What's the Worst Album In My Top 100?

[bobbyb5]

[bobbyb5]

If you're really gonna make this a game and go to the previous posters chart, everyone is going to have a field day with mine.

[HazeyTwilight]

[Tha1ChiefRocka]

[glynspsa]

A really solid chart. i am not a moby fan though so probably that album would be the weakest to me, but i am a strong believer in like what art you like ill like what i like as long as nobody is hurting anyone i see no problems.

[Hayden]

I think I'm supposed to go with Afterhours then...? I think. Cause Hazey's chart is private

Anywho, gotta be Twin Infinitives I guess. Or possibly Barbed Wire Maggots, I'm not too big on that album.

[Tha1ChiefRocka]

Haha, I kind of expected Moby to get the most hate, but just for the hell of it, I'll tell you my side. First of all, it's a nostalgic record for me, so I'll spare you the details in that regard, but here is why I think it's a miracle.

In 1996, Moby released the abysmal critical and commercial failure, Animal Rights. Moby really liked post-hardcore, and Animal Rights was his attempt at a punk record, and you can imagine how that went. Here's a quote from the wiki on the album;

"According to manager Eric Härle, the album almost killed Moby's career because not only did the new direction leave audiences cold – with music media uninterested and his existing fan base largely alienated by it – but it led to people being confused as to what kind of artist Moby really was. Having wiped out all his early good work in establishing himself, Moby was left struggling for any kind of recognition and quickly became seen as a "has-been" in the eyes of many people in the industry."

He released a compilation album called "I Like to Score" which was basically a compilation of already released material, or stuff he had made for film.

Then starting in 1998 with "Honey", Moby would embark on the greatest marketing campaign an album has ever had. The album, when it was released, performed poorly once again. Moby then licensed all of the music for use in television commercials and film, and also released 9 singles from 1998 to 2001. This increased exposure led the album to grow in popularity exponentially, and it ended up selling 12 million worldwide becoming the still highest selling electronica album of all time. Those who were around back then probably remember how it was impossible escaping the songs on this album. They were everywhere (which was good and bad).

The music is not suitable for everyone, which is fine, but the remarkable success of this album has to elevate it somewhat.

[Daydreamer]

[AfterHours]

[Graeme2]