Disappointing albums you've purchased...

exact33 wrote:

Hammerfall - Infected
Sonata Arctica - Unia and the last one

There is something about Sonata Arctica and Stratovarius both that I don't like at all, but I have not been able to put my finger on it.

jettafiend wrote:

exact33 wrote:

Hammerfall - Infected
Sonata Arctica - Unia and the last one

There is something about Sonata Arctica and Stratovarius both that I don't like at all, but I have not been able to put my finger on it.

I love the first 2 SA albums but boy have they run their course now...

exact33 wrote:

jettafiend wrote:

exact33 wrote:

Hammerfall - Infected
Sonata Arctica - Unia and the last one

There is something about Sonata Arctica and Stratovarius both that I don't like at all, but I have not been able to put my finger on it.

I love the first 2 SA albums but boy have they run their course now...

I totally agree! Listen to "Full Moon" from "Ecliptica" and point me to something they've done since that at least equals that song.

some more i was let down by:

Serenity - Death and Legacy
Fair To Midland - Arrows and Anchors
Constancia - Lost and Gone

Stryper...reborn
Ac/dc...black ice
Reckless love... animal attraction
Ozzy...bark at the moon
Ted Nugent...weekend warrior
Keel...streets of rock n roll

All the unplugged albums

brokentulsa wrote:

All the unplugged albums

Kiss Unplugged was better than the Elder... Thats gotta stand for something...

A few off the top of my head:

Heathen: Breaking the Silence. I'd heard one song from this and liked it. Unfortunately, it was their cover of Sweet's "Set Me Free", which is nothing like anything else on the album.
Diamond Head: Death and Progress. This just felt weak compared to everything else I've heard by them. It's grown on me somewhat, but still feels pretty mediocre.
Danzig: Live on the Black Hand Side. Terrible mixing kills this album.
Can: Inner Space/Out of Reach. A collection of two albums where the band was taken over by a former member of Traffic, with dreadful results. Can seem to be trying to forget one of these albums exists.
Tagomago: Prelude to Afternoon. When the band's named after a Can album and the album cover's based on King Crimson's Larks' Tongues in Aspic, I'm not expecting rather repetitive electronica. Another one that's grown on me somewhat.

jettafiend wrote:

brokentulsa wrote:

All the unplugged albums

Kiss Unplugged was better than the Elder... Thats gotta stand for something...

Tesla's unplugged album is awesome.

Vio-Lence - Nothing To Gain

GnR - Spaghetti Incident?

Kreator- Renewal

Slayer -Undisputed Attitude

Judas Priest - Nostradamus

Overkill - Coverkill

Dokken's Long Way Home

WASP's K.F.D. and the Neon God two parter

Overkill's Bloodletting

Accept's Death Row

EmoElmo wrote:

Slayer -Undisputed Attitude

I didn't like that album when it first came out, but revisiting it recently I really enjoyed it.

Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction. had such high hopes for this after RIP.

mc666 wrote:

Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction. had such high hopes for this after RIP.

x2

mc666 wrote:

Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction. had such high hopes for this after RIP.

I thought it was a well-polished, well written album. I actually bought this CD twice after my first copy melted in my van..well not literally, it just stopped working after it was exposed to high heat

mc666 wrote:

Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction. had such high hopes for this after RIP.

I enjoyed it. "Youthanasia" is the one I really couldn't get into much.

Eyesore wrote:

jettafiend wrote:

brokentulsa wrote:

All the unplugged albums

Kiss Unplugged was better than the Elder... Thats gotta stand for something...

Tesla's unplugged album is awesome.

Both albums are awesome! Totally agree.

No mention of St. Anger? I know some of the older fans were disappointed with the black album, then appalled with Load and Reload, but I think those are great albums. St. Anger, on the other hand...damn. Can't imagine anyone expected something that bad.

Temple of Blood wrote:

mc666 wrote:

Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction. had such high hopes for this after RIP.

I enjoyed it. "Youthanasia" is the one I really couldn't get into much.

Don't get me wrong, it's not atrocious. it just was not the follow up i was expecting, which brought the disappointment. and i do agree that Youthanasia was dismal. it started a slide into mediocre/just plain bad, that they have never been able to climb out of.

Eyesore wrote:

No mention of St. Anger? I know some of the older fans were disappointed with the black album, then appalled with Load and Reload, but I think those are great albums. St. Anger, on the other hand...damn. Can't imagine anyone expected something that bad.

i thought St. Anger was a step up from Load & Reload. That's just me though, trust me i'm aware.

Youthanasia is my favorite Megadeth album. I dislike "A Tout le Monde," but aside from that one song, I think the album is fantastic.

Eyesore wrote:

Youthanasia is my favorite Megadeth album. I dislike "A Tout le Monde," but aside from that one song, I think the album is fantastic.

X2

I like "A Tout Le Monde" on this album much better than the duet with Christina Scabbia. That version was... weak.

jettafiend wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

Youthanasia is my favorite Megadeth album. I dislike "A Tout le Monde," but aside from that one song, I think the album is fantastic.

X2

I like "A Tout Le Monde" on this album much better than the duet with Christina Scabbia. That version was... weak.

the version with Christina was 1,000x better than the original.

tohostudios wrote:

exact33 wrote:

jettafiend wrote:

exact33 wrote:

Hammerfall - Infected
Sonata Arctica - Unia and the last one

There is something about Sonata Arctica and Stratovarius both that I don't like at all, but I have not been able to put my finger on it.

I love the first 2 SA albums but boy have they run their course now...

I totally agree! Listen to "Full Moon" from "Ecliptica" and point me to something they've done since that at least equals that song.

San Sabastian is up there, as a matter of fact, I think nearly every song on "Silence" equals or surpasses Full Moon in songwriting.

But yeah, I use Sonata Arctica for my catchy, sing alongy, pop metal fix now.

Andy wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

ZombieHavoc wrote:

Andy wrote:

The worst album I ever bought was probably Nightrage's "Descent into Chaos" or Battlore's "The Last Alliance". I did not care for them at all.

I bought a Battlelore album, I forget which one, around 2004 or so. It was terrible. I listened to it maybe twice, and promptly sold it.

Battlelore is brilliant, you turds!

I love 2003's "Sword's Song" but otherwise they suffer from a an extreme sense of inconsistency. Which sucks because I really do dig that album, A LOT, but have no taste for anything else as I find it horrifically mediocre, uninspired, and derivative.

Sword's Song is totally the album that I bought and disliked.

S.D. wrote:

EmoElmo wrote:

Slayer -Undisputed Attitude

I didn't like that album when it first came out, but revisiting it recently I really enjoyed it.

I actually like this album, and have right from the start. Of course, I really like most of the bands they are covering, so it was just fun to hear.