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Two great tunes (Rocks, Jailbird) and then a load of sub-Stones schmaltz.
Andrew Weatherall must've cried when he heard it.
I think they recorded it at their newly built studio and the sound is just kind of dead and rubbish. Kind of hi-fi, but unlively. Poorly Reverbed. I dunno - uninspiring though.
Came off the back of 2 quite Adrian-y, synth-y, proggy, melodic albums and I think they wanted to put the whole 80's thing behind them, but it was a bit of a step in the wrong direction for me.
If people are finding ok computer and first stone roses albums disappointing I believe the sky will shortly fall on our heads. I can only reason that I heard them both as soon as they were released so hadn't had years of people saying they were amazing. I agree The Bends better than OK but thats like saying real madrid suck because they can't catch barcelona : )
Later Pixies stuff not as good as their original stuff but tough act to follow.
Not a disappointment but struggle to see how pet sounds is one of the best albums ever despite being a fan of the beach boys.
You're not alone.
My first choice has to be Pearl Jam Vs. I glaze over when I hear most of the tracks on it.
Things would only get worse.
I said maybe.....
My mind immediately went back 25 or 30 years. These are all pretty minor hard rock/glam metal albums that nobody really cares about, but they've stuck in my mind as crushing disappointments - after first albums I really loved:
Babylon AD - Nothing Sacred
Q5 - When The Mirror Cracks
Vinnie Vincent Invasion - All Systems Go
(I actually typed "Winnie Vincent" then... seems about right). I've listened to all these fairly recently and I still feel the same, although I now find the first VVI album pretty unlistenable too...
But How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb was a big disappointment - it's quite patchy and has a lot of "I've heard this before but done better" moments - and as for the two after that... No Line On The Horizon has two good songs on it, Songs Of Innocence has one, and the rest are just U2-by-numbers filler. On that basis the latest album will have none, and the two tracks I've heard on the radio don't dispell that feeling.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
A pretty woeful album all round with the possible exception of Under Pressure.
Erm, I loved that album when it came out, I played it to death at the time.
I still like it now!
your right though since then apart from a few tracks on vitology they have been rubbish.
I really tried to like Hot Space and appreciate it for being different, rather than just more of the same - but that’s not the problem, it’s that the rest of the songs are rubbish.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
The Endless Drivel is however, worse than you could ever possibly imagine....
I think I was a similar age and I agree they lost their spark and 'punk' sound....but I still listened to it. It just wasn't what I wanted from them.
I do agree with you about The Division Bell being reminiscent of a Gilmour solo effort, probably due to his wife's input, but although I'm a massive Floyd fan I'm not really a fan of David Gilmour's solo stuff..... Roger Waters on the other hand, absolutely brilliant.