Albums we've been told to hate but we don't ...

I was thinking of making a similar topic - in fact i did on the 2 prog forums i often write, but with prog albums, of course. 

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FusionKing wrote: Here's mine... Risk- Megadeth Load- Metallica Chinese Democracy- Guns 'n' Roses St. Anger- Metallica Caress Of Steel- Rush Technical Ecstacy- Black Sabbath Never Say Die- Black Sabbath Drama- Yes Duke- Genesis (the phil haters told me not to) Abacab- Genesis (^ same again...) In Through The Out Door- Led Zeppelin Slippery When Wet- Bon Jovi (the bon jovi haters told me not to) Demolition- Judas Priest The Division Bell- Pink Floyd Katy Lied- Steely Dan

Edited by LittleBig - 28 Sep 2010 at 1:55pm

I haven't come across much AJFA hate. Load-era is what gets all the hate.  Anyway, my pick is Technical Ecstasy, not a bad album at all and doesn't deserve the flak it gets.  Also, Turbo...I thought JP adapted to the pop metal sound well there, somehow Turbo Lover became "one of the worst metal songs".

...and Then There Were Three by Genesis usually receive a lot of criticism. I absolutely adore the album.

Edited by UMUR - 17 Oct 2010 at 1:39am

UMUR wrote: ...and Then There Were Three by Genesis usually receive a lot of criticism. I absolutely adore the album.

When it comes to Genesis, I like all of their albums - including "Invisible Touch" and "We Can't Dance", which I've otherwise been told to hate by progheads. The only album which I am not really interested in is their debut album. Similarly, I like "90125" quite a lot, which is another album that has been bashed by progheads.

I actually quite like "St. Anger" by Metallica, because it was, to me, a step back towards the faster type of thrash metal they played before. I don't like "Load" and "reload" though, but I disliked them before it becamse trndy to hate Metallica.

I also quite like the two Tim Owens fronted Judas Priest albums, and I also love "Turbo" which is otherwise the Priest album that a lot of people love to hate, because of the glam image the band experimented with at the time.

Celtic Frost also experimented with a more glam look and a more traditional sound on "Cold Lake" which even Tom Warrior hates, but I think the album is not that bad. Musically, it's not sleazy or glammy, but more traditional metal.

I am not the biggest fan in the world of "The X Factor" by Maiden, but I don't hate it - I think there's a lot of good stuff on it. But I do not like "Virtual XI", I must admit, even though I consider Maiden to be my number one favorite band.

Carcass' "Swansong" is another unpopular album, which I think actually contains some very good songs, like "Keep on Rotting in the Free World" and "Tomorrow Belongs to Nobody".

I like "Technical Ecstasy" too, and also "Never Say Never", but there's another Sabbath album that a lot of people hate, which I think has some good stuff on it too: "Born Again".

A lot of metalheads hate Nirvana, and I've never been a big fan of theirs either, but I do like "Nevermind" alot, which I think is a brilliant album. I don't care for their other releases though.

Just today paid for four Striborg CDs. Must be among the most hated black metal bands due to the overabundance of material and the lack of 'musical values' due to the weird dissonant atmosphere, but I've liked pretty much everything I've heard of Striborg so far. Some material is of course worse than some, but still.

LittleBig wrote: UMUR wrote: ...and Then There Were Three by Genesis usually receive a lot of criticism. I absolutely adore the album.   you've just put a smile on my face  I love this album as well, in fact it's one of my favourite, not ashamed to admit it.

While it is not my favorite Genesis album i also enjoy it a lot, too.

Metallica - Load

Anything by Korn