Terrible Albums by Great Artists | Top Ten - Vol.3

[@thiswonderfullandpenwithco1151]

I saw U2 a couple of weeks before they released their first single. They played at our local under 18 disco. Me and a couple of mates who collected autograpths said shall we ask for theirs. "Nah they wont amount to much . "

[@smalltown4855]

I like hearing you talk. Don't always agree, but that's just the way of everything.

[@mattjohn4731]

Zombie Birdhouse is great imo. I put tracks on my "industrial" mix. Weird music makes me feel relief. And Zombie Birdhouse is weirdly welcoming.

[@bruzewill7081]

Amen Brother

[@marktrickett5081]

I also quite like this album.

[@elephantrange]

Didn't mind it at all; 'The Villagers' in particular is awesome. Also, what Ig LP up to that point didn't he struggle with addictions during?

[@elliotwalton6159]

Happily, I've never listened to, nor even heard of , all of these albums. I guess i got out while the getting was good. Thanks Barry! Another great listen from you, at least.

[@jdiona]

All the albuns u2 did since 2000 are weak but the last one they did… I feel shame for them 🤦‍♂️

[@dinkmartini3236]

Fame did worse than break them up. It broke their spirit and left them standing.

[@80085word69]

I find Thing Fish hilarious but it is definitely not for everyone. Once FZ had his own label he did whatever he wanted

[@patricktilton5377]

Frank should've made a film version of THING-FISH, a mock-opera with cheesy-looking sets. He went to a lot of trouble to have the Mammy Nun make-ups made for the album's cover (with Ike Willis as the titular character), as well as for a photo-shoot that was done for Larry Flynt's HUSTLER magazine based on this material, so it's a shame that a show wasn't presented -- at least one filmed production of this supposed Off-Off-Broadway musical-within-a-musical. It might've made for a zany midnight movie experience, though I wonder if Dale Bozzio would've been game to portray her 'Artificial Rhonda' character with a fountain pen dangling out of her asshole as she fucks her briefcase in her attempts to humiliate her fashionably gay husband Harry. Their "Mother Mary & Joseph" relationship with their 'offspring' -- the lil' Crabgrass Baby -- would probably have made the heads of indignant Evangelical Christians explode, but alas! we never got to see a more 'popular' presentation of this 3-album extravaganza. Zappa's JOE'S GARAGE would've made for an entertaining low-budget film, too. And I would kill to see an animated cartoon of "The Adventures of Gregary Peccary" -- preferably designed by the equivalent of Chuck Jones on acid.

[@markhoerner2354]

I find the album to be a massive improvelence

[@patricktilton5377]

@@markhoerner2354 De blubulence of your blobulence dun reciprocated to the respectible concluzhum. Yow! Science! -- Mind you, this is from memory, from about 30 years ago!

[@jdraven0890]

Zappa was a hell of a technical musician, but to most ppl he is only known for his novelty or most outlandish works. Just doesn't seem right.

[@stormbringercoming8105]

When did he ever NOT pretty much do whatever he wanted?

[@MARK-co1ge]

Re. Bob Dylan's "Self Portrait": As an alternative, I recommend "Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series Vol.10.

[@classicalbum]

I have it

[@markscheppner5658]

This is great. I would love to find these great albums. My personality fits these records. Thank you for this video it shows the best of me .

[@lesblatnyak5947]

Since I never heard of any of these albums I must have great musical taste

[@lucasoheyze4597]

It suggests you haven't dug into the back catalogues of some of the best artists.

[@mattjohn4731]

🤪 I recommend Zombie Birdhouse for a weird aggression combined with a few gentle ballads

[@Octavian7771]

Love your videos! I have one disagreement in your list. Bob Dylan's 'Self Portrait' is almost universally panned, but Self Portrait is one of my favorite of Dylan's LP. Perhaps I like it so much because when I heard it, I was also listening to the Anthology of American Folk Music, which was a major influence to the Folk revival of the late 50's early 60's. Self Portrait sound like an artist channeling an Appalachian front porch. Highlights for me are 'Early Morning Rain', 'Let It Be Me', 'Copper Kettle'.

[@ExplodingPsyche]

Check out the Bootleg Series Volume 10, Another Self Portrait Deluxe Edition. Remastered version, complete Isle of Wight performance and 2 CDs of outtakes. If you liked the original, you will love this.

[@lucasoheyze4597]

It's a literal Self Portrait.

[@arminhennig1795]

Copper Kettle is one of my all time favourites

[@Octavian7771]

@@arminhennig1795 "You'll just lay there by the juniper while the moon is bright Watch them jugs a-filling in the pale moonlight"... Classic!!!

[@gerhardvanderwesthuizen1261]

I love Self Portrait as well. Very charming country pastiche.

[@jorgesuarez7073]

I am waiting for In Through the Out Door to appear in this series. It deserves to be included.

[@bruzewill7081]

Can't agree with your condemnation of Zombie Birdhouse. It's still on my raw power playlist.

[@EddieReischl]

VH III definitely belongs on this list. It was weird to listen to a Van Halen album where there isn't any sort of catchy riff or anything melodic about any of it. It was almost as if they just took some ideas Edward had put on a tape while screwing around in the studio and decided to make an album out of it. Totally disjointed musically.

[@marcraygun6290]

Shark sandwich by spinal tap, a rare miss in a spotless portfolio of song

[@NelsonMontana1234]

Lou Reed is a great artist?

[@johnbell877]

A lot of fun as usual with some great descriptive phrases. One thing I wonder is did you think of that Allman/Cher album in terms of Rumors, where the tension and misery you're describing . . . turns out to have somewhat different results overall.

[@dmac4793]

Black Sabbath 13 ..a total borefest......the gent here said smashing pumpkins zietgeist is on his list of terrible records, of course respect to his opinion..but too me its a Great record...cheers😊

[@seamuscolgan7654]

Might be in the minority here, but I really like Zombie Birdhouse!

[@rossmenzies1484]

I liked Eat Or Be Eaten from it. The rest? - not so much.

[@stratu23]

How funny! I just absolutely LOVE Zombie Birdhouse. Well, whatever... I'm a relatively new fan/subscriber of yours - you're a very funny, eloquent fellow!

[@andrewmacdonald3667]

I always enjoyed the demented nature of ‘Zombie Birdhouse’. Things really bottomed out with the attempted commercialism of ‘Party’.

[@joegillam1497]

I bought Zombie Birdhouse back in the 90s. I think I've played it twice. Nuff said.

[@sixbladeknife44]

I had to hear what all the fuss was about with “Can’t Get No Booty” by Stills and now I’m sorry I did 😖

[@CMI2017]

Great series. Reed pretending he was Alban Berg and the hair stylist on the Allman/Cher album being the only thing of credit.

[@GorgeousRoddyChrome]

"...his voice lacks a scrotum..." 😳 🤣 I must say that your colorful descriptions are sublime! ...let alone being right on the bullseye. Good on you! 👍🤘

[@Maanebaronen]

I love this show. Hope you keep that ambiance in the room. It’s very comfortable.

[@tendraftsdeep]

I agree! This setup was so much better than these days, looks like he's in an art closet now. But still cool! Great channel

[@sspbrazil]

I kinda like “Zombie Birdhouse”. “Self Portrait” is also a fun album, the reviewer from Rolling Stone that wrote “What is this shit?” took it back years later.

[@jimmycampbell78]

I feel like I am on the wrong channel (Contarians maybe) but Self Portrait is my favourite Bob Dylan album 🤣 It’s just a superb collection of songs with none of the usual Dylan pretensions to my ears. Barry here and Greil Marcus are welcome to their opinion.

[@keriford54]

Agreed, Zombie Birdhouse has a deliciously crazy vibe to it, have never listened to Self Portrait.

[@ExplodingPsyche]

@@jimmycampbell78 I always liked Self Portrait but the Bootleg Series Volume 10, Another Self Portrait is really an eye opener. It includes the remastered version, the complete Isle of Wight performance and 2 CDs of outtakes. Well worth checking out, if you can find it.

[@tomf4087]

No take backs.

[@sspbrazil]

@@tomf4087 but he did.

[@TooSkinnyKenny]

I once heard a tiny snippet of an album that actually made me feel ill called "I Care Because You Do" by Aphex Twin. It was stomach turning.

[@peternappi5220]

The Gerry Rafferty version of Richard and Linda Thompson's Shoot Out the Lights. So bad it was never released, but readily available on KZbin. It's an alternate universe version of a five star album, in which the album utterly fails. Pretty interesting.

[@paulmiddleton8699]

When I've been drinking I can't decide whether your channel is real or taking the piss out of uni students.

[@mikenicholson7465]

I would've topped this list with the Clash's Cut the Crap. What a sad ending to an incredible career!

[@jeffy602]

Zombie Birdhouse is great!

[@GaryIrving-x5o]

Also ..Crosby Still Nash and Young "Live It Up", Paul Simon's "One Trick Pony" and "Capeman" Bob Dylan's"Under A Red Sky".

[@stormbringercoming8105]

Young was NOT on Live It Up. It was a CSN record.

[@marcraygun6290]

Might call my next album eclectic vomit bag

[@JonPickles]

Good fun video. I however quite like Self Portrait.

[@paul47796]

"Disco swamp rock". "Oh Dear" as both my Mum and King Charles III would say.

[@johnbell1578]

"excruciating squall of sound"! some fine descriptive language there

[@Foul_Quince]

If Mardi Gras had been done by say Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds or America no one would have batted an eyelid.

[@backrowbrighton]

I own a few of the albums spoken about here and have to say that I never listen to them. This has helped me realise why.

[@richardmackinnon611]

I don't have Thoroughfare Gap, but the title track was included on the CSN box set. I have to say, I think it's quite good. I ended up getting Right By You based on the track 50/50 also included in the set (featuring an excellent guitar solo from Jimmy Page), and I found the album to be pretty mediocre otherwise. I guess I don't feel so bad now that I never picked up TG.

[@terrybnad2959]

*Alex Chilton - Like Flies On Sherbert* - Big Star's Third Album (a.k.a Sister Lovers) was for me the missing link - it's exhilarating, aching, abstract, dark, beautiful, sinister, playful, fragile, quirky, shambolic, endlessly inventive with songs that burned into my sub-conscious. It was The White Album, only better. Yet after Third, the sporadic albums that did come out were seemingly set to destroy the Big Star legacy. 1980's *Like Flies On Sherbet* is grotesque, boorish and misogynist, and the production values are nil. But it's this maverick streak that made Alex such a compelling figure. And even though Like Flies on Sherbet may be one of the ugliest albums you'll ever hear, there's still a place for it, it's still Alex.

[@andreasghb8074]

I wrote in my Amazon review of "Thing Fish" that it should absolutely been one of Zappa's Magnus Opuses, but absolutely is NOT! 1984 was a very busy year for FZ, and he just phoned it in. Too bad!

[@joachimschreiner9675]

Hobo with a grin is an absolute masterpiece . One of the best albums ever. Love it.

[@johncollier9280]

I did a show on a non-commercial FM radio station from the late 70's to the early 90's. A friend o' mine also had a show there until the mid 80's. He decided to play Frank Zappa's Thing Fish-all 6 sides-in it's entirety 'n the audience reaction was so negative he was fired the next day. Obviously not for everyone...pretty much guaranteed to offend everybody at some point. Listen at your own risk-be forewarned.

[@Robizoid]

Thing Fish was pretty bad. The craziest thing about it was Zappa tried to sell it as a Broadway show. The only song worth a toss on this album was "He's So Gay", an obvious dig at Boy George!

[@mrkgrmn3]

I actually enjoyed "Self Portrait" way more than "Nashville Skyline".

[@David-uf8ex]

Always liked Mardi Gras Someday never comes great track so is Door to door sweet hitchhiker ect ect

[@christianhaynes1954]

Good video mate 😀

[@smithpm81]

thing fish is a magnum opus

[@marclahn7072]

"Eclectic vomit bag!" Brilliant!

[@TooSkinnyKenny]

one album I'd include is "You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin' Odd", the album the J Geils Band did without Peter Wolf. The songs are actually quite good but are totally ruined by bad vocals.

[@lowenbad]

4:30 Gary Cherone is a fine vocalist. Extreme III Sides To Every Story is a masterpiece… Van Halen was just in a really bad place and he was in the “Van” at the time. The next album with Roth ain’t much better.

[@jackr.1609]

Popol Vuh's City Raga. Florian Fricke tried to replicate what Manuel Göttsching successfully achieved with E2E4 (an interesting EDM album) and woefully failed...

[@LeviGarryRoberts]

Stephen Stills songwriting went from cutting edge to unlistenable real quick. After the Manassas project was done Stills stopped making good music in my opinion. Case in point, several of his 70’s & 80’s records aren’t on streaming sites and are out of print

[@earlgrey691]

'And so begins the task' by Stills and Manassas is a shimmering jewel of a song from the great man,one of his very best i reckon.

[@chrisblower8868]

​@@earlgrey691 and written in the sixties !

[@stevechristie2660]

Another great show,what about Lou Reed and Metal Machine Music - do you think that could count ?

[@Altres]

I don’t think I got beyond side one of Thing Fish. Felt more like the Residents without the focus.

[@davidtoups4684]

Mardi Gras has one of my favorite Creedence songs on it, Someday Never Comes

[@SH-ud8wd]

Self Portrait is mostly easy listening muzak and as such a provocation by the former King of Folk.

[@garyh.238]

Today, I have checked out all 3 Volumes of the Terrible Album series. Well compiled! There are some real awful albums in those lists. Interestingly, the 1980's takes the prize for having 12 out of 30 of the worst. Not surprising, it was a dismal decade for music.

[@iconicon5642]

Eh? To what were you listening?

[@moose6509]

Second best decade after the 70`s. You had to be there.......

[@GaryIrving-x5o]

The 80's were a fabulous and welcome relief from the abysmal last half of the 70's. For Example: "Oh Mercy" and "Infidels" from Dylan, "Joshua Tree" from U2, "So" from Peter Gabriel, "Synchronicity" from the Police, "Daylight Again" from Crosby Stills and Nash, "Amnesia" from Richard Thompson, "High Plains" from Philip Aaberg.... And so on. No disco!

[@GaryIrving-x5o]

​@@moose6509You misspelled "60s". Second best decade since the 60's..but don't worry, I know what you meant. To err is human.

[@normanmacfarlane6724]

Wigwam is a total classic song. Grab the volume 10 bootleg series , a great set .

[@bert0522]

This is why I don't listen or read what critics say. I have over 4,00 albums and 2,000 cds and love the Byrds, Dylan and Zappa albums. Jim

[@classicalbum]

Me too... Jim

[@mellotronin54]

I feel blessed I have not heard or even heard of most of these albums all those hours I have not wasted.

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

Eclectic Vomit Bag was a great band!😁

[@DjangoWineHeart]

Didnt ' Fidgety Riffage ' do a Peel Session in March '82?...

[@mournblade1066]

The Cramps: Look Mom, No Head! The Cramps: Big Beats From Badsville The Orb: Pomme Fritz Elvis Hitler: Supersadomasochisticexpialidocious

[@dinkmartini3236]

I watch these with clenched teeth dreading that one of my favs is gonna pop up. Lucky so far except for a smattering of Bowie tracks. Which, btw, doesn't count because Bowie is above it all. Yep, I wrote that.

[@TooSkinnyKenny]

I actually admire artists who are brave enough to release an album when they are fairly sure no one will like it, like the Metallica/Lou Reed record even if i don't like the resulting record. As for the Van Halen album, I liked "New World" and "Without You" but not the rest of it. Gary Cherone sang a lot like Sammy Hagar.

[@theworldaccordingto4555]

I'm a hardcore Zappa fan, but I'm no fan of Thing Fish. I just couldn't get on with it. I know it was his attempt at a Broadway Play that he just couldn't get anyone to help put on anywhere but it doesn't work. He should have wrote completely new tracks for the project (instead of trying to shoehorn old faves into the story/concept). Don't know the other albums apart from VH III and I don't like that either. I'll take your word on the other albums, cheers!

[@theworldaccordingto4555]

PS, actually I do know the Reed/Metallica album, luckily I heard it, so didn't buy it!

[@andrewgeraci8798]

Huge Elton John fan but Victim of Love is nothing short of horrible, as is A Single Man

[@davidl570]

Victim of Love IS horrible, but A Single Man isn't THAT bad! I actually like it, even if you can tell at times that it lacks that Taupin touch.

[@bradbull3926]

Yes Victim of Love reaches levels of depravity, awfulness and sheer pointlessness that A Single Man can only aspire to. If Little Jimmy Osmond ever released a triple album of Christmas songs, it would still have been better than Victim of Love

[@davidl570]

@@bradbull3926 No argument here!

[@Shah-of-the-Shinebox]

Bob Dylan’s Self Portrait is an abomination, the album that came after New Morning is an unsung gem.

[@classicalbum]

I like 'New Morning'... but it sounds terrible, lots of hiss and rather flat. But the songs a great.

[@danielmaher7108]

Copper Kettle is great, though. I also like Early Morning Rain ( not as good as Gordon Lightfoot's original, of course, but much better than Peter Paul and Mary's rendition).

[@spaceman3793]

For me Byrdmaniax is an a little disappointing Byrds album, but wouldn't call it outright bad. Mediocre I think is more fitting. My favourite song from it is Citizen Kane.

[@Wizwiz2112]

I think Bowie had a couple. Pin ups stands out for me. Didn’t like it as a teenager. Don’t get it as an adult

[@kevingilhooley2064]

Totally agree on Pin-Ups.....I was going to say the same but saw your comment first.....Sorrow was maybe the only decent thing on the album for me.....the rest were really cheesy.

[@spaceman3793]

Nevertheless Pin Ups is far away from being a bad album. I like everything on it except Sorrow. Cover albums are mostly crap, but the Bowie one is the best of them all. Nonetheless it's Bowie's worst album from the 70s, but that's more because Bowie's output was so stellar back then.

[@marclahn7072]

PINUPS is fantastic! Excellent arrangements, ear candy production, Ronson's guitar up in the mix, Bowie's powerful, dramatic pipes, Dunbar's killer drumming and some excellent unique takes on those great 60s tracks (eg See Emily Play, I Wish You Would, Rosalyn, Friday On My Mind, Sorrow, Don't Bring Me Down, Shapes of Things, Where Have All The Good Times Gone). All great and as per usual, David Bowie makes them his own, in spectacular fashion PINUPS obviously isn't Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs, Hunky Dory, Young Americans, Low, Station To Station, TMWSTW or Ziggy, but I have personally "loved it" since buying it as a young kid in the 70s...and I still do...just as much. *Add in the stunning, "ultimate Rock star photography" of not only the front cover, but back cover as well, and to me you've got a real classic moment LP of the decade. Might be a covers album, but in Bowie's hands, it's one many other artists would kill for. ⚡

[@johncarroll772]

Pin ups is full of British 60s classics, unfortunately Bowies take and production of these songs was sloppy, could have been a very good album.

[@Stonecutter334]

Totally disagree. Great lp of covers.

[@Ballardian]

"Eclectic vomit bag" Ha ha ha. I hope you don't mind but I'm nicking that phrase.

[@georgezajkowski2723]

I quite enjoy your channel and your fluid eloquent speaking. I offen agree with your reviews and/or comments. However after hearing this list, it drove me bananas. BYRDMANIAX I find very experimental and interesting. To me SWEETHEARTS OF THE RODEO is utter rubbish. Van Halen 3 is another one that is shit upon by everyone. I think it, yet again, could be considered an Edward solo album. He even sings on the closings number. Nothing wrong with any of the tracks. The combination of Metallica and Lou Reed was not supposed to be commercial. It was a melding of two styles of musicianship. I see METAL MACHINE MUSIC was not mentioned. CCR 's swansong MARDI GRAS sounds a bit more like traditional country music than their catalog. The contribution from other members is very honorable.

[@juliantallach3682]

I do like Someday Never Comes from Mardis Gras though.

[@aquatarkus2022]

Best song on the album. Sweet Hitch-hiker is good too.

[@davidl570]

@@aquatarkus2022 Those are about the only 2 decent songs on that crap album.

[@chrisbarnette7137]

Really great list. All these albums are horrific ..

[@morrisanderson3180]

bad companys rough diamonds, complete garbage. plastic costume jewelry more like.

[@drumdad54sdl47]

Yes...a very weak release.

[@SpaceCattttt]

Frank Zappa is my idol and inspiration in life but you'll get no howls from me. I disagree that some of his later albums are forgettable, with the exception of Thing-Fish. Thing-Fish is arguably the closest Frank ever came to releasing a lazy album. But of course, it's also a double album, which makes it somewhat difficult to call it "lazy". But it IS lazy in the sense that it reuses old songs and largely throws out melody and instead allows Ike Willis to blabber on relentlessly in an extremely annoying and, in my opinion, unfunny voice. It's an album intended to offend the fuck out of people, but I'm personally only offended by how boring it is. Still, out of 120+ albums, having only one stinker in your discography is not exactly a bad record. It's phenomenal!

[@spocktheripper]

I am a huge Zappa fan, and Thing Fish is worse than forgettable. It is INTOLERABLE.

[@tomgarb6302]

I do love the Byrd's version of Jamaica say you will but agree most of it is quite desperate.

[@rft2001]

I'd agree with all of your picks but I do find Allman and Woman to be a guilty pleasure. I dig Gregg and the Cher of the 60's/70's, so as bad as the album is, I enjoy it.

[@roywatson8133]

someday never comes classic track from c c r mardi gras

[@thiswonderfullandpenwithco1151]

I find thing fish uncomfortable to lisen to even on head phones . Harry your a beast an example . How ever i love zappa. Met a few mothers . Got a few tee shirts and most of his albums . Engraved on my nerve endings .

[@richardjones4466]

I really like Zombie Birdhouse. Far better than the awful Party. Now that is a bad album!

[@neilbower9052]

when are you going to do a top 5 gary glitter album ranking or even better, rolf harris? I don't think either of them married any of the children they were abusing at age 13 though

[@leeh-xh1iw]

Can Allman do anything bad?

[@classicalbum]

Was lucky enough to see him live when he came to the UK

[@joegillam1497]

I don't think he can, but he set the bar so high with those early Allman Bros albums.

[@arminhennig1795]

Hobo with a grin is one of my all time favourites

[@andrewcarr5923]

I haven't heard the album but I do like Allman and woman's cover of Love me from T.O.G.W.T and the less said about Lulu the better, a disaster on every level.

[@victorhawkins3461]

Played ALLMAN AND WOMAN on radio -- briefly -- when it came out. What was ANYBODY thinking?! We kinda figured Gregg woke up one day in Vega$, realized he was outta smack, looked over and there was Cher in bed...and they were MARRIED! What else you gon' do but shoot up SOMETHING and go make an elpee?!

[@davidl570]

Their expressions on that album cover say it all......................ZERO chemistry and they look so MISERABLE!

[@PhilBaird1]

I avoided that album for years based on its critical reputation. But it's not bad at all. Good choice of songs and Gregg and Cher both have the pipes. Give it another listen. I think the cover influenced a lot of people.

[@simonagree4070]

I've heard a few of these, but not many. I was a loyal follower of Iggy until Zombie Birdhouse. Blah, tried to like it, couldn't. Self Portrait was one of the early records that I owned -- I believe I got it as a birthday present with Paul McCartney 's first solo album. Self Portrait was a puzzler; there was nothing on it to justify Dylan's huge reputation. I have since come to admire his cover of Gordon Lightfoot's "Early Morning Rain". Nobody likes Thing Fish, not even hardcore Zappa fans like me. Oddly, there are some very nice jackets in this assortment. Byrdmaniax, from the days before computer art, is especially nice.

[@bobblest918]

Love your vlogs

[@MattDrayton-lt1hz]

Love Thing Fish 😅

[@kayfimt7769]

I agree with Thing Fish. Traumatisingly bad. I understand that it’s satirical, but it’s still wildly unpleasant.

[@grantross2609]

have got the original UK vinyl box set, original UK cassette & the original UK fatbox cd of this album..... Zappa was always very brave and pushed the limits as much as he could..... a bitter pill for many but sweet wine for the rest !

[@rael2099]

Racists find it quite unpleasant. The purpose of Thing Fish's satire is to show how is black People viewed and treated by the oh so compassionate white liberals.

[@waltercannon4700]

I watch from America. Who’s Steve Harley?

[@classicalbum]

Cockney Rebel...

[@eddiemethot8925]

Everyone has an opinion about every album ever made.

[@drengskap]

Zombie Birdhouse isn't terrible IMHO. It's uneven, yes, but there are some good tracks on there. There are plenty of much worse albums by Iggy Pop, e.g. Party, Beat 'Em Up, Naughty Little Doggie, Skull Ring.

[@terrybnad2959]

Much as I love Steve Harley, IMHO *Hobo With A Grin* is quite possibly the worst album ever released by a major act. Apart from the terrible songs and awful production, the vocals are just dreadful! Amazing in hindsight that his star faded so quickly after he disbanded Cockney Rebel, this album and the marginally better follow up The Candidate show how far his stock had fallen, but great to see that he came back strongly and as charismatic as ever.

[@chrisr6710]

Have you mentioned Kansas - Live At The Whiskey? My god that albums bad, great music but a real shocker as to how bad Steve Walsh’s voice was.

[@Christopher-jv2ec]

Under Wraps....Love Beach.....Back to Earth..........The Final Cut.......

[@drumdad54sdl47]

Side two of Love Beach was listenable. Side one was dreadful. And that cover...🤢

[@scitsalcoryp]

Final Cut is awesome

[@EchoesDaBear]

Van Halen III was unfortunate. As an Extreme fan, I was intrigued to hear what Gary Cherone could bring to the VH fold. I liked Hagar, loved Roth - but then I heard Gary 'trying' to sound like Hagar! He's got the best voice of the previous two, but regretfully lowered himself to mimic Sammy's rasp. Whether this was a choice he made, or influenced by Eddie, I don't know. Didn't help that the music was mediocre, and lyrics were mostly abysmal. The few 'decent' tracks I can get behind are From Afar (love this one), Once and to a lesser extent, Without You. Everything else is rubbish.

[@TrevorBarre]

Some strange choices here. A lot of little known albums. Shame you didn't mention Still's great, great album 'Manassas'.

[@mikevieira8583]

Fortunately, I've never heard any of these. Ok, I gave Lulu a try. Made it several minutes...