Meloh9 said:

I felt a little indifferent about songs like Incense and Candles, Love, and Black Sweat at first, but I've grown to like them because you can't be original all of the time can you? Overall, i think that 3121 was one of the best albums of 2006!

I still don't know why Diddy came back at all with this crappy album:

DigUBetterDead said:

yeah the SNL version kicked ass, I wish I could play like that!

Audioslave's "Revelations" sucked ass too.

VinnyM27 said:

I agree that I'm not going to seriously slam an album until I've heard it all as opposed to just one or two singles.

I'd include Diddy and take off Kelis and Justin. Don't know about Brooke Hogan's album but for some reason I had a soft spot for her and wanted her to succeed.

I've got an unusual one:

The recording of the Mozart "Requiem" with Christian Thielemann conducting. Horrible! He lets Mozart die for the 2nd time! A Bruckner symphony sounds like chamber music compared to this interpretation of one of the most brilliant pieces of music ever written - it completely misses the Mozart style!
[Edited 1/16/07 13:58pm]

JackieBlue said:

i didn't think the kelis album was so bad, either. a little generic in places, but really fun and trashy overall.

Anx said:

Kelis made the bottom of my 2006 list along with Janet's 20 Y.O. and The Sounds' 'Dying To Say This To You'. I also bought a noise record by AIDS Wolf ('The Lovvers LP'). That one was rock bottom.

I wanted to like Kelis' album more than I actually did, if that makes sense.

sextonseven said:

i'm not gonna champion the album - i didn't think it was brilliant nor was it one of my favorites - but it was some dumb fun pop music. it certainly wasn't one of the worst albums of last year. that's all *I'M* saying.

Anx said:

I didn't think it was a total bomb either. There are three songs on it that I think rank as some as Kelis' best ever. On the contrary, there's a big gap between the Kelis and Janet albums and AIDS Wolf.

sextonseven said:

i think it would be really sad if i were a recording artist and someone said to me "i like your record, but it's no AIDS Wolf."

Anx said:

You'd be sad if I said your record didn't suck as bad as AIDS Wolf? You need to aim higher.

sextonseven said:

no. that's not what i meant. have you ever heard someone say "you're pretty good, but you're no [insert name of someone who's better here]."

that's what i meant.

i have instructional tapes if it helps.

sextonseven said:

I've been curious about this album. Is it really bad? I kinda liked "Song with a Mission".

3121

Anx said:

Ah, so I'm the problem here. That's what I thought you meant at first, but then assumed that you read my mind and knew that I meant AIDS Wolf was the worst record I bought last year. When I said big gap between Kelis and AIDS Wolf, I meant big gap in the other direction...oh fergit it.

Moonbeam said:

That single is great! I just thought in comparison the rest of the album sounded half-assed--like the band poured all their energy and money into making the lead single and didn't have anything left for the other songs.

sextonseven said:

Good tip! I'll know to only buy the single now.

Moonbeam said:

Hey, that's just me. When I went to see them live last year, everyone else seemed to think the new tracks were hot. I've never seen a more unruly new wave crowd.

sextonseven said:

On the plus side, I've name dropped "AIDS Wolf" a million times on this thread. My music snob diploma should arrive in the mail any day now...

sextonseven said:

my teeth ache just thinking about it.