Rolling Stone: The 50 Most Disappointing Albums of All Time
TOP 10
10 Michael Jackson, ‘Invincible’ 2001
9 Yes, ‘Tales From Topographic Oceans’ 1973
8 Stevie Wonder, ‘Stevie Wonder’s Journey Through “The Secret Life of Plants”’ 1973
7 Beach Boys, ‘Smiley Smile’ 1967
6 Bruce Springsteen, ‘ Human Touch’ 1992
5 Guns N’ Roses, ‘Chinese Democracy’ 2008
4 David Bowie, ‘Tonight’ 1984
TOP 3
3
Bob Dylan, ‘Self Portrait’
1970
Not long after first hearing Bob Dylan’s “Self Portrait,” Rolling Stone critic Greil Marcus wrote the most famous review introduction in the history of rock criticism. : “What is this shit?”
2
The Rolling Stones, ‘Their Satanic Majesties Request’
1967
In 1995, Mick Jagger told the Rolling Stone magazine: “It’s really a sonic experience, more than a musical experience. There are two good songs: “She’s a Rainbow” and “2000 Light Years From Home.” The rest is nonsense… I think we were just taking too much acid.”
1
John Lennon, ‘Some Time in New York City’
1972
When John Lennon moved to New York in 1971, he became immersed in the anti-war movement and became a friend of counterculture radicals like Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin.
It didn’t take long for the Nixon administration to try to deport him. Many songs on the album “Sometime in New York” were mediocre at best, and seemed dated almost instantly. Listening to “Some Time in New York City” today, it’s almost impossible to believe that her two previous albums were “Plastic Ono Band” and “Imagine.” “Some Time in New York City” is as disposable as the newspapers that appear in the cover.
