Albums I Hated But Grew To Love - Part 2

[@malcolmmuggeridge7862]

Warrant Dog Eat Dog is their finest album. Absolutely love it 👍

[@lateramae]

Skid Row's 'Subhuman Race' is so underrated! "Beat Yourself Blind" is my favorite track on the album.

[@samkeepintherockalive]

Rush's "2112" is EPIC!. Glad that you came back to it.

[@CM-ll7ww]

Subhuman Race is my favourite Skid Row album. I know nobody agrees but I love it. It was the first Skid Row album I bought day of release so maybe it’s nostalgia driven.

[@krujones]

I got into Pantera when Far Beyond Driven came out so when I went back and got Cowboys From Hell I was a little disappointed myself because it just wasn't the same vibe but that went away over time and now I absolutely love it. Domination is one of their best songs period

[@carlwmpylu]

Nice to see some love for Heaven & Earth and The Quest. They're a bit different but on their own terms, they are very enjoyable albums. Looking forward to the new one, in a few weeks, too.

[@Randy-ix2xy]

I just now went back to Ratt and Skid Row. They are both as You described. 😀

[@BrendonSnyder]

Glad you can enjoy them now!

[@antoniopereiraneves2009]

Hey, Brendon. Recent subscriber here, I have been going through your back catalogue and it's a joy. Respect for sticking to your glam roots. Not my kind of thing, but to each his own. You come off as the most unprejudiced rock fan I have ever seen. Like an anti-hipster, if you like. I'd like to suggest a video about your favorite extreme metal albums. Keep'em coming!

[@PiotrLangtvedt]

Britney Spears. I listen to hardrock, blues, and fusion all the time so it's nice to hear some good pop songs with nice melodies for a change, like "Essential", a compilation with Britney S.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Different strokes for different folks! 👍

[@ericmiller1881]

I really love Mojo. I was actually into other blues at the time, so it really sounded great to me right away. Some great Campbell riffs on there

[@entil2001]

"2112" by Rush is a surprising pick, but I can understand it. I was born in 1973 and my first exposure to Rush was "Tom Sawyer" and then "Time Stand Still". I listen to "Hold Your Fire" and "A Show of Hands" over and over. Going back to the early albums like "2112" took a bit of adjustment, even if I was already into prog from Yes.

[@markbunton9919]

Another great vid. Keep ‘Em coming!

[@dawnpatrol700]

I never even heard Rhythmeen at the time. What turned me on to it, was hearing "she's just killin me" in the movie " from dusk till dawn" a couple years later. I went back and grabbed it. Now I want that, Mescalero and XXX to be released on vinyl, so i can finish the complete discography on vinyl

[@rodcrispo5859]

Come on 2112 my fav Rush album! Considered their masterpiece,glad you like it now

[@matthewvoss7365]

I remember in 1993 I got Pantera CFH on cassette. It didn't have a parental advisory sticker on it like the Vulgar cassette tape had. My best friend got Slayer SOH which I wanted to get but again it had the parental advisory sticker on it. Anyhow that was a great night's trip to the record store.

[@eugenehewitt2917]

I enjoyed this little series of videos, Brendon. In fact, I wouldn’t mind a part 3. I did like the Ratt CD back then, and I liked the Yes album more than the Quest.

[@martymartin2894]

When I only recently started listening to Uriah heep demons and wizards, after seeing some ranking shows I didn't get it at first. But I went back to it and with a few more listens I really got to appreciate how magical that album really is and now listen to it regularly along with others in there great catalog.

[@wallofrock6725]

Look At Yourself is killer, too. An improvement over Salisbury.

[@martymartin2894]

@@wallofrock6725 yeah there a great band way underated imo I haven't listened to all there albums yet but I like most of what I have heard, there new one is even great.

[@wallofrock6725]

@@martymartin2894 I agree, vocals by Byron and Hensley are top notch while the organ combined with Mick Box’s guitar induces a nice heavy sound.

[@rossmudie9298]

Loved dog eat dog and subhuman from the start, took me about a night to get to grips with slave 😁, thunders 'backstreet symphony' took me some time but it's a bonafide classic which every hard rock fan should own.

[@jameswilson7084]

"2112" is a strange album to not get into at first. But, I get it. You would've had the opposite reaction someone who likes the more prog sounding Rush albums would've had to "Roll The Bones" and those more synth driven albums. I was lucky, I got into Rush with "Signals" and "Moving Pictures", a perfect blend of the prog and synth sounding versions of Rush. So, I was easily able to adapt to both sounds.

[@shpeale]

Rhythmeen is my favorite ZZ Top album.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Wow, really? Mine is Recycler. Which I know is not a popular album. But it’s my fave.

[@dawnpatrol700]

For those who liked early 90s Slaughter, check out 1997s Revolution. I like it BETTER than Stick It. To me, it covers so much more territory. It has early 70s glam sound " American pie "(my fave track), "can we find a way"(60s psych sound), a few that would have fit on Stick it- "tongue n groove" " stuck on you" and "you're my everything"(my 2nd fave track), 60s sitar "ad majorem", "guck" (beautiful guitar solo), "heat of the moment" was more of a modern 90s sound. Overall, it's more of a musical journey that you don't expect from this type of band

[@benboyer7218]

I go back to any rush albums after moving pictures and they just don't do it for me. 2112 side one is epic gives me goosebumps

[@BrendonSnyder]

For a long time it was the other way around. If it wasn’t post Moving Pictures it didn’t do anything for me. But now I like both eras of the band.

[@1oriss]

I got into Rush when AFTK came out, this an old time fan, but I like the 80's synth albums best. Power Windows being my fav. On saying that I like all the albums bar Vapor Trails.

[@guylanglois1802]

I have a love/ hate with subhuman. It's the natural progression from Slave. But Slave is the best Skids album imo. Also dor Warrant. I love the first 4. Ultrapjobic is killer imo as well

[@Wez666]

I was just listening to that Ratt album today. There's some good stuff on it. Some had a lot of stones-y feel

[@leonyetman8700]

For me the 70’s rush is what I like the best. I am not into the overly done keyboard songs. I also like the harder warrant sound of dog eat dog.

[@krudetube795]

I've recently warmed up to ZZ Top - Mescalero album. Just a bit loud with the master. But I prefer it to the other post 80s releases

[@jamesbedford3774]

I was completely the opposite with 'Saints Of Los Angeles'. Loved it when it came out, but can barely listen to it now.

[@Dm-ui1fi]

For me was pantera - far beyond driven. Had never heard anything like it before and only bought the album due to the hype at the time upon release. Thought it was too heavy , now I love it - the riffs , the aggression etc

[@vectorhold6489]

Happened to me with The Black Crows and Bruce Hornsby. But came to appricate them 30 decades later.

[@s.samson1450]

It is interesting, me it is reverse, my first Rush album was 2112, then A Farewell to King. When Signal was released I was initially a bit deceived and even more for Roll the Bones. But eventually I accepted the style and I am listening more of Signals and Roll the Bones than 2112.

[@BrendonSnyder]

That’s cool! Glad you can enjoy both now.

[@Wez666]

I didn't care for Pink Floyd's The Final Cut and Waters' Pros and Cons albums when they came out. I really dig them now though. Admittedly The Final Cut is a Pink Floyd album in name only (there are some tasty Gilmour solos though

[@johnshaner747]

I understand what you are saying about 2112. I believe that Moving Pictures was my first RUSH experience, but 2112 was a RUSH album I early on. 2112 has always been in my top 5 RUSH albums. I do like MOJO by T.P. & T.H.B. but it is an acquired taste. It is not my favorite by the band.

[@j.j.guerrieri5257]

Permanent Waves was my introduction to Rush and that was shortly before Presto came out and that was the first Rush album that really got me into them, later I went back to 2112 and the other classics but I always liked 80s Rush the best

[@davidtexter913]

Preface; I am a big Modern Guitar Blues fan but also a Tom Petty fan...but when I heard Mojo playing at a local record store, I didn't know who it was and while enjoying what I heard, ...then thinking, "that singer sounds like Tom Petty", it must be him!!! Lol, similar experience...So, I can enjoy radio friendly Petty, Mudcrutch and Mojo, ...Hyptnotic Eye too!! All good stuff to me! Good idea for this episode!!!

[@leszek5222]

The album I hated was Marilyn Manson''s 'Antichrist Superstar' , now I consider it masterpiece

[@AndDeathForAll82]

‘Saints of Los Angeles’ still hasn’t grabbed me, besides the title track. You know what did though? ‘New Tattoo’. That surprised me.

[@zakkjagneaux2600]

New Tattoo was last good thing Motley has and will ever probably do . Hollywood Ending and New Tattoo and the White Punks cover are great .

[@bigdave9269]

This batch… Saints of Los Angeles I absolutely loved when it came out and is still something I go back to often. Same for Warrant Dog Eat Dog. For me that Warrant record may crack my top10 of all time. Subhuman Race I never got into. I try still, pretty often, I just don’t get it. Same for that Ratt record. As for Pantera, same… it took Vulgar to come out before I had that “a-ha” moment. One record that I hated the second I heard it was Vince Neil’s Carved In Stone. I absolutely loved his Exposed record, so I was ready… and when I put it in the player. I was so upset. Only recently have I been spinning it and actually liking some of it… still some I don’t.

[@wesleybush8646]

Dog Eat Dog is so great. I devoured it when it first came out. It is so diverse in sound, including The Bitter Pill, Any Warhol Was Right, and April 2031.

[@guylanglois1802]

I love ultraphobic as well.

[@zakkjagneaux2600]

Sad Theresa is my favorite Warrant song , easily .

[@lie188]

i instantly loved 4 tracks off Sign🐾ls... but disappointed in G/P... not now 🤝

[@Original_Lurke_fromthe_Unknown]

Okay I can talk about this because my view of music is a bit different. When I get a new album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers I want to hear what they are doing now. Basically I go into the new music with fresh ears every-time. If it sounds like another album no big deal but if they go 180 in a wrong way I’d still listen to it. What will Brendon have for us next week? Tune in Sunday to find out also tune in tomorrow for his Top 10 series. I know I will. See you there. ✌🏻🎹🎵🎶

[@Billyness]

"The Wall" Pink Floyd As a kid,when I first heard this album it pretty much scared me . Then I listened to it again as an adult after the weight of the world crushed me, I thought "ah! I get it now!" Now it's my favorite album of all time. 👍

[@TheBloodiac]

The same happened to me too. I listened to "The Wall" for the first time as a kid and felt a strange mixture of fear and a deep sadness for days. My parents even started to worry. One of my favorite albums today too. :)

[@Dave-ti2ue]

I was like that with Hold Your Fire. Took me about ten listenings before I started getting it.

[@richardhenle2650]

My issue with the Queen album is the fact of it being Paul Rodgers, I wish if they were going to do this it would have been with Adam Lambert , or something in that vain. This was like getting a Mick Jagger or Steve Perry something like that someone already legendary with their own sound to front the band, which is fine for a live record but new stuff, to be honest I would have liked it more if Brian and Roger split the singing since both are strong vocalists in their own ways, so I don't dislike the record overall just don't revisit it much at all

[@gkirms]

For this Queen album it was a stretch with Paul Rodgers singing lead. First off, the fact that it was Paul singing and not Freddie was the starter to turn anyone off. The second would be, to your point, it doesn't even remotely sound like a Queen album although Surf's Up ... School's out might be the closest to that Queen sound. I'm surprised that they haven't put a final album out with Adam Lambert yet because that might be the closest thing to the Queen sound. For '2112' that was my first introduction to Rush as well as 'All the World's a Stage'. The record company was pushing Rush to create an album with more radio hits. They did the opposite and from that point onward they exploded.

[@aabbbn]

Do you have dups in your collection & how do you know if you have something already when you want something. Also is there any cds you haven't listened to yet that you bought a while ago.

[@BrendonSnyder]

The only duplications are different versions of the same album that I want. Deluxe editions, box sets, verses original issues. As for knowing what’s in my collection, I just do. How can you not known what you own? 🤷‍♂️ Also, I listen to everything I own so no there is nothing that I own but haven’t heard.

[@aabbbn]

@@BrendonSnyder wow amazing. i end up getting dups sometimes & tons I haven't heard. not sure how many cds i have 4,000 i am guessing & over 1,000 tapes. u said your 1st cd was crue-dr. feelgood mine was girls x3 in '88, 1st tape maybe hysteria. do u like the band Nitro from the late 80's?

[@DarthPizza777]

I love Cowboys From Hell the first time I heard it. Then my neighbors heard it too, if they liked it or not. 😂

[@BrendonSnyder]

I would not like living next to you! 😂

[@DarthPizza777]

@@BrendonSnyder lol I don't do that now. I use headphones now lol

[@saifonlawrence2044]

I hated those albums and still do.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Good for you

[@jamesbrown9910]

I never did like Montrose jump on it and I love Montrose

[@BrendonSnyder]

For me it’s the 2nd Montrose album Paper Money that has never clicked for me.

[@jamesbrown9910]

@@BrendonSnyderit's like night and day from the first album

[@MarcDurain]

Cowboys from hell is actually my favorite Pantera album, since I don't like the vocal style of the groove metal they did afterwards.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Interesting. The Great Southern Trendkill is my least favorite.

[@LockeTheCole]

I liked Yes' The Quest right away, but I simply can NOT get into Heaven and Earth... I feel the difference was Jon Davison growing into the roll... In Heaven and Earth he sounds meek and a bit weak, like he didn't want to go 'balls out' with the lyrics because he didn't want to overshadow everything and so it makes his vocals come off surprisingly flat for a Yes album... Especially when you compare it to what he could do in concert... with The Quest he seems more at ease IMO and uses more of his range which makes all the difference.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Yes that’s possible. He definitely seems to feel more at home now and isn’t trying to be something he’s not. I’m really looking forward to the new album.

[@martymartin2894]

I still can't get into rush there music is like bits and pieces of music that don't mix together or fit, even though I know they were 3 individually gifted musicians I can't get there music.

[@1oriss]

Each to their own. They are so far ahead as my no 1 band it's unreal, but as the saying goes "you can please some of the people"

[@Dave-ti2ue]

My friends who don't like Rush make the same comment. Different ears hear different things, I suppose.

[@martymartin2894]

@@Dave-ti2ue true I suppose we all like what we like.

[@tapanim6576]

😎👍

[@Bo-hb3eo]

Hey Brendon, I know we have had our differences, but I enjoy the thought of this topic. There are a lot of albums I have come to reevaluate over the years now that I am of an advanced age. But there is one that I didn’t like then and I don’t like now, and I never will…Angel! That’s gotta be the worst band in history. In my opinion they just flat out suck.

[@PSN489]

Not unlike Ratt and Motley Crue who are truly awful. We must thank Guns and Rose's for relegating them to also rans. I have never heard Angel and frankly they mean nothing here in the UK.

[@Mrajtheartist]

✨⭐✨💞💖💞💖💖💞💖💞💖💞💖💞✨⭐✨

[@LockeTheCole]

Queen with Paul Rodgers' The Cosmos Rocks should have been the point they made a NAME for their new band... I get why they toured like that (marketing) but as the album it was both disrespectful and disingenuous to claim it was Queen at all. It likely would have been more favorably accepted if they did. But of course, sales probably would have been half what they got... which is why they did it, sadly.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Well they did go and and tour as Queen + Paul Rodgers and set a precedent for it. I’m ok as long as they call it Queen + like they do with Adam Lambert. While Paul did well live, his song writing does not fit Queen at all. I had such high hopes for the album and was so let down by it. Now I just enjoy it for what it is.

[@LeroyBrown84]

@@BrendonSnyder I now also love that album.. Reminds me of the concerts with Paul Rodgers in 2005 and 2008 ... My first concerts where I was able to see Brian and Roger live 🔥😱

[@Kinnakeeter]

Cowboys From Hell was better than St. Anger

[@BrendonSnyder]

By far, yes!

[@julistrauss870]

Queen-punk rock? Please explain......

[@BrendonSnyder]

I don’t think I used the term “punk rock” to describe Queen.

[@julistrauss870]

@@BrendonSnyder I'll have to go back & listen again....

[@julistrauss870]

Oh, pump rock!

[@BrendonSnyder]

“Pomp” rock as in ceremony and splendid display.

[@julistrauss870]

@@BrendonSnyder Ok, now that makes sense....