Following on from the first album thread I got thinking this is a suitable friday afternoon follow up.

Its not intended as a rip the **** thread, but I'm certain it may get that way. So here goes.

The worst and most boring album I ever parted with cash for is without doubt the one that contained the track Northern Lights by Renaissance. As soon as the squeeze that talked me into buying it was history so was the record.

I bought the Killers first album cos I liked that song 'All these things that Ive done'
Needless to say the rest of the album was pish and I haven't listened to it since.

worst one i ever got was a best of abba . not sung by abba pretty nasty stuff for a 12 year old in 1977:D

Mine has to be Now 66...right bag of tripe in my opinion :mad:

An album called songs in the key of X - SCI Fi Soundtrack hits.


Ha ha ha ha. God I was a Loooooooooooooooooooooooser. :hihi:

"Coles Corner" by Richard Hawley. I tried to like it, I really did. but it's been consigned to the box marked "purchasing mistakes".

Scarey Monsters and super creeps by Bowie.

I hated that album from the first second I put it onto the record player.

Zoon by Nephilim.

Utter dross :(

i've just been thinking , not often that happens but..........are albums and compilations the same thing ?or did i just embarrass myself with my last reply?

i've just been thinking , not often that happens but..........are albums and compilations the same thing ?or did i just embarrass myself with my last reply?

I bought a few Numan albums that were full of stuff hes done before. I hate it when they do that.

:blush: Diana princess of wales..tribute..
i think thats one of those things called an..impulse buy..lol

St. Anger and Reload - Metallica. The former I got rid of within of minutes of listening to it, and the latter made me feel physically sick when I'd heard Unforgiven 2.

When I was about 8 I had the soundtrack of Billy Smart's Circus - that was pretty bad....

:blush: Diana princess of wales..tribute..
i think thats one of those things called an..impulse buy..lol

Wow you owned up to buying that on a public forum, im impressed :)

Wow you owned up to buying that on a public forum, im impressed :)

pmsl...
does ruin the street cred a bit...:hihi:

St. Anger and Reload - Metallica. The former I got rid of within of minutes of listening to it, and the latter made me feel physically sick when I'd heard Unforgiven 2.

See, thats what makes a good forum, we are all very different people....Reload is one of my favourite albums, especially Unforgiven 2. Not so fussed about St Anger.

I have two for the list: Lily Allen ....whatever it was called...and Introduction to the Hard Line by Terence Trent Darby. What was I thinking of....still took them back after one listen (one listen was enough).

James Blunt .. for 2 reasons:

1) its utter crap and 2) the girlfriend insist on playing it :(

I didn't buy it, someone bought it for me, "Feelings" - a love song compilation :gag:

When I was about 8 I had the soundtrack of Billy Smart's Circus - that was pretty bad....

Track 4 - "Harry the Farting Elephant" is a good track though!

Track 8 - "Catch A Falling Trapeze Artist" is a bit morbid though.

jamie t - panic prevention
nelly - 3000

:gag:

the worst album by far i have ever bought was soul2souls first album utter shizza

it has to be anything by the Beatles. I never believed the hype. But I tried but just couldnt get into it.

'Appetite For Destruction' by Guns n Roses. Surely a contender for The Most Over-rated Rock Album Of All Time.

Just had a look and I've never bought a crap album. Sure there are some I don't listen to anymore because I've moved on but I can happily say that none of them are crap

Just had a look and I've never bought a crap album. Sure there are some I don't listen to anymore because I've moved on but I can happily say that none of them are crap


what you on about youve got a couple of bay city rollers in that collection.

Bon Jovi, slippery when wet, bought it, took it home, played it, returned it to the shop the same day....

file under "what was I thinking?"

Cheryl Crowe, the album with Run Baby on it, the rest of the tracks are bobbins!

'Appetite For Destruction' by Guns n Roses. Surely a contender for The Most Over-rated Rock Album Of All Time.

You really don't like GnR do you gabby :D

I'm torn between:
The La's - The La's
Livng Color - Stain
Jon spencer Blues Explosion - orange
Radiohead- The Bends

The lesson being, don't buy an album on the back of an NME review.

Iirc I bought a Wombles album circa 1981... Forgive me I was only 5! :blush:

As for worst single I ever bought? Hmm, toss up between the theme from Postman Pat, or Kevin the Gerbil singing the Cliff classic "Summer Holiday" :gag:

The worst and most boring album I ever parted with cash for is without doubt the one that contained the track Northern Lights by Renaissance. As soon as the squeeze that talked me into buying it was history so was the record.

That'll be A Song for all Seasons, and if you ask me it's a pretty excellent album all round. It was only after that one that Renaissance started to go seriously downhill (though even then I wouldn't go so far as to say they were crap).

I'm torn between:
The La's - The La's
Livng Color - Stain
Jon spencer Blues Explosion - orange
Radiohead- The Bends

The lesson being, don't buy an album on the back of an NME review.

ah but will you ever learn that lesson :hihi:

I'll buy your La's and radiohead off you if you dont want them :D you can keep the living colour one though, it's really shocking !

actually, I fibbed a bit earlier, I didnt return slippery when wet. I kept it in among my albums to try and impress curly haired rock chicks at Uni :blush:

I own Geri Haliwell's first solo album. :| Sorry.

you're forgiven for that aberration due to prior knowledge of your usually impeccable taste :D

:( Radiohead

'The wit and wisdom of Ronald Reagan'

'The wit and wisdom of Ronald Reagan'

So just the single then??

So just the single then??

Actually, the whole album was (no, seriously) silent!!

It was on Stiff. The joke was a good one. It's very collectible now. If only I'd hung on to it.

Having fun on stage with Elvis comes a close second

No singing, just endless requests for glasses of water. I've still got that. Original US pressing. Any offers?

Iirc I bought a Wombles album circa 1981... Forgive me I was only 5! :blush:

As for worst single I ever bought? Hmm, toss up between the theme from Postman Pat, or Kevin the Gerbil singing the Cliff classic "Summer Holiday" :gag:

AAAHHHH! :)

Not music, but The second Derek and Clive Live album - the one with the 'vomit bag' cover - it peeed me off so much with Peter Cookes utterances of 'kicking her in the c**t'

I put it in the bin - I couldn't stand the thought of recirculating it via charity shop.

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore hit a low spot with this one.

No singing, just endless requests for glasses of water. I've still got that. Original US pressing. Any offers?

Steve, completely off topic I know, but in answer to the question in your signature - of course they bloody do!

That's easy "Spaced Out", a collection of songs by Messers Shatner and Nimoy.

If this doesn't sound too a*se about face, my "best" crappest single was "Barnsley Rap" by Barnsley Bill. What larks!

Any one of the following gets my vote;

JJ72-JJ72
Janes Addiction- Ritual De Lo Habitual
4hero – two pages
Theatre of Hate- Westworld
Sly and The family Stone – Best Of
Carnival Brazil- Compiliation
Incognito – Jazz Funk
Leftfield – Leftism
Ocean Colour Scene – Ocean Colour Scene
Kraftwerk – Trans Europe Express
Mike Reid – Sings(!!!!!)
Goldie – Saturnzreturn
Talvin Singh – OK
Roni Size – Reprazent
Limp Bizkit - Chocolate St*rfish and the hot dog flavoured water
The Macc lads- twenty Golden Crates
William Orbit- Pieces in a Modern Style
Kula Shaker-K

All destined for the car boot or charity shop!

Jim

you're forgiven for that aberration due to prior knowledge of your usually impeccable taste :D

I know it could be worse. At least I don't have anything by Victoria Beckham. :D

Steve, completely off topic I know, but in answer to the question in your signature - of course they bloody do!

Then there's a thread elsewhere (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=27283) for you, where you will be completely on topic :D
:hihi:

I've got a sneeky feeling I might 'win' this one:

Battle Hymns For Children Singing by Haysi Fantayzee.

(It got to 53 in the album chart February '83.)

My defence is that as a 13 year old lad going through 'the change' I bought it to gawp at the semi-naked form of 'singer' Kate Garner on the colourful album sleeve and in the booklet contained therein.

(Might have to dig it out tonight; cracking album, no, really.....,**snigger**.)

That's easy "Spaced Out", a collection of songs by Messers Shatner and Nimoy.


Take that back sir! That album is a classic.

Personally "Unstoppable Force" by Agent Steel, truly, truly dreadful...only ever comes out to prove how dreadful it is to other people.

I think I bought an Alient Ant Farm album once

What was I thinking?

Mine was 'PM Dawn - Set Adrift on Memory Bliss' - got the tape from the woolies near my nans...played it once, took it back and got a single-sided 7" of 'Public Enemy/Anthrax - Bring The Noise' instead. And the balance was restored!

I think I bought an Alient Ant Farm album once

What was I thinking?


nothin wrong with alien ant farm lol



honest:)

nothin wrong with alien ant farm lol



honest:)

They had a couple of decent singles, but other than that they're utter crap!

I'm torn between:
The La's - The La's
Livng Color - Stain
Jon spencer Blues Explosion - orange
Radiohead- The Bends

The lesson being, don't buy an album on the back of an NME review.

Everyone's got different tastes haven't they? The Bends would be in my all-time top ten.

On the other hand if anyone wants a copy of MYLO - Destroy Rock and Roll, they're welcome to it.

Mine was 'PM Dawn - Set Adrift on Memory Bliss' - got the tape from the woolies near my nans...played it once, took it back and got a single-sided 7" of 'Public Enemy/Anthrax - Bring The Noise' instead. And the balance was restored!

What a fine swap indeed. Run DMC & Aerosmith was an ok collaboration, but the 'Thrax/P.E. effort blew it out of the water as far as crossovers go.

"TURN IT UP..."

I think maybe that Babyshambles album. Cheers, Tony Parsons for raving about that one, you cockney tw...

:(

Though I have LOTS of '50p from the charity shop' easy listening classics (you know, tijuana, hammond organ, Tony Christie wannabes, that kinda thing) that other people would weep to hear, whereas I enjoy in all their cheesy glory. Mostly, to annoy other people, I must admit. :D

The first Toploader album. What posessed me I don't know. The guy's voice gets on my nerves now...

Too many to mention, but "Wild Cat" by the Tygers of Ping Pong takes some beating.

The first track "Euthanasia"; the first track on the first side of your first album, the track to grab people with, is one of the worst songs I've ever heard.

It sets the tone well.

Too many to mention, but "Wild Cat" by the Tygers of Ping Pong takes some beating.

The first track "Euthanasia"; the first track on the first side of your first album, the track to grab people with, is one of the worst songs I've ever heard.

It sets the tone well.

I remember this! The singer was Jesse somebody? Before they got John Deverill.

"Euthanasia. Ok! All the way....!'

Bloody awful!

The Crash Test Dummies!!!

For Beadles sake! What was I thinking!!!!

I remember this! The singer was Jesse somebody? Before they got John Deverill.

"Euthanasia. Ok! All the way....!'

Bloody awful!

"Euthanasia, ...... 1, 2, 3, 4 ......... Euthanasia .......... OK"

Shocking.

Even the front cover was terrible.

"Abominog" by Uriah Heep is shocking (sorry Jabber, but it is), "God Fodder" by Ned's Atomic Dustbin would have been better titled "Cannon Fodder, Please", and there was no need at all for "Twin Barrels Burning" by Wishbone Ash.

And that's from a huge Heep and Ash fan too ........

'A Reggae Tribute to the Beatles' 99p at a garden centre in about 1993.

'Heyyyyyyyyyy juuuuuddddeeeee'.........

'A Reggae Tribute to the Beatles' 99p at a garden centre in about 1993.

'Heyyyyyyyyyy juuuuuddddeeeee'.........

I don't want to even think about that.

The first Kasabian album. I skipped though all of the tracks and threw it somewhere where i think it still remains.

Thats the worst in a long list of bad albums.

ah but will you ever learn that lesson :hihi:

I'll buy your La's and radiohead off you if you dont want them :D you can keep the living colour one though, it's really shocking !

They all went to Record Collector years ago bro. I probably swapped em for some more crap.
I see you backtracked on your Bon Jovi LP story. Pants on fire!

Any one of the following gets my vote;

JJ72-JJ72
Janes Addiction- Ritual De Lo Habitual
Theatre of Hate- Westworld
Sly and The family Stone – Best Of
Leftfield – Leftism
Ocean Colour Scene – Ocean Colour Scene
Kraftwerk – Trans Europe Express
Roni Size – Reprazent
The Macc lads- twenty Golden Crates


All destined for the car boot or charity shop!

Jim

These are good albums, some are better than good!

As for me, I think the worst I ever got was Dangerous by Michael Jackson. I liked him when I was a young un, and all his albums that I had were great. This one wasn't.

Not really the worst album ever but I did take it back after one listen - the first Arctic Monkey's album. Found it a bit over rated to be honest.

I didn't buy it but I did once win a Starship album in a dancing competition. Altogether now ' and we can build this dream together, standing strong forever, nothings gonna stop us nowwwwwwwwww....'

The second Arctic Monkeys album.

Not as good as the first one IMO.

"To Each" by A Certain Ratio - too easily seduced by an NME review in 1981.

Not really the worst album ever but I did take it back after one listen - the first Arctic Monkey's album. Found it a bit over rated to be honest.

A bit over rated? That's an understatement!

Um...KT Tunstall - Eye To The Telescope :blush:

I heard "Black Horse & the Cherry Tree" and thought it was a bit PJ Harvey-ish. Got the LP and it's wall-to-wall Dido :gag:

A few years back I loved the song called The Sea by Moorcheeba. So I bought the album zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz soulless and bland.

Neil Young Landing on Water.

happyhippy, Got a fair few Wishbone Ash albums. Never heard Twin Barrels Burning though. I always thought Raw to the Bone was the career stinker. Not heard that either so cant judge.

The last one (Clan Destiny) is a cracker though. ;)

Neil Young Landing on Water.

happyhippy, Got a fair few Wishbone Ash albums. Never heard Twin Barrels Burning though. I always thought Raw to the Bone was the career stinker. Not heard that either so cant judge.

The last one (Clan Destiny) is a cracker though. ;)

I'm a massive Wishbone Ash fan, but believe me, that's one to leave alone mate. Raw To The Bone is dreadful though too. There are some really underrated albums too ...... Wishbone Four and There's The Rub are great albums .......