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I have been fighting my way through the "1,001 albums you must listen to before you die' list, and there have been some truly terrible albums.
New York Dolls, debut album
Brian Eno, my life in the bush of ghosts
Marquee Moon, television
Slade, slayed?
Sugarcube, life's too good
Barry Adamson, Oedipus Schmoedipus
Animal collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion
Heaven 17, Penthouse And Pavement
And the worst album I have ever heard on my life, king of garbage music Lou Reed and his garbage band of notmusic and pretention: The velvet underground, The Velvet Underground & Nico
Wash your mouth out with carbolic.
Music is subjective, I like some of the albums you listed, but I agree that the 1001 list is trash full of terrible albums. I made it through 142 before giving up.
aha a fellow 1001 albums listener. im currently doing it too. the heaven 17 album is one of my favorite discoveries. ill drop my 1 star ratings here let me know if i hate one of your favs lol
rolling stones debut
cheap thrills by big brother
gorillaz debut
young americans by bowie
untitled black is by sault
461 ocean boulevard by eric clapton
Damn! I haven't gotten any of those yet, but I think we might need to fight a little when I do! I'll save this and get back to you!
new 1 star album, 461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton
Really? Wow.
New one for me: treasure by the cocteau twins
i can see why thatd be 1 star for someone, i thought that album had some good songs though
I've only rated the velvet underground and nico album one star because I personally don't consider it actual music. Because of that, I have a hard time rating music I "just don't like" as one star because it's recognizable to me as music. So, I rated this one two stars.
I was surprised to see you rated a Clapton album so poorly because I like him (musically) quite a bit. We have really different tastes, and I think it's cool to know there is stuff that absolutely is not for me that is a five star album for someone else
im only around 200 in so there will be more ! ill updated my comment if i get any more 1 stars
I like a fair amount of Bowie, but Young Americans is a truly grating song.
Animal collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion
For anyone else who had a visceral "fuck right off" reaction to such slander, check out This Town Needs Guns's Animals and/or As Tall As Lions's self-titled album.
And-- you felt robbed by the twee album from Bjork's first band? "Birthday" alone is reason to respect that record. Get your head on straight.
album from Bjork's first band
Yeah, I tried. I just couldn't enjoy it all. Maybe I have pedestrian tastes or just don't "get it," but whatever the case, all of those were very unenjoyable to me.
I was actually at a function last night talking music with a group of folks, and a couple folks chastised me for not liking the velvet underground with Nico album as well. It's all good; I'm not claiming to be a music critic or anything and y'all still get to love albums I can't stand
Animal Collective, there is an artist I felt like I got conned into buying