TEN ALBUMS I SHOULD LOVE .... but just don't!

There are some albums that are now considered so iconic that it is almost unthinkable that anyone could dislike them... but...
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[@marklockey4434]

Dire Straits: Walk of Life…including that irritating “ woo hoo “ your comments are spot on with that track. Great tee shirt !

[@MrThebigcheese75]

I'm a fan and knopfler is a guitar hero of mine, but I just can't stand walk of life, sorry Mark.

[@toddhill7483]

I'm aligned with most of your choices, notable exceptions being The Wall, Brave, and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, all of which I continue to love. Oh, and I agree with Lebowski.

[@philyeary8809]

"The plane has crashed into the Goddamn mountain, Mr. Lebowski!!"

[@andykelly4056]

The wall is a masterpiece

[@OutOnTheTiles]

Absolutely. This guy is a huge Tull fan. That’s all you need to know 🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@richardoneill3316]

I love Innocent man by Joel.....especially the title track, leave a tender moment alone and this night!

[@FelixAtagong]

Damn, I quite agree with most of your comments; Does this mean I'm getting old as well? ;)

[@albertomarquintosh2603]

That means that you are getting wiser by leaving our bias aside to get a newer perspective.

[@mrkinskiful]

Of The Wall. "A rock-opera rendering of the Stanley Baxter Show". Sublime.

[@TheNo1red]

Parlamio Glasgow.

[@PianoVampire]

Interesting - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is by far my favourite Elton John album, especially the first few songs on side two

[@Falconryder]

I usually agree with you more, but you named several albums I really like this time. Idea; I wonder if you have material to do "ten albums I shouldn't love, but do."

[@classicalbum]

Excellent idea.

[@thatwilldonicely1314]

@@classicalbum K tel vol 22 😀

[@davidl570]

@@classicalbum I second that! How 'bout it, Barry?

[@klavierhaltern]

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Legendary and very important for its time but I rather listen to Revolver or the White Album.

[@Bluepillphil-d1w]

Totally. I remember giving it a re- listen a few years back and being stunned how bad it is. Many songs are highly annoying. I once thought it was great

[@mbrownie22]

@@Bluepillphil-d1wI mean you are entitled to your own opinion but calling it “bad” is kind of ridiculous, Day In A Life might be their best song ever.

[@Bluepillphil-d1w]

@@mbrownie22 true has a good song on it, I actually like sgt P reprise too. Help from my friends not bad, But the filler stuff is diabolical. I can see why George H didn’t turn up much.

[@BruceColon-BSides]

Amen

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

I'd definitely rather listen to Revolver or Abbey Road... maybe Rubber Soul, too. Not so much The White Album because it's sort of a slog to get through. They really should've tightened White Album up a bit. To me, it's weighed down by about a dozen tracks of filler.

[@harrynewiss4630]

The wall I have always found tedious too.

[@x00p3]

The only thing I like about The Wall is Gilmour's solo.

[@statzuno]

I agree with the Radiohead stuff. Most of it, really. Never understood why so many people thought they were the best thing ever.

[@tiborosz1825]

Radiohead. Will never get the fascination with this boring band.

[@scottwaldon7420]

Pretty spot on but cannot agree with Yellow Brick Road and Graceland.

[@paulhilton6426]

Yeah, I love the sound on YBR. Think it suits it perfectly.

[@slowmarchingband1]

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. I love Carpet Crawlers, but that's it. I get nothing from the concept, can't relate to it, and coming after SEBTP, it all sounds very 'cold' for want of a bettter description.

[@davidl570]

Should've been a single album, and the story it's based around (written in the album's jacket) isn't all that interesting or compelling.

[@heimomoilanen9654]

Hairless Heart shines the best tune. Otherwise a mediocre album. Gabriel left rightly after the tour says it all.

[@andypammenter8528]

I'm really not a fan of ok computer, thom Yorke needed twenty minutes on a bouncy castle.

[@MrPatagonianFox]

Uptown Girl is one of the worst songs of all time.

[@marktait2371]

another skip button one

[@lhart99]

This is why I love music and your channel. There's always a something fascinating to hear and talk about.

[@dkoukol]

I'm a Blake's 7 fan in America and laughed out loud at your little dig there! Your sense of humor is one of the delights of your channel!

[@crimsonorc]

I like Blake's 7 as well but I have to agree that OK Computer was an infinitely better album

[@alexandercaviedes2559]

Help me out. I'm a big fan, too, but I could not make the connection.

[@MH77391]

Totally agree with you about Kid A. "Dreary, whiney nonsense" Excellent! However, I totally disagree with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. I love 70s Elton and this stands along side Tumbleweed, Honky Chateau as his very best

[@RJS1974]

You could add just about any Bruce Springsteen album to this list.

[@marktait2371]

same another skip button for me

[@frankmachin5438]

Never really understood the appeal of Bruce, but then I’m not American

[@thescarletandgrey2505]

@@frankmachin5438you don’t have to be American to be bored to the brim by Springsteen 🫤. Although “Down Bound Train” has grown on me

[@tozot2]

So, you guys never listened to jungleland 😮

[@RJS1974]

@@tozot2 I have not. For me, it’s Springsteens voice. It always sounds like he’s yelling. I listen to him and feel like someone’s dad is yelling at me the entire time. Having said that, there are two songs that I like by him: Tunnel of Love and Pink Cadillac. That’s it.

[@MaxSpender]

I never got the appeal of Kid A until I ended up spending a lonely evening in by myself in a hotel bedroom & decided to listen to it as I sat by the window, watching the world go by. It just clicked for me as I observed the people on the street below & the cars going past. They all seemed to be moving in time with the music.

[@paulevans8348]

It still sucks.

[@bigcorky4687]

It took ages for Kid A to sink in for me but think that it's fantastic now

[@craigbalcom]

I'm from L.A. and really loved the first few Eagles albums. It wasn't their departure from country rock and the lack of those wonderful harmonies it was the completely insipid lyrics that turned me off Hotel California. Rich entitled f'd up people complaining about the other rich entitled f'd up people who moved there after them and ruined it. Laughably clueless and pretentious... and way overplayed. Being stuck on the freeway and late for a real job while hearing Life In The Fast Lane on every station was maddening.

[@marktait2371]

got in car today heartsche tonight was on click next channel same never liked hotel or long run

[@davidwhite8220]

Take It To the Limit was (before the after-comers Felder and Walsh) the end for me. 1-2-3-4 up, 1-2-3-4 down. Talk about "predictable". Spare me.

[@TheCrystalyne]

Indeed the drumming on brothers in arms was generally appalling…machine most of the time, truly awful…

[@clivesilver463]

Hmmm cannot agree with you on the wall, saw them play this from end to end it was incredible, love all of it with my favourite line "if you don't eat your meat you can't have any pudding" great line and a practical teaching aid.

[@olavirannisto3552]

Otherwise, I understand choices well, but I can't find any fault with Peter Gabriel's So. Yes, Melt is probably Gabriel's best solo album, but I also like this a lot.

[@bigblue1972]

i just don't like many Elton john jinkel dinkiles ,Stanley Baxter Show ha ha ha

[@stevewoods4539]

There are two albums that I regularly see in lists of greatest albums of all time that I just don't get..."Trout Mask Replica" by Captain Beefheart and "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" by Neutral Milk Hotel...I really think that both are incredibly overrated whereas quite a few of my friends disagree with me...but that is the beauty of music and our individual tastes.

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

I'm with you. After many many listens I've come to respect those two albums, but I will never love them.

[@roldoxc2094]

With you on TMR. I returned it. Much prefer Safe as Milk

[@RoryLynott]

For douchers only. Both albums.

[@PatrickCar-x5s]

Well done for listing one of Marillion’s best albums.

[@austake]

Agree entirely with your take on "Brothers in Arms".........One of the worst songs ever is "Walk of Life" a truely forgettable homage to John that he probably would have hated too. Making Movies was the pinnacle of this bands life and everything after "Love Over Gold" should never have happened.

[@Nickherts]

Save for the two title tracks of Brothers In Arms and On Every Street. Otherwise agree.

[@marktait2371]

funny i was driving yes. romeo and juliet came on hadnt heard in a long time alchemy new reissue super expensive but arms we never liked

[@IndigoJo]

@@marktait2371 I've seen the big new live box set on Apple Music and thought "why?". It includes Alchemy and On The Night, plus one great show from the early years with songs from DS and Communique on it. Alchemy for me is distinguished by having the two worst songs from Moving Pictures and lacking the songs I like from Love Over Gold, but it's already a release; they could have found some recordings from the Moving Pictures era when Pick was still in the band and released those instead. I just listen to the Rainbow theatre show (disc 5) and turn off when Phil Lynott comes on with a bunch of generic rock-and-roll covers.

[@Stuck_in_the_70s]

Great concept. Some of these albums were huge sellers because they are more commercial sounding than other albums by that artist, so ultimately might be less satisfying to true fans of that artist. Or it could just the timing of the release with some of those mid 80s monsters - ie it was the height of the pop video era (Money for Nothing, Call me Al, Sledgehammer etc) which massively boosted sales - plus with the emergence of the CD format and as a result they were massively overexposed. The Wall I’ve never loved it i listen every couple of years as I much prefer Animals or Wish You Were here.

[@BSomme]

Walk of life by Dire Straits has been annoying me for years as well haha.. :)

[@marktait2371]

same classic rock channel skip button as fast as possible same ghits cd

[@heimomoilanen9654]

Nothing to Radio Ga Ga

[@rfish67]

I was never much of a Bowie fan. I loved Brothers in Arms when it came out, but I agree "Walk of Life" is annoying. Also loved So when it came out, though I haven't listened to it for a long time. Graceland and The Wall were just too much. I prefer Rhythm of the Saints by far. Although I'm content with the Eagles Greatest Hits and The Long Run, many of those songs are on the radio so often, there's little point in listening to the discs. I was a fan of U2 until Pop, which I liked, but by then I'd had enough.

[@tonyslupe3828]

AC/DC Back in Black Eagles Long Run Any Aerosmith album Any Springsteen album Any Radiohead album. More than ten but what can you do?

[@gillibrandpa]

It's all personal opinion of course, but difficult to see how you can write off the whole back catalogues of major bands/artists unless you've listened to all their albums (more than once). Maybe you have, but I would say that the early albums by all three of those acts are much better than the albums that came after they became well known. But perhaps you've listened to all those early albums and still don't like them, in which case - fair enough!

[@stevenhenry5267]

Rocks is killer

[@gillibrandpa]

@@stevenhenry5267 exactly

[@frankpentangeli7945]

I totally agree with you about The Wall. It has all the Floyd darkness and pain without the lyricism, sweetness and transcendent beauty of their preceding work. As far as I'm concerned, Animals was the LAST Pink Floyd album. I also agree about Brothers in Arms, Kid A, and Yellow Brick Road. Brothers in Arms is a pretty lame album overall, I would say. I bought it years ago, listened to it once, and never again. I found Kid A to be a total musical collapse after the soaring heights of The Bends and OK Computer. And of course Radiohead never recovered from that fall. In fact their music just kept getting worse. As for Yellow Brick Road, I think it was too diluted and unfocused, and would have benefited (at least musically, if not financially) from having been released as a single album instead of a double. To me, the five albums that preceded it, as well as the two that followed are all better than Yellow Brick Road. I won't speak to Brave or An Innocent Man, as I don't know those albums. Nor will I say much about Pinups, since it's not a very important album, and is not one I've ever heard anyone praise, recommend to me or tell me I should like, let alone love. I've never been a big Peter Gabriel fan outside of Genesis, but I do think So is an extremely strong album, containing some really fine songs. I've also never been a big Eagles fan ... I find them to be elitist and pretentious, and their concert tickets have been unbearably expensive for at least 30 years. So they can kiss my ass. Having said that, I consider Hotel California to be an unreserved masterpiece, beginning to end. As is Graceland, in my view. Unlike The Eagles, Paul Simon is a likeable fellow, and that album was not only profound and beautiful, but also revolutionary. A magnificent work. As for other albums I should love ... but just don't, let me start with The Beatles' Let It Be and Sgt. Pepper. While Abbey Road, the White Album, Revolver, Rubber Soul and Help! are all jewels in the crown of popular music, I think even Magical Mystery Tour is better than Sgt. Pepper. Other albums I'm not crazy about are the Stones' Exile on Main St., Dylan's Blonde on Blonde, Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti (and everything they released after it), David Bowie's Low, Heroes and Lodger, King Crimson's Red, and Boston's debut album, which I loathe (did they release others or just that one?)

[@gloomyvale3671]

Can’t stand Paul Simon’s Graceland, it’s far too commercial no real cultural influence of Africa, most of the artists he collaborated with are Western influenced artists. A much better album is from a year before, the Rhythmatist by Stewart Copeland, a far more Culturally important album using indigenous African music.

[@siltom1962]

Nowhere is it written anyone has to love anything. I still don't "get" Pet Sounds.

[@bigbadbillb]

I agree. It's a "classic", but one of the dullest albums I've ever listened to.

[@HoundPig]

I finally got round to listening it recently, hoping for great things only to find it almost unlistenable. I'll probably never play 'Pet Sounds' again.

[@bigbadbillb]

@@HoundPig I think "The SMiLE Sessions" is much more interesting, IMO.

[@danielhkhk7283]

I bought it once because I read everywhere how great it is. It is not. Never listened to it again. The Beach Boys are very overrated. A few good songs, thats it.

[@x00p3]

"Wouldn't It Be Nice" is the only song I like on that album.

[@rajindersjutlla6898]

Sorry guys I love The Wall. I love Animals, but The Wall it's sheer breadth of musical ideas are a delight to listen to.

[@Guedingen]

'A rock opera rendering of the Stanley Baxter Show'? Top drawer.

[@damageincorporated8558]

Elton is lazy and pedantic, same as the Eagles, the police etc.,, great first 90 seconds then just dross

[@tussk.]

I can't stand The Eagles. Never could. They made the blandest and most insipid music I had ever heard, right up until Brothers in Arms. Boring, tedious yacht rock for wankers that wore deck shoes to the wine bar without a hint of irony. It sounds like a parody of itself, but one that got tired of the joke before the first song was even finished.

[@noyfb4769]

The Eagles are incredibly important. They're who you crank up so the stupid nosy neighbors can't hear you confront that cheating wife of yours.

[@danielroach5415]

Oddly, i prefer kid a to ok computer, but none of them maych the bends!

[@philipqvist7322]

All that this has proved is that people have different music tastes - and I say thank God for that. Agree with some of the choices, disagree with others - and there is nothing wrong with the that.

[@mikearchibald744]

Ah you don't understand music if you dont share my likes:) Yes, on social media I have to point out that I'm kidding.

[@davidl570]

This world would be VERY boring if we agreed on everything!

[@drsamurai009]

Very true that everyone's tastes are different. Pink Floyd's The Wall has grown weary to me over the years. It went from enjoying the full double album, to tolerating a full listen, to now just picking out the songs I want to hear. I haven't listened to the full recording in a single listen for probably 20 years. A handful of fantastic tracks sprinkled throughout a lot of filler, but for me, it's the previous album Animals that I should love but just don't. It doesn't work for me on almost any level, lyrically or even music arrangements. Taking the classic story of Animal Farm and drawing a completely different conclusion also keeps me from loving that album.

[@mikearchibald744]

@@drsamurai009 You can like or dislike albums for all kinds of reasons. The Wall is such a huge album that i'd skip huge sections. But there is no doubt its considered a classic, even if we don't care for it. Animals is less a 'classic', for me I listened to it over and over again for god knows how long, and frankly have never listened to either again. But difficult albums are like that, many prog bands I am in awe of the piece and can admire it on many levels but mostly find I listen to poppier stuff. My example is that Anthem by Yes is just a monstrously creative piece of work, but I find myself listening to 90125 over and over, despite knowing its not 'better' and is less originail, though its pretty original for pop. There are people who swear A final cut is their best, but again I listened to it over and over for a shorter period, and haven't again. I like Nick kents pink floyd interview, he goes into detail about why he hates ALL pink floyd after Barrett, particularly after Meddle. Thats likely my favourite.

[@John-k6f9k]

Yes people have different music tastes, If everyone was the same it would be boring. But having differing opinions make's it boring too because music discussion all tends to be the same, It's almost all -Complaining about music you find overrated. -Whining about music acts selling out. - Trying to put more attention on music you think is underrated, but trust me ,nobody is really interested. The internet is mostly an echo chamber no matter what the subject. I read a quote recently that was so true "most people don't want to hear your opinion, they want to ear their own opinion coming from your mouth"

[@simonfiveash3810]

The beachboys pet sounds I don't get it and I dont get any Bob Dylan albums ,I can't stand him to be honest.

[@Busybee65]

Yellow Brick Road is a classic IMO,

[@John-k6f9k]

If you grew up alone on a desert island and a big crate of albums washed ashore you wouldn't understand the concept of "supposed to like" an album. We're all so prone to pressures of society.

[@crustyjusty7]

YES! 100% on walk of life. Nothing surer than that song to make me change radio stations. Worst song on the album.

[@cosmickidd205]

To be honest there are loads of tracks that I love from different bands,but rarely do I like the whole album.

[@andrewkendall7814]

This.

[@andrewfraser4376]

Mmmmm you come up with a good cluck baite topic.

[@EclecticInstinct]

Can't fault your choices. Pretty much spot on.

[@GabrielKemeny]

i totally disagree.. this guy has no substantial comments about these really good albums. He is an absoultely hopeless critic. who the hekk is he anyway...just random drivel from him.

[@slimjim4239]

beggars banquet Tommy exile on main street band on the run heroes meat is murder pet sounds thriller rumours back in black

[@edella1967]

Dire Straits’ “Walk of Life”. Not too long ago I was having one of those days when nothing was going right. Walking into a grocery store later that day, the ghastly keyboard opening to “The Walk of Life” started playing and I let out an inappropriately loud f-bomb. Everyone stared at the crazy man who then wisely decided to forego the shopping and proceeded directly home. Day over. Damn you, Mr. Knopfler! 😆

[@TheDavidtk240]

I hear ya', nothing more obnoxious than crappy grocery store music after a lousy day!

[@davidl570]

I would've had the same exact reaction if they'd played that or Money For Nothing.......................CAN'T STAND either one of those!! (But I DO love the Straits, don't get me wrong). Also, never understood how So Far Away wasn't as big a hit as those two....................it's about 10X BETTER!

[@jdraven0890]

I also despise that song. Same thing happened to me in a Walmart recently, but it was "Big Yellow Taxi" which I hate all the more

[@edella1967]

@@davidl570Love Dire Straits too! Until the Brothers in Arms album that is. Like Mark’s solo work also.

[@jimbelton]

LOL. I always hear it as "Here comes Jonny singin' oldies goldies, be bop beluga baby, what I say".

[@Claymore5]

Marillion: Brave. The most misery inducing piece they have ever made - Portishead would sound cheerful by comparison. The only one of the deluxe box sets I didn't buy - and I won't (yet I am normally a completist!)

[@jdd3786]

I didn't know you were _supposed_ to like Pin Ups. I aways thought of it as a cool Bowie covers album that nobody likes.

[@ianstopher9111]

I have not played it in decades, perhaps time to try again. It is no sacred cow, it is OK to consider it not a sacred cow.

[@brucemcintyre196]

Does anyone really listen to Radiohead. It’s my “popular” opinion, that they really suck. I must wonder if I’m all alone here.

[@heimomoilanen9654]

You are not alone (Saga)

[@Papasplayhouse451]

Totally agree with all of these with the exception of Pinups and Yellow Brick Road. I also agree with Animals being the last great PF album! Great content as always!

[@Digibeatle09]

Plus - as I have stated in a reply to another person in this thread - “Pin Ups” sounds absolutely brilliant on my vinyl set-up !

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

Yellow Brick Road is the big exception here for me. I think that album is as epic as everyone says it is.

[@marktait2371]

same agree i had pinups on vinyl previous collection animals also last summer bought e hoes cd comp nothing on wall comes close to the dogs suite of course had vinly current reissue ridiculous expensive never see used g.c.

[@litedawg]

Wow , a man of culture I see. I hate The Wall, Dire Straits makes me hurl, Peter Gabriel is boring and I would rather put my head through a wall than listen to anything Billy Joel ever recorded.

[@heimomoilanen9654]

Pretty much my thoughts too. I take almost anything Styx over those. Well almost.

[@dogcowrph]

Some of these are just so over played on radio that what I once loved is now hatted.

[@noyfb4769]

That's one way to muffle 'em out!

[@Fuzcapp]

Equally, there are many songs i frickin' hated in their day because of radio overplay. but now I quite like them, since I haven't heard them for a while. I'm thinking especially of the Bee Gees disco period, and ABBA. Also Fleetwood Mac. They all used to grind my gears at the time, but now I quite appreciate them.

[@kwinsc9273]

I've argued for years the Wall has not aged well. It's too long and much of the "narrative" songs on the 3rd and 4th side are just mediocre. It was important album in my life as well, I was 10 when it came it. It made a huge impact on me, even if I didn't understand it at that age. But let's face it Pink is not a sympathetic character and looking at 45 yrs later it's not so much fiction as a true portrait of Roger Waters character. Sonically it's amazing but in my opinion without Gilmour it would have been a dreadful Waters solo album.

[@paulbrown4620]

Gilmour called it ‘one long whine !’

[@slinkysurfer]

Never mind the music, let’s have discussion on The Stanley Baxter Show, I loved that show every Saturday night.

[@elbib2446]

stanley was great,was it on every saturday,i thought he only did lavish,big budget christmas specials

[@slinkysurfer]

@@elbib2446 Saturday nights, I’m not sure how many seasons it ran for.

[@SeptemberChild1835]

@@slinkysurfer Nine seasons, I think. 🧐

[@John-k6f9k]

Oh man I hated Stanley Baxter. The whole lewd pantomime stuff with him dressed up singing innuendo laden songs. Some of the most cringeworthy attempts at comedy I've seen

[@seabud6408]

Here here. My parents saw him in the 50’s in Glasgow in various stage shows, said he was fantastic/hilarious.

[@Earhairy]

Bat out of Hell - unlistenable.

[@dwaynejessome1728]

Ten albums I should love but I hate: 10) Eagles /ST 9) Eagles /Desperado 8) Eagles / On the Border 7) Eagles / One of These Nights 6) Eagles / Hotel California 5) Eagles / The Long Run 4) Eagles / Long Road Out of Eden 3) Don Henley / Building the Perfect Beast 2) Don Henley / End of Innocence 1) Glenn Frey / the aptly titled No Fun Allowed

[@richardsinger01]

Couldn't agree more, though my list would have to include most of Bowie's output as well. I realise that makes ne some kind of heretic, but I never understood or realy enjoyed Bowie albums. Some of the singles are fabulous though.

[@davidl570]

@@richardsinger01 He was very talented (and seemed like a nice humble guy) but I could never get into his music. Just never did it for me.

[@DEE-o4v]

I"m with you...I am NOT an Eagles fan. I do like Joe Walsh though......he always puts on a great show.

[@donaldwesterhazy9333]

@@richardsinger01 Hunky Dory is the only Bowie album worth listing to.

[@kristofftaylovoski60]

RDRRR

[@Ste2023]

Radio head awful awful awful

[@chicklets4ever51]

None of the albums mentioned above seem to merit the "should love" phrase. One needs to aim for the sacred cows, which I will presently try to do. The following are albums that most everyone loves but which leave me generally cold: 10. Steely Dan, Can't Buy a Thrill 9. Springsteen, Born to Run 8. Carole King, Tapestry 7. Eagles, Hotel California 6. Patti Smith, Horses (or anything else by Patti) 5. The Clash, London Calling 4. ELP, Pictures at an Exhibition 3. Genesis, Selling England by the Pound 2. Neil Young, After the Gold Rush (or, alternatively, Harvest) 1. Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon

[@seabud6408]

Agree DS of the Moon 🌙 Love Selling England and ELP

[@frankmachin5438]

LOVE ‘Selling England by the Pound’ and IMO ‘Can’y buy a thrill’ is a masterpiece. Not a weak track. But hey, art is entirely subjective.

[@i.p.knightly149]

Selling England and After the Gold Rush... interesting choices, to each their own.

[@bitcortex1991]

Agree on DSotM. It's the one I've tried harder to love than any other album, giving it about a hundred chances over the years, and only because of how I love other PF work. In the end, I love about 20% of it.

[@seabud6408]

@@bitcortex1991 Snap. The first album I bought was Abbey Rd, Beatles. Played it to death. Have a pet theory (no one agrees with😀) that DSOTM was Pink Floyd emulating the production standards of that album, which worked so well because the Beatles agreed to defer to their great producer to pull it off. I think it was a template for Floyd re how to make an album which would break them in America/around the world. I still play Abbey Rd and it still sounds great. I couldn’t understand why everyone but me thought DSOTM was so great. It is a “great” album but it stands on the shoulders of Abbey Rd for me .. making up half its towering greatness 😀

[@peterstubbs8645]

💯 agree on The Dire Straits 👏. Love the Title track too and agree everything they recorded before was superior . Disagree on Elton John. The Eagles greatest Album is One Of These Nights Imo.

[@Wayner71]

I agree with all of your choices except Kid-A. For me, it's a beautiful album that works on all levels. I recently binge-watched 'Blake's 7' which was my first viewing since the originals were aired. That show was never as good after Blake (Gareth Thomas) went missing. Cheers.

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

I still have Kid A rated as a 4.5 star album, but the further I get away from its release date, the more I think it's overrated in the grand scheme of things. If you dig into 1980s and 1990s electronic music, Kid A is not as original as it's made out to be.

[@alexandercaviedes2559]

For me the turning point is the new Travis. Help me out. I'm a big fan, too, but I could not make the connection between Kid A and Blake's 7..

[@jhillst]

@@AbbeyRoadkill1 What I find most impressive about Kid A is the way it almost perfectly blends rock and techno. It's something bands like Genesis. U2, R.E.M. and others had attempted in the '80s and '90s but never quite mastered the way Radiohead did it.

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

@jhillst Boy, I don't hear much rock on Kid A, which is part of why I drifted away from Radiohead a little bit in the '00s. I'm a rock music lover, so when Radiohead stopped writing guitar-based rock songs and went for an electrono-pop sound, it was a change I respected but wasn't head-over-heels in love with. I do agree Kid A is an exceptionally good stab at techno for what had previously been a rock band. But songs-wise, it's definitely not as iconic as OK Computer.

[@Wayner71]

@@AbbeyRoadkill1 I like OK Computer and The Bends very much indeed. But for some reason I really engaged with their Kid-A/Amnesiac incarnation. Maybe its the Abstract nature of it. After Amnesiac, I feel they lost something that is hard to qualify. Even so, I do thoroughly enjoy the later albums (except King of Limbs). Cheers.

[@jonathankoziol6573]

I’m sick of The Eagles just from constant play on the radio since the 70s.

[@messiahtorahamerica]

Horrible overrayed silly unauthentic band

[@jonathankoziol6573]

Yeah. They found the right formula to be radio friendly earworms. The same songs have been getting airplay for almost 50 years now.

[@cameronlewis1218]

Don’t feel bad about not liking The Wall. Talk about overblown… And it doesn’t help that the hits were driven into the ground by relentless radio play…

[@Devoid_Freud]

I agree about the hits being ruined by overexposure. But I still think the album is brilliant. But I also think it does have more to do with Waters and his subsequent work than it does with Floyd’ previous work. Animals was the last great Floyd album. Certainly my favourite

[@andrewfyfe8986]

You really hate my record collection!

[@downhillblur708]

For context I was 22 years old when The Wall was released. I remember being so excited when I bought it, unwrapped it, put it on the turntable. I have never been so disappointed, so let down by any record as I was by The Wall. There was such a disconnect from the soaring progressive grandeur of all their previous recordings. It was so boring and so disco-tinged that I can still taste the betrayal to this day.

[@ThinWhiteLuke]

Wow, rarely do I see a Floyd fan mirror this same opinion. But it’s so true, people talk about The Wall like it’s on the same level or even better than Wish You Were Here or The Dark Side of the Moon. I don’t know what they are hearing.

[@jayt4465]

@@ThinWhiteLuke For me it's their best album. But it helps that it is a double album.

[@andypammenter8528]

I like just about every album up to wind and wuthering more than selling England!

[@DBTdad]

I've never cared for Peter Gabriel's stuff after Genesis. Those were wonderful albums.

[@big-muff-pi6723]

Disagree about Graceland, GYBR and The Wall. Especially The Wall. Who cares if it’s a RW album? It’s a masterpiece. So are Animals, DSOTM and WYWH but that doesn’t mean The Wall isn’t or can’t be.

[@michaelme1548]

I like almost all of these albums. I believe three are excellent.

[@rodsmolter5046]

New Kid in Town is also an amazing song off Hotel California along with the overplayed but still great title track. The rest of the album...meh. It's just OK.

[@davidl570]

One of those albums with a couple of great songs surrounded by a lot of filler. Don't understand how it became their second best seller (behind Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975)! I'll take The Long Run (their best) over it any day.

[@demonsbutterfly]

Agree with most of this except for “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” which is by Far Elton’s Best Album, it’s a beautifully recorded epic. He never got near it again!!

[@marktait2371]

that and captain fantastic think was the last with dee davey nigel bernie together im.the one had a different writer forget who

[@Fuzcapp]

Agree - I've never tired of it. I would swap it out on this list for Madman Across the Water. Everyone raves but I think it's the low point of Elton's golden era. That and Caribou, but no-one talks that one up.

[@MrJambug]

Absolutely. I don't agree with a few of the choices, but especially GBYBR. Not only Elton's best, but his best by some margin. Apart from the classic singles, deep cuts such as Harmony and I've Seen That Movie Too, are 2 of my all time favourite songs, let alone Elton Songs. Absolutely epic Album.

[@Fuzcapp]

@@MrJambug I've Seen That Movie Too is my favourite Elton song. And Harmony is the perfect closer. What an album - from to opening wind chimes to the final "ahhh -Aaaaaaah!"

[@MrJambug]

@@Fuzcapp yep, I didn't even mention the opening salvo of Funeral For A friend and Loves Lies Bleeding. What an introduction!! As you say, from start to finish an absolute classic.

[@HoosierDaddy_]

I almost think that The Final Cut ruined The Wall a bunch. FC is so whiney. It's hard to take that much depression back to back. There's some great music in there, but it seems overly controlled by Roger. I actually really like the Live in Berlin album better than the original sometimes. It mixes it up with different special guests singing and playing and is really good. I love Pink Floyd when the entire band works together.

[@petern3363]

I really dislike the title track off Hotel California. 'We're big stars, have all the drugs and groupies we want and live in sunny California. Poor old us'.

[@glennaldosf]

Radiohead - Kid A, tried so many times to get into that album but just cannot understand the appeal. Like Creep, loved the Bends, OK Computer is one of my all time favorite albums, but completely fell off the Radiohead bandwagon when Kid A dropped.. just boring in my opinion....

[@markwellman3124]

I agree Floyd animals was their last great album.

[@garyh.238]

Absolutely correct!

[@UncannyValleyVideos]

Animals has become my favorite Floyd album, nearly tied with Wish You Were Here. But I can safely say that The Wall (both the album and film) changed my life in 5th grade. Hell, it even changed my handwriting--I still sign my t's with sharp slanted flourishes à la Gerald Scarfe.

[@edavis1066]

I enjoy The Wall but I agree it's not a true Floyd album.

[@Bluepillphil-d1w]

Animals is their worst of the modern era. Highly over rated by fans. The songs are just ok jam songs, they lack essential vitamins and vigour of their masterpieces. Of which The Wall is one

[@spocktheripper]

I put it at Wish You Were Here.

[@jtmichaelson]

Very commendable list. I may disagree with only one, the Peter Gabriel album. It's a mood and a feel and has its own charm through some of the lesser desirable tracks. But when it's good, it's superb. Definitely can't argue about the Billy Joel and Dire Straits albums. I may also kind of disagree on the Eagles album, but for me that's hit or miss, depending on mood. Nevertheless, I completely have to agree about The Wall. Side 4 does have one worth song, "Run Like Hell", which makes Side 4 hard to listen to, but does pay off in the middle of it and then turn it off once that song is over.

[@davidwylde8426]

‘Blake’s 7’ fans 😂😂

[@Jazz8]

Interesting list….I was surprised at SO and Yellow Brick (two of my favorite albums)….but all I kept saying to myself is “don’t say Crest of a Knave….don’t say Crest of a Knave!” Lol

[@Joe-lb8qn]

I love Pinups. Apart from See Emily Play, every track is better than the original.

[@Digibeatle09]

Plus - if you have a good vinyl set-up - yes this reply is from one of the “old school” - Pin Ups really packs a punch ! Anyway, I can see why the reviewer - given the “original” stuff Bowie came up with - could come to the conclusion he has - I suppose it’s “Vivre La Difference !”

[@bertbecker7532]

So and Brothers In Arms both got a lot of perks by reviewers who said these were must haves on CD.

[@DEE-o4v]

I won't say that...but I will say that it's one of my favorite Bowie albums to listen to.

[@tombeithemist5255]

I just love Pin Ups, I play it often. The band is just so tight, great album!

[@marktait2371]

ahree see emily play kinda nothing but the rest is pretty good

[@TheOtherDerek]

Kid A was a huge disappointment after the perfection of OK Computer.

[@markshulusky6680]

Agree with this list with one exception: Yellow Brick Road. Love that one.

[@kavousniamir2375]

I love it too. But, I saw Elton doing the entie album in a concert in Montreal in the 80's and it sounded much better live.... probably the best concert I have ever been to. So, I too think a re-mix of the album must be a good idea.

[@Fuzcapp]

Agree - I've never tired of it. I would swap it out on this list for Madman Across the Water. Everyone raves but I think it's the low point of Elton's golden era. That and Caribou, but no-one talks that one up.

[@frankmachin5438]

Yeah I’m a massive fan of ‘Funeral for a friend /Love Lies Bleeding’ ‘Grey Seal’ - like so many, better as a single LP?

[@isadoreladuca7532]

Agree with The Wall. I'd include Pet Sounds for sure and the Who's Tommy.

[@drummondaikman]

Do I listen to Elton's GYBR as an old man in 2024? Rarely. Is it bloated. Yes. Was it brilliant at the time? Absolutely. EJ took elements of all the genres swirling around in the early 1970's and presented them to a pop audience. As a kid I was blown away by Funeral. It probably was the first long-form prog song I'd really listened to. The glam of Bennie! The old school rock of Saturday Night! The piano fronted RnB sound! C'mon. That album changed my life, led me right to the sources when i was old enough to steal my own records :-)

[@frankmachin5438]

Terrrific analysis man

[@AdrianLee-i7g]

I agree with you about "The Wall". I played the bloody thing to death when it came out. I think a school friend initially taped it for me on a TDK cassette just days after it was released. I have bought it on CD a couple of times since then. Sadly, it hasn't aged well. The narrative is completely over the top. Obviously, Roger Waters suffered immense sorrow growing up with the loss of his father, but why does he overstate everything? WW2 was awful, yes, but what was the alternative? Coexistence with the Nazis? Teachers can be bullies. I agree, but do we really want to abandon all school education to avoid "thought control"? Then there is all the potty rubbish about the rock star turning into a fascist dictator. I am sorry, but rock stars are entertainers to most members of the public. They often couldn't give a poo about their politics. Over the years, I have met right-wing people who adore left-wing artists. So much for controlling the audience's minds! I agree with you also about Side 4. I, too, haven't played it for decades! Doesn't it descend into some sort of trial with the Judge calling someone a worm? I honestly can not remember. Even in 1979, I thought that surrealism had been carried too far by that point. As concept albums went in those days, I feel that Quadrophenia has lasted much better.

[@karenjoannawarwick]

All I hear about The Eagles is how Don Henley does not like fans singing or playing his songs ,so thats a red flag .

[@garyh.238]

The problem with Don Henley is his obsessive sense of self-importance.

[@NVRAMboi]

Don Henley does not like anyone or anything beyond himself. He's a kill joy whom I like to pretend does not exist. May God bless Bernie Leadon and Don Felder, and may Randy Meisner forever RIP.

[@sjm1]

And of course he often mimes to his own voice in concerts nowadays. Maybe he should sue himself?

[@jimbelton]

I try to separate artist from art. Richie Blackmoor was apparently a tremendous prick too, but I still love his playing. But hey, even Beato complains about Henley, along with Metallica, coming after his "What Makes This Song Great" videos breaking down their work.

[@tonylema5334]

Pretty capitalistic of him

[@kevinmccready4114]

I don't really understand the inclusion of Pinups. It doesn't come off to me as an album that the music buying public is supposed to like - feels underrated in the context of his early work. Totally get the rest of your list.

[@kaudsiz]

I don’t think he’s specifically referring to commercial success, or -intent, of the album

[@richardgale1287]

Fascinating. These are mostly albums that I have, at some point, loved, then fallen out of love with, and in some cases fallen back in love with. So I can appreciate both sides.

[@bobconway5958]

I very much agree with the Pink Floyd comments. The Wall came out with great fanfare. but after hearing it I was quite disappointed. They seemed to be trying too hard

[@jamesheath7601]

Eagles overrated af

[@dilltdog1158]

Totally agree with the choices of Eagles, Radiohead, Paul Simon. Can't agree with the others although, heretically, I prefer Mark Knopflers Get Lucky to Brothers In Arms.

[@davidwylde8426]

That T-Shirt looks ace

[@pipandkitty2004]

Great album cover that as you probably know it’s on seconds out by Genesis 👍

[@davidwylde8426]

@@pipandkitty2004 I do. It works great on a black T-Shirt though

[@annoyingbstard9407]

And the first 9 Led Zeppelin albums.

[@ChristianAndrews-yt5tl]

What's The Story Morning Glory...an absolute slog. It actually angers me it was so successful. 😂

[@lorrainebennett7528]

I love it!

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

There are a couple-three songs on it that have grown stale for me. But for the most part, I still like that album.

[@davebaker7503]

​@@AbbeyRoadkill1as the years have gone on, I have found the production to be lacking. It sounds very thin and there are 0 dynamics to it. Granted I'm someone who loves Standing on the shoulder of Giants and how it sounds.

[@JohnnyTronny19841]

I am a super Gabriel man and SO always felt like "single and ready to mingle" rather than anything more substantial. Great rhythm section work, but ehhhhhh - I was born in 1984 so when this came out I did love this album (thanks mom and dad lol)

[@glaws365]

Sooo disappointed that ALL of Oasis albums aren't on your list .. as a prog fan their ponsy psuedo-clash pop and constant dramas were too english for me sorry .. pfft

[@MrThebigcheese75]

It's agony now, all you read about is the "reunion". Maybe Noel has talent but I can't get past Liam and his whiny vocals and posturing.

[@andrewwaldron3667]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds "walk of life" incredibly annoying.