The album that dissapointed you heavily

What's the name of the album that have you dissapointed most or betrayed (so to say) your expectations. Let's say that you'd rated it with one (*) or two stars (**) in your review.

Spock's Beard - Beware of Darkness

As I've recounted before; I was poor, I could afford one CD, I had read masses of rave reviews of this band online, and I was just horrified.

Now, had people actually mentioned their AOR streak, I might not have made that purchase, and maybe later come to terms with them on more realistic terms.

Marillion - Misplaced Chidhood

I was a huge Marillion fan back in the day. This album came out while we were interrailing in the UK, me and my biggest Prog buddy at the time. We carried it around for a few days, reading the lyrics and studying the sleeve before finally getting the chance to listen to it at his cousin's house.

I remember the both of us just looking at each other in confusion; was this really the band we had hitchhiked to Copenhagen to see? The one we hade queued for a week to get Stockholm tickets? The one we had interviewed all members of (not just Fish)? It was just baffling.

That one time through was all we had for a week or so (a week in which we saw IQ live four times), and we would discuss it every now and again, agreeing that surely we would find more than some segued Pop tunes in those two epics once we got back home. Sadly, we never did.

Talvin Singh - Ha

Talvin Singh's first "proper" album OK is still one of the great 90's Electronica albums with fantastic Indian strings, som really complex structures and fun and adventurous tunes (Prog, if you ask me). So, for the follow-up to be just lacklustre and repetitive, with overtones of House (gah!) was a terrible disappointment. I pull it out every now and again thinking it must be better than I remember it. Nope.

Six Degrees of Inner Trubulence has its moments but I was definitely expecting more. big disapointment

Dream Theater - Octovarium (didn't know DT before this, it was OK but didn't really light my fire);

If we are talking about prog: Tormato... after such a great album that was Going for the one the same lin up comes up with this? its probobly not the worst album i have ever heard it got some good stuff but if you comper it with GFTO its pathetic.

Well, there are lots that failed to come up to scratch.......one notable one, not because everyone else rated it highly (they didn't), but because of my own self-constructed expectation........Greg Lake's "solo" album (with Gary Moore)............I figured together they ought to produce something different.........but it's very disappointing, inferior even to many of Moore's solo works.........just semi-heavy rock, played at half intensity........

Camel - Rain dances. This album was like ten steps back from the incredible Moonmadness. It broke my heart 

Mago de Oz - Gaia II. Another dissapointment. They turned more commercial album after album, but strangely, they become more porggier album after album. Some songs from the first disc and some from the second disc (+ the epic wich its a must listen) are the ones worth saving.

Djam Karet  live at the orion, I listened to it a few times but found I didn`t get into it, a very arty farty  CD I think (talented band though)  I kept thinking that if I am going to listen to this type of stuff I`ll stick with King Crimson, they do arty farty best. So in the end I didn`t enjoy Djam Karet it was weird? I should have liked them but I didn`t.  Another band I am having trouble getting into is After Crying  . I like some aspects of  the bootleg symphony  (in places its warm and lush) but once again a little over the top on the arty farty scale of things   
 

Edited by Masque - June 08 2006 at 09:35

definetly Tubular Bells 2.

On the progressive side of things. There have been a few albums that have let me down. I think the most out of these would have to be.

Utopia - Todd Rundgren's Utopia

After hereing the streamed track here on the archives, "Utopia Theme" quickly became one of those song I could listen to on repeat. In the course of time, I stubbled across the album in my local store. I thought I was in heaven... I could hardly wait to get home to put the disc in my player. Putting it on, the farmiliar sound of the first song hit me like it never had before. Now coming up to the unknown tracks of the album. I found the middle tracks just seemed filler till the epic of the album. So in anticipation I wait. But the last track did nothing for me as well, it just seemed to wonder with no real direction.

Time and time again I try to relisten to this album think I have missed something but everytime fails to provoke positive emotions. So I guess that is my disappointment in progressive rock.