Bad albums by good bands

[Joe Schmoe]

Hearing the travesty that is Love Beach by ELP got me to wondering what other examples of really bad albums by otherwise good bands are out there. Two others that I could think of offhand were Hot Space by Queen and Kilroy was Here by Styx. (Her Majesties Satanic Request is often cited as a bad Stones album, but I actually like it.)

 

[zumbo]

"Californication", by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

I love this band, and every cd. But, this one is not "Right On Time."

 

[pcefrog]

worst ones from good ones

Mick Jagger solo albums....sound very expensive ....boring
the WHO..who are you.....keith was way too wasted..actually kicked out of the band...and they used some studio drummers....the who wihout keith moon in the 70's boring.
David Bowie...Tonight..shhhhh,zzzzzzzzzz
Rolling Stones....Dirty work (to listen too)
RUSH..roll the bones...geddy kinda rappin???
YES...Union and Big Generator....yuck
the Doors...American Prayer...after jim died they still put out a record? and it sucked??? who would've guessed?
Eric Clapton....August and Journeyman... somthing about the 80's that wrecked alot of musicians albums......that super loud fake snare sound for one. sounds okay on a dance album but not on , springsteen, seger, clapton etc.
lots of seventies artists fell prey to its ugly sound in the eighties.

 

[Joe Schmoe]

Good list, Frog. I especially agree with Big Generator. How did Yes go from classics like Starship Trooper and Heart of the Sunrise to a POS like Owner of a Lonely Heart?

 

[MDS]

Good list, Frog. I especially agree with Big Generator. How did Yes go from classics like Starship Trooper and Heart of the Sunrise to a POS like Owner of a Lonely Heart?

I don't know, I like Owner of a Lonely Heart better than Starship Troopers. Changes is the best 'modern' Yes song, IMO.

 

[Joe Schmoe]

I don't know, I like Owner of a Lonely Heart better than Starship Troopers.

My god, do you also like We Built this City better than Somebody to Love?

 

[pcefrog]

Yes

YES - 90125 was a good album,,with owner of a lonely heart, changes etc
IMO...their last good album(love DRAMA, too)in regards to there late seventies/early eighties albums,,,but..after that...BIG GENERATOR> UNION..they both STINK...name a song off of those too.....??
P.S. i saw, the 90125 concert 2x, and was at the shows that became the live concert dvd , you can buy now.

 

[MDS]

My god, do you also like We Built this City better than Somebody to Love?

No, but what if I did? I like Jane and Stranger better than Don't Lose Any Sleep (which you'd probably put in the same calss as We Built This City) but so what? Bands change over time.

 

[mouettus]

The latest one from linkin park. forgot it's title..... just stinks

 

[Joe Schmoe]

YES - 90125 was a good album,,with owner of a lonely heart, changes etc
IMO...their last good album(love DRAMA, too)in regards to there late seventies/early eighties albums,,,but..after that...BIG GENERATOR> UNION..they both STINK...name a song off of those too.....??
P.S. i saw, the 90125 concert 2x, and was at the shows that became the live concert dvd , you can buy now.

I thought that Lonely Heart was from Big Generator. I guess I didn't realize they had made more than one album of crappy mainstream techno-pop having nothing to do with the great progressive rock band called Yes.

 

[Joe Schmoe]

The latest one from linkin park. forgot it's title..... just stinks

Those guys use rap. Even a small amount of rap can completely destroy an otherwise decent album. ("One bad apple spoils the barrel.")

 

[3db]

Anything Genisis after Peter Gabriel left

*shudders* And if hear "In The Air Tonight" again, i'm gonna go insane.

Other albums I thought sucked are;

The Clash "Sandanista"
Robert Plants "Now & Zen"

 

[Joe Schmoe]

*shudders* And if hear "In The Air Tonight" again, i'm gonna go insane.

The post-Gabriel albums A Trick of the Tail and Wind and Wuthering both sounded like real Genesis to me (in fact, TotT includes Dance on a Volcano and Los Endos, two of their best pieces.) It was from And then there were Three on that they took a nosedive. Abacab was rock-bottom, and they haven't improved much since.