Momentary Lapse and Division Bell are both way above all Springsteen for me. Thanks for the video.
@rjramone40516 ай бұрын
Great video! Here's my list of 10 crappy albums by artists I love. In no particular order. Aerosmith - Music From Another Dimension Lenny Kravitz - Baptism The Rolling Stones - Bridges to Babylon Kiss - Crazy Nights Prince - Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic Metallica - Black Album Alice Cooper - Road Pink Floyd - The Division Bell Slayer - Diabolus in Musica Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
Nice list! I thought about adding an Aerosmith record, but realized I don’t know the stinkers enough to really talk about them. I like pretty much everything through Pump. I’m with you on Bridges.
@andrewmacdonald36676 ай бұрын
Road. Yes! Cooper waits until the end of his career to release an album without any redeeming qualities whatsoever.
@jtsrecordroom39636 ай бұрын
Im glad I dont know about that Lou Reed album ! Haha Some Sun Kill Moon stuff by Mark is very good, and a few of the covers of Modest Mouse are terrific , and agreed, the early ones are the best ⚡️
@adamblackwelder19636 ай бұрын
My list, in no particular order: -The Beatles-Let It Be -The Rolling Stones-Emotional Rescue -Pink Floyd-The Endless River -David Bowie-Tonight -The Kinks-Word of Mouth -R.E.M.-Around the Sun -Queen-Hot Space and The Works (tie) -Kate Bush-50 Words for Snow -Sir Elton John-A Single Man
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
As albums I’d probably agree that none are 5 star, but Let It Be, Emotional Rescue, Around The Sun, and Word Of mouth have their moments. I find Snow intriguing.
@mazzysmusic6 ай бұрын
I don’t disagree w your entire list except for the Leonard Cohen. Sure it’s whacky, but it friggen cool whacky
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
That’s probably the one on my list that I’m most willing to give another try at some point.
@ChrisYossarian6 ай бұрын
There are some amazing songs on this Album. He’s never been so raunchy as here with ‘Don’t go home with your Hard-on’; rarely ever so desperate then on ‘Memories’ and ‘Paper-Thin Hotel’. An Album that continues to grow on me.
@marktrickett50816 ай бұрын
There are some of us weirdos who like The Bells.
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
I’ll give it a try again sometime. It went missing from my record collection. Probably didn’t feel supported here.
@zestyut13446 ай бұрын
🎉I really love the bells, be5ter than mmm any day
@marktrickett50816 ай бұрын
@zestyut1344 Yes. It's got a side of shorter, more throwaway songs on side 1, then side 2 has 3 long expositional songs, heavier in lyrical and musical content. That said, a lot of people don't like it.
@sugarjoe506 ай бұрын
"Not only is the Bells one of Lou's best albums, it's a work of art"...Lester Bangs.
@sugarjoe506 ай бұрын
"Not only is the Bells one of Lou's best albums, it's a work of art"...Lester Bangs.
@onmyturntable70366 ай бұрын
Enjoyed both your and Mazzy's vids on this topic. I'm a Lou Reed fan as well, and actually like it when Lou made some music that was catchy and spoke to his love of simple rock n roll: Growing Up...and Rock n Roll Heart are pretty great. Give it another go! :-)
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
Thanks. I will at some point. I liked Rock and Roll Heart.
@philuribe78636 ай бұрын
I love Empire Burlesque! Play it loud.
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
Dark Eyes late at night for sure.
@marksantucci42305 ай бұрын
what do you think about these albums Ac/dc - Fly onthe wall? Kiss - Unmasked? Judas Priest - Ram it down? Queem - Hot space? Iron Maiden- Dance with Death? Pink Floyd umba guma? terrible or ok?
@lostmixtapes5 ай бұрын
I liked Fly On The Wall a lot more than Flick of the Switch…but the best songs are also on Who Made Who. Didn’t pay much, if any attention to the Priest, Kiss, Maiden, and Queen records. Either because I knew they were bad or I was no longer into their music by that point. Floyd…Ummagumma…just listened to it again last week. Would have been a good EP.
@robgronotte16 ай бұрын
AMLOR isn't great, but it's a much better listen than the last one with Waters, The Final Cut, which has exactly one memorable song. Seriously, I can read the tracklist and not even remember how any of them go except Not Now John.
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
The Final Cut is great if you sit down with it and really pay attention to it. The individual pieces don't stand on their own at all.
@robgronotte16 ай бұрын
@@lostmixtapes Pretty sure I fall asleep before that happens, until Not Now John wakes me up.
@thevoid996 ай бұрын
for me in no particular order.... - david bowie-"tonight" - r.e.m.-"around the sun" - the happy mondays-"yes, please" - U2-"no line on the horizons" - aerosmith-"just push play" - metallica - "st. anger" - van halen-"van halen III"
@amitytracks6 ай бұрын
No!! Say it isn't so! I've been a longtime defender of 'Momentary Lapse of Reason.' Lyrically it obviously misses Roger Waters' vision, but musically I really like it. 80's production and all. But I've long been Team Gilmour. I know I'm in the minority on my defense of MLOR, though. You and Mazzy have got me interested, so I'll do one of these as well. Springsteen is my second favorite artist, so I will pick one from him. It won't be 'Human Touch,' though. I think there is one worse. Enjoyed the video!
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
I love Gilmour as a musician. One of my favorite guitarists ever. I just don’t think he has much to offer in the songwriting department unless he has a strong collaborator.
@JosephScott-ct9sw6 ай бұрын
High On The Hog, The Band
@ShamrocknRecords6 ай бұрын
Great video! I actually really like Death of A Ladies Man but that’s the only record on this list that I own. I think I listened to Black Rider many many moons ago ago but I don’t remember it. I’ve been planning on picking up the reissue that just came out a few months ago but now I’m thinking I’ll stream it first. Hope all is well. Cheers, Brian☘️
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
I’ll give Ladies Man another chance sometime for sure. Maybe it’ll click.
@pablolazaromartinez35415 ай бұрын
Hi,my friend! What are your thiughts about Under the red Sky, by Dylan?
@lostmixtapes5 ай бұрын
It doesn’t bother me the way it does some people. In some ways it was my intro to Dylan. My college roommate bought it, but I don’t remember playing it more than once. Some good songs in there. Tell Tale Signs versions are great.
@christopherrohlf19756 ай бұрын
I unironically love every Sun Kil Moon record. It's "dad rap" by a guy who is way too self absorbed to be a dad.
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
That's a good way to put it.
@paradoxofepicurus6 ай бұрын
Megadeth: Countdown to Extinction Metallica: The Black Album Judas Priest: Ram it Down Misfits: The Devils Rain
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
I'd go a little later with Metallica and pick something like Re-Load.
@paradoxofepicurus6 ай бұрын
@@lostmixtapes Re-Load wasn't as shocking to me, as going from And Justice to the Black Album.
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
@@paradoxofepicurus I get that for sure. Black Album shocked everyone,
@davescryptodays14416 ай бұрын
Diamonds and Pearls album is top shelf Prince. The single 'The Most Beautiful Girl in the World' around the same time is superb as well.
@robinfowler94776 ай бұрын
Overnight Sensation by FZ was disappointing to me. i had every FZ & Mothers LP and that was the last one i bought. People were talking about "Dont eat the yellow snow" and i had no idea what it was! It was like Frank became the commercial success he admonished!
@murdockreviews6 ай бұрын
I'm late to your party. Cool channel. (I may be one of the few on this planet who has got a milder opinion of "Death of a Ladies Man" - but Spector definitely was a nutcase)
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
Thanks! Of all that I mentioned people defend that one the most. I’ll listen to it again at some point. Love LC.
@davidjorda-manaut3085 ай бұрын
For Bob Dylan, I found Down in the Groove far worse than either Empire Burlesque or Knocked Out Loaded. These are definitely not masterpieces, but they have a couple of good tracks. As for Lou Reed, while I agree that Growing Up In Public is really bad, I found Mistrial absolutely abysmal, with lazy writing and shitty mid-80s overproduction. Also, sorry but I disagree on The Black Rider - I love the energy on that record, and Waits' melodies are very strong.
@lostmixtapes5 ай бұрын
I’ve hardly listened to Down In The Groove. But yeah, not a good 3-album run there. Mistrial is pretty bad for sure.
@Chapps19416 ай бұрын
"Brownsville Girl" is a fabulous song. It's in his Top 5 songs of the 80s
@marcyfan-tz4wj6 ай бұрын
"knocked out loaded" was dylan's attempt to become willie nelson and put out (if need be) 5 records a year without any great effort put into them and no expectation that they're going to outsell....the thompson twins (no matter what columbia thought)! it was a reaction to everything you just said about "empire burlesque": bob dylan...80's star!...having said that, i enjoy the record and just like EB, it could have been 100 times better with other available 1986 selections.
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
Maybe it needs to be isolated from the album to be appreciated.
@Chapps19416 ай бұрын
@@lostmixtapes I reckon only _"Every Grain of Sand" & "Jokerman", from his 80's songs are better. The 80's was his worst decade. I see a whole movie in this song. It's one of his very best cinematic songs
@marcyfan-tz4wj6 ай бұрын
i was adding the REM 25th anniversary editions to windows media player recently and also doing scans to make C drive on computer have 6 or 8 or 10 GB and the scans worked well until they didn't and then they deleted complete harry nilsson, george jones and hank williams, alice cooper and big star, otis redding and the kinks "picture book" (can you ask norman to send it overnight)? and the best donovan sea shanties of all time. all that's left is tom waits "the black rider" and lou reed's "growing up in public". just kidding! i'd rather have experienced a home invasion.@@lostmixtapes
@popsandclicks6 ай бұрын
Great one there, I must say that I agree on most of your entries. Very interesting topic! Cheers for the rant!
@douglasbaird65526 ай бұрын
haha. I love those two lou Reed records. oh well. I think theres some good stuff. Standing on ceremony?
@RemiStardust6 ай бұрын
I think it would be easier to name artists who had excellent songs, but then you can't name anything (good) from later decades: - David Bowie: "Heroes" is a genious song from 1977. I can't think of anything from the 90s or later though. - Bob Dylan kinda gave up after the 70s, right? - Alanis Morisette? - Radiohead after the 1990s? - Aerosmieth after the 1990s? - Steven Spielberg after War of the Worlds? - George Lucas after mid 1990s?
@adamfindlay70916 ай бұрын
Tom Waits is so underrated. Its All Mixed Up by RHpainters loved in Excess Baggage.
@toddhill74836 ай бұрын
Interesting video. Dylan is easy for me. I don't like any of it. In sticking with the topic, I'll go with The Doors Soft Parade
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
Yeah. That’s a stinker for sure.
@etamommy6 ай бұрын
I like the soft parade! Actually I’d take it over their album with people are strange on it.
@ChromeDestiny6 ай бұрын
It's far from his best but I like Alice Cooper's Lace and Whiskey mostly. It's very odd and theatrical in spots. My favourite cut is It's Hot Tonight, for me it's just a fun late 70's rock song. Where Alice Cooper really loses me is the late 80's hair metal period.
@frozenborderline21096 ай бұрын
Growing Up In Public definitely suffers from that awkward musical identity (mid-life) crisis that all those 60's guys like Lou and Neil seemed to get trapped in sooner or later, but at least the lyrics were still hilarious and entertaining. Thankfully, we got The Blue Mask w/the great Robert Quine and Fernando Saunders after that. Mistrial (1986) is for me, his worst from the 80's.
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
Yeah. If the mid-life crisis didn’t get them the 80s production did. I like New Sensations quite a bit too.
@twofromthetrunk99326 ай бұрын
I think you made a valid point on all these artists. Enjoyed the video
@ChrissHill-im7kj6 ай бұрын
Cant wait to hear your picks..dont like Death of a ladies man? Growing up in public? Chaos and Disorder? Id rather listen to any of these over almost any U2 albums or most Springsteen..Its like the same thing over and over. Assembly line crap. The Tom Waits is one i bought but im not that enthused with it and im a big fan..As far as Alice i agree. The first two are crap..Had the albums back in the day..Had Lace and Whiskey also and its not great so i dont know if ill get it again on compact disc. My albums are all gone now..
@youmalty6 ай бұрын
Totally agree about Prince. Hit and Run Part 1 is actually the album I just can't stand, but Chaos and Disorder was the first one that left me utterly disappointed. However... when he dug out the title track and played it like this in 2014... whole other story! kzbin.info/www/bejne/o16nXn6lftWHoqs
@TheDigitalGramophone6 ай бұрын
Mazzy is trying to get me to do this. I told him I don’t own records that I don’t like. But I could come up with 10 easily that I could edit in photos of. Measured response. Well thought out. Cheers, Todd!
@vinylrichie0076 ай бұрын
I’m actually purging good records. For example I purged all my Credence Clearwater Revival. I certainly don’t have any albums that I dislike.
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
Thanks. As far as I’m concerned anything is fair game as long as you love the artist and know their catalog.
@amitytracks6 ай бұрын
@@vinylrichie007 Why purge CCR?!
@vinylrichie0076 ай бұрын
@@amitytracks Because I know I won’t listen to them again.
@mazzysmusic6 ай бұрын
I’m not so fucking positive. Now I’ll watch ❤
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
Forgot about your wanker video.
@vinylrichie0076 ай бұрын
@@lostmixtapesMazzy stole the wanker idea from me.
@saifonlawrence20444 ай бұрын
Helen Reddy never made a bad album !
@colinwilliams5533 ай бұрын
I happen to like the BLACK RIDER!
@neilbruce42016 ай бұрын
Love You and Me by Alice Cooper. My brother, a huge AC fan, introduced me to it. Just saying...
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
I’m sure you weren’t the only one. Vocally he sounds pretty good on that song.
@islandhorizonvideos82306 ай бұрын
I find with most of the performers, you named, You even have to force yourself to like what is considered their best albums. I mean come on Lou Reed, and Bruce Springsteen have brought out some of the most droll albums in history.
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
Agree with you a bit on Reed’s solo stuff. Incredibly spotty.
@dansavik7137Ай бұрын
KOL is a good record by Dylan :)
@spudwas6 ай бұрын
Prince was never the same after he dumped "Wendy and Lisa."
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
You didn't like Dirty Mind or Sign of the Times?
@spudwas6 ай бұрын
@@lostmixtapesThey were OK...At least they were not as bad as "Bat Dance."
@deand73486 ай бұрын
Love original ALICE band too!
@aronpolasek45066 ай бұрын
There are a lot of Lou Reed solo albums that I have a hard time getting through. So many are uneven at best, and some are just downright awful. I really dislike "The Bells". Good call on "The Black Rider". I like 'November' a bit from that one, but that's about it. I think "Knocked Out Loaded" would be my Dylan pick as well. People swear by the greatness of 'Brownsville Girl', and maybe amongst the rest of the material on the album it is a standout, but I've never fully embraced it as a classic Dylan tune. "Empire Burlesque" has really dated production, but I think it has several good songs on it. The songwriting isn't as sharp as "Infidels", but it is better than anything he did until "Oh Mercy". Could have definitely used more songs in the vein of 'Dark Eyes', but he was trying to sound relevant to the times. My only disagreement is with "Death of a Ladies' Man". I really dig that record. Yeah the production is odd, and Cohen's vocals are buried in the mix, but, again, I think there are some cool songs throughout. The only song I could do without is 'Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On'. I love 'Iodine', and the country shuffle of 'Fingerprints'. It doesn't sound like anything else in Cohen's discography, and it is kind of a bridge album between Leonard's earlier singing style and his later singing style. Since there weren't songs from that album on his Greatest Hits and early Best Of sets, I never really understood how we went from Point A material like 'Bird On A Wire' to Point B material like 'Everybody Knows'. I really like his vocals throughout "Death of a Ladies' Man". He's really loose, and he's starting to have that lived in quality to his voice, but he's not doing the talk singing thing yet. I mean, I get why folks don't like Spector's influence and how his Wall of Sound meshed with Cohen's songs, but I think it is a cool album.
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
Love Infidels. I’ll check out Ladies Man again sometime. Love LC. At some point it may click.
@Thedarkstuff6 ай бұрын
Interesting choices. I may have to do one of my own.
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
Please do. I'd love to see yours.
@marksaleski98906 ай бұрын
Interesting stuff. I'm a huge Bruce fan and kind of agree with you about Human Touch, though I have to add that (and I know I'm in the tiny minority on this) but I can't stand Tunnel of Love. The usual rant is that it's this great record about what he'd been going through, relationship-wise. Sure, but the music is just incredibly bland...just uninspired, middle of the road stuff. I hated it on the first listen.
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
I loved it on first listen. I wanted something different from him. "Tunnel of Love," "Brilliant Disguise," and "One Step Up" were all immediate highlights for me. The rest of it took a while.
@frugalseverin22826 ай бұрын
Worst Elton John album "Victim of Love". Until then all his albums were an automatic must-own, not after that one. 2 albums I regret buying, so-called cult classics: "Trout Mask Replica" by Captain Beefheart and "Wee Tam & The Big Huge" by The Incredible String Band. I call them unlistenable amateurish basement noodling. Nothing memorable or redeemable.
@rEdf1966 ай бұрын
2 albums by The Who, that were so bad, their likely out of print today Whos Best ? (it think its called) from 1983 with colorful British flag cover a once popular greatest hits compilation album, what I really hated about the record was how they (MCA) butcher edited and shortened the epic We Don't Get Fooled Again. The chopped version of " Fooled was even popular on Rock radio and friends and peers for about 2 years in the early 1980's, and Who's Last MCA 1983 a live concert album of their last show in Montreal Canada in December 1982. The sound quality sucked, Just a cheapo pair of microphones placed way too far away. The cheering audience sounded like a football game. I heard vintage bootleg albums sound better. A far cry from their iconic. Live At Leeds, The Kids Are Alright soundtrack.
@jeffthevideoguy236 ай бұрын
You should rank the Sex Pistols albums.
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
Ha
@groovermctoober45086 ай бұрын
While you're at it, you should also mention The Beatles' 'Let It Be' album!
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
That’s not a terrible album to me.
@groovermctoober45086 ай бұрын
@@lostmixtapes People listen differently and therefore everyone has his own criteria when it come to determining whether an album is good or not, and his own opinion. If you like it, fine with me. I can only speak for myself when considering the listening criteria I consider important.
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
@@groovermctoober4508 Totally agree. But you did call on me to mention it…
@Hotsk6 ай бұрын
@@lostmixtapes Yes I did because it's a sloppy, poorly-produced album that was released against the will of the Beatles after they'd already broken up. It would therefore appear to me that such an obviously bad album naturally belongs in such a listing--of course, I'm assuming The Beatles belong to the "artists you love." But reading between the lines, I now understand that you like it. I don't know what your criteria for liking it are, but if you like it, fine. I don't. I'm not criticizing you for not agreeing with me; I had just hoped that we would have had similar opinions regarding that album and that you'd simply forgotten to mention "Let It Be" in your listing. Anyway, please don't lose any sleep over it. We all have our opinions and I respect yours. Thanks for responding and happy listening!
@terrywilliams78276 ай бұрын
Porcupine tree. The incident. Just don't get it. Have dvd a. Never play it
@anotherfatbeardedmantalkin58936 ай бұрын
Totally with you on Cohen's Death of a Ladies' Man. I own every other album by him, but I refuse to let that horrible monstrosity in my house. It's the album folks who don't like Lenny like. They can have it. On the other hand I love Waits' Black Rider. It was the first album by him I heard, not an easy entry point, but it just clicked with me. Very pleased to have the new repress. I've not watched Mazzy's video yet, I'll have to swing over and check out. Cheers - Hedley
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
I can't imagine having The Black Rider be my introduction. Cool that it turned you on to him though.
@H-mu4bo6 ай бұрын
"Death of a ladies man" is great, even though Leonard did not get to record his vocals properly.
@jessem4706 ай бұрын
Cool video and reviews This is tough task if you try to avoid bands past their prime LuLu : Reed and Metallica ( does that count as 2 ) anyway Lou stood behind this and Bowie said it was one of his best. Moonbeams and Blues-jeans Captain Beefheart I think Unconditional Guarantee has a few decent tracks, if it were anyone else in Mid 70s it might be passable not for the captain On Every Street : Dire Straits Great band until this happened Up to this point every studio record a classic , so disappointing I am looking fwd to Marks Local Hero thing ! Bob Dylan : Christmas Album I don’t even know the name Pointless Hawks and Doves : Neil Young I know he was going through personal turmoil at this time but i just warm to this I could have just as easily picked his stupid Doo Wop or Electronic albums but Hawks and Doves for me is his worst legit album Sometime in New York City John Lennon Its no a good Album Journey through The Secret Life of Plants : Stevie Wonder After his amazing run from Signed Sealed Delivered to Songs in the Key of Life And then This ? ! Thing Fish : Frank Zappa Not sure why he did this Little Village : Little Village Ry Cooder , John Hiatt , Nick Lowe & Jim Keltner I so wanted to like this album but it just doesn’t add up to the sum of its parts.
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
Great list. Some I'm not familiar with and will probably just take your word on. Hawks and Doves almost made my list. I'm a huge Neil fan, but I can't stand that record. Especially the second side, or the one with "Union Man" on it. Makes me cringe.
@vinylrichie0076 ай бұрын
The first Bob Dylan album that I bought was Self Portrait. What a crappy album.
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
That first song alone got me to turn it off on my first listen.
@amitytracks6 ай бұрын
@@lostmixtapes I like "All the Tired Horses."
@martinlarsson52546 ай бұрын
Of course I want to defend all Bob Dylan albums. I guess it's because I've given them a second and a third chance. I remember that I didn't like Shot of love the first times I heard it, but now I do. Mazzy's pic "Saved" I love even more. Interesting that you and Mazzy didn't choose a Bowie record. I think "Never let me down" or the Tin Machine records are stinkers.
@mazzysmusic6 ай бұрын
I love Self Portrait,
@mazzysmusic6 ай бұрын
Yeah the Tin Machine albums are not very good. I don't own them anymoire @@martinlarsson5254
@zeitgeistyreport6 ай бұрын
nowhere near lou reed’s worst… nowhere near springsteen’s worst… black rider is less a real album.. just songs from the play… and death of a ladies man is not awful by any stretch. i will agree with you on lace and whiskey but that’s about it.
@lostmixtapes6 ай бұрын
What are your worsts for LC and BS?
@zeitgeistyreport6 ай бұрын
@@lostmixtapes i don’t think cohen ever made a bad album per se… ladies man for sure is divisive but don’t think it’s a terrible album at all. springsteen has had a few…. devils and dust, working on a dream, wrecking ball to name a few. i actually like human touch and lucky town quite a bit…. they’ve got a vibe.
@ScottTeacher6 ай бұрын
Couldn't even wit a couple days before ripping off Mazzy?
@mazzysmusic6 ай бұрын
Did you even watch this video? Lost Mixtapes. suggested that I do this topic over dinner a few days ago. And in my video , I reminded him to do his version. Actually there have been earlier variations of this topic as well. Nobody is ripping anyone off. We all do our own versions.