Albums that disappointed you
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Grouchy Imp said:
#w9496 said:
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
A7X are a guilty pleasure of mine as well and I actually quite liked that album. Nightmare, however, was dire. I hated everything about itkatsumoto03 said:
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
Oh, I get your meaning now. I'm a folk musician at heart. Rubber soul is right at home for me.Purple Shrimp said: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.DustyDrB said:
And that was unacceptable of me. Apologies, Sgt Pepper!Flabbagazta said:
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.Grotch Willis said:
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)Astoria said:
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.w9496 said:
Those are pretty good reasons, and I'm not going to pretend is even close to their best album or anything, I just think it gets a worse rap than it deserves.MiracleOfSound said:Grouchy Imp said:#w9496 said:
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
That's totally fair, I understand. I wanted to love, it, believe me. I wanted to even just like it... but it just wouldn't let me!w9496 said:
DustyDrB said:Oh, I get your meaning now. I'm a folk musician at heart. Rubber soul is right at home for me.Purple Shrimp said: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.DustyDrB said:
And that was unacceptable of me. Apologies, Sgt Pepper!Flabbagazta said:
1. Aphex Twin - Chosen Lords was bland, BLAND!!! Say what you like about Aphex he is NEVER bland, although it would be just like him to release a bland album for the sake of it.
2. The Easy All Stars - Radiodread and Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Dub Band, Dub Side of the Moon was/is fucking amazing the rest is nowhere near up to that standard, if you are going to remake classic albums you HAVE to do them justice, Dub Side did, the other two didn't
oops misposted
2. The Easy All Stars - Radiodread and Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Dub Band, Dub Side of the Moon was/is fucking amazing the rest is nowhere near up to that standard, if you are going to remake classic albums you HAVE to do them justice, Dub Side did, the other two didn't
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Don't worry, I did too. I thought it was quite amazing, actually.sean360h said:
I was really disappointed by Shiny Toy Guns' new album that they released in 2008, mainly because We are Pilots was just so amazing, and they kicked their old female singer for that new cheer leader bullshit queen. Thankfully, I heard that they're getting together with their new singer for their new album, so I'm pretty excited for that.
And other than aforementioned Screaming Bloody Murder (I liked their old stuff AND Underclass Hero and it's just bland,) I don't really get that excited for music, and I never get an album unless I'm sure I'll like it, so I usually don't get disappointed.
For me:
Lumpy Gravy - I'm sorry, but, outside the main theme, most of this is just bad. Zappa did the crazy avant-garde thing better with the "Help I'm A Rock/It Can't Happen Here/Return of the Son of Monster Magnet" sequence, and the craziness thing better with Absolutely Free and We're Only In It For The Money.
Filmore East: June 1971 - Another Zappa album. My dad said this was good, but to me it's just a boring comedy sketch album. You're better off popping in Joe's Garage.
Magician's Birthday - It's okay, just not as good as Uriah Heep's previous two albums. The worst of the lot has to be the title track, which is just a cheesy prog-epic.
Lumpy Gravy - I'm sorry, but, outside the main theme, most of this is just bad. Zappa did the crazy avant-garde thing better with the "Help I'm A Rock/It Can't Happen Here/Return of the Son of Monster Magnet" sequence, and the craziness thing better with Absolutely Free and We're Only In It For The Money.
Filmore East: June 1971 - Another Zappa album. My dad said this was good, but to me it's just a boring comedy sketch album. You're better off popping in Joe's Garage.
Magician's Birthday - It's okay, just not as good as Uriah Heep's previous two albums. The worst of the lot has to be the title track, which is just a cheesy prog-epic.
Journey's Generations. I'm like "yay more steve perry singing for me to listen to, of goody good, wait, JOURNEY HAS A NEW LEAD SINGER, nnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Then I had a friend throw it up into the air so I could shoot it with my 12 gauge.
Other than that, basicly 90% of all Punk rock albums signed to a major label.
Then I had a friend throw it up into the air so I could shoot it with my 12 gauge.
Other than that, basicly 90% of all Punk rock albums signed to a major label.
Bob Mould's Modulate...man, I adore that man, but his "disco" phase really didn't agree with me.
Disturbed's latest album, Asylum. It has pretty artwork, but it's just not very good. "We're being a lot more open in our music" meant "We're losing all semblance of subtlety in our messages", and the riffs were just not very interesting.
Metallica - Death Magnetic
It was Christmas. It had been forever since St. Anger, and many people were still snickering about that unforunate ... thing. All I kept saying was, "They're going to redeem themselves! Everything is going to be okay."
We listened to it all the way through on the drive out East. Twice. At first, I was happy about it and thought it was great, mostly because it was heavy, there were guitar solos, and there were a couple that I liked within the first ten seconds.
Eventually that wore through and I realized it was pretty mediocre, actually. The more I listened, the less I liked it. I went to see Metallica some time later that year, but being the Death Magnetic tour, all the new Metallica fans had a better time than I did. No Bleeding Me, no Memory Remains, not even anything off the Garage albums. No high-fives at all.
Metallica, I am disappoint.
...oh, and the White Album. I mean, really? Everyone's all HOLYFUCKTHEWHITEALBUM, but it's so hit-or-miss. I give it a resounding meh.
It was Christmas. It had been forever since St. Anger, and many people were still snickering about that unforunate ... thing. All I kept saying was, "They're going to redeem themselves! Everything is going to be okay."
We listened to it all the way through on the drive out East. Twice. At first, I was happy about it and thought it was great, mostly because it was heavy, there were guitar solos, and there were a couple that I liked within the first ten seconds.
Eventually that wore through and I realized it was pretty mediocre, actually. The more I listened, the less I liked it. I went to see Metallica some time later that year, but being the Death Magnetic tour, all the new Metallica fans had a better time than I did. No Bleeding Me, no Memory Remains, not even anything off the Garage albums. No high-fives at all.
Metallica, I am disappoint.
...oh, and the White Album. I mean, really? Everyone's all HOLYFUCKTHEWHITEALBUM, but it's so hit-or-miss. I give it a resounding meh.
I was reading through all the comments just to see if any one said wasting light. It was extreamly dissapointing to me. I know they were trying to do somthing different and experiment which i love but i like the old foo fighters way of writing music. Evolution is a good thing but it didn't evolve in a good way.Alluos said:
I like white limo, rope and bridge burning but it just didn't really sound like the foo fighters and you can't compair those songs to their old ones.