Radiohead- Kid A should be nuked from orbit as well.

dj_bigbird: www.andyandnoreen.com

*blink* *blink*

Why?

Chinese Democracy wasn't THAT bad, it just wasn't what anybody expected what with the three lone rock songs and then 60 solid minutes of slow, down-tempo power ballads.

Tron Lafontaine: Chinese Democracy wasn't THAT bad, it just wasn't what anybody expected what with the three lone rock songs and then 60 solid minutes of slow, down-tempo power ballads.

Chinese Democracy would've sounded dated even if it had come out in 1997. I swear, every positive review of that album read like the reviewer had not listened to music since UYI.

Hey I actually liked Chinese Democracy...at least the first 3 or 4 songs. Which is more than I can say for a lot of other albums out there.

I liked Chinese Democracy for the most part - it certainly wasn't horrible. It was just severely over compressed and over produced and the songs didn't live up to the expectations of what you would expect from an album 14 years in the making. The song Catcher in the Rye is excellent, its up there with Estranged and November Rain, Brian May's guitar work on that track is incredible.

What does Wired know about music anyway? Their magazine has turned into a collection of advertisements with a small number of very uninteresting articles.

I can think of hundreds of other albums that are worse than Chinese Democracy. For example - Dave Navarro's Trust No One is up there.

Standing in the Spotlight, by Dee Dee 'King' (Ramone) truely is the worst album ever made.
Loves me The Ramones

just a couple

fritopendejo: Radiohead- Kid A should be nuked from orbit as well.

Gunny Highway: just a couple

Sorry, but "Metal Machine Music" is considered a classic among experimental music fans, and is pretty much a starting point for the extreme noise genre. Not saying I feel that way, but many noise heads do.

Replace Chinese Democracy with this.

That turrible turrible Joe Pesci album.

And Hulk Hogan and the Wrestling Boot Band.

HereComesTheScience: Replace Chinese Democracy with this.

OH MY GOD SO MUCH THIS.

/And Justice for All.

Chinese Democracy had some solid tracks on it and would have been well received if put out by anyone else. It also would have sold way better if it hadn't been leaked years before it finally came out and/or axl did some publicity besides threatening to sue people.

Glitchwerks: Sorry, but "Metal Machine Music" is considered a classic among experimental music fans, and is pretty much a starting point for the extreme noise genre. Not saying I feel that way, but many noise heads do.

Classic or not that album is on my list. But hey music is all about personal taste. If people can enjoy MMM then that is a great example of the beauty of music. Im just not a fan.

/I have it
//On record and CD
///Bought the CD, was given the LP

i like metal machine music...

THIS album i bought as a young man thinking it might be 'cool',
and wound up sorry I'd spent the dollar from the delete bin.

fritopendejo: Radiohead- Kid A should be nuked from orbit as well.

Oh Jesus Christ dude...

Gunny Highway: Classic or not that album is on my list.

You would choose that over Soulja Boy? Okay. It's your list.

On a side note, I have never listened to "Cut the Crap." Is it really that awful?

Glitchwerks: You would choose that over Soulja Boy? Okay. It's your list.

I have never heard Solja Boy outside of that once song. It is terrible for sure but if I havent heard it I dont consider it.

Glitchwerks: Gunny Highway: Classic or not that album is on my list.

You would choose that over Soulja Boy? Okay. It's your list.

On a side note, I have never listened to "Cut the Crap." Is it really that awful?

Yea. Again that is just me but Joe disowned the album. I really like Earthquake Weather (and all of Joe's solo stuff) but Cut the Crap just sucks. Plus it is The Clash without The Clash. Dont bother listening.

HereComesTheScience: Replace Chinese Democracy with this.

oh my farking god, that.

Came to defend Chinese Democracy. Most disappointing? Maybe. Not a bad album, though. I've listened to it more than once, which is more than I can say for a lot of albums that I actually wanted to like.

Not so bad. Redeems Sgt. Peppers.

jhva3: Chinese Democracy had some solid tracks on it and would have been well received if put out by anyone else. It also would have sold way better if it hadn't been leaked years before it finally came out and/or axl did some publicity besides threatening to sue people.

bullshiat. It would've been considered a solid turd of Nu-Metal had it had been released by anyone other than Axl.

Montag19: Not so bad. Redeems Sgt. Peppers.

Well, not sure what you're referring to there, but Robin Gibb's rendition of "Oh Darling" almost redeems Sgt. Peppers.

Funny thing about that album. Since the Bee Gees were at the top of their game around that time, it was universally assumed that the Sgt Peppers soundtrack album would be huge. So much so that about a million or so counterfeit albums were pressed in anticipation.

When both movie and album tanked, both the legitimate and counterfeit albums were returned to the label, making the soundtrack the first album to be shipped platinum, and returned double platinum...

Sarcastica75: HereComesTheScience: Replace Chinese Democracy with this.

OH MY GOD SO MUCH THIS.

/And Justice for All.

Very true.

Death Magentic is rockin, though. Sounds like a band I used to know. They were called Metallica.

Sarcastica75: /And Justice for All

Explain to me what your problem with 'And Justice For All' is.

Or were you saying it is good?

The Ninj': I liked Chinese Democracy for the most part - it certainly wasn't horrible. It was just severely over compressed

Lol, wut (new window)?

I think he's saying that the only justice would be for St. Anger to be on that list. I wouldn't replace the GNR album, I would put it next to though, because they're both shiat.

I know how a holocaust denier feels because I still love metallica but I refuse to believe that little time in their history never ever happened. total bullshiat of an album.

Can't argue with a single one of those.

There's a bunch of late-80's eurotrash I'd toss in there...most of that whole genre needs black-holed.

Architecture Of Aggression: I think he's saying that the only justice would be for St. Anger to be on that list.

Ohhh it was a joke. Since when did people start joking around on Fark?

I haven't listened to all of Chinese Democracy, but I do know that Shackler's Revenge is my least favorite song in Rock Band 2.

I feel kind of weird about Death Magnetic because I was a huge Metallica fan in High School, bought and enjoyed the Load/B-Load albums, and didn't even bother with St. Anger. But I got Death Magnetic, threw it on the turn-table to listen, and turned it off about half-way through and listened to some klezmer. Maybe my tastes have changed.

Gunny Highway: METAL MACHINE MUSIC?fark you, that album's a goddamn masterpiece. It created a genre!

/Not a troll. I'm serious.
//Transformer's better, though.

Nurglitch: I feel kind of weird about Death Magnetic because I was a huge Metallica fan in High School, bought and enjoyed the Load/B-Load albums, and didn't even bother with St. Anger. But I got Death Magnetic, threw it on the turn-table to listen, and turned it off about half-way through and listened to some klezmer. Maybe my tastes have changed.

what, are you trying to be reasonable or something? are you trying to suggest that maybe you just don't like them anymore instead of going off on a torrent of rage about why they suck and aren't the same band they used to be? pal, we don't play that BS around here. we chase off the 'logic thinkers' like you on websites like this

DarKrow: //Transformer's better, though.

Transformer is a masterpiece. I will throw MMM on the turn table now and give it another chance. I dont anticipate my opinion changing but I will keep an open mind.

Man, internet writers sure get a lot of mileage out of the same two or three jokes.

Hmm... shiatty albums...shiatty album cover...



Oh my...

Some more...

Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.



Hmm...



What can I say?

oldweevil: Hmm... shiatty albums...shiatty album cover...

Save it for another "worst album covers" thread that just rips off Farker Bizarre Records once again.

That dude deserves royalties.

No Rush Limbaugh Sings The Blues?

oldweevil: Some more...

Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.



Hmm...



What can I say?

(Little David Wilkins cover)

That reminds me, didn't John Daly put out an album?

Daquin: No Rush Limbaugh Sings The Blues?

...I'll call you a sinner, I'll call you a killer, I'll call you a whore...

hey, my roomate in college had the joe pesci album. It was pretty funny, and i actually LIKED it.

remember this??

oldweevil: Hmm... shiatty albums...shiatty album cover...



Oh my...

oldweevil: Some more...

Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.



Hmm...



What can I say?

Has anyone in the history of history ever bothered to listen to those records?

tequilasundae: remember this??

I remember the Guitar World review of that album, "SHT."

I enjoyed this comment, mostly because it sounds kind of dirty:

"Anything churned out by the Disney Tweener Music Machine
And the first one in the hole will be Miley Cyrus. (Can you tell I have a young daughter?)"

such a disappointment,..after Pornograffiti i had my hopes up

tequilasundae: 3.bp.blogspot.com

I remember there was a review of it that went, in it's entirety, "SHT"

Taima: That reminds me, didn't John Daly put out an album?

yes, yes he did

tequilasundae: such a disappointment,..after Pornograffiti i had my hopes up
there was a review of this that said in its entirety
"Extrement"

Hey awesome guys post some more album covers that everyone has already seen a million times. Then we can talk about Duke Nukem and Chinese Democracy and zombie apocalypse plans while we 69 in the cab of my daddy's pickup truck.

danduran: The Ninj': I liked Chinese Democracy for the most part - it certainly wasn't horrible. It was just severely over compressed

Lol, wut (new window)?

People who don't know shiat about music or mixing just go "oh man, that's way to compressed" because it sounds cool to say.

Anyway, I really, really like Chinese Democracy. I don't care if it's the Axl Rose band or whatever, some damn good tunes on there, at least 1/2 the disc anyway.

It has no business being on the list. None at all.

It's on there, methinks, because the shiathead 'reviewer' thought he HAD to put it up there or he'd lose some sort of 'cred' or something.

Chinese Democracy is better than Death Magnetic, too.

And why aren't Black Eyed Peas on that list? MY LUMPS. One of the stupidest song written and recorded in, well, ever.

tequilasundae: such a disappointment,..after Pornograffiti i had my hopes up

I remember feeling the same way.

Nuno kicks ass on Pornograffiti

Without country or rap? Well I guess that would be too obvious and too long a list. Nevermind.

There are some REALLY good songs on CD. Better, Sorry, This I Love, off the top of my head. The problem is it isn't, and nothing ever could be Appetite part II. Only CD I've bought for myself in the last year.

tequilasundae: such a disappointment,..after Pornograffiti i had my hopes up

I loved that album at the time, and most of Side 1 and a few tracks on Side 2 still hold up for me. Side 3 does get a little bloated and tedious though.

tequilasundae: remember this??

ONE good song. The rest suck.

FeedTheCollapse:

bullshiat. It would've been considered a solid turd of Nu-Metal had it had been released by anyone other than Axl.

Nu Metal? Did you even listen to the whole thing, or just the lead single? I know that the current view of things on here is that it was a huge bomb, but it got generally favorable reviews and sold pretty well for an album that was leaked 3 years ago. I'm a fan of Guns N Roses and the album was better than I expected.

FeedTheCollapse: Tron Lafontaine: Chinese Democracy wasn't THAT bad, it just wasn't what anybody expected what with the three lone rock songs and then 60 solid minutes of slow, down-tempo power ballads.

Chinese Democracy would've sounded dated even if it had come out in 1997. I swear, every positive review of that album read like the reviewer had not listened to music since UYI.

I didn't think it sounded dated(Buckethead and Bumblefoot both sound like they are from the future), but I don't really care too much if music sounds dated as long as it sounds good.

tequilasundae:


remember this??

GTR?

SHT.

mjbok: There are some REALLY good songs on CD. Better, Sorry, This I Love, off the top of my head. The problem is it isn't, and nothing ever could be Appetite part II.

This, for the most part. At worst, Chinese Democracy is mediocre.

A bit off topic but...

Soundgarden's Superunknown and NIN's Downward Spiral came out on the same day in '94. I am a huge fan of both and I bought both CDs. I put on Superunknown first and waited the tedious 40 some odd minutes for the goddamned thing to get done. After Badmotorfinger, christ what a disappointment.

Downward Spiral is still in my top 10 ever.

I guess I'll be the one to say it:

jhva3: but I don't really care too much if music sounds dated as long as it sounds good.

But when you sound like a Static-X clone, who were Ministry clones 5 years too late to the party...


admittedly, I didn't listen to the whole album. What little I did hear was, by any measure, terrible. I stand by my statement that any positive reviews the album received came across like someone who hasn't listened to any music since UYI.

SPna15: I guess I'll be the one to say it:



since when did The Black Album have a PA sticker?

No Milli Vanilli, or Vanilla Ice?

I tend to think any autotuned album should be thrown into that hole. I'd rather listen to Brian Wilson singing occasionally off key that any of those robotic voices I hear on those over produced pieces of crap sung by people with little or no talent.

FeedTheCollapse: SPna15: I guess I'll be the one to say it:

since when did The Black Album have a PA sticker?

Since the record company thought it would sell better with the sticker.

RadicalMiddle: FeedTheCollapse: SPna15: I guess I'll be the one to say it:

since when did The Black Album have a PA sticker?

Since the record company thought it would sell better with the sticker.

I've never seen it with the label...

FeedTheCollapse: SPna15: I guess I'll be the one to say it:



since when did The Black Album have a PA sticker?

Since when did The Black Album necessitate a PA sticker?

FeedTheCollapse: SPna15: I guess I'll be the one to say it:



since when did The Black Album have a PA sticker?

I don't know. Just the clearest image I could find the fastest.

The Black Album is boring and uninteresting. It isn't even a bad album. It just is. It stands as a monolithic tribute to mediocrity. The sheer averagness of the album prevents it from being listenable. It is unbearable to listen to. It lacks any characteristics that make a good album good or a bad album bad.

Chinese Democracy sucks my balls, but not in a good way, more like an 80 year old woman with braces.

http://ballsinyourjaws.blogspot.com/

I will submit this as probably the worst album ever made...




/also agree with T.rex

Candygram4Mongo: Montag19: Not so bad. Redeems Sgt. Peppers.

Well, not sure what you're referring to there, but Robin Gibb's rendition of "Oh Darling" almost redeems Sgt. Peppers.

Aerosmith and Robin Gibb almost redeem the album. Billy Preston's version of "Get Back" is good, too. And, I may be the only one, but I actually like Steve Martin's version of "Maxwell's Silver Hammer."

I don't think the album belongs on the list. I also think that the soundtrack from "Tommy" is much, much worse. Even with the band's direct involvement, hearing Ann-Margret, Oliver Reed and Jack Nicholson (yes, that Jack Nicholson) sing makes most of the album a painful experience.

/for the record, the original version of "Tommy" is one of my favorite albums

Just cause I'm tired of seeing all the related green lights.



Hot link

Boris S. Wort: I will submit this as probably the worst album ever made...

Actually, if you guys want to know what some people think is the worst music out there right now...

It's right here.

Before forewarned...it's awful.

What, no 'Smell the Glove'?

(As IMHO that that whole moronic framework/system deserves to be tossed into a black whole, I don't think ANY album necessitates a PA sticker. But well...you know...)

I thought for sure Velvet Revolver: Contraband would be on that list. That thing was completely unlistenable. I actually paid for that CD. I took it back a few days later for half store credit.

Glitchwerks: Boris S. Wort: I will submit this as probably the worst album ever made...

Actually, if you guys want to know what some people think is the worst music out there right now...

It's right here.

Before forewarned...it's awful.

Something inside me died watching that.

By the way, have all of these suggestions being thrown out been actually listened to in their entireties by those suggesting them or are they albums that have been decreed as worthless by others?

Montag19: Not so bad. Redeems Sgt. Peppers.

Earth, Wind & Fire's Got to Get You Into My Life is the only cover of a Beatles song that is better than the original.

and



and



and



and

any master p album

Japancakes: By the way, have all of these suggestions being thrown out been actually listened to in their entireties by those suggesting them or are they albums that have been decreed as worthless by others?

there's no way I'm listening to that Soulja Boy album.

That's weird. I thought the Beatles released more than 5 albums.

wpmulligan: Montag19: Not so bad. Redeems Sgt. Peppers.

Earth, Wind & Fire's Got to Get You Into My Life is the only cover of a Beatles song that is better than the original.

i give you this (pops)

Standard Used Bin Fodder:





which is odd as that implies someone bothered to buy the album. Or maybe they stole it and then sold it back. Either way, sucks to be the guy caught stealing that album...

Thank You Black Jesus!: I put on Superunknown first and waited the tedious 40 some odd minutes for the goddamned thing to get done. After Badmotorfinger, christ what a disappointment.

I couldn't listen to Superunknown for years because "Black Hole Sun" got beaten to death, resurrected, beaten some more, burned at the stake, the ashes used to make cement for a statue that got beaten into powder, and then left to slowly sink into the dirt. About six years ago I listened to it again, and realized what an excellent album it was. I think Soundgarden's career was worth it just for "Fresh Tendrils" alone.

wpmulligan: Montag19: Not so bad. Redeems Sgt. Peppers.

Earth, Wind & Fire's Got to Get You Into My Life is the only cover of a Beatles song that is better than the original.

I'm genetically incapable of believing a cover song can be superior to an original (just as in my view a remake cannot surpass the original film). I will say however that (IMHO) Isaac Hayes' extended (lasting twelve glorious minutes) string-and-horn drenched "Something" comes the closest to surpassing the original recording. With E,W & F's "GTGYIML" being second runner up.

FeedTheCollapse: Japancakes: By the way, have all of these suggestions being thrown out been actually listened to in their entireties by those suggesting them or are they albums that have been decreed as worthless by others?

there's no way I'm listening to that Soulja Boy album.

So then it's possible (I'll grant you unlikely, but within the realm of possibility) that you might take a liking to what you heard if in fact you allowed yourself the time to listen to it? (Or at least knock it out of the running as the ABSOLUTE WORST music you've ever willingly subjected yourself to).

ohh, if only GNR had rastafarianized their album, 15% or so!

jake_lex:

Something inside me died watching that.

The scary part is that they have an album. I believe it is self-produced and not on any label at the moment. I hope to God it never finds an audience, but there's a 4-5 page thread on a reputable P2P site about it. Most people loathe it, but quite a few seem to like it. Go figure.

Japancakes: So then it's possible (I'll grant you unlikely, but within the realm of possibility) that you might take a liking to what you heard if in fact you allowed yourself the time to listen to it? (Or at least knock it out of the running as the ABSOLUTE WORST music you've ever willingly subjected yourself to).

I'll grant you the possibility, but I don't feel the need to test out your hypothesis.

Like for instance I would throw the contents of the Creed and Nickleback discographies in but that's because I've actually listened (in an objective manner) everything those two groups produced and realize that those records contain nothing of any musical worth whatsoever.

Oh, and I feel the same way about the musical output of Nickelback.

Glitchwerks: Boris S. Wort: I will submit this as probably the worst album ever made...

Actually, if you guys want to know what some people think is the worst music out there right now...

It's right here.

Before forewarned...it's awful.

Wow. I made it a whole minute. And I have Bobby Sherman on my ipod.

'As Time Goes By', Lorne Greene. Yes, THAT Lorne Greene.
Anything by Paris Hilton. And toss her down there too.

Nurglitch: But I got Death Magnetic, threw it on the turn-table to listen, and turned it off about half-way through and listened to some klezmer. Maybe my tastes have changed.

No, it's just not as good. They're trying to match Kill Em All / Ride the Lightning but they don't have the same talent for artistic composition as before (and Hetfield can't pull off the effect).

Glitchwerks: Boris S. Wort: I will submit this as probably the worst album ever made...

Actually, if you guys want to know what some people think is the worst music out there right now...

It's right here.

Before forewarned...it's awful.



same act, worse crap

another let down followup
sucked and wouldnt fit in any cd filing system

Illidan: They're trying to match Kill Em All / Ride the Lightning but they don't have the same talent for artistic composition as before (and Hetfield can't pull off the effect).

What's the missing ingredient, do you think? It might start with a "C" and end with "liff Burton".

At least, if you're trying to match KEA and RTL. Justice was a good album, and that had Newstead. But going back to the early, early days, you need Burton.

I picked up a Nickelback CD at the Good Will Store. I wanted to see if they were as bad as the Fark cliche. Man were they ever! I don't think I've ever listened to something that offered less rewards musically then that CD. I've heard better elevator music.

Sherjo311:

Wow, I'm amazed anyone else even remembers Gravity Kills. Their first two albums were good, but Superstarved was absolutely not.

theorellior: Illidan: They're trying to match Kill Em All / Ride the Lightning but they don't have the same talent for artistic composition as before (and Hetfield can't pull off the effect).

What's the missing ingredient, do you think? It might start with a "C" and end with "liff Burton".


Nope. It actually starts with a "D" and ends with "ave Mustaine".

Glitchwerks: Boris S. Wort: I will submit this as probably the worst album ever made...

Actually, if you guys want to know what some people think is the worst music out there right now...

It's right here.

Before forewarned...it's awful.

I hesitate to post this, as it's not so much music as ear rape, but this is the worst track I've ever heard, even worse than that:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzKbjoLUYok (new window)

evildeathllama: Glitchwerks: Boris S. Wort: I will submit this as probably the worst album ever made...

Actually, if you guys want to know what some people think is the worst music out there right now...

It's right here.

Before forewarned...it's awful.

I hesitate to post this, as it's not so much music as ear rape, but this is the worst track I've ever heard, even worse than that:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzKbjoLUYok (new window)

I love the disclaimer asking people to quit commenting on how much the song sucks.

Oh you guys know NOTHING, if you can find THE SHEIK AL BELI MOVEMENT anywhere...oh man

/Yeah, I know Al.

theorellior: Illidan: They're trying to match Kill Em All / Ride the Lightning but they don't have the same talent for artistic composition as before (and Hetfield can't pull off the effect).

What's the missing ingredient, do you think? It might start with a "C" and end with "liff Burton".

At least, if you're trying to match KEA and RTL. Justice was a good album, and that had Newstead.

That BARELY had Newstead. His bass was turned almost all the way down.

RevMercutio: That BARELY had Newstead. His bass was turned almost all the way down.

Alas, one of the drawbacks of Justice was that it was horribly, horribly mixed. The mids on the rhythm guitar would waffle on just about any system if turned up past "kinda loud". And I think Newstead had a presence, just not much of a sonic presence. ; )

wpmulligan: Earth, Wind & Fire's Got to Get You Into My Life is the only cover of a Beatles song that is better than the original.

I do like that one better than the original, but for my money I prefer this over its original version as well.

fritopendejo: Radiohead- Kid A should be nuked from orbit as well.

funny, I was just listening to that on vinyl not even half an hour ago... [yup, i have it on cd *and* vinyl]

The Ninj': the songs didn't live up to the expectations of what you would expect from an album 14 years in the making.

And really, how could they? The most brilliant records ever made were turned out in less time.

tequilasundae: remember this??

man oh man did that album ever suck. the only somewhat good song was "hackett to bits", or whatever that instrumental was called.

glad i bought it on vinyl for only one dollar at Value Village...
yeeeeesh.

tequilasundae

whoa... "Vitalogy" ???
that's probably my very favourite pearl jam album!
sure, it had a few "experimental" or "filler" tracks, but it wouldn't've been the same album without them!

[then again, i suppose i COULD do without "stupid mop"....]

what about "having fun with elvis on stage" ?

Third_Uncle_Eno: tequilasundae

whoa... "Vitalogy" ???
that's probably my very favourite pearl jam album!
sure, it had a few "experimental" or "filler" tracks, but it wouldn't've been the same album without them!

[then again, i suppose i COULD do without "stupid mop"....]

Yeah, as far as I'm concerned Immortality is the last song on that record.

Catcher in the Rye and Street of Dreams are really really good songs. Chinese Democracy as a whole is just a good album, and not great.

There is certainly nothing bad about it.

fritopendejo: Radiohead- Kid A should be nuked from orbit as well.

I wouldn't say it's a bad album, per se, it was just on permanent rotation in the various art-school studios I frequented about that time. As a result, I think Thom Yorke should be strung up by his dissonant moaning vocal chords, but that's just me.

Third_Uncle_Eno: what about "having fun with elvis on stage" ?

bellhops ... chambermaids ... FREAKS ... sayin' Im ... STRUNG OUT

/gold, Jerry!

FeedTheCollapse: Standard Used Bin Fodder:

which is odd as that implies someone bothered to buy the album. Or maybe they stole it and then sold it back. Either way, sucks to be the guy caught stealing that album...

The Used Bin Fodder back in my day was mostly composed of stuff people got from Columbia House or the like. Let's see, 12 CDs for a penny? Well, from the list, here's 5 I like... and, uh, let me see, I dunno this sounds like it might be ok...

Third_Uncle_Eno: tequilasundae

whoa... "Vitalogy" ???
that's probably my very favourite pearl jam album!
sure, it had a few "experimental" or "filler" tracks, but it wouldn't've been the same album without them!

[then again, i suppose i COULD do without "stupid mop"....]

Count me in for thinking Vitalogy is awesome...there are some real shiat songs, but still....a favoured classic, as far as I'm concerned.

Glitchwerks: oldweevil: Hmm... shiatty albums...shiatty album cover...

Save it for another "worst album covers" thread that just rips off Farker Bizarre Records once again.

That dude deserves royalties.

Yet, he hasn't added Funny van Dannen - Neues Von Gott. (new window) How can a site like his be without that album cover?

Glitchwerks: Sorry, but "Metal Machine Music" is considered a classic among experimental music fans, and is pretty much a starting point for the extreme noise genre. Not saying I feel that way, but many noise heads do.

DarKrow: Gunny Highway: METAL MACHINE MUSIC?fark you, that album's a goddamn masterpiece. It created a genre!

/Not a troll. I'm serious.
//Transformer's better, though.

Gunny Highway: DarKrow: //Transformer's better, though.

Transformer is a masterpiece. I will throw MMM on the turn table now and give it another chance. I dont anticipate my opinion changing but I will keep an open mind.

Don't waste your time. As a piece of conceptual art - it's brilliant; let RCA put out your own personal fark You to RCA. As music, it's just a goof that helped Lou get out of his contract with RCA. I've had the album for nearly 35 years and have only listened to it once. I worked a record store when it came out and we had to warn potential customers that it wasn't a follow up to Rock n Roll Animal. I can't believe some people didn't get the joke.

HereComesTheScience: Replace Chinese Democracy with this.

I wouldn't say replace. More like ADD this to the list.
(Both suck hard)

i actually own that Leonard Nimoy album, signed by Nimoy himself. wonder if that's worth anything...

my personal addition to this list is:

Japancakes: wpmulligan: Montag19: Not so bad. Redeems Sgt. Peppers.

Earth, Wind & Fire's Got to Get You Into My Life is the only cover of a Beatles song that is better than the original.

I'm genetically incapable of believing a cover song can be superior to an original (just as in my view a remake cannot surpass the original film). I will say however that (IMHO) Isaac Hayes' extended (lasting twelve glorious minutes) string-and-horn drenched "Something" comes the closest to surpassing the original recording. With E,W & F's "GTGYIML" being second runner up.

Then what would you say about Hendrix's cover of "All Along the Watchtower?"

As for movies, the remake of Ocean's Eleven was a hell of a lot better than the original in my opinion. It was a total popcorn flick but still much better.

/Just two examples that immediately popped up in my head

The Chewbacca Defense: Japancakes: wpmulligan: Montag19: Not so bad. Redeems Sgt. Peppers.

Earth, Wind & Fire's Got to Get You Into My Life is the only cover of a Beatles song that is better than the original.

I'm genetically incapable of believing a cover song can be superior to an original (just as in my view a remake cannot surpass the original film). I will say however that (IMHO) Isaac Hayes' extended (lasting twelve glorious minutes) string-and-horn drenched "Something" comes the closest to surpassing the original recording. With E,W & F's "GTGYIML" being second runner up.

Then what would you say about Hendrix's cover of "All Along the Watchtower?"

As for movies, the remake of Ocean's Eleven was a hell of a lot better than the original in my opinion. It was a total popcorn flick but still much better.

/Just two examples that immediately popped up in my head

How about everyone that made a song out of Bob Dylan's work?

There is nothing wrong with covers.

/has heard cover bands that would embarrass the originals many a time

Fano: The Chewbacca Defense: Japancakes: wpmulligan: Montag19: Not so bad. Redeems Sgt. Peppers.

Earth, Wind & Fire's Got to Get You Into My Life is the only cover of a Beatles song that is better than the original.

I'm genetically incapable of believing a cover song can be superior to an original (just as in my view a remake cannot surpass the original film). I will say however that (IMHO) Isaac Hayes' extended (lasting twelve glorious minutes) string-and-horn drenched "Something" comes the closest to surpassing the original recording. With E,W & F's "GTGYIML" being second runner up.

Then what would you say about Hendrix's cover of "All Along the Watchtower?"

As for movies, the remake of Ocean's Eleven was a hell of a lot better than the original in my opinion. It was a total popcorn flick but still much better.

/Just two examples that immediately popped up in my head

How about everyone that made a song out of Bob Dylan's work?

There is nothing wrong with covers.

/has heard cover bands that would embarrass the originals many a time

Heck, if it weren't for covers, nobody would have liked Joy Division.

Fano: How about everyone that made a song out of Bob Dylan's work?

THIS. I'm a HUGE Leonard Cohen fan, but some of his songs are just better by other people.

FDR Jones: my personal addition to this list is:

Why you hatin' on Odetta, fool?

DalaiLamaDingDong: Fano: How about everyone that made a song out of Bob Dylan's work?

THIS. I'm a HUGE Leonard Cohen fan, but some of his songs are just better by other people.

Townes van Zandt too.

tequilasundae:

I thought "Exit The Dragon" was a great album. "The Break" is a terrific song. Probably my favorite UO song. That album, and "Saturation" are my two fave Urge Overkill albums.

evildeathllama:

That Visions "Abnormality" youtube link... Yep. Godawful ear rape. You hit that one on the head, alright. Wow.

If we're starting to count Youtube bands, I submit to you:

Chuggo - Come on farkin' guy (new window)

spammuncher: Don't waste your time. As a piece of conceptual art - it's brilliant; let RCA put out your own personal fark You to RCA. As music, it's just a goof that helped Lou get out of his contract with RCA. I've had the album for nearly 35 years and have only listened to it once. I worked a record store when it came out and we had to warn potential customers that it wasn't a follow up to Rock n Roll Animal. I can't believe some people didn't get the joke.

It may have been a joke, but it's no secret that it inspired everyone from Controlled Bleeding to Merzbow. Even pranksters like Zoviet France owe a lot to Lou's sense of humor. From industrial to avant garde and experimental, it did a lot more than just piss off some rock fans and label execs.

nocturn:
Heck, if it weren't for covers, nobody would have liked Joy Division.

You should hear their version of "Louie Louie".

Also, I have no idea what your statement means.

SPna15: theorellior: Illidan: They're trying to match Kill Em All / Ride the Lightning but they don't have the same talent for artistic composition as before (and Hetfield can't pull off the effect).

What's the missing ingredient, do you think? It might start with a "C" and end with "liff Burton".


Nope. It actually starts with a "D" and ends with "ave Mustaine".

I don't believe you know of which you speak. Cliff was the creative force in that band. Metallica never took off until they moved to the Bay Area and left the LA scene behind, because Cliff wanted no part of it. Only then, after the entire band relocated to suit Cliff, so Cliff could leave Trauma, did Metallica find their sound.

As to Cliff, where did his inspiration come from? He was playing a riff for Kirk one day, and Kirk replied 'that was awesome, where'd you get that'?

'Thin Lizzy'.

'That's a Thin Lizzy riff'?

Cliff laughed.

'They're all Thin Lizzy riffs'.

//Saw 'em in 85 & 86.

Anything by Mariah Carey.

HereComesTheScience: Replace Chinese Democracy with this.

People biatched about selling out when the black album hit - I thought it rocked. However, when they hit their newer, modern era stuff I tuned out. If that's what they want to play, if that is what is in their hearts right now, more power to them. But I don't have to listen, like, or defend it.

/actually, I kind of like this one.
//I seem to be alone in this.

I would never say that others have to share my personal idiosyncrasy. Just because I don't feel covers ever top originals (although I recognize that many are equal in quality to them) doesn't mean that you have to (or do) feel that way.

Although this whole concept of people throwing things they don't personally like into black holes is just too eerily (and unnervingly) reminiscent of people throwing things they don't like into fires. And who throughout history has ever done that?

wpmulligan: Montag19: Not so bad. Redeems Sgt. Peppers.

Earth, Wind & Fire's Got to Get You Into My Life is the only cover of a Beatles song that is better than the original.

I'd put in Los Fabulosos Cadillacs' version of "Strawberry Fields Forever" (nueva ventana) in that category, too. The injection of the ska/latin percussion into it turns the original (slow, spacey and ultimately boring) into a fun little thing.

sotua: I'd put in Los Fabulosos Cadillacs' version of "Strawberry Fields Forever" (nueva ventana) in that category, too. The injection of the ska/latin percussion into it turns the original (slow, spacey and ultimately boring) into a fun little thing.

They do a mean cover of Should I Stay or Should I Go, too.

wpmulligan: sotua: I'd put in Los Fabulosos Cadillacs' version of "Strawberry Fields Forever" (nueva ventana) in that category, too. The injection of the ska/latin percussion into it turns the original (slow, spacey and ultimately boring) into a fun little thing.

They do a mean cover of Should I Stay or Should I Go, too.

Hey, I didn't know that one, currently listening on youtube - awsum...

dstanley: Blasphemer! p/g was an excellent album.

HereComesTheScience: Replace Chinese Democracy with this.

THIS!!!

SPna15: I guess
I'll be the one to say it:

That's a good album, what are you smoking?

SPna15: theorellior: Illidan: They're trying to match Kill Em All / Ride the Lightning but they don't have the same talent for artistic composition as before (and Hetfield can't pull off the effect).

What's the missing ingredient, do you think? It might start with a "C" and end with "liff Burton".


Nope. It actually starts with a "D" and ends with "ave Mustaine".

My god, I think you both are right.

Chinese Democracy was almost a great album except it was missing a few things: Slash, Izzy, Duff, and Adler.

It was the "chemistry" between them all that made GnR's sound.

crimsin23: SPna15: I guess
I'll be the one to say it:

That's a good album, what are you smoking?

Let me copy/paste from earlier in the thread:

The Black Album is boring and uninteresting. It isn't even a bad album. It just is. It stands as a monolithic tribute to mediocrity. The sheer averagness of the album prevents it from being listenable. It is unbearable to listen to for any length of time, because i'm bored before the first song is even done. It lacks any characteristics that make a good album good or a bad album bad. If anyone else but Metallica had made this album, it would have been called what it really is: TRASH.

No Yoko? Listo failo.

heavymetal: Chinese Democracy was almost a great album except it was missing a few things: Slash, Izzy, Duff, and Adler.

It was the "chemistry" between them all that made GnR's sound.

This is true. It isn't great, but it isn't a bad album. It's biggest problem was the hype. No album could've lived up to the hype and bad pub surrounding Chinese Democracy. Not Appetite for Destruction, not Exile on Main Street, not Are You Experienced. I still believe that once all the hype dies down, Chinese Democracy might be more widely appreciated for what it is. A good rock n roll album with hit-and-miss production.

I knew the Nickelback hate would eventually rear it's ugly-ass head.

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Saliva

Fano: That turrible turrible Joe Pesci album.

And Hulk Hogan and the Wrestling Boot Band.

What? Hulk Hogan and the Wrestling Boot Band rules. I especially enjoy the ballad "The World Just Lost Another Hulkmaniac" about a little Hulkmaniac who passed on to the great squared circle in the sky.
When the Hulkster comes to heaven, we'll tag up again.

NorCalLos: I can't believe nobody has mentioned Saliva

Didn't that guy team up with Chad Kroeger at one point?

jhva3: NorCalLos: I can't believe nobody has mentioned Saliva

Didn't that guy team up with Chad Kroeger at one point?

LULZ! I certainly hope not! That would be akin to multiplying by a fraction/decimal. I saw Chad Kroeger at a Rite-Aid or Walgreens in Hollywood once. Why, yes. Yes, he was in the "feminine hygiene" aisle.

NorCalLos: jhva3: NorCalLos: I can't believe nobody has mentioned Saliva

Didn't that guy team up with Chad Kroeger at one point?

LULZ! I certainly hope not! That would be akin to multiplying by a fraction/decimal. I saw Chad Kroeger at a Rite-Aid or Walgreens in Hollywood once. Why, yes. Yes, he was in the "feminine hygiene" aisle.

If there is something that sucks more than this, I don't want to hear it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etp8L9pbqeM

If there is something that sucks more than this, I don't want to hear it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etp8L9pbqeM

Oh, I didn't know the Saliva dude was on that song. They play that crap at my gym. I love my gym, but the music is awful. That reminds me of another song I hear there. In addition to Chris Cornell's latest single, they play a song that is apparently from that Indian movie. Something about a jive ho?

NorCalLos: In addition to Chris Cornell's latest single, they play a song that is apparently from that Indian movie.

I think you're talking about "Colors of the Wind" by Vanessa Williams. Definitely gets me pumped at the gym.

No, it's from that Indian movie that just won an Oscar. It sounds kind African, like they're saying "jive ho" or "dry ho."

(googles)

Slumdog Millionaire, "Jai Ho."

Link (new window)

FeedTheCollapse: jhva3: but I don't really care too much if music sounds dated as long as it sounds good.

But when you sound like a Static-X clone, who were Ministry clones 5 years too late to the party...


admittedly, I didn't listen to the whole album. What little I did hear was, by any measure, terrible. I stand by my statement that any positive reviews the album received came across like someone who hasn't listened to any music since UYI.

That is certainly a fair characterization of some of the tracks on the album, the title track especially, pure garbage. There are some decent songs(or in some cases parts of songs) in there.

evildeathllama: Glitchwerks: Boris S. Wort: I will submit this as probably the worst album ever made...

Actually, if you guys want to know what some people think is the worst music out there right now...

It's right here.

Before forewarned...it's awful.

I hesitate to post this, as it's not so much music as ear rape, but this is the worst track I've ever heard, even worse than that:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzKbjoLUYok (new window)

I'll take a 2nd-rate Cannibal Corpse/Deicide clone over Millionaires anyday. They (Millionaires) have made some of the most insipid "music" I've heard over the years. And I thought BrokeNCYDE was bad.

dstanley you have got to be sh***ing me.

/Between the Wheels
//Distant Early Warning
///The Enemy Within

This headline made me think of this:



An Audio Guide To Everyday Atrocity

/but this is actually a good album
//hotlinked

the_undertow: dstanley you have got to be sh***ing me.

/Between the Wheels
//Distant Early Warning
///The Enemy Within

Afterimage
red lenses
Kid Gloves (in 5/4 time, no less)

Okay, one more...



One of his "mad at Geffen" albums.

/although, Sonic Youth does a great cover of Computer Age

theorellior: dstanley: Blasphemer! p/g was an excellent album.

the_undertow: dstanley you have got to be sh***ing me.

/Between the Wheels
//Distant Early Warning
///The Enemy Within

Successful troll is successful, etc.

/prefers early Rush

Boris S. Wort: Okay, one more...



One of his "mad at Geffen" albums.

/although, Sonic Youth does a great cover of Computer Age

I listened to a few tracks on the youtube from this. I pretty much don't like Neil Young.

If I think that shiat is better than his 'normal' shiat, I must not think much of the guy.

But, still, that album is better than anything by the Black Eyed Peas.

And Mr. Young drove the truck in Devo's video for "worried man", which is pretty cool.

dstanley: theorellior: dstanley: Blasphemer! p/g was an excellent album.

the_undertow: dstanley you have got to be sh***ing me.

/Between the Wheels
//Distant Early Warning
///The Enemy Within

Successful troll is successful, etc.

/prefers early Rush

So do I, but the WORST Rush album is better than 99.9% of the tripe the music industry thrusts upon us.

Glitchwerks: Boris S. Wort: I will submit this as probably the worst album ever made...

Actually, if you guys want to know what some people think is the worst music out there right now...

It's right here.

Before forewarned...it's awful.

The Millionaires are pretty bad, but I can beat that. These idiots actually HAVE a record deal: Hollywood Undead (new window).

They're like a slightly more retarded, emo version of Insane Clown Posse mixed with an even gayer Gym Class Heroes. You can't fathom how bad this shiat is.

Evil Brian The Intern: Glitchwerks: Boris S. Wort: I will submit this as probably the worst album ever made...

Actually, if you guys want to know what some people think is the worst music out there right now...

It's right here.

Before forewarned...it's awful.

The Millionaires are pretty bad, but I can beat that. These idiots actually HAVE a record deal: Hollywood Undead (new window).

They're like a slightly more retarded, emo version of Insane Clown Posse mixed with an even gayer Gym Class Heroes. You can't fathom how bad this shiat is.

sounds like weird al's singing lol

Boris S. Wort: Okay, one more...



One of his "mad at Geffen" albums.

/although, Sonic Youth does a great cover of Computer Age

Isn't that the one that was so bad Geffen sued him?