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I always put the shaggs on when somebody comments that an album is crap. It puts things in context. The last time I listened all the way through we were on the "special" mushrooms and we actually listened to it twice. That may have been because I was struggling to operate the CD player though lol. Always enjoy your content and thought I was subbed but apparently not but I am now. Cheers mate, from North West England.
I can't say too much about albums I hate by artists I love because I don't keep them around. However, I have never quite been able to forget the horror I felt upon listening to Big Generator. So glad they decided to become a great band again later on.
My worst list includes experimental albums that I own as curiosities. 1. Metal Machine Music - Lou Reed 2. Life With the Lions - Lennon and Ono 3. Two Virgins - Lennon and Ono 4. Wedding Album - Lennon and Ono 5. Electronic Sound - George Harrison 6. Philosophy of the World - The Shaggs 7. Music to Suffer By - Leona Anderson 8. Picnic of Love - Anal C*** 9. From the Fires - Greta Van Fleet 10. Abominog - Uriah Heep
Abominog, other than Rebound, was pretty much what I would expect from an early 70s band, coming into the early 80s. On the Rebound, was a failed attempt to sound current, but the rest sounded current, without trying that hard. I grew up on their early 70s stuff, and only got their 80s stuff recently. When I first put this album on, I thought " this is gonna be a trainwreck", but they actually fit in with the metal sound of 83. If I hadn't known their 70s stuff, I would have assumed they were a new band, from the energy of this album
Worst albums but artists you love is a fun video and enjoyed this one. Bit harsh on Rock n Roll , I would have probably gone Some Time in New York City for Lennon and McCartney II for Paul but your choices are your choices. One that springs to mind for me is Look Hear! by 10cc from 1980. Loved all their albums before this one and then suddenly a clunker. Im not sure I ever made it to the end of the album and never bought another 10cc album again. One of the things I like about pop music is that there is no 'loyalty' factor unlike there is with you your football team. Its accepted in pop that if your band stops doing the business, we as fans are fully entitled to walk away for a bit haha
Queens' first 4 albums were superb..from then on, for me they became patchy and by the end of the 70s onwards became a decent singles band. Roger Taylor always hated Hot Space, and for good reason, the group were fundamentally a rock band..Freddie was just indulging his new found love of dance music because he'd frequented night clubs and was into that scene..it just doesn't work though. It was kinda too little, too late and may have fared better had it been released 3 years earlier, when, at least it would have been in vogue. I revisited Pipes of Peace a couple of years ago, having not heard it for many years and was surprised at how much I liked ( some) of it..at least he wasn't reworking ( terribly) classic Beatles material like he did on the ultimate stinker ' Give My Regards to Broad Street'.
I love those Black Sabbath albums! I did a top 5 of my worst albums I own, but can't really throw anything else under the bus. They all still have some enjoyable aspects to them. (Even KISS' The Elder isn't as bad as I once thought, it really grew on me the more I played it.)
While Hot Space by Queen isn't anywhere near their best, I do have to say it has some good songs on it,like Las Palabras De Amor, Under Pressure, and Calling All Girls. The song Staying Power sounds pretty good live though..
The first examples that come to mind are Rickie Lee Jones' second and third LPs, 'Pirates' (1981) and 'The Magazine' (1984), respectively. Jones' 1979 self-titled debut album is one of my all-time favorites, a classic I can revisit multiple times and feel freshly inspired. 'Pirates', though praised by a lot of hardcore Jones fans, feels lackluster to me in comparison, and 'The Magazine' left me feeling even more indifferent. I do not hate either of these albums, they just felt disappointing coming after her wonderful 1979 debut effort. And I never invested in another Jones album after 'The Magazine'.
"Woody and Dutch on a slow Train" is a cousin of " Danny's All Star Joint". I like these 2 albums, because if you take them song-by-song, you appreciate the full album eventually. I didn't realize how great her self-titled album was, till I played the album over and over. Initially. I only loved Chuck E, Danny and Youngblood. Kept playing the album, and Coolsville started to click, then Last Chance Texaco. Pirates was the same for me. The more I played it, the more it clicked
@@dawnpatrol700 Yes, it's true that the albums might grow on me were I to revisit them more often. I did buy 'The Magazine' on the basis of the track "The Real End", which I heard independently and liked.
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Hi Larry there is always some in my collection I don't like. I am tempted to go through mine and if I only like one or no songs on them donate them to Value Village it is a waste of time listening to them, I could be hearing something good. When I get new stuff, I do like I have a hard time making room for them.
I know I've mentioned it many times before Larry but I can't stand Paul McCartney's Driving Rain,to me the best song on it is Heather's Song which is basically an instrumental which tells you just how bad it is,musically it's alright but I find it depressing,John Lennon's Rock N Roll is OK but not great,I think it was just over produced,it would have been better if John had just got together with a few friends and just cranked the album out in a day,basically done live,that would have been dynamite! Bob
@@PhilSmithRHR It's a good song Phil but to me there's just to many downer songs on the album,it's just my opinion,I know there are many out there that absolutely love the album. Bob
Hot Space is "bad" for a Queen album. For many artists, it would be a very decent output. I actually like Hot Space, some of Hot Space, even if it's in the bottom of Queen discography that is excellent.
@@marcbergeron8690I will say if they leave off the first two songs my opinion of it changes completely. 😊 Some others are a bit techno sounding but are fun to revisit.
After Jim Morrison passed, the remaining Doors should've just called their next album Now Under New Management. I agree about Imaginos by BOC, and the final studio albums by Bachman-Turner Overdrive (everything after Head On) were awful.
Hot Space still has six great tracks on it ( Staying Power, Dancer,Los Palabros, Body Language, Under Pressure ,Cool Cat) and the live version of Back Chat from Live at the Bowl will astound you
Greetings! I enjoyed this video. First off, the Captain Beefheart album...it's pronounced DEE-KALS, not DECKLES. The Lennon Rock and Roll album has some great versions of old rockers in my opinion, Ain't That A Shame, Peggy Sue, Stand By Me, and he tries to be creative by doing Sweet Little Sixteen in the style of The Stroll, but it kind of dies. I think you're right about the production lacking. Pipes of Peace has some great nuggets on it...Tug Of Peace, So Bad, The Other Me, and I agree The Man is cringeworthy! Keep 'em coming!!
As a life-long QUEEN fan, I was dismayed with Hot Space after spending my entire allowance to own it. I just wanted to forget I heard it, and I did. But decided one evening in recent to give it a shot. I think it is filled with ideas that Michael Jackson "borrowed" for Thriller. Hot Space was released 6 months earlier.
So I listened to Pipes Of Peace for the first ever time - I enjoyed it! Nice vibe, relaxing and orchestral, and a better first impression that I got from McCartney or McCartney II. Say Say Say is the one track I had already heard before, and I've always loved it. There are lots of McCartney albums I still need to hear for the first time.
I love the Kinks, but can’t say I can really get next to some of their RCA albums. I think Ray was kind of written out during this period and needed a break. I’m not including Muswell Hillbillies on this.
The only album on your list that I own is HOT SPACE by Queen. I was lucky enough to see Queen twice with Freddie Mercury. "The Game" tour in 1980, and then the "Hot Space" tour a few years later. Not a fan of that album, but I bought it before seeing them on that tour to familiarize myself with the new songs. Can't remember the last time I listened to "Hot Space " I was a big REM fan during the 80's IRS Records days. I will say the one album that I hated by them (and still do) is "Monster." After Grunge hit, it seemed that REM wanted to do a LOUD record. The songs just didn't resonate with me. Also a longstanding fan of Aussie band, The Church. The only album of theirs I don't like is "Gold Afternoon Fix", the half-backed follow up to their hit "Starfish" album. ...and as for Lou Reed being a bad songwriter...Blasphemy! To each their own, I guess.
I am pretty sure John Lennon told David Sheff in the late 1980 Playboy interview that the Rock N Roll album wasn't pleasant to record and in his opinion it was a missed opportunity.
Lol..That was so funny Larry..love your dance moves…..it is definitely the production on that Lennon album..It is just too smooth..John should have ripped up those songs with a killer band and some dirty guitar..I would rather listen to bowling on the radio than Lou Reed..👍❤glen
I m not the biggest fan of SRV but over the past couple of years, I started to enjoy listening to some of his albums every once in a while. But the one album that I bought, when it was new (in 1990) and that was my introduction to him was The Vaughn Brothers Family Style. What a stinker of an album, not a single song that I like. After that I didn't listen to any SRV in years, maybe decades.
I’m glad you bought these cds so I don’t have to Now for cds I regretted 1). French kiss Bob welch. The only album I ever threw away. A burned out artist carelessly shoehorned into a then trendy style that didn’t suit him 2). Other side of the mirror Stevie nicks. The out of touch album. New age self love claptrap produced by her fuck-of-the-month boyfriend. I’ll never live to match the beauty again? We’ll miss her 3) Sugar walls Sheena Easton. I won this album from the radio station so I paid $0. That’s about what it’s worth. Sugar walls always reminded me of a diabetic yeast infection. When you have uncontrolled high blood sugar it leaches into all the body fluids including vaginal secretions. Then it becomes a medium for bacterial growth and infection. It was so bad I gave it away- and went home and took my insulin! 4). Greatest hits. Barbara Mandrell. This woman was blessed with every talent but one-taste! She didn’t know a good song from a bad one. Country music is polarizing. It’s a very sentimental music like rural soul. There’s a fine line between what’s sentimental and what’s corny. 5). Twisted angel. Leann rimes. An especially heavy handed attempt to she that child star image. She bounced back with This Woman 6). The newsboys. They don’t serve breakfast in hell. My idea of hell is being forced to listen to cash grab contemporary gospel music cynically marketed to kids and their clueless parents That’s all for now. Maybe I’ll think of some more. Wendi
I remember working at our college radio station and I had a classic rock show. We had very few albums to choose from, and one was Grand Funk Railroad’s “Born to Die”! 😂 Never did play anything off it.
‘Full Circle’ has “The Piano Bird”, “Verdillac”, “The Mosquito”, “It Slipped My Mind”, and “Good Rockin’”. That pretty much puts it on par with ‘Other Voices’. If ‘Full Circle’ has “Get Up And Dance”, ‘Other Voices’ has “I’m Horny, I’m Stoned”. Even albums, if you ask me.
I'll just mention that I love all of Roxy Music's albums, but I just can't get hooked into the group's 1974 album "Country Life." I like the first song and the last song, but the rest is a bit inaccessible to me. I do like the uncensored version of the cover.
I found the 1983 album Mummer by XTC to be a real bummer 😕. They are one of my favourite bands & I doggedly hold on to the disc but still have never been able to get into it. Putting on the new Wilco now !
A Momentary Lapse of Reason was my bottom-ranked Floyd Album and unlistenable for me... ... until the 2019 remix came out. I actually love it now. A great album, it has risen to maybe number 7 (?) in my Floyd ranking chart. It definitely suffered from the 80s production.
Stand By Me slipping and sliding, you can't catch me, Boney Maroney, and if you want you could even add Angel Baby/since my baby left me/here we go again, Peggy Sue.
How could I forget? Heroes are hard to find. Fleetwood Mac. I bought a guitar book with the white album and heroes bundled. I made the mistake of buying heroes so I could play the songs. And I really liked the white album. I can still play every song. Heroes? Another burnout album. I think mick Fleetwood spent more on women’s underwear than they made on the album
Queen were a singles band. The Game was the only album this popster could listen to without wondering "Why couldn't they do a cover here?" Speaking of covers... As for John Lennon's Rock and Roll, the only thing that can be taken away from that album is Ain't That a Shame... Cheap Trick covered this cover.
There's a couple albums I'd rank worse than "Pipes Of Peace". "Driving Rain', "Flowers In The Dirt" and "Off The Ground " I put below "Pipes Of Peace".
Schoolboys in Disgrace by the Kinks. Blow Up Your Video by ACDC. Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat by Sparks. London Town by Wings. There are plenty of other albums by bands that I love that aren't great, but these are a few that I actually own.
I don't disagree with any of your choices. Probably the worst albums in my collection are from the 1980's. There are exceptions, but a lot of it is hard to actually commit to playing. Some of it is downright cheesy and some of it just sounds dated. In regard to the 80's, the only music I find untainted is the Post-Punk early 80's material that ended around 1982. Across other genres, much of the music of the decade makes me cringe. Cheers.
I love BOC and first saw them in 75 with Styx opening, pre Tommy Shaw. I have to agree though with the exception of a couple songs Imaginos is a tough listen.
If there are one or two tracks that you like on albums you never play any more why not transfer those tracks to your computer hard drive and burn them to a compilation cd-r. There’s plenty of free burning software out there. In other words don’t abandon decent tracks because they reside on an album that overall you don’t like.
When I was in high school my sister thought she had a boyfriend. He worked at a record store at the mall in the evening. She would hang out there and buy records as an excuse to be with him. Whatever junk he couldn’t get rid of that week. Then she had to pretend to like. She finally left home and took her albums with her. I don’t know which I missed less
I am into Beefheart. He is one of my all time favorite artists. I love most of his albums (Trout Mask Replica, Bat Chain Puller, Doc At The Radar Station, Safe As Milk, etc...) and I even like his 70s albums that (most) fans don't like... Thanks!
It’s hard to say sometimes if I actually hate an album or if it’s more of a disappointment. Personally, I like Hot Space, Pipes of Peace and Rock n Roll. Of those artists, albums I don’t really like are McCartney II, Flowers in the Dirt, A Kind of Magic and for John Lennon none but I once didn’t like Mind Games so much. Some classic albums I can’t get into are - Mr Tambourine Man - The Byrds The Kinks debut Achtung Baby - U2 Hot Rats - FZ Who’s Next In the Court of the Crimson King Thick As a Brick 2112 - Rush
I was going to quote that same line. Glad I scrolled through the comments to see you already did. I like that song. Set The Twilight Reeling is good too.
I quite love Lennon's Rock 'n' Roll album, especially the cover. it is disjointed mainly because of Spector's lunacy and Lennon having to rework the production from the master tapes. I'd say McCartney's CHOBA B CCCP is a number of levels worse than Lennon's effort. Anyway, each to their own, and a fun list to be sure.
I had McCartney ll. Had. I listened to it again recently after 30 years and remembered why I never listened to it. I traded it in and few other oldies for a Soundgarden CD.
Oh, sorry! Obviously I didn't know that. I have a cat too here in Budapest. Her name is Safranek and now just sleeping while I'm not. :))) @@canadianstudmuffin
My list is very different because i dont have many, my worst cds are Deadmans party and Long distance voyager. My 2 favorite albums. Because the pamphlet is only lyrics and dont include demos or singles or edits or anything. And some of my least favorite cds have ALOT of info. This is not related but this is the place for this kind of thing soni want to share with you all. When i got into cds last year i bought 5 and read through the packets learning things i didnt know because sportify doesnt have info. And In this order, by pure coincidence, because the other three had not info at all; Heartbeat City, the Cars, on producer Mutt lange, "But Lange had obsessive, acute, pop-music ears as well, coming to heartbeat city with via Foreigners 1981 album, "4" and def leppards Pyromania, both made mega platinum hits and made as if time and money were not matter. He spent nearly a year on Pyromania. Ocasek says "i asked how long we'd be in london, and he said 'a couple of months' it wasnt until we got there i realised his policy of "I dont care if it takes years. Everything will be perfect" Heartbeat city came out in 1984. From Daryl Hall and John Oates Private Eyes; (From John) "I dont remember that record too well because it was jammed. After 'voices' we had a flush of success, for a year. We wrote the songs in a space of a month or two, recorded them in less, and went right back on the road. We recorded at electric lady studios, where Foreigner was doing Foreigner 4. They started at the same time as us, we went on tour for a year, and came back to record h2O, and they were still there. They were still there when we went on tour too. And they sold about 15 times more copies than us" Of the 5, only these two cds had pamplets. And had i not read them in this order, it wouldn't have been as funny.
I prefer Rock n Roll than Some Time in New York City. Funny enough, I prefer the outtakes of Rock N Roll on the Anthology box set more than the released LP. It has to be the production.
Agree with most of it but... I really like John Lennons "Rock'n Roll" though i am not fond of Phil Spector productions in general. This album shows what a great singer John was. Regarding BÖC "Imaginos" i have only heard "Astronomy" from it and the original is much better. The Lou Reed album you mentioned is not one of his better but there is usually something interesting in each album of his.
I really like many ideas on Blue Öyster Cult's Imaginos but the production and sometimes too lengthy songs make it a heavy listen (in the wrong way). Fans often put down Club Ninja from the same band but I prefer that album.
I'm shocked that you hated(I mean,disliked)LOU REED'S set the twilight reeling.I happen to like the record I own the vinyl copy of it.I mean could understand hooky wooky,but NYC man? Finish line? hang on to your emotions? There's got to be one song from that album you really like that way you could put together a list of really good tunes from albums that you dislike that would be easier for you anyway,that's just your opinion and my opinion.I still watch you regardless stay safe and be well.
A guitarist I absolutely love her playing live with the Alice Cooper band is Nita Strauss, she's absolutely incredible with her guitar skills, stage presence etc. but Her solo album Controlled Chaos is just truly appalling to me, actually unlistenable, the worst album I own and I own a lot of music. Just my humble opinion.
I was disappointed with Lou Reed’s Set The Twilight Reeling when it first came out. I still don’t think it is up to the quality I expect from Lou, but I can listen to it. I can’t say the same about The Raven. I just can’t make it through the Raven. It’s just not for me. 😞
Hi, Larry. Well, I agree almost all albums you showed are very very bad. I also think that to chose only ten in my collection is a very hard task 'cause I own, say, about 30 to 50 very bad ones. They are those records we buy without listening, We buy them for their covers, for example, or just because they're albums of important bands. But, in spite of it, some of them always have one or two so so tunes. On account of Lennon's Rock 'n' Roll, I really don't think it's a bad one. The problem is Phil Spector's production. I'd like it included "Move over Miss L", a great rock 'n'roll tune indeed.
Ah man, I put Set The Twilight Reeling in my top 5 Lou albums of all time. I'd rank it at number 4 personally. 5. Transformer 4. Set the Twilight Reeling 3. Ecstasy 2. Lulu 1. New York Lou is my favorite musician of all time!! However, I HATE, HATE HATE HATE, The Bells and The Raven!
I've tried, I just despise it. Their 89 album, the Miracle, has a song called " my baby does me" that sounds like Hot Space Era, but that song is at least funky and has smokin guitar. Hot Space is too electronic for me, like they were trying to be Depeche or Japan, it sounds forced, like they were purposely in uncharted territory and got lost in the wilderness
Not just for him, though. I also think Hot Space is better than much of what came later, surely better than The Miracle, for example. And the funky side is better than side 2.
I do really enjoy Decals but in my opinion it is the most challenging Beefheart album. if I’m not in the right mood it can irritate me lol. I kinda like Set the Twilight Reeling. Half of the songs I enjoy, like Egg Cream, NYC Man, Hang On to Your Emotions, Trade In, Hookywooky is alright… and the other half I don’t care for at all. I think his best later period album by far is Ectsasy, what a knockout.
I’m a huge PJ Harvey fan, but I can’t get into “Rid of Me.” This album frequently ranks as number one on ranking lists, so I’m not denying its greatness. I try from time to time, but it bores me.
5 bad albums From artists I love or used to love. (These are in no particular order) 1. Thank You - Duran Duran 2. Van Halen III - Van Halen 3. Jordi - Maroon 5 (the band I used to love) 4. Forbidden - Black Sabbath 5. Hours - David Bowie
Pipes of Peace is at the bottom of my McCartney rankings too. Being a completest, still own own the archive edition as well. Pendulum by CCR would make my list.
Somewhere in the stars by rosanne cash. A real let down after her breakthrough seven year ache. Too many drugs? She bounced back with rhythm and romance and she keeps on getting better and better
Nobody is gonna say Under Pressure is the best of Queen but any album that contains Life is Real, Las Palabras de Amor and Under Pressure shouldn't really be in anybody's worst ten. There are quite a few things to like on Side 2.
Wow... Set the Twilight Reeling, while not Lou's best, is certainly a good album. I call it his mid life aging album, and I find it one of his most consistent music wise.
I stopped buying Paul McCartney albums after "Back To The Egg" I didn't like "McCartney III" because I couldn't listen to his singing anymore, also "London Town" is one of my favorites by him, my three faves by him are "RAM" , "Band On The Run" & of course his 1st album "McCartney", I agree with you on your choices. I didn't like Jon Anderson as a solo artist, he was better with "Yes", Lou Reed wasn't really my fave either, but I did like him with "Velvet Underground" Grand Funk was good, never listened to them except when they were Grand Funk Railroad, but I did like their "Closer To Home" album & their "We're An American Band" album. As far as my least favorite album, I pick "Wings Wildlife". I didn't like it, tried listening to it again, couldn't get into it.
After the final Wings album, I really didn’t come back to McCartney until Flowers In The Dirt, Off The Ground, and Flaming Pie, (and maybe Run Devil Run) after which I gave up because, for me, the newest lineup doesn’t do it for me, as good a group of musicians they are. McCartney can’t sing anymore, so I’m done with any new material.
Paul McCartney is the Beatle that released THE best solo album, namely Ram, but is also responsible for a series of terrible turds. John had his weird (Yoko-)moments and Ringo is just not a good songwriter and singer and George was a bit uninspired from 1975 on, but boy, they never reached the low points of mr. McCartney. So, the worst album in my collection is Give My Regards to Broad Street. No more lonely nights is cheesy, but what really angers me, is the abundance of bad covers of Revolver-songs. Terrible, terrible, terrible. Second place: Never Let M Down by David Bowie. Third: Only Rock 'n' Roll by the Stones.
Give My Regards To Broad Street is a great album when you compare it to the awful film that spawned it. Ringo's acting was so wooden I'm surprised he didn't get splinters in his arse and the storyline is so thin they offered it a job as a supermodel.
@@ianz9916 Compared to that movie, almost every album is good. But come on, it consists almost completely of covers. And the original songs are mediocre.
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I always put the shaggs on when somebody comments that an album is crap. It puts things in context. The last time I listened all the way through we were on the "special" mushrooms and we actually listened to it twice. That may have been because I was struggling to operate the CD player though lol. Always enjoy your content and thought I was subbed but apparently not but I am now. Cheers mate, from North West England.
I can't say too much about albums I hate by artists I love because I don't keep them around. However, I have never quite been able to forget the horror I felt upon listening to Big Generator. So glad they decided to become a great band again later on.
My worst list includes experimental albums that I own as curiosities.
1. Metal Machine Music - Lou Reed
2. Life With the Lions - Lennon and Ono
3. Two Virgins - Lennon and Ono
4. Wedding Album - Lennon and Ono
5. Electronic Sound - George Harrison
6. Philosophy of the World - The Shaggs
7. Music to Suffer By - Leona Anderson
8. Picnic of Love - Anal C***
9. From the Fires - Greta Van Fleet
10. Abominog - Uriah Heep
Abominog, other than Rebound, was pretty much what I would expect from an early 70s band, coming into the early 80s. On the Rebound, was a failed attempt to sound current, but the rest sounded current, without trying that hard. I grew up on their early 70s stuff, and only got their 80s stuff recently. When I first put this album on, I thought " this is gonna be a trainwreck", but they actually fit in with the metal sound of 83. If I hadn't known their 70s stuff, I would have assumed they were a new band, from the energy of this album
Worst albums but artists you love is a fun video and enjoyed this one. Bit harsh on Rock n Roll , I would have probably gone Some Time in New York City for Lennon and McCartney II for Paul but your choices are your choices. One that springs to mind for me is Look Hear! by 10cc from 1980. Loved all their albums before this one and then suddenly a clunker. Im not sure I ever made it to the end of the album and never bought another 10cc album again. One of the things I like about pop music is that there is no 'loyalty' factor unlike there is with you your football team. Its accepted in pop that if your band stops doing the business, we as fans are fully entitled to walk away for a bit haha
Queens' first 4 albums were superb..from then on, for me they became patchy and by the end of the 70s onwards became a decent singles band.
Roger Taylor always hated Hot Space, and for good reason, the group were fundamentally a rock band..Freddie was just indulging his new found love of dance music because he'd frequented night clubs and was into that scene..it just doesn't work though.
It was kinda too little, too late and may have fared better had it been released 3 years earlier, when, at least it would have been in vogue.
I revisited Pipes of Peace a couple of years ago, having not heard it for many years and was surprised at how much I liked ( some) of it..at least he wasn't reworking ( terribly) classic Beatles material like he did on the ultimate stinker ' Give My Regards to Broad Street'.
I actually like that John Lennon album. I even have it on vinyl. The rest of the albums you mentioned I agree with.
I love those Black Sabbath albums! I did a top 5 of my worst albums I own, but can't really throw anything else under the bus. They all still have some enjoyable aspects to them. (Even KISS' The Elder isn't as bad as I once thought, it really grew on me the more I played it.)
Omg! I’m honestly shocked to see Lick My Decals Off Baby on here. Probably my favorite Beefheart album by far. It’s so good
I know, Paul... I am a huge Beefheart fan but for whatever reason I can't get into this album.
While Hot Space by Queen isn't anywhere near their best, I do have to say it has some good songs on it,like Las Palabras De Amor, Under Pressure, and Calling All Girls. The song Staying Power sounds pretty good live though..
The first examples that come to mind are Rickie Lee Jones' second and third LPs, 'Pirates' (1981) and 'The Magazine' (1984), respectively. Jones' 1979 self-titled debut album is one of my all-time favorites, a classic I can revisit multiple times and feel freshly inspired. 'Pirates', though praised by a lot of hardcore Jones fans, feels lackluster to me in comparison, and 'The Magazine' left me feeling even more indifferent. I do not hate either of these albums, they just felt disappointing coming after her wonderful 1979 debut effort. And I never invested in another Jones album after 'The Magazine'.
"Woody and Dutch on a slow Train" is a cousin of " Danny's All Star Joint". I like these 2 albums, because if you take them song-by-song, you appreciate the full album eventually. I didn't realize how great her self-titled album was, till I played the album over and over. Initially. I only loved Chuck E, Danny and Youngblood. Kept playing the album, and Coolsville started to click, then Last Chance Texaco. Pirates was the same for me. The more I played it, the more it clicked
@@dawnpatrol700 Yes, it's true that the albums might grow on me were I to revisit them more often. I did buy 'The Magazine' on the basis of the track "The Real End", which I heard independently and liked.
Ten great albums:
1. Hoolee Hoo and the Horndogs by Hoolee Hoo and the Horndogs.
2. Damned If I Do by The Stuff Muffin Machine.
3. Where's My Welfare Check by Auntie Spare Change.
4. Lube The Groove by The Lubed Groove.
5. Rubber Restraint by Greasy Night Nurse.
6. Hold The Butter by Lickedtodeath.
7. No Solution by Twisty Nozzle.
8. Low Fair Air Fare by The Ticket Agents.
9. Love Ain't Easy If It Ain't Hard by Joe The Monkey Man.
10. Funny Face To Match The Name by Squatchwatch.
Hi Larry there is always some in my collection I don't like. I am tempted to go through mine and if I only like one or no songs on them donate them to Value Village it is a waste of time listening to them, I could be hearing something good. When I get new stuff, I do like I have a hard time making room for them.
I am sooooo happy you did not pick “Press to Play”. I know I am in the minority, but I love that album!
I know I've mentioned it many times before Larry but I can't stand Paul McCartney's Driving Rain,to me the best song on it is Heather's Song which is basically an instrumental which tells you just how bad it is,musically it's alright but I find it depressing,John Lennon's Rock N Roll is OK but not great,I think it was just over produced,it would have been better if John had just got together with a few friends and just cranked the album out in a day,basically done live,that would have been dynamite! Bob
I love, Rinse the Raindrops!
@@PhilSmithRHR It's a good song Phil but to me there's just to many downer songs on the album,it's just my opinion,I know there are many out there that absolutely love the album. Bob
John Lennon was doing the album under duress of a court order for a copyright infraction.
Empire Burlesque - Bob Dylan
Labyrinth - David Bowie
Rolling Stones after Dirty Work
Its Hard - The Who
Cut the Crap - The Clash
Hot Space is "bad" for a Queen album. For many artists, it would be a very decent output. I actually like Hot Space, some of Hot Space, even if it's in the bottom of Queen discography that is excellent.
In many ways, I find “The Miracle” to be a worse album. “Party” is a horrible song.
@@PaulMazzoni The Miracle is very good. Starting with the title song it is flawless.
@@marcbergeron8690I will say if they leave off the first two songs my opinion of it changes completely. 😊 Some others are a bit techno sounding but are fun to revisit.
After Jim Morrison passed, the remaining Doors should've just called their next album Now Under New Management. I agree about Imaginos by BOC, and the final studio albums by Bachman-Turner Overdrive (everything after Head On) were awful.
Hot Space still has six great tracks on it ( Staying Power, Dancer,Los Palabros, Body Language, Under Pressure ,Cool Cat) and the live version of Back Chat from Live at the Bowl will astound you
Greetings! I enjoyed this video. First off, the Captain Beefheart album...it's pronounced DEE-KALS, not DECKLES. The Lennon Rock and Roll album has some great versions of old rockers in my opinion, Ain't That A Shame, Peggy Sue, Stand By Me, and he tries to be creative by doing Sweet Little Sixteen in the style of The Stroll, but it kind of dies. I think you're right about the production lacking. Pipes of Peace has some great nuggets on it...Tug Of Peace, So Bad, The Other Me, and I agree The Man is cringeworthy! Keep 'em coming!!
As I keep repeating, here in Canada there is more than one way to pronounce decals... thank you.
Did not know that, thanks. First time I’ve seen your videos
l approve Larry's pronunciation.🇨🇦😅
As a life-long QUEEN fan, I was dismayed with Hot Space after spending my entire allowance to own it. I just wanted to forget I heard it, and I did. But decided one evening in recent to give it a shot. I think it is filled with ideas that Michael Jackson "borrowed" for Thriller. Hot Space was released 6 months earlier.
So I listened to Pipes Of Peace for the first ever time - I enjoyed it! Nice vibe, relaxing and orchestral, and a better first impression that I got from McCartney or McCartney II. Say Say Say is the one track I had already heard before, and I've always loved it. There are lots of McCartney albums I still need to hear for the first time.
I love the Kinks, but can’t say I can really get next to some of their RCA albums. I think Ray was kind of written out during this period and needed a break. I’m not including Muswell Hillbillies on this.
“Good Singing, Good Playing” is a killer album, imo. Great production by Uncle Frank
One of my GFR fave
The only album on your list that I own is HOT SPACE by Queen. I was lucky enough to see Queen twice with Freddie Mercury. "The Game" tour in 1980, and then the "Hot Space" tour a few years later. Not a fan of that album, but I bought it before seeing them on that tour to familiarize myself with the new songs. Can't remember the last time I listened to "Hot Space "
I was a big REM fan during the 80's IRS Records days. I will say the one album that I hated by them (and still do) is "Monster." After Grunge hit, it seemed that REM wanted to do a LOUD record. The songs just didn't resonate with me. Also a longstanding fan of Aussie band, The Church. The only album of theirs I don't like is "Gold Afternoon Fix", the half-backed follow up to their hit "Starfish" album.
...and as for Lou Reed being a bad songwriter...Blasphemy! To each their own, I guess.
I am pretty sure John Lennon told David Sheff in the late 1980 Playboy interview that the Rock N Roll album wasn't pleasant to record and in his opinion it was a missed opportunity.
Lol..That was so funny Larry..love your dance moves…..it is definitely the production on that Lennon album..It is just too smooth..John should have ripped up those songs with a killer band and some dirty guitar..I would rather listen to bowling on the radio than Lou Reed..👍❤glen
I m not the biggest fan of SRV but over the past couple of years, I started to enjoy listening to some of his albums every once in a while. But the one album that I bought, when it was new (in 1990) and that was my introduction to him was The Vaughn Brothers Family Style. What a stinker of an album, not a single song that I like. After that I didn't listen to any SRV in years, maybe decades.
I’m glad you bought these cds so I don’t have to Now for cds I regretted
1). French kiss Bob welch. The only album I ever threw away. A burned out artist carelessly shoehorned into a then trendy style that didn’t suit him
2). Other side of the mirror Stevie nicks. The out of touch album. New age self love claptrap produced by her fuck-of-the-month boyfriend. I’ll never live to match the beauty again? We’ll miss her
3) Sugar walls Sheena Easton. I won this album from the radio station so I paid $0. That’s about what it’s worth. Sugar walls always reminded me of a diabetic yeast infection. When you have uncontrolled high blood sugar it leaches into all the body fluids including vaginal secretions. Then it becomes a medium for bacterial growth and infection. It was so bad I gave it away- and went home and took my insulin!
4). Greatest hits. Barbara Mandrell. This woman was blessed with every talent but one-taste! She didn’t know a good song from a bad one. Country music is polarizing. It’s a very sentimental music like rural soul. There’s a fine line between what’s sentimental and what’s corny.
5). Twisted angel. Leann rimes. An especially heavy handed attempt to she that child star image. She bounced back with This Woman
6). The newsboys. They don’t serve breakfast in hell. My idea of hell is being forced to listen to cash grab contemporary gospel music cynically marketed to kids and their clueless parents
That’s all for now. Maybe I’ll think of some more. Wendi
Sadly the friend I gave the sugar walls album to is now in a nursing home with complications of diabetes
I have a video recommendation: A remastered version of every CD in your collection
OMG! Those Grand Funk albums are so good, they’re forever in my heart . . . Larry, you got it all wrong, to coin a song title from Flint 🤣
I remember working at our college radio station and I had a classic rock show. We had very few albums to choose from, and one was Grand Funk Railroad’s “Born to Die”! 😂 Never did play anything off it.
‘Full Circle’ has “The Piano Bird”, “Verdillac”, “The Mosquito”, “It Slipped My Mind”, and “Good Rockin’”. That pretty much puts it on par with ‘Other Voices’. If ‘Full Circle’ has “Get Up And Dance”, ‘Other Voices’ has “I’m Horny, I’m Stoned”. Even albums, if you ask me.
I actually don't mind the John Lennon and Lou Reed albums but I'm with you on most of the others.
I'll just mention that I love all of Roxy Music's albums, but I just can't get hooked into the group's 1974 album "Country Life." I like the first song and the last song, but the rest is a bit inaccessible to me. I do like the uncensored version of the cover.
I feel this about Siren , Country life is great , it’s just horses for courses I suppose !
I like both Country Life and Siren more than the earlier Roxy, though I do like those.
I found the 1983 album Mummer by XTC to be a real bummer 😕. They are one of my favourite bands & I doggedly hold on to the disc but still have never been able to get into it. Putting on the new Wilco now !
You're right about JL' s Rock and Roll album but it's still better than Sometime in NYC.
Actually I think Hot Space is probably ranked 4 or 5 on my Queen ranking. It gets a bad rap; it’s different and adventurous for them. Great side 2.
I love all Doors and Grand Funk albums!
A Momentary Lapse of Reason was my bottom-ranked Floyd Album and unlistenable for me...
... until the 2019 remix came out. I actually love it now. A great album, it has risen to maybe number 7 (?) in my Floyd ranking chart.
It definitely suffered from the 80s production.
I still like Rock and Roll, but Stand By Me is far away the best track on the album.
Stand By Me slipping and sliding, you can't catch me, Boney Maroney, and if you want you could even add Angel Baby/since my baby left me/here we go again, Peggy Sue.
How could I forget? Heroes are hard to find. Fleetwood Mac. I bought a guitar book with the white album and heroes bundled. I made the mistake of buying heroes so I could play the songs. And I really liked the white album. I can still play every song. Heroes? Another burnout album. I think mick Fleetwood spent more on women’s underwear than they made on the album
Always highly entertaining, whatever subject you choose!!
The inner Mounting Flame by Mahavishnu Orchestra
BELO HORIZONTE by John McLaughlin
The Tatum Group Masterpieces Vol. 7 & Vol. 8.
Queen were a singles band. The Game was the only album this popster could listen to without wondering "Why couldn't they do a cover here?"
Speaking of covers... As for John Lennon's Rock and Roll, the only thing that can be taken away from that album is Ain't That a Shame... Cheap Trick covered this cover.
There's a couple albums I'd rank worse than "Pipes Of Peace". "Driving Rain', "Flowers In The Dirt" and "Off The Ground " I put below "Pipes Of Peace".
Schoolboys in Disgrace by the Kinks. Blow Up Your Video by ACDC. Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat by Sparks. London Town by Wings. There are plenty of other albums by bands that I love that aren't great, but these are a few that I actually own.
I don't disagree with any of your choices. Probably the worst albums in my collection are from the 1980's. There are exceptions, but a lot of it is hard to actually commit to playing. Some of it is downright cheesy and some of it just sounds dated. In regard to the 80's, the only music I find untainted is the Post-Punk early 80's material that ended around 1982. Across other genres, much of the music of the decade makes me cringe. Cheers.
Larry, why don't you put them in the round filing cabinet?
I love BOC and first saw them in 75 with Styx opening, pre Tommy Shaw. I have to agree though with the exception of a couple songs Imaginos is a tough listen.
If there are one or two tracks that you like on albums you never play any more why not transfer those tracks to your computer hard drive and burn them to a compilation cd-r. There’s plenty of free burning software out there. In other words don’t abandon decent tracks because they reside on an album that overall you don’t like.
I like to listen to the full album the artist has made, so even if I don't like a song or two, I will still keep listening and trying to like it.
When I was in high school my sister thought she had a boyfriend. He worked at a record store at the mall in the evening. She would hang out there and buy records as an excuse to be with him. Whatever junk he couldn’t get rid of that week. Then she had to pretend to like. She finally left home and took her albums with her. I don’t know which I missed less
no moleste mosquito is a classic I always thought (from the doors)
Decals is great but you have to be into Beefheart. His sappy mid 70s stuff is another matter however.
I am into Beefheart. He is one of my all time favorite artists. I love most of his albums (Trout Mask Replica, Bat Chain Puller, Doc At The Radar Station, Safe As Milk, etc...) and I even like his 70s albums that (most) fans don't like... Thanks!
It’s hard to say sometimes if I actually hate an album or if it’s more of a disappointment. Personally, I like Hot Space, Pipes of Peace and Rock n Roll. Of those artists, albums I don’t really like are McCartney II, Flowers in the Dirt, A Kind of Magic and for John Lennon none but I once didn’t like Mind Games so much. Some classic albums I can’t get into are -
Mr Tambourine Man - The Byrds
The Kinks debut
Achtung Baby - U2
Hot Rats - FZ
Who’s Next
In the Court of the Crimson King
Thick As a Brick
2112 - Rush
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Ahhhh, you scream, I steam, we all want egg cream!?!
I was going to quote that same line.
Glad I scrolled through the comments to see you already did.
I like that song. Set The Twilight Reeling is good too.
I quite love Lennon's Rock 'n' Roll album, especially the cover. it is disjointed mainly because of Spector's lunacy and Lennon having to rework the production from the master tapes. I'd say McCartney's CHOBA B CCCP is a number of levels worse than Lennon's effort. Anyway, each to their own, and a fun list to be sure.
The Doors’ “Other Voices” is quite good.
I had McCartney ll. Had. I listened to it again recently after 30 years and remembered why I never listened to it. I traded it in and few other oldies for a Soundgarden CD.
That big-headed cat is yours? (Behind you on the wall.) Cute! Hahahaha 😂
Yes, in tribute to my cat Jinx, who passed away last December.
Oh, sorry! Obviously I didn't know that. I have a cat too here in Budapest. Her name is Safranek and now just sleeping while I'm not. :))) @@canadianstudmuffin
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My list is very different because i dont have many, my worst cds are Deadmans party and Long distance voyager. My 2 favorite albums. Because the pamphlet is only lyrics and dont include demos or singles or edits or anything. And some of my least favorite cds have ALOT of info.
This is not related but this is the place for this kind of thing soni want to share with you all.
When i got into cds last year i bought 5 and read through the packets learning things i didnt know because sportify doesnt have info. And In this order, by pure coincidence, because the other three had not info at all; Heartbeat City, the Cars, on producer Mutt lange, "But Lange had obsessive, acute, pop-music ears as well, coming to heartbeat city with via Foreigners 1981 album, "4" and def leppards Pyromania, both made mega platinum hits and made as if time and money were not matter. He spent nearly a year on Pyromania.
Ocasek says "i asked how long we'd be in london, and he said 'a couple of months' it wasnt until we got there i realised his policy of "I dont care if it takes years. Everything will be perfect"
Heartbeat city came out in 1984.
From Daryl Hall and John Oates Private Eyes; (From John) "I dont remember that record too well because it was jammed. After 'voices' we had a flush of success, for a year. We wrote the songs in a space of a month or two, recorded them in less, and went right back on the road. We recorded at electric lady studios, where Foreigner was doing Foreigner 4. They started at the same time as us, we went on tour for a year, and came back to record h2O, and they were still there. They were still there when we went on tour too. And they sold about 15 times more copies than us"
Of the 5, only these two cds had pamplets. And had i not read them in this order, it wouldn't have been as funny.
I prefer Rock n Roll than Some Time in New York City. Funny enough, I prefer the outtakes of Rock N Roll on the Anthology box set more than the released LP. It has to be the production.
that dance art reminded me of a song in a Aerosmith terrible album shut up and dance. from get A grip
I have NEVER heard anybody knowing about, let alone having SUN SECRETS!🏆😂🥳☘️
I'm so hip! 😀
Deep Purple's "Fireball" disappointed me, and I like their albums from that era.
Agree with most of it but...
I really like John Lennons "Rock'n Roll" though i am not fond of Phil Spector productions in general. This album shows what a great singer John was.
Regarding BÖC "Imaginos" i have only heard "Astronomy" from it and the original is much better.
The Lou Reed album you mentioned is not one of his better but there is usually something interesting in each album of his.
Hope they r improve sound on R and R,,,sounds very muddy and cluttered,,,,shud have been better,,,
Hot Space is actually my favorite Queen album. It's got this funkiness to it that the other albums don't have. It's got a liquid sexiness to it.
They shud delete all Queen albums and keep this masterpeace...
I really like many ideas on Blue Öyster Cult's Imaginos but the production and sometimes too lengthy songs make it a heavy listen (in the wrong way). Fans often put down Club Ninja from the same band but I prefer that album.
Judas Priest bottomed out on Jugulator and Demolition. Every other studio LP is worthwhile.
I do not keep bad albums, I get rid of them.
Don't get rid of them because you might like them later.
I'm shocked that you hated(I mean,disliked)LOU REED'S set the twilight reeling.I happen to like the record I own the vinyl copy of it.I mean could understand hooky wooky,but NYC man? Finish line? hang on to your emotions? There's got to be one song from that album you really like that way you could put together a list of really good tunes from albums that you dislike that would be easier for you anyway,that's just your opinion and my opinion.I still watch you regardless stay safe and be well.
A guitarist I absolutely love her playing live with the Alice Cooper band is Nita Strauss, she's absolutely incredible with her guitar skills, stage presence etc. but Her solo album Controlled Chaos is just truly appalling to me, actually unlistenable, the worst album I own and I own a lot of music. Just my humble opinion.
I like Imaginos, but yeah it has that late 80s Bon Jovi over-production shrill piercing sound
this album could have been great if it was done back in the 70s with the original lineup and no outside musicians and bad 80s production!
I was disappointed with Lou Reed’s Set The Twilight Reeling when it first came out. I still don’t think it is up to the quality I expect from Lou, but I can listen to it. I can’t say the same about The Raven. I just can’t make it through the Raven. It’s just not for me. 😞
Not a fan of The Raven either but for some reason it doesn't annoy me like Twilight does, ha ha. It's just so tuneless to my ears.
I agree with Larry on ALL his choices of 'stinkers'! Very few artists have never put out a 'stinker'. Morrison's Doors, Beatles' LPs?
Hi, Larry. Well, I agree almost all albums you showed are very very bad. I also think that to chose only ten in my collection is a very hard task 'cause I own, say, about 30 to 50 very bad ones. They are those records we buy without listening, We buy them for their covers, for example, or just because they're albums of important bands. But, in spite of it, some of them always have one or two so so tunes. On account of Lennon's Rock 'n' Roll, I really don't think it's a bad one. The problem is Phil Spector's production. I'd like it included "Move over Miss L", a great rock 'n'roll tune indeed.
These videos are fascinating because what we don't like gives as much insight to us as what we do like.
Ah man, I put Set The Twilight Reeling in my top 5 Lou albums of all time. I'd rank it at number 4 personally.
5. Transformer
4. Set the Twilight Reeling
3. Ecstasy
2. Lulu
1. New York
Lou is my favorite musician of all time!! However, I HATE, HATE HATE HATE, The Bells and The Raven!
if you want to talk about bad albums I once got physically ill trying to listen to an album called "I Care Because You Do" by Aphex Twin
Hot Space was terrible disco past the era of terrible disco
You speak truth and wisdom.
What's the name of the song you're playing in the beginning 0:01-0:16? I like it
One of my three theme songs made for me by different artists. ruclips.net/video/gsjM9RCeIa8/видео.html
Hot Space is Queen’s best 80s album
For you, perhaps.
I've tried, I just despise it. Their 89 album, the Miracle, has a song called " my baby does me" that sounds like Hot Space Era, but that song is at least funky and has smokin guitar. Hot Space is too electronic for me, like they were trying to be Depeche or Japan, it sounds forced, like they were purposely in uncharted territory and got lost in the wilderness
Not just for him, though. I also think Hot Space is better than much of what came later, surely better than The Miracle, for example. And the funky side is better than side 2.
I think that it is a good album but not their best, IMO it would be either The Game or The Miracle.
I do really enjoy Decals but in my opinion it is the most challenging Beefheart album. if I’m not in the right mood it can irritate me lol. I kinda like Set the Twilight Reeling. Half of the songs I enjoy, like Egg Cream, NYC Man, Hang On to Your Emotions, Trade In, Hookywooky is alright… and the other half I don’t care for at all. I think his best later period album by far is Ectsasy, what a knockout.
Yes, the followup album Ectsasy is REALLY good!
everything, like everything, by Cpt Beefheart is worth a listen tho.....
all you need to do is give him a bit of rope !
Totally agree on Pipes. Never listened to it all the way through a second time.
I really like John Lennon’s covers album & Paul McCartney’s Pipes Of Peace album, I understand why you’re not a fan of them though.
I’m a huge PJ Harvey fan, but I can’t get into “Rid of Me.” This album frequently ranks as number one on ranking lists, so I’m not denying its greatness. I try from time to time, but it bores me.
I like Paul 's pipes of pieces more then wings at speed of sound. but that's just me. and I am a Big Beatles fan.
I own all the McCartney and wings CDs and flowers in the dirt
5 bad albums From artists I love or used to love. (These are in no particular order)
1. Thank You - Duran Duran
2. Van Halen III - Van Halen
3. Jordi - Maroon 5 (the band I used to love)
4. Forbidden - Black Sabbath
5. Hours - David Bowie
Pipes of Peace is at the bottom of my McCartney rankings too. Being a completest, still own own the archive edition as well. Pendulum by CCR would make my list.
Somewhere in the stars by rosanne cash. A real let down after her breakthrough seven year ache. Too many drugs? She bounced back with rhythm and romance and she keeps on getting better and better
Nobody is gonna say Under Pressure is the best of Queen but any album that contains Life is Real, Las Palabras de Amor and Under Pressure shouldn't really be in anybody's worst ten. There are quite a few things to like on Side 2.
I have been a Queen fan since I heard their very first single Keep Yourself Alive on the radio in 1973. I will never ever ever buy Hot Space.
Wow... Set the Twilight Reeling, while not Lou's best, is certainly a good album. I call it his mid life aging album, and I find it one of his most consistent music wise.
Yes, I know the album is liked by others, but I just find it tuneless and boring. Thanks!
Gliding bird by emmylou Harris. For completists only. Emmy once joked that it sold about 7 copies and her mother had six of them
Other Voices is good musically but Ray just can't sing. He makes Tom Waits look like Steve Perry
Would love to see an equivalent for live albums!
Lou Reed is not at all for me! Beefheart, I think he'd make a lot of lists, like Tom Waits. Nice one Larry.
I stopped buying Paul McCartney albums after "Back To The Egg" I didn't like "McCartney III" because I couldn't listen to his singing anymore, also "London Town"
is one of my favorites by him, my three faves by him are "RAM" , "Band On The Run" & of course his 1st album "McCartney", I agree with you on your choices.
I didn't like Jon Anderson as a solo artist, he was better with "Yes", Lou Reed wasn't really my fave either, but I did like him with "Velvet Underground" Grand Funk
was good, never listened to them except when they were Grand Funk Railroad, but I did like their "Closer To Home" album & their "We're An American Band" album.
As far as my least favorite album, I pick "Wings Wildlife". I didn't like it, tried listening to it again, couldn't get into it.
After the final Wings album, I really didn’t come back to McCartney until Flowers In The Dirt, Off The Ground, and Flaming Pie, (and maybe Run Devil Run) after which I gave up because, for me, the newest lineup doesn’t do it for me, as good a group of musicians they are. McCartney can’t sing anymore, so I’m done with any new material.
Paul McCartney is the Beatle that released THE best solo album, namely Ram, but is also responsible for a series of terrible turds. John had his weird (Yoko-)moments and Ringo is just not a good songwriter and singer and George was a bit uninspired from 1975 on, but boy, they never reached the low points of mr. McCartney. So, the worst album in my collection is Give My Regards to Broad Street. No more lonely nights is cheesy, but what really angers me, is the abundance of bad covers of Revolver-songs. Terrible, terrible, terrible.
Second place: Never Let M Down by David Bowie. Third: Only Rock 'n' Roll by the Stones.
Give My Regards To Broad Street is a great album when you compare it to the awful film that spawned it. Ringo's acting was so wooden I'm surprised he didn't get splinters in his arse and the storyline is so thin they offered it a job as a supermodel.
@@ianz9916 Compared to that movie, almost every album is good. But come on, it consists almost completely of covers. And the original songs are mediocre.
@@Kanarie1973 I know but it's a soundtrack album so probably not fair to rank it alongside proper albums. I still prefer it to Run Devil Run.