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[โ€“] MorrisonMotel6@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I have been fighting my way through the "1,001 albums you must listen to before you die' list, and there have been some truly terrible albums.

New York Dolls, debut album

Brian Eno, my life in the bush of ghosts

Marquee Moon, television

Slade, slayed?

Sugarcube, life's too good

Barry Adamson, Oedipus Schmoedipus

Animal collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion

Heaven 17, Penthouse And Pavement

And the worst album I have ever heard on my life, king of garbage music Lou Reed and his garbage band of notmusic and pretention: The velvet underground, The Velvet Underground & Nico

[โ€“] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 5 points 3 months ago

Wash your mouth out with carbolic.

[โ€“] Pulptastic@midwest.social 4 points 3 months ago

Music is subjective, I like some of the albums you listed, but I agree that the 1001 list is trash full of terrible albums. I made it through 142 before giving up.

[โ€“] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

aha a fellow 1001 albums listener. im currently doing it too. the heaven 17 album is one of my favorite discoveries. ill drop my 1 star ratings here let me know if i hate one of your favs lol

rolling stones debut

cheap thrills by big brother

gorillaz debut

young americans by bowie

untitled black is by sault

461 ocean boulevard by eric clapton

[โ€“] MorrisonMotel6@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Damn! I haven't gotten any of those yet, but I think we might need to fight a little when I do! I'll save this and get back to you!

[โ€“] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

new 1 star album, 461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton

[โ€“] MorrisonMotel6@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Really? Wow.

New one for me: treasure by the cocteau twins

[โ€“] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i can see why thatd be 1 star for someone, i thought that album had some good songs though

[โ€“] MorrisonMotel6@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

I've only rated the velvet underground and nico album one star because I personally don't consider it actual music. Because of that, I have a hard time rating music I "just don't like" as one star because it's recognizable to me as music. So, I rated this one two stars.

I was surprised to see you rated a Clapton album so poorly because I like him (musically) quite a bit. We have really different tastes, and I think it's cool to know there is stuff that absolutely is not for me that is a five star album for someone else

[โ€“] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

im only around 200 in so there will be more ! ill updated my comment if i get any more 1 stars

[โ€“] Bertuccio@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I like a fair amount of Bowie, but Young Americans is a truly grating song.

[โ€“] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Animal collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion

For anyone else who had a visceral "fuck right off" reaction to such slander, check out This Town Needs Guns's Animals and/or As Tall As Lions's self-titled album.

And-- you felt robbed by the twee album from Bjork's first band? "Birthday" alone is reason to respect that record. Get your head on straight.

[โ€“] MorrisonMotel6@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

album from Bjork's first band

Yeah, I tried. I just couldn't enjoy it all. Maybe I have pedestrian tastes or just don't "get it," but whatever the case, all of those were very unenjoyable to me.

I was actually at a function last night talking music with a group of folks, and a couple folks chastised me for not liking the velvet underground with Nico album as well. It's all good; I'm not claiming to be a music critic or anything and y'all still get to love albums I can't stand

[โ€“] psmgx@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Animal Collective, there is an artist I felt like I got conned into buying