Jimmy Buffett's 1st 4 albums are fantastic. The rest, not so much.

Nice troll attempt.

I'm a very big fan of O.A.R and their sound pre 2010

Genesis: great before drum machines, not so much after.

Great topic. Sad to say it but Pearl Jam fits. Gave the most recent album one listen and I've never gone back, but for the most part I like everything else of theirs and love a lot of it. When I'm out in the garage or doing stuff outside they are my go to band to just put on a shuffle and see where the songs go.

As for the Metallica mention, their bad albums are objectively universally considered bad. I guess even Pearl Jam's most record wasn't received well either.

Maybe a better way to frame the thought is what artist or band has stuff you love, stuff you hate, but it's mainly stuff you hate that gets a lot of general population support? Not just bad stuff that most everyone considers bad.

It's a fun topic, I'm having a hard time thinking of good answers if I frame it that way.

Chipotlemonger said:

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Great topic. Sad to say it but Pearl Jam fits. Gave the most recent album one listen and I've never gone back, but for the most part I like everything else of theirs and love a lot of it. When I'm out in the garage or doing stuff outside they are my go to band to just put on a shuffle and see where the songs go.

As for the Metallica mention, their bad albums are objectively universally considered bad. I guess even Pearl Jam's most record wasn't received well either.

Maybe a better way to frame the thought is what artist or band has stuff you love, stuff you hate, but it's mainly stuff you hate that gets a lot of general population support? Not just bad stuff that most everyone considers bad.

It's a fun topic, I'm having a hard time thinking of good answers if I frame it that way.

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I think the even better question than this is if bands exist who were relevant for longer than a decade where you've liked everything they've done.

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Green Day

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Nailed it on the first reply. Bravo.

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Trying to really lean into the "hate" and "love" vibe, and the first one that really comes to mind is Offspring. I will always have a soft spot for "Self Esteem" and "The Kids Aren't Alright", but I can't abide "Pretty Fly for a White Guy" or "Why Don't You Get a Job".

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This as well.

Those two songs basically ruined that band for me and I'm usually not like that haha.

Yeah u2 lost me with Zooropa and never got me back with the newer stuff, with the exception of 1 or 2 songs.

Other than The Bends and OK Computer, I really don't like Radiohead.

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Jason Isbell

Everything before Southeastern was nails, Southeastern was exceptional, 24 Frames was good, then everything since then is a big pile of meh.

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I'm guessing this is an unpopular opinion, but Nashville Sound and Weathervanes are both better than Something More Than Free (which is still great)

Metallica - St. Anger makes my ears bleed

Van Halen (good god, van halen III was a cluster)

Lynyrd Skynrd. I can't stand to hear SHA or FB but I enjoy a lot of their other stuff.

Love - first album or two
Hate - the rest once everyone else likes it too [/most people]

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Another good one is Highly Suspect - their first two albums (Boy Who Died Wolf & Mister Asylum) were awesome and then their third album (MCID) they shifted to a hip hop/rock and while I don't mind it, it was enough for me to be disinterested in their newest one.

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Absolutely this - there are a couple off MDC I like, but man MCID was a wet fart

I still listen to Mister Asylum often

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As for the Metallica mention, their bad albums are objectively universally considered bad.

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albums?

st. anger is not 'universally considered bad'.

Especially as of late. And the songs are killer live. The album was poorly executed, but it's not an [entirely] bad collection of songs.

all within my hands w/ the symphony is stellar.

I came to say pearl jam.

How can I love so dearly all the ten songs and most of the singles off vs/vitology, yet they have garbage like spin the black circle, lukin, or world wide suicide?

Spin the Black Circle WAS on Vitalogy

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Spin the Black Circle WAS on Vitalogy

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and I said MOST of the singles.

70s ZZ Top has stood the test of time. La Grange, Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers, Tush, Just Got Paid…
With 1or 2 debatable exceptions, 80s ZZ Top was fun at the time but is meh now.

70s Elton John = absolute classics like Your Song, Someone Saved My Life Tonight, Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, Rocket Man, etc.
80s Elton John and everything afterward with just a couple of exceptions sucks.

This is easy for me. The Pixies.

Huge fan up to Tromp Le Monday. Reformed Pixies is garbage.

I tend to dislike vastly overplayed songs by really good artists whose other music is great. Examples include:

Fight For Your Right
Rock and Roll All Night
Bohemian Rhapsody

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Pear Jam is a good one. Ten is a top 5 90s album and Vs and Vitalogy are good as well. After that, I'm just not a fan outside a handful of songs.

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I agree with this one. I absolutely love Ten, Vs, Vitalogy and Yield. I've tried listening to all their other stuff and it is terrible to me.

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Radiohead - Everything other than Creep sucks

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Gotta disagree with this.


Creep also sucks.

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Teslag said:

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Radiohead - Everything other than Creep sucks

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Gotta disagree with this.


Creep also sucks.

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The acoustic version at the beginning of GOTG3 is excellent.

Heart

70's stuff like Barracuda and Magic Man rocked
80's stuff like These Dreams sucked but made them a butt pile of money.

Milwaukees Best Light said:

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Heart

70's stuff like Barracuda and Magic Man rocked
80's stuff like These Dreams sucked but made them a butt pile of money.

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Nancy

Milwaukees Best Light said:

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Heart

70's stuff like Barracuda and Magic Man rocked
80's stuff like These Dreams sucked but made them a butt pile of money.

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That's a good one. They flipped from solid rockin' to crappy ballads.

Speaking of, not so much rockin', but the Chicago transition is another one that I can't stand.

Not sure if this counts, but Robert Plant. Love me some Zep. Hate his solo stuff.

Not to derail but I also like the inverse of this one question… what's an artist/band that's never ever put out stuff you didn't like?

John Mayer for me.

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Milwaukees Best Light said:

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Heart

70's stuff like Barracuda and Magic Man rocked
80's stuff like These Dreams sucked but made them a butt pile of money.

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That's a good one. They flipped from solid rockin' to crappy ballads.

Speaking of, not so much rockin', but the Chicago transition is another one that I can't stand.

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I wonder how much of that was due to Terry Kath's passing?

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Not sure if this counts, but Robert Plant. Love me some Zep. Hate his solo stuff.

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Came here to post this