Best Ever Albums

Re: How far they have fallen

Chemical Smile — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:34:23 GMT

Author: Chemical Smile

Posted: 03/27/2012 19:34

Weezer is definitely top of the pile for me. Their 1st and Pinkerton are all-time classics, and i really love the Green album, thought Maladroit was even better, but unfortunately I then bought 'Make Believe' which was a horrendous turd of an album. I haven't bothered with any of their other albums since, and from what I've heard they've got progressively worst with each one!
Another big disappoint for me was the Pumpkins 'Zeitgeist'. I was genuinely excited about this album - a new pumpkins album with the 2 members that could actually play! but aside from 2 or 3 songs, it was a major snore-fest and the layering of Billy's vocals were annoying bordering on unlistenable. Although he did redeem himself a little with Teargarden By Kaleidyscope, it's not exactly the pumpkins with only 1 original member remaining (when did SP become the new GnR?) Hopefully their release this year, which Billy has already declared 'one of the best SP albums' will prove me wrong.....fingers crossed!

Re: How far they have fallen

WillWill1989 — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:17:20 GMT

Author: WillWill1989

Posted: 03/27/2012 03:17

I agree with ^

Re: How far they have fallen

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:14:21 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/27/2012 03:14

Mind Movie wrote:

If you count The Dukes of Stratosphear, I agree (I usually note them as being two different bands, despite the fact that it's the same members). But the chamber pop like music that XTC made to follow up Skylarking doesn't do anything for me.

Wasn't Skylarking "chamber pop like"?

Re: How far they have fallen

Charicature — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:43:50 GMT

Author: Charicature

Posted: 03/26/2012 22:43

Not due to their last album, but certainly the last I bought since it was enough to turn me off of them: Smashing Pumpkins. Zeitgeist was simply horrid.

Re: How far they have fallen

pearljammer13 — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:42:24 GMT

Author: pearljammer13

Posted: 03/26/2012 22:42

kidamnesiac wrote:

yeah, i havent listened to the last 2 incubus albums yet

Well you aren't missing much. Obviously you have to listen to decide for yourself but the last two albums are pretty terrible. Plus judging by your taste I think it's a safe bet you won't enjoy either album. Light Grenades at least has a few good tracks though. They'll never come close to Make Yourself, Morning View, or Science again by the looks of it.

Re: How far they have fallen

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:57:00 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/26/2012 21:57

Jhereko wrote:

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no no no no no no no no no

That is when they did some of their best work

Re: How far they have fallen

gussteivi — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:55:41 GMT

Author: gussteivi

Posted: 03/26/2012 21:55

Mind Movie wrote:

- The Zombies (does anybody know that they actually released a studio album last year?)

Good call, it's really bad.

And is Radiohead too obvious to be mentioned here or what?

Re: How far they have fallen

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:31:48 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/26/2012 17:31

Call_me_Ishmael wrote:

Rush. Anoyone agrees?

The last album wasn't a bad one plus the one before that, 'Vapor Trails', had some good material.

Although if I was to rate every Rush album 'Snakes and Arrows' would end in the bottom half of the list.

Re: How far they have fallen

Call_me_Ishmael — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:23:36 GMT

Author: Call_me_Ishmael

Posted: 03/26/2012 17:23

Rush. Anoyone agrees?

Re: How far they have fallen

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:21:50 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/26/2012 15:21

None of my favorite artists have released a bad album as their last album. I think they have all done pretty good.

Re: How far they have fallen

kidamnesiac — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:07:57 GMT

Author: kidamnesiac

Posted: 03/26/2012 14:07

yeah, i havent listened to the last 2 incubus albums yet

Re: How far they have fallen

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:05:06 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/26/2012 13:05

Mind Movie wrote:

- XTC (their whole career has been hit and miss for me, but since Skylarking it has mostly been miss)

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no no no no no no no no no

That is when they did some of their best work

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and that's not even including anything off the best album they ever made - Apple Venus. Pt. 1

Re: How far they have fallen

videoheadcleaner — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:05:41 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 03/26/2012 06:05

Bryan Ferry's Olympia was not so great.

New Order's latest material has not mind-blowing. Lost Sirens might be interesting though.

Re: How far they have fallen

pearljammer13 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 18:47:02 GMT

Author: pearljammer13

Posted: 03/25/2012 22:47

kidamnesiac wrote:

i like incubus

Yeah but I'm assuming older Incubus like the rest of us, or do you like the new stuff too?

Re: How far they have fallen

revolver94 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:29:42 GMT

Author: revolver94

Posted: 03/25/2012 21:29

Yeah, Liz Phair for sure is the obvious choice. Also, David Bowie.

Re: How far they have fallen

RoundTheBend — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:22:10 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 03/25/2012 21:22

I couldn't agree more with Weezer and Incubus. I thought Weezer's Red Album was great, but the last two are a complete waste of time. I remember listening to the first single off of Incubus' last album, and not being interested, so I am glad I saved the time of not listening to it.

I wouldn't say Rolling Stones' last album was their worst. I like to hear that album, because it is an old band recorded with newer recording techniques. Division Bell is pretty weak, but I am not the biggest fan of Pink Floyd, so I don't feel it is my place to say.

Piebald was awesome up until The Only Friends That We Have. I think recording in a big studio and "selling out" if you even want to call it that since they weren't popular enough to do so, ruined them.

If you would have caught me at the time that U2's No Line on the Horizon was released, I would have said they have gone the way of the Stones. How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb had a line-up of 6 good songs, followed up by pure crap, minus the one step closer to knowing song. No Line disappointed me because although every song (minus Magnificant) was great, it just felt like an odd collection of music in random order instead of a solid, well thought out U2 album as delivered in the past.

The Beatles' Let It Be is not crap at all. I do wish that the long and winding road from Let It Be...Naked was replaced, but other than that, I dig.

Re: How far they have fallen

kidamnesiac — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:16:25 GMT

Author: kidamnesiac

Posted: 03/25/2012 21:16

i like incubus

Re: How far they have fallen

BlueNote — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:05:03 GMT

Author: BlueNote

Posted: 03/25/2012 21:05

Guns N' Roses...

Re: How far they have fallen

BlueNote — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:03:18 GMT

Author: BlueNote

Posted: 03/25/2012 21:03

Hermes_requite wrote:

Just my opinion but I don't think the last albums by Pink Floyd and the Stones were bad.

I don't think Division Bell is a bad album; it sounds like a more or less OK Genesis album (I'm plagiarizing someone with that comment). However, if Division Bell were Pink Floyd's only work, nobody would be talking about them.

The same thing applies to A Bigger Bang. If were the Stones' first or only album no one would care.

Re: How far they have fallen

pearljammer13 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:16:54 GMT

Author: pearljammer13

Posted: 03/25/2012 17:16

ShaneSpear wrote:

hahaha dude that's a perfect review of that album. Pretty much everything you said I agree with totally. I also have Morning View on my 90's chart. I have Make Yourself in my overall chart, I think in the 20's, as I think it's a masterpiece. Science was a great album as well. But just as you said, with each progressive album after Morning View they've taken a step back, and a few leaps back with this last one. Crow Left Of The Murder was still at least enjoyable. Light Grenades had a few great tracks mixed in with quite a bit of shit. And If Not Now, When? is just a giant pile of shit (Adolescents is the only song I even marginally like). So I've officially jumped ship on a band that used to be one of my absolute favorites.