Vacant Horizon Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 i'm currently trying to do this with genesis and rush. it was rough at first, but he actual bands reveal themselves after several listens and the production really doesn't matter. still, i'm a bit embarrassed to reveal which discs i'm working on although, one could probably guess. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Wilco (The Album)...nah, I'm just kidding. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Wilco (The Album)...nah, I'm just kidding.I'm not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shakespeare In The Alley Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Prince is one of my top five artists. So...yeah. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I still love U2 but can't get intoZooropaNo Line Wilco The Album only has about 4 songs I really like on it... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Frank Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I'm not saying these are bad records but they are the ones by bands I love that I can't get into: Neil Young - Prairie Wind, Living With War and a couple of the mid-eighties efforts; Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey. I love this period of Van's work but can't love this one; The Jayhawks - Smile. Just too polished and contempory sounding. I understand what they were trying to do, but they failed. Lambchop - How I Quit Smoking. I love every Lambchop record apart from this one. Not sure why; My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges. Some good tracks but some very poor ones too. Shame; Genesis: A Trick of The Tail. I love Genesis a lot but this one, bar Los Endos, does nothing for me. Don't know any other Genesis fan who feels the same but there you go. Bjork: The last two records. I was a big fan but kind of lost interest with her recent releases. I gave them a go but they just didn't work for me in the way that Homogenic or Vesperine did. Aerosmith: Honking on Bobo. I really wanted to love this as I always thought they would make a great blues-rock album. Sadly it just didn't work. Micah P. Hinson: All dress up. I'm a big fan of Micah's first three albums but this covers album was poor with some stange choices of song. Still love the guy though and will always give his albums more than a fair chance. Bob Dylan: Quite a few actually. Let him off though cause his best stuff is better than everyone elses. I would like to say an an interesting aside that, in my honest opinion, Tom Waits is the only major artist that has never put out a bad album. Everyone else has duff records in their catalogue but Toms output is immaculate...so far. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RainDogToo Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I would like to say an an interesting aside that, in my honest opinion, Tom Waits is the only major artist that has never put out a bad album. Everyone else has duff records in their catalogue but Toms output is immaculate...so far. Completely agree...as long as I've been a fan, I thought that same thing! I mean, even his 80's albums have stood the test of time. Can't say the same for Dylan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Runaway Jim Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Wilco (The Album)...nah, I'm just kidding. I'm not. I'm not either. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Zappa: Thing Fish Traffic: Shootout at the Fantasy Factory Pink Floyd: The Wall Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Wilco (The Album)...nah, I'm just kidding. Actually it was the first record I thought of when I saw the thread title, and I even like WTA more than Sky Blue Sky. --Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Frank Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Zappa: Thing Fish Traffic: Shootout at the Fantasy Factory Pink Floyd: The WallI was thinking about Pink Floyd but I love The Wall. The one I have always struggled with is 'Atom heart Mother'. The titled track is far too overblown and 'Alan's Psycadelic Breakfast' is just poor. I also didn't really take to the two post-Waters records much as I would have liked too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I'm not either. I don't think it's flat-out "bad" or "terrible" per se; there's a handful of tracks I enjoy, but nowhere near the level of the other discs. I fall in the "it's just ok" category with others. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I'm not saying these are bad records but they are the ones by bands I love that I can't get into: Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey. I love this period of Van's work but can't love this one; The Jayhawks - Smile. Just too polished and contempory sounding. I understand what they were trying to do, but they failed. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges. Some good tracks but some very poor ones too. Shame; I would like to say an an interesting aside that, in my honest opinion, Tom Waits is the only major artist that has never put out a bad album. Everyone else has duff records in their catalogue but Toms output is immaculate...so far. Agree on all points except for Tupelo Honey. Love this one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Frank Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Agree on all points except for Tupelo Honey. Love this one.In the spirit of this thread and you're love of 'Tupelo Honey' I'll give it another go tonight. Can't fault the title track and also 'Wild Night' but the other tracks haven't hit home. Now 'Veeden Fleece' on the other hand is perfect in every way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Edit: Actually every Oasis album other than Definitely Maybe and Morning Glory qualifies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vacant Horizon Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 Completely agree...as long as I've been a fan, I thought that same thing! I mean, even his 80's albums have stood the test of time. Can't say the same for Dylan. good point about waits. not a huge fan, but he sure has maintained creative integrity. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vacant Horizon Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 I'm not saying these are bad records but they are the ones by bands I love that I can't get into: Neil Young - Prairie Wind, Living With War and a couple of the mid-eighties efforts; Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey. I love this period of Van's work but can't love this one; The Jayhawks - Smile. Just too polished and contempory sounding. I understand what they were trying to do, but they failed. Lambchop - How I Quit Smoking. I love every Lambchop record apart from this one. Not sure why; My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges. Some good tracks but some very poor ones too. Shame; Genesis: A Trick of The Tail. I love Genesis a lot but this one, bar Los Endos, does nothing for me. Don't know any other Genesis fan who feels the same but there you go. Bjork: The last two records. I was a big fan but kind of lost interest with her recent releases. I gave them a go but they just didn't work for me in the way that Homogenic or Vesperine did. Aerosmith: Honking on Bobo. I really wanted to love this as I always thought they would make a great blues-rock album. Sadly it just didn't work. Micah P. Hinson: All dress up. I'm a big fan of Micah's first three albums but this covers album was poor with some stange choices of song. Still love the guy though and will always give his albums more than a fair chance. Bob Dylan: Quite a few actually. Let him off though cause his best stuff is better than everyone elses. I would like to say an an interesting aside that, in my honest opinion, Tom Waits is the only major artist that has never put out a bad album. Everyone else has duff records in their catalogue but Toms output is immaculate...so far. Trick of the Tail so so so good. interesting you don't like it. concerning neil young, he's the only artist that i like every damn thing the guy puts out. EVERYTHING. that's not to say i prefer some more than others. objectively, he's got some real cringe worthy music. i love it though! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Frank Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Trick of the Tail so so so good. interesting you don't like it. concerning neil young, he's the only artist that i like every damn thing the guy puts out. EVERYTHING. that's not to say i prefer some more than others. objectively, he's got some real cringe worthy music. i love it though!Yeah I'm not sure why I don't love 'Trick of the Tail'. I much prefer 'Wind and Withering' and 'And Then There Were Three..' from the same period. I totally understand where you're coming from with Neil but no matter how much of a fan I am I still can't stomach some of his output. I still buy everyone on release but some get filed away to gather dust (Everybody's Rockin, Old Ways, Life and Landing on Water especially!). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jokin' dealer Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 The first one that comes to mind is The Smiths - "Rank". Although, it's a live album so I'm not sure if it should count. Live albums seem to be hit or miss.This is tough because I think there are a number of bands/artists that just don't make good records anymore (U2, R.E.M). I'm trying to think of bands who have an album that's a clunker and the clunker is the anomale. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I'm not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Prince is one of my top five artists. So...yeah. Yeah...I feel your pain. I think it was after getting The Rainbow Children that I gave up being a Prince completist. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shakespeare In The Alley Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Yeah...I feel your pain. I think it was after getting The Rainbow Children that I gave up being a Prince completist.Nah, I still buy them. He keeps releasing enough good songs per album to warrant me purchasing them, so I'll continue doing so. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 In the spirit of this thread and you're love of 'Tupelo Honey' I'll give it another go tonight. Can't fault the title track and also 'Wild Night' but the other tracks haven't hit home. Now 'Veeden Fleece' on the other hand is perfect in every way. If you can, you should listen to it on vinyl. I almost always listen to Paul Simon's self-titled debut as a companion to this record for some reason...I just love the vibe of these records. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Edit: Actually every Oasis album other than Definitely Maybe and Morning Glory qualifies. I enjoyed the bulk majority of Don't Believe the Truth. And The Masterplan, while not an official album but a B-Sides collection, is pretty solid straight-through. There are enough good tracks from that to make an album on the level of Definitely Maybe or What's the Story Morning Glory. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I like Yo La Tengo, but the album they did with Jad Fair is unlistenable. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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