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SpainSun Laugh it off, everybody from Somewhere Beyond Here Since: Jan, 2010
Laugh it off, everybody
#51: Jul 24th 2011 at 1:20:09 PM

I have only heard of one of those bands.

So I'm evidently doing something wrong here.

I spread my wings and I learn how to fly....
dxman Since: Oct, 2009
#52: Jul 26th 2011 at 8:14:51 PM

Here's another one I thought of: Bionic by Christina Aguilera.

Her fanbase hates it, but I think it's easily the best she's done so far and the most original.

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brc2000 Thermonuclear Warrior from here Since: Jul, 2010
Thermonuclear Warrior
#53: Jul 27th 2011 at 10:57:48 AM

Not really discredited, but definitely ignored by most Judas Priest fans - Rocka Rolla

Bananaquit Since: Jan, 2001
#54: Jul 27th 2011 at 11:43:33 AM

[up]No, as I understand it is pretty much discredited by fans (not to mention the band themselves). But it definitely has its fans, too.

inane242 Anwalt der Verdammten from A B-Movie Bildungsroman Since: Nov, 2010
Anwalt der Verdammten
#55: Jul 27th 2011 at 1:08:17 PM

Experience. It's a fucking INCREDIBLE album, and shows Liam at the top of his game from the get go, but since Oldskool Rave is a Dead Horse Genre it doesn't get much attention.

The 5 geek social fallacies. Know them well.
Catfish42 Bloody Fossil from world´s favourite country. Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
Bloody Fossil
#56: Jul 27th 2011 at 6:08:54 PM

I honestly don't get what's so bad about Metallica's St. Anger. Sure it sounds different from anything before or since, but it doesn't sound bad. And half of Death Magnetic is just amazing.

A different shape every step I take A different mind every step of the line
inane242 Anwalt der Verdammten from A B-Movie Bildungsroman Since: Nov, 2010
Anwalt der Verdammten
#57: Jul 27th 2011 at 6:27:33 PM

Death Magnetic was the first album I ever heard where the mastering was so poor I couldn't listen to it.

How could anyone let an album go out like that?

The 5 geek social fallacies. Know them well.
DarkDecapodian The Prodigal Returns from the fold Since: Apr, 2009
The Prodigal Returns
#58: Jul 27th 2011 at 6:32:54 PM

[up] If you ask me, Rick Rubin's kinda lost his touch in the new millenium. Death Magnetic was just the most noticeable failure. But it was a good album otherwise.

Aww, did I hurt your widdle fee-fees?
TheGloomer Since: Sep, 2010
#59: Jul 28th 2011 at 7:36:00 AM

While I'm not really a huge Aerosmith fan, I think Done With Mirrors is good enough to have been their comeback instead of Permanent Vacation.

As far as eighties pop-metal goes, it's better than anything Motley Crue or Poison or Bon Jovi did around the time (though I'd say it's not as good as Guns N' Roses would be later on; maybe on par with Def Leppard).

Twentington Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Desperate
#60: Jul 28th 2011 at 9:31:40 AM

Some Gave All by Billy Ray Cyrus. I really, non-ironically like "Achy Breaky Heart", and there are some other good songs on there ("Could've Been Me", "She's Not Cryin' Anymore" and "Some Gave All" are fine ballads). Seems Allmusic is the only other place where it got a good review.

TheGloomer Since: Sep, 2010
#61: Jul 30th 2011 at 1:14:59 PM

On Through the Night by Def Leppard. I'm not one of those fans who'd say it's their only good album becauase it's the heaviest (though to be honest it's not really as heavy as records by Sweet or Slade at the height of their popularity) but I'd say it's not bad, and it'd be interesting to say what kind of spin they'd put on the songs if they did them live today.

Erock Proud Canadian from Toronto Since: Jul, 2009
Proud Canadian
#62: Jul 30th 2011 at 2:17:30 PM

@Buscemi: The soundtrack for the movie is awful Synthesizeritis.

If you don't like a single Frank Ocean song, you have no soul.
Bananaquit Since: Jan, 2001
#63: Jul 30th 2011 at 11:24:29 PM

The soundtrack for the movie is awful Synthesizeritis.

I actually thought Pete Townshend’s experiments with synthesizers on the Ken Russell Tommy soundtrack were pretty interesting. The main problem with the soundtrack was who was singing. Since when could Ann-Margret sing rock? Since when could Oliver Reed sing at all?

Nettacki Since: Jan, 2010
#64: Jul 31st 2011 at 2:42:12 AM

"A Thousand Suns" by Linkin Park. I think it's a good album with some ambition and willingness to change. Of course, its hatedom likes to paint it as the worst thing in the history of ever, or something.

thelittleman66 gobblygoop from Deep in Chris-Chan's ego Since: Mar, 2011
gobblygoop
#65: Jul 31st 2011 at 12:44:01 PM

I find it odd how people make a big deal out of Death Magnetic's mastering. I listen to some of it quite often and I don't really notice anything wrong with the production.

What do ya mean I ain't kind? Just not your kind...
OurGLORIOUSLeader Since: Dec, 1969
#66: Jul 31st 2011 at 6:23:34 PM

The only album I've ever really noticed the mastering on was RHCP's Californication.

As for mostly discredited albums, I'll bite and say that I'm a bigger fan of Relapse than I should be, considering how much I hate Encore and Recovery. I also think that Druqks is Aphex Twin's third-best album, and that ISAM is much better than Bricolage.

inane242 Anwalt der Verdammten from A B-Movie Bildungsroman Since: Nov, 2010
Anwalt der Verdammten
#67: Jul 31st 2011 at 6:26:13 PM

Druqks gets a lot of YMMV, I've usually got my iPod on shuffle, so I usually don't notice lack of album cohesion, so I've come to rather like the album.

Why can I never spell it right?

edited 31st Jul '11 6:27:39 PM by inane242

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Daremo Misanthrope Supreme from Parts Unknown Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: If it's you, it's okay
#68: Jul 31st 2011 at 8:52:09 PM

I'd have to say Wishville, Catherine Wheel's last album, the response to which was a factor in their break up. I liked it a lot.

Pitchfork's review of the album begins: R.I.P. Here lies Catherine Wheel...

edited 31st Jul '11 8:56:20 PM by Daremo

Creed of the Happy Pessimist:Always expect the worst. Then, when it happens, it was only what you expected. All else is a happy surprise.
dxman Since: Oct, 2009
#69: Jul 31st 2011 at 9:24:53 PM

Pitchfork's review of the album begins: R.I.P. Here lies Catherine Wheel...

Do not trust anything Pitchfork says. Ever.

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annebeeche watching down on us from by the long tidal river Since: Nov, 2010
watching down on us
#70: Jul 31st 2011 at 9:53:55 PM

People don't seem to like Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows and Hold Your Fire that much when it comes to Rush's discography, due to the synthesizer spam.

Well, you know what?

I like the synthesizer spam. In fact, GUP to HYF is my favorite era of Rush. Try that on for size!

People also don't like Vapor Trails because of the poor mastering (Loudness War casualty! Goddamn you, masterer). I don't like the mastering either, but the songs themselves are good.

EDIT: Somebody needs to find a Vapor Trails vinyl (because vinyls usually have much, much better sound quality due to not being jacked up for loudness to the point where the waves clip) and convert it to digital. Seriously.

edited 31st Jul '11 10:00:54 PM by annebeeche

Banned entirely for telling FE that he was being rude and not contributing to the discussion. I shall watch down from the goon heavens.
Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#71: Aug 1st 2011 at 3:08:44 AM

Megadeth's Youthanasia and The System Has Failed.

They definitely aren't talked about as much as their other albums but I loved them.

JHM Apparition in the Woods from Niemandswasser Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hounds of love are hunting
Apparition in the Woods
#72: Aug 1st 2011 at 7:28:31 AM

[up][up][up] I'm not sure whether to heartily agree or disagree with that statement.

(That is, I think you're right, but perhaps not for the same reasons.)

I'll hide your name inside a word and paint your eyes with false perception.
lee4hmz 486-powered rotating frosted cherry Pop-Tart from A shipwreck in the tidal Potomac (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
486-powered rotating frosted cherry Pop-Tart
#73: Aug 1st 2011 at 7:34:16 AM

The Royal Scam and Gaucho by Steely Dan (their two lowest-rated albums on Allmusic, though I doubt fans dislike them quite as much), pretty much anything by MC Hammer but especially Too Legit to Quit (which was following a tough act, granted); 5150 by Van Halen (or: Eddie plays more Oberheim than guitar in this).

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inane242 Anwalt der Verdammten from A B-Movie Bildungsroman Since: Nov, 2010
Anwalt der Verdammten
#74: Aug 1st 2011 at 9:37:33 AM

[up][up][up][up]I hated the synths on Grace Under Pressure.

The 5 geek social fallacies. Know them well.
OurGLORIOUSLeader Since: Dec, 1969
#75: Aug 1st 2011 at 6:42:20 PM

Do not trust anything Pitchfork Rolling Stone says. Ever.

Fixed that for you.

edited 1st Aug '11 6:42:29 PM by OurGLORIOUSLeader


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