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Truly appalling albums by acts/bands you like



Buzzer

Buzzer

Languidly Clinical
Oct 1, 2006
26,121
Guinness Boy said:
I have just remembered Saint Etienne's Tales from Turnpike House, a concept album where the concept took over. Having said that Milk Bottle Symphony is brilliant and repeatedly played chez moi even today - but it's the only track from that album I do play which is hardly a success for a concept album. Wonder if Buzzer agrees?
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Yep. After the Finisterre album it's pretty much downhill rapidly for Saint Etienne. They lost their mojo quite spectacularly. The Turnpike and Words and Music albums are triumphs of ad agency packaging over content. The same for their gigs too, it was all very ironic and too self-satisfied. The St Etienne presents themed albums are all pretty good, The Trip in particular but I've given up on them coming up with another great album of new tracks.


Can I add to this list Massive Attack's 100th Window? I don't know anyone who can even name a track from that off the top of their head.
 




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BlockDpete

Well-known member
Oct 8, 2005
1,143
Should I mention Dire Straits?

I got quite into them late 80's, early 90's after the release of Brothers in Arms, but the next album (which I can't even name), did nothing for me.

Looking back, I'm not sure their best album was Making Movies, and then it was downhill from there.

I'm not sure I'd even bother putting Brothers in Arms on now.
 


Pevenseagull

Pevenseagull

Anti-greed coalition
Jul 20, 2003
19,633
Trufflehound said:
I'm sure there are several other bands out there who also made great debut albums, and then followed a similar downward career trajectory.
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At least The Stone Roses just did it in one step (that said I really don't get the venerated status of their debut)

Stone Rose LP career:

good
shit
 


Pevenseagull

Pevenseagull

Anti-greed coalition
Jul 20, 2003
19,633
Echo and the Bunnymen - 'Reverberation' is pretty shit, but as it doesn't have Ian McCulloch on it I'm not sure that it qualifies.

If it does then yeah,



pretty shit
 


Pevenseagull

Pevenseagull

Anti-greed coalition
Jul 20, 2003
19,633
I have a vague recollection that Iggy Pop's 'Avenue B' was damn awful.

maybe I'm wrong, I shall consider re listening to it late and if appropriate report back.
 




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Tubby Mondays

Well-known member
Dec 8, 2005
3,042
A Crack House
Buzzer said:
Can I add to this list Massive Attack's 100th Window? I don't know anyone who can even name a track from that off the top of their head.
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yeah forgot about that one. That was pretty much a Del Naja solo album in the same vein as the previously mentioned Pink Floyd / Roger Waters affair.
 


Peteinblack

Peteinblack

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Jun 3, 2004
3,618
Bath, Somerset.
Pevenseagull said:
Siouxsie and the Banshees - 'Through the looking glass' (the covers LP) is an absolute turd as well

HOWEVER, I think 'Monster', REM is a corker and 'New Adventures in HI FI' even better ..... but Up, Reveal and Accelerate are turgid (Michael) tripe.
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Good shout: On 'New Adventures in HI FI' is the brilliant track 'Leave' (melancholy joy!). Agree about Up, Reveal and Accelerate, although there was one sublime track on 'Up' - 'Walk Unafraid'. But yes, the rest was turgid toss!
 








Icy Gull

Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
BlockDpete said:
Should I mention Dire Straits?

I got quite into them late 80's, early 90's after the release of Brothers in Arms, but the next album (which I can't even name), did nothing for me.

Looking back, I'm not sure their best album was Making Movies, and then it was downhill from there.

I'm not sure I'd even bother putting Brothers in Arms on now.
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The live Dire Straits album is very good, still get tracks coming up on my iPod shuffle. Dire Straits suffered from overplay and being " a yuppie band" Knopfler moved to country rock music after Dire Straits split, I'm a fan.

Have to agree on Brothers in Arms though, tracks like Telegraph Road sound a bit naff these days.
 








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Pogue Mahone

Well-known member
Apr 30, 2011
10,744
Plooks said:
I can't believe the kings of leon have not been mentioned so far!

First two albums were great. Then Because of the Times was ok/good. Then they have just released three absolute stinkers, complete guff.
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Actually, yeah. I'd almost forgotten that I ever liked them until I was round a mate's house recently, and he was playing the first album. A corker.

Now I find them boring, derivative and bracket them with other dullards like U2 and The f***ing Kaiser Chiefs.
 


Albumen

Albumen

Don't wait for me!
Jan 19, 2010
11,495
Brighton - In your face




kevo

kevo

Well-known member
Mar 8, 2008
9,102
Buzzer said:
Haha! Strangeways is my favourite Smiths album and my THE track on there, for me, has to be "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me". Easily my fave intro to any song ever. Death of a Disco Dancer too is a pretty strong tune although despite all that I do admit that aside from 'Last Night' the B-side tails off rapidly. I do recognise that The Queen Is Dead is their greatest and with arguably only one or two fillers (Never Had No-One Ever? Some Girl's Mothers?) it's pretty much a classic in any sense of the word, I find myself listening to Strangeways far more often than TQID. I think it might be down to the memories it invokes rather than the music, to be fair.

Although in true Partridge style - my most played Smiths album is the compilation 'The World Won't Listen'. Half A Person and You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby in particular on that.

Talking of TQID I remember reading how unhappy Johnny Marr was with 'Some Girls Mothers'. He compared it to a Carry On film. It may have been an NME interview back in the late 80s/early 90s. I might have got that wrong or it might have been a hasty comment when they relations were at their nastiest.
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Hatful of Hollow is my personal favourite - particularly 'This Night Has Opened My Eyes'. As you say, for all it's 'classic' status, there are some really weak tracks on Queen is Dead (Vicar in a Tutu, Some Girls are Bigger, Frankly Mr Shankley are all fillers imho). Haven't listened to Strangeways for a long time...
 










Simster

Simster

"the man's an arse"
Jul 7, 2003
54,198
Surrey
Buzzer said:
Can I add to this list Massive Attack's 100th Window? I don't know anyone who can even name a track from that off the top of their head.
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That is a great shout. Massively disappointing and totally anonymous, just one release after the sublime Mezzanine.
 


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