TEN ALBUMS I #*!%!$ HATE! (What a List of Stinkers)

[@andyhodgson7692]

I liked "on the piss scale this is pretty poor" 😂

[@Ackhtually]

On the piss scale that was a rich yellow. Almost brown.

[@CorinnaJaneVox]

Don’t forget that signed old-school artists were generally required to churn out ridiculous numbers of albums, to satisfy the labels. This explains a lot.

[@rogernobbs6559]

Not sure one a year for five years with a sixth one thrown in is "ridiculous", but I know most artists/bands ended up doing a covers album (UB40 ended up doing nothing else) and/or a live album. Monty Python even did an album called "The Contractual Obligation Album". None of this excuses these albums though. When the artists themselves slag them off, you know they are bad. I'm just glad I hadn't heard of most of them.

[@oceanside88]

10 the hard way😢

[@MrSwig1966]

Un-flushed floaters...😂😂😂

[@gerrylambert5225]

Pinch our noses .

[@tdunph4250]

Yeah that got my attention imediately! 😄

[@petestaint8312]

That killed me! 😂

[@snatchhog]

😅

[@philtration-Em11]

Boxing day floaters

[@ogami1972]

My 75 year old father ADORES "Hot Space". He has it on cassette and compact disc and is crazy proud of that fact. He is legitimately confused why people don't love it.

[@therealkingofrhye]

Reportedly, Michael Jackson loved it. He and Mercury were recording tracks together during this period, and the legend goes that it inspired him to produce Thriller. I'll certainly concede that Jackson had the better record at the end of the day, by a little bit ...

[@StonefieldJim4]

Time for a neurological assessment?

[@ianstopher9111]

My theory on St Anger is that it was created to be so awful, that no sane person would want to pirate it.

[@jeffmurphy3179]

this checks out ✔️

[@BBlooger]

What a great ploy! Buy the album on vinyl and I'll play you some proper drums. Otherwise you get this mess.

[@robertbrooks9805]

Brilliant

[@allengator1914]

After all the crap they took from their fans over "Load" and "Reload", which are not bad albums at all, just a little different more radio friendly sound for Metallica. I think they decided to show their fans what a truly bad album actually sounds like so they'd know the difference.

[@GeeAitch-r1r]

then why even make it in the first place. Metallica only made 4 good albums and an ep

[@jabezhane]

I have a soft spot for Dirty Work. One Hit To The Body is awesome with a great Jimmy Page solo and the 12" is great too.

[@ianstopher9111]

As the countdown started I was thinking: he must put Hot Space on this list, he must put it at No. 1! So, I was half right, beaten by Lars banging away on a couple of Quality Street tins.

[@simonharding3109]

Sadly, the first 2 tracks are top Metallica but then, oh dear😮

[@geoffbuck6890]

I find your articulate and sophisticated criticisms thoroughly enjoyable…

[@phillipevans5256]

I still remember being a young man going to record store to purchase Queen"s Hot Space. I played the album once and never played it ever again. The album I purchased was forgotten and disappear from my collection.

[@BigArnieNumeroUno]

St Anger where, once again, Lars expunged the bass so we could focus on his unco banging of tin cans.

[@Ifoughtpiranhas]

Lars is the richest drummer in the world who never learned how to tune his snare.

[@peterg9729]

Unco as in uncommon or unco as in you never finished the word uncouth?

[@warrenmilford6848]

@@peterg9729 I'm pretty sure he means uncoordinated.

[@Phreestyle1]

@@peterg9729 I think unco == uncoordinated. That's how it is used in Australia.

[@paulatB2B]

Uncool?

[@rodmac8358]

I'm a big Queen fan and I quite like Hot Space. In my humble opinion, HS is neither their best not their worst album.

[@John-k6f9k]

I agree. Side 2 has some good songs. Even Dancer on Side 1 is not too bad for a funky rocky view. Production wise although few people like the synths, Brian guitars sounds pretty good and Freddie's voice is on good form. There was a record review website run by 'Capn Fantastic' many years ago and he rated albums with an A to F rating. He gave Hot Space a C minus, which I thought was accurate. Andy Edwards too did a video on albums not as bad as their reputation suggests , and he listed Hot Space as one of them.

[@pfzt]

I like Hot Space too, i don't get the hate at all. Is it something like the "mandatory" Nickelback hate?

[@youtoo2233]

I remember Body Language was the hit from Hot Space, I still like it, also like Under pressure and Calling all girls

[@jeroenwarner4834]

I made peace with Radio Gaga..but I still feel the same about Body Language as when it first came out

[@bwpm1467]

A Kind of Magic is easily their worst album. Calling All Girls and Las Palabras de Amor are great tracks. The Hot Space hate is a tired cliché now.

[@krissymarklewis1793]

I love the way you speak so eloquently but throw the odd f-bomb in ha! I'm more of a punk fan but love allk your vids so keep em coming:)

[@JohnDoe-uk8et]

My top 10: Any 10 Green Day albums. Honorable mentions: the remaining 3 Green Day albums.

[@AG-6969]

Yes!

[@theviridiansons]

We need more of this

[@Stonecutter334]

Yawn

[@Mathrox-uu1qh]

Random commenter doesn't like Green Day. Yawn x 2.

[@gaycha6589]

Yes, never much more than a faux new wave tribute act. Clash gurners without cool

[@scottnapier943]

Nice Regatta De Blanc Tshirt! Hilarious list! 😂 You have a new subscriber good Sir! 👌🎸✌

[@stepheng8779]

Hahaha a bloke calling shite albums wearing that. Is he going for irony?

[@grahammcnamara4803]

@@stepheng8779 Reggatta De Blanc is a masterpiece !

[@paulcassidy8130]

I revisited Hot Space for the first time since it came out when you did a whole video on it and found I enjoyed most of it. I've never seen any of the videos, which sound truly awful, so that may help. Under-rated and worth an occasional listen.

[@NoBSMusicReviews]

I really feel like Zappa heyday was the 70s. I fell in love with him around 1975 when I was 15. I hitchhiked from college to New York City over and over to see his epic runs at the Palladium during Halloween. By the early 80s I was done, Board by his new work, disappointed by the Lykes of Steve Vai And his “stunt guitar” work. Hot rats, one-size-fits-all, Roxy and elsewhere, those are just solid gold.

[@noyfb4769]

Damn straight. Zappa should've stuck to politics in the 80's!😉

[@micolsen9824]

That was a perfect video since none of the albums are in my collection😅

[@Eagle-eye-pie]

Ha ha same.

[@Ackhtually]

I've got thousands of albums. None of these. The worst in the collection could be Johnny Farnham's Sadie.

[@seanrobertson379]

'With Lars banging away on a few Quality Street tins...' HAHAHA! Brilliant.

[@SPAZZOID100]

You neglected to mention that “Hot Space” has some gems such as “Las palabras de Amor” & “Calling all Girls”

[@williamlangan5902]

I love how you’re so soft spoken as you speak about your least favorite albums. I was in stitches with your comments about Van Halen III. I rewound your comment about what it lacked a few times! You can have hilarious one-liners with a straight face!

[@TajBlues]

Clapton has been in Adult Contemporary Hell since Behind the Sun.

[@roywatson8133]

sure as made so average albums

[@BillLaBrie]

Phil Collins both saved and damned Clapton.

[@broederbond60]

I left a CD of Van Halen III on top of our trash can, and someone actually took it.

[@TheBent139]

They threw it away later. I met Eddie and Alex on that tour. Kind of odd VHIII was Ed's baby. There was little input from others and it is horrific. I made myself go back and listen to it all the way through recently and I couldn't complete the mission. It's that bad.

[@TBonzzz]

Cut The Crap by The Clash is pretty poor on the piss scale too! They should’ve dropped “Cut the” from the title and that would have been more appropriate!

[@BBlooger]

Unbelievable it even got released. Crap on a stick.

[@Darrylizer1]

That one is one of the worst albums, if not the worst, released by a major band.

[@Ruda-n4h]

@@Darrylizer1 Never listened to it apart from This is England.

[@Darrylizer1]

@ That isn't a bad song but like all the other songs the production is not right for the Clash. I listened to the entire thing on KZbin because I kept hearing how bad it was and it lived up to its reputation.

[@spikesification]

Single handedly wrecked their legacy..was quickly swept under the carpet…along with the hire a model crew they got in to replace mick jones and toppa…

[@CDRabbitHole]

I can’t go to a thrift store and not see Eric Clapton’s Pilgrim. Usually multiple copies.

[@barnsy8935]

I bought Pilgrim as I thought the title track was a fantastic departure from what Clapton had been recently churning out. It was! Sadly, the rest of the album is pure shite, and so is the cover art :(

[@spaceghost8995]

Pilgrim is a great album. It's just NOT the same genre at all. It's R&B and produced by Babyface. It's just totally different.

[@Dave-lq2le]

I agree with all of these. Especially Van Halen III. What a stinker!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@JoshPCohen]

Nice Police shirt. Dude always has cool musician shirts.

[@BBlooger]

Are The Police a band? I thought Barry was working undercover.

[@stephaneherringtoniowritin4986]

​@@BBlooger 😂😂

[@Wasted_Talent007]

I owned over six hundred record albums in the 70's and I had the sound system to match. I have never owned any of the albums that you mentioned in this video. There are only four bands that I have owned every single album that they have released. The Beatles, The Cars, Judas Priest, and The Ozark Mountain Daredevils. They all have one thing in common. They all have produced more than two albums where I loved every single song. You can drop the needle on the vinyl and forget about it until it is time to flip the record over. I could also add Joe Walsh to the fore mentioned mix if allowed to exclude all of the Eagles albums that don't include him. I hated the Eagles until Joe Walsh joined and even then, I was selective about which tunes I listened to. The Eagles had to sound like Joe Walsh, or I didn't like it.

[@waynesworld7804]

Unflushed floaters. Love it! And…I notice a correlation between the songs and the horrible covers. 😂

[@FatNorthernBigot]

Hot Space... I was twelve when I bought this and spent the best part of a year trying to convince myself it was a work of genius. I didn't manage it.

[@1ArtieFufkin]

Hot Space is awesome and typical Queen, not a bad track on the album and I was following Queen since QUEEN 1

[@deansusec8745]

me too at 13

[@AndyFraserA]

That’s how I felt at the time. I actually quite like Hot Space now. Getting older does weird things.

[@paulatB2B]

Albums I will never listen to because their reputations precede them: Queen Hot Space Genesis invisible Touch Neil Young Trans ELP Love Beach Yes Onion Lou Reed Metal Machine Music ... or anything else of his.

[@FreeBrunoPowroznik]

​@@paulatB2BLou Reed has 3 awesome albums: Berlin, Transformer and The Blue Mask.

[@BigArnieNumeroUno]

Allman And Woman is horrendous for the album cover alone.

[@PhilBaird1]

Have you listened to it though ? It's far better than the critical reaction it always gets.

[@gustaaf1892]

You have a wonderful turn of phrase and an acerbic wit. Love their older stuff, but the Stones stopped releasing good new material a long time ago. The occasional decent song doesn't change that.

[@MoultrieGeek]

I was looking at my album play count over the past five years and pretty much everything after Goats Head Soup rarely gets played, although Some Girls occasionally gets a spin.

[@mackb909]

I've hardly listened to most of these albums, but I love listening to your vids and hearing your opinions about them. And your hands! They never stop moving! I love it!

[@standoughope]

My parents allowed me to buy one album every now and then to help me sleep. Out of circumstance I bought "Pilgrim" by Clapton. Every night for over a year I listened to it as I slept... it's so nostalgic via trauma that I can't not love it.

[@President44259]

Let's be honest everything Queen did in the 80s was shite. Their 70s music was awesome.

[@President44259]

​@@5n0wdr0p5 Good soundtrack that couldn't save that terrible film.

[@playtimeisdone8490]

“Aimless meanderings” sums up Eric Clapton, perfectly. What about Lou Reed’s 1975 deli indulgent recording, “Metal Machine Music?” Sidenote: Best job (ever) in the industry of Rock-n-Roll? Rhythm guitarist for Credence Clearwater Revival. A career that depended upon mastering three chords - period!

[@stufen11]

"Yacht Rock with Disco Trappings", that will do me.

[@robpierce4712]

Gary Cherone was the least of the problems on Van Halen III.

[@johnbell1578]

I love the way Barry has gotten so disgusted with the vileness of these albums and his irritation at having paid good money for them that he can’t even remember what he said at the beginning.

[@baron_von_brunk]

Queen's "Hot Space" was so bad that they forgot to include John Deacon's right eye on the album artwork.

[@ACDZ123]

They didn't forget. It's one eye symbolism..it's freemasonic symbolism. Another example is the Beatles 2nd album with/meet the Beatles..half their face is shaded out .lots of photos of actors ,politicians, rock stars etc covering one eye ...once you know,you know

[@TheShipsCat-ef6yw]

It's the only album I'd heard of before on this list.

[@solomongrundy9735]

I love Queen, but Hot Space was awful.

[@TheShipsCat-ef6yw]

@@solomongrundy9735 - I love Queen too but ain't heard any of Hot Space. This may be controversial given this guy said Loaded was a good Velvet Underground album but I felt let down by Loaded (after expecting stupendous things from it) and took it back for a refund. I can only remember doing that with a handful of other albums and Kevin Ayers: Whatever She Brings We Sing was one I remember also feeling let down by and getting a refund for. I'm into Metallica and have been since I was 14 but I've never heard or even heard of St Anger. I think I may have seen a video from 'St Anger' on MTV decades ago. No idea what song it was from 'St Anger' but the words now ring a tiny, distant bell via MTV

[@ACDZ123]

@@baron_von_brunk Even Elton John won't listen to it 😜

[@WooBino.]

Hot Space is actually a good album as long as you're not expecting Tie Your Mother Down.

[@MarcPagan]

"Horses" by Patti Smith, and anything by the Grateful Dead. But hey, no right or wrong --- if it moves you, all good. Move to it.

[@robk.6591]

The album cover of "Allman And Woman" 😬

[@marcjohnson9270]

Wo-man.

[@TheJman2600]

Gregg looks like he's posing for a romance novel cover.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

@@TheJman2600 Yes!!! It's the American Fabio

[@user-vy5le3di2i]

I’m surprised by the absence of Elton John’s Victim of Love. It was Elton’s disco album, and it’s easily the worst record he’s ever made. It doesn’t even sound like he was trying.

[@Mark-sr3dk]

Too many bad albums from Elton after 1976...dozens of clunkers.

[@bob_the_bomb4508]

@@Mark-sr3dkI can’t listen to anything after Blue Moves…

[@Mark-sr3dk]

@@bob_the_bomb4508 Same thing for me..that was 1976.

[@davidl570]

He also sounds either half-asleep or stoned throughout that album, especially on his godawful cover of Johnny B. Goode!

[@GeraldM_inNC]

It comes instantly to mind whenever someone raises the subject of the worst albums ever made.

[@argelbargel7680]

My personal theory is that Greg Allman decided to get straight when his friends told him he was so wasted that he married Cher.

[@snatchhog]

😮😅

[@chandlerwhite8302]

😂😂😂

[@deborahchesser7375]

I knew the owner of a record store in the early-mid 80’s and he was very fair on trade in policies so needless to say I went through countless records. Sitting amongst stacks of music it was so much fun searching for the gems.

[@markomahony5004]

Great T shirt. Adore your content , background is beautiful. Love from Ireland.

[@oceanside88]

Well. They can't all be tops. Can they? Luv yer honest, earthy style. Subscribed🎉

[@richardmurray4370]

I think I'm the only person in existence that loves Eye of the Zombie.

[@ernestscribbler-Inyenga]

No you’re not

[@burleykev]

Eye of the Zombie is awesome

[@paulmr33]

the only one I disagree with you is Hot Space, Under Pressure being my favourite track by them, there were more good songs than bad in my opinion, Las Palabras de Amor, Put Out the Fire, Calling All Girls and Cool Cat come to mind, but it's good that everyone's tastes are different, great channel and thank you.

[@joex9865]

My favorite queen album, but I dislike under pressure. It was that song that kept me away from the album for so long

[@jm7578]

I would never want this man to roast me😂😂😂😂

[@docsamson198]

As a Queen fan, Hot Space was like a nuclear bomb that spread radioactivity throughout the band members. Some very bad templates began this album: too many drum machines, one member having too much control, Brian May being reduced to being a session player, and most damaging, they didn’t sound like a band.

[@michaelwilson2340]

Freddie's ego was out of control at that time. At one point on the Hot Space tour Mercury complained that the fans in the first row of their shows were too ugly. He wanted a casting call to fill the front row with attractive fans instead. For awhile he was serious about it.

[@docsamson198]

@@michaelwilson2340 Couldn’t agree more. Mercury also really started to berate Roger Taylor about his songwriting. Which is odd considering how far Taylor’s songwriting had come since the early albums. And of course, Freddie took it upon himself to “tweak” Radio GaGa and A Kind of Magic.

[@Johnconno]

Hot Space was about Mercury's love of Dutch Ovens.

[@bwpm1467]

​@@docsamson198Your source, please, for these claims that this fan of three decades or more has never heard before?!

[@bwpm1467]

​​@@michaelwilson2340​​Your source, please, for these claims that this fan of three decades or more has never heard before?!

[@billbez7465]

I am a Stephen Stills' fan and enjoy much of his catalog. I bought "Thoroughfare Gap" when it was released and thought the album was far from his best. Stills has a soulful voice that is not enhanced by the heavy production and background singers that this album includes. The standout track is "Thoroughfare Gap": among the best he has ever written.

[@davebowman6497]

Haven't dived into the lyrics, but musically Thoroughfare Gap is a boring almost endless repetition of a bog standard three-chord verse. Don't get me wrong - there are excellent songs on that formula (exhibit A: Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues, exhibit B: WILCO's Kidsmoke), but Thoroughfare Gap isn't one. And the production has that sound of the late 70s and 1980s that makes my stomach rumble uncomfortably.

[@jeffsilverman6104]

Thank you for Unflushed Floaters. I've been searching for something that covers many things in daily life now, and I'll be using that as it applies. Perfect. Bravo.

[@christophermarx344]

This was definitely the best of the 'worst of' lot. Great commentary, accurate, sacarstic and hillarious! Interesting that most of this comes from late 70's/early 80's classic artists trying to ride a wave other than their own wheelhouse, combined with a healthy amount of chemical influence.

[@andrewbrazier9664]

It's how an album makes you feal rather than it's technical brilliance - although that really helps 👍

[@hudsonrilke]

Don’t tell anyone but I like Hot Space.

[@therealkingofrhye]

I like Hot Space, and you can tell everyone! Queen on a bad day is still better than many of these artists on a good day.

[@salvelegio1425]

To be honest, I have no problem whatsoever with bands making bad records. My problem is that they don’t put warning stickers on them to prevent people from buying them!

[@c.s.mcleod7383]

One bright light is the chance any of these albums could likely be sold at a flea market for triple the price they were originally purchased for.

[@Superbonfils-o5w]

Dirty work is to me a great stones record 😊

[@canadianstudmuffin]

Being a huge Zappa fan, I gave up buying new albums by him after I bought Thing Fish. Worst Zappa album ever.

[@PFNel]

Hot Space, I'm a bit embarrassed to say, is the only Queen album I've bought twice. I like three tracks on it-the Lennon tribute, "Las Palabras de Amor", and of course "Under Pressure". There's worse stuff out there, although I must admit that the album sleeve positively screams caveat emptor.

[@DavidLye-no4ht]

Thingfish is deeply flawed because Frank lacked the money to finish it properly. But what is there is enough to suggest what it could/should have been. It's a difficult album to get into, but it is totally unique and Frank's genius shines through. It certainly doesn't deserve to be on this list with some of those other turds. Replace it with Genesis' Calling All Stations and you've got a list I could agree with

[@ianmcallister2268]

As someone who started with Queen as a 14 year old in 1974, and made them my first gig in 1975 I can definitely day Hot Space is the biggest load of garbage I've ever heard.

[@Mariazellerbahn]

Anything after NATO is downhill all the way.

[@joex9865]

Their best album

[@John-k6f9k]

Frank Zappa is the biggest load of garbage I've ever heard. Frank Zappa can make an album of pure musical nonsense- radio jingles, slide whistles, 10 minute off key guitar solos and other assorted crap (often off key of course in case any average listener might actually find it catchy and make Zappa inadvertently commercially successful) with deep lyrical content like Don't Eat The Yellow Snow, Jewish Princess and Burnt Weenie Sandwich, or badly dated satire. And because he has the reputation of being an eccentric genius, people at least grudgingly say they at least respect his music because they feel it must be deep. But it's okay to slam Hot Space as garbage or an abomination because it sounds too funky for a 70s Queen fans taste. Whatever. No actually I tell a lie. Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart is much worse than any Zappa album.

[@richalderson6069]

Hot Space was really the nail in the coffin after Queen started embracing new wave sounds on The Game, it was almost like an affront to their fans who loved them for their hard rock sound.

[@John-k6f9k]

If it makes you feel better, The 80s were cruel to virtually every previously great 70s band or artist. Black Sabbath, Genesis, Rush, Yes and others. Judas Priest to a degree as well. I'm a huge fan of 70s era Black Sabbath but after Dio left I don't think I've managed to sit through an 80s Sabbath album. the punk bands lost their way, or sold out like The Damned. Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel virtually abandoned their prog roots and went mainstream. Solo artists Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Mick Jagger. Probably worst of all was Bowie.

[@richalderson6069]

@@John-k6f9k Yeah, you're right. Even Joni Mitchell, of all people, started using nothing but synthesizers and samplers on her Dog Eat Dog album in 1985. Basically, the 80's took the heart and soul out of music, and, in many ways, rock'n'roll and popular music has never really recovered.

[@John-k6f9k]

@@richalderson6069 In defense of the 80s it did produce some great new authentic gritty heavy metal, at least in the early 80s. Iron Maiden, Metallica, Saxon as well as more extreme stuff like Venom,. And there were new proggy bands like Marillion. It's not like I hate the 80s stuff of the 70s bands, it's just that they generally seem much less creative. I can understand their desire to move with the times. Just consider classical composers too. In the 1800s hardly anyone was using harpsichords, organs or choral works like JS Bach and Handel, they were using the more modern piano and such. Freddie definitely wanted to move with the times, thus we got Hot Space. And by the way The Game is likely my second favorite Queen album. I just like the sparse, rhythmic, heavy sound of it.

[@jordanmurray410]

​@@richalderson6069 ehh, synthesizers aren't all bad, yeah I'm not big on the synth New Wave bands as they're kinda boring but still, plenty of great songs make good use of synths

[@John-k6f9k]

@@jordanmurray410 Some bands like Tangerine Dream are almost entirely synths and they can make some interesting music. I even like Rush with their synths.

[@MosherBear]

Hot Space has an EPs worth of material - cut the disco fluff.

[@NothingLikeVinyl]

Although I'm a somewhat old dude who has listened to rock and pop for most of my life, I only discovered Frank Zappa's music in the mid 90s. Around 1996, getting what were considered their best albums became an obsession for me, and I started reading every Zappa albums ranking I could find (as a result, I have most of the CD reissues of his albums released by Rykodisc). And I remember that most (if not all) of those lists agreed on putting "Thing-Fish" at the very bottom. That's why I've never heard that album. Never been interested. It must be really bad if nobody has anything at least half-nice to say about it.

[@jayhpaq]

The “unflushed floaters”…..LMAO

[@Ackhtually]

I've been seeing too many of those lately. So that made me laugh even more.

[@alanwhite9466]

Frank Zappa is what first attracted me to this channel. I think my very first comment on KZbin was on one of his Zappa videos.

[@billlashure2008]

Well-spoken-- thoroughly accurate-- and expectations of superior artists left us wanting... but perfection is rare and fleeting especially in music and deadlines and contracts screw even the brightest stars into obscurity... temporarily ( hopefully!)

[@TheAlbumReviewchannel]

Wow Barry. Beautifully ascorbic piece of review work that is entertaining from start to finish

[@frankshailes3205]

I don't own a lot of vinyl, but that John Fogerty "Eye of the Zombie" is one I got from my flatmate for 50p in around 1991 and still own - I still have not got around to playing it... perhaps now I never will!

[@clivesilver463]

If St Anger is bad, Lulu makes it sound like a wonderful gushing waterfall.

[@grahamherries]

Greetings from Scotland Good Stuff.!!!

[@matthewleslie4448]

Like with most of Metallica's albums, St Anger really needed a sub-editor. My own cut on my iTunes has 20 minutes lopped off it.

[@ByTorSnowDog65098]

St Anger needed more work. Every guitarist with a KZbin channel has tried to improve it with better drums, better guitar effects, etc. Every one of them has succeeded.

[@BigArnieNumeroUno]

Love your turn of phrase.

[@PaulShendtown]

"Unflushed floaters" 😂 I'm nicking that one...

[@marcofalzone6469]

Agree. Jagger"s attempted comedy in SNL in the 80s was definitely a low

[@FVD]

Had to laugh last year when Jagger praised Trudeau while touring in Canada which drew many boos from the crowd - so he quickly changed the subject to the soccer! 😂

[@fredjones9750]

I was about 15 when dirty work came out and it was the first rolling stones album i brought. I thought it was great but after exploring the bands catalogue a bit more i can see why some people didnt like it. It was my introduction to the band and i still have a fondness for it. Lets face it, the stones at their worst are still better than most bands best effort.

[@Jaso839]

The Stones haven't put out a decent record since Tattoo You (1981).

[@Thin_Mercury]

i hesitate to call anything past tattoo you a true stones album. keith was creatively checked out after that album because he was fed up with jaggers obsession with trying to make the band sound contemporary. everything since then has been mick jagger solo albums marketed as the rolling stones, each one has gems, just not consistent as a whole. keiths solo work is much better than any stones album post tattoo you

[@paulvanwessem5867]

Yeah, kind of agree. I have a soft spot for Steel Wheels and like every Keith song on all Stones albums since Tattoo You but that's about it.

[@christopher9152]

Undercover of the Night is underrated and holds up well, I think.

[@geographyinaction7814]

I loved Tattoo You, great album. I did buy the 45 for Undercover of the Night...loved that single.

[@paulvanwessem5867]

@ Actually, yeah I like that one too.

[@MikeHeath1]

I love Pilgrim. I love the sound consistent through the whole album. I hear it as an urbane pop version of smooth jazz. The only Clapton album I play more is Layla.

[@eirikrdberg1161]

I love thing fish! I even have the triple vinyl. It’s so amazing. Are used to play the CD in my car to and from the golf court every single time I was there in 1988. The will always remind me of that year. I was singing along so much too especially one song that was so catchy.

[@alclarke]

I disagree with Thingfish. The Synclavier underscoring is fantastic and the broadway pastiche towards the end is beautiful. The Mammy Nuns is a great song!

[@ahazybellcord]

I love Thing-Fish. My biggest gripe is how loud the spoken vocals are mixed compared to the background music, some of which is really incredible like 'Clowns on Velvet'. The lyrical references are maybe easier to make sense of as an American. If you're not familiar with Amos 'n Andy, its significance, and its embroilment with the NAACP, the whole premise of the Thing-Fish character is totally lost. The Kingfish impression places the minstrel show acts of the American past back into the spotlight, making "Harry and Rhonda" very uncomfortable. I can't really argue that this makes it a good album, but it's at least creative and unique. To identify the Mammy Nuns simply as "the working class" is a bit... um, let's be generous and just say some glaring details have been overlooked. I don't necessarily agree with Zappa's subtextual arguments- the conspiratorial theories on AIDS, criticism of the women's liberation movement, etc., but the lyrics are pretty interesting to say the least and there's a lot of great music, albeit some of it buried under the narration. The early experimentation with vocal synthesis is also cool. Let's put it this way: I'd rather listen to The Crab-Grass Baby than anything on Radio K.A.O.S.

[@noyfb4769]

The only thing missing from the 80's is a Zappa/Waters collaboration with lyrics by Zappa and music by Waters.

[@Jeansieguy]

Bought Hot space in the eighties as a teenager. I wondered why it was so cheap and there were so many in the remainder record shop where I found it. I got it home and discovered the answer to both questions. Only redeeming feature is, it has Under pressure on it

[@anthonyfarshaw8619]

Thing-Fish's story is a bit over the top, but just because some songs are recycled, doesn't make great songs like "The Torture (oh wait, Torchem) Never Stops" and "You Are What You Is" suddenly turn into bad songs. I don't listen to Thing-Fish that often, but still like to listen to it more than to some of Zappa's albums made up of Synclavier noodling.

[@patriddell1900]

yep...cant argue with any of those Barry. spot on sir.

[@grzegorzmielcarek4359]

2003 was a wonderful year for English rugby. It was also great for me as I got married. On the other hand it was a horrible year of school teaching and being rejected by PhD committee. I just thought I would mention that to stress the relevance 😊. So please don't get st. angry.

[@classicalbum]

Wow... I was engaged in 2003, got married in 2004. Got rejected by PhD committee in 2005.

[@John-k6f9k]

The Doors- Waiting For The Sun or The Soft Parade Iron Maiden- either of the Blaze Bailey albums Thin Lizzy- Nightlife Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same Robert Plant -Shaken n Stirred Black Sabbath - Forbidden AC/ DC Ballbreaker

[@BennyTheBall8899]

Love The Soft Parade.The title track is utterly demented and beautiful. ❤

[@John-k6f9k]

@@BennyTheBall8899 You mean you love the title track or the album?

[@BennyTheBall8899]

​@@John-k6f9k Both but I think only me and the late Mark E Smith of the Fall are fans of this record😂 Strange Days is my favourite Doors album , I think the debut and L.A.Woman are probably the most loved maybe? Are you a Doors fan?were you just disappointed by those two albums in the middle?

[@John-k6f9k]

@@BennyTheBall8899 I've been in two minds about The Doors for 40 years. I've alternately liked them and disliked them. They're famously polarizing, or a 'Marmite band' as British say. Love them or hate them, they were extremely original.But yes, I was really shocked at Waiting For The Sun, I think it's awful, except for one or two songs.

[@BennyTheBall8899]

@@John-k6f9k I think the mythology around Morrison is ridiculous but I do appreciate the music, especially Ray Manzarek.Funnily enough when I got into them in the early 80s quite a few people who grew up in Britain in the 60s had never heard of them, every now and then they would get a mention in the music press, all this way before that Oliver Stone movie.A marmite band that is spot on.Cheers John.

[@andreasghb8074]

As a huge Zappa fan, I concur with your judgement. Thingfish should have been one of his major works but absolutely isn't! I am not likely to listen to it again.

[@CloseToTheEdge-Prog]

You have a lot of pure dirt albums there, Barry. Super video presented with aplomb.

[@johnfronczek2658]

I agree with you about Eric Clapton’s “Pilgrim” album. “Pilgrim” is the album that made me question Eric Clapton’s musical directions.

[@robswystun2766]

Thank you for calling out Frank Zappa. For as brilliant as Frank was, there were times throughout his career when he seemed to like the smell of his own farts a little too much, and he was more than willing to take advantage of a rabid fan base that would dish out any amount of money for an album full of him ripping said farts. I must admit that I have never listened to Thing Fish, but I've definitely heard more than one FZ album that was not worth the time.

[@eccentricman87]

I thought 'Tears In Heaven' from earlier in the 90s was the song about EC's sons death.

[@Sparkyalan1411]

On pilgrimage he approached it again with his fathers eyes

[@jersey65]

Actually, the song “Circus” is for his son. And this is the one album on this list I disagree with Barry on. “River Of Tears” and “Brokenhearted” are great tracks along with the aforementioned “Circus”. But, that’s just my opinion.

[@charlesameyer1]

Many such clunkers can be attributed to either or both of these factors: -The band/performer wants to upgrade themselves by using the latest producer or electronic instruments, etc. But if I put on a shiny white polyester suit, that doesn’t make me John Travolta, it just makes me me in a shiny white polyester suit -Cocaine

[@filosphere]

I agree about everything, and I love your punchlines! Thanks Barry!

[@mrmusickhimself]

You're right about that Stones album, it's an absolute mess. And if you watch the video for One Hit to the Body, Mick and Keith are clearly annoyed with each other.

[@CaptainBungonia]

8:50 (WRT Queen's 'Hot Space') "This is the album that the band has described as 'a bit of a mis-step' which is putting it politely ... I think a huge bollock was dropped here, in my opinion". Had a bit of a clean-up to contend with after snorting coffee out of both nostrils there.

[@CoastPropertyBuyers]

I purchased Eye of the Zombie after the enjoyment derived from Centrefield. Your summary is particularly accurate. Thank goodness I haven’t wasted any coin on any of the other 9 turds you’ve listed.

[@KakashiInWinter]

Thing Fish is a hilarious pseudo-musical. Rating it like a typical rock album (or even a typical Zappa album) is badly missing the point

[@cjyou5606]

2 standouts on Dirty Work were Sleep Tonight and Harlem Shuffle imho.

[@Thin_Mercury]

i agree, even the worst stones albums usually have some tracks worth returning to

[@PaulDonaldson-c5h]

Plus Hold Back, Fight, One Hit, Back to Zero, Too Rude, actually it’s not a bad album at all, maybe lacked a cohesive effort