For me, its Jennifer Lopez - This is me...Then

I always wondered what I was smoking on when I bought this piece of crap. I only played it two times. Worst album I ever heard in my life. I even tried to force myself to listen to it because I had already wasted my money on it. Didn't work.

missfee said:

I bought her debut and 2nd album I still can't 4give myself for that messy mess

Ok, so this is the first time I've admitted this to ANYBODY, but I actually bought this album. I listened to half of it.



I think I really WAS on crack when that purchase was made.

Harlepolis said:

tell me about it...

minneapolisgenius said:

was it that bad? I liked their title song "sweet dreams" but i never bought the album. So i assume the whole album sounded like "sweet dreams" huh?

Harlepolis said:

OMG, I was gonna say the same thing. I have Carmen Electra and Spice Girls CDs, but I was really embarrassed to own those first two Jennifer Lopez albums.

sextonseven said:

Damn. I too bought her first too albums and since sold or gave them away. Hard to believe it in retrospect.

missfee said:

Was "Sweet Dreams" the song that went: "La da da dee da da da daaaaa.....La da da dee da da da DAAAAA!!!!" ? Because if it was, then yeah, the whole album sounded like that, but MUCH worse.

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Most recently:

Adam Ant--Manners & Physique. Some of the crappiest cliche 80's sounding shit I've ever heard.

It was only $3, at least.

JackieBlue said:

Apparently J-Lo fooled a lot of us.

my god, where do i begin?

concrete rose by ashanti
nina sky
lisa marie presley

too many to mention

There aren't many but the most recent is the new U2 offering.

The last Janet album too....

I really like her voice, so I bought the album back in the day.

The only two songs that I liked turned out to be the two radiohits. Same story with Angie Stone. I'm really sorry, but only Erykah Badu's debut was really worth my money (in that category, and I haven't checked out to many artists yet). That's a record I still play a lot.

MarieLouise said:

The pic is gone.

minneapolisgenius said:

You should've done like me and get it through the BMG or Columbia House music service. 12 CDs for a penny!


But, I must admit, even I sold my copy to a Used CD outlet.

JANFAN4L said:

I always think about selling it like that. It's sitting in my parent's basement somewhere. I'm sure I'd get about 10 cents for it though.

minneapolisgenius said:

Yeah, that song sounds bad nowadays, but even I liked it back in the mid-90s. It was MOR/mainstream dance music. There was another song I liked on there by Le Click called "Tonight Is The Night." But that sounded like "Sweet Dreams," too. LOL.

this was terrible too, but i sold it to a used record store and only got like 6 dollars for it:

Albums I regret purchasing:

• Brian McKnight - Anytime (1997)
  This is the #1 worst CD I ever purchased. I bought this because of the lead single "Anytime." Later, I come to learn that he stole the entire melody from Meshell Ndegeocello's 1993 track "Outside Your Door." I strongly despise him for going platinum with this CD by ripping off the song and not giving Meshell proper sample credits. In an interview, he said it was an original melody he composed -- false! He still hasn't paid Meshell for sampling her song for his biggest hit (while Meshell and her original version wallow in virtual obscurity).
  
• Eminem - The Slim Shady LP (1999)
  I was in high school. I was a teenager. Eminem JUST came out with the novelty tune "My Name Is" and I was like "wow, a white guy that can rap well." So, I bought his debut album. I liked the song "My Fault (Mushrooms)" and "Cum On Everybody" -- I actually gave this LP a glowing review when I wrote for my high school newspaper. LOL! This was before he became a certified a**hole with his follow-up. Man, times change.
  
• E-40 - The Element of Surprise (1998)
  Shame on Forty Water for putting out weak garbage like this. I think he was playing a joke on us when he released this as a double-LP. The album's somewhere lost in my brother's closet.
  
• Destiny's Child - The Writing's On The Wall (1999)
  Man, if only I discovered Napster a few months earlier...
  
• Conscious Daughters - Gamers (1994)
  "Funky Expedition" was the jam on this CD, but the rest of it was so lackluster. Didn't live up to the first single.
  
• Salt-N-Pepa - Brand New (1997)
  I can see why they broke up shortly after this album's release. The most tired rap album I've ever purchased -- and that's sad 'cause I really enjoyed S-N-P's prior work.
  
• Total - Kima, Keisha & Pam (1998)
  A case of me being bored in a record store one night, an impluse purchase.
  
• Limp Bizkit - Significant Other (1999)
  What was I thinking when I purchased this? I was in high school so that explains a lot. I bought this years ago and I haven't played it since the millennium began. I can't even name 2 tracks from the album.
  

Notice: all of these CDs date before 2000 (the year I discovered Napster). After that, I listened to ALL albums on the 'net before I bought them. The record companies call file sharing a curse, I say blessing.

Altogether, that's around $133.97 (give or take a couple of dollars) that's been kissed to high heaven. Invested in artists' car notes, estates, VIP wine parties, Matthew Knowles' restaurant tip, record execs' jet fuel payments, country club fees, etc.

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okay, i may catch flak for this, but i really regretted buying the last robbie williams album ('gerontology' or some title like that) and the album by the darkness.

no sir, didn't like 'em at all.

Some Fiona Apple CD I got a few years ago, and countless albums I bought back in the 80s.

Anxiety said:

Yeah - Escapology is certainly an aquired taste but his Ive Been Expecting You is one of my favs of all time....strange for me!!!

okay...i have two:


Vanessa Williams "Sweetest Days"..so dissapointed after her awesome first two cds.

and

Guns & Roses "Appetite for Distruction"...I dont know, maybe hard rock isnt for me but i bought into the hype and bought it and was soo over it after one listen..but then i was like 14 at the time..

but, these are the only two cd's i've ever given away.....and ive kept some major crap in my collection (paula abdul's vibeology....lil luis.....)

The Jungle Brothers -- 40 Below Trooper

Cherrywine

Cody ChesnuTT -- The Headphone Masterpiece (maybe he should be sued for false advertising)

Sweetback's new album

to name a few.

I think I've got everybody beat in the shame department....






Yeah....I know....
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missfee said:

that is another cd i could add to my list. it is a weird album. i don't quite get it.

namepeace said:

i really did not understand that cd by cody chesnutt. it was weird and not in a good way. man, i really need to sell these cd's now that i think of it.