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Real Stinkers

There was a recent thread about consecutive great albums by your favorite artists. How about turning it on it's head? What is the WORST album by your FAVORITE artist. The one where they REALLY stunk up the joint? The one that it pained you to listen to? The one where everybody went "What were they thinking?"

I'll start off, at the risk of picking a fight - Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboys by Elton John. Except for "Someone Saved My Life Tonight", I never really cared for the rest of the album.
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spiritualized
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Really? "Beggars Banquet"?, "Let It Bleed"?, "Sticky Fingers", "Exile On Main Street"? Come on now!
spiritualized
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Energiser, "none of the band members have any personality"?!?!? Are we talking about the same band?
Learning to play a song, and actually writing it, are two completely different things. A child can be taught to play Beethoven. Does that make them his equal?
Mick Jagger is one of the best rock frontmen in the business. Whether you like his voice or not, is subjective. He's also a wry lyricist, and an excellent harmonica player. Not to mention, a great businessman.
The four albums I mentioned, are widely lauded as classics. There is a reason for this.
spiritualized
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I for one, do not "worship" the Stones. I simply recognize their rightful place in the rock pantheon.
Regarding the legitimacy of their credits: All we have to go on, is what has been given by their publishing companies. And, what has been widely reported by the many sources who were present at the time of a their recordings. Besides, all their earlier cover versions were correctly credited to the original writers. If their credits were up for contention, we would have heard about it, a long time ago.
No one is dictating, you have to like the Stones. But, to suggest that their entire catalogue stinks, is frankly, ridiculous.
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