What is your Least favorite album by your Favorite band????

ultmetal wrote:

Aerosmith - Pump
 

Serious? I figured you would have picked Permanent Vacation as their worst.

I could easily add VHIII and Slang (Def Lep) - horrible albums.

Lari wrote:

007 wrote:

Rage - XIII

You're nuts. That's an amazing record! It has a bunch of classic Rage songs like From the Cradle to the Grave, Heartblood and In Vain.

So you say. It's just a little too symphonic for my tastes. It's not a bad album by any stretch but out of all the Rage (and I own them all) it's the one I like the least.

MetallicSeminarian wrote:

Iron Maiden:  Killers    

Mortification: Brain Cleaner or Scribe of the Pentateuch   

Rez: Hostage - This was my gateway album into the entire hard music scene. LOVE IT!

Rob Rock: Rage of Creation     

Sacrament: Testimony of Apocalypse   

Tourniquet: Crawl to China   


Vengeance Rising: Destruction Comes - I know it's their "worst" but I still love it.

As for me:

Iron Maiden - Virtual XI

The above mentioned TQT and Morty albums. Agreed!

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MetallicSeminarian wrote:

Iron Maiden:  Killers    

Mortification: Brain Cleaner or Scribe of the Pentateuch   

Rez: Hostage - This was my gateway album into the entire hard music scene. LOVE IT!

Rob Rock: Rage of Creation     

Sacrament: Testimony of Apocalypse   

Tourniquet: Crawl to China   


Vengeance Rising: Destruction Comes - I know it's their "worst" but I still love it.

As for me:

Iron Maiden - Virtual XI

The above mentioned TQT and Morty albums. Agreed!

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Oh, don't get me wrong. I like most of what I listed to some extent, (especially Rage of Creation), but those are the ones I enjoy least.

KISS - Unmasked
Black Sabbath - Forbidden

ultmetal wrote:

Hard to really pick. I like a lot of these albums, but they just aren't my favorites by these bands...

Aerosmith - Pump
Judas Priest - Turbo
Ted Nugent - Penetrator
Thin Lizzy - Chinatown
UFO - Ain't Misbehavin'
Deliverance - Assimilation
KISS - Crazy Nights
Alice Cooper - DaDa
Stryper - Reborn
Megadeth - Risk
Metallica - St. Anger
Motorhead - March or Die
Mortification - Silver Chord is Severed
Exodus - The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A

I'm sure I could think of more, but those are the ones that came to mind first.

I thought Hot in the Shade was your least favorite KISS album?

Mine is Music from the Elder, not a single good song on the entire album, even the band is rightfully ashamed of that one.

My others are:

Alice Cooper: Pretties for You
UFO: tie between UFO 1 and UFO 2
Judas Priest: Nostradamus
Bonfire: Free
Metallica: St. Anger(probably my least favorite album of all time actually)
Motley Crue: s/t(i'm guessing for you it's Generation Swine)
Iron Maiden: a Matter of Life and Death
Krokus: s/t
Helix: Breaking Loose
Cheap Trick: Woke up with a Monster
Black Sabbath: Technical Ecstasy
Van Halen: Diver Down
Def Leppard: X
Saxon: s/t
Warrant: Belly to Belly
Accept: s/t
Europe: Secret Society
Loudness: Heavy Metal Hippies
Rush: s/t
Scorpions: Lonesome Crow
Saga: Images at Twilight
Blue Oyster Cult: Secret Treaties
Triumph: s/t
Ozzy: Down to Earth
Poison: Native Tongue
Bon Jovi: Keep the Faith
Deep Purple: Shades of Deep Purple

Lari wrote:

I think there's three bands that are head and shoulders above the rest. And luckily they also have large enough back catalogues to actually have albums I don't like (or albums I clearly like less than others).

So, I'd go with:

Iron Maiden - No Prayer for the Dying
Bruce changed his singing style and this "new Bruce" sounds forced and bad. Songwriting is stale, even compared to Virtual XI, where it's at least decent. I also love Blaze, and eventhough he's not a great fit on Virtual XI, that is still a good listen. But here with No Prayer, Maiden hit rock bottom. "Tailgunner" is good, the title track is okay, so it's not a complete loss, but the rest is pretty mediocre.

Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla
Kind of an unfair choice, because the band hadn't formed their sound yet. It's just an oddity in the long catalogue of Priest albums. If this didn't count, Ram It Down would have been my choice, because it's so generic and the drums sound bad. But even that one has highlights like Blood Red Skies, I'm a Rocker and the title track that together make it much better than Rocka Rolla.

Savatage - Fight for the Rock
I've... never actually heard this album in full. It's just something I believe is better that way. Savatage is my favourite band, I love them, I have all their albums and all their spinoffs and everything, but I think I'll just be happy keeping this away from the player. I've read enough about it and it probably shouldn't be tagged with the Savatage logo, but I like to consider it a better record than it probably is. I can't do that if I hear it completely, can I?  

I think it's unfair to judge an album if you haven't even listened to it all the way through.  I think you owe it to yourself to at least listen to all the songs on the album before passing judgement on it.

I personally prefer Fight for the Rock to all of Savatage's output from Gutter Ballet onwards to be honest.

I think "No Prayer" is pretty underrated, I actually just listened to that one recently and I feel it still holds up well. A Matter of Life and Death on the other hand did very little for me, Maiden and concept albums just do not mix well IMO, there are some good songs on the album, but the problem is it sounds odd when you listen to them out of order, and I honestly struggled to keep my interest several times when listening from start to finish.

I think Ram it Down is actually one of the best Priest albums, it has some killer songs like the title track, Heavy Metal and Hard as Iron. Nostradamus I had the same problem with as I did with AMOLAD, only it was even more boring, I only listened to it all the way through once and have no desire to do so again.

AC/DC is my favourite band, and Fly on the wall is my least fav of their albums.

Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death / The Final Frontier

Interesting thread, for those of you who said

Killers
British Steel
UFO 1 & 2
Lonesome Crow or
Fly on the Wall

       

Kyuss-Wretch
Nuclear Assault-3rd World Genocide
Dark Angel-Leave Scars
Monster Magnet-Monolithic Baby
Exodus-Let there be Blood
Into Eternity-The Incurable Tragedy
Wrathchild America-3-D
Overkill-I Hear Black
Hawkwind-Church of Hawkwind
Angkor Wat-Corpus Christi

Vexer6 wrote:

Lari wrote:

I think there's three bands that are head and shoulders above the rest. And luckily they also have large enough back catalogues to actually have albums I don't like (or albums I clearly like less than others).

So, I'd go with:

Iron Maiden - No Prayer for the Dying
Bruce changed his singing style and this "new Bruce" sounds forced and bad. Songwriting is stale, even compared to Virtual XI, where it's at least decent. I also love Blaze, and eventhough he's not a great fit on Virtual XI, that is still a good listen. But here with No Prayer, Maiden hit rock bottom. "Tailgunner" is good, the title track is okay, so it's not a complete loss, but the rest is pretty mediocre.

Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla
Kind of an unfair choice, because the band hadn't formed their sound yet. It's just an oddity in the long catalogue of Priest albums. If this didn't count, Ram It Down would have been my choice, because it's so generic and the drums sound bad. But even that one has highlights like Blood Red Skies, I'm a Rocker and the title track that together make it much better than Rocka Rolla.

How is A Matter of Life and Death a concept album, with songs about nuclear weapons, childbirth and the devil, for instance? Anyway, it's probably my #1 favourite Iron Maiden album of them all. Every track is 5 stars, with the exception of maybe Benjamin Breeg and the Pilgrim.

Savatage - Fight for the Rock
I've... never actually heard this album in full. It's just something I believe is better that way. Savatage is my favourite band, I love them, I have all their albums and all their spinoffs and everything, but I think I'll just be happy keeping this away from the player. I've read enough about it and it probably shouldn't be tagged with the Savatage logo, but I like to consider it a better record than it probably is. I can't do that if I hear it completely, can I?  

I think it's unfair to judge an album if you haven't even listened to it all the way through.  I think you owe it to yourself to at least listen to all the songs on the album before passing judgement on it.

I personally prefer Fight for the Rock to all of Savatage's output from Gutter Ballet onwards to be honest.

I think "No Prayer" is pretty underrated, I actually just listened to that one recently and I feel it still holds up well.  A Matter of Life and Death on the other hand did very little for me, Maiden and concept albums just do not mix well IMO, there are some good songs on the album, but the problem is it sounds odd when you listen to them out of order, and I honestly struggled to keep my interest several times when listening from start to finish.

I think Ram it Down is actually one of the best Priest albums, it has some killer songs like the title track, Heavy Metal and Hard as   Iron.  Nostradamus I had the same problem with as I did with AMOLAD, only it was even more boring, I only listened to it all the way through once and have no desire to do so again.

How is A Matter of Life and Death a concept album, with songs about nuclear weapons, childbirth and the devil, for instance? Anyway, it's probably my #1 favourite Iron Maiden album of them all. Every track is 5 stars, with the exception of maybe Benjamin Breeg and the Pilgrim (which are both still really good).

Headless Cross - Black Sabbath


I still like it but I do consider it to be the weakest Sab album.

10. Death Angel- Frolic...
9. Voivod- Negatron
8. Annihilator- All for You
7. Exodus- Let There Be Blood
6. Tourniquet- Crawl to China
5. Artillery- My Blood
4. Sodom- Masquerade in Blood
3. Kreator- Endorama
2. Overkill- Immortalis
1. Megadeth- Super Collider

Boris2008 wrote:

Interesting thread, for those of you who said

Killers
British Steel
UFO 1 & 2
Lonesome Crow or
Fly on the Wall

       

I just don't feel UFO really found their sound until their third album, the first two albums just don't hold my interest much.

Lonesome Crow isn't a bad album, it just dosen't get as much playtime as the rest of the band's discography does.

Lari wrote:

Vexer6 wrote:

Lari wrote:

I think there's three bands that are head and shoulders above the rest. And luckily they also have large enough back catalogues to actually have albums I don't like (or albums I clearly like less than others).

So, I'd go with:

Iron Maiden - No Prayer for the Dying
Bruce changed his singing style and this "new Bruce" sounds forced and bad. Songwriting is stale, even compared to Virtual XI, where it's at least decent. I also love Blaze, and eventhough he's not a great fit on Virtual XI, that is still a good listen. But here with No Prayer, Maiden hit rock bottom. "Tailgunner" is good, the title track is okay, so it's not a complete loss, but the rest is pretty mediocre.

Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla
Kind of an unfair choice, because the band hadn't formed their sound yet. It's just an oddity in the long catalogue of Priest albums. If this didn't count, Ram It Down would have been my choice, because it's so generic and the drums sound bad. But even that one has highlights like Blood Red Skies, I'm a Rocker and the title track that together make it much better than Rocka Rolla.

How is A Matter of Life and Death a concept album, with songs about nuclear weapons, childbirth and the devil, for instance? Anyway, it's probably my #1 favourite Iron Maiden album of them all. Every track is 5 stars, with the exception of maybe Benjamin Breeg and the Pilgrim.

Savatage - Fight for the Rock
I've... never actually heard this album in full. It's just something I believe is better that way. Savatage is my favourite band, I love them, I have all their albums and all their spinoffs and everything, but I think I'll just be happy keeping this away from the player. I've read enough about it and it probably shouldn't be tagged with the Savatage logo, but I like to consider it a better record than it probably is. I can't do that if I hear it completely, can I?  

I think it's unfair to judge an album if you haven't even listened to it all the way through.  I think you owe it to yourself to at least listen to all the songs on the album before passing judgement on it.

I personally prefer Fight for the Rock to all of Savatage's output from Gutter Ballet onwards to be honest.

I think "No Prayer" is pretty underrated, I actually just listened to that one recently and I feel it still holds up well.  A Matter of Life and Death on the other hand did very little for me, Maiden and concept albums just do not mix well IMO, there are some good songs on the album, but the problem is it sounds odd when you listen to them out of order, and I honestly struggled to keep my interest several times when listening from start to finish.

I think Ram it Down is actually one of the best Priest albums, it has some killer songs like the title track, Heavy Metal and Hard as   Iron.  Nostradamus I had the same problem with as I did with AMOLAD, only it was even more boring, I only listened to it all the way through once and have no desire to do so again.

How is A Matter of Life and Death a concept album, with songs about nuclear weapons, childbirth and the devil, for instance? Anyway, it's probably my #1 favourite Iron Maiden album of them all. Every track is 5 stars, with the exception of maybe Benjamin Breeg and the Pilgrim (which are both still really good).

It's a concept album in the sense that there's on overall "theme" to the album(every song is about war and whatnot) Scott even said so on his review of it.

I would definitely not give it 5 stars, i'll gladly listen to X Factor and Virtual XI over it ANY day of the week.

Scorpions...Pure Instinct
Type o Negative....Slow Deep and Hard
WASP....Helldorado
Dokken...Shadowlife
AC/DC....Blow Up Your Video
Kiss...Music from "The Elder"
Judas Priest....Nostradamus
Shotgun Messiah...Violent New Breed
Motley Crue...Generation Swine
Quiet Riot...Rehab
Ted Nugent....Weekend Warrior
Van Halen..OU812
Sammy Hagar...Livin' It Up
69 Eyes....Bump 'N Grind

Short-Fuse wrote:

Overkill-I Hear Black

Yes totally agree

Vexer6 wrote:

Lari wrote:

How is A Matter of Life and Death a concept album, with songs about nuclear weapons, childbirth and the devil, for instance? Anyway, it's probably my #1 favourite Iron Maiden album of them all. Every track is 5 stars, with the exception of maybe Benjamin Breeg and the Pilgrim (which are both still really good).

It's a concept album in the sense that there's on overall "theme" to the album(every song is about war and whatnot) Scott even said so on his review of it.

I would definitely not give it 5 stars, i'll gladly listen to X Factor and Virtual XI over it ANY day of the week.

AMOLAD isn't a concept album... you are correct that there is a them (war, death, religion), but it's not a concept album... Seventh Son is (granted, only 1/2 fleshed out), but not that one. Fantastic album and one of my favorites by Maiden.

Therion - Les Fleurs Du Mal (amazing to me that this one was worse than Gothic Kabbalah)

The Angels - Take It To The Streets (a few decent new tunes but a lot of retreads with the new vocalist)

Nightwish - Everything after Century Child (Tuomas needs to either reign in his bloated writing or just write movie soundtracks)

tohostudios wrote:

Therion - Les Fleurs Du Mal (amazing to me that this one was worse than Gothic Kabbalah)

The Angels - Take It To The Streets (a few decent new tunes but a lot of retreads with the new vocalist)

Nightwish - Everything after Century Child (Tuomas needs to either reign in his bloated writing or just write movie soundtracks)

Agreed on Nightwish, they went downhill after the other band members decided to be complete assholes and fire Tarja for no reason.

My least favorite W.A.S.P. album would be K.F.D., not much in the way of memorable songs on that album.

thejokeriv wrote:

Vexer6 wrote:

Lari wrote:

How is A Matter of Life and Death a concept album, with songs about nuclear weapons, childbirth and the devil, for instance? Anyway, it's probably my #1 favourite Iron Maiden album of them all. Every track is 5 stars, with the exception of maybe Benjamin Breeg and the Pilgrim (which are both still really good).

It's a concept album in the sense that there's on overall "theme" to the album(every song is about war and whatnot) Scott even said so on his review of it.

I would definitely not give it 5 stars, i'll gladly listen to X Factor and Virtual XI over it ANY day of the week.

AMOLAD isn't a concept album... you are correct that there is a them (war, death, religion), but it's not a concept album... Seventh Son is (granted, only 1/2 fleshed out), but not that one. Fantastic album and one of my favorites by Maiden.

Well whatever you want to call it, it's still a pretty mediocre album to me.

Metallica - St. Anger
Megadeth - Risk
Aerosmith - Just Push Play
Motorhead - Overnight Sensation
Guns n Roses - Chinese Democracy
Van Halen - Diver Down
Judas Priest - Nostradamus (I don't have Demolition anymore)

St. Anger is the only one on that list I flat out refuse to play. The others have their moments, but compared to some of their brethern, they're at the bottom of the pile when I need a fix.

My favorite band is Judas Priest. I am going to go with Nostradamus as my least favorite of theirs. Turbo might be crap, but at least it's a short album.

WOW..... I wasnt sure how much traction this thread would get but its cool to read everyone's thoughts....

I've not really posted here in a long time.....

Anyway..... The album doesnt have to SUCK just it would be the last one in their discography you'd pick....

I was surprised how dissed Fly on the Wall has gotten.... seen it on several posts....

Cool deal guys keep postin.....