The album that dissapointed you heavily

"Under Wraps" by Jethro Tull.

Another one that disappointed me was Gong's Continental Circus.  It is not at all like their other music from that time.

Everything after Gong's radio gnome invisible trilogy was quite a dissapointment for me. Gazeuse, espresso II  and shamal are good albums, but the magic is gone...
Same story for the Soft Machine after Third.

The prog albums that have disappointed me the most would be:

1. Tales from Topographic Oceans by Yes - It's just too much. I expected it to be as good as Close to the Edge, but it really isn't. Mostly, it sounds like two painstakingly long discs of nothing but jamming. It's too ambitious. Whatever the idea behind this album was, even though the members of the band are all very skilled, Yes' talent was simply not enough to make this album enjoyable.
2. Permanent Waves by Rush - Everyone adores it, but I just can't see why. To me it sounds watery and boring. I can't see what the hype is about.
3. Empire by Queensrÿche - Same thing as with Permanent Waves, everyone loves it, but I can't see what's so fantastic about it. Maybe I just need to listen to it more...

  My most disappointing album of all time would be And Then There were Three. It is not such a bad album but it told me that the Genesis I loved was dead andgone. No more creative vocalising and intrigueing lyrics from Peter and atmospheric guitar playying from Steve, istrumental tracks or even keyboard solos from Tony and Phil Collins brilliant drumming was being subsumed by machines. Tony Banks also said that this was the album he was least happy with and Phil Collins said it had good parts and a couple of good tracks only.

crimson thing wrote: Ghost Rider wrote: It's quite funny... Some people were disappointed by albums that are widely considered masterpieces! Well, we're all different, and this is a good thing indeed. BTW, how come that no one mentioned one of the biggest prog disappointments of all time - Asia's self-titled debut album? Which reminds me, and I know I'll be slated for this, but I had high hopes when I bought UK's first album - but it just doesn't click with me - 4 great musicians who just don't quite gel.

The experience I had with UK's debut was that, when I first listened to it, it didn't impress me too much - then, after a couple more listens, it become one of my favourite albums in prog. Asia, however...

Ashlee Simpson - I Am Me

Selling England By The Pound

Myxamatosis wrote: micky wrote: Myxamatosis wrote: ELP - Brain Salad Surgery Loved the first and Trilogy, but this one was just boring and over-long. Karn Evil 9 is a joke! hahahah... for once... I'm not laughing   Far from a joke I'd say but  for what it's worth I've never put Karn Evil 9 up with the Close the Edge's, Hamburger Concerto's, Zarathustra's, and Supper's Ready's of the prog world.  It's too discumbobulated for me.  The musicianship is nothing short of incredible.... the composition itself..... nah....  Tarkus I thought was ELP's shining moment... with Toccata not far behind. Yeah, the musicianship is amazing but the song is just ridiculous. It's too long and too many of the sections sound very similar. I usually get bored with it 5 minutes in when I try to listen to it...if there was some more variation then it would have been more listenable. One of the only good things about BSS is the cover. It is one of the most over-rated albums on this website (or any prog website, for that matter).

oh no....not overrated my friend....  while Karn Evil 9 isn't up at the very top of the list on the side-long epics (IMO of course).... many here would consider it underrated along with ELP in general.  While Karn Evil 9 (to put it in baseball terms) wasn't a home run I'd say it was a 3 bagger hahahah. The sections don't work well for me...but that's about it... musianship-wise ..it torches anything Genesis did..or many groups did for that matter.  Toccata is really the gem on that album.. and going by threads and polls here... you'd never know it.  Short of Los Canarios 'Ciclos' I can't think of a better (and far and away most original/creative) classical adaptation ever done by a prog group. Jerusalem..while not English and familiar with it's history...is I understand a great version of a song that is reverred by the English.  As far as Lake ballads go...Still You Turn Me On.. is a great song to huddle up with your favorite prog chick with (though the infamous rhyming section is cringworthy)... and Benny the Bouncer is another great one in the line of ELP 'joke' songs.  Sorry it's not overrated... that would assume that many posters are singing it's praises here...and that...they are not.

man@arms wrote: Ashlee Simpson - I Am Me   I'm dissapointed in anyone who bought this rubbish