Overrated Albums?

MrMojoRisin · 02-05-2009 6:53pm

phatkev wrote: »

beatles-revolver
anything by the arctic monkeys
Franz Ferdinand-Franz Ferdinand

I wouldn't talk down The Beatles, but the hype surrounding Franz Ferdinand and the Arctic Monkeys is baffling.
But to their credit, Franz Ferdinand are a good live band. Their music is just seriously overrated.

MrMojoRisin · 02-05-2009 6:56pm

Lynskey wrote: »

I think whether or not you like U2 seems to be entirely dependant on what you think of Bono

Anyone who says Radiohead, Pink Floyd or the Beatles are overrated should be shot...'nuff said

Nirvana-Nevermind is incredibly overated

Pink Floyd are boring- with and without Syd.

MrMojoRisin · 02-05-2009 6:58pm

CRAIIIIIG DAVID!!!

Notorious · 04-05-2009 12:05pm

saz89 wrote: »

mgmt - oracular spectacular
hit the big time cos the songs were used in skins.
nuff said.

I saw MGMT at that summer H20 festival where they played to a completely packed out tent. I wasn't too keen on them, but one of my mates really wanted to go so I went along. I was shocked, I thought they played an absolute blinder!

Got the album off the same friend who I went to the gig with, played it twice and never went back to it. Some reviewer at allmusic gave the album four stars out of five, and throughout the review he mentions only three tracks, which I think were the singles. I think that says it all about the album.

Music-and-booze · 06-05-2009 5:12pm

King of leon - only by the night (wouldnt mind that they sold out if their music was still good, but its just gone bland)
Oasis - Definitely maybe (few good tunes, bout it)
Arcade fire - neon bible ( big isnt always better)
Arctic monkeys - all
qotsa - songs for the deaf (coulda been a great album if they chopped off 4 or 5 tracks)
yeah yeah yeahs - all (they're average at best)
the who - all (absolute toss, most overrated band in the history of time)
i like the white stripes but theyre definitely given a lot more praise than they deserve.

Sam Hain · 18-05-2009 4:39am

GlasVegas 'glasvegas'
Green Day 'dookie'
All Nickelback
Van Morrison 'astral weeks'
Sex pistols ' never mind the bollocks'
led zeppelin 'physical graffitti'
smashing pumpkins ' mellon collie and whatever the rest of the title is'
Michael jackson 'thriller'
bjork 'debut'
oasis 'definitely maybe'

richievo5 · 18-05-2009 4:42am

i cant stand Kings of Leon , all their songs sound the same m i wish your man would stop squeeling in to the mic:D

mcwhirter · 18-05-2009 5:43pm

DaaaaaaaaaaN wrote: »

Anything by The Smiths/Morrisey

Stop messing!

97i9y3941 · 20-05-2009 12:32am

well nirvana ended up been hyped alot now because kurt is no longer with us and since theres no more new material it would be regarded as a "classic",the usual bulls#it

loveissucide · 26-05-2009 11:48am

NIN-The Downward Spiral.Pretty Hate Machine and The Fragile are far better.
Suede-Suede.Not a patch on Dog Man Star
Neil Young-Harvest.Pile of ****e.
Bob Dylan-Blonde On Blonde.See above
All Soundgarden,Foo Fighters and 2Pac.

red_ice · 26-05-2009 12:06pm

tayto2009 wrote: »

u2 pure class sorry thats fact....no arguments please

your wrong, no arguemnts please.

Music-and-booze wrote: »

qotsa - songs for the deaf (coulda been a great album if they chopped off 4 or 5 tracks)

That is possibly one of the greatest rock albums of our time. Your so wrong. I am personally offended by that.

As far as hating everything that band has done goes, these fall into that catagory for me.

mgmt - worst band of all time.
yeah yeah yeahs - None of their songs make sense. I dont like hearing goats get castratred, the musicality is terrible. terrible collection.
GlasVegas - useless band, riddled with terrible hair and a pathetic attempt at music.
kings of leon - first 2 albums were quality, the rest is ****.
Neil Young - no my vibe, i feel sick when i hear him
Bob Dylan - no my vibe, can see the appeal.. overrated tho
Manic Street Preachers - terrible collection.

loveissucide · 26-05-2009 12:14pm

I agree heartily on Manic Street Preachers.Can't stand the Richey Edwards death cult.

Driver 8 · 27-05-2009 11:45pm

Not a bad idea for a thread, but seriously, some of the criticisms here are laughable- bad hair? entire albums dismissed as "pure ****e" without any further reasoning given? It's hardly good discussion.

97i9y3941 · 27-05-2009 11:47pm

i have my own view on that-if its "critically acclaimed" album
,i wont buy it!

mcwhirter · 28-05-2009 12:16pm

Fred83 wrote: »

i have my own view on that-if its "critically acclaimed" album
,i wont buy it!

So what do you buy then, westlife albums:D

Dave Total · 08-06-2009 11:53am

Anything By the Stereophonics, Kings of Leon and Neil Young get my vote.

ludwit · 08-06-2009 4:34pm

Dog Man Star by Suede.

Seriously bloated with its own self importance. Some pretty crap songs on it too. "new generation,black or blue,daddys speeding," I could mention at least 2 more. Reasonably well produced filler, despite Butlers assertion that it is one of the worst produced albums ever.

And I disagree with Loveissucide, I think suede by suede is a better album.

sinnerboy · 23-06-2009 10:36pm

highlight100 wrote: »

I think the new U2 album is the most overrated album in history. A very poor offering indeed,possibly their worst album to date.

Agreed . And I love U2 .

sinnerboy · 23-06-2009 10:39pm

Thriller . Maybe 140 million people can't be wrong . It leaves me cold .

loveissucide · 24-06-2009 7:17pm

It leaves everyone cold,it's a work of sterile perfection compared to the joyous pop of Off The Wall.

Celticbard · 25-06-2009 3:41am

Anything by Oasis now done get me wrong they where good for there time but its passed now the whole 90's rock n roll, plus if you actually listen to noel gallaghers lyrics there very poor.

D'Agger · 28-06-2009 4:21pm

ni4979 wrote: »

Every u2 album is overrated

Spot on buddy! They're so over-hyped it wrecks my head

D'Agger · 28-06-2009 4:30pm

red_ice wrote: »

your wrong, no arguemnts please.

That is possibly one of the greatest rock albums of our time. Your so wrong. I am personally offended by that.

As far as hating everything that band has done goes, these fall into that catagory for me.

mgmt - worst band of all time.
yeah yeah yeahs - None of their songs make sense. I dont like hearing goats get castratred, the musicality is terrible. terrible collection.
GlasVegas - useless band, riddled with terrible hair and a pathetic attempt at music.
kings of leon - first 2 albums were quality, the rest is ****.
Neil Young - no my vibe, i feel sick when i hear him
Bob Dylan - no my vibe, can see the appeal.. overrated tho
Manic Street Preachers - terrible collection.

Have you listened to the Kings latest album - it's brilliant man! And you think Bob Dylan is poor - wtf!! As for Glasvegas - they're average but the way a band dresses has nothing to do with the music they produce!!

Kingcalumn · 30-06-2009 11:49pm

It doesnt matter what The latest 2 kings of leon albums are like because theyve been jumped on by every shallow oxegen goer(braindead idiots) in the world. I think that some of the music was very well constructed, but I wouldnt go to one of their gigs in this country. Why? Because they are seen as a fashion to the masses, and Id bet that most fans didnt know that they have 3 previous albums to their current one when it came out. But when they're told by a glossy mag, or festival review that a band is good, theyll latch on. So signs on that every gig sells out here and the touts make a fortune. In london last sept, the kings of leon couldnt sell out 1 night in the o2 - costing only 21.50 a ticket!

Same goes for most films that come out - they read the review of 5 stars and say - god, that must be great. Sadly, they cant make up their own minds.

yerayeah · 01-07-2009 1:12am

Kingcalumn wrote: »

It doesnt matter what The latest 2 kings of leon albums are like because theyve been jumped on by every shallow oxegen goer(braindead idiots) in the world. I think that some of the music was very well constructed, but I wouldnt go to one of their gigs in this country. Why? Because they are seen as a fashion to the masses, and Id bet that most fans didnt know that they have 3 previous albums to their current one when it came out. But when they're told by a glossy mag, or festival review that a band is good, theyll latch on. So signs on that every gig sells out here and the touts make a fortune. In london last sept, the kings of leon couldnt sell out 1 night in the o2 - costing only 21.50 a ticket!

Same goes for most films that come out - they read the review of 5 stars and say - god, that must be great. Sadly, they cant make up their own minds.

Too true. I was at them at oxegen last year and when they played Trani, which is amazing live most people didn't know what it was...

I gave the 3rd album a fair few listens but I'd say i've only got through the new one in one go just the one time... It was disappointing but that was hardly surprising:(

K-Ren · 03-07-2009 1:51am

loveissucide wrote: »

Bob Dylan-Blonde On Blonde.

I thought that once too! But, it's a album I've come to love.

The Manic Street Preachers have never grabbed me, and I was told that Nas' Illmatic was amazing, went out and bought it, and it was pretty average.

A lot of people have a hard-on for Audioslave too, which I've never understood.

flanree · 03-07-2009 2:01am

+1 K-Ren

D'Agger · 04-07-2009 6:01pm

Kingcalumn wrote: »

It doesnt matter what The latest 2 kings of leon albums are like because theyve been jumped on by every shallow oxegen goer(braindead idiots) in the world. I think that some of the music was very well constructed, but I wouldnt go to one of their gigs in this country. Why? Because they are seen as a fashion to the masses, and Id bet that most fans didnt know that they have 3 previous albums to their current one when it came out. But when they're told by a glossy mag, or festival review that a band is good, theyll latch on. So signs on that every gig sells out here and the touts make a fortune. In london last sept, the kings of leon couldnt sell out 1 night in the o2 - costing only 21.50 a ticket!

Same goes for most films that come out - they read the review of 5 stars and say - god, that must be great. Sadly, they cant make up their own minds.

Dead right - I've been listening to the Kings for ages was talking to somebody about them and mentioned that Calafornia Waiting was my one of my fav songs by them...they didn't know the song OR the album - this person claimed before this "Oh I LOVE Kings of Leon" - headwrecking!!

delayed11 · 21-07-2009 12:05pm

Have been into KOL for years now and Have to agree with the last few posts there. I had to laugh at the excitement over them playing Oxegen. Saw them there years ago, but wasn't quite sure when, so i went googling and couldn't believe it was actually five whole years ago i saw them there!! (Great gig btw! Heard there was a bit of bad feeling between the guys there this year???... and they didnt turn up at benicassim?? true??) But sure EVERYONE only loves them now. Pain in the ass. Actually it turns me off bands. They're on the bloody radio every 2 minutes and it ruins it!! I don't know if i'm being a snob or not though in relation to that.... it just does my frickin head in when people don't know anything except what they hear on the radio, GO DISCOVER THINGS FOR YOURSELVES!! ARGH!!

The_Kew_Tour · 21-07-2009 8:55pm

ni4979 wrote: »

Every u2 album is overrated

agree with that never taught they were as good as people say

FV-Emperor · 23-07-2009 5:59pm

True
I think 21st century breakdown is over-rated, it contains some good songs but otherwise devoid of originality, for all the tracks too many of them, undeservedly passed quality control.

Jax Teller · 23-07-2009 6:02pm

kings of leon - only by the night way overrated
there other 3 albums are way better

FV-Emperor · 23-07-2009 7:07pm

Yeah the album died off a bit after the first half but they all have more single progression, I doubt their going commercial...just experimenting with a new sound.

flameboy87 · 26-07-2009 10:26pm

partyguinness wrote: »

Maybe my use of the word "crap" was a bit strong...I just found the last 2 albums very difficult to listen to. In fact I cant listen to them..:( They seem intent of changing direction each time and changing just for the sake of it..it must be a deliberate ploy. I have no problem with bands pushing the boat and trying new things...U2 to Leonard Cohen to The Beatles....then again they are young so perhaps they are still finding their feet....

But are the trying to keep up with market rather than staying true to their musical roots..then again maybe they dont know what they want and its all part of their journey..

Remeber all the early comparisons with The Strokes..are they worried that they will end burnt out like that?

Maybe they are so intent on being different that they have alienated their earlier fans and ended up embracing the mainstream instead?

For me..I have certainly lost interest....but "California Waiting" and the first album will always be dear to my heart...:)

The way KOL have stayed so fresh is because they have changed style with each album. The strokes as you said became burnt out because it all seemed so repetative as each song came from the same angle. This can also be said for the latest AC/DC album which is so repetative of their previous stuff. I'm not sayin that KOL's first two albums are any better or worse than their latter two but i do think they can be appreciated for versatality that other bands just can't produce

FV-Emperor · 27-07-2009 1:26pm

For sure, Kol are still making music its just in a more urban/modern style compared to their folksy western offerings but their all good in their own way, it just comes down to personal taste.

Fusion251 · 30-07-2009 9:02am

seanybiker wrote: »

Every Radiohead album.

Ok, U2 and all fair enough because generally everything is overplayed and over hyped(the Joshua Tree is very good and so is Achtung Baby)....

BUT! OK Computer is probably one of the best albums I have in my collection so I don't agree with you there...I know it's all a matter of opinion but you can't just write off some of the most influential bands around in one foul swoop!

Fusion

Oh yeah....Overrated Albums...hmmm it's quite hard to say really looking through this I don't think Bitches Brew is all that great, I love Miles Davis, but for some reason never got into that, even though John McLaughlin is playing on it too!!

tommyfitz · 30-07-2009 2:53pm

any jazz album

HowAreYeGettinO · 30-07-2009 3:04pm

My €0.02;

'Grace' by Jeff Buckley. It was, rightly, regarded as a decent album by a tremendous singer - when he was alive. Suddely the poor man dies and overnight it's 'one of the greatest albums ever made'.

'What's The Story (Morning Glory)' by Oasis. There are only two decent tracks in the first five, the title track is obviously REM's 'The One I Love' recycled, and 'She's Electric' gets very old very fast.

'Pet Sounds' by the Beach Boys. I've tried, really tried, to like this and I can't. 'Wouldn't It Be Nice', 'God Only Knows', 'You Still Believe In Me', 'Caroline No' - terrific. The rest? Meh. I'm sure it was revolutionary for its time, etc. etc. But today it just doesn't stand up to its reputation.

Lots more but I can't think of them right now!

FV-Emperor · 31-07-2009 2:41pm

I thank panic at the discos newest album is really over-rated, I mean the instruments are better but all the songs are repetitively similar with no oomph like their début album.

NiallMH · 03-08-2009 1:51am

O.K Computer ..
.. But what ever your into .

lklklk89 · 03-08-2009 6:19pm

Lynskey wrote: »

I think whether or not you like U2 seems to be entirely dependant on what you think of Bono

Anyone who says Radiohead, Pink Floyd or the Beatles are overrated should be shot...'nuff said

Nirvana-Nevermind is incredibly overated

true man, but musically u2 are very bland. Bono may be a tosser but theyd be like aslan without him

bigeasyeah · 03-08-2009 6:25pm

Rubber Soul-The Beatles
I m a Beatles fan but this album is weak.Hugely over-rated.

FV-Emperor · 04-08-2009 2:23pm

How U2 are so popular just eludes me

Dubhthamlacht · 05-08-2009 8:40am

Have to agree with Beck's Odelay. I loved Mellow Gold so rushed out and got Odelay and holy crap it was poor. Music Critics were afraid to pan it as it would have made them look uncool to thrash someone who at that time was the newest saviour of alt rock.

I understand the sentiment regarding U2. I just never got them. Seen them at Slane and came away wondering what all the fuss was about.

But most overrated album is Oasis "What's the Story Morning Glory". I remember the whole country was Oasis mad back then and even back then I thought it was a steaming pile of poo.

I don't agree on OK Computer. It still ranks amoung one of my favourite albums.

Shane St. · 05-08-2009 1:39pm

phatkev wrote: »

beatles-revolver
anything by the arctic monkeys
Franz Ferdinand-Franz Ferdinand

U mad man, it's probably there best album.

jackhammer · 06-08-2009 1:02pm

Van Morrisson's "Astral Weeks" seems to come out top (or thereabouts) in many critics polls.

To be honest, that's the reason I bought it.

Never could warm to it though.

markesmith · 10-08-2009 1:23pm

Never Mind the Bollocks and The Clash's first album - they get the plaudits because they were their first.

Songs in the Key of Life - it's no Innervisions. Morning Glory is a pile of dungpee. Never got Kid A.

But the most over-rated of them all is Sergeant Pepper.

FV-Emperor · 10-08-2009 7:19pm

All rap albums are over-rated not by their critics of course but by their fans.
Lil Wayne and 50 cent being two notables

jenny2hat · 10-08-2009 10:18pm

american idiot-green day

probably their worst album ever

sky88 · 12-08-2009 4:59pm

arctic monkeys - favourite worst nightmare

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