Albums panned by fans, but you love

I was listening and enjoying Scorpions' "Savage Amusement" the other day, and it got me to thinking. That album is widely panned by fans of the band, but I think it is awesome. I loved the polished and huge sound on that album. To this day, I don't understand the criticism of the album. Anyway, it got me wondering how many of us like an album by a band that is widely rejected by the band's fanbase, but that you really love. Another example for me is Bride's "Oddities". Man, most people hate that album, but I love it.

I love Jugulator. Demolition I don't, but Jugulator is awesome.

Nobody seems to like Skid Row's Revolutions Per Minute album except me.

..as a matter of fact, I'm gonna put that on now, since you got me thinkin' about it

Everyone seems to rag on Metal Church's Masterpeace but I think it's great and listen to it a lot.

Savatage- Right For The Rock

Knowing now, as opposed to then, what whirls Jon's propeller musically... "Day After Day" makes sense.

Celtic Frost's Cold Lake. I think it's a good record. Most of their albums didn't sound like their previous one. It had it's Frost moments. I think most people hated their look for the album.

nevermore wrote:

Celtic Frost's Cold Lake. I think it's a good record. Most of their albums didn't sound like their previous one. It had it's Frost moments. I think most people hated their look for the album.

I tried getting into this band but I couldn't. I only own the Emperor's Return EP on cd. Good stuff though.

Black Sabbath - Forbidden

Terrible mix and production, but very good songs.

Let's see...

Testament's The Ritual
Metallica's Load and Reload
Judas Priest's Demolition
Savatage's Fight for the Rock
Machine Head's The Burning Red
Fates Warning's Inside Out
Overkill's I Hear Black
Anthrax's The Sound of White Noise
Queensryche's Promised Land
Slayer's Diabolus In Musica
Threatin's Breaking the World

Annihilator's Metal. I absolutely love it.

Clown Parade is one of their finest tracks ever.

Eyesore wrote:

Let's see...

Testament's The Ritual
Metallica's Load and Reload
Judas Priest's Demolition
Savatage's Fight for the Rock
Machine Head's The Burning Red
Fates Warning's Inside Out
Overkill's I Hear Black
Anthrax's The Sound of White Noise
Queensryche's Promised Land
Slayer's Diabolus In Musica
Threatin's Breaking the World  

I Hear Black was the first Overkill album i had heard back when it was released. Brilliant and one of their best ever.

Eyesore wrote:

Let's see...

Testament's The Ritual
Overkill's I Hear Black
Anthrax's The Sound of White Noise

These are the ones that I feel are really good from your list.

Overkill I Hear Black

Black Sabbath Seventh Star and the one album I like (not love but like) Metallica- St Anger

Flotsam and Jetsam-When the Storm Comes Down(the mix is not the best, but there are several great songs on here including Suffer the Masses and E.M.T.E.K.)
Onslaught-In Search of Sanity(more melodic and polished than the earlier stuff, but still worthwhile.)

I bought my first album in 1988 or 1989, and when my love of music really began to grow, it was during that transition period when 80s bands started changing their sound to fit into the 90s scene. So a lot of my first experiences with bands are those albums that people older than me absolutely hate, and I love them.

Eyesore wrote:

I bought my first album in 1988 or 1989, and when my love of music really began to grow, it was during that transition period when 80s bands started changing their sound to fit into the 90s scene. So a lot of my first experiences with bands are those albums that people older than me absolutely hate, and I love them.

Same here. I started with rock music in 1988/89 with the hair/glam stuff like Winger, Bullet Boys, Ratt, Skid Row and the Kiss compilation “Smashes, Thrashes and Hits”. All the stuff people hate now.
I liked the pop aesthetic mixed with the guitar wankery. Reb Beach was my first guitar hero.

By 1990 I was fully into thrash and the heavier stuff.

Heathen - Empire of the Blind
Onslaught - In Search of Sanity
Testament - Souls of Black

Eyesore wrote:

I bought my first album in 1988 or 1989, and when my love of music really began to grow, it was during that transition period when 80s bands started changing their sound to fit into the 90s scene. So a lot of my first experiences with bands are those albums that people older than me absolutely hate, and I love them.

I was in the same situation. As a matter of fact, i began buying music back in the early 90's. So i kind of started on the wrong foot. Renewal was my first Kreator cd.

Most people despise this album but I find it to be brilliant .

I really like the Peter Criss solo album.
I’m in the KISS Army minority !

Testament - The Ritual
Venom - Calm Before the Storm

There’s a few,

Exodus-Force of Habit
Forbidden-Green, Distortion
Nuclear Assault-Something Wicked
Slayer- Diabolus in Musica

Eyesore wrote:

I bought my first album in 1988 or 1989, and when my love of music really began to grow, it was during that transition period when 80s bands started changing their sound to fit into the 90s scene. So a lot of my first experiences with bands are those albums that people older than me absolutely hate, and I love them.

I am an 5 years older than you, thou not that much older, old enough were our entry point when we got into music is a lot different. I think a lot of those older metal/hard rock fans around my age would have dismissed and did dismiss anything that felt betrayed these bands roots and frankly their adolescents memories of the sound of these bands when they first discovered them.

Gilbert wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

I bought my first album in 1988 or 1989, and when my love of music really began to grow, it was during that transition period when 80s bands started changing their sound to fit into the 90s scene. So a lot of my first experiences with bands are those albums that people older than me absolutely hate, and I love them.

I was in the same situation. As a matter of fact, i began buying music back in the early 90's. So i kind of started on the wrong foot. Renewal was my first Kreator cd.

Most people despise this album but I find it to be brilliant .

Which is why we should understand that we're all full of shit when we talk about the greatest albums of all time. If I were 48, I'd probably hate the Black album too.

Thrasher73 wrote:

There’s a few,

Forbidden-Green, Distortion

Ooh. Yeah, those are good one. Both fantastic albums. Surprised that Distortion gets a lot of hate, to be honest, as it's closer to the classic stuff. As for Green, I get why people were put off by that one, but it's still excellent even if different. Killer drum work on it, too.

Eyesore wrote:

Thrasher73 wrote:

There’s a few,

Forbidden-Green, Distortion

Ooh. Yeah, those are good one. Both fantastic albums. Surprised that Distortion gets a lot of hate, to be honest, as it's closer to the classic stuff. As for Green, I get why people were put off by that one, but it's still excellent even if different. Killer drum work on it, too.

These two are still missing from my collection. Need to get'em.