Truly appalling albums by acts/bands you like

[Cian]

New Order - Waiting for the Sirens Call is another shout. Could they have appeared less interested in making this album? I think not, it's just so naff especially when you consider that the album immediately prior to this was Technique. I don't think I've listened to this more than 5 or 6 times. So bad.

Republic (1993) and Get Ready (2001) were between Technique (1989) and Waitng for the Sirens Call (2005). But yes, its a very, very poor effort.

 

[Machiavelli]

Ah, I reckon three of New Order's best tracks are on this album: Sunrise (one of the best 'intros' to a song ever), Love Vigilantes and Sub-culture !

Sorry Tinycowboy, but I'm with Peteinblack on this. Love Love Vigilantes especially.

 

[Tubby Mondays]

New Order - Waiting for the Sirens Call is another shout. Could they have appeared less interested in making this album? I think not, it's just so naff especially when you consider that the album immediately prior to this was Technique. I don't think I've listened to this more than 5 or 6 times. So bad.

The album immediately prior to this was Technique?!

No it wasnt.

The album prior to this was Get Ready. The album pruior to that was Republic. But the album prior to that WAS Technique!

 

[Buzzer]

The album immediately prior to this was Technique?!

No it wasnt.

The album prior to this was Get Ready. The album pruior to that was Republic. But the album prior to that WAS Technique!

Ah yes! Forgot about those. Christ knows how!

 

[Icy Gull]

We will have to agree to disagree about The Wall, perhaps I'm a bit of a strange one when it comes to The Floyd as my favourite Album is Atom Heart Mother and my favourite Track is Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast; many say it is unlistenable garbage, I say it is the summer of 1970 captured.

Oh and Comfortably Numb MUST be played on 11 of course!

You had to be there at the time to truly appreciate Ummagumma I reckon and Atom heart Mother was a sensational move forward when it came out, imo. My favourite Floyd track is still Atom Heart Mother.

The Wall made me feel very depressed, one track already mentioned apart, why would I want to do that to myself?

 

[Buzzer]

My favourite Floyd track is still Atom Heart Mother.

Yep. 'If' is a work of beauty and that track with what sounds like church organs building up into a crescendo is quite sublime. I've never got on with Division Bell. Ummagumma was way too out there for my liking but 'Final Cut' is their worst, I reckon. It's as if Waters thought that we didn't all get the message with 'The Wall'. His 'Pros and Cons of Hitch-hiking' was boring too.

 

[tinycowboy]

Sorry Tinycowboy, but I'm with Peteinblack on this. Love Love Vigilantes especially.

OK - I'm getting the message! I will revisit. Still think that Brotherhood has some corkers in it. All Day Long is one of their great non-singles tracks, along with (non-Brotherhood tracks) Your Silent Face (ahhhh!! Perfection!) and Age of Consent.

 

[gjh1971]

I give you The Prodigy's Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned - a dogs breakfast of an album.

 

[Machiavelli]

Can't stand is probably a bit strong, but the likes of Country House epitomises everything I hate about the 90s. Far better later in their career when they seemed more in competition with Radiohead rather than Oasis.

Not quite so keen on Radiohead's first album, beyond one obvious track. The rest of their output has been inventive and brilliant.

 

[Machiavelli]

'White Chalk' by PJ Harvey.

Bag o' shite.

Have to disagree on this. It's haunting and beautiful.

 

[Machiavelli]

Every Radiohead album after OK Computer.

This, too, is a shocker, although I have identified a Radiohead album a few posts back.

 

[Machiavelli]

OK - I'm getting the message! I will revisit. Still think that Brotherhood has some corkers in it. All Day Long is one of their great non-singles tracks, along with (non-Brotherhood tracks) Your Silent Face (ahhhh!! Perfection!) and Age of Consent.

I really like their early stuff although I haven't heard it for years, probably decades: Everything's Gone Green, for instance.

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

Every Radiohead album after OK Computer.

Kid A and Amnesiac are the best Radiohead albums.

 

[tinycowboy]

I really like their early stuff although I haven't heard it for years, probably decades: Everything's Gone Green, for instance.

Listened to Ceremony on Saturday evening. Great track. Temptation is, of course, a classic too.

 

[Fungus]

"Lawyers In Love" by Jackson Browne, and "Good As I Been To You" by Bob Dylan. The only two albums I've ever given away.

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

I guess I had better come up with a Fall album and that wold be Ersatz GB from 2011. It's really not very good.

 

[El Presidente]

I'm not saying this deserves to be put forward, but does anyone think that Strangeways is a great album?

I think it's their best.

 

[pasty]

Massive Queen fan, but rarely listen to this.



It's one saving grace is Under Pressure

 

[Brighton TID]

U2 - Pop

I actually really like this album

 

[tinycowboy]

I think it's their best.

Mike Joyce said it was his favourite, but I just don't listen to it much. The Queen Is Dead is my Smiths album of choice, perhaps my all-time album of choice. Maybe I was so mortified by their splitting up that I turned against Strangeways - or maybe it's just not morose enough for me, despite some dark subject matter.