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Most Over-rated Albums Of All-Time
NapaAddick
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What are the albums everyone said were great but you knew were an "emperor has no clothes" situation?
Springsteen - The Rising (to not like it meant you were with the terrorists. But as a longtime Springsteen fan with 50 concerts and hundreds of bootlegs, this album was not very good)
Dylan - Modern Times (If this was released by anyone else but Dylan, no one would own a copy. Old fart artists have a very low bar or perceived quality)
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (everyone woke up after missing the boat on "Sister" and decided to like this one as penance, instead. But it is too long and frankly, boring)
Who- Tommy. (god I despise this album. I hate all concept albums and anything that feels overproduced. There may be a few good songs on here but this is when the "Pete is a genius" nonsense went viral. To me this was proof of mainstream rock dying in the 70s. PS- "Who's Next" is one of my favorites of all time.)
Springsteen - The Rising (to not like it meant you were with the terrorists. But as a longtime Springsteen fan with 50 concerts and hundreds of bootlegs, this album was not very good)
Dylan - Modern Times (If this was released by anyone else but Dylan, no one would own a copy. Old fart artists have a very low bar or perceived quality)
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (everyone woke up after missing the boat on "Sister" and decided to like this one as penance, instead. But it is too long and frankly, boring)
Who- Tommy. (god I despise this album. I hate all concept albums and anything that feels overproduced. There may be a few good songs on here but this is when the "Pete is a genius" nonsense went viral. To me this was proof of mainstream rock dying in the 70s. PS- "Who's Next" is one of my favorites of all time.)
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Joshua Tree5
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Bat Out of Hell. Meat Loaf. Be honest,this is mediocre US soft rock with no redeeming features. Stayed in the charts for hundreds of weeks. No idea why.12
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Anything by Def Leppard2
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The best of Wham3
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Was that ever lauded? Or is it actually just worse than everyone says it was?Lordflashheart said:The best of Wham
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Anything by Elton John. I jest of course but he's never been my cup of tea.1
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Anything by U25
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Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (everyone woke up after missing the boat on "Sister" and decided to like this one as penance, instead. But it is too long and frankly, boring)
Daydream nation is thier masterpiece imho.0 -
Wash your mouth out . It's a fantastic albumkafka said:Bat Out of Hell. Meat Loaf. Be honest,this is mediocre US soft rock with no redeeming features. Stayed in the charts for hundreds of weeks. No idea why.
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I took a look at the Rolling Stone top 100 albums and the one album in there that disappointed me was Stevie Wonder's Songs In The Key Of Life. Too long, too self-indulgent and just not as good as the previous few albums. But others consider it his masterpiece.2
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Nevermind and Exile on Main St. ;-)9
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Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
I really want to like this record, but jazz music isn't good for my equilibrium.1 -
Bat out of hell for me...utter tosh.0
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Anything that wins the Mercury music prize2
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Dolly Partons Biggestits Vol 3.2
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The Stone Roses
The Joshua Tree
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Umm, not sure. Agree 100% with regard to Badly Drawn Boy – The Hour of Bewilderbeast - what a pile of crap. But quite enjoyed both Antony and the Johnsons – I Am a Bird Now and Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid.Missed It said:Anything that wins the Mercury music prize
Anyway, I'm going for Is This It by The Strokes. The album title could well describe my disappointment after a piffling 36 minutes of utter bland.0 - Sponsored links:
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I'll let you have Elbow, but I think they go out of their way to pick difficult records.cafcfan said:
Umm, not sure. Agree 100% with regard to Badly Drawn Boy – The Hour of Bewilderbeast - what a pile of crap. But quite enjoyed both Antony and the Johnsons – I Am a Bird Now and Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid.Missed It said:Anything that wins the Mercury music prize
Anyway, I'm going for Is This It by The Strokes. The album title could well describe my disappointment after a piffling 36 minutes of utter bland.0 -
Prince - Purple rain1
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Adele - 21
Kings of Leon - Only by the night1 -
The Strokes Is This It was either the punchline to a joke I was excluded from or was a case of the emperor's new clothes. I didn't get them or most of the The bands that followed at all0
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I will cry if Ed Sheeran's Divide is mentioned....0
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Fat chance... Nobody rates thatAddickted2TheReds said:I will cry if Ed Sheeran's Divide is mentioned....
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The bloke has only written some of the greatest songsRob said:Anything by Elton John. I jest of course but he's never been my cup of tea.
thisof the last century.
Although Elton is still releasing albums!1 -
Has he written any songs this century?cafcnick1992 said:
The bloke has only written some of the greatest songs this century.Rob said:Anything by Elton John. I jest of course but he's never been my cup of tea.
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This century?cafcnick1992 said:
The bloke has only written some of the greatest songs this century.Rob said:Anything by Elton John. I jest of course but he's never been my cup of tea.
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His early stuff was ok but then forty years of dross.0
