Most disappointing album of all time?

What in your humble opinion was the most disappointing lp you ever blew $15-35 dollars on? Not talking so much about the worst album, just which ones, when push came to shove, came far short of your expectations? Failed to deliver the goods? Bring you to your knees in orgasmatic fits of pleasure?....erm, you get the idea. Anywho, my nominee is:

Standing on The Shoulders of Giants by OASIS!

Coming off their fairly acceptable Be Here Now, which at least had the decency to have some great songs, Standing felt like an operation to remove a persistant tumor in your stomach with no knock-out gas. By and far the worst Oasis album, it served to ruin me on any further Oasis releases and did nothing to promote Liam's potential songwriting ability. 'Little James' is the equivalent of tear gas released on an unsuspecting populace in summertime, and the cold sting of nuclear winter that is Liam's lyrics does little to nullify the sickening feeling. 'Fucking in The Bushes' is the most compelling tune because it is bereft of lyrics (something Noel should be commended for). If anyone feels I'm being too harsh, just pick up the album yourself and watch as your faith in the power of the human spirit is tested by Liam's off-key ally cat singing and the sub-Who and Beatles riffs that permeate this godawful tripe. Be advised, however: You will never want to hear any Oasis music ever again in you life.

Haven't heard the Oasis album Tabsy, (Be Here Now was the end of the line for me w/Oasis) so I'll take yer word for it.

For me, the second Jam album, This Is The Modern World, is one of the weakest albums I've ever heard. A couple of decent tunes on the first side (the title song, Life From A Window, and I Need You) along with a mediocre cover song (In The Midnight Hour), and the rest is a sorry state of affairs with dumb lyrics and song subjects (the traffic? please!). "If we tell you that you got two days to live then don't complain cos that's one more than you'd get in Zaire". Any other songs that concern Mobutu, Paul? It's almost hard to belive that this same band would soon make All Mod Cons, Setting Sons, Sound Affects, and The Gift, plus a number of outstanding singles and b-sides, but This Is The Modern World ranks well below all of the others in the Jam canon.

Originally posted by Green Haven't heard the Oasis album Tabsy, (Be Here Now was the end of the line for me w/Oasis) so I'll take yer word for it. For me, the second Jam album, This Is The Modern World, is one of the weakest albums I've ever heard. A couple of decent tunes on the first side (the title song, Life From A Window, and I Need You) along with a mediocre cover song (In The Midnight Hour), and the rest is a sorry state of affairs with dumb lyrics and song subjects (the traffic? please!). "If we tell you that you got two days to live then don't complain cos that's one more than you'd get in Zaire". Any other songs that concern Mobutu, Paul? It's almost hard to belive that this same band would soon make All Mod Cons, Setting Sons, Sound Affects, and The Gift, plus a number of outstanding singles and b-sides, but This Is The Modern World ranks well below all of the others in the Jam canon.

i dont believe it!! i fuckin love this album.....

REPUBLIC

'The Second Comming' The Stone Roses, what a big let down apart from track 7'

Northside - "Chicken Rhythms"....seriously!

"Lovely" by The Primitives

Fook knows what I was thinking getting this.... I suppose I just wanted some lighter pop stuff as an antidote to all the crazy manic shit I was listenin' to at the time (Big Black, Kennedys, Black Flag, all the usual Hardcore and Oi suspects) but I never reckoned on such pappy tenth-rate Blondie tosh like this. Definitely my most misguided purchase, ever!! Thank fook I never bought into Transvision Vamp either!

I agree with the nomination of The Stone Roses' "Second Coming". In retrospect there are some good tracks on the album (Ten Storey Love Song, Your Star Will Shine, Begging You, How Do You Sleep) but at the time of its eventual release it was a huge disappointment because the band (and John Squire in particular) had moved so far in the wrong musical direction that they didn't seem like the same band that recorded Sally Cinnamon, Waterfall and Fools Gold. The story of The Stone Roses is a lesson in how to make great music followed by a lesson how to destroy a great band in the making.

I can think of a few other disappointing albums but for the moment I'll just nominate one: Daft Punk's "Discovery". "Homework" was great but after Stardust's "Music Sounds Better With You" was released it seemed possible that Daft Punk's next album could be a classic, when the music press raved about the album it seemed likely that it was going to be a classic and when "One More Time" was released it seemed a certainty that it was going to be a classic. When "Discovery" was released it became clear that Daft Punk had lost the plot and the public had been led up the garden path. Too many of the other tracks either disappeared up their own wormhole to the 1980's or petered out before they had really got anywhere and none of them recreated the Paris-meets-Ibiza magic of "Music Sounds Better With You" or "One More Time". The thing I remember most about the album was the realisation after I had listened to my copy for the first time that I didn't really want to listen to it again.

Kid A by Radiohead...people told me I had to listen to it at least 5 times. I did and still didn't discover a song. Far to pretentious for my taste.

liz phair's exile in guyville.

it's not a horrendous record, but it has a lot of filler that i skip. i think this record has been over-hyped as her best work, when it's not. whitechocolatespaceeeg is her best!;)

Originally posted by Coen van der Voort Kid A by Radiohead...people told me I had to listen to it at least 5 times. I did and still didn't discover a song. Far to pretentious for my taste.

Did the same people also tell you to programme your CD player so it missed out the songs "Kid A", "The National Anthem", "How To Disappear Completely", "Optimistic", "Idioteque", "Morning Bell" and "Motion Picture Soundtrack"? They may not be three-minute pop songs but they're not free jazz-style improvisations or instrumental dance tracks either. "Kid A" is an album by a band that wanted to experiment, just like New Order did in the early 1980's.

The Second Coming by the Stone Roses gets my vote too. I waited so long for this album and had the pleasur of living in London when it was released but I have never been so completly disappointed with any album. I still can't listen to it. I also really hated Raise the Pressure when it came out. Too cheesy but now I don't mind it so much. I actually enjoyed Republic and still do. I think Barney's best lyrics come from that album. At least it's much stronger lyrically than Get Ready which has at least one horrilbe line in each song and most have way too many repeated choruses.

other disappointing albums

The Charlatans - Tellin Stories & Us and Us Only

both of these are terrible when compared to the previous 4 albums they released. North Country Boy makes me sick....

the b-sides collection is nice.

Originally posted by Biznotic Love Trapazoid The Charlatans - Tellin Stories & Us and Us Only both of these are terrible when compared to the previous 4 albums they released. North Country Boy makes me sick....

I agree that Us And Us Only is disappointing but I can't agree with your nomination of Tellin' Stories: it's their best album. The Charlatans' career seems to follow a two steps forward, one step back pattern, except for Tellin' Stories and Us And Us Only which were four steps forward followed by three steps back.

Nic, I didn't say "Idioteque" was bad. I was pointing out that contrary to popular opinion there are songs on "Kid A" and "Idioteque" is one of them (I could have gone on to say that it's my favourite track on the album but I go on enough). By the way, Nic, after "Kid A" was released a superstar DJ (I think it was Paul Oakenfold) played "Idioteque" in some of his sets (possibly in Ibiza) and included the track on a mix album. Even more bizarrely, after "Amnesiac" was released a number of producers and remixers made dance remixes of "Pyramid Song" and released them on white labels. Some people may have been disappointed by Radiohead's new direction but some people on the dance music scene heard something they liked.

Radiohead can only dream of being The Aphex Twin....

Ho hum.

Originally posted by Karl Gregory Radiohead can only dream of being The Aphex Twin....Ho hum.

Radiohead don't dream of being The Aphex Twin because his largely instrumental music can't communicate political ideas and observations on the human condition in the same way that Thom Yorke can in his lyrics. The Aphex Twin and DJ Shadow may have inspired them to experiment with electronic instruments and sampling but they don't want to be The Aphex Twin. If they did, why have they used their recent European gigs to try out new songs that have been compared to songs on "The Bends" and "OK Computer"?

By the way, on the subject of disappointing albums why have I only listened to the Aphex Twin albums in my collection once or twice and why haven't I got round to buying the ones I haven't got? Could it be that regardless of how innovative, imaginative and prolific he is he is so obsessed with proving how innovative, imaginative and prolific he is that he would rather disappear up his own arse than make the truly great album that he is so clearly capable of making?