Your Worst Purchase

Probably my most disappointing purchase would be Gowan - Great Dirty World.

I bought it sight unseen from Columbia House years ago because the description compared it to KC and Yes. When I got it, I found out the description was based on Jon Anderson doing backups on one track, and Tony Levin playing session bass. It was not prog, just crappy, wimpy pop. Gowans vocals made Jon's singing sound positively testosterone laden. Wimpy indeed.

Speaking of Christopher Cross, HE would chuckle and call Gowan wimpy.


Edited by Nipsey88

-Rick Wakeman: King Arthur... -- A few shining moments, but the vocals completely ruin it.
-Patrick Moraz: Story of I -- I listened to this album so many times, but it simply comes across as cheesy.  There was really only 1 excellent song on the whole album.
-Yes: Big Generator -- Its only saving grace is Holy Lamb.
-Jethro Tull: Under Wraps -- Its only saving grace is Under Wraps #2.
-Jethro Tull: Dot Com -- eh... unfortunately just did not impress me
-King Crimson: The Power to Believe -- Although I do admit I've only listened a handful of times....
-Kansas: Leftoverture -- One of the newest additions to my prog collection.  Magnum Opus is a great piece of prog, but the rest of the album is pretty much ruined by the vocals.  For me, it is the cheesy 80's power pop vocals mixed with (pretty darn good) prog music.  Unfortunately, vocals usually make or break albums.

Fortunately though, I don't think there is a single CD I own that is awful all the way through.  But as your prog collection gets larger and larger, you just don't get a chance to listen to these lesser albums.


Edited by mickstafa

Not neccesarily worst but I did not like Dream Theater's Octavarium and Symphony X's V.......

 

But I love those bands by the way.....

It has to Be Triumvirat - Spartacus

After the first four note, i tought i had made a mistake and put Trilogy...I listen to it tought in its entire and what a piece of crap i found it was.

Then probably go Barcley James Harvest - Baby James Harvest

Really, a mediocre band, and a booooring cd ! "Thank you" is probably the worst song ever create in music !!

mickstafa wrote: -Kansas: Leftoverture -- One of the newest additions to my prog collection.  Magnum Opus is a great piece of prog, but the rest of the album is pretty much ruined by the vocals.

hmm... I thought that was a great album, but hey, I respect your opinion.

It was my first (and only) DT album as well. I guess something in the music is just missing for me
I'll give it another go though, then maybe I'll come to appreciate it as well

Dr Know wrote: Nevermind? A good album?

Good joke, yeah!

I bought a Steve Vai album - Passion and Warfare - completely soulless, fancy licks at the expense of the music, self-indulgent, musical masturbation. Ab-so-lu-te-ly bloody awful.  

^^^^...and I have to agree with VdGG about Octavarium....my first experience of DT, very disappointing....


Edited by Phil

chamberry wrote: Im very dissapointed with Discipline I couldn't believe that one of my fav bands had made a bad album

Now I see that I am not alone with this. IMO Discipline is the worst album ever made by KC. OK it's among three weakest works by them (the other two are Perfect pair and Beat), but this is the one which I do not like one single track from. And I never heard anyone else to share my negative feelings about it. 

"Out of Water" by Peter Hammill, seems to have only one redeeming song "A Way Out" the rest I just can't get on with, and yes I love Hammill as you can tell from the nick, but really it is the most...disappointed i've been with a CD - of course there are a million worse albums out there y'know.