Pete. I love when you do series of this nature. Knowing you all these years, I actually guessed 8 of your 20 without seeing the episode. Thought that was pretty good. Great episode; thanks again for your time 👍💯
Diver Down sounds like an album the record company forced them to make. 100% agree on The Wall. Never Understood the love for this album. Pales in comparison to the three before it.
Cool video Pete, I guess I'm a little different but I love ultimate sin and point of entry . But that's what makes music so great 👍. We all hear it different. Thanks for the video sir
I agree with you about Point of Entry, but I also feel the same way about British Steel. Sure, it's a classic album with classic songs, but I prefer the intricate, sophisticated albums of the seventies. I think Hellbent for Leather is a much better version of the more direct Judas Priest sound. British Steel is kinda Fisher Price metal. It's a great gateway album, but then you want something with more meat. But I will say that it's better than Point of Entry.
This episode is spot on. I think we all have albums that we just like a little although others love. For me, Van Halen is a great example, Diver down, Fair Warning, Women and children first.. Uriah Heep - Salisbury Deep Purple - Who do you think ... Jethro Tull - Too old .... Accept - Russian roulette Jimi Hendrix - Band of gypsies Queen - A day at the races There are surely other albums that I really tried to love but no. Great exercise. The beauty of personal likes and dislikes.
Off the top of my head: Black Sabbath - Sabotage Judas Priest - British Steel Kiss - Revenge, Destroyer Anathema - The Silent Enigma Opeth - Ghost Reveries
"Ghost Reveries" is an interesting choice. I am inclined to agree with you. It has great stuff on it but if I was told there was one of the first 9 I could never listen to again it would probably be "Ghost Reveries"
I really love Sacred Heart but I kind of get you. Hungry For Heaven is kind of pop but he is just cranking at full power on JUST HOLD OOOOOOOOON! and it's so good.
I’m with you on Topographic Oceans, Works I, London Town, Sacred Heart, and Americana-era Grateful Dead. But I love Diver Down (it’s huge fun) and All Things Must Pass. That 50th anniversary remix of All Things Must Pass was really enlightening for me - it brought me closer to the songs than I’ve ever been. As for one I can’t get into as much as everybody else does: Exile on Main Street. I can’t understand the damn words!
My favorite band is Yes and l TOTALLY agree with your thoughts on Tales from Topographic Oceans. Or, as my old boss used to call it at the record store: Tales from Topolographic Lotion. And he thought that was the title. No joke.
"Squeeze Box" a song I've been hearing on the radio since 1974... out of all the who songs to keep puting in people's ears...why that one I'll never know.
Hey Mr.Pete, I'm a huge Beatles fan and man, I couldn't agree more about London Town (yawn) & I'm not B.S. ing you. I feel the same way about All Things Must Pass. Definitely too bloated. A single album would have been great. So happy it's not just me! Merry Christmas to you & your family & a very Happy New Year!!! Edit: Right on about The Wall!!! Thank you!! Again, glad it's not only me. I like some of it but I don't love it
The thing I love about ATMP, is all the crappy little throw away tracks. "I Dig Love" though, woof. There is enough meat in the album so that the weird little songs are charming. I kind of feel the same away about Diver Down. If you enjoy an artist/group so much, you want to hear the throw away tracks, the sh!t.
Pete, A lot of these albums on your list are albums that tons of other fans have similar issues with so I wouldn’t be too hard on yourself for that. But I totally get wanting to like all the albums of bands that are your favorites.
Agreed with all except the Wall and Diver Down. I get Diver Down because the excessive amount of covers, but the originals are so great, and the covers for me get van halenized enough for me to dig them as well. Really enjoyed this video, and now I want to come up with my own list.
Totally agree with you on Diver Down, same issues for me! UFO No Place to Run though, that's probably my favorite UFO record. I do agree some in regards to the lack of production, but I think the songs are excellent. I really didn't like it intially either because Schenker was gone, but it became my favorite in time.
Steely Dan: Gaucho Dire Straits: Communique Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down Pink Floyd: The Wall(thanks Pete) All of these have songs I enjoy/adore, but other songs I find boring.
Communique takes quite a bit of playing but eventually once you realize the muscle shows rhythm section and you listen to the song structures it becomes a really good album it took a while to grow on me
@truckerkevthepaidtourist I find Portobello Belle and Angel Of Mercy boring, Single Handed Sailor a bit repetitive. The rest of the album is the usual Dire Straits/MK greatness/excellence
Can't agree more about Diver Down. When Eddie died, I tried to revisit the whole catalog....and I won't do that again. I concluded that Fair Warning and VH debut are a couple of the best albums in existence. VH2, Women and Children First, 1984 are great. Diver Down and ANYTHING with anyone but Dave singing are just over-commercialized. I do really like the song 5150. Saw them on the 5150 tour and it was one of the most energetic concerts I've seen....loved it. But after that, nothing since has interested me....and whenever I've tried, it's downright painful. To me...VH is to hard rock, what Metallica is to Thrash.
Judas Priest is one of my all-time favourite bands and people keep calling „British Steel“ the greatest thing they ever did, but I just don‘t love it. I like it a lot, I respect it for its influence, and there are some great songs on it - „Breaking The Law“, „Grinder“, „Metal Gods“, „Steeler“… but then, you got tracks like „Living After Midnight“ or „United“, which I can‘t really get into. As I said, I like the album, but I just think Priest have a bunch of others that speak to me way more.
This is a great concept. I thought of a few as I was listening to your list. Some on your list I agree with, and I have to give you props for picking “American Beauty” and “All Things Must Pass”. Ballsy Pete! 😆 Here are a few for me: Judas Priest-Point of Entry Eagles-Long Run Fleetwood Mac-Tusk Foreigner-Agent Provocateur The Cars-Panorama Kiss-The Elder Metallica-Hardwired Motley Crue-Theatre of Pain The Police-Zenyatta Mondatta Rolling Stones-Exile on Main Street (possibly my ballsy pick?) Supertramp-Famous Last Words
@@seekah1 There isn’t anything WRONG with them really and I don’t dislike them. I just find Tusk a little too diverse and long for my liking. FLW to me was a step done from BIA which was kind of my gateway into them and a major record in my formative years. 😎
As someone who's a huge Beatles fan, I actually feel the same way you do about All Things Must Pass. Don't want more, though. I think it's enough and the anniversary remix didn't really change my mind even a little bit. Ha.
George Harrison All Things Must Pass and Ozzy Ultimate Sin got some love for. Lots of albums that reach us to hear and we all hear things differently The choices Pete can level and agree along to almost all of them with you. TC all
Diver Down is the most fun album VH made. Each member gets their moment in the sun. No one was talking about “half covers” until Ed did that interview after Dave left and they were on their we hate Dave tour and he said that.
Fun, if you mean laughed at, due to it's runtime - 31 minutes and 4 seconds - and charging $8.98. Not one of my friends bought this album, and we moved on to Rush and Iron Maiden.
I really like Never Say Die. Is it the best Black Sabbath album? Of course not. But I do think it's a solid album. First heard it at the end of the '90's and I was expecting to hate it due to its reputation, but, to my surprise, I liked it right away. The Sabbath albums I just can't get into are the Tony Martin ones. Yeah, I know, the TM albums seem to be hailed like it's the Second Coming nowadays, but they just don't do much for me. I'm still trying, though. I even bought the Anno Domini box set, so the intention is there. 😅
Two that come to mind for me would be Tales From Topographic Oceans and Brave from Marillion. I want to love them, but they just haven't clicked with me. Scott Lade says "keep trying" and that's what I'm gonna do. Happy Holidays Pete!
Brave is a tough but rewarding listen BUT it is not a casual listening album. You have to be in one of those deep, dark, reflective moods otherwise it is just depressing. I don't reach for it often and reach for other Marillion (both incarnations). I enjoy it but I have to be in that certain mood.
Almost all of these choices I agree with, exceptions are albums i don't love and never thought I should love (such as the Journey or the Springsteen or the wings) and of course The Wall, which is a masterpiece. The george Harrison i agree with. I SALUTE the Tales from Soporific oceans call! I also vehemently disagree with Who by Numbers. It's Townshend's rawest, most personal batch of songs - except Squeeze Box, which is trash.
🦂LAFS, coming home has become it's standout. lovedrive has gained more & more momentum...especially, michael's solos on the title track & another piece of meat💥
LAFS is such a classic album, still love it so much but that's the Scorps era I prefer the most. Still have so much love for The Ultimate Sin, some amazing Jake on there, third fave Ozzy album after the classic two easily.
Wish You Were Here Screaming For Vengeance Lodger Hell Awaits I never liked Demons and Wizards in my youth despite everybody telling me I should love it. However one day it just clicked. Now I do love that album. Not sure why it took so many listens to finally get it!
ELO - Out of the Blue: Many people's favorites, even some of the band members. I think it would've been a great single record. Too much filler and some of the tunes sound derivative of stuff that was on my favorite ELO record, "A New World Record." All Things Was Pass - had a lot of filler, but the first LP in the set is a masterpiece. I like American Beauty a lot by the Grateful Dead. I think UFO Mechanix is a way better album than most people think. One or two weak tunes, but nearly every UFO albums had weak tracks - even in the Michael Schenker era.
i should love it, but i don't. sgt. peppers. sticky fingers. topographic oceans (with you pete !!! sounds like a good idea, but...). the wall. phil collins solo albums. velvet underground.
Agree with a lot of your pickings ,except maybe for that yes album.I have a problem with The Lamb of Gensis,don't have a copy of that album,I think I understand why Gabriel left the band afterwards. The Trick of tail is so much better for me anyway
Johnny Blade from Sabbath's Never Say Die is one of my all-time favourite riffs. Aerosmith's Pump album was, for me, confirmation of their decline and no longer a sassy, funky, messy (in a good way) great rock 'n' roll band. They morphed into a record company loving corporate commercial entity without balls aside from the odd track that harked back to their 70's glory days.
Completely agree on The Wall. Can't listen to it, though I love a few of the songs. I'll add Rush - Hemispheres. Rush is a favorite of mine, and many fans love this one, but I think it's just okay, and I never reach for it.
A lot of these make sense knowing your taste and I would agree with most. Quite surprised by The Ultimate Sin. Thought you would have loved the Jake E Lee work there. It’s a favorite of mine. Really interesting topic!
Van Morrison-Astral Weeks Wishbone Ash-Argus Steely Dan-Aja King Crimson-Discipline Jimi Hendrix-Axis: Bold as Love Those would probably be the worst 'offenders'. I don't hate any of them, though.
@@paulbrookes413 I think that about half of it is ok, but the rest a giant bore. Still, it's on many 'greatest albums ever' lists, and I just don't get it. I love Saint Dominic's Preview and Moondance, though.
I disliked Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence so much when I first bought it that I sold it to a co-worker for $5. Now when I listen to that album, I cannot fathom what I was thinking. It is great. Sometimes our ears and brain just don't get it.
Two that spring to mind for me are "Virgin Killers" by The Scorpions and "Dark Side of the Moon." I also agree on "Diver Down," which is the weakest VH album outside of the Gary Cherone one. Ted Templeman thought it was easier to start with a known hit, hence the covers. Personally I've always hated every version of "Pretty Woman." There are other albums by people I like that I just hate, but that's another show.
Number of the Beast, to me, is clearly inferior to Piece of Mind, Powerslave and even Somwhere In Time, but it's always hailed as Maiden's masterpiece.
I saw the Beast and Piece tours. I find Powerslave unlistenable because of Bruce Dickinson/Adrian Smith, who together IMO, have a tin-ear for melodies, and their compositions began to show up on Maiden releases. Two Minutes to Midnight and Back In The Village? The songs are shit, sorry. Whereas, Steve Harris is the best songwriter in metal history, bar-none. Killers and Piece are Maiden's best studio albums.
@@seekah1 I am cursed with perfect pitch, Dickinson-Smith compositions are the reason I no longer follow/listen to Iron Maiden. You either have an ear for melody or you don't. They don't. Steve Harris and Phil Mogg are the finest composers in rock history. Because they do.
Never say die,rust in peace,for those about to rock,savage amusement,the black album,come to mind when ive played them and still cant say i like any of them for the most part x and ive tried,i could seriously keep going just off the top of my head here lol im a fan in varying degrees to all the bands albums ive mentioned btw x
With Grand Funk Phoenix I couldn't stand it when it first came out but over the years I have grown to like it. I think it following on from E Pluribus was a problem and there is less guitar moments on Phoenix.
Two that come to mind instantly happen to be double albums, and one of them is "The Wall" for me also. It's just too long, too depressing and, for me at least, the whole "trial" thing toward the end just veers too far into a Broadway-style presentation. I have a ton of respect for Floyd and Bob Ezrin, but I've just never rated it as high as most people. The other is "Exile on Main Street" by The Stones. It's always ranked near the top on "best albums ever" lists, but I've never loved it, despite being a huge Stones fan. Again, the length and the production (or lack of), just makes it feel like it goes on way too long. It's muddy-sounding, it's dull in places and despite a handful of solid tracks, just starts to run together after a while for me. Great show, Pete!
All Things Must Pass hurts my soul. Like it, always wanted to love it, same as you. Ultimate Sin, Sacred Heart, & Never Say Die as complete albums, meh 💯
The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds comes to mind. I like the second Tales album, the one with "Ritual" and "'The Ancient'" which has a killer acoustic guitar solo. The first album, meh.
I could never get into The Wall as much as I wanted because I could never read the crazy handwritten song titles on the label..I wanted to hear a song but couldn't read what side it was on....haha
The Whitesnake era of Deep Purple is my biggest era of a band that I just don't like, despite many attempts to accept it into my collection. Coverdale was not Purple to me.
I feel the same way about Tales From Topographic Oceans. Also, I'm a huge Genesis fan and I should love Nursery Crime, but it's the ONLY Genesis album that has never clicked for me. Something's off and I don't know exactly what it is. Still, a fantastic album, but I rarely pick it up to listen to.
"The Ultimate Sin" is not a bad album. There's some strong tunes with good lyrics by Bob Daisley. It's the production that stinks. It needs a good Steven Wilson remix.
Dimmu Borgir - Spiritual Black Dimensions (There's like 3 great songs on there... The rest... Eh) Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch (I once made a statement that Bruce doesn't have a single album I dislike. I have to revoke that after re-listening to this album. There are like 5 great songs, but compared with Lucky Town and especially all the outtakes this could've been a killer 10 track album... Instead there are at least 9 songs I don't care about.) Carcass - Symphonies of Sickness (Probably the one on this list I like well enough, but I don't see its classic appeal like most other people. I like it better than Reek, but even Swansong is superior which might be a strange statement. I actually like Grind and Goregrind, so it's not the genre per se, just this album which is alright.) Dark Tranquility - Moment (Atoma and Endtime Signals are the only albums I dig after "Fiction". I remember liking Moment well enough but it aged like milk. It's not terrible, just there). Katatonia - Dead End Kings (Same here - everything up to GCD is mandatory, after that it gets tricky. I don't like NITND or FOH, City Burials is alright but with Sky void of stars they were able to reconnect with their glory days. I remember liking this album but relistening to it again it's kind of unspectacular.) Cradle of Filth - The Manticore and other horrors (It's not bad, but you can hear that the band is basically breaking up at this point. Not their worst, but always toward the bottom three or four for me.) Danzig - Danzig 5 (There are 3 good songs here and I'm trying to get into Industrial, but after the first four this is quite a nosedive in quality!) Meshuggah - Nothing (Perhaps I listened to the wrong version because there's two, but I don't like the production at all. This album deflates for me, especially stuck between two masterpieces which are Chaosphere and Catch 33) Motörhead - March ör Die (Believe it or not, it was my first Motörhead album. For people saying they don't have weak albums this one or Snake Bite Love would want to have a word with you... First half is good, second one quite forgettable.) Neil Young - Silver and Gold (Neil Young has a million albums - some are world-class, some are good, some are meh and others utter garbage. This one falls into the meh category. The Great Divide is a great song, but he repeated the formula 5 years later on "Prairie Wind" to much better effect.)
Yes totally agree about the Wall being meandering and at times tedious. Everybody loves comfortably numb but that is by far and away above all else on the album. I have a feeling that due to the greatness of the surrounding albums it is taboo to say this is ery inconsistent and as you say Waters driven to the point of very egotistical.
As much as I love UFO (my favorite band) they have a few that just seem to miss something - NPTR as you pointed out is 1/2 good but lacks on the other half, Phenomenon seems to be a tentative step rather than a confident step towards what they became. Even No Heavy Petting is let down by honky tonk keys. And Making Contact has great production and killer songs except for 2 that are horrendous You and Me and Call My Name!! Another album that fall into this category might be Aerosmith Get Your Wings (not ballsy enough.!) Schoold Out by Alice just lacks good songs anyway I should like them all but.....
My only bitch about UFO, my personal favorite band, is their 'Wine, Woman, and Song' work-ethic that put cover songs on Phenomenon, Lights Out, No Place To Run, & Mechanix, each contains a cover song instead of original material. And it drops the overall quality of the studio releases. Not a major complaint about the most under-rated band in rock history. #UFO
🛸my favorite band too. i have a question i've always wanted to pose to pete & ufo'ers worldwide. it's a doozy of a question i hope pete would answer directly.
The trouble with NPTR isn't the songs, it's George Martin! For an album that was meant to highlight the new guitarist, it's let down by George, quite a few of the songs feature outro guitar solos which, as soon as they get going, George jumps straight onto with his faders, killing the moments totally.
@@iltonwhite Junior Parker originally did Mystery Train. Another UFO original composition wasn't alot to ask for. The entire album suffered because of bullshit decisions like this. George Martin was the WORST choice UFO ever mad, and there were few to criticize.
Though I like Jethro Tull’s ROCK ISLAND, and it does indeed have a few standout cuts (EARS OF TIN, STRANGE AVENUES), I was hoping for the impact of the previous album CREST OF A KNAVE. Don’t get me wrong, it’s good, but not phenomenal. The same goes for Tull’s CATFISH RISING; again, it’s good, a few great tracks (ROCKS ON THE ROAD, STILL LOVING YOU TONIGHT), and I appreciate their return to the blues, but I just don’t listen to it as much as I do albums like MINSTREL IN THE GALLERY, A PASSION PLAY or even A.
"Wind & Wuthering." Total Banksynth overload. Most of the songwriting is pretty dire too. I mean, "Wot Gorilla?" "All in a Mouse's Night"? "Your Own Special Way" makes me ill. "Blood on the Rooftops" is alright, but no wonder Hackett left after this one.
Cool Video. Here are my "should love it, but i could not" Albums: AC/DC - Stiff upper Lip (great Titletrack, but the Rest....) Rose Tattoo - Southern Stars (some borong stuff on it, but still way better than "Beats from a single Drum") Iron Maiden - Fear of the DARK (Epic Titletrack, great Opener, but the Rest sounds "old") Judas Priest - Nostradamus (boring, bad sounding concept Album...but better than the second Album with Ripper Owens) Metallica - Load (disappointing the Metal Scene) Kiss - Dynastie (Disco...i hate Disco...i was made for loving you ....this sucks) Black Sabbath - Never say Die (doesn't work for me, this is the worst Sabbath Album ever) ZZ Top - Deguello (low sounding Record with some great Songs) Meat Loaf - Braver than you are (Rest in Peace, this Album is too hard to hear for me. Hang Cool Teddybear was so much better and wound have been such a good last Album) The Who - Endless Wire (not too Bad, but too much fragile Things on that... but still much better that Face Dances) Megadeth - Risk (or: the World needs a Hero?!) Pink Floyd - The Final Cut (never listened to from start to end) Genesis - We can't dance (some cool but too many cheesy Pop Songs) Motörhead - March ör die (they have better ones) Dio - Lock Up the Wolfes (a good Album, but not as good as the ones before. But still better than Angry Machines) That's it for today🥹
I agree with you on All Things Must Pass. For me, Phil Spector’s overblown production ruins it. On a lot of the songs George almost sounds like a guest on his own album. Plus he never really rocks.
And for those watching closely and counting...I did leave one off by accident. Megadeth's 'Killing Is My Business..and Business is Good'.
These boots are made for walking is probably imo the most pointless cover ve heard,or johnny b good by priest x
Pete. I love when you do series of this nature. Knowing you all these years, I actually guessed 8 of your 20 without seeing the episode. Thought that was pretty good. Great episode; thanks again for your time 👍💯
I love that album personally, but I can understand where you're coming from Pete!
@@GabeRenfro105 It's a friggin great album!! Actually a real thrash record
I knew it! Never Say Die, right at the end! Boom! 💥
"Slaves and Masrers'" my fav DP album of all time.
American Beauty to me is a damn near perfect album. I enjoyed that era of The Dead
Diver Down sounds like an album the record company forced them to make.
100% agree on The Wall. Never Understood the love for this album. Pales in comparison to the three before it.
Jon Lord said that Slaves and Masters was the best Rainbow album Deep Purple ever made
Cool video Pete, I guess I'm a little different but I love ultimate sin and point of entry . But that's what makes music so great 👍. We all hear it different. Thanks for the video sir
I've always thought Point of Entry weak sauce compared to what followed, with you on TUS love however👍
Hey Pete! How about the records you didn't love, but as the years go by, you've e grown to love them? The real slowburners. Love the show btw
I agree with you about Point of Entry, but I also feel the same way about British Steel. Sure, it's a classic album with classic songs, but I prefer the intricate, sophisticated albums of the seventies. I think Hellbent for Leather is a much better version of the more direct Judas Priest sound. British Steel is kinda Fisher Price metal. It's a great gateway album, but then you want something with more meat. But I will say that it's better than Point of Entry.
I don't get why BS is considered "classic", some great songs on there of course but a lot of rubbish as well.
This episode is spot on. I think we all have albums that we just like a little although others love. For me, Van Halen is a great example, Diver down, Fair Warning, Women and children first..
Uriah Heep - Salisbury
Deep Purple - Who do you think ...
Jethro Tull - Too old ....
Accept - Russian roulette
Jimi Hendrix - Band of gypsies
Queen - A day at the races
There are surely other albums that I really tried to love but no.
Great exercise. The beauty of personal likes and dislikes.
Off the top of my head:
Black Sabbath - Sabotage
Judas Priest - British Steel
Kiss - Revenge, Destroyer
Anathema - The Silent Enigma
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Yeah I love the Ozzy era Sabbath but other than Hole in the Sky I don’t like anything else on it.
@@SmartDave60 symptom of the universe !?
Megalomania really???
"Ghost Reveries" is an interesting choice. I am inclined to agree with you. It has great stuff on it but if I was told there was one of the first 9 I could never listen to again it would probably be "Ghost Reveries"
How about a discussion on double albums that should have been single, and what your song choices would be?
Have you listened to Planet P Project 'Pink World'? Phenomenal record, but I believe it could be culled down to a single killer record.
I concur about “The Wall”. It has some great Gilmour stuff, but much of the rest of it is grating to my ears.
I can't argue with any of these though I do have a soft spot for Sacred Heart being a young teenager at the time. 🤘🏼
I really love Sacred Heart but I kind of get you. Hungry For Heaven is kind of pop but he is just cranking at full power on JUST HOLD OOOOOOOOON! and it's so good.
I’m with you on Topographic Oceans, Works I, London Town, Sacred Heart, and Americana-era Grateful Dead. But I love Diver Down (it’s huge fun) and All Things Must Pass. That 50th anniversary remix of All Things Must Pass was really enlightening for me - it brought me closer to the songs than I’ve ever been. As for one I can’t get into as much as everybody else does: Exile on Main Street. I can’t understand the damn words!
I could never get on with live at Leeds
My favorite band is Yes and l TOTALLY agree with your thoughts on Tales from Topographic Oceans. Or, as my old boss used to call it at the record store: Tales from Topolographic Lotion. And he thought that was the title. No joke.
Krokus - "The Blitz" and the last four Iron Maiden albums for me.
"Stolen Car" is a great forgotten gem off "The River." That one and the title track hit me right in the feels.
"Squeeze Box" a song I've been hearing on the radio since 1974... out of all the who songs to keep puting in people's ears...why that one I'll never know.
An episode so nice, I just HADDA watch it twice!
An episode full of spice, so I typed it twice.
Hey Mr.Pete, I'm a huge Beatles fan and man, I couldn't agree more about London Town (yawn) & I'm not B.S. ing you. I feel the same way about All Things Must Pass. Definitely too bloated. A single album would have been great. So happy it's not just me! Merry Christmas to you & your family & a very Happy New Year!!!
Edit: Right on about The Wall!!! Thank you!! Again, glad it's not only me. I like some of it but I don't love it
The thing I love about ATMP, is all the crappy little throw away tracks. "I Dig Love" though, woof. There is enough meat in the album so that the weird little songs are charming. I kind of feel the same away about Diver Down. If you enjoy an artist/group so much, you want to hear the throw away tracks, the sh!t.
Pete, A lot of these albums on your list are albums that tons of other fans have similar issues with so I wouldn’t be too hard on yourself for that. But I totally get wanting to like all the albums of bands that are your favorites.
Agreed with all except the Wall and Diver Down. I get Diver Down because the excessive amount of covers, but the originals are so great, and the covers for me get van halenized enough for me to dig them as well. Really enjoyed this video, and now I want to come up with my own list.
I think their version of Where have all the good times gone is killer!
I was down with all your picks up to American Beauty, that album is perfect!
I saw the Tales of the Topographic tour, it was one of the quietest crowds I’ve been in, saw the Relayer tour a few years later, and that show smoked!
I just do not want to hear Steely Dan anymore, especially Aja!
They all ordered a curry 😂
Almost perfect. "Attics of My Life" is a total snoozefest.
@ you and I must have different versions, AOML may be my favorite track!
Totally agree with you on Diver Down, same issues for me! UFO No Place to Run though, that's probably my favorite UFO record. I do agree some in regards to the lack of production, but I think the songs are excellent. I really didn't like it intially either because Schenker was gone, but it became my favorite in time.
Steely Dan: Gaucho
Dire Straits: Communique
Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down
Pink Floyd: The Wall(thanks Pete)
All of these have songs I enjoy/adore, but other songs I find boring.
Communique takes quite a bit of playing but eventually once you realize the muscle shows rhythm section and you listen to the song structures it becomes a really good album it took a while to grow on me
@truckerkevthepaidtourist I find Portobello Belle and Angel Of Mercy boring, Single Handed Sailor a bit repetitive. The rest of the album is the usual Dire Straits/MK greatness/excellence
The first album of Lamb Lies Down is great. The second one pales in comparison.
Most of those albums I love, The Ultimate Sin being my favourite Ozzy album.
Same
Mine too I love the guitar work on it
I would go as far to say that the ultimate sin is one of the most underrated albums in the 80s. It’s easily my favorite Ozzy album.
Ok to safe to say Jake gives Randy a run for his money ??
@@SGED392 no
Feel exactly the same about the wall
Can't agree more about Diver Down. When Eddie died, I tried to revisit the whole catalog....and I won't do that again. I concluded that Fair Warning and VH debut are a couple of the best albums in existence. VH2, Women and Children First, 1984 are great. Diver Down and ANYTHING with anyone but Dave singing are just over-commercialized. I do really like the song 5150. Saw them on the 5150 tour and it was one of the most energetic concerts I've seen....loved it. But after that, nothing since has interested me....and whenever I've tried, it's downright painful. To me...VH is to hard rock, what Metallica is to Thrash.
Judas Priest is one of my all-time favourite bands and people keep calling „British Steel“ the greatest thing they ever did, but I just don‘t love it. I like it a lot, I respect it for its influence, and there are some great songs on it - „Breaking The Law“, „Grinder“, „Metal Gods“, „Steeler“… but then, you got tracks like „Living After Midnight“ or „United“, which I can‘t really get into. As I said, I like the album, but I just think Priest have a bunch of others that speak to me way more.
This is a great concept. I thought of a few as I was listening to your list. Some on your list I agree with, and I have to give you props for picking “American Beauty” and “All Things Must Pass”. Ballsy Pete! 😆 Here are a few for me:
Judas Priest-Point of Entry
Eagles-Long Run
Fleetwood Mac-Tusk
Foreigner-Agent Provocateur
The Cars-Panorama
Kiss-The Elder
Metallica-Hardwired
Motley Crue-Theatre of Pain
The Police-Zenyatta Mondatta
Rolling Stones-Exile on Main Street (possibly my ballsy pick?)
Supertramp-Famous Last Words
What's wrong with Tusk or FLW?
@@seekah1 There isn’t anything WRONG with them really and I don’t dislike them. I just find Tusk a little too diverse and long for my liking. FLW to me was a step done from BIA which was kind of my gateway into them and a major record in my formative years. 😎
As someone who's a huge Beatles fan, I actually feel the same way you do about All Things Must Pass. Don't want more, though. I think it's enough and the anniversary remix didn't really change my mind even a little bit. Ha.
George Harrison All Things Must Pass and Ozzy Ultimate Sin got some love for. Lots of albums that reach us to hear and we all hear things differently The choices Pete can level and agree along to almost all of them with you. TC all
The Beatles - Ler It Be
Diver Down is the most fun album VH made. Each member gets their moment in the sun. No one was talking about “half covers” until Ed did that interview after Dave left and they were on their we hate Dave tour and he said that.
Fun, if you mean laughed at, due to it's runtime - 31 minutes and 4 seconds - and charging $8.98. Not one of my friends bought this album, and we moved on to Rush and Iron Maiden.
Ouch on By Numbers! Imagine a man, they are all in love, blue red and gray, and how many friends are hidden Who gems! 💎
I really like By Numbers too.
I really like Never Say Die. Is it the best Black Sabbath album? Of course not. But I do think it's a solid album. First heard it at the end of the '90's and I was expecting to hate it due to its reputation, but, to my surprise, I liked it right away.
The Sabbath albums I just can't get into are the Tony Martin ones. Yeah, I know, the TM albums seem to be hailed like it's the Second Coming nowadays, but they just don't do much for me. I'm still trying, though. I even bought the Anno Domini box set, so the intention is there. 😅
Agree! BORN AGAIN their last masterpiece. The Martin era sounds like I’LL SEE THE LIGHT TONIGHT Yngwie Malmsteen
Nice editing concept of Topo Oceans, get rid of 22% and great
Two that come to mind for me would be Tales From Topographic Oceans and Brave from Marillion. I want to love them, but they just haven't clicked with me. Scott Lade says "keep trying" and that's what I'm gonna do. Happy Holidays Pete!
Brave is a tough but rewarding listen BUT it is not a casual listening album. You have to be in one of those deep, dark, reflective moods otherwise it is just depressing. I don't reach for it often and reach for other Marillion (both incarnations). I enjoy it but I have to be in that certain mood.
Almost all of these choices I agree with, exceptions are albums i don't love and never thought I should love (such as the Journey or the Springsteen or the wings) and of course The Wall, which is a masterpiece. The george Harrison i agree with. I SALUTE the Tales from Soporific oceans call! I also vehemently disagree with Who by Numbers. It's Townshend's rawest, most personal batch of songs - except Squeeze Box, which is trash.
Will be interesting viewing. I'm guessing there will be no Magma or The Clash on this list.
No no Ramones either
Slaves and Masters is just a printing error - they printed Deep Purple, instead of Rainbow lol. When its reissued, they promised to rectify
🦂LAFS,
coming home has become it's standout.
lovedrive has gained more & more momentum...especially,
michael's solos on the title track & another piece of meat💥
I agree 💯 % with you about the wall…love Floyd, but can’t tell last time I pulled out that one out to listen to…
I am the opposite with Diver Down. I was in high school when it came out and was disappointed. But after all these years I really like it now.
It's better than 92.5 % of VHagar
it's worth listening to just for the full bug.
Hang em High is one of my VH favs
I’m with Pete on The River. Not enough strong tracks to warrant a double album.
Good discussion. Personally I love point of entry. The rest I agree with wholeheartedly.
LAFS is such a classic album, still love it so much but that's the Scorps era I prefer the most. Still have so much love for The Ultimate Sin, some amazing Jake on there, third fave Ozzy album after the classic two easily.
Wish You Were Here
Screaming For Vengeance
Lodger
Hell Awaits
I never liked Demons and Wizards in my youth despite everybody telling me I should love it. However one day it just clicked. Now I do love that album. Not sure why it took so many listens to finally get it!
ELO - Out of the Blue: Many people's favorites, even some of the band members. I think it would've been a great single record. Too much filler and some of the tunes sound derivative of stuff that was on my favorite ELO record, "A New World Record."
All Things Was Pass - had a lot of filler, but the first LP in the set is a masterpiece.
I like American Beauty a lot by the Grateful Dead.
I think UFO Mechanix is a way better album than most people think. One or two weak tunes, but nearly every UFO albums had weak tracks - even in the Michael Schenker era.
I actually like the prog-rock side of Sabbath, especially the song you dislike on NSD "Air Dance."
The Wall would also be on my list, along with Physical Graffiti.
i should love it, but i don't. sgt. peppers. sticky fingers. topographic oceans (with you pete !!! sounds like a good idea, but...). the wall. phil collins solo albums. velvet underground.
Agree with a lot of your pickings ,except maybe for that yes album.I have a problem with The Lamb of Gensis,don't have a copy of that album,I think I understand why Gabriel left the band afterwards. The Trick of tail is so much better for me anyway
Johnny Blade from Sabbath's Never Say Die is one of my all-time favourite riffs. Aerosmith's Pump album was, for me, confirmation of their decline and no longer a sassy, funky, messy (in a good way) great rock 'n' roll band. They morphed into a record company loving corporate commercial entity without balls aside from the odd track that harked back to their 70's glory days.
Completely agree on The Wall. Can't listen to it, though I love a few of the songs. I'll add Rush - Hemispheres. Rush is a favorite of mine, and many fans love this one, but I think it's just okay, and I never reach for it.
Circumstances kinda generic yes but it's...a brave move.
The epic is underwhelming compared to 2112.
A lot of these make sense knowing your taste and I would agree with most. Quite surprised by The Ultimate Sin. Thought you would have loved the Jake E Lee work there. It’s a favorite of mine. Really interesting topic!
Van Morrison-Astral Weeks
Wishbone Ash-Argus
Steely Dan-Aja
King Crimson-Discipline
Jimi Hendrix-Axis: Bold as Love
Those would probably be the worst 'offenders'. I don't hate any of them, though.
@@askoholli9306 Everybody should HATE bloody Astral Weeks 🥱🥱🥱
Argus would be on my list too.
@@paulbrookes413 I think that about half of it is ok, but the rest a giant bore. Still, it's on many 'greatest albums ever' lists, and I just don't get it. I love Saint Dominic's Preview and Moondance, though.
Tired of hearing "Squeeze Box" by The Who. So I agree with you on The Who By Numbers.
I disliked Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence so much when I first bought it that I sold it to a co-worker for $5. Now when I listen to that album, I cannot fathom what I was thinking. It is great. Sometimes our ears and brain just don't get it.
I call these albums, "the band phoned it in LPs"
Two that spring to mind for me are "Virgin Killers" by The Scorpions and "Dark Side of the Moon." I also agree on "Diver Down," which is the weakest VH album outside of the Gary Cherone one. Ted Templeman thought it was easier to start with a known hit, hence the covers. Personally I've always hated every version of "Pretty Woman." There are other albums by people I like that I just hate, but that's another show.
38 Special: Tour De Force, Strength in Numbers
Only time I saw Dio- Sacred Heart Tour.
Love 'Just Another Day'
Only Time I saw Ozzy- yep, Ultimate Sin Tour
I get it about All Things Must Pass. I'm a Harrison fan, love his music. But can only take in small doses. Otherwise it all sounds the same.
I never understood the critical acclaim of this album.
Waiting for Pete to mention Sabbath’s Never Say Die.
Sabbath - Vol 4. Love classic Sabbath, but this one is a chore for me to get through. Wanna love it, but don't.
For me this is King Crimson's Debut
Cheap Trick All Shook Up, Rush Moving Pictures.
Wasn't 'All Shook Up' aside from 'Stop This Game', ghastly?
Number of the Beast, to me, is clearly inferior to Piece of Mind, Powerslave and even Somwhere In Time, but it's always hailed as Maiden's masterpiece.
I saw the Beast and Piece tours. I find Powerslave unlistenable because of Bruce Dickinson/Adrian Smith, who together IMO, have a tin-ear for melodies, and their compositions began to show up on Maiden releases. Two Minutes to Midnight and Back In The Village? The songs are shit, sorry. Whereas, Steve Harris is the best songwriter in metal history, bar-none. Killers and Piece are Maiden's best studio albums.
@@guadalahonky4002 Tin-ear lol...but I hear ya although I think you're being a tad harsh on Mr Smith.
@@seekah1 I am cursed with perfect pitch, Dickinson-Smith compositions are the reason I no longer follow/listen to Iron Maiden. You either have an ear for melody or you don't. They don't.
Steve Harris and Phil Mogg are the finest composers in rock history. Because they do.
i find maiden, post killers a very competent band.
Sgt.Pepper’s Abbey Road The Lamb… The River Fragile ELP-1st
Never say die,rust in peace,for those about to rock,savage amusement,the black album,come to mind when ive played them and still cant say i like any of them for the most part x and ive tried,i could seriously keep going just off the top of my head here lol im a fan in varying degrees to all the bands albums ive mentioned btw x
@@atik-rgt-uk Never say die is better than Technical Ecstasy .
With Grand Funk Phoenix I couldn't stand it when it first came out but over the years I have grown to like it. I think it following on from E Pluribus was a problem and there is less guitar moments on Phoenix.
Two that come to mind instantly happen to be double albums, and one of them is "The Wall" for me also. It's just too long, too depressing and, for me at least, the whole "trial" thing toward the end just veers too far into a Broadway-style presentation. I have a ton of respect for Floyd and Bob Ezrin, but I've just never rated it as high as most people. The other is "Exile on Main Street" by The Stones. It's always ranked near the top on "best albums ever" lists, but I've never loved it, despite being a huge Stones fan. Again, the length and the production (or lack of), just makes it feel like it goes on way too long. It's muddy-sounding, it's dull in places and despite a handful of solid tracks, just starts to run together after a while for me. Great show, Pete!
All Things Must Pass hurts my soul. Like it, always wanted to love it, same as you. Ultimate Sin, Sacred Heart, & Never Say Die as complete albums, meh 💯
I’ll take Slaves & Masters over House of Blue Snooze any day of the week
The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds comes to mind. I like the second Tales album, the one with "Ritual" and "'The Ancient'" which has a killer acoustic guitar solo. The first album, meh.
I could never get into The Wall as much as I wanted because I could never read the crazy handwritten song titles on the label..I wanted to hear a song but couldn't read what side it was on....haha
The Whitesnake era of Deep Purple is my biggest era of a band that I just don't like, despite many attempts to accept it into my collection. Coverdale was not Purple to me.
I feel the same way about Tales From Topographic Oceans.
Also, I'm a huge Genesis fan and I should love Nursery Crime, but it's the ONLY Genesis album that has never clicked for me. Something's off and I don't know exactly what it is. Still, a fantastic album, but I rarely pick it up to listen to.
"The Ultimate Sin" is not a bad album. There's some strong tunes with good lyrics by Bob Daisley. It's the production that stinks. It needs a good Steven Wilson remix.
Dimmu Borgir - Spiritual Black Dimensions (There's like 3 great songs on there... The rest... Eh)
Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch (I once made a statement that Bruce doesn't have a single album I dislike. I have to revoke that after re-listening to this album. There are like 5 great songs, but compared with Lucky Town and especially all the outtakes this could've been a killer 10 track album... Instead there are at least 9 songs I don't care about.)
Carcass - Symphonies of Sickness (Probably the one on this list I like well enough, but I don't see its classic appeal like most other people. I like it better than Reek, but even Swansong is superior which might be a strange statement. I actually like Grind and Goregrind, so it's not the genre per se, just this album which is alright.)
Dark Tranquility - Moment (Atoma and Endtime Signals are the only albums I dig after "Fiction". I remember liking Moment well enough but it aged like milk. It's not terrible, just there).
Katatonia - Dead End Kings (Same here - everything up to GCD is mandatory, after that it gets tricky. I don't like NITND or FOH, City Burials is alright but with Sky void of stars they were able to reconnect with their glory days. I remember liking this album but relistening to it again it's kind of unspectacular.)
Cradle of Filth - The Manticore and other horrors (It's not bad, but you can hear that the band is basically breaking up at this point. Not their worst, but always toward the bottom three or four for me.)
Danzig - Danzig 5 (There are 3 good songs here and I'm trying to get into Industrial, but after the first four this is quite a nosedive in quality!)
Meshuggah - Nothing (Perhaps I listened to the wrong version because there's two, but I don't like the production at all. This album deflates for me, especially stuck between two masterpieces which are Chaosphere and Catch 33)
Motörhead - March ör Die
(Believe it or not, it was my first Motörhead album. For people saying they don't have weak albums this one or Snake Bite Love would want to have a word with you... First half is good, second one quite forgettable.)
Neil Young - Silver and Gold (Neil Young has a million albums - some are world-class, some are good, some are meh and others utter garbage. This one falls into the meh category. The Great Divide is a great song, but he repeated the formula 5 years later on "Prairie Wind" to much better effect.)
Wall pink Floyd. 😊 me 2
Yes totally agree about the Wall being meandering and at times tedious. Everybody loves comfortably numb but that is by far and away above all else on the album. I have a feeling that due to the greatness of the surrounding albums it is taboo to say this is ery inconsistent and as you say Waters driven to the point of very egotistical.
Judas Priest-Turbo, Ram It Down, and Nostradamus. Iron Maiden Fear of the Dark. AC/DC- Fly on the Wall and Blow Up Your Video.
Agreed! GGFs Phoenix is much worse than Pluribus Funk and We're An American Band
I feel the same about Survival.
As much as I love UFO (my favorite band) they have a few that just seem to miss something - NPTR as you pointed out is 1/2 good but lacks on the other half, Phenomenon seems to be a tentative step rather than a confident step towards what they became. Even No Heavy Petting is let down by honky tonk keys. And Making Contact has great production and killer songs except for 2 that are horrendous You and Me and Call My Name!! Another album that fall into this category might be Aerosmith Get Your Wings (not ballsy enough.!) Schoold Out by Alice just lacks good songs anyway I should like them all but.....
My only bitch about UFO, my personal favorite band, is their 'Wine, Woman, and Song' work-ethic that put cover songs on Phenomenon, Lights Out, No Place To Run, & Mechanix, each contains a cover song instead of original material. And it drops the overall quality of the studio releases. Not a major complaint about the most under-rated band in rock history. #UFO
🛸my favorite band too.
i have a question i've always wanted to pose to pete & ufo'ers worldwide.
it's a doozy of a question i hope pete would answer directly.
The trouble with NPTR isn't the songs, it's George Martin! For an album that was meant to highlight the new guitarist, it's let down by George, quite a few of the songs feature outro guitar solos which, as soon as they get going, George jumps straight onto with his faders, killing the moments totally.
@@iltonwhite Junior Parker originally did Mystery Train. Another UFO original composition wasn't alot to ask for. The entire album suffered because of bullshit decisions like this. George Martin was the WORST choice UFO ever mad, and there were few to criticize.
Country Life - Roxy Music
I love Country Life. Underrated imho.
Though I like Jethro Tull’s ROCK ISLAND, and it does indeed have a few standout cuts (EARS OF TIN, STRANGE AVENUES), I was hoping for the impact of the previous album CREST OF A KNAVE. Don’t get me wrong, it’s good, but not phenomenal. The same goes for Tull’s CATFISH RISING; again, it’s good, a few great tracks (ROCKS ON THE ROAD, STILL LOVING YOU TONIGHT), and I appreciate their return to the blues, but I just don’t listen to it as much as I do albums like MINSTREL IN THE GALLERY, A PASSION PLAY or even A.
Love The Rolling Stones. I do not love Exile on Main St. great songs, but listening to the whole thing is a chore for me.
The Beatles White Album. The good songs are great but a lot of filler to me.
"Wind & Wuthering." Total Banksynth overload. Most of the songwriting is pretty dire too. I mean, "Wot Gorilla?" "All in a Mouse's Night"? "Your Own Special Way" makes me ill. "Blood on the Rooftops" is alright, but no wonder Hackett left after this one.
@@mulicuy it's not alright, it's brilliant.
Yes I feel exactly the same with most of them albums but The Wall is a classic from start to finish except for The Trial not a big fan of that.
Tattoo you
Black Sabbath debut album
Both fit the definition here of I feel I should like them more than I do.Tattoo you I cant get into at all really
Cool Video. Here are my "should love it, but i could not" Albums:
AC/DC - Stiff upper Lip (great Titletrack, but the Rest....)
Rose Tattoo - Southern Stars (some borong stuff on it, but still way better than "Beats from a single Drum")
Iron Maiden - Fear of the DARK (Epic Titletrack, great Opener, but the Rest sounds "old")
Judas Priest - Nostradamus (boring, bad sounding concept Album...but better than the second Album with Ripper Owens)
Metallica - Load (disappointing the Metal Scene)
Kiss - Dynastie (Disco...i hate Disco...i was made for loving you ....this sucks)
Black Sabbath - Never say Die (doesn't work for me, this is the worst Sabbath Album ever)
ZZ Top - Deguello (low sounding Record with some great Songs)
Meat Loaf - Braver than you are (Rest in Peace, this Album is too hard to hear for me. Hang Cool Teddybear was so much better and wound have been such a good last Album)
The Who - Endless Wire (not too Bad, but too much fragile Things on that... but still much better that Face Dances)
Megadeth - Risk (or: the World needs a Hero?!)
Pink Floyd - The Final Cut (never listened to from start to end)
Genesis - We can't dance (some cool but too many cheesy Pop Songs)
Motörhead - March ör die (they have better ones)
Dio - Lock Up the Wolfes (a good Album, but not as good as the ones before. But still better than Angry Machines)
That's it for today🥹
I agree with you on All Things Must Pass. For me, Phil Spector’s overblown production ruins it. On a lot of the songs George almost sounds like a guest on his own album. Plus he never really rocks.
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
Never did like that one either
@@DBTdad 100%??
The one I am befuddled about is American Beauty. Great album. Much better than Terrapin Station.