There’s nothing bad about Floyd’s Momentary lapse of Reason.

Blast! The rope was too long; then I realized I didn’t pick any of the previously mentioned records that people should be hanging themselves for picking. I’m all better now and groovin to Satanic Majesties. Cheers!

this is very hard to say but i’ll pick one,
“Under Pressure” by Queen in Hot Space

this is very hard to say but i’ll pick one,
“Under Pressure” by Queen in Hot Space

Bob Dylan, Magical Mystery Tour, Morrison Hotel, Darkness on the Edge of Town, Tommy, Let It Be…If you are one of the people who listed any of these as bad albums, hang yourself.

Did someone actually reference Zeppelin III as a bad album? Some people should have their ability to “chat” revoked!

hey, some_dude, I was totally with you when you said uncle tom’s cabin but you lost me when you said pull me under from images and words. pull me under is a good song on an album filled with greater songs. one of the best albums ever.
oh, and the guy who a long time ago said faith no more’s king for a day is a bad album is nuts. second best fnm album.

“All My Love” Led Zeppelin, off In Through the Out Door

“Dear God,” XTC, off Skylarking

“Lakini’s Juice” Live, off Secret Samadhi

“Staring at the Sun” U2, off Pop.

“Here,” Luscious Jackson, off Natural Ingredients

“Supernova” Liz Phair, off Whip-Smart. (I have to agree with a lot of people on this one.)

Could not disagree with Rod (Meat is Murder?!?), Their (Trompe le Monde?!?) and Rock God (Weezers first lp?!?)

those are all great records. how about “well i wonder” or anything else off MIM? or “Alec Eiffel” off TLM? or anything other than surf wax america on the blue album?

but then again…it is all personal preference. there is always going to be disagreements.

BTW - Jimmy the Greek…Trouble Loves Me is off of Maladjusted. I agree; best song on that subpar album

“Loaded” is a fantastic album, full of fantastic songs, not only Sweet Jane. Have you ever listened to Rock & Roll? Or the rest of the album for that matter?
Jesus christ.

Muzakman…
I don’t think you do what you belive in, you just do what’s most convenienent, and then you repent.

Brownsville girl is an epic of all rock songs, and is probably Dylan’s best song of that decade.

“Cum on Feel the Noize” - Quiet Riot (Metal Health)

End of transmission.

Aftermath, Leaving New York, or Ascent of Man off of Around the Sun

“Brownsville Girl” is a good song? It is a long crappy song.
“Going Home” Meil Young? That’s the worst song on an otherwise ok album.
How about Bowie “Time Will crawl” on Never Let me Down. How about Prince and friends on the title track of “Graffiti Bridge”?

Lightning Strikes - Aerosmith (Rock In A Hard Place)

The MUCH more respected, than RS, Village Voice Pazz and Jop Music Critics Poll circa 1994 rated Liz Phair’s Whip Smart #6 for the year. Whip Smart, it turns out, was one of the most critically acclaimed albums of 1994. #6 for the year? Pretty decent for a “BAD” album doncha think?

“New York City” on John Lennon’s “Sometime in New York City”

Huh, I wasn’t aware that Whip-Smart was a bad album.

Keith is right. We snort his dad’s cremains to “Satanic Majesties” all the time.

“In the Evening” on In Through the Out Door by Led Zeppelin. Classic Zeppelin song on a complete turd of an album. Why do people forget this album when talking about Zeppelin’s worst? It’s always Presence, which is a great album!! It’s no IV or Physical Grafitti but probably their most personnal album. HW assignment go listen to Presence and ignore what everybody else says!

“Satanic Majesties” is bloody great. We took a year to make it because we were in and out of jail, but if you ignore “Sing This All Together” and the Billy Wyman song (bloody hell) it’s all genius. Now, “Thief in the Night” on “Bridges to Babylon,” that’s a top song on a terrible record. Wrote it meself! Thank you for your attention.

Bright Eye’s “Light Pollution” on Digital Ash in a Digital Urn

Thom Yorke’s “Analyse” on The Eraser

Beck’s “Clap Hands” on Guerolito

Tom Wait’s “It’s Alright With Me” on Red Hot + Blue

Velvet Underground’s “Sweet Jane” on loaded.

“Beware My Love”, from Wings at the Speed of Sound. Good rocker; could almost have passed for a late-Beatles outtake, but completely overlooked for some weird reason. Actually, with the possible exception of Band on the Run (which sounds more dated with every passing day), I think you could pretty much take one or two songs from every Macca album, compile one very good disc, and throw the rest on the fire, including most of his “hits.” At least Lennon had the dubious distinction of conviction on his side when he released his stinkers; Paulie seems to release every half-assed rhyme and tinkle that comes to mind. If I had never known that he was once capable of genius, I would never have believed it from his solo “career.” But I guess that’s the key right there: what was once a passion is now a career. A job. A chore. Work. Just like listening to his work.

One Hit to the Body-Dirty Work

One Hit to the Body-Dirty Work

“Man in the Box” by Alice in Chains from Facelift

How can anyone mention a song off of Yield? It is one of Pearl Jam’s best albums…

“Pendulous Threads” by Incubus - Light Grenades

“Mofo” by U2 - POP

“Transcending” by Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute

“Achilles Last Stand” by Led Zeppelin - Presence (Although the album wasn’t to bad it was by far their weakest)

The person who put “Cigarette” from The Smithereens great debut album “Especially for You” should have their head examined. This album delivered “Blood and Roses” and “Behind the Wall of Sleep”… There’s no way that this album is considered a bad album by anyone who enjoys good music !!! Jeez !!!

Nick Cave: “Into My Arms” from “The Boatman’s Call.” Cave’s driest record, but the opening ballad is a winner.

“Party of Special Things to Do” by Captain Beefheart, from the album Bluejeans & Moonbeams.

Supernova a great song? Definately. Whip Smart a bad album? LMFAO, You guys are on crack!

How about Fire in the Hole on Van Halen 3?

Let The Music Do The Talking from Aerosmith’s Done With Mirrors

“Blue Jean” and “Loving The Alien” from David Bowie’s marginal “Tonight.”

“Are you gonna go my way” - Title track….This tape got rewound after first listen

Do albums that Timbaland has worked on count? He tends to supply his clients with a hit single or two (on which their voices aren’t even mixed into the foreground and he’s equally present) and then heads for the door, e.g. Oops, Oh My “by” Tweet.
To deal with this in my record collection I made a list of all his essential cuts from 1996 to 2007 and made a three disc compilation (I called it Racked), it’s similar to Arkology or Back To Mono in quality and size. In fact, in that case do Lee Scratch Perry and Phil Spector count? They always did the same thing

2000 Light Years and Supernova are terrible examples. Those are both cool songs.

Martin..Dang! You’re right! And I Robot was actually a pretty good effort. So, I’ll choose “I’d Rather Be a Man” from Eve.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin - Cherry Pie -Warrant

Pull Me Under - Images and Words - Dream Theater

stay away from nevermind-nirvana
yuck yuck

Every Grain Of Sand , 5 star Dylan gem from the pretty lame “Shot Of Love” album…. also contender for the worst cover art as well….

The person that said “”The Soft Parade'’ was a bad album is crazy.Theres only 2 or 3 bad songs the rest of the album is great.

Dusk442

“I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You” was off the APP album “I Robot” , not “Eve”.

“Dead Man Walking” off David Bowie’s “Earthling” album.

“Dizzy Moon” off Transister’s debut album.

what jumps out immediately are “keep fishing” and “dope nose” from the othwerwise pretty terrible maladroit.

hollywood - madonna’s american life

Hey Moron, Drive My car is on Rubber Soul, NOT Sgt. Pepper’s and if you’re saying Sgt. Pepper’s is a bad album you’re crazy

kinks Celluloid Hereos from Showbiz

Prince Kiss from Cherry Moon

Yup…If it were a bad album with one good song, I’d buy it!

Touch and Go - Panorama - The Cars
Number One - Civilian - Gentle Giant
Love, Love, Love, Love - Are You Ready? - Pacific Gas & Electric
Wouldn’t Wanna Be Like You - Eve - Alan Parsons Project

‘Yield’ by Pearl Jam is an EXCELLENT album & possibly the best album of 1998. Bob Dylan’s ‘Desire’ is also excellent & there are better songs off both albums like ‘Little Sister’ & ‘In Hiding’, so I dont know what ry is talking about.

drive my car on sgt. pepper

Do The Evolution- Pearl Jam from Yield

Daysleeper- REM from Up

Touch of Grey- Grateful Dead from In The Dark

Hurricane- Bob Dylan from Desire

“Ghosts”, from Randy Newman’s “Born Again.” A strangely affecting, beautiful song on an album full of annoying novelties.

I don’t think Styx can really qualify for this list, being that no one expects them to make good albums, let alone good music.

Some of you people are terrible at this kinds of things. Most people here had good choices. But saying Quadrophenia and Greetings From Astbury… are bad albums is just plain dumb. idiots stay off this forums.

In between his early, critically acclaimed albums (Children of the Future, Sailor) and his later popular albums (The Joker, Fly Like an Eagle, Book of Dreams) Stevie “Git-tar” Miller released some real stink bombs - but even they had at least one decent song on them:
Going to Mexico - #5
Rock Love - Rock Love (worst album ever by a major artist??)
Somebody Somewhere Help Me - Recall the Beginning/Journey From Eden (worst attempt at a comeback ever by a major artist??)

“Valerie” by Steve Winwood from Talking Back To The Night (1982)

“Never Let Me Down” by David Bowie from Never Let Me Down (1987)

“Don’t Look Back” by Boston from Don’t Look Back (1978)

“Kill Your Sons” by Lou Reed from Sally Can’t Dance (1974)

“Radio Ga Ga” by Queen from The Works (1984)

“Eminence Front” by The Who from It’s Hard (1982)

“I Love It Loud” by KISS from Creatures of The Night (1982)

“Shipbuilding” by Elvis Costello from Punch the Clock (1983)

“Busy Doin’ Nothin’” by The Beach Boys from Friends (1968)

“With A Little Luck” by Wings from London Town (1978)

“Sorry Seems to Be The Hardest Word” by Elton John from Blue Moves (1976)

“Wait For Me” by Hall & Oates from X-Static (1979)

“Tempus Fugit” by Yes from Drama (1980)

“Hypnotized” by Fleetwood Mac from Mystery to Me (1973)

“Follow You Follow Me” by Genesis from And Then There Were Three (1978)

“Ladies of the Road” by King Crimson from Islands (1971)

“Hold on Tight” by Electric Light Orchestra from Time (1981)

“Mr. Roboto” by Styx from Kilroy Was Here (1983)

This is England - Clash - Cut the Crap…

this album was truly dreadful, but This is England is one of my favorite clash tunes,,, it is very underrated, and usually not mentioned as one of their bests, but it very much is

I hear from a lot of people that longtime phonics fans feel that JEEP is the weakest album they have produced. It is by far MUCH different than other releases. It is also VERY dynamic. It rocks, it chills, it serenades. You can drink to it, you can dance to it. You can put it on at a party and people don’t ask you to “TURN THAT OFF”! While I feel LSVO is a stronger album I am attached to JEEP due to that period in my life. So cut me if you will but I am referring directly to those people that clearly are stating that there is only one good song on an otherwise (universally accepted) great album. Per the TOMMY reference your cred is shot…

how can you pick “Good Lovin” off of Shakedown Street? It might be my least favourite track from that album. That record has some good tunes including: STAGGER LEE, I NEED A MIRACLE, SHAKEDOWN STREET, FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN, ALL NEW MINGLEWOOD BLUES.

“Good Lovin” - The Grateful Dead - Shakedown Street

How’s about “Summertime Blues” off Vincebus Eruptus by Blue Cheer?

Or “You’ll Never See My Face Again” from Odessa by The Bee Gees?

And from one of the most reviled albums ever - “Tonight” by Elton John from Blue Moves.

Everyone used to hate Stephen Stills and they hated Stephen Stills 2 the most - still “Change Partners” was a good song.

I could go one for days…….

It would be a travesty if “Celluloid Heroes” by the Kinks from Everybody’s in Show-Biz didn’t make the cut. That’s probably the finest example you’ll get.

Mike from Canada:

You said: “The thing is if there is a great track the album really can’t be awful.”

You ever listened to Todd Rundgren’s Initiation LP? With the exception of the opening track “Real Man,” the rest of the album is a load of synthesized nonsense. It could easily make this list.

Seems to me this is a pointless excercise. How can you say a ‘bad album’ has a great track? The thing is if there is a great track the album really can’t be awful. In the day, all the producers ever wanted was one good tune. Now we all down load whatever we want anyway. I mean if it wasn’t for one good track where would bands like phish be?

Seems to me this is a pointless excercise. How can you say a ‘bad album’ has a great track? The thing is if there is a great track the album really can’t be awful. In the day, all the producers ever wanted was one good tune. Now we all down load whatever we want anyway. I mean if it wasn’t for one good track where would bands like phish be?

DRJ, you knew it was coming, so I won’t elaborate on how awesome greetings is.. blinded by the light, for you, lost in the flood, spirit in the night, it’s hard to be a saint in the city.. all on a debut.. c’mon man dig deeper..
how about transformer man on neil young’s trans?

1. “Eminence Front” on Its Hard By The Who
2. “This Is England” on Cut The Crap By The Clash
3. “Human Touch” on Human Touch By Bruce Springsteen
4. “Learning To Fly” on Momentary Lapse of Reason By Pink Floyd
5. “Achilles Last Stand” On Presence By Led Zeppelin
6. “Blue Jean” On Tonight By David Bowie
7. “Under Pressure” On Hot Space By Queen
8. “Love is Strong” On Voodo Lounge By The Rolling Stones
7.

Good cuts from poorly reviewed albums:
Love and Memories/O.A.R. - Stories of a Stranger
Light Years/Pearl Jam - Binaural
On the Loose/Saga - World’s Apart
Time Capsule/Matthew Sweet - Altered Beast
Spy in th e House of Love/Steve Winwood - Junction 7
Proto-Pretty/Wondermints - Wondermints

their satanic majesties second request is a fantastic record.

I know this is gonna get me in big trouble, but I’m gonna post it anyway:
Springsteen:
“For You” on Greetings from Asbury Park
the title track on “The River”

Bowie:
the title track on “Station to Station”
“Cat People” on “Let’s Dance”

Good pull on the Alphabet Street cut off Lovesexy. Prince was savaged over that album because everyone was expecting the Black Album and Lovesexy wasn’t it.

Jesus…Quadrophenia a bad album? Are these posters from Mars?

How about Shake My Tree from Coverdale/Page? That album made critics (and me) gag.

“One I Want” Van Halen III

“Hey Jude” from Hey Jude, by The Beatles
“Robot Rock” from Human After All, by Daft Punk
“Playground Love” from The Virgin Suicides Sountrack, by Air
“Satan Said Dance” from Some loud Thunder, by Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah
“Big Love”, from Tango In The Night, by Fleetwood Mac
“Human Nature”, from Bedtime Stories, by Madonna
“Hero Of The Day”, from Load by Metallica
“The Logical Song”, from Breakfast In America, by Supertramp

Don’t forget “Child of the Moon” on that Satanic Majesties mix cd

Flower-Ultramega Ok (Soundgarden)
How I Could Just Kill a Man- Renegades (RATM)

Quadrophenia a “bad” album MB?! What about “The Real Me” (one of my top 5 all-time Who songs), 5:15, “Dr. Jimmy”, “Is it In My Head”, “Drowned”, “Sea and Sand” as well as “Love Reign O’er Me”?! I suggest that you actually listen to the album a few times. The instrumental numbers are great too: “Quadrophenia” and “The Rock”. Beautiful stuff by a genius composer & musician (Pete Townshend)!

All right, so I don’t really know if Lovesexy really IS a bad album, but I always had that impression especially considering the bizarre cover. And if it is … then “Alphabet St.” would be an awesome song on a bad album.

muse supermassive black black hole.

great song perfect departure from their earlier work. the rest of the album thou? reali not up to standard personally. theres one proper musetastic riff in the whole album! unacceptable

How can anyone with any decent musical taste consider Youth and Young Manhood a bad album?

This one’s a no-brainer for me - WITHOUT YOU from Van Halen III. Song blew me away when I first heard it. Enough vintage Eddie stuff, but he sounds different. Inspired. And all leading to that great chorus. That song had me so primed for VHIII. And then I heard the album. Never forget that St. Patrick’s day 08. There’s been enough ink on how that album sucks. And it’s mostly right. But man, did I love that song. And still do.

shes so cold from emotional rescue by the stones

My Friends - one hot minute.

I agree with the Gnarles Barkley cd St. Elsewhere but I think the great song is St. Elsewhere not Crazy.

I agree with the Gnarles Barkley cd St. Elsewhere but I think the great song is St. Elsewhere not Crazy.

First, I’ve got to disagree about Gnarls Barkley. St.Elsewhere is a great album. I rarely listen to “Crazy” when I pop it in. The rest of the CD is a lot better.

But, when it comes to good songs on bad albums, I’d go with “What If” from Creed. It’s pretty much their only good song. They ditch the preachy feel good vibe and rock out. It still sounds like watered down “Wicked Garden,” but it’s much better than anything else they ever did.

The Cure’s “Disintegration” and The Smith’s “Meat is Murder” were bad albums??? They both helped define a whole musical genre!! Wilco’s “A.M.” is bad?!?! Casino Queen, Passenger Side, etc? The Good news for said people is the Jordon Sparks cd should be out soon, I guarantee you’ll love it.

the who - quadrophenia. love reign o’er me

These lists are pointless…Rollingstone seems to forget that the albums they have given the albums good reviews. And by the way…Superunknown by Soundgarden, The Invisible Band by Travis, X & Y by Coldplay, Busted Stuff by DMB and Revelations by Audioslave are all great albums…bad albums don’t have great songs people…if they did they would be good albums

I’m REAlly dating myself, but I have “I Love You” by its originators, The Zombies, and THAT album is no disaster. I’m sure People’s album is.

And while no one should be hanged for not liking Meat is Murder, it was a critically acclaimed album, and actually has an entire book devoted to it in the 33 1/3 series. No way is it a disaster or a universally panned album, but then not many mentioned by others are either.

If you think ‘Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs’ is an awful album, I would very much like to know what you think Clapton’s “finer” albums are…

I’m dating myself-

“I Love You”- by People. Great song, bad album.

But “Their Satanic Magesties Request” is not a bad album at all.. stick “We Love You” and “Dandelion” on it, and it’s even better. Hell, I’ll do it myself.. my own “mix tape” CD…

I’ll second “Crazy” off of Gnarles Barkley’s St. Elsewhere…I doubt many people would listen to that album if it didn’t have that song, but I must say that Radiohead’s Pablo Honey is a pretty decent album…several other good songs besides “Creep”

I’m the guy who called “Meat is Murder” a bad album…and I don’t deserve to be publicly hanged (at least, not for that).

I also called “Yoshimi” a bad album. Maybe I got a defective copy, because when I played it, I definitely didn’t hear a “fantastic album from start to finish.” All I heard was computerized blips and squiggles with a bunch of retarded lyrics about robots.

pea by red hot chili peppers off of one hot minute… and also off that one, my friends, aeroplane, warped, and tearjerker…

Geoff - I LOVE Moby Grape’s WOW album, but the critics chewed it up and spit it out, which is the point of this exercise.

This talkback is an excuse to get people to name their favorite songs from albums they don’t actually listen to that they put on their iTunes playlists.
But, I’ll play along. Howzabout:

Cult Of Personality - Living Colour (from Vivid)

Rainmaker -Iron Maiden (from Dance Of Death)

The Letter - PJ Harvey (from Uh Huh, Her)

3 Libras - A Perfect Circle

A few more goodies on savaged albums:
Dear Friend/Wild Life - Wings
Talk To Ya Later/Completion Backward Principle - Tubes
Cat Food/In the Wake of Poseidon - King Crimson
Nut Rocker/Pictures at an Exhibition - ELP
Afterglow/Wind & Wuthering - Genesis

Celluloid Heroes - Everybody’s in Show-Biz (The Kinks)

Come on, Moby Grape - Wow isn’t that bad of an album. It might have been a let down from their debut, but it still had He, The Place and the Time, and Motorcycle Irene, aside from Murder in My Heart for the Judge.

Good songs on albums critics hated and savaged:
Smile Away/Ram - McCartney
Murder in My Heart for the Judge/WOW - Moby Grape
The Dream Goes on Forever/Todd - Todd Rundgren
Rosanna - Toto IV
Semi-Charmed Life - 3rd Eye Blind
Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead/Nonesuch - XTC
Love’s a Desperate Language/Beauty Stab - ABC

RockGod = RockIdiot

RS…sign him up now to review cd’s!!11!’s

How would any of those albums listed below be considered “disasters” by critios?

The vast majority of suggestions here are missing the point. This has been an exercise in futility. Most of the albums mentioned are FAR from disasters.

Anyway, “Under Pressure” by Queen/Bowie is the obvious example. HOT SPACE was a weak album. Even Queen fans will admit to that.

Wilco - Thats Not the Issue off of A.M.
A Perfect Circle - When the Levee Breaks off of eMotive
Franz Ferdinand - Eleanor Put Your Boots On off of You Could Have Had It so Much Better
Dinosaur Jr. - Feel the Pain off of Without a Sound

Dylan:
definitely “Brownsville Girl” on Knocked Out Loaded”
“Silvio” on “Down in the Groove”
“Groom’s Still Waiting At the Altar” (actually left off of the first edition) on “Shot of Love”
Lou Reed:
the title track on “The Blue Mask”
“Family” on “The Bells”
Neil Young:
“Hippie Dream” on “Landing on Water”
“Opera Star” on “Re-Ac-Tor”

dude, Layla and other assorted love songs was an amazing album. anyways, i vote…
pink floyd- on the turning away(A momentary lapse of reason)

dude, Layla and other assorted love songs wa an amazing album. anyways, i vote…
pink floyd- on the turning away(A momentary lapse of reason)

Geez, can’t people get this right? You may not have liked Pablo Honey, Zooropa or Ghost is Born as much as other albums in these artists canons, but NONE of these albums was deemed a disaster by critics! Look for good songs on universally panned albums like:
Self Portrait -Dylan
Metal Machine Music - Lou Reed
WOW - Moby Grape
Come - Prince
XTC - Nonesuch
Preservations Acts I & II - Kinks
Smiley Smile - Beach Boys

By the way, what the hell is RS thinking by using Whip-Smart as an example?? No wonder people didn’t understand.

Fuel - Reload - Metallica
Heaven Beside You - Alice in Chains
Just Because - Jane’s Addiction - Strays
Comedown - Sixteen Stone- Bush

and of course

Layla - Layla and other assorted love songs - Derek and the Dominos

Fuel - Reload - Metallica
Heaven Beside You - Alice in Chains
Just Because - Jane’s Addiction - Strays
Comedown - Sixteen Stone- Bush

and of course

Layla - Layla and other assorted love songs - Derek and the Dominos

“These Are Days” off 10,000 Maniacs’ Our Time In Eden

“Two Grey Rooms” off Joni Mitchell’s Night Ride Home

“Nikita” off Elton John’s Ice On Fire

“O Do Not Foresake Me” off TMBG’s John Henry

debut albums shouldnt be on this list because it is about bad albums from awesome artists. bands can’t be awesome if they haven’t done anything yet. anyway bleach was junk save “school.” not surprised they recorded for minimal dollars with minimal time.

“Wild Angel” — off John Mellencamp’s Nothing Matters And What If It Did release in 1980.

Someone said that The Back Door by Editors was a bad album. They won’t be alive tomorrow.

Nurserock1,you are right when you say this generation has no taste in music as you have added to it by saying that JEEP is your favourite album,it is by far the Stereophnics poorest album and not a patch on L.S.V.O, Performance and Cocktails or Word Gets Around.

Anyway, Marilyn Manson-Dope Show-Mecahanical Animals

Creep-Radiohead-paoblo honey
eminence front-The who-it’s hard
under pressure-queen/bowie-hot space

Jesus of Suburbia from Green Day’s American Idiot.

“This Is The Day”, The The on Soul Mining
“Harlem Shuffle”, The Stones on Dirty Work
“Dream Police”, Cheap Trick on Dream Police
“The Soft Parade”, The Doors on The Soft Parade
“In The Ghetto”, Nick Cave on From Her To Eternity

whoever said meats is murder by the smiths is a bad album should be publicly hanged….the songs on it grow on u

whoever suggested “Fight Test” from Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots need to listen to that record again. Fantastic album from start to finish. One of the best to come out of this side of this millenium.

Free Jazz from Ornette Coleman’s Free Jazz Album
Thick as a Brick From Jethro Tull’s Thick as brick album
Metal Machine Music1-4 on Lou Reed’s…well, I beat that joke to death didn’t I.

“Back Home” from Eric Clapton’s tedious release of the same name.
“Human Touch” from Springsteen’s tedious album of the same name.
Coincidence? You decide…

Audioslave - Jewel of the Summertime - Revelations
U2 - Staring at the Sun - POP
Oasis - Stop crying your heart out - Heathen Chemistry
Metallica - Low Man’s Lyrics - Reload

How could somebody call Machina, Adore or Pablo Honey bad. They are all great albums. Above all Adore is awesome, but it came too early in the pumpkins history.

This is a tough one, since I don’t buy crappy albums.
I too think that the poster who thought Nirvana’s Bleach was a bad album is totally lost and has no business listening to good music much less commenting on it. Bleach was incredible.
Also, Pete Townshend’s Empty Glass was also very good and in no way a bad album.
Paul Westerberg, Van Morrison, and REM have all released some weak albums with one or two good songs thrown in for good measure.

REM’s Monster is a classic
POP AND ZOOROPA are two of the best albums of the decade if you actually LISTENED TO THEM…instead of hoping they sounded like Joshua Tree
PABLO HONEY is a glimpse into the genius of Radiohead
and
MADMAN ACROSS THE WATER is classic Elton John from when it was still cool to like Elton John…
What is wrong with people?
Why is Machina by the Pumpkins listed by people as a bad album? Almost 2/3 of the album tracks are listed as someones “good song on a bad album” at some point on this page…

Thanks for the spelling lesson Lizz!!! Next time RS have a spelling blog on here you should offer an opinion.
Gimme The Fear-Artist:Tokyo Dragons-Album:What The Hell

Crazy from the Gnarls Barkley albumn. Great song - bad record

Red Hot Chili Peppers - My Friends (One Hot Minute)
REM - Strange Currencies (Monster)
Bush - Letting the Cables Sleep (The Science of Things)
Incubus - Dig (Light Grenades)
Seven Mary Three - Cumbersome (American Standard)
Pearl Jam - I Am Mine (Riot Act)
Pink Floyd - Lost For Words (The Division Bell)

I like how a number of “bad” albums have had several different songs of theirs picked over the course of this thread (practically half of Machina, for instance).

I think Oh, Inverted World is a very good, if not great album. New Slang, Caring is Creepy, and Know Your Onion! are awesome, so these three songs alone should keep this album off of this list.

gotta second the dude that said Neil Young’s “Shots” from re.ac.tor, brilliant song, sound effects and all

New Slang - The Shins (Oh, Inverted World)

the list should be great songs by good artists off bad albums. this would eliminate all those one hit wonders

this is such a pity by weezer

DEl amitri - album Changes Everything - very under rated band, never got ahold of US market although if you go into any store with musaz you will hear Del Amitri, Justin Currie is an amazing write amazing songs, although I hear they disband you should check out just about any of thier albums from 93 prior, amazing!!

DEl amitri - album Changes Everything - very under rated band, never got ahold of US market although if you go into any store with musaz you will hear Del Amitri, Justin Currie is an amazing write amazing songs, although I hear they disband you should check out just about any of thier albums from 93 prior, amazing!!

DEl amitri - album Changes Everything - very under rated band, never got ahold of US market although if you go into any store with musaz you will hear Del Amitri, Justin Currie is an amazing write amazing songs, although I hear they disband you should check out just about any of thier albums from 93 prior, amazing!!

Earth Intruders - Bjork - Volta
Buzzin’ - Asian Dub Foundation - Rafi’s Revenge
Pictures Of Matchstick Men - Camper Van Beethoven - Key Lime Pie
Public Pervert - Interpol - Antics
Golden Skans - Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future
Mondo ‘77 - Looper - The Geometrid
The Time Is Now - Moloko - Things to make and do
Lord Let It Rain On Me - Spiritualized - Amazing Grace

How in the hell is Use Your Illusion a bad album? Seriously people, you need help.

“where did it all go wrong” off Oasis’s “Standing on the Shoulder of Giants”

“Creep” - Radiohead, Pablo Honey
“Stay” - U2, Zooropa
“Lullaby” - The Cure, Disintegration

side note: I completely disagree with some of you.

Zooropa and Pop are only bad albums in the eyes of unimaginative infidels. They’re two of the best albums of the 90s.

True Men Don’t Kill Coyotes, off the first Red Hot Chili Peppers album.

True Men Don’t Kill Coyotes, off the first Red Hot Chili Peppers album.

“What’s The Frequency Kenneth?” - R.E.M. (album: monster)

“Stay” - U2 (album: Zooropa)

“Razorblade” - The Strokes (album: First Impressions Of Earth)

“Yesterday” - Guns n’ Roses (album: Use Your Illusion)

“Keep Fishin’” - Weezer (album: Maladroit)

with_teeth was one of the best albums of 05! you better take a good look cause you’re full of sh** haters.

me again: I agree with the tommy thing. Its not as good as quadrophenia, but whoever says it sucks is a f***in idiot

Here’s some more

Moneytalks- AC/DC “Razor’s Edge”
Human Touch- Bruce Springsteen “Human Touch”

Survivalism from Year Zero.

WITH TEETH- FROM WITH TEETH

It’s a Shame About Ray is not only NOT a bad album, it’s one of the best albums of the 90’s. It is quite literally, a flawless record. Arguably the last great example of what was once known as “college rock.” And My Drug Buddy is the best song on it anyway, not SAR.

Good Vibrations - Smiley Smile
Tiny Dancer - Madman Across the Water

perfectomix how can you even pretend that black and blue is a bad album?
how about ‘mr brightside’ from the killers?
or ‘fuel’, ‘unforgiven II’ or ‘the memory remains’ from reload by metallia? 3 good songs on an album full of crap
’since i dont have you’ by gnr on the spaghetti incident?

am i the only one who thinks that there is no bad weezer album and that radiohead’s pablo honey is a pretty sweet album?

I almost forgot the all-time best example of this phenom:

“And She Was” from Little Creatures (Talking Heads)

Drugged and depressed Trent Reznor + Dave Grohl on drums + great melodies = With Teeth, thus anyone who says With Teeth is a bad album either can’t do math or is a total tight ass idiot.

Good idea for a list and “Brownsville Girl” is a great starter.

I’ll add:
-”Wigwam” from Self-Portrait (Bob Dylan)
-”Badlands” from Darkness on the Edge of Town (Bruce Springsteen)
-”In the City” from In the City (The Jam)
-”This is England” from Cut the Crap (the “Clash”)
-”Can’t Change Me” from Euphoria Morning (Chris Cornell)
-”Phantom Limb” from Wincing the Night Away (the Shins)
-”That one good song” on each David Bowie album (David Bowie)
-”No Shelter” from the Godzilla soundtrack (Rage Against the Machine)
-”Deadweight” from the Life Less Ordinary soundtrack (Beck)
-Lots of other soundtracks
-”Already Gone” from The Eagles Greatest Hits

Its a sick sad music world when “TOMMY” by the WHO is listed by some moron as a bad album…
I was upset at first by someone listing the Stereophonic’s JEEP album (probably my favorite disc) as a bad album… then I saw that Tommy thing and I realized the recording industry isn’t dead due to its own mistakes…its dead because we have a generation with no taste in music….

-BLACK SABBATH: “It’s Alright,” from Technical Ecstacy
- DANDY WARHOLS: “Smoke It” from Odditorium
-FLAMING LIPS: “Fight Test” from Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
-JUDAS PRIEST: “Heading Out To the Highway” from Point of Entry
-PINK FLOYD: “If,” from Atom Heart Mother
-SEX PISTOLS: “Somethin’ Else” from The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle
-THE SMITHS: “Barbarism Begins at Home” from Meat is Murder
-U2: “The Wanderer” from Zooropa
-U2: “Staring at the Sun” from Pop
-WEEN: “Sorry, Charlie” from The Pod

How is Knocked Out Loaded a bad album?

The alternative version of Try Try Try on Machina 2 by smashing pumpkins,
Beverly Hills off Weezers last album,
Its a Shame about Ray off The Lemonheads album Its A Shame About Ray

“Get by” - Talib Kwali
“Mr. Writer” - Stereophonics (ust enough education to perform)
“Black Swan” - Thom Yorke (The Eraser)
“Sunshine” - Handsome Boy Modeling School (So hows your girl?)
“Clint Eastwood” - Gorillaz (Gorillaz)
“the yeah yeah yeah song” Flaming Lips last album, which is unbearable at times
“Berlin” - editors (backroom)

“Grey Street” - from DMB’s Busted Stuff

“Weather Channel” - from Sheryl Crow’s C’Mon C’Mon

“Inside” - from Sting’s Sacred Love

i hate people who say that RS are hypocrites for giving bad albums four stars. The opinion of the reviewer is his own, not the magazines. For all we know, every other reviewer hated those albums.

Anyway-

100%- Sonic Youth “Dirty”
Low Man’s Lyric and Devil’s Dance-
Metallica “Reload”

i hate people who say that RS are hypocrites for giving bad albums four stars. The opinion of the reviewer is his own, not the magazines. For all we know, every other reviewer hated those albums.

Anyway-

100%- Sonic Youth “Dirty”
Low Man’s Lyric and Devil’s Dance-
Metallica “Reload”

Whoever muttered Superunknown as a bad album….may your first child be born without feet.

RockGod, Weezer’s blue album and U2’s all that you can’t leave behind were classic albums filled with great songs….do you need this premise explained to you?

Eminence Front by the The Who off of the dreadful ‘It’s Hard’ album is the all time bad album, great song combo.
Close 2nd place to Under Pressure by Queen. Hot Space was a crappy attempt at a pop/dance album.

Funny how both songs appear as the last song on the album. What is that, a payoff for listening to an hour of filler garbage?

U2- Beautiful Day- All That You can’t Leave Behind
NIN- With Teeth- With Teeth
Velvet Revolver- Slither- Self-Titled
Weezer- Buddy Holy- Blue Album
Collective Soul- Why Pt.2- Blender

hmm… lots of stones ones…

I’d say “Don’t Stop”

Delirium Cordia on Delirium Cordia by Fantômas

Absolutego on Absolutego by Boris

Leng T’Che on Leng T’Che by Naked City

OHHHH WAIT those songs are on 1-song albums. So can i hate the album but love the song?

“naive” from the kooks inside in inside out

Make Some Music on Ziggy Marley’s Love is My Religion.

Achille’s Last Stand - Led Zeppelin

Who says “Bleach” is a horrible album? That album is fantastic? Idiots.

vertigo- u2 - how to dismantle an atomic bomb

why is rollingstone obsessed with bob dylan. i swear if either he or jack white even breathes, rollingstone will have a report on it

Robot Rock on Daft Punk’s Human After All.

Jay-Z- So Ghetto

“Chesnut Mare” - (Untitled) by The Byrds

The Smashing Pumpkins: The Everlasting Gaze
Bruce Springsteen: Human Touch
Pink Floyd: The Fletcher Memorial Home
The Who: Eminence Front, Who Are You
Zwan: Baby Let’s Rock!
David Bowie: Time Will Crawl
Strap Me In: The Cars
David Byrne: Independence Day, The Cowboy Mambo (Hey Lookit Me Now)
Eric Clapton: Edge Of Darkness
Filter: Hey Man Nice Shot
Gwen Stefani: The Sweet Escape
INXS: Elegantly Wasted, The Gift
Jet: All You Have To Do
Madonna: Music Inferno
Maktub: Just Can’t Make It
Morphine: The Saddest Song
Nirvana: About A Girl
Peter Gabriel: Solsbury Hill
Pretenders: Never Do That
Prince: Kiss
The Stones: Fool To Cry, Emotional Rescue
Talking Heads: Wild Wild Life

In response to people that are saying things like “How can RS say this album is bad?? They gave it 4 stars when it came out!” and what not… grow up and be reasonable people…the same person doesn’t review every album. The writer of this column has their own opinion about it obviously.

In response to people that are saying things like “How can RS say this album is bad?? They gave it 4 stars when it came out!” and what not… grow up and be reasonable people…the same person doesn’t review every album. The writer of this column has their own opinion about it obviously.

Alberta #4 on Dylan’s Self Portrait

“Killing Smile” from Scorpio Rising, by Death In Vegas
“Blank Page” from Adore, by Smashing Pumpkins
“Northern Star” from Celebrity Skin, by Hole
“Read My Mind” from Sam’s Town, by The Killers
“jesus Of Suburbia” from American Idiot, by Green Day
“Blue Jean” from Tonight, by David Bowie
“Whip It” from Freedom of Choice, by Devo

Build A Bridge - Limp Bizkit

don’t go away- oasis- be here now
warning- greenday- warning
creep- radiohead- pablo honey
passive- a perfect circle- eMotive
the dope show- marilyn manson- mechanical animals
black hole sun- soundgarden- superunknown
evolution- pearl jam- yield
let it be- beatles- let it be
umass- pixies- trompe le monde
ava adore- smashing pumpkins- adore
dammit- blink 182- dude ranch
violet- hole- live through this

Neil Young-”Shots” on the album REACTOR

“Real Man” off of Todd Rundgren’s Initiation. Great song off an otherwise very forgetable album.

i would say the everlasting gaze off of the smashing pumpkins’ machina album. there are some other okay songs, but the everlasting gaze is the only true standout. hopefully, the rest of zeitgeist will be as good or better than tarantula. dream on from exciter is another good example. exciter isn’t terrible, but it’s one of depeche mode’s worst album, with the exception of dream on.

i would say the everlasting gaze off of the smashing pumpkins’ machina album. there are some other okay songs, but the everlasting gaze is the only true standout. hopefully, the rest of zeitgeist will be as good or better than tarantula. dream on from exciter is another good example. exciter isn’t terrible, but it’s one of depeche mode’s worst album, with the exception of dream on.

excuse me, ronanj, but how is tommy a bad album? and you definitley just agreed with someone who doesn’t know how to spell zeppelin. yeah led zeppalin rules!!
come on now.

I agree with David below,RS gave Be Here Now 4outta5 so by your high standards it must be great,screw reviews,buy albums and make your own judgement. Look out for ‘The Twang’ Britains next big thing.

How can Oasis-Be Her Now be a bad album if 3people here have put 4songs off it as great,its a very good album which is seen as inferior to the first two.Heres why its so good
Dont Go Away
Its Gettin Better Man
Magic Pie
All Around The World
Stand By Me

hey RS, I havr two things.one, stop being such hypocrits! check the review you gave the album before you put it on the list! Second of all, I think you should have a list of the most underated albums BY rollingstone… such as pinkerton, which you called worst album of the year,nevermind which you gave 3 starz and said that “They Arn`t up to anything new” or American Idiot, which you gave 3 and a half stars…what about Led Zeppalin and stuf too!

The Outlaw Torn-Metallica-Load
The Unforgiven 2-Metallica-Reload
Scorpio Rising-Death in Vegas-Scorpio Rising
Sparks-The Who-Tommy

also
Wondrin’ - Neil Young - Everybody’s Rockin’

while we’re with the Dylan theme

Every Grain Of Sand - Shot Of Love
Pressing On - Saved

“Joy in repetition” - Prince; Graffiti Bridge.
“Ship of fools” - World Party; Private revolution.
“Cigarette” - the Smithereens; Especially for you.
“This is the day” - The The; Soul Mining.
“Heartland” - The The; Infected.
And good call to those who said “This is England” - the Clash; Cut the crap.

Achin’ To Be -The Replacements - Don’t Tell A Soul

Saturday As Usual - Bright Eyes - A Collection of Songs….

Easy/Lucky/Free - Bright Eyes - Digital Ash In A Digital Urn

About A Girl - Nirvana - Bleach

Perfect Situation - Weezer - Make Believe

Achin’ To Be -The Replacements - Don’t Tell A Soul

Saturday As Usual - Bright Eyes - A Collection of Songs….

Easy/Lucky/Free - Bright Eyes - Digital Ash In A Digital Urn

About A Girl - Nirvana - Bleach

Perfect Situation - Weezer - Make Believe

Bunka, Ponography by the Cure is a GREAT album, therefore making it ineligible for this list!

A rat like me from generation swine-motley crue
Shock to the system from Cyber Punk-billy Idol
yesterdays from Use your Illusion II-Guns in Roses

last post i swear!

“butterflies” - michael jackson’s invincible. Easily the best michael song in decades on the worst.album.ever.

last post i swear!

“butterflies” - michael Jackson’s invincible. easily the best michael song in a decade on the worst.album.ever.

‘Trouble Loves Me’ from Alma Maters (I think) by Morrissey

I know all creed albums should be on the worst list by default - but i actually enjoy “say i” on the human clay album

Jay-Z - In My Lifetime Vol. 1 - Who you Wit

Mariah Carey - Rainbow - Did I do that? (I can’t help it…)

She’s a Rainbow — Majesty’s Satanic Request

“So Bad”-Paul McCartney from Pipes of Peace.

“BeautifulGarbage”, “Maladroit”, “Vol. 4″, “Lullabies To Paralyze”, “For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge” and “Tiny Music”…

are NOT bad albums!

I understand opinions differ, but seriously, give those another listen!

My Little Problem - Mats - All Shook Down

“Anna Molly” off Incubus’ Light Grenaded.
“Carolina Hard Core Ecstasy” off Zappa’s Bongo Fury.
“Space Between” off DMB’s Everyday.
“Silvio” off Dylan’s Down in the Groove.

oh, one more: the QOTSA-esque “Lonely As You”, off of Foo Fighters’ ( in my opinion disappointing ) One By One. ( Although “Low” is okay too, and so is the tender “Burn Away”, is ur feelin’ sappy. )

And also, I’d agree with the rebels who said Whip-Smart is a good album! Not up there with with Exile, but certainly MUCH better than the sell-out crap she’s been coming out with of late.

Surely it has to be ‘One’ off the bass-free ….And justice for all.
‘Aftermath’ from Bicycles and Tricycles by The Orb.
Simple Boy. Hot Shots. Beta Band.
‘Enuff’ from the dire last DJ Shadow album.

CCR- “Have You Ever Seen The Rain” from Pendulum
AC/DC- “Thunderstruck” from The Razor’s Edge
Pete Townshend- “Let My Love Open The Door” from Empty Glass
Sid Vicious- “My Way” from the Sex Pistols’ The Great Rock ‘N’ Roll Swindle
Van Halen- “Right Now” from For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
The Who- “You Better You Bet” from Face Dances

rebel waltz or somebody got murdered - the clash “sandanista” (its not all bad but it may be more bad than good)
’til kingdom come - coldplay ‘x and y’
fumbling over words that rhyme - edan “beauty and the beat”
two of us - beatles “let it be”
lyrics of fury - tricky “pre-milleniun tension”
wound - smashing pumpkins “machina I”
horses - tori amos “boys for pele”

“My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama” off Zappa’s Weasels Ripped My Flesh. Also, Bowie’s Diamond Dogs is pretty mediocre, but “Rebel Rebel,” of course, is amazing.

Down On The Farm -The Spaghetti Incident” (Guns N’ Roses)

“Three Imaginary Boys” from the CURE’s first album!

“Like a Hurricane” from Neil Young’s “American Stars and Bars”

The Killers- When You Were Young- Sam’s Town
Desaparecidos- Man and Wife, the Former- Read Music/Speak Spanish
fiona apple- sleep to dream- tidal

under pressure, from queen’s hot space

Hang’em High-Diver Down-Van Halen

In the evening-In through the out door-Led Zeppelin

“Coming Up” on McCartney II (1980)

Misery off Soul Asylum’s “let your dim light shine”

Misery off Soul Asylum’s “let your dim light shine”

Misery off Soul Asylum’s “let your dim light shine”

Totem from Rush abomidnation TFE

Creep Radiohead(though Blowout is pretty good)

Gloria from U2 October

The Lifting from recent R.E.M schwag

HOW ABOUT DJ JAZZY JEFF AND THE FRESH PRINCE “SUMMERTIME”, GREAT SONG BUT REST OF THE ALBUM WAS GARBAGE

Cry if you want The Who from its hard.

“Dancin in the Ruins” - Blue Oyster Cult - off the otherwise terrible Club Ninja

“One Hundred Years” - The Cure - off Pornography

“Now She’ll Never Know” - Marillion - off Radiation

“No Stranger to Love” - Black Sabbath - off Seventh Star

“losing my religion” off of the worst cd i’ve ever paid for.

THIS IS A GOOD ONE - Little Guitars off Van Halens “Diver Down”

Whip Smart, a bad album? What are you guys smokin’?? I wonder if you have even listened to it? “Supernova” isn’t even the best song on the album. One of Liz’s best. Idiots.

If Coda counts as an album, Poor Tom has to be on that list.

John Lennon “Nobody Told Me” Milk and Honey

REM “What’s the Frequency Kenneth” Monster.

Their Satanic Majesties Request is not a bad album. There are plenty of good songs on it. Even Rolling Stone seemingly agrees with me considering the 4 star rating it has in their album guide. I’ve also noticed a lot of good albums getting mentioned. I mean, Morrison Hotel? Meddle? Are you joking? just from the actual songs on it, Yellow Submarine isn’t a bad album. Only a Northern Song and It’s All Too Much are good songs. And Rock and Roll by John Lennon is pretty good too.

My nominees:
“As I Come of Age”: Stephen Stills - Stills
“Touch Me”: The Doors - The Soft Parade
“The Nile Song”: Pink Floyd - More

Tiny Music………Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop is a masterpiece!

mmd is the real d-bag………A Ghost is born is a brilliant album……..sorry you are too stupid to under stand it…….better get out your banjo and play a little deliverance…..

I’ll make it a chorus and say “Creep” on Pablo Honey. Great song, bad album.

And whoever said “Learning to Fly” on Momentary Lapse of Reason was right on too.

“I’m Afraid of Americans” off Earthling by David Bowie. Great song, bad album. I’m not sure if it counts because it wasn’t even that great until Reznor remixed it (which is not included on the album).

“Trippin on a Hole in a Paper Heart” by STP. One of two good songs on a terrible and disappointing album.

Your Invited But Your Friends can’t Come- Vince Neil off “Vince Neil and friends + lets steal Billy Idol’s Guitarist Solo Album”

Beautiful Day- U2 off “All that You can’t leave behind, but wish you could forget”

Survivalism- NIN off “An overrated album that is almost as softcore as With Teeth, but equally as bad, this album is all FILLER FOLKS, DON’T BELIEVE WHAT YOU READ, BELIEVE WHAT YOU HEAR!

“Amazing” off of George Michael’s “Patience”.

“Satan Rejected My Soul” Morrissey off of Maladjusted
“Never Let Me Down” David Bowie off of Never Let Me Down
“Stand By Me” John Lennon off of Rock and Roll
“Songbird” Oasis off of Heathen Chemistry

D, you’re a douche. A Ghost is Born is a Horrible record. I agree with onarga that the best track is I’m a Wheel with Handshake Drugs as a close second.

“Grey Street” off DMB’s Busted Stuff

“Original Fire” off Audioslave’s Revelations