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the fifty worst albums ever made

PostPosted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 5:30 am
by obik
http://flavorwire.com/485588/the-50-wor ... -ever-made

I eagerly away JGJR and/or gregpolard's rebuttal.

Re: the fifty worst albums ever made

PostPosted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 7:01 am
by crus
Back when The Smiths released Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before i remember reading one review that consisted solely of the word, stop.

I like that Linkin Park album (btw Body Count do not sound like Depeche mode playing metal)but definitely agree with what was written about Cut the Crap.

Re: the fifty worst albums ever made

PostPosted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 8:21 am
by FormerLurker
"No Jacket Required" is fuckin' great.

Re: the fifty worst albums ever made

PostPosted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 9:58 am
by version sound
Pure click bait. Most of us haven't even heard of, much less heard, the actual 50 worst albums of all time.

If that asshole doesn't appreciate "All I Want for Christmas is You", then I can't really trust his opinion on anything else, can I?

Re: the fifty worst albums ever made

PostPosted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 10:11 am
by gregpolard
Click bait is right.

Re: the fifty worst albums ever made

PostPosted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 10:23 am
by Welly
You'd think there'd be a band called Click Bait by now.

Re: the fifty worst albums ever made

PostPosted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 2:24 am
by john stabb
Haven't heard some of them because I choose not to punish myself but it's click bait city :!: I do hate anything by most of the artists like: Green Day, Blink 182, but Jet or Oasis didn't release a terrible album. It wasn't outstanding but worst ever made :?: Certainly not. And the Stones album - no way. FLAVORWIRE seems to leave a bad flavor in my mouth. :x

Re: the fifty worst albums ever made

PostPosted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 8:35 am
by gregpolard
Here's the thing. Some of that list is spot on, I'm sure. But a lot is shock value, IMO.

I love that Oasis album. It's a bit long, yeah. But they did way worse stuff after it. And even those lesser albums, like Stabb said, aren't "worst ever made".

Same with Blink, Green Day, etc.

Re: the fifty worst albums ever made

PostPosted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 8:47 am
by Welly
I've not clicked, but if one of the 50 isn't a band I was in, it's bunk.

Re: the fifty worst albums ever made

PostPosted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 9:23 am
by gregpolard
Welly wrote:I've not clicked, but if one of the 50 isn't a band I was in, it's bunk.


LOL! Same here.

Re: the fifty worst albums ever made

PostPosted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 1:59 pm
by WrEtcH
I own maybe 4-5 albums on that list.

Re: the fifty worst albums ever made

PostPosted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 3:24 pm
by captain2man
Any list like this that doesn't mention The Shaggs album is incomplete.

That album is so bad that everyone must listen to it at least once in their lifetime. (and once you listen to it once, you'll have to listen to it twice because you'll be compelled to play it for someone else).

Re: the fifty worst albums ever made

PostPosted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 3:42 pm
by JGJR
captain2man wrote:Any list like this that doesn't mention The Shaggs album is incomplete.

That album is so bad that everyone must listen to it at least once in their lifetime. (and once you listen to it once, you'll have to listen to it twice because you'll be compelled to play it for someone else).


You say bad, I say great. I own it.

Re: the fifty worst albums ever made

PostPosted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 4:15 pm
by captain2man
JGJR wrote:
captain2man wrote:Any list like this that doesn't mention The Shaggs album is incomplete.

That album is so bad that everyone must listen to it at least once in their lifetime. (and once you listen to it once, you'll have to listen to it twice because you'll be compelled to play it for someone else).


You say bad, I say great. I own it.


Me too. It's actually addicting in its atrociousness.

Re: the fifty worst albums ever made

PostPosted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 7:55 pm
by dave123
captain2man wrote:
JGJR wrote:
captain2man wrote:Any list like this that doesn't mention The Shaggs album is incomplete.

That album is so bad that everyone must listen to it at least once in their lifetime. (and once you listen to it once, you'll have to listen to it twice because you'll be compelled to play it for someone else).


You say bad, I say great. I own it.


Me too. It's actually addicting in its atrociousness.


I agree. Brilliant in it's atrociousness. I have owned it a few times. Probably will own it again a few more times. When I worked in a record shop, we always stocked a copy mainly to play when the place was packed just to see people's reactions, but it sold pretty regularly. The owner was cool with this but drew the line at playing the Kids of Widney High.

Re: the fifty worst albums ever made

PostPosted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 9:54 pm
by lewdd
the guy apparently doesnt like 21st century modern rock

Re: the fifty worst albums ever made

PostPosted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 7:54 am
by john stabb
For all the lack of talented musicianship THE SHAGGS had - they came up with far more interesting and memorable songs than Green Day, Blink 182, Limp Bizkit and about 30 bands on this albums list. THE SHAGGS are brilliant not atrocious to me.

Re: the fifty worst albums ever made

PostPosted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 2:01 pm
by tango fistula
"It's Hall-o-ween It's Hall-o-ween It's Hall-OOH-ween"

Now that's a Shaggs holiday classic!

Re: the fifty worst albums ever made

PostPosted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 9:05 pm
by JGJR
dave123 wrote:
captain2man wrote:
JGJR wrote:
captain2man wrote:Any list like this that doesn't mention The Shaggs album is incomplete.

That album is so bad that everyone must listen to it at least once in their lifetime. (and once you listen to it once, you'll have to listen to it twice because you'll be compelled to play it for someone else).


You say bad, I say great. I own it.


Me too. It's actually addicting in its atrociousness.


I agree. Brilliant in it's atrociousness. I have owned it a few times. Probably will own it again a few more times. When I worked in a record shop, we always stocked a copy mainly to play when the place was packed just to see people's reactions, but it sold pretty regularly. The owner was cool with this but drew the line at playing the Kids of Widney High.


I agree up to a point. It's impossibly sloppy, unmusical, untrained, et al. When folks say that a given band can't play, it's usually BS. In the case of The Shaggs, though, they really couldn't. What's interesting about listening to that album now or in a modern context is how similar it sounds to some late '70s/early '80s Rough Trade stuff, particularly bands like The Raincoats, so if you're used to that stuff, it doesn't sound all that weird.

Re: the fifty worst albums ever made

PostPosted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 4:32 pm
by captain2man
john stabb wrote:For all the lack of talented musicianship THE SHAGGS had - they came up with far more interesting and memorable songs than Green Day, Blink 182, Limp Bizkit and about 30 bands on this albums list. THE SHAGGS are brilliant not atrocious to me.


Oh John........the album is absolutely atrocious. But - its brilliance is that - as you say: "they came up with far more interesting and memorable songs than Green Day, Blink 182, Limp Bizkit and about 30 bands on this albums list."

Could not agree more.

It's very possibly the best absolutely awful record in history.

Re: the fifty worst albums ever made

PostPosted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 9:00 pm
by JGJR
captain2man wrote:
john stabb wrote:For all the lack of talented musicianship THE SHAGGS had - they came up with far more interesting and memorable songs than Green Day, Blink 182, Limp Bizkit and about 30 bands on this albums list. THE SHAGGS are brilliant not atrocious to me.


Oh John........the album is absolutely atrocious. But - its brilliance is that - as you say: "they came up with far more interesting and memorable songs than Green Day, Blink 182, Limp Bizkit and about 30 bands on this albums list."

Could not agree more.

It's very possibly the best absolutely awful record in history.


Well said (though I love the 1st 2 Green Day albums and early singles).

Re: the fifty worst albums ever made

PostPosted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 12:26 am
by john stabb
I will accept that description of THE SHAGGS, captain. 8-)