Bands With One Bad Album

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  • @OutOnTheTiles
    @OutOnTheTiles Місяць тому +3

    Love that Beatles album. It’s great! Love all the early Beatles albums.

  • @NigelSmith66
    @NigelSmith66 Місяць тому +9

    I like "Calling All Stations" and " Holidays In Eden".

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому +3

      See how that works??!!👍

    • @charleswagner2984
      @charleswagner2984 Місяць тому

      ​@@TheProgCornerWhere is Heaven and Earth? Does Yes have another album that's total crap?

    • @mojoll777
      @mojoll777 Місяць тому

      "Calling All Station" is really good ! I don't understand people smashing it so vigoursly :-(

  • @herrdwabash
    @herrdwabash Місяць тому +4

    I actually like a lot of the songwriting on "Calling All Stations." I really connected with the album in college. The song "Not About Us" now makes me think of all the healthcare workers during the worst of the COVID crisis.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому +3

      I really like Ray Wilson.

    • @ofenblase3713
      @ofenblase3713 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@TheProgCornerI will See him again at my Hometown. He is a nice Guy and great Singer and is working very hard to alive in this biz.

  • @BSomme
    @BSomme Місяць тому +1

    Congratulations on reaching 12k subs Scot your totally killing it! I'm glad I found your channel when I did! Looking forward to that Mike Oldfield ranking! Peace and love! :)

  • @lemming9984
    @lemming9984 Місяць тому +2

    Beatles - White Album, Gentle Giant - Giant For a Day, Edgar Broughton Band - Oora, Caravan - Waterloo Lily, David Bowie - Young Americans, Camel - Dust & Dreams.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому +1

      Wow. Some surprises here.

    • @rporta
      @rporta Місяць тому

      how is the White Album bad?

    • @lemming9984
      @lemming9984 Місяць тому +1

      @@rporta As many, many people have said over the years - it's not a great double album, but it would have made a better single album.

    • @rporta
      @rporta Місяць тому

      @@lemming9984 I disagree, I like all 4 sides and I don't have a problem with it. As many, many people have said it's a great double album

  • @TheHarold1966
    @TheHarold1966 Місяць тому +2

    As you know I really like Calling All Stations from Genesis. And Seasons End is my favourite Hogarth Marillion album. Actually 50 % from Holidays in Eden is real prog rock.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому

      One of these day Eden might clock for me…

  • @oy6793
    @oy6793 Місяць тому +5

    I like that Beatles album, not their greatest but still
    Strong enough, like the trout mask replica in background

  • @rporta
    @rporta Місяць тому +1

    I agree with The Beatles, but the bad album is Yellow Submarine

  • @visualizeprog2874
    @visualizeprog2874 Місяць тому +1

    Couldn't disagree more on Marillion "Holidays In Eden". I find it great from start to finish. They did a great job with the ballads & more pop oriented songs. And the album still has plenty of progish Marillionisms that balance it out as an album of great variety that I never get tired of.

  • @marcbergeron8690
    @marcbergeron8690 Місяць тому +2

    I actually like In the Hot Seat. Man In the Long Black Coat and Give Me A Reason To Stay are quite pleasant to listen. But they are covers. I was listening to this album while I was reading Hyperion and The Fall Of Hyperion by Dan Simmons so the ELP album and these books are linked in my memory,
    As for Queen, everything without Freddie Mercury should never be called Queen. And this album with Paul Rodgers, the cosmos rocks, I find it not as bad as critics say. The one problem is it is labeled Queen. It's decades since I listened it.
    When I rate Queen albums, it stops with Made In Heaven. Sorry for May and Taylor. I think that their solo output is far more interesting than this "Queen" stuff, especially Taylor.

  • @michaelmeyerson5051
    @michaelmeyerson5051 17 днів тому +1

    I was wondering if you'd include Renaissance. Because they have two bad albums. Time Line and Camera Camera are both bad

  • @michaelpdawson
    @michaelpdawson Місяць тому +2

    Hi Scott! When I saw Jethro Tull coming up, I was afraid it was going to be another bashing of Under Wraps, which I consider a hugely underrated album. Completely agree about Catfish Rising and Rock Island being the low point in the Tull discography. That's the right choice for ELP, too. Everyone rags on Love Beach, but it's In the Hot Seat that is the real stinker. Can't agree about the Beatles, though. What about "Every Little Thing," "I'm a Loser," "What You're Doing," and those ripping covers of "Rock & Roll Music" and "Kansas City"? Everyone dumps on "Mister Moonlight," but you have to admit that Lennon's vocal is awesome on that. Yes, there's a fair amount of country influence on that album, but that's a feature, not a bug. Cheers!

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому +1

      I don’t hate Beatles For Sale but compared to EVERYTHING else in the catalog…

  • @YESFan1971
    @YESFan1971 Місяць тому +3

    Good video, Scott. Having seen YES 49 times live, going back to 1972, I kinda wish you would have thrown some shade on one of theirs, Open Your Eyes. Couldn't get into it. Love the Prog Corner.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому

      Yes has three clunkers (I think): Union, Open Your Eyes and Heaven & Earth.

    • @YESFan1971
      @YESFan1971 Місяць тому

      @@TheProgCorner ....agree.

  • @VIDSTORAGE
    @VIDSTORAGE Місяць тому +1

    Love Beach made the fans feel as if ELP were not the same band just by the appearance of the lp cover,,,, It was a180 of the serious band to 3 guys having a great time in Jamaica /. Have you ever been much or a bit interested in Black Oak Arkansas ,especially their early albums that were so weird and interesting and they had a great drummer Tommy Aldridge 72-76 and ended up with Ozzy..

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому +1

      Black Oak Arkansas and the Ozark Mountain Daredevils!!!! I love it.

    • @VIDSTORAGE
      @VIDSTORAGE Місяць тому

      @@TheProgCorner Yes gald you mentioned Ozark Mountain Daredevils also.. I have some of their albums as well !!!!

  • @phillipburton8055
    @phillipburton8055 Місяць тому +9

    Beatles don’t make bad music and to say the white album is a bad album is ridiculous, it has every type of music you could want, this is the greatest double album ever!!

    • @gkirms
      @gkirms Місяць тому +1

      Did he even say anything about the 'White Album'? All I heard him talk about was 'Beatles for Sales', their 4th album. Did I miss something?

    • @rporta
      @rporta Місяць тому

      He never said the White Album is a bad album lmao

  • @Jeremyracle-qb9mo
    @Jeremyracle-qb9mo Місяць тому

    Thanks, Scott. It is incredible that only a year separates Beatles for Sale and Rubber Soul ! It is like going from the Dark Ages to the Renaissance in one week ! Having said that, I do enjoy the album !

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому +1

      It felt like the only lateral move in their career.

  • @stewarttiley9683
    @stewarttiley9683 Місяць тому +1

    Manic Street Preachers-Rewind the Film. Gloomy and depressing, even by their standards!

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому

      I heard it once. So disappointed!!!! But what a great great great band.

  • @Poppaneedsanap
    @Poppaneedsanap Місяць тому +2

    I was fully expecting The Velvet Underground to be #1. Squeeze is the ultimate turkey album.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому +1

      It should have been there!!!

    • @ianbrown3304
      @ianbrown3304 Місяць тому

      Nah. I have VU's Squeeze and will happly defend its right to exist. Its a stonking wee album with cracking tunes. Nothing wrong there, and it had an audible link to Loaded. Had they continued, Squeeze would have been seen as a transitional album for the VU, much as Fleetwood Mac moved on from Peter Green. Many deride the album without listening to it or giving it a chance. Similarly those same 'armchair critics with 5 albums' discount Soft Machine's jazzier excursions or late period Gong. All it requires is a well honed pair of ears ....and an occasional beer. And another thing......etc. (Editors note: rant continues for several more hours....)

    • @Poppaneedsanap
      @Poppaneedsanap Місяць тому

      @@ianbrown3304 Sweeeet! Let's fight! (respectfull). I think Doug Yule rarely gets any respect for his contributions to VU. Loaded might be my fave VU album, and he fits in seamlessly and sounds heavenly on Who Loves the Sun. I was kind of annoyed that Todd Haynes VU doc pretty handily dismissed Doug Yule and doesn't mention Squeeze. But, that said, Squeeze doesn't sound like the VU at all (to me anyway). As i understand it he was making a solo album and got wrangled via contractual obligation and management pressure to release it under the VU name. It probably would have been fine as a DOug Yule solo record but it sucks as a VU album. Without Lou it has no soul. It sounds and feels like a crass cash grab still to this day. And, as I said, I don't fully blame Doug Yule for this disaster. I have tried so many times to get into this album.

  • @yatestom4845
    @yatestom4845 Місяць тому +3

    Catfish rising is great

  • @bobsala7780
    @bobsala7780 Місяць тому +1

    Frank Zappa has only one album that I would consider bad: Thing Fish. I can’t listen to that album anymore. Playground Psychotics comes close, but there’s enough good music in between all the secretly recorded dialog to make it not bad. And I do like all the orchestral stuff both in the modern and Baroque styles such as The Perfect Stranger and Francesco Zappa.

  • @Mister_Jahn
    @Mister_Jahn Місяць тому

    Fresh takes from Scott... we've come to expect it from you but not taking it for granted. Star Castle... Wow.

  • @jason-budney7624
    @jason-budney7624 Місяць тому +1

    ... and I just happened to be reripping my Beatles For Sale Mono CD as you mention it Scot! Umm... WTH!?! 🤣 Beatles '65/For Sale has always been a favorite of mine! It's all good, great video!

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому +1

      Yeah, that’s the one that I NEVER connected with - and it’s been in my life for what…59 years??!!!! But I think if it was any other band…

  • @GUR-ARYEA
    @GUR-ARYEA Місяць тому

    I am allso love kansas so much. In my opinion one of the best rock bands of all times.

  • @brettstrausser3846
    @brettstrausser3846 Місяць тому +2

    I would pick a different album for Marillion (Somewhere Else) and for Tull (Under Wraps), but The Beatles don't have a bad album!

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому

      I actually really like how “off” Under Wraps sounds.

  • @meloralovesdarkness2495
    @meloralovesdarkness2495 Місяць тому

    I did not mind Kansas Drastic Measures.. As a Huge fan I quite liked a few songs from it. The one Kansas album that was a real dud for me is In the Spirit of Things!

  • @JackTheMusicGuy
    @JackTheMusicGuy Місяць тому +1

    Wow beatles for sale is my 3rd favorite beatles album 😢

  • @timbates6309
    @timbates6309 Місяць тому

    I don't mind Drastic Measures by Kansas, but In The Spirit Of Things bores me to tears.

  • @michaelbenz8092
    @michaelbenz8092 Місяць тому +1

    Not a band, but he had a few bands: Pat Metheny Zero Tolerance for Silence. Many people say it was revenge on Geffen. But I think it is an essential album to understand the complexity of Pat Metheny and how he played guitar on occasions. I can actually sit and listen to the whole thing every once in a while. It's not based on melody or harmony or even rhythm but on the layering of noise.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому +2

      A good call. That’s a weird record.

    • @coltonbeatty6117
      @coltonbeatty6117 Місяць тому

      What could possibly make that garbage worth anyone's time? Dude gets a record deal, can do whatever he wants with it, and then like a child gets pissy and deliberately churns out a pile of shit. I'm asking seriously

    • @coltonbeatty6117
      @coltonbeatty6117 Місяць тому

      @@michaelbenz8092 'essential album to understand the complexity of Pat Metheny'. This why you jazz heads who *think* you're smart are actually dumb. It's just crap. Nobody "needs" to listen to crap to "understand" some fucking artists' 'complexities'.

    • @coltonbeatty6117
      @coltonbeatty6117 Місяць тому

      @@michaelbenz8092 'essential album to understand the complexity of Pat Metheny'. Do you even hear yourself? This is why you jazzheads that *think* you're so smart are actually pretty dumb. Nobody "needs" to listen to crap to better understand an artist's "complexity". This is why I can't take jazzheads seriously. Honestly, man...

  • @aminahmed2220
    @aminahmed2220 Місяць тому

    Awesome video have a great day Scot also happy first day of October ❤😊

  • @ledzep9501
    @ledzep9501 Місяць тому +2

    Holidays in Eden, Catfish Rising are... definitely NOT bad albums..

  • @erikscholten5434
    @erikscholten5434 Місяць тому +1

    Marillion indeed released one poor album. And that was Hapiness is the Road (well to my ears that is).

  • @ImprobableTodd
    @ImprobableTodd Місяць тому +2

    My all time favorite musician is Peter Gabriel. His self-titled second album "scratch" was a great disappointment at the time and never grew on me. There's nothing but mediocrity. Most of my least favorite songs throughout his career are on this album. Campy is not his strength...

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому

      I don’t like that album either. And it was produced by Robert Fripp. So…

  • @mikeychrisanthus9948
    @mikeychrisanthus9948 Місяць тому

    I’ll say Supertramp for my pick. Free as a Bird is understandably looked down on despite an otherwise rather strong discography.

  • @markspooner1224
    @markspooner1224 Місяць тому

    When you put them all together it's scary!

  • @darkenralph
    @darkenralph Місяць тому

    Mitt i Livett by my favourite artist of all time Bo Hansson, and Equator by Uriah Heep, although it has one amazing track on it: Night of the Wolf.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому

      I haven’t heard all of that Bo Hansson album. What I’ve heard from it is bad…

  • @philipmorrissey9142
    @philipmorrissey9142 Місяць тому +2

    The last Velvet Underground album was a real shitter.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому

      Now THAT is an excellent call!!!!!!!

  • @dougreed2257
    @dougreed2257 Місяць тому +2

    Sorry scot,but i like 'calling all stations' canno't compare to their classics of course,but i would definitely put it above 'Genesis to revelation'😊

    • @ofenblase3713
      @ofenblase3713 Місяць тому +1

      And Ray Wilson is a great Singer. Saw him very often.

    • @Prog-Radio
      @Prog-Radio Місяць тому +1

      @@ofenblase3713 If I listen to Calling All Stations as a Genesis album, eh...but if I listen to it as a Ray Wilson album, I like it quite a bit.

  • @Driver2616
    @Driver2616 Місяць тому

    Guys! Come On! Calling All Stations may not be The Lamb…. or Selling England…. but it is not sh1t either. I have every album by Genesis (and then some!) since I first heard of and discovered them in 1974. In my opinion CAS is a good album. A very good album. It does take some time to get into and to understand it, but when you invest some time and you listen to it, over and over, you begin to hear some real interesting stuff in there. Stuff that will call you back again and again.

  • @NelsonMontana1234
    @NelsonMontana1234 Місяць тому +17

    All fair commentary. But...The Beatles? No. No. No. Even at their worst, they're still great.

    • @jhillst
      @jhillst Місяць тому +1

      The "worst" Beatles album (or the least essential, anyway) is probably Yellow Submarine. Beatles For Sale isn't bad; it's just a little too heavy on covers.

    • @eddiemethot8925
      @eddiemethot8925 Місяць тому

      The Beatles are a mediocre band who had good songwriting skills but as far as guitar work and Ringo's drumming skills,they do not stand out as great musicians.Ringo is a sub par drummer with limited skills,he reminds me of Peter Criss of KISS,another substandard drummer with no imagination or craft to his work.Now Neil Peart from Rush was a magnificent drummer.

    • @NelsonMontana1234
      @NelsonMontana1234 Місяць тому +2

      @@eddiemethot8925 Well, the only reason you're saying that is because you don't know what you're talking about.

    • @jhillst
      @jhillst Місяць тому

      @@eddiemethot8925 Ladies and gentlemen, this is the danger of listening to too much prog.

    • @shirleymental4189
      @shirleymental4189 Місяць тому

      Seriously? Do you think the Beatles would have been better with N.P on the drums? How about McCartney playing like Jaco? I do agree Harrison was a mediocre guitar player. But he did enough to serve the music, and that's what's important.

  • @IanBullass-h5n
    @IanBullass-h5n Місяць тому

    Really hard...mist long standing bands have many clunkers
    Great topic .. im.actually stumped

  • @Prog-Radio
    @Prog-Radio Місяць тому

    Speaking of Starcastle and Renaissance...a bit of trivia...Annie Haslam painted the cover of the Starcastle album Song of Times. My candidate for "One Bad Album" bands, The Alan Parsons Project's "The Sicilian Defense."

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому

      There you go!!!!!!! I thought Song Of Times was Ed Unitsky!!!!

    • @Prog-Radio
      @Prog-Radio Місяць тому

      @@TheProgCorner They did it together. It was both of them.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому

      Ah!!!! Learn something new every day!!!!

  • @AlexMalonesProgRockEssentials
    @AlexMalonesProgRockEssentials Місяць тому

    Good stuff Scott...... BUT :) - If you think Genesis (one of my favourite bands ever) finally had a bad album with Calling All Stations, I refer you to its predecessor - the unlistenable, sappy, syrupy, god-awful 'We Can't Dance'. CAS is a significant step up. For your penance, please have someone strap you in a chair and listen to 'We Can't Dance' from start to finish :) Keep up the great work.

  • @dimebagdave77
    @dimebagdave77 Місяць тому +1

    Well Amy Fox ain't here, and if Amy Fox ain't here I couldn't care less🤘 so, you know, consider that I guess

  • @gordonmckenzie5354
    @gordonmckenzie5354 Місяць тому

    OUTSTANDING

  • @jhillst
    @jhillst Місяць тому

    Calling All Stations could have been much better if Genesis had replaced about 3/4 of the album with some of the B-sides. Those were some of the best songs they'd written in years. Then they might have successfully reinvented themselves and continued on into the 21st century instead of bringing their recording career to a screeching halt.

  • @ilabelle1
    @ilabelle1 Місяць тому

    Hmm…wracking my brain on this one. I’ve come up with Electric Light Orchestra and their last album from their classic period which was Balance of Power. Not so good when you consider great albums like Eldorado and Face the Music. I’m sure there are more bands that have one bad record but ELO is the only one I can think of. It’s a good topic Scot.

  • @gkirms
    @gkirms Місяць тому

    I think John Elefante was a good fit when Steve left but the writing wasn't typical Kansas. That was the problem. John had his brother as a co-writer (more so on 'Vinyl Confessions') also and, of course, their music tended to lean towards Christian themes being that both were Christians as was Kerry at that time. Basically the only song I liked from this album was 'Fight Fire with Fire' and even 'Vinyl Confessions' I have never really liked that. Now, if Kansas had written material that John has done from his last 3 solo albums then they might have had something. But, they didn't and this album as well as 'Vinyl Confessions' sound like the 80's and sound so dated compared to their previous albums when you listen to them today. As far as the album cover, yes, horrible, but I think 'Freaks of Nature' beats it for worst album cover from the band.
    For ELP, I agree with 'In the Hot Seat' as their worst album. Only track here even worth mentioning is the cover 'Man in the Long Black Coat'.

  • @javilalima
    @javilalima Місяць тому +1

    This was a great vídeo. No country music for me either 😀

  • @ZackDimondRecords
    @ZackDimondRecords Місяць тому

    For Be Bop-Deluxe, I wouldn't say I like drastic plastic. I like red noise and even Bill's solo stuff afterward, too. Just not drastic plastic

  • @jimtoms7591
    @jimtoms7591 Місяць тому

    I've always loved Beatles for Sale. "I'm a Loser," "No Reply," great stuff. I also like Drastic Measures. Admittedly, if I like a band, I'm not hard to please when it comes to their catalog. 😂

  • @IllumeEltanin
    @IllumeEltanin Місяць тому

    🎶 …don’t spoil the
    whole crop of songs 🎵

  • @progman777
    @progman777 Місяць тому

    Scot, you seem like a really cool guy! I love your channel. Now, having said that I totally disagree with Holidays In Eden. I LOVE Marillion; they are my favorite band. I have everything they ever released. Being 65 years old; I have been there since the very beginning. My opinion is this: the last 3 albums are the worst! Sorry, but my favorite has seen better days. Now there are people who say everything they do is great; you know, the people that if they recorded an album of just all the members flatulating , they would call it a masterpiece 😂. I think that the problem that Steve Hogarth has made it ‘too’ personal as witnessed in the song “Montreal”. I would love to see another Afraid of Sunlight or Brave but I do not think that will happen, sadly. Just my opinion. Keep on Progging, my friend.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому

      Yeah, I have been with them since Script. And I love the two latest!!!!!

  • @stukevideo
    @stukevideo 12 днів тому

    Good job!
    But I always thought Gentle Giant fits the mold with "Giant for a Day". "Missing Piece" and "Civilian" are mediocre, but not bad. "Gentle Giant" has one or two bad cuts but along with "Acquiring the Taste" are great albums.

  • @Sammeep02
    @Sammeep02 Місяць тому

    I used to like Calling All Stations. But then, 'Congo' was in the background when I crashed my car last year....

  • @richardtyson7884
    @richardtyson7884 Місяць тому +2

    This is very entertaining
    Omg Calling All Stations what a crock of s---t
    Haha those Doors albums what an even worse crock of s--t

  • @jeffschielka7845
    @jeffschielka7845 Місяць тому +1

    Hey Scot! 👍☮️👑🐍🙏😎

  • @RythymBeast
    @RythymBeast Місяць тому

    I agree on all accounts, mi amigo! "Love Beach" is actually a fantastic album. Just picked it up on vinyl and it sounds better than ever.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому

      It was the album cover…

    • @RythymBeast
      @RythymBeast Місяць тому

      @@TheProgCorner Hahaha yeah it really is a terrible album cover. Almost humorous how bad it is.

  • @PetesCDVinylWorld
    @PetesCDVinylWorld Місяць тому +1

    Cheap Trick The Doctor, all of their other albums are good or better. Hot Space from Queen is pretty bad. I think the only Bad Beatles is album is actually Let it be, never liked most of the songs. Id also include the Kinks, I think Preservation Act 2 is their only really bad album. Rush Vapor Trails, sorry could never get into this one at all

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому +2

      I included Queen because I have had a change of heart on Hot Space!!! Cheap Trick is a great call. The Doctor was terrible.

  • @TonVenhuizen
    @TonVenhuizen Місяць тому

    Difficult theme. Some of the "worst" albums from a band I do like, and some I don't but then this band has more 'bad ones'. Of course it's personal taste but I came up with a top 5:
    1. U2 - Pop (never really liked that one).
    2. Jethro Tull - Under Wraps (I don't mind Catfish rising, but Under Wraps, with that synthy drumming just doesn't do it for me)
    3. Deep Purple - Turning to Crime (I like some songs but most are no-no's)
    4. Godley & Creme - Freeze Frame (although I like the big single on it)
    5. Utopia - Swing to the right (also never connected with that one).

  • @mournblade1066
    @mournblade1066 Місяць тому

    The Cars: _Panorama_ ("Touch and Go" is the only really good song on it.)
    Bauhaus: _Go Away White_ (It's rather dull and anticlimactic. Very disappointing.)
    Van Halen: _Diver Down_ (I don't consider any VH without David Lee Roth to be valid VH albums, so none of them are listed here.)

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому

      I love Panorama!!!! It was everything that came after I disliked!!!!

  • @michaelbaucom4019
    @michaelbaucom4019 Місяць тому +4

    Yep. No violin, no Kansas. And Drastic Measures is more of a mediocre John Elefante solo album than a Kansas album. Even two of the three Kerry Livgren songs are just average(Mainstream is excellent). It sounded like a mediocre Foreigner album
    Genesis: No, We Can't Dance was crap too, along with Calling All Stations.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому +2

      We Can’t Dance needed to be way shorter!!!!

    • @coltonbeatty6117
      @coltonbeatty6117 Місяць тому

      The last two aren't Kansas albums. No Walsh, no Livgren, no Steinhardt wtf!?

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому

      Still good albums though…

    • @nickmastro6870
      @nickmastro6870 Місяць тому

      I love a lot of We Can’t Dance, but agree with Scott.
      Couple songs were filler and could have been cut

    • @charleswagner2984
      @charleswagner2984 Місяць тому

      ​@@TheProgCornerIf they got all the crappy hits on singles only with the short fillers as B sides only, they could have had a 40 minute album titled Fading Lights that would have the good stuff only. Then after a year or so, release a EP with all the crap on the singles.

  • @NadirJones71
    @NadirJones71 Місяць тому

    Hahaha.....you frikken nutter! King Chucky needs some prog love man! And well done for not putting Under Wraps on there.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому

      I’m with you - Under Wraps is actually a cool record!!!

    • @NadirJones71
      @NadirJones71 Місяць тому

      @@TheProgCorner Totally agree. It makes a nice pair with Anderson's Walk Into Light. Great songwriting in this era. I love the synths. The vision is focussed. A great era. 80's prog needs more love!

  • @ProfDrDrDrFabio
    @ProfDrDrDrFabio Місяць тому

    First Band that came into my mind was Toto. Their Album Tambu was really boring for me. Another two bands that came to my mind, both from my home country Germany, are Grobschnitt with Merry-Go-Round and Triumvirat with Russian Roulette. Interesting topic, I love it.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому

      I thought about Triumvirat but there are two albums of theirs I’m not super keen on: Russian Roulette and A La Carte…

  • @markcastillo2757
    @markcastillo2757 Місяць тому

    Jethro Tull... Lap of Luxury...
    Absolutely horrid
    Kansas Absence of Presence
    Queen.. Hot Space
    Genesis: We Can't Dance
    Marrilion, most albums with Hogarth
    ELP: agree
    Beatles: Yellow Submarine

  • @alvarosundfeld
    @alvarosundfeld Місяць тому

    In my opinion, there’s no bad Beatles album. The worst (With The Beatles, again IMO) is still greater than many band’s greatest. Beatles for Sale has a really soft spot for me, actually.

  • @joshcooper7755
    @joshcooper7755 Місяць тому

    Can't dispute any of these, even Beatles For Sale, but if I was to pick a single Genesis album that I really don't rate (Genesis to Revelation is fine) then it's got to be Abacab. Just can't get into that one, I like Duke, love the self titled from 83 and Invisible Touch, so it's not a Phil v Peter thing. Just can't get into it. Even Calling All Stations has its moments.

  • @deathbyunicorn
    @deathbyunicorn Місяць тому

    Good picks!
    Not prog but I think:
    The Devil Wears Prada - all at least good except The Act.
    Green Day - all at least good except Father of All Motherf*ckers.
    Bent Knee - all at least good except Frosting.
    Megadeth - all at least good except Super Colliders.
    Letlive - all at least good except Speak Like You Talk.
    For prog:
    Porcupine Tree - all at least good except On the Sunday of Life...
    The Alan Parsons Project - all at least good except The Sicilian Defence
    Mike Oldfield - all at least good except Voyager (am I odd for picking that one as the worst? maybe too Celtic for me?)
    Enslaved - all at least good except Vikingligr Veldi (maybe just cause it's a really raw production debut and that isn't to my taste).
    If it counts then The Dear Hunter's "The Fox and the Hunt" is their only bad album but it's more of an orchestral thing rather than a proper album.
    This might be my hottest take here but I think
    Yes's albums are all at least good except Talk (I think most people have a different least favourite; Open Your Eyes, Union and Heaven & Earth aren't up to normal Yes quality standards either but if a band that wasn't named Yes made those I think people would say they're decent to good rather than straight up bad).
    Maybe I'll borrow this idea from you and make a video on this topic explaining my picks above.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому +1

      You definitely should!!!! It’s an oddly rare topic on here…

  • @todddale7041
    @todddale7041 Місяць тому +2

    Kansas! Yeah, DM wasn’t that good 😞 but those first 6 albums 👍🏻😊

    • @carlwmpylu
      @carlwmpylu Місяць тому

      I think Drastic Measures is a terrific listen. Top five Kansas for me. What it isn't though, is a prog album. 🙂

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому +1

      All six - 10/10.

  • @Realbillball
    @Realbillball Місяць тому

    The Beatles "For Sale" has some fillers.
    These I never really cared for much:
    - "Words of Love" : I get it. The love for Buddy Holly and it's not bad. Just a bit boring
    - "Baby's in Black" : Not a total stinker, but it doesn't smell good either
    - "Mr. Moonlight" : Now, this is a stinker
    - "Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!": I bet it could make the roof take off live in the Hamburg days, but not so much on record
    - "Honey Don't" : Ringo dooooont....
    - "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" : It's allright, I guess. But I wouldn't play it at a party.
    - "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby": They really could have done more with this
    But then again these:
    - "No Reply" : In my honest opinion the best song on the album
    - "Rock and Roll Music": This is a kick ass version and evidence of this being a full throttle rock'n'roll band when they wanted to be
    - "I'll Follow the Sun": A beautiful little song with great melodic quality
    - "Every Little Thing": There's a reason Yes did a cover of this, because it's a very good song with some interesting twists
    - "Eight Days a Week": It's a huge hit for a reason
    Now these I had to give a couple of spins to remind myself:
    - "I'm a Loser": Never a favourite of mine, still isn't
    - "What You're Doing": Now, this is far better than I remembered.
    The album cover, however....it's so good because it tells the story about why this album isn't their best work.
    Nevertheless, that was my take on your top posting today. Still trying to land after yesterday's BIG BIG TRAIN gig in Oslo.
    Much love from the Oslo Weirdo

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому +1

      BBT and Beardfish!!!! Oh my!!!!!

    • @Realbillball
      @Realbillball Місяць тому

      ​@@TheProgCorner And I had beers with the band afterwards. They just bumped into my regular water hole just down the road and settled down. Had a really nice chat with Claire, Nick and Gregory.
      Aaaaaand I sort of mentioned The Prog Corner, just for the record.

  • @Hartlor_Tayley
    @Hartlor_Tayley Місяць тому +1

    Gentle Giant. Oh yeah

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому +3

      I have come around a bit on Giant For A Day so they didn’t make the list?!!!

    • @Hartlor_Tayley
      @Hartlor_Tayley Місяць тому

      @@TheProgCorner a shocking development. Maybe I should relisten too.

  • @georgeford3687
    @georgeford3687 Місяць тому

    I've been a YES fan since 77, and I can come up with 5 imo but it's a matter of taste. It's just mine l
    is law 😊

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому

      Yes definitely have a few subpar albums!!!

  • @WYTCPenguin
    @WYTCPenguin Місяць тому

    One that should be on the list is Time from Fleetwood Mac, every song (expect for Christine’s songs) is pretty horrible

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому

      A great call. I never liked that one either!!!

  • @sabbracadabra7503
    @sabbracadabra7503 Місяць тому

    Black Sabbath - Never Say Die
    Yes - Union
    Genesis - We Can't Dance (I'll take Stations over it any day)
    Judas Priest - Ram It Down (the less successful Turbo)
    Iron Maiden - The X Factor

    • @stubbsz
      @stubbsz Місяць тому

      I thought Tomato was bad too so maybe they had more than one bad album. Can't believe i typed that

    • @Darrylizer1
      @Darrylizer1 Місяць тому

      Black Sabbath had several awful albums and Never Say Die isn't one of them. Forbidden on the other hand is a dried blob of parrot droppings and Born Again is just wrong from start to finish.

    • @sabbracadabra7503
      @sabbracadabra7503 Місяць тому

      @@Darrylizer1 Never Say Die is terrible. I used to think Forbidden was their weakest, but the new remix from the box set is pretty good.

    • @Darrylizer1
      @Darrylizer1 Місяць тому

      @@sabbracadabra7503 I like it more than Forbidden, a lot more. They took chances on that one. Forbidden is mostly dreck with a couple of ok tunes. But I haven't heard the remix. I'll check it out.

  • @kramalerav
    @kramalerav Місяць тому

    Can we get a ranking video of all the Black Sabbath studio albums?

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому

      A great idea!!!! I haven’t done SabbAth yet!!!!

  • @phillipburton8055
    @phillipburton8055 Місяць тому

    No you’re right he didn’t mention that album!!

  • @carlwmpylu
    @carlwmpylu Місяць тому

    I like the majority of albums mentioned here. Different ears and all that.

  • @GUR-ARYEA
    @GUR-ARYEA Місяць тому

    There are some rock prog bands...theat not only one bad album...and even 2 or 3 bad albums.

  • @herrdwabash
    @herrdwabash Місяць тому +5

    I'm surprised you think "Under Wraps" is a better album than "Catfish Rising".

    • @richard127gm
      @richard127gm Місяць тому +2

      Under Wraps has some great tracks. It's just the drum machines that spoil it. I've made my own version using Audacity, with the drums toned down and it's loads better. Who knows; maybe Steven Wilson will do a real drums remix. We can only hope.

    • @coltonbeatty6117
      @coltonbeatty6117 Місяць тому

      ​​@@richard127gm So you had A Eye manipulate the sound for you? That sounds bad..

    • @stanferraro4130
      @stanferraro4130 Місяць тому

      It is

    • @coltonbeatty6117
      @coltonbeatty6117 Місяць тому

      @@richard127gm You shouldn't do that

    • @jswissman702
      @jswissman702 Місяць тому +3

      Under Wraps may be layered with all of the cheesy 80s trappings possible, but underneath the songwriting is as good as anything Tull did in the 70s imho.

  • @claychaney-m5m
    @claychaney-m5m Місяць тому

    Don't dislike any of these albums.... just don't spin em much...

  • @andrewlongshaw2128
    @andrewlongshaw2128 Місяць тому

    Very entertaining Scot.
    Have you noticed that In The Hot Seat and the new Sweet album, Full Circle, have virtually the same cover?

  • @rosshageman951
    @rosshageman951 Місяць тому

    In the Hot Seat by ELP is my selection. The cover of Man in the Long Black Coat is the only song I like. Like you said Love Beach is much better other than the hideous album cover photograph.

    • @micolsen9824
      @micolsen9824 Місяць тому

      I can probably come up with four or five songs from Hot Seat that I enjoy to some extent.

    • @rosshageman951
      @rosshageman951 Місяць тому

      @@micolsen9824 that's why music is so great. What one person likes , another person might not like.

  • @micolsen9824
    @micolsen9824 Місяць тому

    Catfish rising was the last Jethro Tull album I actually enjoyed.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому

      I never got into it for some reason!!!

  • @daveycretin664
    @daveycretin664 Місяць тому

    Great show, you Groovy Ghoulie! I will state a VERY contrarian take: Styx ~ Crash of the Clown. 🤡 Reason number one is the songs are far too short. Just as you expect it to start cooking, it’s over.
    Number two: no lead vocals from the Godfadda of Styx on a full song?! This is the first time that’s ever happened. My theory when they made Will “WeirdAlYankovic” a full time member was that JY would retire. That has yet to happen. I was told about 25 years ago - by someone in the know - that JY’s hearing was shot. We know his voice is now a shadow of its former self. When are you going to retire, Gramps? Maybe never, because if he does, then it’s The Tommy Shaw Show and not Styx. But then again, is it really Styx now without…
    Number three: No Dennis the Menace. That nutty cat was the visionary of the band. Is this ragtag group of ragamuffins really Styx anymore? Hmmm… 🤔 the mind boggles. Obviously, Styx are “more Styx” than Foreigner is nowadays, but c’mon man. Everyone raves about The Mission and Crash of the Clown, 🤡 but I feel The Mission is easily the better album. In fact, both of the late period Kansas records are better than Crash Corrigan. And my Styx fandom goes all the way back to 1977.
    Oh well, “anyway you slice it, it comes up Kraft!”
    Fascinating topic, Scot… although we’ll all see this differently.
    Cheese and Cherry Cheers from The Big Apple.
    Rock Out, Prog On and Pogo!
    It’s my mantra 🕉️and my logo.
    At the end of each and every video.
    Your clone and mine,
    ~ The Dreaded, Shredded and Unleaded Doppelgänger of Davey Cretin, from CRETIN CLASSICS.
    PS: Dug your GBV show from yesterDAyVE. And l concur sir, Do the Collapse is quite excellent. Ric Ocasek brought a nice sheen to the Ohio boys and “Teenage FBI” friggin’ RULES!

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому +1

      I LOVE the short fragments and schizophrenic (almost Guided by Voices like) nature of Crash Of The Crown. But we agree on the two new Kansas albums. And The Mission. (One day you will see the error of your ways, my friend!!!)

  • @MarcioMarquesdeSouza
    @MarcioMarquesdeSouza Місяць тому

    Radiohead - The King of Limbs

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому

      I really like TKOL!!!! (There’s one in every crowd, right?)

  • @SpenceCurry
    @SpenceCurry Місяць тому

    Blackfields fourth release.

  • @larsman9169
    @larsman9169 Місяць тому +1

    Beatles - "Let It Be" - No George Martin, no quality control.

    • @Matias-music-71
      @Matias-music-71 Місяць тому +1

      White Album ? Remove like 6 songs and it would be decent .

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому

      What a mess!!! But some of the material was stellar. Spector redeemed himself with The Ramones ten years later.

    • @rporta
      @rporta Місяць тому

      are you serious? it has many great songs, actually I like all songs. It's a classic and it's a unique later Beatles album bc it's just 4 guys playing live sounding music instead of the complex stuff they had been doing

    • @larsman9169
      @larsman9169 Місяць тому

      Yes I'm serious. I do not like 'Let It Be'; you can be a Beatles fan and not like something they did. I'm very glad you like it. I'd have been fine if they'd never put it out.

    • @rporta
      @rporta Місяць тому +1

      @@larsman9169 I think it's fine if you dislike something they did. I personally like it quite a bit

  • @simpleman5688
    @simpleman5688 Місяць тому

    Hey Scot👍🏿. Interesting topic, and no entry for Yes? Union?

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому +1

      Union and Heaven & Earth. So I think they have two “bad” albums…

  • @Poppaneedsanap
    @Poppaneedsanap Місяць тому

    Bernie Rhodes was the main reason Cut The Crap sucked as much as it did. There are demo versions which hint at what could have been and a very unofficial but amazing re-recording of these tunes that sound like classic Clash had they not been railroaded & derailed by Bernie. The shittiest drum machine sounds and awful mixes are all on him. This is England still makes this album worth having. The last great Clash song. I'd also recommend checking out Sparks version of We Are the Clash. The song is great, but the recording and mix on CTC are abysmal.

  • @feneso4051
    @feneso4051 Місяць тому

    The Velvet Underground - Squeeze. If you consider it a VU album…

  • @de_sng5285
    @de_sng5285 Місяць тому

    Boston - Life, Love & Hope

  • @kevinogracia1615
    @kevinogracia1615 Місяць тому

    Yes, indeed.

  • @jhillst
    @jhillst Місяць тому

    I think most Queen fans would nominate Hot Space for this category.

    • @stubbsz
      @stubbsz Місяць тому

      I disagree, its a good album.... just out of line with the type of music we expected from them.

  • @Z-eb
    @Z-eb Місяць тому

    Topper Headon wrote "Rock the Cashbah" and got fired due to Heroine........

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому +1

      Yeah, he was on it bad.
      But it’s Rock N Roll, man!!!!

    • @Z-eb
      @Z-eb Місяць тому

      @@TheProgCorner Shure is !

  • @TigerMtnKing
    @TigerMtnKing Місяць тому

    🤩

  • @stefannelson
    @stefannelson Місяць тому

    I actually like Lulu, however I am not a huge post And Justice for all Metallica fan.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому

      I hear you there.

    • @Prognosis__
      @Prognosis__ Місяць тому

      I’m a big Tallica fan but never heard it..I do have Apple Music..maybe after several beers?

    • @stefannelson
      @stefannelson Місяць тому +1

      @@Prognosis__I resisted listening to it until recently. I am a Lou Reed fan, not even close to everything but generally appreciate his artistic presence. I enjoy that Metallica is the backing band here and are playing differently ( maybe more simplistic) than they would on one of their records. This is an odd record and I always applaud big artists doing projects that take risks. David Bowie said it was Lou’s best work so have those beers and crank it up.

  • @josepmariaromeu2005
    @josepmariaromeu2005 Місяць тому

    My favourite band is Yes and Heaven and Earth should be on the list.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому

      But Union and Open Your Eyes…

    • @josepmariaromeu2005
      @josepmariaromeu2005 Місяць тому

      @@TheProgCorner I do like Union

    • @georgeford3687
      @georgeford3687 Місяць тому

      @@TheProgCorner Totally agree. Didn't listen to much of the Steve Howe band after Chris passed. 😕

  • @Matias-music-71
    @Matias-music-71 Місяць тому +2

    How about Supertramp , Free As A Bird .., yikes ..,

    • @michaelbaucom4019
      @michaelbaucom4019 Місяць тому +1

      @@Matias-music-71 Free As A Bird is a flaming turd, but the two that followed weren't much better

    • @Matias-music-71
      @Matias-music-71 Місяць тому

      @@michaelbaucom4019 , agreed

  • @christopherp.brocklebank1708
    @christopherp.brocklebank1708 Місяць тому

    Can's 'Out of Reach' was their low point.

  • @AlVal57-fs5ib
    @AlVal57-fs5ib Місяць тому

    If you think Lulu was a bad album by Lou Reed try listening to Metal Machine Music .....

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому +1

      I have!!!! It’s…um…er…interesting???

  • @roberttee9790
    @roberttee9790 Місяць тому

    Note for the future Scot. When you make a comment and claim like that against the Beatles . . you then need to quickly duck! My shoe just missed the screen. 😮😊

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Місяць тому

      I had to get all controversial!!!! I love love love The Beatles but Beatles 65 hardly ever got played in the Lade household growing up and Beatles For Sale did not have much more of an impact. Any other band - it’s probably their best album!!!!