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I love that you put your worst shirt on to go with the video. Nice touch. 😉
😂😂😂😂
I'm sure it's his shirt affecting the sound. It hurts my ears and my eyes.
I’M GOING BLIND!,! I’M GOING BLIND!!!😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
I'm pretty sure either Andy lost a bet, or he just got off a plane in Hawaii.
I thought it was my grandmother.
On another youtube page Hulkster in Heaven probably generated what’s probably the funniest comment i read on youtube: « If this gets played at my funeral, I'm walking out ». I would too
The Mysterons are hiding in your glasses!
Great video as always!
Thanks Andy…Great list!! You had me laughing, especially The Beach Boys at #2..funny about the cover of ‘two virgins.’ There was a rumor that if you steamed the back cover off of the White Album was the picture of John and Yoko. Since I heard the rumour first, my album took the steam test. Being only 10, i held the album over some boiling water til it was damp enough to start peeling. Two of my friends cheering me on!
Thank God I took both vinyls out and only did the back. I then had the White and Grey album. Nice grey cardboard .. eventually to be replaced..
That’s a shocking cover tho. Oh my..Goodness gracious..By the way, Nice haircut. Always envied your thick locks.
I'm out mowing lawns in the pacific northwest and during my breaks I'm listening to this and laughing my ass off!!!!
Two Virgins was recorded AND released in 1968..
Great round up Andy, prefer to watch you doing these videos with your music/Vinyl behind you.
The Ventures, who were a popular instrumental globally, did a cover of Beatles songs. It would drive my friends who were Beatles fans right up the wall.😂
Agreed 👍 but walk, don’t run 🏃 lol like that one.?
Nice to hear your appreciation of PiL's "Album". Lydon claims that along with Tony Williams, Jonas Hellborg, Stevie Vai, Ginger Baker and Ryuichi Sakamoto, Miles Davis almost ended up on the record.
Missed it by... that... much...
Absolutely. Instant like when he made that remark.
Yeah. The weakest performer is Lydon - he's really out of his depth on his own lp.
Meanwhile Steve Jones had an album called fire and gasoline that belongs on this video alongside the other worst albums ever made.
Thank God Marillion wasn't on the list😂 l was half expecting it.
Does anyone remember the immortal line from an early Seals and Crofts' album about "milking the cows of gladness". I think that is unbeatable.
The sing God Gave Rock N Roll by Argent has some lyrics that are dreadful. They are: Don't step on snails, don't climb in trees
Love Cliff Richard but please don't tease.
Thankfully Kiss did the cover God Gave Rock N Roll II and changed the lyrics.
@@bobby666666 As you probably know, the song God Gave Rock And Roll To You was written by Russ Ballard who was a member of Argent at the time although some people mistakenly believed it was written by Kiss. I used to love this song and never even noticed those lyrics or that Kiss had changed them. The lyrics you mention are just silly I think but you may not know that Please Don't Tease was an early hit for Cliff maybe in 60/61 and I'm fairly sure it was the follow up to Travelling Light. So was my reply worth typing out, probably not.
@@rocketpost1 For the Cliff Richard bit it was. Yes, I know Russ wrote the song. He has about 50 covers of his songs. Some of them covered by more than one artist. Russ has played lived a couple of times in the last year or so.
@@bobby666666C’mon now. You had me agreeing with you until you mentioned Kiss without Ace Frehley; who’s responsible for writing almost every single hit believe me or not ✌🏻
@@rocketpost1Yes it definitely was worth it when seen by some of us who possess a brain. Most people are either just ignorant and will never listen or do the research themselves they don’t have any time span of doing so.
Very interesting video!! Thanks Andy!!
Ladies, why not accompany Mike Love on a Love Vacation to Love Beach, where Emerson Lake and Palmer caress the steel drums, ukelele, and castanets with their gentlemanly English fingertips, as you dance the night away under the breezy Caribbean skies ?
LMAO! So good!
.....gentlemanly English fingertips....😁
I was a big ELP fan in the early 70’s but mist of their material now found incredibly dated. I prefer Emerson’s earlier work with The Nice.
Yep, Love Beach would have been my number 1.
The album cover itself is a dead giveaway for the suckiosity of the music....er.....Muzak! @@BobHutton
Love Boat meets Tarkus 😂😂😂
Thanks very much for this Andy, that’s my Spotify playlist sorted out for tomorrow.
I was surprised Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music wasn’t on here, but in hindsight, Reed knew what he was doing and succeeded in making the appalling album he wanted to make.
With these 10, the artists tried to make genuine good music and missed the mark spectacularly.
Yes Metal machine music came top of mind!
I googled the comments to see if it was in here - surprised it isn't! @@attichatchsound-bobkowal5328
Lou’d been approached by Arista head Clive Davis about jumping labels, but Lou owed RCA another 4 sides.
An honest title for MMM would be “Lou Reed & the Contractual Obligation”
This is England is a redeeming feature. A throw back to that early clash sound. They say it's the hope that gets to you.
Great analysis of the Sex Pistols and brilliant critique of The Clash. Totally agree.
The Clash wanted to get back to their ‘Working class roots’ which they accomplished by kicking out their one working class member Mick Jones. At least Joe Strummer went out on a high note. While maybe not the Clash I loved the albums he did with the Mescaleros. It’s different from the Clash and thank god for that. He just sounds artistically reenergized.
Did Gene Simmons write that Pantera song you were quoting ? Good stuff but I didn’t hear anything quite on par with “I want to put my log in your fireplace”.
Mick Jones was the brains behind The Clash and Strummer admitted so. Cut The Crap badly missed Jones' musicality. And fck the Mescaleros you wanker.
Lol!! I've GOT to go listen to "Hulkster In Heaven" asap! Fantastic video Andy. Very informative.
FYI-The song is actually about a 100% made up kid! Hulk just wanted a sad song. Hogan wasn't even on the card for Summerslam 92. He is fairly well known as a professional lier by most wrestling fans.
Good video, I‘ve never heard any of those albums so I count myself amongst the lucky ones for a change
May I suggest a pop filter on the mic
You need a pop shield on the mic. Also, watch the output level, because the audio distorts in places. You could use a compressor/limiter to prevent overload and get a more even volume. Loved the video.
Make a video about music for musicians, get a crit on the mic-ing. :D (You are right, though.)
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Well, the plosives are really terrible in this one, and I had to scoop a lot of low frequencies to prevent my hyperacusis from acting up.
Hinten by Guru Guru has the bass player's bottom arranged in a disconcerting mandala effect.
I love that album 😅 not the cover though. Krautrock is so revolutionary.
Laughed my guts out over this! Great stuff. I really enjoy your videos.
About Fusion Bands who go for Hit Records:
There is one Fusion Band that had a whole Lot of Success in bringing Fusion into the Charts:
The Crusaders
Your overlooking Journey which started as a jazz fusion band (first three albums) before their label they were in jeapordy of being dropped unless they figured out how to sell records....
Early Larry Carlton !
You might want to work on the placement of the new light to avoid reflection in your glasses. The camera and sound seem much better. Thanks for these entertaining and informative videos.
David Byrne's "how can you lose" letdown, for me, was Here Lies Love, the sticker on the CD described it as "An electronic dance music double concept album about Imelda Marcos". I thought, "Oh wow, David's back to being weird and funky again". But then I listened to it...
Great show, thanks again
Glad you enjoyed it
100% agree with PIL “Album” - I’m surprised you didn’t mention “Million Dollar Legs” by Tony Williams Lifetime?
OMG, Brokencyde!!! They are the musical equivalent of a pool of fireball schnapps vomit! Only not as interesting or tasty.
No. no, no. Your finest fireball schnapps vomit gently mixed with Jeppson's Malort anal creampie, with ice cubes of finest water from the River Don!
Having Andy knock the piss out of LR hubbard and $cientology has to my favorite thing seen in a while!😂😂😂 What a terrible album!
I want to hear anything that produces the effect in the thumbnail, even just once including Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music which is great for Lou's liner notes and the artwork.
Also great for getting rid of unwanted party guests.
i love that album! 🤣 . I recently upgraded to the surround sound blu ray and I passed my old copy to my best mate, he's still talking to me so i don't think he's played it yet
I disagree that MMM is such a bad album. It just pushed the envelope so far that made Industrial Music suddenly palatable
Back in the late 70s and 80s, when these lists were common, two albums that were always included were Metal Machine Music by Lou Reed and Chicago Live at Carnegie Hall.
Uh oh! The very last CD I picked up was Chicago - Live at Carnegie Hall! How bad could it be, it was recorded during their heyday!
@@treff9226 They went mellow, not to mention it was a 4 album set.
Listening to a lot of Lou Reed recently.....but NOT that crapfest!
Hey Peter, the Chicago live at Carnegie was recorded during their golden period, before they misplaced their balls. But it's said that the acoustics at Carnegie were for shit, you could barely hear their brass section, and as you stated, way too long! No one has ever lived long enough to hear the entire album.....maybe a good thing!😁
Hi Andy, you need a pop filter for the mic. Great video!
If Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music isn’t on the list then I dread to think what could be worse
It's not and believe me this is bad
I sampled this rabbit hole and yes it had me screaming and quitting... and I for one 'get' Sun o))) !
GG Allin and the Murder Junkies.
Lulu (his album with Metallica).
Lou introduced the rock world to noise music with an absolute banger of an avant-garde noise album. It’s truly inspirational that he followed up albums like transformer and Berlin with metal machine music with so much as an advisory sticker to warn audiences that this wasn’t going to be your average New York rock album. He put it all out there and made a truly landmark album that opened the door for a ton of American fans to artists like throbbing gristle, merzbow, and Einstürzende Neubauten. You betta recognize, fool!
Amazing video Andy, where else on UA-cam can you find such stimulating discussion and still manage to talk about firm vs saggy buttocks as well! Hats off to you sir!!! Cheers Matt
Kevin Federline's Playing with Fire and Blood on the Dancefloor could definitely make it on this list too. Nice video yo.
Nice haircut, bad P-poppin' showbiz schlocky prop mic; you just couldn't resist, and just a week ago you were braggin' that you liked your room sound. I liked it too. It was acoustically real , like the way it fedback with your drums. Organic and personal, man. Who got to you ? ...is this your idea of "GOING PROFESSIONAL"? Mass appeal, offend no one? I dug seeing your funky jam room, now yo're in some weird abstract flattened blue envelope . . You had it right the first time, man. Another one bites the dust. And the O ring lighting. Now you're just like everybody else. your authenticity cred is in jeopardy. Will pray that you come to your senses. Cheers.
I’ve not heard any of these (probably a blessing). One candidate I have for an all time worst is Beach Boys Concert from 1964. It apparently captured the experience of a Beach Boys concert in that you can barely hear anything above the screaming girls. My brother had it, and was probably duped because it topped the charts and it was a new Beach Boys release (he was 10 and I was five at the time).
Fun stuff, as usual, Andy. Some obvious choices and a few names new to me. You're right; it's about the content but I would say the mic needs some adjusting as you sounded unusually sharp and thin. Liked how your shirt matched the METAL MAGIC album cover.
I remember seeing two copies of "The Epidemics" CD in a delete bin at my favorite CD shop. I remember thinking "It's ECM - this must be great!" I was obviously impressed with the lineup and the cool cover. I bought both CDs ($4.99 each) - one for myself and one for my friend. Well, we listened to my copy with a sense of bewilderment. . . My friend kept his copy sealed and then returned it for a refund! ;)
The Beach Boys song "Summer of Love" was actually a cover from Mike Love's 1981 solo album "Looking Back with Love". He named his 2017 album "Unleash the Love", and in 2023 released "Mike Love Not War"
Summer of Love was not on Mike's 1981 solo album Looking Back with Love
@@drewdewolf7817 damn you're right - I stand corrected - fuzzy brain syndrome
The thing about Hulk Hogan v the Clash album, you'd expect the Hulk's album to be cheesy.
Two Virgins was recorded in 1968.
Yes...got that wrong. They met in 1966 and I assumed that was when they recorded the album
Just love the hijinks with the Unfinished Music #1 album cover. Added a huge degree of value to the actual album.
I do really love this (and laugh at myself too): watching a video over 44 minutes on ten of the worst albums, 🤣!
But, I just couldn’t stop watching...
And, your comments on the ‘why’s’ are more than strong enough too.
Good show!
🖖
Hi Andy, hope you're well, I'm an avid and loyal viewer of your channel!!
I may only be 23 years old but my dad has given me a great musical education through my entire life,
however, I've never heard of any of the albums you mentioned here, neither has my dad!!
Any chance you could do the worst ten albums that are well known to most
which were hugely successful please??
By a country mile, my vote for number 1 in that list without a doubt is The White Album by The Beatles!!
A Momentary Lapse Of Reason by Pink Floyd and Electric Cafe by Kraftwerk could be on the list too,
or perhaps just outside the ten!!
There's a few ideas for you to be getting on with anyway, hope they help??
Many thanks, Natasha xx
I love The White Album!!! I know what you mean. Classic albums that are actually not that great when you actually listen to them. For me that would be Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan, London Calling by The Clash, Any 70s Kiss album, Exile on Mainstreet....there are a few there...
My first stepmother grew up with Elvis in Tupelo, MS. True story....
The first time I remember seeing Corey Feldman, was a small scene in one of my favorite 70's sci-fi movies, "Time after Time".
Great film...
What about Jazz Odyssey?
Just ordered the Nataraja album on Bandcamp. I hope that it's a cut above some of the ones on this list!
The Shaggs,Metal Machine Music and Squeeze (The Velvet Underground),Dirt (live album on Crass Records),...perhaps these were bubbling under !
Every good record needs a good strong bottom end.
There I was preparing to write a defence of The Shaggs, which is usually a nailed on certainty for these kinds of lists but happily, it wasn't there. Good man!
I´m glad too, it is not on this list
Itʻs a masterpiece! Even Zappa recognized that!
Zappa loved The Shaggs. Robert Fripp too!
Good to know, I can watch it now.
Most bad albums are boring imitations of good albums. The Shaggs aren't imitating anybody. They definitely aren't boring.
I remember getting Axe Attack, Highway To Hell and Black Rose for xmas when i wa a kid. 40 + years later and the three albums are 20ft from where I'm sitting writing this
Donny Osmond once made an album called Disco Train.
I got sharp pains to my spleen just reading that!
It's one of my favorite Donny Osmond albums. I love disco in general, too.
I remember somebody saying it should have been called "Two Virgins Discover Crabs."
Two Junkies.
Two Virgins gets put down a lot, but I recently purchased a digital copy and have to say, coming from an ambient/improv/avant-garde perspective myself, those jams are sick! Way cool record.
Great survey as usual. But what's with the grandfather chair in front of a white wall and the microphone? Did you have to sell your vinyl collection in order to keep your station running?
I enjoyed your video ( the beach boys lyric made me laugh out loud) but albums lacked context since i doubt any of your viewers (like me) have heard them. I'd love to have you make a top 10 list of the 10 worst albums by good and great bands. for albums we've likely heard or at least heard of - I can think of albums by the rolling stones, the who and yes, pink floyde. And when it comes to a record so bad its good, what about the legendary Shag?
The Shaggs -'Philosophy of the World' !!!
What a fantastic video have a wonderful day Andy ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊
Thank you! You too!
Hulk Hogan also played the bass guitar on that album!! he was actually a decent player
The rock stuff on there is not too bad
The same Hulk Hogan who turned down the opportunity to be Metallica's base player? The same hot dog skinned chap from Tampa, FL?
Excellent class analysis when dealing with The Clash. They always struck me as a musical equivalent of student protest.
You may be the only reviewer to ever mention Corey Feldman 😂 Well done
I can die happy now
That Dark Side of the Moon comment about the Hulk Hogan album is genius
I have Space Jazz. It's neither spacey nor does it have any jazz in it.
yes....
I believe L.Ron Hubbard also "produced" an album with Edgar Winter. I haven't listened to it, but it has reputation of being dreadful in every way imaginable.
You may have to amend your list.
@@ronnelson7828 That sounds dreadful! I've got to hear it now.
Mardi Gras by Credence Clearwater Revival. I had a collection of free vintage CCR vinyl records in usual rough, often scratchy condition and then there was Mardi Gras which was in near mint shape. I bet the original owner back in 1972 was shocked at CCR bassist Stew Cook's dreadful singing and general mediocre songs written by each band member, then recording the hit songs Some Day Never Comes, and Sweet Hitch Hiker on tape before permanently shelving the album indefinitely.
I love how nearly half of these have featured on Todd in the Shadows Trainwreckords. Oh… Space Jazz isn’t the Edgar Wright album? Jeez.
New to your channel, just binged on the last few weeks’ worth of vids then this popped up - on first blush, who the hell is this guy in the fricken pink floral shirt & what did he do with the cool bloke Andy?!? 🤣
Surprised not to find Pat Boone’s ‘In A Metal Mood’ here
I'm waiting for "The Ten Worst Clickbait Ranking Listicles │RANKED"
Andy Edwards, King Of Lists, saving our precious time while educating. I'm gonna have a crack at No.1. I love that shirt: grunge meets psychedelia.
Topper Headon of The Clash was a fantastic versatile drummer
He played bass on 'Rock the Casbah', too. He was a big jazz fan and got his inspiration from Miles Davis' 'So What'.
Fun episode. I prefer the old production though
Ever hear Marcel Marceau Live or William Shatner albums? (Metal Machine Music is my fave Lou Reed album--yes, I know; I have problems!)
Shatner's 'Has Been' album is surprisingly EXTREMELY good.
you're in good company my friend! I love MMM. have you heard the Quad version? 😜
I checked Shatner's albums out, they are good. MMM is an avant garde classic
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer I agree about MMM. I really admire Reed for issuing it. Allegedly he wanted RCA to release it on Red Seal, their classical label. It reminds me a little bit of Cage's Cartridge Music, but more consistently noisy and less random. Actually, Shatner 's work is so incredibly over the top it's really funny. Leonard Nimoy (who actually could sing) and Anthony Perkins had similarly bizarre albums.
I don't mind the William Shatner albums. Not a loaded comment or ironic, they're alright in my book in the rotation.
Hey! What about Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music" ??
Another great video
Thanks again!
I would nominate anything by Black Oak Arkansas and any early 70s Jefferson Airplane records.
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And anything Grateful Dead
Take out the vocals and the first Black Oak album was pretty good--trash after that.
I've never heard the Corey Feldman album, but as soon as I saw the title of the video I knew it would appear!
Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music has to be up there. I believe he contractually owed an album to RCA and threw out that POS. He had several really bad solo albums. I also think Van Morrison owed an album contractually early in his solo career and recorded songs written from reading ingredients on canned goods etc.
Kudos to you for actually sitting through these horrific albums.
If you want to endure something horrific try 'Marble Index' by Nico. It'll tax you more than you could ever imagine !
the new mic is nice but please invest in a pop shield for the next one
Oppppps
I thought a pop shield was that he wood knot put any bland pop music on his list
I want to suggest that you missed "The Shaggs", and Jandek's "Ready for the House".
On wikipedia it says Tony Bramwell set up the camera with a five second delay so they could take the pictures. 14:19
sorry, my post above meant to write at the end The Shags (or Shaggs)
Thank you very much for that. Gooood knowledges.
‘American Prayer’ by Jim Morrison deserves a mention, released in 1978 it splices his disembodied monologues with lounge jazz stylings from the surviving Doors. In terms of tarnishing a legacy this album is a terrible warning.
I agree, but a lot more people would never, because he the Be All, End All don’t’cha know.? 😂Cheers mate!!
Ghost Song is pretty good.
@@Skycladatdusk78 It’s tolerable but still superfluous.
It's far better than Other Voices
Thats about the best thing anyone can say about ‘American Prayer’.
Brilliant - completely brilliant! I have to listen to these albums.
I like to see you embracing your inner Leonard Pinth Garnell.
The Hulk Hogan album sounds touching.
I'm not from that generation, but I've been listening to the Elvis satellite radio channel on road trip recently. It's fun music.
Xenu be praised!
Who?
This fat guy who was a hunk a hunk of burning love.@@bnjmnwst
@@bnjmnwst Xenu
@@colinburroughs9871 I say again; Who?
@@bnjmnwst I feel like this is a good time to suggest typing into this here youtube thing, "South Park, Xenu" for the inside scoop.
Damn Dude, that was hilarious!
What a hoot!!
1.
Q: What's the best thing about Elvis Presley's singing?
A: When he's singing, he's not acting.
2.
Haven't you heard? Everything changes except the avant gard.
3.
Punctuation.
Regarding "Elvis Having Fun..." "The Byrds" leader, Roger McGuinn has a similar style album, but this one is FANTASTIC!" It is called "Roger McGuinn: Live From Mars."
It is Roger alone onstage with his 12-string and a microphone and his memories! 🤗
Spot on Andy. I'm 68 and have played guitar since 15 and I do love your content. I remember back in the early 70's seeing John Lennon's album with Yoko when shopping in a music store(Tower Records?) and, as a young teenager I thought it was disgusting. I just checked out 'brokeNCYDE, absolute idiotic dreck. If this is where music is going we in deep shiite.
Those reviews on Amazon were probably parodies. There were a lot of them until Amazon cracked down on it a few years ago. The Pantera lyrics reminded me that they've started production on "Spinal Tap II." Glad I've never owned nor listened to any of these albums.
Lookin’ psychedelic today, Andy!
Excitation is a real word for us scientists. There's acoustic excitation in every song you hear, even the unrubbish ones.
Very entertaining
Neil Young has made hundreds of albums that seem to suck deliberately. For just fun to piss off record executives. His oeuvre has returned to Spotify so you can explore yourself.
I see that David Lynch took his hair back
My friends and i would gather about once a month and make a "Bad Record Party". For my input, and probably the others ontheir own days, would go to The Potters House Thrift Store with thousands of records, comnb through for a few minutes with decisions made by primarily album art/usually artist or group photos with whatever essence of the time: 80's lazer bars, fonts, make up..etc.
p.s. first time to channel, as soon as i heard 10 worst prog albums, i knew i would be watchiung more videos in the library