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worst album you ever bought?

oneflewover said:
Self titled Moondog from the Book and Record Exchange, Hull. probably only 75p (this will have been about 1972), I cried when I heard it. Just one track was Ok and that was the same as the sample one I already had.

I don't mind that record . It's certainly not the best but I wouldn't say it's the worst ever ( unless you just have a great collection ) I also like the cover so at least I have a nice cover I can look at :D
 
Extensions by Manahattan Transfer - it really was awful, the worst jazz in the the world. ever.

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avoid at all costs
 
Well at the time I was extremely disappointed with Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music", purchased on the day it came out.

So I exchanged it ...

Yep ... I know, I know ...
 
Something called 'These Acid Stars' by J Xaverre that I bought on a random purchase whim. I can't even remember exactly what it sounds like now but I remember really hating it.
 
:o :o :o Deeply ashamed but "The Joshua Tree" by U2

Stadium-MOR bollocks with god-squaddery thrown in for christian bible-belt market.
 
Oh, I've bought some real doozies in my time. Hardly know where to start.

There's one by Pete Murphy of Bauhaus I wiped from my memory. And I remember being bitterly disappointed by the Psychedelic Furs' "Mirror Moves", having loved them up until then.

But I think the prize goes to a live Chuck Berry album I bought once. Chuck was a genius, but this was just utter pants. I melted it into an ashtray (I smoked at the time).
 
tangerinedream said:
No way is 'the memphis sessions' by wet wet wet the worst thing I've ever bought. (on ten inch vinyl as well)
:eek: Aha! Oops, erm... :o

:D

Actually, that Foreigner album with 'I Wanna Know What Love Is' on it was pretty bad...said song being the only (cheesily) decent track. And 'Slippery When Wet' by Bon Jovi sounds pretty rough these days...the singles were the only tracks worth listening to...

No - I have it. 'Son Of Albert' by Andrew fucking Ridgeley. What was I thinking of...? :o :rolleyes:
 
Manic Street Preachers - Know Your Enemy was the last god awful album i bought, when did that come out? 2003/4?
 
Savage Henry said:
I don't mind that record . It's certainly not the best but I wouldn't say it's the worst ever ( unless you just have a great collection ) I also like the cover so at least I have a nice cover I can look at :D

Moondog not in my collection anymore (thankfully), as for my collection, it's now well diluted thanks to a 12year daughter and Mrs OFO who is still adding to her Donnie Osmonds and musical soundtracks.
 
Ludacris - Chicken n Beer..... off the back of the single Stand Up (produced by Kanye West if my memory serves) got it home to find that the rest of the album is produced by his mates from school and a couple of up and coming cats from just down the road from his house. Sounds of Wackness.

Second place goes to the Streetfighter 2 soundtrack (saved from the top spot only cause its got a good Rass Kass track on it).
 
zed66 said:
Buju Banton-'Til Shiloh......one play then bin. Supposedly "roots meets dancehall" classic.


I think 'til Shiloh is an excellent album.
Worst CD I bought was of an R+B band playing in pub when I was 16 years old and leathered.
 
Firstly - I second Tangerinedream's defence of "This is Hardcore" am (or certainly was ) very into Pulp and this is my favourite of their albums. Particularly "Glory Days".

Anyway.

Bruce Willis' Album - The Return of Bruno. On vinyl. Saved up out of my pocket money and purchased from WHSmiths in Bexleyheath...
(or is crap stuff we liked and bought as kids a whole ther thread?)
 
spanglechick said:
Firstly - I second Tangerinedream's defence of "This is Hardcore" am (or certainly was ) very into Pulp and this is my favourite of their albums. Particularly "Glory Days".
Indeed. The words 'Pulp' and 'bad album' do be an oxymoron make.

Now, you would think that the album that Philip Oakey made with Giorgio Moroder would be an instant classic wouldn't you, what with its being a collaboration of two of the most inspirational synth pop pioneers of the C20? Especially as it featured the sublime 'Together In Electric Dreams'...? Well, sadly it's not - that's the only really good song on there and the rest is tired electronic chugging desperately stretched out to the length of a long-playing record. :(
 
Proud Mary- Cant eve remember what it was called pile of shite listened to it twice never again. Gave it to one of my mates.
 
King Biscuit Time said:
I think 'til Shiloh is an excellent album.


Bought it the same day as Barrington Levy "Here I Come" and Eek a Mouse "Wa Do Dem".I think 'til Shiloh just suffered in comparison. Been playing these two on a near daily basis since I got them.Some albums/tracks just seem to insist on a 2nd playing straight away, some grow on you slowly and some you just never want to hear again. All subjective innit.
 
I've got some dreadful compilations featuring flat-as-a-cowpat session muso interpretations of pop hits, such as the 'TOTP' series (that bizarrely lasted until 1985). :rolleyes:

And this fecking dire dig's rod of a tape I got for about 49p in an Asda bargain bin in 1986 called 'Men Only' which consists of horrific session versions of songs by luminaries such as Phil Collins, Paul Young, Peter Cetera and Belouis Some. :eek: Seeing as it's likely to have since been criminalised, maybe I should flush it down the khazi...?
 
I'm really careful about my LP purchases as I don't buy that many. I've been given some real stinkers though. A friend in Zurich (sadly dead now) gave me a CD done by a friend of hers called Gigi Moto and that stands out.
 
Bentley Rhythm Ace - Ragtopskodadiscocarchase. or whatever it was called. So captivating I fell asleep listening to it, ignored it on my shelf for 3 whole years, tried again, and fell asleep again. Off to the charity shop it went.
 
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