Nominees For Worst Recording Of All Time


While listening to a downloaded recording on iTunes through my Air Pods while at the gym, I thought that Grand Funk Railroad's recording of Get It Together would certainly sound sound better through my system than through air pods.  Particularly the drum parts.  
Upon returning home I listened to the CD version through my Bluesound Vault, no improvement.  Electric piano was distorted beyond belief, drums had a slight improvement.  Next Tidal through the Bluesound and finally a vinyl recording.  God this album is good through an iPod, but sucks on quality equipment.  I won't go into the details of my system, but four versions confirms that this is a poor recording.
Any thoughts on this one or other turkeys?  I have another nominee which will wait for a later post.

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Certainly a very disappointing release for me was Pollinator by Blondie, their first new album in forever.

I REALLY wanted to like it but......
So compressed and vastly overblown treble, so much so that the cymbals were so hissy and tizzy I had to check my tweeters as I thought they were blown.

Another turkey would be Attention Attention by Shinedown.

Just about ok to listen to in the car but that’s it.
All the Sonics' albums. Great Garage music (have you heard "The Witch"? Inspiration for The Ramones), but terrible recordings.
I have that one too, will check it out.  Sounded great at a teen with a lousy system.
i always though born to run sounded horrible. husker du's zen arcade is another vg recrod that was bdly recorded.