A classic album that you know you SHOULD like but ... well ...don't.
 

What's that album that, given what you listen to and your overall taste you know you should absolutely love, but whenever you've tried to get into it has just left you cold?

Oh, and try and think of bands other than Sonic Youth.

Here's mine: bearing in mind that I'm a TOTAL Pussy Galore fanatic, I just hate Dial M for Motherfucker. How weird is THAT!?!

Marquee Moon

Anything by Bob Dylan.

From what I've heard of it, ditto. I just found it a tad boring. I can't think of any others...

A lot of people feel like that about Marquee Moon. Whilst it's possibly my fave album ever, it has this thing about it (a bit like Patti Smith's Horses) where it doesn't sound like you thought it might. It has all these punk associations but sounds nothing like what people imagine a punk album is gonna sound like.

Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted. I've owned it twice.

Well, the reason I haven't gotten into it (Marquee Moon) isn't because my expectations weren't met. I didn't have any expectations as far as I can remember. It sounds to me like bad prog rock glazed over with a thin layer of NYC art scene posturing. But that's not why I've failed to enjoy it. I just find it boring, and that's about the worst thing I ever say about any music.

Weird thing is, I LOVE Blank Generation.

I've owned pet sounds thrice---but i enjoy that one....

lesee

hmmmmmmmm

black flag - damaged


I like some of it--- but i normally don't get past the half way point. I prefer pre rollins-- and i think that's kinda screwy for black flagfandom

Screwy yes, but I know exactly what you mean. I do love Damaged though.

How could you!, that albums amazing!!!!!!!!!!! :)

I don't like The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin

sorry

Oh, yeh. I don't really care for the Flaming Lips either.

i :) LOVE everything else they have ever done, i am in love with Wayne and Steven, and their shows are complete bliss:D .

I just don't like the soft bulletin.:( Ive tried, believe me.

i never understand these threads, there are no albums that i SHOULD like but don't. why should i like something because it is considered classic or great by others, i just don't get it, i like what i like and i dislike what i dislike end of story.

Very predictable response... next time, READ THE QUESTION BETTER.

i read the question fine i just don't have anything like it, sorry.

anything by Throbbing Gristle

Darkside of the moon or any Pink Floyd

The word "should" here doesn't imply responsibility, but rather just a statistical likelihood. No one has completely random musical tastes.


So, it goes like this: Based on everything else Y likes, it is likely that Y will like X. If Y doesn't like X, Y should say it in this thread. That is, if Y has nothing better to do and feels like it. That's it.

It's not as good as their other albums and it takes a while to get used to. It's one of those albums you don't feel until a certain time and place.

i dont like algebra but that isn't really an album

you cant see the charm of marquee moon?


that's sad.

much of any of the Rolling Stones (cept maybe for Aftermath)

I like alot of Pink Floyd....


But I can't stand


The Wall

Most overated album of all time ! So many praise it and can't understand those who HATE it !!!!

i'd recommend John Wesley Harding, my favorite album of his
and arguably his most instantly catchy and coherent.
most people recommend Blonde on Blonde which is a great album
but i can see how someone not into Dylan could totally dislike him when hearing it.
John Wesley Harding is just beautiful.

i hope you change your mind one day. i did.

the track marquee moon alone is awesome.

indie snobs! All Dinosaur Jr albums are wank, and Loveless by My Bloody valentine is praised too much

RADIOHEAD

Yes, Radiohead. If someone plays them I don't mind but I get a bit bored listening to them on my own. I've tried falling asleep to them but Thom's voice always jars me awake, then I have to get up and pee.

Debbie Gibson - Electric Youth. I enjoy Out of the Blue and while EY may be the more complex album it really doesn't appeal to me. Her earlier material was much much better.

Same, well I like it, but no where near how I "should"

No way! S+E is the best! Not a thing wrong with it. If yr not feelin' it, you might as well not be alive! *CHOUT, I'm talkin'a' you!

addin my two cents i love marquee moon but it took me a few listens before i got really into it. it sounds kind of ordinary at first. but then you get hit by the entire albums just constant flow of amazing and varied songs, and just their overall "vision" is great.

But yes, i havent heard much of it, but I don't quite get the my bloody valentine obsessions. joy division is another one where I dont understand the devotion, although I think their good.

I don't feel I should like them, because, well, they're crappy. Especially seeing that they refuse to just fucking end it... The only song I like is Paint It Black. (I've basically only heard... like, '40 licks,' and it's all trash, save for Paint It Black, which is an incredible song.

I do! With MBV, it's really... memorable.. music. It stays with you, like memories. (At least for me)... When I heard MBV, I knew that I wouldn't look at music the same anymore.
As for Joy Division, they are such an intensely... visceral band... It's almost instinct to listen to them when yr bummed out, and they basically spawned an entire generation of music. Again, with JD, it sticks with you, it alters yr perception of music. And then you learn about Ian Curtis, and it makes you even more fascinated by the band. (I could continue...)

Ahhh, the fucking Stones are great. I never liked them until recently and now I love them.

Ditto

The Soft Bulletin is too overrated. It had good stuff on it but not a whole lot. It killed The FLips. Now they just pander to all the idiots who value SB over their better works (i.e. everything they made before Soft Bulletin). And that really depresses me because they had soooooo much talent for years up until they released that record. They needed to stay experimental (whatever that means to them). Losing Ronlad Jones really killed the band. It allowed Steven (despite his creativity and technical proficiency) to start playing that fucking synthesizer!!! I hate it!! FLips was about noisy guitars not symphonic synths!! It ruined their music!!!

I really don't like Dark Side of the Moon that much. Everyone hails it as the greatest Pink Floyd record, but I dissagree. It's dull and boring. Too slow and too mellow. It's music for burnt out hippies. Also The Wall is overrated as well. It has good stuff on it, but everyone treats it as some ladmark masterpeice when it really isn't!. I'm not the biggest fan of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn either. Overrated. Love Syd, and it's a great album, but that record gets boring in some places; tedious.

And a lot of Gratfeul Dead stuff. Tedious.

I too wasn't the biggest fan of Black Flag's Damaged. I liked only a quarter of the record, especially Rise Above, best song on the record. And everyone treats My War as some great punk rock achievement. It SUCKS! It's a slow, dull record with a lot of sludgy guitars. Anyone can do that! As much as I respect Henry Rollins, I have to say pre-Rollins Black Flag was better, but it has nothing really to do with Henry, Greg Ginn was the songwriter, not Rollins. Ginn just burnt himself out.

BUt I love SLanted and Enchanted!! Great Pavement record.

Well of course, I love all classic albums that we should like because I'm so indie

Man, you are a fucking moron!!!! How do you not see the genius that is J Mascis??!! The first Dinosaur record was kind of "blah" but, all the subsequent ones (excluding Without A Sound) were fantastic!!!! J is a genius. I'm sorry that yr too uncultured to realize that.

rolling stones - exile on main street

The first Dinosaur album was great too...

And Loveless isn't praised too much, by far. It's pure genius.

EDIT: 69 posts. Wah. I think I'm going to stop posting.