claret59 9:14 Sun Aug 21
Slagged off albums that you really like
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showing my age here free - free at last jethro tull - passion play beatles - let it be led zeppelin - the song remains the same (in fact most live albums from the seventies) bruce springsteen - human touch/lucky town rolling stones - dirty work pink floyd - atom heart mother ( pushing that a little)
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claret59
5:37 Sat Aug 27
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dowie i love mule variations.... and bone machine, which apparently slagged off too.
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dm
11:30 Fri Aug 26
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Dowies Love Child
I absolutely love Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking. but then I would, I just love all of Waters' solo rock albums. And the period of Pink Floyd when he was the main driving force ie Wish You Were Here to The Final Cut.
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Dowies Love Child
10:25 Fri Aug 26
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I don't know if it was slagged off or not but I do know a lot of people hated it but I loved "Pros and Cons of hitch-hiking" by Roger Waters. Other albums I give a nudge occasionally which a lot of people have little time for are: Welcome to the pleasure dome - Frankie goes to Hollywood. Second coming - The Stone Roses Mule Variations - Tom Waits Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon
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Timmy Breacker
12:51 Fri Aug 26
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Another Weller addition... 'Confessions of a pop group' by The Style Council. A few of Weller's best songs imo (Changing of the guard, It's a very deep sea, The little boy in the castle (although i think that was Mick Talbot?), The gardener of Eden and the eponymous song.
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Billy Blagg
2:47 Thu Aug 25
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero 12:22 Thu Aug 25
Agreed. 'Too Rye Aye' certainly wasn't slagged off - quite rightly, it's superb - it's the ubiquitous title track at weddings that has done for it and the subsequent reappraisal of suddenly discovering you have an Irish heritage. Few if any of those albums mentioned so far were considered poor at the time.
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only1billybonds
12:54 Thu Aug 25
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dm.
This is why there is no such thing 'bad' music, someone somewhere will love a song/album which others cannot stand. Your post is a great example. Argus is in my top 10 albums of all time and i went out and biught Tapestry as a 12 year old and still listen to it now.
And like Tak said earlier,paying heed to critics is pointless,if you like something then you wont be swayed by someone who has no time fot it.
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dm
12:09 Thu Aug 25
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The other side of the coin is albums that everyone raves about, but dies nothing for you subjectively.
At the risk of upsetting one or two on here, albums that every once in a while I try again to see what the fuss is about include:
Wishbone Ash - Argus. sorry but it just sounds like a mediocre 70s rock album to me.
Camel - Rajaz. I'm very sorry indeed, because despite me generally really liking the later Camel albums, Rajaz doesn't grab at all and I don't know why.
Carol King - Tapestry. I did try, but it wasn't my cup of tea.
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mallard
11:54 Thu Aug 25
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Heavy Soul -;Paul Weller
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Sydney_Iron
11:31 Thu Aug 25
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Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers
Hop around the clock
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Son of Sam
11:07 Thu Aug 25
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Out of the Blue - ELO
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SecondOpinion
10:55 Thu Aug 25
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Early Floyd is great
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Takashi Miike
9:05 Thu Aug 25
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who honestly gives a shit about critics? you like what you like
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
12:22 Thu Aug 25
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I see people are missing the whole 'albums that were slagged' thing now.
Critics almost wanked themselves senseless over Four Way Street.
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zebthecat
12:18 Thu Aug 25
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I never really liked Atom Heart Mother. Meddle is favourite as, the one with dog apart, every tune is superb and Echoes is genius. Also love The Wall, Piper, Wish you were Here and Saucerful of Secrets. The final cut does nothing for me and the less said about the post Waters stuff the better.
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dm
12:11 Thu Aug 25
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I've always loved Atom Heart Mother and The Final Cut
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dm
12:10 Thu Aug 25
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agree with TonkaToy
Queen - Hot Space (apart from Body Language)
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Mike Oxsaw
10:04 Wed Aug 24
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I'm another big fan of Atom Heart Mother.
It's Floyd, Jim, but not as we know it.
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Billy Blagg
9:00 Wed Aug 24
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I've long championed Atom Heart Mother and simply don't see why it's now regarded as being 'poor'. It wasn't at the time. 'Passion Play' though is truly awful.
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martinbritt_63
8:42 Wed Aug 24
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Four Way Street - CSN&Y
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zebthecat
9:15 Tue Aug 23
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british is best 8:52 Tue Aug 23
That wasn't slagged off at all. The critics loved it and it won a few awards.too.
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british is best
8:52 Tue Aug 23
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The Verve's . Urban hymns . Ridiculously good overshadowed by oasis and blur at the time but even 25 years later still stands up
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