That's kinda hard...

I could just ofcourse play the Lulu card, which'd be easiest, but not really fair.
As universally hated as it is, I doubt many off gave the full album a listen or even went beyond "The Table"

My initial thought would be John Frusciante's new album, PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone. Which is by far the worst album I've heard this year.

Especially for a "fairly" high profile production like this, but it's so baaaaaad...

For those that don't know him, you might remember him better from his work with The Red Hot Chili Peppers.


What he did, was make an electronic LP
Aaaaand personally I would've been fine with that, he did it before. A collab with Josh Klinghoffer, "A Sphere in the Heart of Silence" (the guitarist from The Red Hot Chili Peppers for who don't know him) that LP was electronic and quite decent!

This however, is not.

The synths are so bland, so generic. Exactly the same goes for the breakbeats, they too have that generic and dull effect.


And his voice... God his voice on this LP is horrendous, the largest part of the time he's struggling to keep in pitch and sometimes is just completely off pitch.

I can see what he tried to do with this LP, be edgy, be experimental.
But he just makes a fool of himself.

Certainly not on par with his earlier work, more like a really bad NIN demo.

 

[RanD00M]

For the Clash, for me it is Sandinista. The whole album just screams of quantity over quality... and then learning that it was all made in a space of about a month confirmed that!

As a fan of the Clash I must agree with that. It's not really that bad of an album, but it lacks so much of their pazazz. At least they brought it back with Combat Rock.

 

[Elementary - Dear Watson]

For the Clash, for me it is Sandinista. The whole album just screams of quantity over quality... and then learning that it was all made in a space of about a month confirmed that!

As a fan of the Clash I must agree with that. It's not really that bad of an album, but it lacks so much of their pazazz. At least they brought it back with Combat Rock.

Agreed, massively! Combat Rock was one of the best, on par with The Clash, and just below London Calling!

Also... out of interest... who is the young lady in your avatar? I recognise her, but can't for the life of me remember where I have seen her!?

 

[MysticToast]

I listen to a shit tonne of music yet rarely listen to a bands entire discography more than once, I see no reason to listen to a bands inferior albums more than once and stick to the classics really.

However one of the biggest examples I have noticed of a band going to shit is Muse, they started off really well and got better with Origin of Symmetry but after that they got progressively worse.

My rank for each in chronological Order:

Showbiz: 7.5/10
Origin of Symmetry: 8/10
Absolution: 7/10
Black Holes and Revelations: 5/10
The Resistance: 3/5
The 2nd Law: 1.5/10

They are probably the best example of a good band that got worse over time, either them or Metallica at least.

Wow that is really harsh, and I entirely disagree with you on every one of those scores but.....

Also I just want to say on an unrelated note that a severely under-rated album is The Division Bell by Pink Floyd, this album gets alot of hate but in my opinion is consistently above average throughout with some stunning tracks (Marooned and High Hopes are two of my favourite Floyd tracks!), it is not a very memorable listen or exciting for the most part but the writing is still really good.

You're so on the money with this I'm having a hard time being mad at you

 

[Voxgizer]

The Ataris - Welcome To The Night

Far as I'm concerned it's really the only bad album they've done. That said, it's very much the worst.

Bad Religion - Into The Unknown

Bad Religion is by far my favorite band, and I truly enjoy almost every song of theirs, but this album is probably the one I like the least. I wouldn't say it's terrible or even bad, it was just them experimenting. Too bad they hate it so much themselves that they generally deny its existence.

 

[Artemis923]

Morbid Angel - illud divinum insanus

This album was just horrendous compared to the earlier albums. Massive fan backlash to

That was my first choice.

YEARS I waited for this...the feeling of bitterness and disappointment was mighty indeed.

A few others include Dimmu Borgir's last two albums...they were terrible, both of them. Shagrath has little to no power left in his voice after all these years, and now that they fired ICS Vortex...there's nothing left in that band. At least I'll always have Stormblast and Enthrone Darkness Triumphant to remember them by.

Also, any Deicide album after the Hoffman brothers left the band. Fuck Glen Benton, the Hoffman's made Deicide awesome. They were br00tal, talented guitarists. Glen's just a d00sh with a stupid inverted cross on his face 'cuz that's "hard and brewtulz".

 

[xplosive59]

I listen to a shit tonne of music yet rarely listen to a bands entire discography more than once, I see no reason to listen to a bands inferior albums more than once and stick to the classics really.

However one of the biggest examples I have noticed of a band going to shit is Muse, they started off really well and got better with Origin of Symmetry but after that they got progressively worse.

My rank for each in chronological Order:

Showbiz: 7.5/10
Origin of Symmetry: 8/10
Absolution: 7/10
Black Holes and Revelations: 5/10
The Resistance: 3/10
The 2nd Law: 1.5/10

They are probably the best example of a good band that got worse over time, either them or Metallica at least.

Wow that is really harsh, and I entirely disagree with you on every one of those scores but.....

People know me as a really harsh critic so don't take it too personally, if this was a professional magazine review however +2 to each score as magazines are overly polite in reviews.

What would you have as scores instead?

 

[MysticToast]

I listen to a shit tonne of music yet rarely listen to a bands entire discography more than once, I see no reason to listen to a bands inferior albums more than once and stick to the classics really.

However one of the biggest examples I have noticed of a band going to shit is Muse, they started off really well and got better with Origin of Symmetry but after that they got progressively worse.

My rank for each in chronological Order:

Showbiz: 7.5/10
Origin of Symmetry: 8/10
Absolution: 7/10
Black Holes and Revelations: 5/10
The Resistance: 3/10
The 2nd Law: 1.5/10

They are probably the best example of a good band that got worse over time, either them or Metallica at least.

Wow that is really harsh, and I entirely disagree with you on every one of those scores but.....

People know me as a really harsh critic so don't take it too personally, if this was a professional magazine review however +2 to each score as magazines are overly polite in reviews.

What would you have as scores instead?

Ok,I sort of lied. Your Showbiz and OOS scores are pretty close to what I'd peg them at. If I were to change them, it would be by +.25 probably (each, of course).

Absolution is a 9 for me. Easily my favorite and contains my favorite songs.
Your BHaR score is astonishingly low, imho. I'd peg that at an 8. FWIW, that album sounds great live.

I understand The Resistance was very divisive, but I didn't find it nearly as bad as a lot of people made it out to be. Probably a 7.5 for me.

Can't really say I'm surprised on your score for 2nd Law. Again, very polarizing. But I happen to like it a lot. Solid 8 from me on that album.

Of course, I totally respect your opinions and all that, I was just sort of surprised to see BHaR and Absolution so low, as they're probably the most well-liked among fans.

 

[RanD00M]

Also... out of interest... who is the young lady in your avatar? I recognise her, but can't for the life of me remember where I have seen her!?

A big ol' fucked if I know. It's just some .gif I found on 4chan.

 

[xplosive59]

I listen to a shit tonne of music yet rarely listen to a bands entire discography more than once, I see no reason to listen to a bands inferior albums more than once and stick to the classics really.

However one of the biggest examples I have noticed of a band going to shit is Muse, they started off really well and got better with Origin of Symmetry but after that they got progressively worse.

My rank for each in chronological Order:

Showbiz: 7.5/10
Origin of Symmetry: 8/10
Absolution: 7/10
Black Holes and Revelations: 5/10
The Resistance: 3/10
The 2nd Law: 1.5/10

They are probably the best example of a good band that got worse over time, either them or Metallica at least.

Wow that is really harsh, and I entirely disagree with you on every one of those scores but.....

People know me as a really harsh critic so don't take it too personally, if this was a professional magazine review however +2 to each score as magazines are overly polite in reviews.

What would you have as scores instead?

Ok,I sort of lied. Your Showbiz and OOS scores are pretty close to what I'd peg them at. If I were to change them, it would be by +.25 probably (each, of course).

Absolution is a 9 for me. Easily my favorite and contains my favorite songs.
Your BHaR score is astonishingly low, imho. I'd peg that at an 8. FWIW, that album sounds great live.

I understand The Resistance was very divisive, but I didn't find it nearly as bad as a lot of people made it out to be. Probably a 7.5 for me.

Can't really say I'm surprised on your score for 2nd Law. Again, very polarizing. But I happen to like it a lot. Solid 8 from me on that album.

Of course, I totally respect your opinions and all that, I was just sort of surprised to see BHaR and Absolution so low, as they're probably the most well-liked among fans.

Absolution I gave a good score and I do really like that album, I just do not think it is as good as their first two. (Also I really dislike Hysteria, I am a bassist as well so take from that what you will)

BHaR on the otherhand has some really great tracks (mainly Map of The Problematique, Assassin and Knights of Cydonia) but also has the worst tracks of any of their albums up to that point, Hoodoo, Soldiers Poem, Exo-Politics and Invincible are filler tracks and Starlight is meh but designed for the purpose of airplay. The other tracks are alright but they lack substance in my opinion. Supermassive Black Hole never really caught my attention but is an alright song and apart from the strings section in City of Delusion the song is nothing special.

I respect your opinion though.

 

[byte4554_v1legacy]

it's not really a album, more of a song... Now we all loved the white album until you came to...
THIS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVf5Cr4M-F8
Sorry, no idea how to embed...

 

[FalloutJack]

Obligatory hatred of Bob Dylan's voice, therefore nullifying his work as a singer at all.

(He only writes well. His voice is the shrill cry of babies on meth.)

 

[xplosive59]

Snippety Snip'd

I forgot to recommend these guys to you as you like Muse quite a bit, these guys came about around the same time as Muse but did not gain the amount of popularity Muse got, very similar sound though.

 

[MysticToast]

Snippety Snip'd

I forgot to recommend these guys to you as you like Muse quite a bit, these guys came about around the same time as Muse but did not gain the amount of popularity Muse got, very similar sound though.

Thanks for the recommendation!

I'll be sure to check them out when I get home from work.

 

[xplosive59]

it's not really a album, more of a song... Now we all loved the white album until you came to...
THIS: Sorry, no idea how to embed...

There, embedded for you

I disagree though, there is alot of filler on The White Album and Revolution 9 is not the worst track although it is pretty bad, that award would have to go to Wild Honey Pie...

 

[Innocent Bystander]

Oh shit, I forgot. Korn: The Path Of Totality. Whether or not Korn is really a "good" band is up for debate, but they did a freakin' dub step album. With Skrillex. Goddamn. From what I've heard of the album "stand out" tracks, nothing blends properly. Jonathan Davis' usual growl doesn't work with the wubs from Skrillex. And I actually enjoy Skrillex, to a point. It's just... distressing. And all these people I know absolutely love the album, and play it constantly at parties.

 

[Denamic]

Mostly everything Metallica's done since the Black Album has been a descent into mediocrity.

 

[gibboss28]

Helloween 7 Sinners, it has 2 songs that are ok, but overall its just one of the worst albums that has been released with Andi Deris as the lead singer. Though that said when I saw them on their tour for said album, they were pretty bitching, they had the sense not to do that many songs off of that album.

 

[Poetic Nova]

Fear Factory - Mechanize (most likely the only one who hates it). It lacks any of the classic sound they have and made it sound like Devine Heresy (not a terrible band but stil). Their latest release made up for it luckily.