The Most Disappointing List of All Time

[@comb711]

No St. Anger is insane, Metallica was one of if not the biggest acts on the planet and released some dog shit

[@ibsulon]

I’d say Load was quite a bit more disappointing.

[@osamayomama]

Served on a garbage can lid

[@SeeBluC]

@@osamayomamalol

[@WheresPoochie]

Didn’t Rolling Stone give that album a rave review?

[@Fusionist3412]

st anger (the song) goes so hard tho

[@CoconutHead900]

“No artist can drop straight fire all the time”??? Say that to Denzel “Strong 8” Curry

[@supereero9]

Or Peggy

[@evanphillips570]

Or K Dot

[@Bratgirly]

Or nirvana. Kurt died too soon for a bad album

[@ghosttones3422]

Literally my first thought thank you LOL

[@onesource5601]

or mc ride

[@BillyCobbOfficial]

Not having a single Weezer album is insane.

[@horizon5417]

woah hi billy cobb! i love your stuff

[@vamvalley6964]

cuz no one has ever expected anything from weezer lol

[@Guitarmonade]

@@vamvalley6964 at this point, having expectations from Weezer is almost surely a fast track to disappointment. But expectations were pretty high following their debut, which led to some pretty harsh takes when they went lo-fi and TMI on Pinkerton. Granted, the public discourse has largely shifted to it being admired and some people claiming it's their favorite Weezer album, but context helps it more every time they release a new album. I'm in the abusive relationship where I'll give every new Weezer album a chance, but since a brief renaissance with EWBAITE, White, and OK Human, it's been pretty stinky again. They still rip live, though.

[@ellieskunkz5044]

The pink album is still disapointing to this day.

[@ShaqPlaque]

The Green Album or “Make Believe” perhaps. By “Hurley” and “Raditude”, no one should have been expecting much

[@cinyarko]

“It’s the sound of … a bunch of guys, on coke, in the studio, not giving a fuck. There’s no bass to it at all; I don’t know what happened to that … And all the songs are really long, and all the lyrics are shit, and for every millisecond Liam is not saying a word, there’s a fuckin’ guitar riff in there in a Wayne’s World style" - Noel on Be Here Now

[@GerM_tbo]

Eh, I like it. At least most of it. You can still make the argument that it's disappointing, coming from Definitely Maybe and Morning Glory

[@AreJayCee]

​@@GerM_tbo They're the definition of being popular isn't the same as being good

[@GerM_tbo]

@@AreJayCee Yes, true... I still like them, tho 😗

[@holtevans8285]

And it RULES

[@LukasOfTheLight]

​@@AreJayCeeBecause they were GREAT.

[@kevinperrette]

I remember feeling intense depression upon listening to Green Day's "Uno" the first time.

[@RhysCanty]

Weird way to spell 21st Century Breakdown

[@finnclougherty453]

I kinda liked Uno. Dos & Tre, not so much.

[@WhiteBread1]

@@RhysCanty😭😭😭😭😭

[@WhiteBread1]

I really like Uno and Tre. I strongly hate dos tho

[@RhysCanty]

@@WhiteBread1 true chads know everything after American Idiot is pointless - they could of capped off a stellar discog that moves through stages and actually cultivates to a peak high note to end on. Early stoner high school punk (Smoothed Out & Kerplunk) through to gritty hard 90s style punk (Dookie & Insomniac) finally ending on an epic theatrical and operatic style of punk like American Idiot It felt like Green Days huge big last hoorah album and it probably should have been.

[@okcoolbuddy1515]

I’m starting to think Anthony Fantano and theneedledrop are the same person

[@Chrisratata]

🤔

[@thehousecat93]

Interesting theory. Please elaborate.

[@okcoolbuddy1515]

@@thehousecat93 bald

[@R4ifu]

they are. two different channels & names

[@R17759]

Big if true

[@danielchoi9276]

The lack of Eminem is surprising. Encore is the definition of fumbling the bag.

[@NocturnalTyphlosion]

as is like all of his R trilogy. this is all stuck in the 19xxs its hilarious

[@epicstacker413]

It's an interesting album since one of Em's absolute best songs (Mockingbird) is on it. It's an amazing song surrounded by terrible ones.

[@ivrxr8693]

@@NocturnalTyphlosionRelapse is incredible Don’t knock Relapse And Recovery is alright

[@Mrquibler_]

​@@epicstacker413 mosh and like toy soldiers are also amazing tracks.

[@speedwagon1824]

Relapse is NOT incredible​@@ivrxr8693

[@Ashtonturnitdown]

You look like an extra in a Wes Anderson film

[@suitestheband]

Not an extra, that's specifically Chas Tenenbaum's outfit from the Royal Tenenbaum's, played by Ben Stiller. In the film, he got his kids matching track suits to signal that he is an overprotective father because of the trauma his own father brought him.

[@plebjames]

That's a compliment imo

[@frafrafrafrafra]

​@@suitesthebandexactly

[@h3ck774]

holy fucking shit this is amazing

[@Ashtonturnitdown]

@@suitestheband yeah that didn’t quite roll off the tongue thanks tho

[@n.nealparadise3963]

St. Anger?? Hello??? Is this thing on?

[@emilelocas5496]

Metallica had been ass for like 10 years at that point

[@AntechamberAE]

St Anger kinda slaps compared to their recent work LOL

[@cheboinkey]

@@AntechamberAEthere ain’t a single song on st anger better than some shit on death magnetic

[@AntechamberAE]

@@cheboinkey meant 72 and hardwired. DM is up their with their top 5 albums

[@BorealicIceberg]

Madonna 'Hard Candy'. By then Madonna was a critical darling and had released ten years of cutting edge, mystical dance music. Then she released an album of dated Furtado/Stefani B-Sides. Career never recovered.

[@mabusestestament]

Yeah what a 💩 album. After the (very) early nineteens she jumped the shark anyway.

[@essghee149]

She was only ever a fashion/culture artist. Who expects a great Madonna album when there’s never been one? There were far more edgier artists than her before, during and after she was, briefly, relevant.

[@bzymek7054]

I'd argue American Life was way more damaging to her reputation. I was 12 in 2008 and i can't remember anyone being seriously hyped for the new Madonna album

[@DavidBaruffi]

@@bzymek7054 I think I'd argue "Music" was really the first, like, "Disappointing" Madonna album, you can argue "American Life"-, honestly, I kinda thought "Hard Candy" was fun, and at that point, she wasn't really trying to be hip or anything, she was just going back to her dancefloor roots, and just putting out a fun dancefloor album. But like, "Music" was the first time she was like, following trends, instead of creating the trends, and I thought "Hard Candy", was the first time it seemed like, she didn't care if there was a trend or not, not in a while anyway. Not that any of this was like, great, she hasn't done a really amazing album since "Ray of Light", but contextually anyway.

[@veggie928]

With all the older records, I was surprised I didn't see The Clash's final album "Cut the Crap" on this list

[@UnspeakableAxeRecs]

Would only add that surely no one expected a Clash album without Mick Jones to be very good. He was basically their musical director from London Calling on. But yes, probably the worst album ever made by a band I love.

[@stuartfishman1044]

That whole album is an atrocity other than "This Is England".

[@sistah_fistahs_antichrist]

WE ARE THE CLAAAASH

[@thezombiequeen1908]

That absolutely needed to be on this list

[@BobBilly-n3b]

@@sistah_fistahs_antichristThe Clash! This Sunday at 8 on ABC.

[@courtneyevie]

this is definitely the mainstreamer in me talking but i can't read "most disappointing albums of all time" without thinking of 1989 taylor's version. it's just worse than the original and really felt like it was made more out of obligation and corporate greed than a genuine love for the original album.

[@directamplification]

Yeah, I can't help but agree. As someone who absolutely adores the original 1989, the production on the new version broke my heart. Inferior in every way compared to the original.

[@Nerd-O-Matic]

i’ve not listened to it because it’s not really my sorta thing, but all i know is that she corrected “starbucks lovers”, and that’s a tragedy.

[@AndrewBehm]

There’s a very obvious vocal flub in “Wildest Dreams - Taylor’s Version” that makes me think no one listened to it back before releasing it

[@Bratgirly]

Her newest one too, tortured poets department

[@Grrreeeeeeeeeeeew]

I feel like Tortured Poets Department is her best album. I feel like track number 5 is the best song on that album.

[@rileyalsip4925]

Anthony, I’m disappointed.

[@fullmetal929]

HEY EVERYBODY, RILEYALSIP4925 IS DISAPPOINTED

[@rileyalsip4925]

@@fullmetal929it’s good to be disappointed instead of disappointing for a change

[@fullmetal929]

​@@rileyalsip4925 Hahaha, I feel that

[@Haezard]

Ok 👌 I care about this ,😮

[@whiskeywayne91]

DEATH GRIPS REFERENCE

[@archieblue1878]

Angelic 2 The Core was the greatest appointment of all time

[@mabusestestament]

Fact🍻

[@empresscarrie6230]

if it wasn’t for disappointment i wouldn’t have any appointment 🎶

[@DrChimRichells]

John and Yoko also gave no writing credit to zappa on the song "Jam Rag" which was actually a recording of "king kong" performed by zappas band. kinda a scummy move

[@dylanwesley3964]

Yeah Zappa's retelling of that story is hilarious. So much disdain in his voice haha

[@337Disgraciad]

Anthony rocking his Jonathan Davis tracksuit fit

[@Rodrigombia1990]

Alll day I dream abooout Caaal

[@shmizzleshmazzle9830]

god paged anthony

[@337Disgraciad]

@@Rodrigombia1990 feelin' like a strong 9 light 10

[@unclephillymya]

Paulie Gualtieri ass fit

[@andrewjordan1750]

@unclephillymya Heh heh heh heh heh.

[@ImpendingRiot83]

“Rolling Stone can we watch Todd in the Shadows’ Trainwrecords?” “We have Trainwrecords at home dear” Trainwrecords at home:

[@cesarmadero05]

Todd makes a Trainwreckords about the list.

[@FinnSeesGhosts]

5:23 Kinda true, except for 2018; Ye and Kids See Ghosts were very refined, masterfully crafted and completely finished upon released. Compact tracklists without skips on it. Donda was good but definitely not as refined so I kinda agree.

[@ItDoesntMatterReally]

This list is more about a benign dip in quality from otherwise great artists who went on to do bigger and better things. Trainwrecords is about careers nosediving headlong off of a cliff (at least in the U.S.).

[@arglebargle5531]

Buddy this list is about disappointment not trainwrecks

[@IK-yb5rn]

RS definitely has a millennial/Gen Z staffer taking ideas from content creators

[@avecashley6480]

thank you for the mgmt moment, I was flabbergasted seeing that album in this list. p.s we need that disappointing 2000s albums list asap

[@jackjohnson5714]

The Strokes' "First Impressions of Earth" comes to mind.

[@Tgatx1996]

The only mgmt album that has disappointed me is their self titled from 2013

[@finderrio]

@@Tgatx1996 even then, there are some fantastic tracks on that one

[@caitlynsult2685]

@@Tgatx1996there self titled is one of my favorites and is probably there second best imo

[@leris7697]

@@jackjohnson5714FIOE is definitely disappointing compared to their first two but it’s still a pretty great album

[@ianwilkes435]

The list wasn’t about quality, it was more about people’s reactions at the time.

[@lucasoheyze4597]

Yes, it was a list of disappointing albums, sorry if you're confused.

[@joaquinlezcano2372]

The disappointment and the quality are not mutually exclusive sometimes

[@davisjones5489]

“Why are we pulling on this Stevie Wonder record for a top ten spot on this list?” because it was his follow up to songs in the key of life my man

[@kennethgordon7900]

Yes, agreed -- and it really is an awful album.

[@knuckledragger9322]

@@kennethgordon7900 Journey through the Secret Life of Plants isn't for the superficial fan, but it is brilliant in its own way. Side two is stunning.

[@rodmunch6865]

Nah, Life of Pablo being on here is CRAAAZY

[@Noirlore]

Facts, if anything it should be yeezus or JIK

[@NeutralMjolkHotel]

Yeah weird pick, although it was pretty widely criticised when it dropped, before it was polished up.

[@gabrielmarkaj-u7r]

​@@Noirlore yeezus at first right now we love it. and tlop was bad when it came out for having a trash mixing

[@rodmunch6865]

@@Noirlore Yeezus is debatable, but JIK is definitely much worse than TLOP

[@Noirlore]

@@gabrielmarkaj-u7r yeezus was the first album where ye rushed a release. He basically trashed the album like 2 weeks before it was due

[@matthewmondragon1809]

Michael Jackson’s 2001 Invincible album is definitely underrated. There are some really great tracks like “Whatever Happens” with Carlos Santana, “Heaven Can Wait”, and “Butterflies.”

[@dwaynekeenum1916]

And the deep voice song

[@denty95298]

My issue with it is it feels very bloated, if some of the weaker songs had been cut and it was a 10 song album it would be considered a lot better than it is now

[@ricardo_miguel13]

@@dwaynekeenum1916which one?

[@phoenixdown5181]

​@denty95298 as much as I love this album, id have to agree. I would've cut Cry, Lost Children, and Speechless at the very least.

[@thomasdwija1290]

@@ricardo_miguel13 I'm assuming they're talking about "2000 Watts"

[@MrBrooksV]

Creative way to announce the FBI is investigating you, Anthony

[@w0t_m818]

And right after the out of pocket "freak off" reference? 🤔

[@Dawn95284]

Lol

[@christianspetz4331]

How people do not think Michael Jackson's Invincible record is one of his best is entirely beyond me. It has some of the coolest songs ive ever heard. I would genuinely consider it a high rating album -- subjectively.

[@jarrionwashington]

cause it’s not

[@JoshKosh08]

Very subjectively

[@Nichwar19]

People shit on it because its Michael.

[@joaquinlezcano2372]

​@@Nichwar19typical narrative of a shallow guy

[@PTS74]

Jackson got progressively worse after the creative high point of OFW and Thriller, which while good are by no means perfect albums. Bad was appropriately titled, and it just went downhill from there.

[@lesbathmia]

8:09 there is no way they put CONGRATULATIONS on this list???? Siberian breaks is one of my favorite songs of all time WHAT

[@gwincondon]

Yes I'm appalled, an album full of bangers. I played it on repeat for so long.

[@MrEedduu11]

i know right? it might even be better then the first or at least same level of quality, they should have put the self titled that indeed was a disappointment

[@RaccoonEntrepreneur]

@@MrEedduu11I mean it wasn’t that bad but it would make more sense

[@Voodoostones]

I think something to take note of is the word "disappointing". I don't think it necessarily means bad in the cases of a lot of these albums but it speaks more to expectation. It explains the Stevie Wonder choice (an album immediately following up his biggest critical success) as well as something like Congratulations by MGMT (an album with almost no radio hits to speak of). The list isn't bad but it would be nice to have more recent examples

[@user-rn6en5vq1m]

Part of me also thinks the list ranks albums based on how they were received at the time of release as much as today. Several of those albums were seen as disappointments at the time, even if in retrospect, they were far from the artists worst work.

[@edward8597]

The Stevie Wonder pick is absolutely accurate to how it was perceived at the time. Decades later, pulling out the "reduced-expectations side project" follow-up to a mega-successful album is pretty much a standard move in the industry, and a soundtrack is a typical way to do it. I think the problem might have been that Motown hyped it pre-release as THE NEXT STEVIE WONDER MASTERPIECE, which it never was. The other problem, of course, it that it's seen as the end point of Stevie's imperial era, which maroons "Hotter Than July", which 100% should be considered part of that golden era run.

[@sleepytattoos]

Yeah it feels like he was considering all of these without the context in which they were made.

[@bushshotfjk9001]

@@user-rn6en5vq1m yeah, the opening blurb goes into this: "We absolutely love some of these albums. An album can be seen as disappointing in the moment it came out, and be forever reappraised afterward. This largely has to do with timing and where the critical consensus is at a given moment."

[@prkp7248]

True.

[@kayfimt7769]

Sugarcubes are a bizarre inclusion.

[@moffattron9000]

especially when Be Here Now, a textbook case of a disappointment, is behind it.

[@Rr0gu3_5uture]

Not really. Back in the late 80's Rolling Stone had a massive hard-on for The Sugarcubes. They had a lot of critical acclaim, and reasonably successful in both the UK and the US at the time. I think Melon is doing them a bit of a disservice by implying they were just a Björk starter band.

[@pyroseed13]

@@Rr0gu3_5uture I like the Sugarcubes but I don't think they were ever a big enough band to warrant inclusion on this list.

[@RafaelSouza-pr4gs]

Radio Ethiopia being here is even worse......

[@skoolbus]

@@Rr0gu3_5uture Yeah, it's hard for people to fathom but they were a big deal. That album was a major letdown for all us 120 Minutes kids, even if it has Regina.

[@maxprelypchan-hw8qo]

the fact that rolling stone literally gave songs of innocence a perfect score 💀

[@dcfc]

Different reviewer. Different writer of this article. Over 10 years ago.

[@estellegrignon]

It even topped their year-end list!

[@savageclasher1014]

Rolling Stones isn’t fantano alone

[@aledandrian]

Jann Wenner forced the writing staff to do it

[@mezmerize679]

5:15 how could one POSSIBLY think tlop isnt good 😭🙏

[@matthewallen1834]

I understand the Stevie inclusion. I was the 1st release after Songs in the Key of Life, but it should not have been considered canon. Also, people didn't understand what a flex Secret Life of Plants was.

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

The person who wrote this has to be in their 50s at least. There are so many albums in the passed 20 years that could've even made the bottom of the list.

[@ShirleyTimple]

The article blurb tells you all you need to know about the old fucker, praising the Stones like they're not all 89 years old and STILL touring😂

[@huntermeek5566]

Can I get a Witness? ;)

[@undergroundlace1686]

Bruh can we just ignore Rolling Stone now?

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

I mean the list is fine if you're really into dad rock and not much else

[@knuckledragger9322]

Rolling Stone is about as legit as the Grammies. Their lists never even come close to making sense.

[@Peggylover1539N]

Take that jacket off Fantano, youre a melon not a tomato!

[@martini7454]

It would be so perfect if the jacket was green. 🍉☺️

[@terpsichore6066]

He's morphin into Dr Robotnik

[@alexyoungbased]

King of Limbs is excellent, you are clearly not on enough mushrooms

[@simonebrown2971]

You're so confidently wrong about TKOL it makes me sick

[@LBAW]

Lupe Fiasco’s Lasers is a big one for me.

[@gabrielmarkaj-u7r]

real i listened to his debut and is probably in my top 10 hip hop album oat and the cool was great and lasers was dogshit

[@moffattron9000]

It's in a weird position because it was clearly the pop sellout record. While in the realm of pop sellout records, it was a bad pop sellout record, it also achieved the goal of giving Lupe Fiasco a bonafide hit. Under that parameter, I have to give it credit for achieving its goal.

[@theunconventionalenglishman]

See, I love Lasers - but I know I'm in the minority. That said, there are some absolutely TERRIBLE tracks on there - and the more time goes on, the less believe Lupe actually made that shit.

[@Nel_Annette]

@@theunconventionalenglishman Nah, I agree with this. I *like* Lasers. I just don't think it's anywhere close to the first two.

[@jdd3786]

Smiley Smile is the only album on this list that was a disappointment because of expectations of an entirely different project that was supposed to be released instead. On its own, it is a wonderfully creative lo-fi piece of art, 30 years ahead of its time.

[@benjamingk567]

Fantano dressed like Ben Stiller from Royal Tenenbaums

[@canalenterparasair]

very surprised by the lack of Wild Mood Swings by the Cure, a completely wretched early midlife crisis for Robert Smith that greatly stained their reputation in the late 90's

[@ahmadalqaisi3547]

15:09 oh no l love this album

[@chumba421]

How can this whole list be 60s-90s at the latest and not have Cut the Crap by The Clash???

[@moffattron9000]

Because you were a fool to have hopes in a Clash record with only one original member.

[@snakemonkey784]

0:12 i gonna give it a light 1

[@gabriensfunnysongsandstuff]

theneedledrops top 10 most enjoyed reviews

[@austins.2495]

“i gonna give it” are you a caveman? Why is it “cool” to talk like you have a low iq? I really don’t get it… stay in school, little buddy.

[@STARK0181]

Invincible wasn't a bad album BY ANY MEANS. It's a bit clunky and bloated but there's still really great stuff on it like Unbreakable , butterflies, speechless. And Mike was hungry to reinvent himself for this era. The reason why it gets a bad wrap was because of how it was distributed by Sony. They intentionally sabotaged the making, marketing, and distribution of this project to taunt Mike. The album technically wasn't even finished. Mike being big in the 80s has nothing to do with it. He was still huge in the 90s and beyond. Lol

[@user-rn6en5vq1m]

Yeah, Madonna and Janet Jackson were still huge at the time Invincible came out and they had all been big in the 80's. U2 was having success still then too.

[@STARK0181]

@@user-rn6en5vq1m exactly. What a dumb argument. Even though Invincible was an initial flop upon release. It still went 2X platinum the following year. And this is MJs worst performing album. His worst performing album still tops most artists best in terms of commerical success. Artistically, it was ahead of its time. Mike was playing around with electronic sounds that would only become a staple 10 years later. It wasn't perfect but there's still alot to appreciate about it.

[@diminie_chimket]

Cry, The Lost Children and You Are My Life are good songs. Why do people actually think they should've been cut?? People are weird, cus ain't nothing bad about those songs lol

[@NostalgiaVHS]

Yes, people were expecting the 1995 Vam Halen album Balance to be good, mostly because the previous album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge was really great. Why the disparagement of Van Halen's catalogue?

[@CS-mo7xp]

III is clearly the 'disappointing' vh album, if any of them are

[@johnsheam43]

@@CS-mo7xpgotta agree. 3 is awful but Balance actually has a couple great songs on it, like Don’t Tell Me.

[@jfgibson73]

It's mostly because Balance didn't have a mind-blowing hidden meaning in the title like their previous three studio releases.

[@orientedfern0]

“Way more misses than hits” is so wrong😂 especially Fair warning

[@PianoVampire]

One Hot Minute was the best Red Hot Chili Peppers album since Blood Sugar Sex Magic, people just didn't like the fact that there was no John Frusciante

[@sirgavalot]

Dave > John

[@Lowlander2]

It’s pretty easy for it to be the best album since BSSM when it was the next album after BSSM

[@SuqMadiq]

​@sirgavalot no shot you actually believe this. Dave is amazing, but he isn't better in RHCP.

[@manoknowfish]

John's solo carrer is so much better ​@@sirgavalot

[@jfgibson73]

@@Lowlander2 So you're saying he nailed it?

[@lethalXknife]

Anthony, once again, you can’t say Watch the Throne was disappointing just because you loved MBDTF so much

[@knowartist3383]

kanye will be respected waaaay more in 3020

[@SlyRocko]

​@@knowartist3383 future kanye fans will gaslight themselves that kanye retired after Donda

[@taigus-sv4vq]

The King of Limbs slander breaks my heart everytime

[@bruh......2005]

I still don't get how tf this is considered the weakest when it's so much better then alot of the albums that are considered peak in their discog (except Kid A)

[@bswalem]

​@@bruh......2005In what world is KOL better than HttT and The Bends, let alone In Rainbows, Moon Shaped Pool, OkC?

[@Galactic_GD]

Same. It sucks to see 😔

[@unit--ns8jh]

@@bswalem everything apart from Pablo Honey is better than In Rainbows? I mean it's still good, it's Radiohead for chrissakes, but the hype for that album is mystifying 🤔

[@bruh......2005]

@@bswalem According to my taste. I would rather listen to KOL then all of those album listed. KOL and Kid A are peak Radiohead, the rest is great but not on the same level

[@capuchinoo0o]

Congratuletions by MGMT its sooo good, wtf was thinking

[@the_o_man]

They weren't thinking. That was the case. I love how Anthony put it, "Congratulations wasn't disappointing, the audience was."

[@vanillac0keh3ad]

It was whatever tbh

[@Kazbern.]

literally my fav of all time 😢

[@TheBalloonHoax]

That album is fire but the context is wrong. The first record was era defining with its radio hits BUT the follow up had no radio hits and was not "better" than the first, hence...a disappointment. The sophomore slump is real haha

[@sanfordcurtis8242]

It’s a fantastic album. It’s only hated because the band removed the pop appeal on their 2nd album

[@badm0t0rf1ng3r]

Flick of the Switch had a few tunes, but it was basically the first album to have DOGSHIT production for AC/DC and would basically remain for about a decade. Their other 80s albums have a few good songs too, but nothing like Back in Black or even For Those About to Rock... The worst part is, its sounds like they recorded the vocals inside a fucking shipping container. They say they wanted to strip things back but honestly, they just kind of made a mess of it. I'm a huge AC/DC fan, I think their Bon Scott Era is untouchable (for what it is) and those first 2 albums with Brian fucking slap, but yeah Flick of the Switch... it was a harbinger of things to come.

[@Warstub]

I don't mind Flick of the Switch - Nervous Shakedown is one of my favourite AC/DC songs - but I definitely hear what you're saying. Things got a lot worse from there on in... ...Until The Razor's Edge! ♥😄

[@badm0t0rf1ng3r]

​@@Warstub Yeah I like Nervous shakedown as well, Bedlam in Belgium comes up on my playlist from time to time and I think its sneaky good. Guns for Hire and Flick of the Switch are both okay... But the rest of that album is a huge letdown. I mean going from EVERY SONG IS GOOD on Back In Black to 2 are good, 2 are okay, and the rest is garbage on Flick of the Switch in 3 years.... big oof, Fly on the Wall though was still yet to come... That one SUCKED. 2 good-ish songs and all of them had HORRIBLE production.

[@callumkellly]

Michael Jackson’s Invincible has actually aged well. It isn’t among his best but it proved that he was willing to experiment more than his peers with different genres to appeal to modern audiences.

[@diminie_chimket]

The album is good, people were just being unfair. And I'm guessing the reason why it's so low when it isn't at all a bad album, is because most of these journalists are biased because...well...it's Michael Jackson. And the media hated Michael Jackson.

[@henrylouris1457]

Beach Boys fans are defending the Smile sessions which are brilliant, not Smiley Smile. We all know that it wasn’t what it was meant to be

[@guin705]

Right like there's certainly a charm and place for Smiley Smile, but us fans are obsessed with the Sessions and demos, and The Smile Sessions was certainly not a disappointing release (especially after the okay Brian Wilson solo version)

[@randomjunkohyeah1]

@@guin705 Just okay? That’s kinda harsh imo

[@mando6659]

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[@gaffeyIC]

Yeah that’s what I was thinking-i’m not at all surprised that Smiley Smile was on this list, in fact it makes perfect sense to me. It’s well known there was a lot of media hype for Smile while Brian Wilson was working on it, and that Smiley Smile wasn’t the magnum opus record that had been expected. I’m surprised Anthony doesn’t seem to get that.

[@davidh881]

Little Pad supremacy

[@incface]

First thing I thought was "St Anger". How did it dodge this list?

[@aledandrian]

Probably because they’d already released two crappy albums before it

[@Rodrigombia1990]

@@aledandrian Don't touch my Load bro. It's one of their most underrated albums.

[@faceofdoomness]

A list of disappointing albums that is disappointing? They stuck a bit too close to the bit if ya ask me!

[@bungle3912]

Fantano’s showed he knows nothing about Stevie Wonder. The reason that album was chosen was because it ended his run of five classic albums and it was the hyped follow-up to Songs in the Key Of Life. I hate it when he pretends to know about something instead of just keeping quiet.

[@knuckledragger9322]

Yes, historically speaking, it was a disappointment. But from a retrospective critical perspective, it's not a disappointment in any way. It therefore depends on how you mean "disappointment."

[@claynorth964]

As someone who has loved radiohead for over 20 hears, King of Limbs is great, and i have no idea what your talking about. Maybe you just have bad taste?

[@justinmckenzie]

I like King of Limbs always loved it - something about the melancholy/glitchy vibe haven’t found anything quite like it and at this point is big nostalgia rip for me too so idk it’s all perception, brother

[@guillermoc1347]

It doesn't deserve all the hate it gets tbh. It's not perfect by any means but it's still got rewarding moments

[@justinmckenzie]

@@guillermoc1347 absolutely! Feel like Give Up the Ghost/Seperator ending is pitch perfect too - sounds like a culmination of the groovier stuff we got on In Rainbows w the texture of Amnesiac and I’m all here for it - smart band smart dudes we’ll still be talking about it in eighty years

[@TheMaxDuck49]

Separator in my Top 5 Radiohead songs

[@11pyrrhus11]

@@guillermoc1347That’s because Radiohead released it, so it will always be measured against the rest of their discography. If most other bands released a similar album they would most likely get a warmer reception. It’s the same reason I feel like Amnesiac doesn’t get the respect it deserves.

[@jameshannagan4256]

@@11pyrrhus11 Well said, but I still much prefer the basement session. I feel that if they released the basement version with the great extra songs on it, it would be considered among their best work.

[@Adalhaid_]

12:05 I love Tales From Topographic Oceans. Totally agree it doesn’t deserve to be bullied. Saw Yes preform The Revealing Science of God last year and it was great!

[@bobsbigboy_]

me too. i love it front to back

[@rotunda_]

Definitely one of their best albums, right next to the yes album.. and fragile.. and close to the edge.. and relayer.. and going for the one

[@b1merio]

The Monkees weren't about music, Fantano. They were about rebellion, about political and social upheaval!

[@JarrettMehldau]

Is this a quote from somewhere?

[@jfgibson73]

I'm pretty sure they were responsible for Mt. St. Helens erupting, Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance, and the creation of the San Andreas fault.

[@rokuchanneloriginal]

@@JarrettMehldauit’s from the simpsons

[@JarrettMehldau]

@@rokuchanneloriginal Thanks.

[@myboi936]

Seeing the life of Pablo gave me a heart attack

[@Тоска-родость]

Hi there Anthony! just wanted to thank you for making such useful videos for english learners. your use of language is very rich and has helped to acquire new words. it's also helped me polish my pronunciation have a great day!

[@ThankYouCityOfficial]

I grew up with my parents regularly playing the Dylan and the Dead album and it holds a nostalgia spot in my heart that these days I genuinely can't tell if I think it sounds great or it just reminds me of great times. Still enjoy putting this one on.

[@edward8597]

Fantano's take on that is pretty dumb. If their hearts were in it, and if it was a true collaboration instead of "the Grateful Dead perform Dylan songs with Dylan on vocals", there's no reason it couldn't have been excellent. Just dismissing it out of hand because there's no way Dylan and the Dead could have made a good album together is pretty reductive.

[@OuterGalaxyLounge]

This is outrageous. Only Anthony is allowed to make disappointing lists.

[@TheZenomeProject]

The Congratulations inclusion is a real "f*** me" moment. Not that the nearly senile writers at the Rolling Stone would know anything about MGMT outside of Electric Feel, but somebody didn't do their quality control over there.

[@wakejald2611]

king of limbs has always been great

[@sirpaingwen2900]

5:54 Kanye lowkey has the same problem as the videogame industry what😭

[@QuestionofHanTyumi]

8:50 I will even go so far as to defend One Hot Minute as underrated compared to the vast majority of the Chili Peppers to follow

[@denisruskin348]

Fantano not recognising VH's Fair Warning as a great album hurt my feelings.

[@ethanator5130]

Unchained is one of their best songs

[@stephenpeterson6676]

Best Van Halen album if you ask me, mean street aND unchained I mean cmon

[@AdamSoucyDrums]

@@stephenpeterson6676hard agree!

[@jamesthomas3756]

Or Women and Children First! That album rules

[@ffsf739]

Fantano knows nothing about 70's and 80's hard rock.

[@Katesworld03]

Smiley Smile is absolutely a disappointment but the Smile Sessions is a 10/10 it's a whole different sound and track lineup

[@AGDeac]

I loved Smiley Smile. My favorite record of theirs. Feel-good and psychedelic somehow, the production fits the music

[@thewholeworldwindow]

@@AGDeac I also like the album, though by including Heroes and Villains and Good Vibrations as they were recorded during the Smile Sessions, it suffers from inconsistency.

[@theseventhdman]

@@thewholeworldwindow ill take a bit of inconsistency when you add two of the best songs of all time to the track list. Though maybe they couldve done a stripped down version of Heroes like on the 1967 live set.

[@MKtagteamer]

I'm kind of surprised that Limp Bizkit's "Results May Vary" wasn't on there somewhere. They were absolutely enormous at the time, and then that album dropped and the band and genre as a whole seemingly went down like the Hindenberg.

[@ShaqPlaque]

Wes Borland leaving the band before that album was well publicized. While it still was a disappointment for what Limp Bizkit fans might have wanted, the expectations were reduced. I think that keeps it off a top 50 disappointments list

[@Ianmackable]

But they always sucked.

[@mabusestestament]

Because their previous albums were 💩 too.

[@joaquinlezcano2372]

​@@mabusestestamentyeah, but they were some of the best selling of the time 😂. Such sales should be accompanied with more quality

[@CC-jh1vm]

radiohead has better albums, yes, but the king of limbs is a good album

[@chrisitalia8868]

The one after kid a, amnesiac I think it's called, is probably thier weakest. It was mostly electronic, no guitars, very bloated and forgetable.

[@intellectualInsectoid]

I have a soft spot for TKOL, I like the organic, mutated, wormy thing it's going for

[@jameshannagan4256]

@@chrisitalia8868 Hail To The Thief was considered their return to "rock" and had a ton of organic instruments on it. It sounds like you don't know the album very well and peoples issues were that it's too long. I personally like most of the songs that make the album "bloated" as Thom said. Backdrifts is 2 minutes too long and I don't love We Suck Young Blood all that much but it's still Radiohead and there's always cool ideas in the handful of songs i'm not crazy about.

[@chrisitalia8868]

@jameshannagan4256 I don't know, I got it for my birthday when I was 14, and it was an interesting experience almost like atmospheric trance music, but nothing really grabbed me like OK computer, kid a, hail to the thief. I haven't gone back to it, maybe I should give another listen.

[@jameshannagan4256]

@@chrisitalia8868 It's a mixed bag but it has some great rock songs on it like Go To Sleep and There, There.

[@DavidBaruffi]

Really surprised no Liz Phair, I would've thought "Whip-Smart" or "Whitechocolatespaceegg" would been somewhere on there. For me Jewel's "03/04", I love Jewel, but yeah I kinda concede that one. I would've thought some Madonna album, maybe "Music", that was pretty hyped up and kinda was her first underwhelming album. How did no Neil Young album make the list? I mean nobody alienated their fans faster and more often. CCR's "Mardi Gras" after a two-year hiatus, I know it's old but that's gotta be up there. I'd put John & Yoko's "Two Virgins" up there partially as a joke, but I mean, it's not like you won't find people pissed off at it.

[@Warstub]

I know how disappointed fans and critics have been with Liz Phair ever since Whitechocolatespaceegg, but that's still my favourite album. And after that she kept getting more mainstream. In retrospect, it's not really disappointing, since there's a clear path from bare-bones indie right through to well-produced pop. And what pop artist could have the guts to sing a song like H.W.C.?

[@esoteric_1]

Whitechocolatespaceegg was on constant rotation in my house. Uncle Alvarez and Polyester Bride, who could hate these songs.

[@joeblanchard1584]

Tales From Topographic Oceans is legitimately a top 3 Yes album for me.

[@unit--ns8jh]

Gates of Delirium may be their best epic, the rest isn't as good and the whole album is overlong but still very good.

[@rotunda_]

I feel like tormato would've been a better pick since they turned the virtuosity down a notch. Still a great album but definitely more disappointing than tales

[@NostalgiaVHS]

@@unit--ns8jh Gates of Delirium is on Relayer.

[@gilburtfilburt8779]

@rotunda_ it's Big Generator and it isn't close. Shit on 90125 all you want, but that album is tight and well made. If BG could deliver another album on that level (and Genesis didn't exist,) I think Yes would be held up as THE example of prog artists successfully transitioning to 80s pop.

[@harryv7877]

​@@unit--ns8jhDelirium is relayer not tfto

[@theplatypusparty]

Some albums that pop to the top of my head when I think of disappointing albums are Big Day - Chance Hall of Fame - Big Sean Indicud - Kid Cudi Whatever Lordes newest album was called

[@soulless770]

I agree with HOF but also I love that album and it played a huge role in my teen years, Sean has never blown that album out of the water just only improved upon it.

[@FrBipolar]

Birds by Travis Scott after Rodeo

[@Crystal-xt4sn]

i thought indicud was a great album

[@JoeBChill]

Solar Power, it was alright it just doesn't compare to Melodrama at all cause that project is a career defining one fr

[@ThankYouCityOfficial]

@theplatypusparty oh another has to be: Lasers - Lupe Fiasco I remember loving his first two albums, and the disappointment of Lasers was massive

[@magejirosu]

The reason why Stevie Wonder's The Secret Life of Plants is on this list is because it follows album of the decade Songs in the Key of Life.

[@mabusestestament]

A long time ago I bought the Songs In The Key Of Life double LP for like a buck at a second hand store not knowing Stevie Wonders discography well; playing it I recognized most of the songs and I thought it was a greatest hits album. That’s how good it is🍻

[@Sylux76]

11:56 Invincible is my favorite MJ album. I like its uniqueness 😁.

[@diminie_chimket]

Fr it's a good album. The Rolling Stones just hate Michael Jackson

[@theneonchimpchannel9095]

"Their Satanic Majesties Request" doesn't belong on this list. Okay, they made a mistake by letting Bill Wyman sing lead vocals on 1 song and some of the songs can be a bit annoying if you're not in the right mood for them, but it also has "She's A Rainbow" and "2000 Light Years From Home" on it, both classics. "2000 Light Years From Home" is so out there and so different, it's more like Doctor Who music of that era but mixed with The Rolling Stones, it's dark and atmospheric, it's one of my favourite Stones songs. Now a Stones album that should be on this list would be "Bridges To Babylon". After "Voodoo Lounge" which was arguably their last truely classic album, that was a huge disappointment. "Black And Blue", their attempt at a funk/disco record could also be on this list as that's pretty awful. "Undercover" is an album that I personally quite like but I can see why a lot of people wouldn't, especially the single "Too Much Blood" which features Mick Jagger rapping in a fake American accent for 1 verse, then reverting back to his own accent for the rest of the song.

[@lucasoheyze4597]

It was disappointing because people were expecting a Stones take on Sgt Pepper and didn't get that.

[@mabusestestament]

It’s their best album.

[@lucasoheyze4597]

@@mabusestestament don't be daft.

[@mabusestestament]

@@lucasoheyze4597 Where’s that joint?

[@PooruBoy]

No 143 by Katy Perry? I know its recent, but she fumbled so hard with that one and it was being hyped as THE comeback album of her career

[@sorchacrabhan5937]

With every pick on this list i smell the familiar odor of old record sleeves and feel like i'm digging through a crate in the back of a thrift shop somewhere /neg

[@SomeHomesickAlien]

6:15 This was the first time I ever got a phone (iphone 5c I think) and U2 is the fault my mother thought I was gay from the wallpaper appearing out of no where 💀

[@haroldjane2157]

Be Here Now is criminally underrated.

[@Pixiesforever7]

The track "Wild life" is a totally underrated banger. Paul's voice is great.

[@Ianmackable]

The whole second side of Wild Life is ace.

[@knuckledragger9322]

@@Ianmackable I think the whole album is fantastic. Only one boring song there: "I am Your Singer."

[@tomofthepops]

How dare they put Pretty Odd On here, it's panic's best album.

[@GuyWhoLikesTheSnarkies1435]

It's really a solid album, despite the off-kilter direction against the group's usual emo standard. Was my proper introduction to P!atD, in all honesty. So maybe I'm just biased here, but I can't make myself think of it as plain disappointing or mediocre.

[@Joe90h]

I'm no fan of Panic, but I really don't remember people even caring about that first album, and I think they were sort of pegged as this 'one hit wonder, flavour of the month' act. I remember prefering 'Nine In The Afternoon' to 'I Write Sins', until it got played over and over and I made peace with the fact I just did not like the lead's voice.

[@collinbeal]

I'm not a P!atD fan by any stretch of the imagination, and even I thought that album was a decent 5.5-6/10. It's an impressive feat for an ostensibly pop rock band from the 2000's, similar to A Rush of Blood to the Head or Viva la Vida by Coldplay.

[@smoothusun]

It absolutely is but for majority of fans back then who were hoping for more of afycso it was disappointing to them

[@tomofthepops]

@@smoothusun I was at fan at the time but I was also a beatles fan so maybe that's why I didn't care about the change in sound haha

[@philly_sports1558]

I’m not mad. I’m just disappointed.

[@AlexanderFromTheStarDimension]

Can't imagine being a Beatles fan in the 60s and getting Beatles for Sale after all the bangers that came before. (Note: I love Beatles for Sale. I've listened to it more than Hard Day's Night and Help albums. Just tryna think of a relevant comment for this video.)

[@r26000]

Right

[@MidosujiSen]

When you hyped yourself up for months but Mr. Moonlight starts playing💀

[@Ianmackable]

It had Eight Days a Week. Say no more. Besides, in '64/'65 singles were as important as albums, and in that period the Beatles were cranking out classic singles practically on a monthly basis. I Feel Fine came out concurrently with Beatles for Sale. (Which didn't exist in N America, btw.)

[@picciloson]

Beatles For Sale fucking slaps nah fam nah.

[@lucasoheyze4597]

If you were an American, you would have known The Beatles for less than a year at that point.

[@tayloreh]

They should''ve just looked at Todd In The Shadow's 'Trainwreckords' series and copied that verbatim, that would have been much more accurate for what they were trying to do.

[@chillepalmerz]

I was expecting them to put the self title MGMT album on there which would have annoyed me because that album is underrated but Congratulations????? that's one of the best albums of the 2010s!

[@Traay0]

Why bro dressed like Lil Droptop 😭🙏

[@wadekemmsies7180]

Because Fantano showers 365 times a day instead of 1 shower everyday

[@songforbro]

dressed like Ian Rush

[@chucklaverdale1815]

Choosing TFTO for this list when Yes has soooo many misses is just nuts. That album is easily top 5 within their discography

[@cwhitney1972]

Rolling Stone’s had a massive hard-on for ripping that album since the day it was released. It’s the Yes album that always shows up on lists like these.

[@Whocares792]

14:27 i’m telling you man, he said David Bowie would be like an hour and every record is so diverse and sound you can really see how Pop, and I think you find a great experience

[@christophersessions3375]

I'm old, and the dip from "Rocks" to "DTL" by Aerosmith is justly included. Rocks is one of the great 70's albums and DTL has three or four good songs. One of which is a cover of a cover. But that cover of a cover does tear new holes.

[@renapeppers20]

one hot minute being on that list is so fn dumb it's literally one of their best and they keep insisting it's "underwhelming" solely because frusciante isn't playing on it

[@TheNicoDavis]

Rolling stone is the buzzfeed of the music journalism world atp. Their lists are a joke.

[@renapeppers20]

​@@TheNicoDavisliterally

[@Rodrigombia1990]

Rolling Stone has been known for shitting on every Depeche Mode album they had released what were you expecting?

[@renapeppers20]

​@@Rodrigombia1990that's just disgusting honestly man fuck rs

[@blarghblargh]

@@Rodrigombia1990 if you think The Peppers and The Mode are the same band, you may need to take a tolerance break on The Shrooms

[@Miniduck9013]

4:38 I TOTALLY disagree with that, maybe even my favorite album by Aerosmith

[@ariku5704]

Not my favourite but has a few good tracks i don’t think it was a disappointment its weird its on the list

[@Miniduck9013]

@@ariku5704 I can totally understand that, Sight For Sore Eyes is absolutely my favorite song by them

[@TheLongestSnoot]

13:42 yeah Charlie might be after ‘Clipthony Guntano’ now

[@jackkamleh6873]

literally just got the best artists of all time and found their mid albums instead of getting ACTUALLY disappointing albums.

[@Vanessa-uo6lt]

I'd say The Tortured Poets Department, but I guess Midnights was already not as good as Folklore or Evermore. But to me, personally, I still feel like the drop in quality between Midnights and TTPD is really big. How can you drop an album with 31 tracks and not even half of them are good? 😭 (also yeah 1989 Taylor's Version)

[@juanpabloleyvazayas8326]

the list is disappointing

[@SoHungry666]

Loved you in "Donnie Brasco"

[@BorrisBackyardigan]

Brooo 😭 you win

[@trollandroidx]

1:51 fantano got his lil needle dropped as soon as he saw the glimpses of that cover

[@henrywallace55555]

I know you're tired of old shit, but 'Who Do We Think We Are' by Deep Purple is terribly a disappointing follow-up to 'Machine Head'

[@BruiserBrad]

I JUST listened to Duran Duran's Thank You before watching this video and I was actually surprised by how many bangers were on there. Funky album art aside (it's a cover album so it's just a collage of all their inspirations), the reason this is on the list is probably due to the unfortunate critical reception after their comeback in Duran Duran (1993).