These sorts of lists are such pointless exercises.
(a) Every band goes downhill rapidly after its peak (i.e. after 2 or 3 records) w/ a very few exceptions…So does that mean all those post-peak records are worthless? Obviously not…& that’s what god made itunes for…because even the “worst” record usually contains 1 or 2 decent cuts.
(b) As others have pointed out, one person’s gold is another’s garbage. The only way this list would be meaningful is if inclusion was strictly limited to those records which the artist him/herself admitted were garbage (as w/ the live Deep Purple). Once you get into reasoning like “it’s too sad compared to the previous records” you’re rolling down the slippery slope toward an utterly meaningless list.

I will have to disagree with the author about Pink Floyds “Ummagumma” being included as an album that should be stickered as bad or unworthy. You should remember that this “silly experimentation” and “cheesy orchestration” eventually led to some of the greatest art rock masterpieces ever made (Meddle, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here…).
If you choose to pick on albums that are flawed in some way or another, I would recommend you stay away from anything with the name “Pink Floyd” attached to it.

My picks:
Beck - “Sea Change” (too depressing compared to his other work)
PJ Harvey - “Uh Huh Her”
Death in Vegas - “Satan’s Circus”

“Come” by Prince

Fro some reason, I’m reminded of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer (perhaps allthe Yes references?): Tarkus was
pretty bad; Love Beach was utterly unadvisable.

Metal Machine Music is wonderful for winning stereo wars–if you’ve got some wattage, the neighbors will give up and come begging you to stop…

REM’s Up

Good call on POP TRASH by Duran Duran too. Wretched.

Although, check out “Medazzaland” by them, a really good album that slipped under the radar, and their last one “Astronaut” was solid.

Worst record of all time ?

George W Bush

No Contest.

ZOOROPA=AWESOME
POP=AWESOME
OCTOBER=not so much, although the title track, “Tomorrow”, and “Gloria” are great the rest of the album is sloppy.

I thought Machina… was a fine album - 4 or 5 really excellent songs… and a couple experiments that weren’t that hot. but totally undeserved on that list. I’m HOPING the new album is as good as that was. strange though - I know a lot of SP fans who never acknowledged this as worthy, in spite of my adamations.

I played “Tales From Topographic Oceans” obsessively before I was admitted to a psych ward two years ago. Any album that has that power remains worthy of respect. Jon Anderson got it right: three-fourths of it is great, and the other fourth never quite jells. The opening chant and “Nous Somme du Soleil” remain transcendent. So there.

“Smashing Pumpkins Machina/The Machines of God” got a 3.5 review in Rolling Stone and now they say it sucks. Albums originally hailed as album of the year are no longer even mentioned with great album lists come up. Rolling Stone has been revising history for decades. This is a magazine that slam MTV back in the 80’s and now it has it’s own reality show for the network.

It’s a been a long time since you got a free roachclip with a subscription.

I played “Tales From Topographic Oceans” obsessively before I was admitted to a psych ward two years ago. Any album that has that power remains worthy of respect. Jon Anderson got it right: three-fourths of it is great, and the other fourth never quite jells. The opening chant and “Nous Somme du Soleil” remain transcendent. So there.

every album listed by Skullfreak is exceptional. He is an idiot.

If “great artists” refers to the band’s vision of themselves, I’d add Hinder’s “Extreme Suckage” to the list.

I’m a broad but not so I can’t call Nickledick a shit band. Them & Creed - weepy tune city. Hey Scott you Godding again? Denied Him big time last time around. You suck.

Machina/The Machines of God was a good album! A hell of a lot better than ‘Adore’, for sure. Maybe it was the Corgin rap on ‘Everlasting Gaze’ that people can’t forgive.

oh no, i’m not saying pearl jam sucks in a ‘battle’ with nirvana…no, i’m saying pearl jam is a horrible shitty band…in GENERAL. i have pictures of eddie vedder sucking me off and bah’ing like a goat when i sperm all over his face

How the hell is machina bad? It ws an amazing album, if you actually listened to it.

Sorry shouldn’t have mentioned nickelback,creed, etc. because everything they made was puke in mouth bad, not a misstep

what is with the pointless pearl jam, nirvana arguements, both great bands in different ways.

radiohead-pablo honey
rhcp-stadium arcadium
beatles-anything before rubbersoul(everything else is great)
and anything from nickelback,creed, etc.

How about Death in Vegas “Satan’s Circus”.
That album was total FIKI. Before that I thought they were fantastic.

here’s the thing that gets me about Rolling Stone… if you look at their reviews of these albums, some of them were actually given decent reviews. Machina, for example, was given 3.5 stars. How then can the same magazine come back and say that it should not have been made?

You see this quite often with their “best albums of the year” lists, where they list albums that sold well, but that they rated 2-3 stars, and don’t list other albums that didn’t sell well, but that got 4-5 stars

NIN - the fragile

Plant & Page “Walking into Clarksdale”.

The most dissapointing album…ever???

I mean, Christ!…we wait almost 20 years for new Zep material (and let’s cut the shit…it’s Zep material) and the album is garbage.

led zepplin-presence, in thru the out door
motley crue-generation swine
Billy Idol-cyber punk
Rolling stones-anything after sticky fingers(EXILE was a mess)
Metallica-Anything after Black
Aerosmith-anything after ROCKS
GnR-once Steven left it was all downhill.

Machina/Machines of God got three and a half stars review by Rolling Stones. Someone already mentioned this but Rolling Stones does this too so many records. Pinkerton originally got a two and a half star review, now in RS’s eyes, it’s the Weezer masterpiece album. In the RS encyclopedia they changed the four and three and half star review of “Adore” and “Machina” to two star and a half star for “Machina”. I’ve said it before, RS has no integrity, just bs know-nothing “ultrahip” freelance writers.

for gods sake, stop laying into skullfreaks selection. he was trying to either funny or ironic you morons.

re-load was a bigger disappointment than st anger, which i didnt think was all that bad.

razorblade suitcase - bush
soup - blind melon
evil empire - rage
x+y - coldplay
amnesiac - radiohead

mmm…what odds on chinese democracy being added to this list a year from now? (should it see the light of day)

Blue Oyster Cult’S CULTASAURUS ERECTUS is the worst album ever produced. I GUARANTEE IT!

ones person’s garbage is often another person’s treasure…

i used to hate aerosmith night in the ruts when it first came out - but now i love it - go figure…

I cried my throat and my heart out when I heard Michael Jackson’s Thriller … it made want to be dead,, not to dance in the video, but because I didn’t want to hear it … why, oh why? Kill me please :’(

adore..in this list..no
its their best album its a magnificent album more enjoyable then mellon collie…

Anything by Nirvana, Dave Matthews Band, Phish, OAR, Jack Johnson, Linkin Park, Panic!, John Mayer (as a singer/songwriter; as a guitar player he is the shit).
Also: Motley Crue- Generation Swine
Tom Petty- Highway Companion (a letdown)
Beastie Boys- Hello Nasty
Aerosmith- Get a Grip (except for “cryin” of course)

-and anyone who has bashed U2’s “zooropa” or “pop” doesn’t deserve ears.

Metallica-St. Anger
‘Nuff said. Quite possibly the most disapointing album in history. Hopefully Rick Rubin can make them rock again.

I would say something about Be Here Now, except that I chose not to listen to it. Thank God for small miracles.

Oh, and thank you to person who mention that Elvis shit “Having Fun with Elvis” Yikes!

Using the statement “Everything after (album name here)…” is lazy. Give an opinion, please. Ok, I’ll give you KISS.

The Rolling Stones: Emotional Rescue (Crap)
Bowie: Tin Machine (Utter crap. Sorry David)

There isn’t enough room in cyberspace to put into words the crap we have all made popular for one reason or another and why doesn’t someone grow some and say anything about OASIS’ third album Be Here Now?

How about:
Steel Wheels - Stones (1983’s Undercover ain’t half bad, though)
Shot of Love - Dylan (why, Zimmy, why?)
A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Floyd

But what’s wrong with Tiny Music? If there’s a bad STP, it’s No. 4.

Also, some people aren’t understanding this thread. Saying
‘All Matchbox 20 sucks’, may be true, but we’re talking about ‘bad albums from great artists’.

what the crap? machina was a great record. this magazine gave it a 3 and a 1/2 star review!!!! go look it up. that’s the same ratings you gave the arcade fire, and your all in love with them. what gives, RS?

“Don’t Tell A Soul” and “All Shook Down” - Everything The Replacements did after “Pleased To Meet Me” should have had a warning sticker on it reading “Maybe We Shoulda Just Broke Up Instead Of Firing Bob, Eh?”

Even the weakest U2 album (Zooropa in my opinion) is much, much better than your average rock album. Pop is so far ahead of its time.. awesome.

PJ- Riot Act, great example

Metallica- once and for all, the Black album is GREAT. Stop the Cliff Burton crap…but as far as Re-Load to present, I agree.

I would have to say this…

Radiohead- Hail to the Thief

I love Radiohead, but this album does very little for me. It has always felt like the leftovers of Kid A/Amnesiac and OK Computer. There are a couple of good tracks, but it does nothing to further the legend of the Paranoid Androids.

Skullfreak… you are great.

Figure 8- Elliott Smith
Appetite For Destruction- GnR
High Voltage- ACDC
Toys In The Attic- Aerosmith
Jar Of Flies- Alice In Chains
Pet Sounds- The Beach Boys
The Yellow Submarine- The Beatles
16 Stone- Bush
X&Y- Coldplay
Hotel California- The Eagles
Jimi Hendrix Experience- Jimi H.
Legacy Of Brutality- The Misfits
Dookie- Green Day
Lateralus- Tool
1984- Van Halen

Ghosts in the Machine-Police
October & Unforgetable Fire-U2

The Byrds — “Byrdmaniax”

I love how people are flipping out on skull freak, can’t you tell he is joking?

dave matthews band - busted stuff

I think skullfreak is just trolling dude.

Stones - Satanic Majesty’s Request
Queen - Hot Space
Chili Peppers - By The Way
Aerosmith - anything after Rocks

First off: Skullfreak, turn off the MTV and go listen to some of the albums you say are bad (especially Dark Side of The Moon and Abbey Road). I hate to think of the albums/artist you think are good… Fall Out Boy comes to mind.

Now then, consider this: if any of these albums mentioned weren’t bought anymore, wouldn’t they start being looked upon as rarities? Personally, I’ve heard some of the unreleased Let It Be sessions (on vinyl, no less), and for all the hype those sessions get, the music itself was utter crap. Yet I know many a Beatles fan (like myself) who think the Let It Be sessions are equal to 12 Holy Grails as it relates to record collections.

So long story short - the demand for these bad albums would rise if they faded away because of no sales/no interest, and some might start to consider the music on said albums as excellent and worth seeking out.

Then again, I’m not sure anyone could say that about St. Anger with a straight look on their face…

Neil Young’s “Everybody’s Rockin’” has to make the list. On the one hand, a stroke of genius in the manner that he thumbed his nose at his label by releasing a 35 minute rockabilly album. On the other hand, the album was every bit as bad as he intended it to be.

Machina does not deserve to be on this list, Adore maybe but certainly not machina. I would advise Rollingstone to go back and listed to songs like “stand inside your love”, “raindrops+sunshowers”, “try, try try” and then comment

Depeche Mode - Exciter.
Low point of their career. What a boring production.

Duran Duran - Pop Trash
Just like the title suggests. Very, very weak songwriting.

JET - Shine On
I assume every one trying to sound like Oasis just sounds shitty.

Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralize
Not a single good song on it.

PEARL JAM Rocks…and they’re still rocking!!
What about the band they called Nirvana..

KEITHMOON,

Cut the Crap!

Far worse than CR.

I don’t get the negative comments about Skullfreak’s list. That is not just a list of good albums. They are great albums! Folks, he’s just joking around. Pulling your leg. Don’t get mad-get with it!

Obviously Skullfreak is trying to be funny…No one see that?? Actually, The Clash’s Combat Rock is pretty gross. Heard it for the first time today after approx 7 years and it really blows

The La’s said their own debut sucked, but they were dead wrong.

Tori Amos - That covers album when she tried to do a Slayer song.

One Hot Minute was NOT RHCP’s worst album by any stretch. That honor goes to Stadium Arcadium. A 2 hour snoozefest. I don’t care how many grammys it won, it sucked!

What about: MJ Dangerous? That stunk.
St. Anger? I didn’t even bother. Not after THAT single.
I saw people bashing Tiny Music? How about No.4? Oh, here’s a REAL stinker: R.E.M. Monster!!! And I don’t get people lashing out on One Hot Minute, even though the Chili’s have done so themselves:) I think By The Way is a far worse project, cause it’s really, really really dull. Except for the masterpiece at the end, Minor Thing. And Adore IS good. It’s just so… European:)

Metallica’s “St. Anger” needs to be on that list.

As for Kiss, 1992’s “Revenge” was actually pretty good.

Yes made worse albums than “Tales”…1991’s “Union” has to take the cake, followed by 1978’s “Tormato,” both far more painful than “Topographic.”

1) metallica–”Reload” could just as easily add “Load” too.
2) Paul Westerberg-”Folker” what happened Paul??
3)Eminem–”Encore”
4)U2–”Zooropa” Pop is a masterpiece next to this one.
5)Prince–”Come” i believe this was only released to finish his Warner contract. awful stuff.

KoRn — everything after the first song on the first CD.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute
The Killers - Sams Town
Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
Green Day - Warning
Jimmy Eat World - Futures
Limp Bizkit - Results May Vary
The Offspring - Ixnay on the Hombre
Pearl Jam - Riot Act
Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music…

Skullfreak, you forgot Blonde on Blonde and Sticky Fingers!

That Foreigner album that does not have Lou Gramm on lead vocals. Not surprisingly it flopped.

Panorama by the Cars is probably their worst album.

Metamorphisis- Rolling Stones

Everything by Nickelback or like artists.

Elvis Having Fun on Stage

Summer In Paradise- Beachboys

Life In a Tin Can- Beegees

Percy- The Kinks

Anything by Kenny G or Yanni or John Tesh or Enya

All rock music that was released between 1950 and 2007

infra red roses by grateful dead

you do know pearl jam sucks right? that it’s pretentious crap sung by a goat? they have some good stuff, but if ever a band was given completely undeserved praise, its these washed up garage rockers. and ten is garbage.

Stone Temple Pilots- anything after “Purple”

Pearl Jam- everything between “Vitology” and “Pearl Jam”

Live- “Secret Samadhi” and “Birds of Pray”

Ministry- “Filth Pig”

Prodigy- “ALways Outnumbered, Never Outgunned”

Helmet- “Aftertaste” and “Monochrome”

Jerry Cantrell- “Degradation Trip”

The Crystal Method- “Legion of Boom”

Godsmack- “IV”

Every one-hit-wonder, emo, country, rap, pop, fast food produced piece of fuck that has been released for human consumption in the past 10 years.

as much as Dylan and the Dead sucks, the Grateful Dead album, Postcards from the Hanging, consisting of all Dylan covers, brings beauty, life, and soul to some of Bob’s wonderfull songs…..fuck that Simon Cromwell guy….

2 problems with this list

1. Machina is, though not their best, a great Smashing Pumpkins record, especially the last half. C’mon if you are not moved by Try Try Try you are dead.

2. A few “70’s” hard rock bands came back from the dead and released a few great early 80’s albums before plunging back into shitsville:

1. Black Sabbath with Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules

2. Blue Oyster Cult with Fire of Unknown Origin

and yes, 3. Kiss with Creatures of the Night and Lick it Up

Oh yeah, and any AC/DC album with that tool Brian Johnson singing on it. That includes Back in Black! Long Live Bon!

Not only is the Pumpkins Machina not crap, it is the best album they released.It is ageless. It took me until about 5 years after its release to fully appreciate how good it is… Listen to it again, then decide. And i agree with whoever said that Adore is a pile of rubbish. Machina is pure gold though!

Also, The Tea Party - Interzone Mantras and Seven Circles. They should have broke up two albums earlier, because everything up to and including Triptych was tremendous!

Modest Mouse - “We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank”

Terrible Terrible record, RS will probably give it a good review cause they like when indie bands sell out to MTV pop shit.. MM’s last record was weak to, it had two good tracks! TWO! Bukowski and Bury Me With It… RS gave it 4 stars.. TERRRRIBLE!…

Why is Machina on this list? Has RS heard “Stand Inside Your Love?” And whoever said Weezer’s Maladroit….that’s just silly. “Slave” and “Keep Fishin’” rock better than all of the Green album and Make Believe.

Aerosmith - Just Push Play
Incubus - Light Grenades

What is odd is that Machina/The Machines of God was originally given 3 1/2 stars which seems like a good review however, your magazine is now calling it a bad album. I think in order to be fair the next installment of “Rock & Roll Daily” should be “Deep Honesty: When Rolling Stone Magazine Acknowledges Bad Review”. It honestly might make an interesting topic.

Smells Like Children - Marilyn Manson

Absolutely Terrible CD that stands out amidst otherwise good work. Fuck Frankie?

Celebrity Skin - Hole

I’m all for a change from darkness to popness but there’s only two good pop songs on here.

Give Yourself a Hand - Crash Test Dummies

CTD has made several good albums, this isn’t one of them. (Did you ever wanna hear Brad Roberts rap?)

Splinter - The Offspring

I survived the change from punk to pop on Americana. I survived the pseudo retreat on Conspiracy of One. But Splinter just made me want my money back.

And I’m gonna say it…

Bossanova - Pixies

Once again, I don’t mind that they changed styles to a more polished, poppy sound, but the songs are subpar forgettable.

Janes’ Addiction- strays, decent album but they shouldn’t have used the name without Avery.

Sam’s Town. I regret buying that record so much I don’t even want to use it for a coaster. I just want to forget I ever bought it. Hey, I feel better!

everybody’s got a shitty album, except for led zeppelin, that is - jimmy page made all his crap early on so when he got to zeppelin he knew what to do and/or what not to do - they should put a warning label on the song ‘hats off to roy harper’ though…

I agree with Jen, and may I add that i think that album kicked ass-I just hated Jimmy’s appearence at the time-so that threw me off alot. I really do hope the new album is good-if not-life is over as we know it, and yes, I am incredibly shallow

Metallica - St. Anger

Im the 102th person but i say it : MACHINA isnt a bad record, its rathr good.

About real letdown I guess Weird Little Boy by Trey Spruance, John Zorn and Mike Patton. Spruance said its a load of shit

people like skullfreak who bash amazing albums just to sound controversial really just look stupid.

Agree with many on the list with the exception of Machina. There are some really good songs on that record. If you consider it to be their worst then the pumpkins at their “worst” are still a very good band.

1. Anything Chicago did after Terry Kath’s death.

2. Anything Guns ‘N Roses did after Steven Adler’s ouster.

3. “Tormato” is far worse than “Topographic Oceans.” I think Jon Anderson would agree.

4. Anything by Matchbox 20.

5. Anything by Metallica after Cliff Burton’s death.

6. “Other Voices” by the Doors.

Fleetwood Mac post “Tusk”
Elton John anything that Bernie didn’t write for him
Alanis anything after “Jagged Little Pill”
Tom Petty anything after “Damn the Torpedos”
CSN,CSNY,Jackson Browne,Bonnie Raitt anything after they got sober

the who - its hard

The Cure - pretty much everything after “Wish” (except maybe “Bloodflowers”)
Public Enemy - everything after “Apocalypse ‘91″
R.E.M. - almost everything after Bill Berry left
Cheap Trick - everything between “Next Position Please” and “Rockford.” (Fans can be forgiven for not caring at this point, but if you ever liked Cheap Trick and you get a chance to hear “Rockford,” I guarantee you’ll be blown away. Little Steven agrees).
Also, I agree with flynnie’s picks (esp. the Clash’s “Cut the Crap.” How’d you miss that one, R.S.? It’s the definitive free-fall album.)

Skullfreak is an absolute idiot!! Abbey Road was the worst album that the Beatles ever made????? i will bet money that you have never even heard that album, because it is definatly better than ANY album that has been released after it.peace

“Too Long In Exile” by Van Morrison. The worst album in a generally great catalogue. Even an appearance by John Lee Hooker couldn’t save this one.

The only Pumpkins album that should be on this list is Adore.

Scott, I got a question, you wrote this…

” and I prefer Nirvana because I focus more or lyrics than musical talent, but both are amazing bands. ”

But Pearl Jam’s lyrics are better than Nirvana’s, so I lost you when you wrote this…

I mean seriously, just do a check up… Look up the lyrics to Pearl Jam’s ‘Black’, ‘Immortality’, ‘Rearviewmirror’, “light Years”, just to name a few….

Better than any lyrics Cobain wrote.

I rather enjoyed MACHINA. I do agree with the Bowie criticism. One has to wonder how one of rock’s greatest visionaries (he recorded Low for Christ’s sake) almost completely sold out to the mainstream. Oh well, at least he realizes now the mistakes he made. Heathen and Reality are both excellent albums.

“Their Satanic Majesty’s Request”
by the Stones-an album just like “Sgt. Pepper”, but without all that talent and great songwriting getting in the way.

Some bands make great albums while on heavy drugs(Jane’s Addiction’s “Nothing’s Shocking” and ” Ritual de Lo Habitual” for example), and some make albums like this Stones stinker or “Draw the Line” by Aerosmith. Come to think of it, EVERYTHING Aerosmith did after “Draw” and up til “Pump” was pretty bad.

Hey, lay off U2’s Pop and Zep’s Presence. They both have great material. Not all great, but more than enough to recommend them to others. On to the topic at hand:

Cut the Crap- The Clash without Mick or Paul or Topper? Where’s my pistol so I can shoot myself?

The Rolling Stones- Emotional Rescue- Want to know why they practically never play any of this disaster live? Check out the title track (Mick sounds stoned and not in that cool way) and She’s So Cold (Laaazzzeee!). Point made.

Led Zeppelin- The Song Remains the Same- Thankfully out of print (atleast not readily available), this live album represents the worst of 70’s live rock and is so curiously passionless that it comes off as avant-garde.

The one thing I hate is when anyone includes a U2 album on a list that is considered bad or poorly done albums.
U2 - Pop (with the exception of 2 songs) is one of their best works, it was just not commercially viable. It was a phenomenal album. I have seen them on every tour since October and can honestly say they have never put out a bad album in my opinion. Not many bands can say that. Listen to U2’s POP album closely, it is very good from beginning to end.

closest thing they have to a bad album would be Zooropa if you want to pick one, and that has some gems as well.

As for the Pearl Jam/Nirvana debate. I was not much of a Nirvana fan, but love the Foo Fighters, and I am a huge Pearl Jam fan, but both bands are very good. Pearl Jam is more a jam band than anything, and their live shows are more amazing than their studio albums, much like the Grateful Dead or Phish.

Worst album? Easily The Elder- KISS or anything by the Stones after Tatoo You.

i actually love one hot minute-very different but very unique, powerful, and beautiful. worst RHCP album is their 1st, songs like trandascending and aeroplane are amazing in my opinion

Pink Floyd has acknowledged that “Ummagumma” was “rubbage”

you can do acknowledge those kinds of things when you’ve turned out 4 or 5 other “gems” for albums

I like “Under Wraps”

The Nirvana/Pearl Jam debate is pointless…in my opinion, Nirvana tops Pearl Jam when it comes to songwriting/lyricism, and Pearl Jam tops Nirvana in musicianship. I’m a big fan of both, and I prefer Nirvana because I focus more or lyrics than musical talent, but both are amazing bands.

The Strokes- First Impressions of Earth

The Band- Islands

Dave Matthews Band- Busted Stuff

Skullfreak, you’re kind of an idiot. You probably love Fall Out Boy and Panic and all that emo crap. By the way Queen never had an album called Bohemian Rhapsody, it was A Night At The Opera.

The Clash “Cut the Crap”
The Stones every studio album after “Tatoo You”
U2 “Pop”
Ted Nugent everything after Cat Scratch Fever
Led Zeppelin ‘”Presence”, “Coda”

…there’s absolutely nothing wrong with SP’s Machina…

Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants by Oasis. I love these guys, but really, this album sucked. For all the flack Be Here Now caught, this was by far their worst album.

Pearl Jam may not be as well recognized worldwide as Nirvana… But that doesn’t make Nirvana better.

Van Halen is more recognized than Sonic Youth or the Cure - that doesn’t make Van Halen better either. Pearl Jam is the same way…

I think most people who have heard a lot from both bands would agree Pearl Jam is better than Nirvana anyway… Besides, no matter what anyone says, Pearl Jam never put out anything less than a very good album.

oh yea.. and I also agree there’s nothing talented or innovative about Incubus.

The Clash’s Combat Rock. Some good tracks, not the worst album ever, but I guess this premise is “Great bands’ shitty records”.
The Clash are a great band. Combat Rock is shitty.

DEFINITELY agree with the Floyd’s Ummagumma- that studio hakf is lame. Live half’s quality though.
Dylan’s had worse albums, though. All those gospel albums in the late 70’s through early 80’s. He still made secular albums through the 80’s but they still sucked. He came back with Oh Mercy in 89.

happy mondays - yes please
weezer - maladroit

Why is Rolling Stone still stuck in the seventies? There have been many bad albums since.

The real question is though: do they KNOW they’re crappy at the time?

ALL Pavement
ALL White Stripes
ALL Fall Out Boy
ALL EMO

i wouldnt say Ummagumma the studio album is bad, not great but alright…what’s bad is atom heart mother…and Music @ Work by the Tragically Hip, not that great

u know wat doesn’t suck? the new jay-z joint. its the best album out right now! so if ur hood… represent!

Elton John albums in late 80’s (except Reg Strikes Back)

Hoobastank - Every Man For Himself

Garth Brooks - Chris Gaines crap

Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute (although their are a couple of decent tracks on it)

Rush - Feedback Why guys why??

Run DMC - anything after Raising Hell

Audioslave - anything after the first one.

Disagree with the Kiss comment above. There were some great tracks on several of the 80’s and 90’s albums, and Revenge is pretty solid throughout.

Ten- Pearl Jam
In Utero- Nirvana
The Joshua Tree- U2
Abbey Road- The Beatles
Ziggy Stardust- David Bowie
Blood Sugar Sex Magic- RHCP
IV- Led Zeppelin
Dark Side Of The Moon- Pink Floyd
Bohemian Rhapsody- Queen

I’m going to consider Audioslave as Rage’s crappy albums. Thank god they are back.

Smashing Pumpkins’ MACHINA is a fine album.

Any Robert Plant solo material, the last Further Seems Forever album.

AC/DC’s Fly On The Wall is a perfect example. Very bad album from a really great rock group.

Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door
The Who - Face Dances/It’s Hard
Panic! At The Disco - Anything
Neil Young - 80’s catalogue

“Machina” is a great record.

All Elton John Albums released after “Rock of the Westies”.

james taylor jt
bob dylan desire (few great songs)
neil young year of the horse.

Any album made by members of Soundgarden and Rage Against the Machine…that’s not Soundgarden or Rage Against the Machine. Audioslave sucked!!

B wrote:

“The whole premise of this article is flawed. Great artists don’t release bad albums. They release albums that idiots don’t understand.”

So B, according to your logic, how do you explain Van Halen III? Just curious. I’m assuming you haven’t heard it.

the beekeeper–tori amos. c’mon tori, make the upcoming album great!! we still have faith in you!

If we’re gonna say GnR’s “Spaghetti Incident” we should probably include “Use Your Illusion I & II” as well… way too much filler, not enough killer. In fact, maybe we should reclassify “Appetite for Destruction” as a great album by a once-great band.

And the whole idea that “Great artists don’t release bad albums, they release albums that idiots don’t understand” is so retarded, I feel like a retard for disputing it. John Lennon is a great artist, but “Sometime In New York City” is a bad album- and we all understand it just fine. Bob Dylan is a great artist, but half his 80’s output is completely forgettable. I’m sure Smashing Pumpkins appreciate your masturbating all over them though, “B”.

ive got all of incubus albums on reserve under my bathroom sink incase i run out of toliet paper!

makes some great wipeing!!!

Judas Priest “Turbo”
(I don’t acknowlege the Ripper Owens stuff)

Iron Maiden “No Prayer for the Dying”
(I don’t acknowlege the Blayze Bailey stuff)

It was “…And Justice For All” that lost to Jethro Tull that year, not the Black Album.

I just checked the album review for Machina/the machines of God, and RS gave it 3 1/2 stars and a great review praising it. So which one is it, a crappy album that should never existed, or a great album that you praise. make up you’re mind. Maybe the pumpkins record label paid for a good review, I wouldn’t put it past RS to take a bribe.

In the liner notes to Elvis Costello’s “Goodbye Cruel World” cd (the Rykodisc reissue) the first sentence is “Congratulations, you’ve just purchased our worst album!”

Metal Machine Music

“Everything NIRVANA put out. Pretentious crap by rich spoiled rock stars who deny being rich spoiled rock stars… ”

Um…they weren’t rich or rock stars before the release of Bleach or Nevermind. So, I’m not sure how this description would ever fit those albums.

Black Sabbath’s Tyr. If I need to say more, then I guess anything Iron Maiden did with Blaze Blayley.

Nirvana was a great band, don’t be jealous because Pearl Jam isn’t as well recognized, maybe you ate paint chips as a child because Nirvana had great melodies and rocked hard asshole. And by the way, Infinty On High sucks , fall out boy should quit

luckily nothing by Soul Asylum fits this catagory.

How about Guns n roses Spaghetti Incident? Or maybe the endless pile of Aerosmith greatest hits records? But above all would have to be Ozzy Osbourne’s Down to Earth. What a load of crap that was and I love Ozzy and Zakk Wylde.

“KISS — Every album post-1979″

Come on now, you’re telling me that “(Music from) The Elder” wasn’t every bit as relevant as Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”?

OK, maybe not.

Don’t forget Van Halen III. Oops — I mean, DO forget it.

“Great artists don’t release bad albums. They release albums that idiots don’t understand.”

Right. So, by that logic, anyone who dares to feel underwhelmed by anything released by a “great” artist (deemed so by your infinite wisdom, I’m sure) is simply not as intelligent as you.

I’d feel kinda silly calling you a rock snob, since it’s so self-evident.

Everything NIRVANA put out. Pretentious crap by rich spoiled rock stars who deny being rich spoiled rock stars…

Aerosmith - Honkin’ on Bobo

Thanks for that intelligent and substantive argument there, Sam.

Are you always this convincing?

I like Dylan & the Dead — Lord knows that Dylan’s got many, many worse albums.

No Dead songs, due to it being released on Dylan’s label and no agreement for shared royalties, so no licenses on Dead songs.

any sheryl crow album after the globe sessions. she just sucks now.

The whole premise of this article is flawed. Great artists don’t release bad albums. They release albums that idiots don’t understand. Machina might not be the best album the Pumpkins did, but it’s still solid, and it’s more interesting than “Mellon Collie 2″ would have been. Let artists grow and develop. Forgive minor missteps and continue to support great artists.

counting crows “A dessert life..” on are all just…well fucking gay!

there is nothing “innovative” or “talented” about incubus…

Metal Machine Music is excellent…bad day at work, Metal Machine Music.

METALLICA”S SAINT ANGER!!!!!!!!!!!

“Think Tank” - Blur

No Graham Coxon, no tanks!

Stone Temple Pilots, No. 4

I’m a huge STP fan, Shangri-La De Da in my opinion is an unacknowledged masterpiece.

But No. 4 sounds so phoned in they should be embarrassed. Reference “MC5″, “Sex & Violence” and “Church on Tuesday” - file under “completely generic and uninspired goo”.

Also, Incubus’ latest is rather, shall I say, “underwhelming” for such an innovative and talented band. Sounds like a bunch of songs that weren’t good enough to make the cut on their last record.

Oh, and who could forget “Contraband” by Velvet Revolver. Proof that a supergroup is often less than the sum of its parts.

Jane’s Addiction - Strays.
Weak. - Warning Label: We’re still missing our sweet Xiola.

Anything Metallica made Black album to present. What happened guys?