# Bands you don't really care for ... except that one album **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [July 9, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-you-dont-really-care-for-except-that-one-album/1003957 "2024-07-09T18:48:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-you-dont-really-care-for-except-that-one-album/1003957/1 "2024-07-09T18:48:59Z")
well, title says it all … for me its Fleetwood Mac (never really cared for them) … but they album TUSK is really on high rotation on my music server … > **[Fleetwood Mac 1979 Tusk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3gnGhTCLqs%2F)** > > Track ListingSide one1."Over & Over"Christine McVieC. McVie2."The Ledge"3."Think About Me"4."Save Me a Place"5."Sara" (Edited to 4:39 on earlier CD pressings... what is yours? ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-you-dont-really-care-for-except-that-one-album/1003957/2 "2024-07-09T18:54:35Z")
U2, except for The Joshua Tree. Some of their stuff from before that is good, but I never bothered to listen to it very much. Everything after Joshua Tree is unlistenable to me. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-you-dont-really-care-for-except-that-one-album/1003957/3 "2024-07-09T18:55:35Z")
U2. War, and nothing else. I call them the Pretentious Wankers. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-you-dont-really-care-for-except-that-one-album/1003957/4 "2024-07-09T19:29:28Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > U2, except for The Joshua Tree. > > Some of their stuff from before that is good, but I never bothered to listen to it very much. Everything after Joshua Tree is unlistenable to me. thx, also true for me … U2’s - TJT is really a league of its own … and I also agree on the pretentious wankers comment … * * * found another one: INXS - Kick … great album … all the rest I don’t care for … ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-you-dont-really-care-for-except-that-one-album/1003957/5 "2024-07-09T19:52:17Z")
REO Speedwagon Hi Infidelity is probably in my top 10 albums of all time. Add Can’t Fight This Feeling. Beyond that they don’t do much for me. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-you-dont-really-care-for-except-that-one-album/1003957/6 "2024-07-09T20:02:26Z")
Blondie’s _No Exit_. They have a song here or there from their earlier and later albums that I enjoy, but _No Exit_ is a lot better than their other albums. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-you-dont-really-care-for-except-that-one-album/1003957/7 "2024-07-09T20:12:37Z")
“Hotel California”. Just like with U2 (seemingly like other people here) I have a love/hate relationship with the Eagles, but HC is by far their best studio album and and a classic. All their other albums are kinda boring, though they all contain some gems of songs, most of which are on their “Greatest Hits” which I also like, but I guess compilations don’t count for this thread. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-you-dont-really-care-for-except-that-one-album/1003957/8 "2024-07-09T20:20:07Z")
I should really be in to Radiohead, with my age and other musical tastes but I can’t get into them. But I think _Ok Computer_ is one of the greatest albums of all time. Also the Flaming Lips…never cared for anything they’ve done but I am obsessed with _Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots_. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-you-dont-really-care-for-except-that-one-album/1003957/9 "2024-07-09T20:28:26Z")
I can’t stand **Pink Floyd**. Every time I hear a song of theirs on the radio I change the station. But… I _love_ their first album [The Piper at the Gates of Dawn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Piper_at_the_Gates_of_Dawn). It’s awesome. (In all fairness, I really ought to check out _A Saucerful of Secrets_. I haven’t heard it yet.) ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-you-dont-really-care-for-except-that-one-album/1003957/10 "2024-07-09T20:33:16Z")
The only Queensryche album I have listened to is _Empire_ with the great songs “Silent Lucidity”, “Jet City Woman”, “Best I Can”, “Another Rainy Night (Without You)” , “The Thin Line”, and “Anybody Listening?”. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-you-dont-really-care-for-except-that-one-album/1003957/11 "2024-07-09T20:33:39Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > But… I _love_ their first album [The Piper at the Gates of Dawn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Piper_at_the_Gates_of_Dawn). It’s awesome. (In all fairness, I really ought to check out _A Saucerful of Secrets_. I haven’t heard it yet.) I love almost all Floyd, but TPATGOD really is a different beast than any of their other stuff. It’s the only album that’s dominated by Syd Barrett and showcases his quirky way of writing and performing songs. Later Floyd was also great, but always much too serious and humorless. It already began with “A Saucerful Of Secrets”, so I can’t really recommend it to you with the exception of “Jugband Blues”, which is Barrett’s only contribution for that album. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-you-dont-really-care-for-except-that-one-album/1003957/12 "2024-07-09T20:35:17Z")
I remembered a few more: I love **The Dead Milkmen’s** debut album _Big Lizard in My Backyard_. I’ve probably played it a thousand times, and figured out the bass lines for all the songs. I’ve checked out some of their other albums and… eh, not impressed. **Lou Reed’s** album _Transformer_ is awesome. His other solo stuff? Ugh. (And many music critics say that the success of _Transformer_ was primarily due to the talents of Mick Ronson, not Lou Reed. I can buy that.) ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-you-dont-really-care-for-except-that-one-album/1003957/13 "2024-07-09T20:35:53Z")
The only Whitesnake album I liked was their 1987 self-titled album ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-you-dont-really-care-for-except-that-one-album/1003957/14 "2024-07-09T20:38:54Z")
_Every Picture Tells a Story_ by **Rod Stewart** is a great album, IMO. I don’t care for his other stuff. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-you-dont-really-care-for-except-that-one-album/1003957/15 "2024-07-09T21:10:17Z")
Def Leppard, but their debut LP ‘On Through the Night’ was good straight up un hyphenated hard rock. Much much better than the radio friendly poppy material that came later. ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-you-dont-really-care-for-except-that-one-album/1003957/16 "2024-07-09T21:27:28Z")
The only Neil Young album I like is Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. And I like it a lot. Of course there are many I haven’t heard. The only Fleetwood Mac album that’s any good is Kiln House. Nothing momentous, but fun to listen to. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-you-dont-really-care-for-except-that-one-album/1003957/17 "2024-07-09T21:30:12Z")
Katy Perry generally isn’t my kind of music in general, but I consider Teenage Dream to be one of the greatest pop albums ever recorded. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-you-dont-really-care-for-except-that-one-album/1003957/18 "2024-07-09T21:46:41Z")
I’ve got one that might be controversial in certain circles: “0304” by Jewel. When that album came out Jewel’s fans were dismayed. The style is very unlike her previous work. But I wasn’t a Jewel fan and I loved this album. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-you-dont-really-care-for-except-that-one-album/1003957/19 "2024-07-09T21:53:51Z")
> [@Jaycat.again](#): > > The only Neil Young album I like is Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. And I like it a lot. Of course there are many I haven’t heard. The thing about Neil Young is that it seems every album is a different genre. You don’t have to like every one, and I’d be surprised if there more than a few people that do. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-you-dont-really-care-for-except-that-one-album/1003957/20 "2024-07-09T21:56:02Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I love **The Dead Milkmen’s** debut album _Big Lizard in My Backyard_. I’ve probably played it a thousand times, and figured out the bass lines for all the songs. I’ve checked out some of their other albums and… eh, not impressed. What, no love for _Beelzebubba_? You infidel! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-you-dont-really-care-for-except-that-one-album/1003957.md?page=2)