Your favorite albums that, objectively, are total disasters

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Rick Reuben wrote:I'll nominate Miles Davis' On The Corner as a record that most people did not get when they heard it, and did not want when they heard it. On The Corner was a record that repelled Miles Davis listeners. Metal Machine Music definitely repelled Lou Reed listeners. These are records that fit the category of 'disasters', because only minorities of both fans and critics liked them initially.

I think that many of the previous nominations to the 'disaster' category in this thread are records that were actually consistent with the artist's prior oeuvre, and did not repel their established fan base. They fit the category of 'weird, fucked up music', but maybe not the category of 'disaster'.


i'll nod in agreement to this post.
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Your favorite albums that, objectively, are total disasters

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Rick Reuben wrote:I'll nominate Miles Davis' On The Corner as a record that most people did not get when they heard it, and did not want when they heard it. On The Corner was a record that repelled Miles Davis listeners. Metal Machine Music definitely repelled Lou Reed listeners. These are records that fit the category of 'disasters', because only minorities of both fans and critics liked them initially.

I think that many of the previous nominations to the 'disaster' category in this thread are records that were actually consistent with the artist's prior oeuvre, and did not repel their established fan base. They fit the category of 'weird, fucked up music', but maybe not the category of 'disaster'.


OK. That works. Based on that criteria, Third/Sister Lovers is definitely a huge disaster. It got released four years after it was recorded, after all.

Granted, on that basis we could also include something like the Doors' The Soft Parade as well, but I don't know anyone who likes that ridiculous pile of shit, even ironically.
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