# Atrocious albums by artists you adore **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 27, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atrocious-albums-by-artists-you-adore/519168 "2009-11-27T20:32:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atrocious-albums-by-artists-you-adore/519168/1 "2009-11-27T20:32:04Z")
I’m really a fan of Neil Young. He has made so many albums, various masterpieces, many solid, some mediocre, some strange, but then there is “Landing On Water”. This album is so horrible, utter dreck that I have been able to listen to it only twice in my life. I still can’t see the point why this was ever recorded, let alone released. Another example would be Dylan’s “Knocked Out Loaded” (minus Brownsville Girl). What a crap from a man who made “Blood On The Tracks” and a dozen other masterpieces. And don’t let me start talking about “Cut The Crap” by the Clash. It’s got its best description in it’s title… Which are your examples? ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atrocious-albums-by-artists-you-adore/519168/2 "2009-11-27T20:40:27Z")
Metallica - St. Anger. They had been going downhill for a few years, but this was a freefall into crap. It also has the worst drumming I’ve ever heard on a CD. Pat Metheny - [Zero Tolerance for Silence](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Tolerance_for_Silence). Basically a CD full of noise. Obviously some sort of experiment for Pat. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atrocious-albums-by-artists-you-adore/519168/3 "2009-11-27T21:04:49Z")
I was once a huge fan of Judy Collins. Bought everything–her early albums, Best Of. Then I got _Whales & Nightingales_. Ewwwwww. That plus a couple of live concerts ended my Judy Collins fandom. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atrocious-albums-by-artists-you-adore/519168/4 "2009-11-27T21:13:43Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Metallica - St. Anger. They had been going downhill for a few years, but this was a freefall into crap. It also has the worst drumming I’ve ever heard on a CD. It’s funny that you mention the drumming, because I think that the worst drumming ever recorded is in “Driftin’ Too Far From Shore” from “Knocked Out Loaded”, one of the albums I mentioned in my OP. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atrocious-albums-by-artists-you-adore/519168/5 "2009-11-27T21:19:06Z")
Yes: _Open Your Eyes_ I can handle _90125_ and _Big Generator_, though they aren’t the greatest; but OYE is utter crap, the only album of theirs that I pretend doesn’t exist. Rush: everything from _Counterparts_ onward. As for Metallica - I’m not a huge fan, but a fan nonetheless; as far as I’m concerned, their last album was _…And Justice For All_. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atrocious-albums-by-artists-you-adore/519168/6 "2009-11-27T22:50:46Z")
Madonna. Of course her classic stuff is the best, but I was right there with her through _Ray of Light_, _Music_, _American Life_, and even found some stuff to love on _Confessions on a Dance Floor._ \*Hard Candy \*is so so so so so so _so_ bad! ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atrocious-albums-by-artists-you-adore/519168/7 "2009-11-28T01:46:18Z")
I love Bruce Springsteen, but Human Touch / Lucky Town were a big “meh” for me.