Top 5 most disapointing albums you bought

[Franklin]

It is nice to see an old thread from 2006 resurface again. It reminded me of just how long I have participated in this forum. It also reminded me of why I enjoy participating at this forum now more than ever.

Comments on previously mentioned albums:
Yes - Close to the Edge. Traditional prog rock is not for everyone, particularly on a hard rock/metal website. All I can say is, if everyone in the room is laughing, and you're looking around with a blank look on your face, then you're the one who didn't get the punchline. And to write words to the effect I can't believe the same guys who did 90125 did this... I'm lucky. I like all eras of Yes (much like I like all eras of Black Sabbath), but there are far more Yes fans who would make that same statement, only instead implying that 90125 is the bad album.

Metallica - Black Album. For some reason, it is fashionable to love early Metallica and bash this "sell-out" album. Like it or not, this album is a more accessible album with loads of great songs on it.

AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt cheap. For some reason, it is fashionable to repeat the cliche that AC/DC just does the same song over and over again. (Likewise, it is fashionable to say all death metal sounds alike, right RLP?) It's not. And especially not on this album. Try comparing the short, rocking song Rocker with the pensive, slow song Ride On and tell me they all sound alike. Listen to the album, boys, before spouting off cliched opinions.

OK, now on to my own disappointments:

Rush - Signals. Rush had been my favorite band and I had dutifully purchased albums Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, Exit Stage Left on the day of their release. 1983 started to mark a time of transition in my life and by the time I got around to Signals it had been out a while. I could not get into it. Rush had been moving toward conventional song lengths with their previous releases, but Signals featured none of the full-length epics I had grown to love. It took about 15 years before I started to like the album, but it is still not one of my favorites.

Pink Floyd - The Final Cut. I owned every Pink Floyd album. I went to Pink Floyd-themed Laserium shows. I went to see the Pink Floyd documentaries when they showed at the downtown Santa Barbara theaters. The Wall was phenomenally great. Animals, before it, was phenomenally great (in fact, it remains my all-time favorite album). Then this stinker came out. I probably still have the vinyl out in my garage, but I never upgraded to the CD later, or even downloaded the MP3. Why bother? I wouldn't ever have played it.

Electric Wizard, Sleep, Reverend Bizarre. I asked for some doom metal recommendations here and bought albums by these three groups, but didn't like them very much. In recent listens, the Reverend Bizarre started to grow on my a little, but only a little.

Like others have stated, I have started to listen more to youtube and other sources before buying CDs. That has helped reduce the disappointments. Lately, however, I bought two Black Country Communion albums and a Joe Bonamassa album based on having read about them here on this forum. I have no idea if I'm going to like them or not. I haven't yet had time to open the box from Amazon, though I will this weekend. I could be delighted. I could be disappointed. I will let you know.

[Icy Sun]

Electric Wizard, Sleep, Reverend Bizarre. I asked for some doom metal recommendations here and bought albums by these through groups, but didn't like them very much. In recent listens, the Reverend Bizarre started to grow on my a little, but only a little.

Which Sleep album did you get? I think Dopesmoker/Jersulam is boring as hell and way overrated. Sleep's Holy Mountain on the other hand, is essential listening for any die-hard fan of 70s Sabbath.

[Franklin]

It was Dopesmoker. Perhaps I should give Holy Mountain a listen.

[Ochlocracy]

AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt cheap. For some reason, it is fashionable to repeat the cliche that AC/DC just does the same song over and over again. (Likewise, it is fashionable to say all death metal sounds alike, right RLP?) It's not. And especially not on this album. Try comparing the short, rocking song Rocker with the pensive, slow song Ride On and tell me they all sound alike. Listen to the album, boys, before spouting off cliched opinions.

That album seems top cop the most "It sounds the same" shit because it has a few 12 bar blues songs. It's funny because most people that listen to rock-hard rock can recognise Back in Black or Highway to Hell instantly, even though "They sound the same".

[devstorm]

1. Metallica: And Justice for All - Call me crazy, I wanted a continuation of the Master Of Puppets vibe. I got a boring album by a band that should have probably broke up when they lost their bass player.
2. Iron Maiden: Virtual X1 this is an album to listen to if you hate yourself and want to listen to bad music by a great band.
3. Iron Maiden: X Factor. Blayze couldnt sing a note to save his life. And as instrumentals the songs still would have bored me silly. Bruce was able to salvage Man on The Edge live which I suppose means 1 out of the 8 or 10 songs was close to sort of decent.
4. Iron Maiden: A Matter of Life And Death - Theres some good guitar solos. Barring that, I dislike this one.
5. Iron Maiden: Fear Of The Dark - Not nearly as horrible compared to those IM albums listed above. Yet I couldn't get into much of it.

Id add Ozzy black rain to the list, but I never actually bought it. I downloaded it illegally and then deleted it. what a miserably bad album!

[Ellbery]

1. Dehumanizer (Black Sabbath) - I was expecting something more like H&H and MR or at least more like the Dio solo stuff
2. No Prayer For The Dying (Iron Maiden) - The songs weren't there and Janick Gers (Perfect for Gillan) was a poor replacement for Adrian Smith
3. Ozzmosis (Ozzy) - Asides from Perry Mason I was totally underwelmed!
4. The Battle Rages On (Deep Purple) - An un-inspired Blackmore rehashes old Rainbow riffs
5. Into the Light (David Coverdale) - I was wanting a return to the old Whitesnake and I didn't even get new Whitesnake

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Can't think of 5 at the moment, however:

Iced Earth - The Crucible of Man: not that bad an album but such a let down after Framing Armageddon and a weak conclusion to the story.
Iron Maiden - No Prayer For The The Dying / Fear Of The Dark: The two just didn't do it for me. A lot of people have listed the recent albums as their choices, but none of them are bad ... they just take an absolute age to appreciate. I've played them a lot and I'm only just starting to think they're really good. A lot of people might not be as patient as me!
Metallica - St Anger: The title tracks okay but even that's not particularly good when compared to their earlier masterpeices.

[Tilman]

Dark Tranquility - (Forgot the name of the album, because it was that bad) Usually a great band.

Type O Negative - Slow Deep and Hard ("live" Album)
Disappointed because of the poor sound quality. I never found out, if that was a real life album, or a fake live album, or part/part ... Only good track is Paranoid (studio Version) on that release.

Black Sabbath - Live at Last
(Sound was very poor, performance rather average)

Paradise Lost - Gothic
(Very poor sound, indeed)

I do own a few CD´s that I would have no problem parting with, but these came to mind, right now.

I was disappointed of Ozzmosis, like many of you, but it still doesn´t make the top five. Maybe I´ll give it a spin, again.
(Only bought Down to Earth from Ozzy, after that, being a huge disappointment, as well, so I stopped listening to Ozzy-solo albums later than No More Tears)

[Icy Sun]

1. Dehumanizer (Black Sabbath) - I was expecting something more like H&H and MR or at least more like the Dio solo stuff
2. No Prayer For The Dying (Iron Maiden) - The songs weren't there and Janick Gers (Perfect for Gillan) was a poor replacement for Adrian Smith
3. Ozzmosis (Ozzy) - Asides from Perry Mason I was totally underwelmed!
4. The Battle Rages On (Deep Purple) - An un-inspired Blackmore rehashes old Rainbow riffs
5. Into the Light (David Coverdale) - I was wanting a return to the old Whitesnake and I didn't even get new Whitesnake

How long ago was your disappointment with Dehumanizer? I hope after the initial shock of it being so different from Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules has worn off and you can go back to it with a fresh mind, because it really is a great album.

[Ellbery]

How long ago was your disappointment with Dehumanizer? I hope after the initial shock of it being so different from Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules has worn off and you can go back to it with a fresh mind, because it really is a great album.

I still don't like it as much as the other Dio stuff, it's certainly one of my least favourite Sabbath albums. I loved the single TV Crimes (bought it and played it to death) heard the album and it took about 10yrs to finally buy it!! I did the same with Tyr but when I finally bought it I liked it. Dehumanizer is just meh!!

[Wall 666]

In no order:
1 - Deep Purple - Who Do We Think We Are - an appropriate question indeed with this release. The only highlight is the fact that this led to a line-up change and the fantastic Burn album. WDWTWA is a very, very poor album. The worst mk.2 release by far.
2 - Deep Purple - Abandon - I'm not a fan of Ian Gillan, though that is due to some of the crap he spews out in interviews (and lyrics one could argue quite frequently) and not his vocal abilities. Just doesn't click like Bananas and most or Rapture...
3 - Ozzy - Ozzmosis - 1-2 good tracks and thats it for me. I just don't like it.
4 - Pink Floyd - Final Cut - I liked the Roger Waters work on the In The Flesh album and I just discovered Pink Floyd so got this. Equally as bad as their monumental lapse of reason album
5 - Iced Earth - Crucible - 1) Barlow's vocals...I prefer Ripper by a long shot. Barlow's vocals aren't always awful but what irritates me is when he overdoes it. On this album to me, 1-2 tracks aside, he sounds bored - all 100 layers of him. 2) The songwriting is poor, repetitive and boring to be honest. I approached the album with an open mind despite the departure of Ripper (I wouldn't have given it time of day otherwise) and was let down. The single was good - I Walk Alone - I think (or I forget the tracks name - I know Tarja also had a track by that name so I may have mixed up the song names).

Thanks to youtube, I rarely buy a poor album - the above are examples where I didn't do my homework and paid the price accordingly. Though I strongly disagree with piracy and illegal downloads, the ability to hear the music on youtube has been very influential - it is an incredibly effective marketing tool. I hope this does not change as the ability to hear music before purchase is a great benefit to the consumer.

[Charger]

I agree with Crucible Of Man and Ozzmosis and to an extent with Who Do We Think We Are, but that one does have two great songs (Woman From Tokyo and Mary Long)...As a whole though I do agree that it is the worst of the early MK2 albums, but House Of Blue Light is the worst one of them all...

Abandon however is brilliant...imo. Watching The Sky, Seventh Heaven, Any Fole Kno That, Evil Louie, 69 are all great songs. But I do understand your point, if you don't like Ian, you don't like him and I respect that.

Crucible Of Man...hell I didn't even buy that one...was just way too mad at Shaffer for the shit he pulled on Tim. Barlow is a good singer, but nothing and I mean NOTHING compared to Tim.

[DiosSword]

With two exceptions, I never actually bought any of these but having a friend who owned a record shop, I was able to listen to them before shelling out the cash...

Rush - Grace Under Pressure. I was a huge fan of everything up to and including Signals, but when they went completely electronic (Simmons Drums always nauseated me), trying to be Tears For Fears, U2, etc., they lost me. I've liked some of the stuff they've done since, but I never returned to the level of "fandom" I had from 1980-84. Actually bought years after release, and it still sucked! Of course, it was released at a horrible time in my life; within the space of several weeks, my father was killed, I was kicked out of high school and my girlfriend dumped me.

Triumph - The Sport Of Kings. Another band I was a huge fan of and I still rate them as one of the best live bands I ever saw. That album was a lame-arsed attempt at being a Canadian version of Journey, Foreigner, etc. I almost shat when I heard "Someone's Out There" on Top 40 (s)hit radio. I had caught them on their past three tours but passed on them from then on until they broke up. Never bought.

Kansas - Drastic Measures. One of my all-time favourite bands going back to high school days. Not only was their signature voice, Steve Walsh, gone but also their violinist and second vocalist, Robby Steinhardt. "Fight Fire With Fire" had a good riff (Kerry Livgren still had his talent for those) but overall it was a barely-competent AOR album. Their 1986 reformation album, Power, was worlds better, even though Steinhardt was still gone. Never bought.

Judas Priest - Turbo. A letter in Kerrang! described it best: "a cross between Twisted Sister and ZZ Top." It had a couple of good songs on it, and I later bought it on cassette (and subsequently got rid of it) like "Out In The Cold" and "Reckless," but it was the worst example I can come up with of a band that helped define heavy metal completely selling out to U.S. radio and MTV. I saw the tour in Detroit and they used the guitar synths on the old songs! Imagine "Victim of Changes" with this farty-sounding "eerrruuummmmpppoop" in it. Goofy looking stage show (giant erector-set robot) and glam-rock costumes. Dokken supported and were much better.

Deep Purple - The House Of Blue Light. Just bad songwriting in general, and Ian Gillan later revealed that part of that was because some of the songs on the album were actually demos, because Blackmore refused to re-cut them. However, I did see the tour and it was brilliant - probably the loudest show I've ever seen...

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That album seems top cop the most "It sounds the same" shit because it has a few 12 bar blues songs. It's funny because most people that listen to rock-hard rock can recognise Back in Black or Highway to Hell instantly, even though "They sound the same".

Angus Young has gladly owned up to all their albums sounding the same!

[Icy Sun]

4 - Pink Floyd - Final Cut - I liked the Roger Waters work on the In The Flesh album and I just discovered Pink Floyd so got this. Equally as bad as their monumental lapse of reason album

You were just getting into Pink Floyd, and you got The Final Cut and A Momentary Lapse of Reason??? Has someone corrected you yet? Their most classic albums are Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall.

[kamikazetom]

Here's the ones I can think of for now

1. Van Halen - Diver Down - to me a big let down after Fair warnign & Women & Children first
2. Pink floyd - The Final Cut
3. Black Sabbath - Never Say die - Still can't get into this one
4. Blue Oyster Cult - Imaginos

[DISCMAN1969]

Off the top of my head:

1) Blow Up Your Video- AC/DC.... I love them but that was a bad record
2) Diver Down- Van Halen.... Just too quirky for me.
3) Get A Grip- Aerosmith.....Just tired of the pop rock crap they were doing then.
4) Unmasked- Kiss.....Just crap IMO

[VikingChrist]

Type O Negative - Slow Deep and Hard ("live" Album) Disappointed because of the poor sound quality. I never found out, if that was a real life album, or a fake live album, or part/part ... Only good track is Paranoid (studio Version) on that release.

I think you mean "Origin of the Feces". "Slow Deep and Hard" is their first album, "Origin of the Feces" is basically just a re-recording of that album. It's not live, it's fake. As I recall, it was recorded in someone's (I think Josh Silver's) basement because they were contractually obligated to produce a live record but didn't want to do it. I think that record is kinda funny.

[Wall 666]

Abandon however is brilliant...imo. Watching The Sky, Seventh Heaven, Any Fole Kno That, Evil Louie, 69 are all great songs. But I do understand your point, if you don't like Ian, you don't like him and I respect that.

The album may grow on me. I don't get rid of albums because as I have discovered in the past, some albums take time to click or the right circumstances - for example, if it weren't for Deep Purple's Mk.3 & 4, I would have written off Whitesnake. If it weren't for Rainbow, I would never have tried Deep Purple and if it weren't for Sabbath, no Rainbow (prior to Sabbath I only heard Since You've Been Gone & I Surrender...I still cannot stand them). At best, they will grow on me at worst it goes into storage in the loft.

It isn't that I dislike Ian's vocals - I do enjoy the Gillan's Inn album a lot thanks to Born Again but I do prefer Mk.3 & 4 and some of his comments which I have read made me lose a lot of respect. I mean like Motorhead, I love the music and agree with some of Lemmy's opinions but some of them are repellant to me. I focus on the music rather than the individual.

As a whole though I do agree that it is the worst of the early MK2 albums, but House Of Blue Light is the worst one of them all...

I don't mind House of Blue Light. One of my favourite songs is Mad Dog - I love the riff. I wouldn't say it is the strongest album but I rate it higher than WDWTWA. I quite like the roughness of some of the tracks which as Diosword says were pulled from demos.

Barlow is a good singer, but nothing and I mean NOTHING compared to Tim.

Couldn't agree more. It is great to see Tim in Charred Walls of the Damned. I've just gotten round to listening to the new album and so far so good

You were just getting into Pink Floyd, and you got The Final Cut and A Momentary Lapse of Reason??? Has someone corrected you yet? Their most classic albums are Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall.

Momentary Lapse nearly killed the band for me and Final Cut did not help. It was only the fact that I had also picked up Darkside of the Moon that I stuck with the band plus some of the wall material live by Roger Waters. A friend very quickly pointed me towards Animals and Wish You Were Here - I love those two albums. I recently picked up The Wall so I look forward to listening to it.

Some albums are still challenging to listen too but I am sticking with them and being rewarded as a result. A very good band.

[Jonas Psalter]

1) Let It Be- Beatles (Phil Spector shouldv'e gotten a restraining order to STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM THE BEATLES! Everything that man touches turns to crap!)
2) A Day at The Races- Queen (I love Queen's 70s stuff, but for some reason this is just way too poppish)
3) Takin' it to The Streets (....and beyond until Cycles [do NOT like Micheal McDonald with the group, its just not the Doobies without Tom Johnston)- Doobie Brothers

thats all i can think of now.

[Thelemech]

Only one real disappointment (I'm careful what I buy)

Megadeth So Far So Good So What the remastered and remixed version - what was Dave thinking adding that horn at the front and the ghost voices on mary jane
and other remix faux pas. Truly I seek out an old version like I use to own,

[Totentanz]

I think the greatest disappointments come from bands we love. It can be a let down to read a killer review of some band that's new to you and find that when you get the album home it's crap, but it's a whole new level of disappointment when it's a band you love.

Bands where I bought albums on the strength of review or recommendation, only to find I really disliked the band: Mastodon, Shadows Fall, Sleep + many others (I do more research online these days).

Examples of disappointments where bands I loved just went and left me sad - these felt far worse in terms of the level of disappointment:
Metallica - Load. The Black Album had some bad signs, but still had some decent elements too. Load is just all-out plain crap. Other stuff they did got worse, but this was where the high expectation got well and truly fried.
Laibach - WAT. I waited about 5 years for the follow up to one of the greatest metal albums of all time and what did they do? Completely remove the guitar. One of my top 5 bands, but I was gutted.
Black Sabbath - Forbidden. I thought they'd really got somewhere with Cross Purposes, but then they did Forbidden... eurk! To a degree I was also disappointed with Seventh Star - it's actually a great album, but at the time I still had the raw power of the fabulous Born Again fresh in my mind and I had hoped for more in that vein. Also I was disappointed with Eternal Idol, another great album (which I prefer over Headless Cross and Tyr), but EI confirmed the direction Sabbath were heading at that time.
Ozzy - Ultimate Sin. When this came out I realised Ozzy solo would not be Blizzard & Diary all the way. He's done worse since, but this was the killer blow to me.
Dio - Sacred Heart. When this came out I realised Dio solo would not be Holy D & Last in Line all the way. He did worse later, but this was so far below my expectations at the time.
Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time. When this came out I realised Maiden were no longer one of my 'top' bands. They've never really won me back since.

[RLP4ever]

tanz, it's sad to hear that you felt disappointed and deflated on hearing Mastodon. I know that I have praised and recommended them, more than once, on this forum---most recently in the thread about their latest disc, 'The Hunter' (which I mostly liked). Damn, given some of our known different preferences in rock-metal music, I guess you just have to not trust my words on band/album 'recs' all the time.

[Sporkman GB]

In no order....

Dio--Master of the Moon: 1st Dio album I bought after a greatest hits because I wanted to get some Dio I didn't know any songs from--it was kind of lacking, only 3 good tracks.
Pete Townshend--Iron Man: It's a rock opera and has The Who on a few tracks and costed 3 bucks! yeah....no....
Rev Theory--Light It Up: Really liked this band live (saw them as an opening act to Papa Roach) but when I went out and bought the album the next day, turns out it sucks.
Metallica--St. Anger: The only Metallica album I didn't have at that point. I know everybody said it was bad, but I thought maybe there was something in there I could see while others coudn't....boy I was wrong.
Ozzy--Under Cover: Nothing good about this at ALL!

Probably some I was more disappointed with than this, but these are the first five that popped into my head, mostly impulse purchases.

[Totentanz]

tanz, it's sad to hear that you felt disappointed and deflated on hearing Mastodon. I know that I have praised and recommended them, more than once, on this forum---most recently in the thread about their latest disc, 'The Hunter' (which I mostly liked). Damn, given some of our known different preferences in rock-metal music, I guess you just have to not trust my words on band/album 'recs' all the time.

I tried Remission when it came out back in 2003 based on some extremely strong magazine reviews. I dislike the vocal style to a point that I just can't listen to it. I can get into all kinds of vocals... but some just grate on me and the guy in Mastodon is an example of this, it just irritates the hell outta me! I have put it on again tonight to see if my opinion has changed, but no, I really don't like it. Some of the music sounds vaguely promising, but that vocal kills it dead.

[RLP4ever]

Oh well, I can accept that, and there's obviously nothing to argue against a certain vocalist and his style mostly ruining the music itself, for fans like you and me, from time to time. It has sure happened to me, with certain bands/songs/albums etc, where the vocals badly mar the music accompanying it. In the case of Mastodon, I reckon I'm not really a big fan of the singer either, but I think he's alright, and I still largely like Mastodon's music, regardless.

Also, tanz, I see you citing Laibach a lot, lately. I haven't heard anything by them yet, and I guess I should. As for the rest of your picks, gosh, I gotta say that those bands (Metallica, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Ozzy, Dio) are actually guaranteed to have badly let down even some of their biggest fans, with a few of their lousy records. I notice how devstorm's list had no less than 4 out of his own most disappointing five albums, as Iron Maiden albums. I'd say many of us really must have at least one Black Sabbath record on lists like these.

Lastly, interesting to see both kamikazetom and DISCMAN, earlier, name VH's Diver Down on their lists. I'd always agree that it's classic VH's least impressive outing, but I like it enough (esp. the 'original' tunes on it) to keep it out of my own list here.

[Totentanz]

Also, tanz, I see you citing Laibach a lot, lately. I haven't heard anything by them yet, and I guess I should.

Whilst I talk about 'em a lot, I'm cautious about recommending them on a site like this that's predominantly rock/metal. I love 'em though, I love the subtle (and not-so-subtle) sarcasm and irony that is a constant thread throughout their work. Check out the song below - if you like that, then I'd certainly recommend 'Jesus Christ Superstars', which is their only metal album.

Other releases are dark (particularly vocally) and have their charm, but are entirely guitar-less and fully electronic. 'NATO' and 'Kapital' are my favourites of these. Actually 'WAT' (mentioned above) is also a cracking album, I was only disappointed because it was such a departure from JCS.

Anyway, here's 'God Is God' from JCS, should give you a decent flavour.



PS Rammstein cite them as a major influence, and it's easy to see why, but I think it's fair to say that Laibach are darker and deeper despite their non-metalness.

[DISCMAN1969]

Oh well, I can accept that, and there's obviously nothing to argue against a certain vocalist and his style mostly ruining the music itself, for fans like you and me, from time to time. It has sure happened to me, with certain bands/songs/albums etc, where the vocals badly mar the music accompanying it. In the case of Mastodon, I reckon I'm not really a big fan of the singer either, but I think he's alright, and I still largely like Mastodon's music, regardless.

Also, tanz, I see you citing Laibach a lot, lately. I haven't heard anything by them yet, and I guess I should. As for the rest of your picks, gosh, I gotta say that those bands (Metallica, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Ozzy, Dio) are actually guaranteed to have badly let down even some of their biggest fans, with a few of their lousy records. I notice how devstorm's list had no less than 4 out of his own most disappointing five albums, as Iron Maiden albums. I'd say many of us really must have at least one Black Sabbath record on lists like these.

Lastly, interesting to see both kamikazetom and DISCMAN, earlier, name VH's Diver Down on their lists. I'd always agree that it's classic VH's least impressive outing, but I like it enough (esp. the 'original' tunes on it) to keep it out of my own list here.

I don't hate the record, it was just disapointing to me. Not a great effort and way too many covers. When you come out with the greatness of their first 4 albums and you follow it up with this, it was kind of a let down.

[justme1]

1st albums by Kiss, Slayer, Anthrax, G n R, and all Metallica after the Black album. Waste of plastic that they've all continued

[Franklin]

Like others have stated, I have started to listen more to youtube and other sources before buying CDs. That has helped reduce the disappointments. Lately, however, I bought two Black Country Communion albums and a Joe Bonamassa album based on having read about them here on this forum. I have no idea if I'm going to like them or not. I haven't yet had time to open the box from Amazon, though I will this weekend. I could be delighted. I could be disappointed. I will let you know.

As a follow-up to this earlier post, I listened to these albums and liked them all. Obviously I have to give them a few more spins to fully appreciate them.

[RobotOfDecay]

Disappointed to see a lot of albums here that I like (and and obviously wouldn't be disappointed by), but albums I bought and was actually disappointed by are:
Soundgarden: 'Down on the Upside'. - Loved Superunknown, had started to investigate the back catalogue, Badmotorfinger ruled, but this didn't
Metallica: 'St Anger' - loved the artwork, was excited for it, but was just so disappointing
Pantera: 'Reinventing the Steel' - don't think this is a bad album per se but I had heard 'Revolution is My Name', which was great, but the rest of it failed to live up to that unfortunately

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Weird seeing my post from 5 years ago. I stand behind it except for "Iron Maiden - Seventh Son...." (In retrospect, I didn't give the album a fair shake, mighta been a grower for me.) and "Deep Purple - Deep Purple" (I'm appreciating this album more and more as time goes on.).

Here's a revised list:

- Alice Cooper - Lace and Whiskey
- Steve Vai - Sex and Religion
- King's X - Ogre Tones
- Glenn Hughes - R.O.C.K.
- Mother Love Bone - MLB

Glad you've come around regarding Seventh Son... that should not be on a disappointing albums list!

[joysbeer]

I can't absolutely name any, because I usually own the albums in MP3 for a time afore I adjudge that they are acceptable abundant to buy. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Still, I affliction affairs 4 Black Sabbath's Ozzy era albums I own. I don't accept to any of that era anymore even in MP3.

[nunoni]

1. Sacred Heart
2. Master of Puppets
3. Fighting the World

Took me about 20 years to get over Sacred Heart, really.

[Musicman11]

I've bought several albums over the past couple of years (Including 90 for $24 that included the like of Metallica's Black Album Justice, Rob Zombie, Tool, Korn. Maybe not the best music, but still a damn good deal.). For the most part in this age it's a little harder to buy an album that you are really disappointed by simply because you can often find prior information and know what to expect, but I do take a few gambles (or have expectations because of that information....). So they are, and in no particular order:
1. Metallica -ReLoad: I received this in the 90 album bin that I got, but damn, in my opinion it's the worst Metallica album. An album of B-Sides from the next worst album is what I always thought that it amounted to, and it shows. I can stand Load to a certain extent, but not ReLoad.
2. Megadeth-Cryptic Writings: I know a lot of people would pick Risk, but I knew what to expect from Risk and I got exactly that, I expected more from this one. I love the first 3 tracks and from there it's all rather average material. People had really praised this one and the previous 2 were really good albums that had taken the commercial route. I really thought this one could be just as good, so to me it was a big let down, but still a good album.
3. Anthrax-Stomp 442 and Volume 8 (Tie): I loved Sound Of White Noise and We've Come For You All from the John Bush era. They were both good albums in my mind, so I figured naturally the others in between would be just as good. Well they weren't for me, and I believe it may have had something to do with not really having a stable second guitarist and just a lack of creativity, they're both decent albums regardless.
4. Iron Maiden-Virtual XI: I didn't really listen to any of the Blaze era before hand and found it for a $1 and decided, why the hell not. Well I found plenty of why not when I got home, it's tolerable and a couple of tracks I will occasionally listen to, but for the most part I didn't care for it. What makes this even sadder is that this is my only Iron Maiden album. I've listened to them and all, but I have never bought one of the main albums, $15-$20 just seems to be too much, if someone thinks otherwise, I'd be more than happy to let you try to win me over.
5. Kiss-Psycho Circus: Another purchase based on a $2 price. It had the title track and that was it for me, the next best part of the album was the cover....

[TYR66]

Def Leppard " Pyromania"
Saxon " Crusader"
Manowar " Sign of the Hammer "
Judas Priest " Turbo "
Metallica " Load "

+ King Diamond " The House of God "

[led sabbath]

Fastway - On Target(Horrible album with new lead singer-total pop crap). - Gave it away.
Eric Clapton - Pilgrim(Totally mellow-no blues). Gave it away.
Van Halen - Diver Down
Judas Priest Turbo
Megadeth - Risk

[Franklin]

tanz, it's sad to hear that you felt disappointed and deflated on hearing Mastodon. I know that I have praised and recommended them, more than once, on this forum---most recently in the thread about their latest disc, 'The Hunter' (which I mostly liked). Damn, given some of our known different preferences in rock-metal music, I guess you just have to not trust my words on band/album 'recs' all the time.

I found that Mastodon grows on me. I sampled parts of the early Mastodon albums on youtube a while back (maybe a year ago?) and was less than wowed by the vocals. I bought the Hunter CD about a month ago and liked it. I just bought the Crack the Skye CD that arrived about a week ago and that I just opened a moment ago. So, perhaps you might like to give it a rest for a while and then revisit Mastodon.

[Musicman11]

I'll actually have to take back what I said about Virtual XI. After a long time I've realized that it is actually a very good album and I've come to love Blaze. Funny how easily your opinion on something can change so randomly.

[Charger]

Virus is easily one of Maiden's greatest songs...it's such a shame they never played it live...Thankfully Blaze does it in his solo gigs!

[justme1]

Here's the ones I can think of for now

1. Van Halen - Diver Down - to me a big let down after Fair warnign & Women & Children first
2. Pink floyd - The Final Cut
3. Black Sabbath - Never Say die - Still can't get into this one
4. Blue Oyster Cult - Imaginos

Imaginos, my favorite studio BÖC album