Beloved albums that you can't get on with

So everybody here has probably read dozens of 'Top 50 albums ever,' 'Top 100 records you must hear before you die' sort of lists, in magazines, blogs, sites etc

Are there any albums held up to a mythic status that you just don't get all the fuss about ?


My Choices are:
Napalm Death - Scum.      - I am a gigantic Napalm Death fan, but this record is just not good in my ears. I used to get upset by people who went on about how great scum was and had never even heard of their other albums, it reinforced the undeserving, gimmick based popularity of what I saw as a dreadful album. I've since grown out of that, but the album doesn't ever sound as good in my ears as the likes of Harmony Corruption or Enemy Of The Music Business.

Sepultura - Roots.      - It is just a bit dull, incohesive and missing some special spark, as far as I can hear.

Rush - Moving Pictures.    - Just when compared to the four before it, why is this one supposedly so much better ? This album I actually do like a lot, just don't understand its status.

NIN - The Downward Spiral   - I prefer everything after it.

Kiss - Destroyer - Just a bit weaker and cheesier than the three ones before it and the two after it. Why is this the big one ?

Exodus - Bonded By Blood  - Great title track, but weakish album. Balof charming but not as good a singer as Zetro or Dukes in my opinion.

Gorguts - Obscura and From Wisdom to Hate.  The fact that Obscura gets almost unanimous praise really annoys me.  I think it's nothing more than technical w**kery with sub-par production.  From Wisdom to Hate is the same situation, better production.

Napalm Death - Scum (I appreciate the ambitious and groundbreaking attitude of the release, but I fail to find very many musically redeeming aspects to the album)

Cannibal Corpse - Eaten Back to Life & Butchered at Birth (I'm not too familiar with their whole discography, but both of these albums strike me as just decent; nothing more, nothing less)

Stooge wrote: One I was thinking about lately, but haven't reviewed yet: Somewhere In Time by Iron Maiden.  I don't exactly hate the album, but I find it rather bland, especially compared to all the albums before it.  The clean, synth-soaked sound is interesting, but I prefer my Maiden a bit more raw sounding.

"Somewhere in Time" is my favorite album of all time. Actually, I'm having a hard time with this exercise... I just can't think of a popular metal album that I don't like (there probably are some, but they don't come to mind).

Operation Mindcrime I'm not a huge fan of.  I agree it's Queensryche's best, but still not saying a whole lot.

Woutjinho wrote: Kingcrimsonprog wrote: Exodus - Bonded By Blood  - Great title track, but weakish album. I actually think that the title track is weaker than the rest of the album.   Maybe it's handier to see a top 100 album list or something?   But I think the newer albums of Death are a good example for me. And Opeth. Progressive stuff in general actually haha.

http://www.metal-rules.com/polls/index.php?id=6
http://www.metalstorm.net/bands/albums_top.php
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_albums-metal.html
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/beezlebub/top_100_metal_albums/
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_albumsddd.html
http://www.metalstorm.net/bands/albums_top.php?album_style=Thrash
http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/the-50-greatest-heavy-metal-albums-of-all-time-245511/1
http://www.metal-rules.com/polls/index.php?id=7
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/Lusikka/metal_hammer__top_50_thrash_metal_albums_
http://www.squidoo.com/StonerRock-Doom-Psychedelic
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2006/jul/16/popandrock.shopping
http://www.turkku.com/music/inter_lp.html
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/AbsoluteIdealist/my_top_50_favorite_thrash_metal_albums_of_all_time/
http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/guardian100.htm
http://top1000albums.blogspot.com/

Oh, goody!

Anything by Tool
Almost anything by Opeth
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Ziltoid
Crimson

Cowboys From Hell, by Pantera - very boring to me.
Nevermind, by Nirvana - good... when I were a teenager. Nowadays, for me is trash like all the Nirvana releases.
Empire, by Queenryche - Boring...
Fear of The Dark, by Iron Maiden - I love most of discog of Maiden, but for me Fear of The Dark is overrated. I prefer the prog side of Maiden...
Roots, by Sepultura - Sepultura is excellent, I like most of their discography, including the awesome Dante XXI. But ROOTS???? Die, Nu Metal, DIE!

Tupan wrote: Cowboys From Hell, by Pantera - very boring to me.

Honestly the only Pantera album I enjoy at all is Trendkill

adg211288 wrote: Elvenking - The Scythe (it's had some panning from their fanbase, but it was apparently their best selling album so...)