Worst Prog Albums/Songs

In which case I would also like to point out that everything is simply an opinion. By someone saying that an album is 'the worst', this is merely their own view point, even if a number of people agree. Maybe someone else happens to like that 'rubbish' album, and to them it is great. For example (as I sure you will agree), Britney Spear's music aren't the most outstanding compositions (although produced very well), although many people, and proabably more than are fans of Yes, would say that her music is great.

Im not trying to be annoying, it just comes naturally.  At the end of day, difference in opinions are what makes the world go round.

I like to be fair and respectful to people's opinions on what they like, so I will not criticize to harshly.  I will simply just tell the Truth:

owenrees82 wrote: In which case I would also like to point out that everything is simply an opinion. By someone saying that an album is 'the worst', this is merely their own view point, even if a number of people agree. Maybe someone else happens to like that 'rubbish' album, and to them it is great. For example (as I sure you will agree), Britney Spear's music aren't the most outstanding compositions (although produced very well), although many people, and proabably more than are fans of Yes, would say that her music is great. Im not trying to be annoying, it just comes naturally.  At the end of day, difference in opinions are what makes the world go round.

I take on board and agree with most of this but everything is not just about opinions. Some things can be measured. Like is the drummer playing in time, is the singer singing in tune etc. In all the albums of theirs I have heard, Pink Floyd's Nick Mason has never played out of time. Nothing on their albums sounds intrinsically wrong for a measurable reason. Sure plenty of people may not like it, but no-one could say it is badly played. Roger Waters voice may not be the greatest but to my ear he doesn't sing out of tune.
Musicians do grades to measure their ability. The examiner is there to precisely measure the ability of the player to see if they play in tune and in time. Then there is musicality which is very open to the interpretation of the examiner. The same applies with all arts subjects and language. Is the spelling good, is the grammar correct and then comes the interpretation part and the overall use of language which is subjective.
The albums I nominated, especially Realm and The Field I did so because there are times on these albums where the drummer is not in time, the singing is desperately off key, the guitar run has the wrong number of notes in it for it to be played in time and finish the bar with the rest of the band.
These are measurably bad things and for most people would be very noticable and would put you off listening to an album. The quality of composition is almost entirely subjective but the quality of performance can be objective up to a point.
It is fine by me for you to dislike Pink Floyd and to think they are boring, I don't have a problem with that at all. I just cannot believe that you can justify saying that Shine On You Crazy Diamond is bad.

(looks left, looks right)

Edited by The Whistler - November 05 2006 at 00:53

Hi all,  I think that "the worst" is in general the worst album of your favourite bands, the one that left you a big delusion. For me, Caravan's "Back to Front", or YES "Big Generator" are in this list.

Hmm....Opeth - Orchid is pretty bad. It wouldn't be that bad if it weren't for the hideous excuse for production they used on that. I spent $300 on some digital recording equipment and am running it on my personal computer, and I sound better than that.