Albums you've overplayed

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   Opposite to slow burners, these are albums you liked initially, but have gone off, either through over-playing them, or just realising they weren't that good in the first place (as my mother would put it, "growing out of it". She's still waiting for me to grow out of this metal phase. Since I'm 42 now she might have given up hope...)
Rust In Peace - Megadeth
OK, it seemed pretty good on initial release, but it just got tired very quickly. The guitars seemed to lack any real grunt when compared to So Far, So Good...So What! I now find it almost impossible to listen to. Even hearing the songs off it in Megadeth live releases grates a bit. I find the ongoing worship of it a bit hard to comprehend.

Back In Black - AC/DC
This one is just straight over-exposure. Whenever I hear the title track or You Shook Me All Night Long or any of the other songs off it, I long for Blow Up Your Video or Highway To Hell or TNT or Dirty Deeds Done DIrt Cheap, or pretty much anything that's NOT Back In Black. It's like some radio programmers and Acca Dacca fans have forgotten there's about 20 other AC/DC albums to choose from!

Act III - Death Angel
Death Angel was one of the first thrash bands to go melodic. This album had a couple of thrashers on it, like Seemingly Endless Time and Disturbing The Peace, but most of it was a bit slower, but still pretty good. Then I got Frolic Through The Park and The Ultra-Violence, and Act III just seemed lame in comparison.

Master Of Puppets - Metallica
Overexposure again. Metallica have never remixed their albums, which I applaud them for, but Master Of Puppets just doesn't seem as heavy now as when I was 17. I still listen to it, but I would rather listen to any of the other three of the first four albums (or Garage Days Re-Revisited) first.

In Memoriam - Venom
This is a best-of album. It's got a few good tracks on it, and it seemed OK initially, but the originals make more sense live or in the original album context. This was the first Venom I managed to get my hands on, and I suppose it's OK as a history piece, but I'd prefer a full album to this, even one of their later ones.

While
You Were Shouting At The Devil…We Were In League With Satan - Zimmer's Hole
I fucked this one up for myself right royally by having it on too heavy a rotation. The humour seems a bit silly, even though the music fucking rips. I'm sure I'll like it again one day, but if it comes up now, I usually hit the skip button.

Edited by Vim Fuego - 18 Jul 2015 at 5:37pm