The Worst Albums From The Biggest Bands - Part 1

These bands have made some of the biggest albums in all of Rock, making it all the way to the top. But along the way, they have made a few clunkers and oh how the mighty have fallen. Join me as I run through 10 of The Worst Albums From The Biggest Bands.
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[@atlasking6110]

BORN AGAIN is a brilliant album and doesn't belong anywhere near any "worst of" lists.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Haha…we have our likes and dislikes.

[@williamolsen20]

I agree Born Again was awesome, Ian Gillian was great on it. I do feel a better mix would be good, but there are some strong songs on it.

[@Almeida5]

Yes, Born Again is brilliant!

[@ramonpimentel6563]

2nd worst Sabbath album

[@m.o.d.5784]

Absolutely agree.

[@johndelaurentis9294]

Interesting episode. I'm one of the Kiss fans who actually like Music from the Elder. I think it has some really good melodic tracks. I love "A World without Heroes," "Under the Rose," and Ace's "Dark Light," has a frenetic guitar solo. "The Oath," is a great hard rocker, also, with Stanley belting out the vocals. I definitely enjoy this album better than the poppy Unmasked album.

[@Protometal66]

I like several tracks from The Elder and I'm also a fan of Unmasked. For me , the worst Kiss album is probably Monster Alice Cooper's Brutal Planet is fantastic. First person I've heard say that you're not into it but I guess we all have our own tastes. No right or wrong answer

[@johndelaurentis9294]

@@Protometal66 I actually enjoyed Monster better than Sonic Boom. Unmasked has some good songs on it.

[@Protometal66]

@@johndelaurentis9294I might have to give it another listen, it's been awhile.since I listened to it

[@Stephen1164]

I am with you, love The Elder! Interesting but different style!

[@DJGerryfromStarlightMusic]

Mr. Maxwell Rules!!

[@mpcincal260]

Pretty good list. The one I strongly disagreed with was Brutal Planet, because I loved that album and still do, but your comments on Shadowlife and St. Anger were spot-on. The others I never really bothered to listen to or obtain although I do like the bands for the most part. Like your videos -- keep ‘em coming.

[@timoneil6582]

Love your channel buddy! I got to see Sabbath one time, and it was on the Born Again tour in Philly! I was a teenager, and watched Ian Gillan trip and fall flat on his face running off the stage. It was a total Spinal Tap moment, something that would have been everywhere had any kind of recording device that didn't weigh 10 pounds been available!

[@patriotpizzaman]

That's awesome Tim! I saw Wasp open for Metallica on the Ride The Lightning tour in Upper Darby at the Tower Theatre. Chris Holmes was wearing cheekless leather pants and was running on stage while playing guitar when he slipped and skidded on bare a$$ cheeks LOL!!! He was lucky he didn't get a splinter off that dilapidated old wooden stage!

[@timoneil6582]

@@patriotpizzaman OMG, I've been to the Tower and cannot imagine seeing Metallica in a venue that small. I lean toward all those places now, like the Keswick and Sellersville theater. Just saw Jerry Cantrell at the Wellmont.

[@krismaddox1782]

No Way Alice Cooper's Brutal planet Belongs anywhere near this list It's a great album

[@retro_wanderluster9962]

same I have it in my top 10

[@gregjohnson298]

Totally agree,far better than this retro crap he's been releasing in recent years.

[@retro_wanderluster9962]

@@gregjohnson298 I liked last two but BP is way better than both

[@sbi168]

Brutal Planet rules! The horrible dirty diamonds should have been on this list!

[@retro_wanderluster9962]

@sbi168 yeah agreed DD is bad and along came a spider

[@seangagnonProvidenceR.I.]

I loathed The Elder as a teenager but love it now and as far as Def Leppard they lost their edge once Pete Willis was gone , love the first three albums not so much after that. Good channel man !

[@Bigchet1223]

It was pyromania for me. They went more techno once rick Allen lost his arm. Then they were doing country songs later on. Just were more pop-orientated.

[@seangagnonProvidenceR.I.]

@@Bigchet1223 Pyromania was great and their last good album imo . Hysteria was a huge success but Not really into it but for a couple of songs .

[@bobbyw1510]

I only like the 1st 3 Def Leppard....Hysteria til now....not so much....People rave over Hysteria....I think it is pure watered down pop. Gods of War and Don't Shoot are the only credible tunes on there....but the sheep will always worship Joey and his gang.

[@TimsVinylConfessions]

Couldn't agree more with Just Push Play and Shadowlife. I love Brutal Planet and yeah, I'm one of those weirdos that likes The Elder too. Great episode.

[@BrendonSnyder]

I knew there would be some “weirdos” out there!! JK….😂😂😂😂

[@Protometal66]

All Kiss fans I know like the Elder. It's becoming a more accepted album then back when it came out

[@johnpost5133]

I love Born Again. 👍🤘

[@BrendonSnyder]

It’s really grown on me in recent years.

[@MCastleberry1980]

As bad as St Anger is, if we're counting side projects, Lulu is infinitely worse. Just the most unlistenable thing I've ever come across.

[@nickmurray9151]

I love Slang! It was very different but at least it was still interesting. Sparkle Lounge and Yeah are much worse imo...good vid as always!

[@GlamprinceRockking]

I enjoy sparkle lounge. It was the album X I hated.

[@thevoid99]

"X" i think is def leppard's worst album as that was them trying to be commercial and work with max martin in an attempt to get hit songs and they didn't need to do that.

[@honourisdrumming]

Great vid, I love ‘Slang’ though!

[@BrendonSnyder]

I don’t dislike it but it’s my least favorite album. There are still some really good songs on it. I guess it was just a big shock for me at the time. So it left a bad taste in my mouth.

[@2012Darkknightrises]

Man, you were right on the money with Shadowlife. That album is horrible. That's the only Dokken record I've ever gotten rid of. Great video BTW.

[@BrendonSnyder]

I hear you. If I wasn’t a completist, I’m sure I would have unloaded it too.

[@ytserob2112]

You chose my two favorite Kiss albums for the bottom of your pile. GASP! lol. Fantastic video, good sir.

[@BrendonSnyder]

😂😂😂

[@jimmyr204]

Great topic! For Bon Jovi, anything after Keep The Faith. I'm hoping Richie Sambora returns for a final album. Need to go back and listen to Just Push Play again. Sacrilege on Kiss lol! Shadowlife, American Hardcore, and Smoke This are absolutely abysmal. Ugh

[@Bigchet1223]

Bon Jovi has gone country. I’m not a huge fan, but they quit rocking when Richie sambora left.

[@MayhemmiGunn]

I think Forbidden is way better than it gets credit for. I did intentionally skip it for years, having read horror stories about 'Rap Sabbath' and all sorts of things. Eventually, curiosity got the better of me and I'm all the happier for it. It's not a bad album at all, and that dreaded rap section? Spoken word interlude in the middle of the opening song. That's all. Takes a few seconds, it's over before you know it. No, it's not one of their best albums, but I don't hesitate for a second to rank it higher than Technical Ecstasy, Never say Die, Born Again and maybe even 13. It does sound bad, but that alone isn't enough to discredit the whole album.

[@HeathenDance]

I salute your comment. It's actually a great classic heavy metal album, specially for 90's standards. When even Thrash Metal was put aside, and we observed the explosion of the subgenres. The drum work is great, the final track, the power ballad "Kiss of Death" is original, dark, and very well composed. And the song "Shaking Off the Chains" has some of the most bad ass riffs that I ever heard on a (classic) heavy metal band. As for the Rap section, to be honest, there are songs from Pantera which sound a lot more like Rap than that first track. Specially from the "Vulgar" and "Driven" albums. And I love Pantera!

[@MayhemmiGunn]

@@HeathenDance You're right with the 90s standards. Imagine how it would have been had they done what a great deal of bands from the 'old guard' did around that same time and gone down that tough-guy route, just because that was the flavor of the day. I'm glad they stuck to their guns and just made an honest heavy metal record. I wish that the circumstances would have been better, maybe they could have made it better, but it's for sure not the stinker that its reputation suggests. Plenty of good song on there, and Tony Martin is as good as ever.

[@HeathenDance]

@@MayhemmiGunn Agreed on everything you wrote. There's also a decent amount of variety within the album, with the songs sounding different between themselves. This is something that I also appreciate. But many people prefer repetitive padrons. It's not by chance that Metallica is so popular. On the riff department, you get more variety in ONE SINGLE 80's Megadeth album, than in the entire James Hetfield's catalogue. As a musician, I'm not even joking. This is the truth. Number of notes being used, scales, etc. And I love Metallica. But personal tastes and objective criticism reviews are different things. Yet, James Hetfield is pretty much untouchable and worshipped by everyone. Unlike Kirk Hammett, who is constantly bashed. It is what it is!

[@MayhemmiGunn]

@@HeathenDance Haha, you're right, it's impossible to please everyone. Just like the post-Ozzy albums 'just don't sound like Sabbath' but the main criticism for 13? 'It's all just a rehash of their old stuff' or 'it sounds like a Sabbath cover band'. Some bands get shit for sounding the same, while others get shat on for changing too much. That just tought me at an early age to not le anyone else's opinion affect my listening experience, and just appreciate songs/albums/bands for what they are and judge them for what they mean and do for me. Variety surely is the spice of life!

[@HeathenDance]

@@MayhemmiGunn Right on spot. But yes, most people are highly influenced by the "Official collective opinions", regardless what it might be, or where it came from. Good for us who are able to think for our own brain, instead of being connected to the "mother-ship" ahah.

[@sunshinevarney8806]

I definitely agree with you on St. Anger. I don’t think I need to say anything more, than what has already been said about that album. For me it is the two Iron Maiden albums with Blaze Bayley: The X Factor and Virtual XI. Although I do like the songs: Man on the Edge from The X Factor and The Clansmen from Virtual XI.

[@speedking4951]

Interesting topic. Totally agree with you on the listed albums, although i still enjoy Forbidden and Brutal Planet to a certain extent.

[@progbassplayer]

Damn i wish i had your collection of cds

[@RetroMusicTube]

Great video as usual, sir

[@BrendonSnyder]

Glad you enjoyed it! 🤘

[@jordonlane7120]

Great video Brendon looking forward too part 2 Queen hot space 🤣 it's not that bad! 🤘🇬🇧

[@iancocks9408]

When I try to listen to it my phone refuses to play it!

[@jordonlane7120]

@Ian Cocks comin from a cold play fan. 😆

[@BrendonSnyder]

Glad you enjoyed Part 1. Can’t wait to get Part 2 posted tomorrow for the rest of these albums to be discussed.

[@iancocks9408]

my phone plays the game or the works instead of hot space

[@purpletemple1]

Hey Brendon, I agree with most of your picks (not The Elder, though :-) ). I generally don't like to put down a band for an album they did but these are imo weaker albums, which doesn't mean it's all bad (pics through A-M): Alice Cooper-Lace and Whiskey Bowie-Black Tie, White Noise Celtic Frost-Cold Lake Cheap Trick-The Doctor Dream Theater-The Astonishing Elp-In the Hot Seat Journey-Raised on Radio Judas Priest-Nostradamus Kiss-Hot in the Shade Metallica-St Anger (so bad it needs to be mentioned twice!) Cheers.

[@treff9226]

Excellent picks! I whole heartedly agree with every one except for Raised On Radio, which I like a lot.

[@purpletemple1]

@@treff9226 I can understand that. It's a good album, but more of Steve Perry solo album and much too "pop" for my taste, but it's got good tunes. Cheers.

[@Mr._Mints]

I have to completely disagree with you on Slang! It’s one of my favorite Def Leppard albums! I love how they stripped back and got a little dark with it. They’ve said before that it was really a case of them making the album they wanted to make, not what the record company wanted, and I think you can really feel that. I especially love the deluxe edition with all of the demos and outtakes! But I will give you the criticism that the title track doesn’t really fit the rest of the album. It changed a lot when compared to the demo on the deluxe version. Almost sounds like they were forced to create at least one radio-friendly single, whether it really went over well that way or not. And, for the record, I am also a Music From The Elder sympathizer! 😆

[@BrendonSnyder]

That’s cool! I’m glad you like more of the oddball releases. There is still lots to love on those.

[@spacedvest]

I was about to say the same thing as Mint, really good album. I even find the title track catchy

[@Gunnar.J]

I agree! I really enjoyed this album! I went and saw them live for this tour.

[@Mr._Mints]

@@Gunnar.J I wish I could've seen them on that tour! But I wasn't born until a couple months after Slang released, so... 😅 Luckily, I have had the chance to see them three times, though: in 2016, 2018, and 2022! They're still one of the best live bands out there! I even got to see them from right next to catwalk for part of the 2022 show! My friend and I kinda made our way to some empty seats at the front of the stadium! 😅 We saw all of Poison and Joan Jett's sets from down there! But we got caught halfway through Lep's set and had to go to our real seats a few sections back. 😭 But it was amazing to be just feet away from Def Leppard for the time that we were there!

[@Gunnar.J]

@@Mr._Mints That's awesome!

[@turntabillist]

Elder fan here, but I'd say you're pretty spot on with most of the others. I found the LA Guns in a thrift store, mint condition for $1, but I didn't feel right about buying it. I went home, listened to it online for a few minutes and was glad I didn't spend the dollar on it, lol!

[@csabacsernak7445]

No No! Slang is my fav DL album. Breathe a sigh amazing song!

[@genabourassa7962]

I might be alone but my favorite Def Leppard is X i especially like the song Scar

[@armandourso1526]

I just LOVE Born Again ! Hugs from Brazil 🎉

[@BrendonSnyder]

Cool! 👍

[@VantagePointrocks]

For me, Bounce is the last Bon Jovi album of any note, they still rocked out on it and there was four or five really good tracks included. Since then I've been lucky to like one song on each subsequent albums, to the extent that I've given up buying them. As for Brutal Planet, I think it is the best thing Alice has put out since the Trash/Hey Stoopid era.

[@classiclife7204]

In which I learn: the 90s and 00s were a bad time for all the 80s bands I grew up with!

[@BrendonSnyder]

So very true. But it was a strange time for all music really. The industry didn’t know where to go after the fall of Grunge. No new genre or band came along to really fill the void. Unfortunately the industry settled on Boy Bands by the late 90’s and early 2000’s and Rock was out. Lucky for us it never went away, it just went underground.

[@metaljew4456]

Words can not describe just how bad that Lynch Mob album is. What were they thinking!?

[@vazhum]

I like it, I don't agree in some description, but it's cool

[@patrickhogue8790]

Aerosmith - everything after Rocks 😂

[@quagsiremetalhead1401]

Gonna put just some of my thoughts on what you put up - I get that born again is not loved for the producion, but i think it fits the album. Sounds like it was recorded in Hell - I love brutal planet, I feel like it was a return to a much darker side of alice after a lot of glam - It's predictable but I love the elder. I would say Crazy Nights is the main stinker, its my least favourite album of all time

[@iancocks9408]

Haha recorded in hell

[@Protometal66]

Agreed on all you said. I much prefer Brutal Planet over the glam albums and I find the Elder much better than Crazy Nights. Didn't care for Asylum either.

[@YoStabbaStabba]

not even going to lie...i have never heard of Def Leppard's Slang!

[@dawidgarstecki8553]

I really enjoy listening to Forbidden, I bought it when I was a kid so it’s also a sentimental issue. Til now I have it on that cassette! 😀

[@jakepepper2279]

I also liked Forbidden. It was given a much worse reputation than it deserved.

[@neverleftthe80s29]

Personally I like much of Bounce, plenty of great songs on it, but I am not from New York, so I understand that as well Brendon. My personal worst Bon Jovi album is 'What About Now'. Cheers From Australia.

[@BrendonSnyder]

I can see that about What Is Now. Also not a favorite of mine. Far too much Pop on it. But I can stomach Pop easier than the overtly modern production of Bounce.

[@neverleftthe80s29]

@@BrendonSnyder Interesting discussion and videos Brendon. Always enjoy your videos.

[@helloitsme98]

Wow - I loved Carnival of Souls - Kiss nailed the grunge sound - great songs, etc

[@BrendonSnyder]

They might have nailed the grunge sound but it’s not what their fans wanted and certainly doesn’t sound like a Kiss album. Had it come out sooner and able to stand on its own without the impending reunion taking place, it may well have done alright. It was a good album. I dug it at the time as I had a bootleg prior to its official release.

[@Bigchet1223]

It was also released after the original line up decided to reunite.

[@lobolonewolf8824]

I so dig Black Sabbath Born Again. I wish Ian Gillian would have done more with them. I also really like Alice Cooper Brutal Planet. I also wish Alice would have made more in that style. Alice can do no wrong in my book. I really like Kiss The Elder. Some songs are a bit cheesy but it is still Kisstory.❤

[@rabarebra]

@Once Upon A Rock & Roll So you are that kind of person that de-subscribe because you disagree with a tiny detail like this? You have to agree with everything to keep subscribing a channel. It has been known for decades that these albums is the worst they put out. No need to be subjective biased to understand that, and if you listen to Brian here, it is HIS opinions. Wether you like a video's title or not, keep hitting the unsubscribe button on every channel you have subscribed to until you loose your finger! 🤣 Your are not dumb, but dumber, if not, the dumbest. 😂

[@Bigchet1223]

Ian left to rejoin deep purple. And he had issues with substance abuse at the time. Ian Gillan joining Black Sabbath was like Paul McCartney joining The Rolling Stones, or Roger Daltrey joining Led Zeppelin. In the 1970s the were rivals, both on the same label on the British charts in the heavy metal scene.

[@Bigchet1223]

Ian Gillan solo stuff is great as well. Listen to mr.universe from 1979. Very heavy album.

[@helladankseedco.2411]

"Born Again" an album I was anxiuosly waiting years for only to get really dissapointed, I tried sooo hard to like it...

[@BrendonSnyder]

Yeah, too bad when that happens and you get let down.

[@markbunton9919]

I agree with all of your picks except for Brutal Planet. That one is still one of my faves from AC.

[@nate-ds9tg]

About your comment on 9/11 tribute songs - I generally agree, but there are a couple good ones in my opinion. WASP made a good one with "Hallowed Ground," but my favorite one is Illume (9-11) by Fleetwood Mac. Incredible song and I would say my second favorite Fleetwood Mac song. It seems very genuine and not contrived at all. Beautiful song. But yes, I generally agree with you.

[@thevoid99]

i hated all of that 9/11 tribute shit w/ the 2001 version of "what's going on" by marvin gaye covered by every pop star of the day at that time. ugh...

[@Bigchet1223]

Wasp jump the shark when blackie became a Christian.

[@Bigchet1223]

@thevoid99 people were very shaken by those events at the time. Might seem dated now, but if you were old enough to live through it you might understand.

[@sebastienlavoie9334]

I love Brutal Planet by Alice Cooper, exactly, it's a dark album and that's what i love, the song Wicked Young Men is in my all-time favorite Alice Cooper songs.

[@BrendonSnyder]

That’s cool man. There are always going to be people that like what others don’t and Vice Versa. My favorite Alice Cooper album is probably one you don’t like, it’s Trash (1989) with the full on Glam Metal sound.

[@sebastienlavoie9334]

@@BrendonSnyder Oh no, not at all, i LOVE thrash too, alot!!

[@fabianoescher149]

Born Again is a great album. guitars sound blown out, but it has its charm. The guitars sound like blown out, but it has its charm. And the songs are amazing.

[@leslielonesinger5798]

Black Sabbath - Born Again has its time and place..."Born Again" is a good ballad, "Disturbing The Priest" is Black Sabbath...Ian Gillan did what he could for what it was...

[@BrendonSnyder]

Oh yeah definitely not his fault. I just think the album was unfocused and could have used a few more “songs” in place of the 2 atmospheric instrumental pieces.

[@iainhead9898]

Hey Brendan, like lots of others, agree with most of your choices, but also find it eyebrow raising that you would think about Done With Mirrors ahead of, say, Music From Another Dimension, or The Elder ahead of, for me, Asylum. OK, off to listen to part 2 now!

[@smashmachine1144]

Done With Mirrors is in my top 3 favorite Aerosmith records.

[@spiffy8576]

It's really good. First two tracks are top notch.

[@Bigchet1223]

Love it. It just didn’t sell well. I like rock in a hard place. The album without Joe Perry.

[@victorsvorinich1595]

A lot of ouch’s in the 90s! Hey, sort of related, been really into What’s Funk since your rec. it’s one of those albums where the band seems somewhat strung out, but that’s what works for me! How good is the track “I’m So True”? Bit of yacht rock in there. Cheers brother!

[@robertchambers6344]

Solid list. I disagree with 2. I like that you are honest.

[@heavychevy4616]

i know im probably in the minority here, but done with mirrors is my all time FAVORITE aerosmith album! ...& i will say, some of these albums mighta had one or two tracks in em that were good, but maybe considered weak as far as an overall "album" ...& i love "slang" but thats what makes this fun, everybody has their own take on things... always enjoy ur vids man, thank u

[@GlamprinceRockking]

Let the Music do the talking ✌

[@philobeddoe8342]

Blaspheme! You Blasphemer! How dare you tey to try to even think "Born Again" even sniffing this list!.....🤣🤣 I've loved that album since it came out. The production is crap, but there are so many gems out there with bad production "The Legacy" from Testament being an easy target. The songs on Born Again are very strong and different than any other Sabbath album. I get mad when I hear Ian or Tony talk bad about the album, they are blasphemous too. I gotta admit I do not own any of the other albums you talked about. I jumped out of most of those bands long before these albums dropped, or some bands I was never into. For example, the first time I heard the song Animal on Mtv, I knew I was not going to be buying the Hysteria album....🤣 Dokken, I quit after Back for the Attack. Was never really a Kiss fan, even as a kid in the 70's. But I did keep up with them through Lick it Up. I liked Alice Cooper up through the mid to late 80's. Metallica......😬 Aerosmith has been a disappointment for many decades now, but boy were they good when I saw them live in 87.

[@davidgasten4361]

The overarching tie here is metal and hard rock bands trying (badly) to cope with a post-"Smells Like Teen Spirit" world in the 1990s and early 2000s. Not a good time to be metal unless you were extreme metal, progressive metal, or in Germany.

[@georgeedward1226]

Hot Space by Queen. Aside from the duet with Bowie, it's a bunch of throwaway disco dance songs.

[@BrendonSnyder]

I agree…never understood what they were thinking.

[@georgeedward1226]

Maybe Freddie was recreating the music he was hearing in Munich night clubs at the time. That's how it sounds anyway.

[@danprice6361]

born again is my go-to sabbath album actually. disturbing the priest is great

[@iancocks9408]

There is some classics on there, with a remix it would be even better

[@victorsvorinich1595]

And maybe one day The Elder will grow on you, as it did for me. It’s become a cult classic, and when you’re tired of the 70s stuff, you have Elder. I think it’s a great album 😊

[@YoStabbaStabba]

I love the Elder, but I *think* the label had them rearrange the songs making them not flow like they were supposed to. I could be wrong though.....

[@TheOldDylanGuy]

Great video Brandon! As a Bon Jovi fan, I agree with you. Bounce is not their best. Bottom 5 for me as well. You mention the 9/11 references and inspiration bothers you, how do you feel about Springsteen’s The Rising. IMO, it’s THE 9/11 album and I love it. Wonder how you feel about it.

[@BrendonSnyder]

The Springsteen songs and lyrics aren’t as on the nose as Bon Jovi’s songs. Bruce is a superior lyricist and story teller IMO. But I do love Jon Bon Jovi too.

[@TheOldDylanGuy]

@@BrendonSnyder I think Bon Jovi is a bit more accessible than Springsteen. However, I think they took a step in a different direction with Crush where they relied much more on outside writers. Prior, it was all Jon, Ritchie and Desmond Child.

[@samhouston1979]

cmon…Brutal Planet by Alice Cooper rocks…if you want a bad Alice album, have you heard Easy Action?

[@BrendonSnyder]

Yeah I actually like those first two albums produced by Frank Zappa. Opening track Mr. And Misdemeanor is awesome!

[@kennethnoisewater8170]

My submission could almost be for a whole new list of one album wonders. The Boo Radleys I discovered when I worked at a record store with their Giant Steps album. I went out and bought everything else they did, and not only did none of the albums get close to Giant Steps, I don’t think any of the others were even good at all, accept for Everything’s Alright Forever is pretty good. But Giant Steps is one of the best of the 90’s.

[@dirkbag22]

Lots of these I just knew to avoid, but I'm going to check out these albums now and see if there is anything worth keeping.

[@jameswilson7084]

Good idea for a video. I think Aerosmith's "Music From Another Dimension!" is even worse. Even Carrie Underwood's vocals couldn't save their duet on that album. I also thought Def Leppard's "Slang" was disappointing. But, they kind of came back, with "Euphoria". The main problem with Metallica's "St. Anger", is the bad production. I remember actually liking a lot of the songs on the "Some Kind Of Monster" documentary.

[@JCStorm76]

Yes it’s worse. Just Push Play isn’t as bad as it’s made out to be

[@treff9226]

Pretty forgettable though, the once mighty Aerosmith desperately trying to reel in Bieber / Swift fans with nauseating, vapid and dumbed down Carson Daly playlist material! Modern day Aerosmith makes me feel dead inside, they were sacred to myself and friends and will now go out with a whimper! SAD.

[@iancocks9408]

Music from another dimension also has a shit title. Get a grip was poppy but still a really good album. Nine lives was not as good, then the last two stank.

[@treff9226]

@@iancocks9408 Yessir - Get A Grip was the last good Aerosmith album, since then they have shat all over their legacy as America's greatest hard rock band ( along with Van Halen ) with tepid, uninspired and commercially driven radio syrup, abandoning their once bluesy, swaggering and attitude filled sonic wizardry. Wish they would have hung it up and took up golf many moons ago! Their early stuff will forever be medicine to my soul, especially Toys In The Attic, Rocks (in my top ten albums of all time ) and Draw The Line! Get Your Wings belongs in there as well.

[@David-lw4vl]

Since you singled out this song I thought I’d mention that Steven Tyler rewrote the lyrics to “Let the Music Do the Talking” from a Joe Perry Project album (same music).

[@MrMusic193]

Let me add a real clunker in dream theater the astonishing. Not only is this their weakest album in my opinion, but they went ahead and make it a double album.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Haha…that was in my list but when I exceeded 20 albums (10 per episode) I dropped it. But I’d totally agree. I wanted to like it so much and even went and saw them on tour for it. I don’t go back to that one very much.

[@Gunnar.J]

Is Load 1 & 2, St. Anger, Hardwired to self destruct, and soon to be 72 seasons on this list?

[@dalekoch6687]

Totally disagree on Brutal Plant top 3 or 5 albums of Alice Cooper. Killers is best for me. Worst album probably Zipper Catches Skin.

[@docvader82]

Very cool video, whether I agree or not doesn't matter in the slightest.

[@edwardkodai1319]

Forbidden is a good album imo however I agree about production. There's some good songs on there including Forbidden. But I didn't like the ice t stuff. Could've left that out. Also I'm surprised you didn't mention Nostradamus from Judas priest.

[@bryanw4637]

7:05. About Dokken and their record labels. What you said is not true. Dokken’s first (American, they were first released by a German label) label was Elektra. Dysfunctional was released by Columbia. Then they went with CMC once 80’s metal died.

[@BrendonSnyder]

None of what I said was incorrect but thank you for adding the extra label jump they did with Dysfunctional. I just chose not to mention it. But they did go from Electra to CMC.

[@matthewvoss7365]

Megadeth-Risk Metallica-Saint Anger Suicidal Tendencies-Art Of Rebellion Skid Row-Subhuman Race Queensryche-Hear In The Now Frontier Iron Maiden-Dance Of Death Judas Priest-Demolition Poison-Native Tongue Pantera-Reinventing The Steel Van Halen-Women And Children First That's my top 10 list of bad albums. I feel Ernie C and Ice T saved the Forbidden Album. Also I've never understood the hate for the Born Again Album. I know everyone's going to hate me for this but I'll take the two Kiss albums you mentioned over Dressed To Kill.

[@jimfoster7986]

Women and Children First?! You need to take your meds.

[@JohnDoe-wy7py]

That's a great shirt Born Again is my favorite sabbath record

[@jamesstaggs4160]

I got to meet Aerosmith way back when they toured with Faith No More opened for them, I think in 1990. My best friend's stepdad was semi-famous singer/songwriter, John Hiatt, and he pulled down strings to get backstage at Starwood Amphitheatre, located just outside of Nashville. Still got my signed while t shirt and picture with the band, minus Joe Perry. Tyler was super cool and happy to have fans that young (I was 12). Joe however didn't seem very happy to have us back there.

[@melvincalladine8187]

Interesting it's a good thing it's only your opinion . Great idea for a video tho 👌

[@Protometal66]

Yep. I don't think any one of us would have a list that everyone would agree with

[@IraSiegel]

Interesting list. I agree with all except KISS The Elder.

[@vhsinmetal]

Got that LA Guns album, one of my worst cassettes

[@garrypeak4277]

I quite like Music From The Elder. Is it quintessential Kiss? Nope. But I think it’s better than people give it credit for. The only song I don’t care for at all, is Odyssey. But the rest, The Oath, Dark Light, A World Without Heroes, Mr Blackwell, I……they all pretty much work for me. I agree with Carnival Of Souls, tho. Only release in the whole catalog I really don’t like. I’d file that one as even I dislike it. As a CD, it makes a great beer coaster….

[@DarthPizza777]

I feel like I'm the only one in the world who really digs St.Anger. To me it sounds like a band in a garage just jamming away with a cheep recorder and I don't mean that in a bad way. Its raw and I love it!!

[@daniellothgren157]

When I consider it, it's funny how Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger is praised as one of the best black metal albums - with a really poor production (more like lack of one)!

[@iancocks9408]

I will take your comment as sarcasm even if it’s not. the production is so bad and the drums I can barely listen to it.

[@riverrat55]

agreed maybe combine it with Garage Days Re-Revisted as it sounds like recorded in a garage which is a unique sound.

[@paulmcgrath6118]

I think frantic is an amazing song, most of the album is decent enough and the snare suits the song , it doesn’t sound nearly as bad as people make it out to be . I like they the used a unique drum sound

[@patriotpizzaman]

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[@markrago7217]

I would add The Battle Rages On by Deep Purple and Conquest by Uriah Heep.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Haha…I absolutely love The Battle Rages On and placed it in the video for Most Underrated Albums From The Biggest Bands, see link if you’re interested kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqnMdaGonJmJiKs

[@YY-mi9rf]

It's shocking that I have most of the albums here, lol. Having said that, yes, you are correct, they are horrible albums. The only "personal" exception is SLANG which was a punch in the balls when it first came out but after many repeat listenings, it is a fantastic "concept" sounding album which I totally love. Obviously, there was no way for Def Leppard to move forward with this direction so they dropped it with their next and last great album Euphoria.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Hey…I own them all too! 🤣🤣🤣

[@andreveach7520]

"Carnival of Souls" was basically 'rushed' to release because of 'internet leaks'

[@motley123rock]

Have to disagree about Slang. It’s an excellent album. The production of Mutt Lange is to a certainly degree a millstone round their neck. On this occasion they tried to get away from the over produced stuff and do something different and for me it was a hit.

[@dragonfly1694]

For sure, at least Rick Allen got to play on it & they went back to playing as a real band. I think 'Adrenalize' & their later over-produced pop fluff is far worse.

[@JCStorm76]

@@dragonfly1694Adrenalize is good. Way better than Slang

[@iancocks9408]

Unfortunately def Leppard went downhill, I think adrenalize and slang and euphoria are pretty good. After that it’s only songs from the sparkle loung and diamond star halos that are good. X is far worse than slang I reckon haha.

[@JCStorm76]

@@iancocks9408 Agree with all of that

[@mohdrizalazuarbinsulaiman6075]

Agreed

[@georgeprice4212]

One thing about The Elder: Casablanca/PolyGram messed up the track list, moving one of the Rock tracks up to the opening track status, instead of keeping Overture as the opening cut.

[@vegasgone07-dh4lb]

Sign of the Times, Brutal Planet is Awesome! Sanctuary! Trash is great too!

[@BrendonSnyder]

👍

[@richardhenle2650]

Agree on most, Def Leppard I would go X for sure on them. For Bon Jovi I kind of agree that this is one of the their albums as a whole I rarely listen too but I would go “What about Now” for sure I never have been into this album, Amen is good but Jon should have left this for a better album, this song ironically was performed a lot live and I think it’s what blew his voice out. And “Room at the end of world” is another one , but I couldn’t go back an listen to this album again after the first time as a whole.

[@BrendonSnyder]

I would agree with Bon Jovi’s What About Now, too much of a “Pop” album that while it has a couple good tracks the rest is just not memorable or worth returning to.

[@richardhenle2650]

I also think I listened to the track “I’m not running anymore” most which was a solo bonus jon track.

[@jacobkrutina6366]

A lot of the bands were popular, like dokken and a lot of the other bands. They said that since things were changing in the music business and grunge is popular, they start writing music and then when they release it. The grunge stuff was done after 1996

[@BrendonSnyder]

Yeah it was in and out so fast. But even when some bands waited it out that didn’t work either. I think it was a no win situation for them.

[@MariahTahmisian]

I personally love Bounce but I understand where you're coming from. Otherwise agreed here.

[@AlexM-uo9gk]

Done with mirrors is effin' awesome, better than anything that came after.

[@palashghosh7505]

Well brandon, it would be more better to keep the album springhead motorshark of britny fox and subhuman race of skid row in the place of bounce and slang.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Yes the Britny Fox album isn’t very good but I didn’t dislike it. Personally I have grown to like Subhuman Race.

[@docvader82]

American Hardcore is a solo project, just not labeled as such. It doesn't sound anything like LA Guns, Cocked & Loaded.

[@musicartguy1]

I have to respectfully absolutely disagree with Brutal Planet. It is simply outstanding.

[@Original_Lurke_fromthe_Unknown]

I will really have to think about this one. I’ll get back with this one. I normally don’t do that one.

[@williamtindale2768]

I would like to add Danger Danger album Dawn to this list. Another band who tried to write a modern rock record to go with the times. It was basically a complete change from their glam days and sounded dreadful to my ears. The worst Aerosmith album for me would be the Music from Another Dimension, could not get into it at all despite repeated tries. Just didn't sound like Aerosmith. I love The Elder by Kiss btw, yes it's a bit messy with the whole storyline but the music I do like! Brutal Planet is also one of my favourite Cooper albums but I agree with the others here! Great section!

[@WISTERIAHALLOFFICIAL]

The Elder rules, unique, Kiss in retrospect did well and took a chance

[@BrendonSnyder]

For all the fans it seems to have it’s never sold very well.

[@WISTERIAHALLOFFICIAL]

@@BrendonSnyder It's grown acceptance over the years...Hot in the Shade was the worst..maybe 4 listenable tunes out of like 15

[@l.salisbury1253]

Suggestions for Vol. 2 (and I LUV these bands!): THE WHO- It's Hard (1982) THE CLASH- Cut the Crap (85) ALICE COOPER- Zipper Catches Skin (82) THE DAMNED- Anything (86) JUDAS PRIEST- Jugulator (97) IGGY POP- Ave. B (99) MOONSPELL- Butterfly Effect (99) KISS- Crazy Nights (87) AC/DC- Rock Or Bust (2014)

[@DBTdad]

Ave. B has Nazi Girlfriend on it. A classic.

[@georgeprice4212]

I LIKED It’s Hard! It WASN’T the standard Who sounding album, which is why I like it.

[@garyolshan4177]

IListened to It's Hard recently,. It is better than I had previously thought.

[@edlawn5481]

Love Beach by Emerson, Lake and Palmer has to be the ultimate worst album by a big band.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Haha…I love that album 😂😂😂

[@derekwilliams1660]

I actually like slang from Def Leppard, but I do think that the song "Slang" is the weakest song on the album.

[@docvader82]

Slang and Shadowlife are two albums that strayed so far from the bands vibe that it didn't work. Whether or not the tunes are good, it's not them.

[@markwalch6065]

Deff Lepoards self titled 2015 album was a banger. Weird thing is nobody seems to remember it yet recalls sparkle lounge, which was ok, not great, or the latest Diamond star halos. On the 2015 album they were on fire and did some interesting things on it.

[@deadlyoneable]

So the point here is: great bands don’t have shitty albums until late in their career. I guess it makes sense since they are all “great” bands. So it’s easy to just pick something very late when they fell out of favor.

[@williamwolford588]

listen to "Rusty Angels" on Forbidden, you'll end up liking it

[@BrendonSnyder]

I’ve listened to the album many times.

[@helladankseedco.2411]

Im surprised to not see Slayer "Diabalus in Musica"

[@BrendonSnyder]

…because I love that album! I would instead include Undisputed Attitude.

[@helladankseedco.2411]

@@BrendonSnyder Undisputed was just a cover album so I dont give it too much flak..., but yeah, still kinda cringy...

[@helladankseedco.2411]

@@BrendonSnyder "Screaming from the sky" is a pretty cool song...

[@ChrisTian-rm7zm]

I have to strongly disagree with you about Slang. I think it's one of the best, musically most interesting Def Leppard albums ever. I really appreciate that Def Leppard broke new creative ground here instead of trying to repeat the same old successful formula over and over again. I found it disappointing that Slang didn't have the success it deserved. I found the previous album Adrenalize so much weaker than Slang, but I attribute that to the death of Steve Clark, which must have been a huge shock for the band.

[@damiankarras]

Dysfunctional came out on Sony, not Elektra. And Dysfunctional is excellent

[@Douchemaster_McChest]

Here are some of mine: AC/DC - Fly On The Wall (Decent, but I still think it is their worst when compared to their entire studio discography.) Aerosmith - Music From Another Dimension! (Huge disappointment for me after the hype leading up to its release.) Blind Guardian - Legacy Of The Dark Lands (Not really a true Blind Guardian Album. Just frontman Hansi Kursch and one other member. It was their Orchestral album project they had been talking about and working on for years. Nothing metal about this. If you like Classical music, you might like this one more. It's just that it's not metal and never claimed to be. They should've released this without the Blind Guardian name on it. Because it is, it gets put in with the rest of their albums.) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Mardi Gras (Of course their final album is the worst with Fogerty only writing half the songs, which are the best ones.) The Cars - Door To Door (Tried to be too slick. Huge letdown after their resurgence from the Heartbeat City era of the mid '80s.) Def Leppard - X (I don't know but it was too Pop, even for latter day Def Leppard. Prior to that album, I thought their worst was Slang. But over the years, I've learned to enjoy Slang much more than I originally did when it was released.) Dio - Lock Up The Wolves (One or two good songs, but nothing memorable. At least with all the other albums, there is something memorable about each one of them I can recall without having to go back to it. With Lock Up The Wolves, nothing stays with me, even the couple songs I consider to be good.) The Doors - Full Circle (Final actual album, not counting An American Prayer in which the 3 remaining Doors put music to Morrison's spoken words and poetry.) Grave Digger - Liberty Or Death (One of my favorite German Power Metal Bands. This one is my least favorite album by them. Nothing really memorable or catchy about this one. All their other albums over their entire Discography have something I like.....songwriting, catchy riffs, great choruses, etc. None of that gets my attention on Liberty Or Death.) Helloween - Chameleon (Awful. Though, Pink Bubbles Go Ape could give it a run for its money too.) Iced Earth - Plagues Of Babylon (Not going to say anything about Schaffer's stupidity and politics. But this album is the least memorable of their entire discography, especially after their previous album Dystopia, which I thought was great.) Iron Maiden - Virtual XI (There are a couple songs I like, but overall, their worst. Maybe would've been better if Dickinson was around to record it.) Judas Priest - Demolition (Tim Ripper Owens 2nd and final studio album as frontman. Nothing really his fault. The songwriting just wasn't there. Of the Rob Halford fronted albums, Rocka Rolla, Nostradamus and Turbo are my least favorites. Depending on my mood, any 3 of those could be considered the worst of his.) Led Zeppelin - Coda (If you don't count this album then it would be In Through The Out Door.) Megadeth - Super Collider (Dave's attempt at going Hard Rock instead of Metal??? I don't know, but it was bad and a huge letdown after the previous couple of good/great albums that preceded it in Endgame and Thirteen. Thankfully, Dave got back on track after Super Collider with Dystopia and The Sick, The Dying And The Dead!) Metallica - St. Anger (I agree with you and most Metallica fans. Tin cans for drums, subpar vocals, awfully mastered and mixed, and nothing catchy. Too much angst.)

[@Bigchet1223]

Blow up your video is my least fav. From ac/dc.

[@Erock-bs9ur]

I would argue that 13 was worse than Forbidden, Easy Action, Pretties For You and Trash are worse than Brutal Planet, and Unmasked, Crazy Nights and Hot In The Shade are worse than The Elder.

[@BrendonSnyder]

I almost went with 13 over Forbidden but since Ozzy was back it saved it. But Trash is my favorite Alice Cooper album and Unmasked is right up there with my favorite which is Dynasty. Just goes to show that we all hear music differently.

[@Erock-bs9ur]

@@BrendonSnyder True enough. I tend to like the darker stuff.