Albums that did the opposite of grow on you

Watershed - Opeth

There's just something off about this album, perhaps the addition of two new musicians kinda shakes things up, but overall my main complaint is that the songwriting isn't up to the previous standards. Way too much "Touch and Go" or "Stop and Start" going on in the songs. You'll have a really cool riff and section suddenly abruptly interrupted by a minute of soft, somewhat ambient mellotron passages. Some songs will just completely stop and fade back in (Porcelain Heart). I liked this album a lot when I first discovered it, but repeated listens have left me feeling very cold towards it. It just sounds like all their Death Metal energy is used up, I believe the stylistic change that followed was necessary.

Larks Tongues in Aspic - King Crimson

There was a point where I really enjoyed this album, but in the past year or so, I just haven't been able to enjoy it. I can appreciate the innovative work they're doing but I feel like King Crimson works better when their songs have more structure to them (Red, Court, Discipline). I've also found that I think there's a bit too much downtime in many of the songs for my tastes.

Script For a Jesters Tear - Marillion

I loved this one so much when I first heard it that I went right out and bought a copy off discogs, but for some reason over repeated listens the album just stopped doing anything for me. I can recognize that the songs are all pretty strong and have great melodies, but I usually find my attention drifting off for some reason. I love Misplaced Childhood, but i've come to the conclusion Marillion just isn't for me. Believe me, i've really tried.

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Genesis - Nursery Cryme & Trespass

Almost all albums grow on me somewhat but those two just get worse with time

 

Electric Light Orchestra - I used to love the pop of "Face the Music", "A New World's Record" and so on, but now I can't stand them.  The only ELO albums I still appreciate are their first two.

 

 

Styx and Kansas were the bands that got me into prog, still adore Kansas, these days for Styx I only really ever (rarely at that) come back to Pieces of Eight and The Mission.

PG led Genesis when he gets too wordy doesn't sit well anymore but its still great music.  Most everything that I thought was great has stayed that way for me, although I don't always have they same desire to hear them as often.  

Floyd in general suffered from over play by people around me. But I still liked them, even The Wall. It was when I heard The Final Cut, which really seemed like a rehash of The Wall, that I really came to the realization of what a huge self-indulgent pity party Roger Waters was throwing for himself.

Dream Theater in general has not aged well at all for me. I was an early adopter. But around 1997, which coincided with the internet becoming an actual usable thing, I started finding more sources of progressive rock and metal, DT's music really started feeling like a place holder. Images and Words had 4 tracks I really enjoyed. Awake 2. So both of those albums really un-grew on me.