Bad Albums by your favorite artists

[Hector]

Hot Space by Queen. That's the one when they tried to go disco, pop, r&b, dance music...following the success of The Game album with its huge hit, Another One Bites the Dust.

Under Pressure is in it (which I love)...but...that song was a separate project and recorded ahead of the album in collaboration with David Bowie.

Hot Space is Queen's worst album.

[HardyGirl]

Invincible by Michael Jackson wasn't anything special.

Hey! I liked that album.

But the first one that comes to mind is Wasp by Shaun Cassidy. I think at that point he was trying to change his image, and that album is such a desparture from his previous 4. I used to call it his "angry album" and I had to warm up to it, but I like it now, (w/ some exceptions).

[huedell]

That's a hard one. I feel bad pointing out what I think a band's worse albums are, because, besides being subjective, I think it's true that the band needs their albums I like less in order to get to the making of albums I like more...if you can get my meaning.

I think it's easier (and more fun?) to point out that as far as the classic "proggy" groups go, some of their more deliberately commercial albums are the ones I prefer, while a lot of their hardcore fanbases will put them at the bottom of their lists.

That includes: Genesis' self-titled album, Rush's Distant Early Warning...and most pertinently Yes' 90125 which I think is unbelievably tight albeit a huge departure from their signature approach (and missing Steve Howe, a key member who, maybe not so incidentally, was a big part of the deliberately pop-geared prog musician-supergroup album that I like better than even the three I just mentioned, one of my top faves of all-time: Asia's self-titled debut).

[Earth 2 Chris]

Other than the tracks that were hits, The Long Run by the Eagles is my least favorite of their original albums.

Chris

[Mikey]

Dire Straits Communique

[Mikey]

LOVE Pink Floyd but I find Ummagumma very hard to sit through

[Wee67]

I am NOT a fan of the Black Keys latest, Turn Blue. I do like Get Behind Me Satan.

Although there a couple good tracks, I always felt The Who's Who By Numbers fell short.

I have the opposite with The Killers. I'm not a fan of any of their stuff, except I love the collection of b-sides and rejects on Sawdust.

[Mr.Marion]

I remember a co-worker telling me about what a stinker Emotional Rescue by the Stone was.

I felt Satan get behind me was a weak effort by the White Stripes.
Invincible by Michael Jackson wasn't anything special.

I'm drawing a blank on the other ones but I'm sure I'll be reminded of others.