Reality vs Expectation

[meruizh]

Like that 500 Days of Summer scene, many albums and bands get this two way screen when an album is comming out.
This is crucial for the future of the band, because to many albums with inconsistency between what we expect and reality may lead to the reject of a band's future work.

My question is, with what albums the Reality crushed your expectations of a band you love, or when they won you back.

The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth & Angles, these albums killed my expectations, leading to my hatred of the band. I even havent listen to their newest album, Comedown Machine.

Arctic Monkeys - Humbug & AM, for me at an initial stage, Humbug just seemed terrible, I was 19, expecting the Arctic Monkeys first two albums, and then a listened to Humbug, oh! I was crushed. But AM came and completely understood the Arctic Monkeys intentions finally. Now I consider the Arctic Monkeys one of my favorite bands of all time. (still that feeling with Humbug will always stay in my mind)

R.E.M. - Up. Not that I was expecting a lot of this album, but simply after it, I just stopped listening to any R.E.M new stuff. Depressing

So.. let me know your stories
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[paladisiac]

some that come to mind right away...


radiohead "king of limbs" - big letdown for me as radiohead are/were my fav artist. (i still really like the album though, as you can see on that yearly chart o' mine.)

r.e.m. "up" - where i started tuning out too!

paul mccartney "new" - floored expectations for me. awesome pop album. my interest in his stuff of the last 3 (?) decades has been tepid, at best

pearl jam "binaural" / foo fighters "one by one" - too standard rock, not enough alternative
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The only group that's coming to mind for me is Cut Copy. I really enjoy their earlier, more simple stuff and am emotionally attached to Bright Like Neon Love and In Ghost Colours; I like/liked Zonoscope but really only listen to a little less than a handful of songs off it anymore; I've listened to Free Your Mind once so far (and will again before this weekend when I see them again), but am not sure what to think of it and am leaning towards negative criticism. I actually expected them to continue their somewhat linear trend towards their current sound, but it's just not what I'd hoped.

[Guest]

I don't post in 500 Days of Summer-themed threads on principle.

Wait, shit.

[zdwyatt]

The Bad
These were albums, from artists I loved, that made me shy away from everything that came after.

Tori Amos, The Beekeeper
U2, Zooropa
Iron and Wine, Kiss Each Other Clean
R.E.M., New Adventures in Hi-Fi

I do have to say that R.E.M.'s last album was actually pretty good. Those others haven't bounced back yet.

Surprising Albums
These were albums, from artists I thought were just ok, that made me excited for everything that came after.

Deftones, White Pony
Coheed and Cambria, Year of the Black Rainbow
Alison Krauss and Union Station, So Long, So Wrong
The Decemberists, The Crane Wife

[karbutt]

Fall Out Boy more like Fall Down Boy
i can't stand their newest album. i wasn't crushed per say but rather just very very angry; it sucks so much

even though they've been beaten on this thread already, R.E.M.'s Up

and the third that comes to mind is radiohead after hail to thief (not that it was bad, just wasn't as striking as previous work)
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[benpaco]

Saw the title. Came here to post the 500 Days of Summer scene. You beat me to it.

Anyways, Hospice. I wanted to like that album. I really did. It's so "deep", so "emotional" for so many ... its just so BORING to me. That's coming from a Bon Iver fan. It never went anywhere. It was like thirty seconds of Explosions in The Sky on loop with vocals incoherently laid over top. Maybe someday I'll get it.

Everything by Radiohead other than OK Computer. I heard OK Computer early on and LOVED IT. I knew Creep and something off the bends and both were alright, so I went on a Radiohead binge expecting to find my band. Wow. No. Not for me for some reason. Outside of OK Computer, everything is either too dull and repetitive or too experimental and poorly executed.

All At Once by ATE. I loved them. So much. I still do. I can't listen to a single song on that album.

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire. Oh Funeral was great! What's thi ... oh god what is this? Why? No ... no ...
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