Elton John - “Victim of Love” - a disco album at a time when disco was pretty much dead. He wrote none of the songs, and only does vocals (no instrumental parts) - quite awful. Even he acknowledges it was garbage.
What was your most disappointing album purchase?
Since we have been listing “best debut albums”, I thought I might ask which albums members purchased, based upon one song, and with the expectation that other songs on the album would be good, but that album was a big disappointment.
I will start with the album by the group, Six Pence None The Richer, that had their big hit “Kiss Me”. The rest of that album was trash! Nothing I wanted to listen to and I found it hard to believe the same group had done the hit song.
This question might seem similar to “One Hit Wonders”, but I think it is different, as usually those groups made other music that was at least listenable. My question refers to albums that had one listenable song, period!
I will start with the album by the group, Six Pence None The Richer, that had their big hit “Kiss Me”. The rest of that album was trash! Nothing I wanted to listen to and I found it hard to believe the same group had done the hit song.
This question might seem similar to “One Hit Wonders”, but I think it is different, as usually those groups made other music that was at least listenable. My question refers to albums that had one listenable song, period!
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There are some DREADFUL albums listed here! " I love Steely Dan, and I have read that some members here even like this one, but their album Gaucho is a snorefest." bob540-I have for the longest time tried to like that album. That album seems to be a "must have" for some reason, especially audiogeeks. It has the "80’s sound" which I lump in with the awful "smooth Jazz" which also became popular. SD to me is pre Aja, though I still enjoy pulling out my AB1006 "stamper" copy now and then. Six Pence None the Richer-OUCH!another band in the dead zone(1980-present). I found the Seattle scene the only genre that saved the period. Kajagogo- my girlfriend at the time, had a little sister who was in love with Lamahl. I was in a serious "Classic R&R" mourning period. All my heroes were getting old and stale. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/limahl-budgie-world-champion-budgie-2901973 Comments on noted albums- I take offense to Who’s Live at Leeds getting the thumbs down. Perhaps it wasn’t played LOUD enough? Keith Moon- yeah, just bad. King Crimson-I have a plain old domestic press and kept in context, sounds good. Just proves its the pressing, and a crapshoot. Victim of Love- What the heck happened after GYBR? Stones- I gave it some time to warm up to it. Compare it to their 80’s run, then it clicks. |
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