Going off of MJK's list in the Top 10 thread:
Doesn't necessarily mean I don't like these albums, but just didn't meet expectations:
MMJ
Bright Eyes
Bon Iver
Fleet Foxes
AA Bondy
Deer Tick
Feist
MMJ
Bright Eyes
borderline mention:
Radiohead (it should have been more than 8songs)
Id have to disagree with Bright Eyes. I didn't like it more than MMJ, but MMJ was disappointing and Bright Eyes exceeded expectations to me. I thought it was the best Bright Eyes album yet.
Feist
Iron and Wine
Ryan Adams
Blitzen Trapper
I would add Radiohead's to this list. I thought it was awful. I do not understand why they continue making this dreck. It's like they forgot they can play guitar.
Bon Iver - Boring
Fleet Foxes - I liked it at first but grew bored with it fast
Circuital - I'm sorry, I think it's not a great album. Outside of Victory Dance and the title track, it does nothing for me.
DBT - They need an extended break. Or maybe I need a break from them. Outside of Used To Be A Cop, this album did absolutly nothing for me.
Quote from: wolof7 on Dec 18, 2011, 06:45 PM
Iron and Wine
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HA did that get u hot under the collar YAGTF? In fairness, I did not dislike the album, just my least favorite I&W album.
Quote from: wolof7 on Dec 18, 2011, 09:37 PM
HA did that get u hot under the collar YAGTF? In fairness, I did not dislike the album, just my least favorite I&W album.
Haha just a little ribbing. I really liked the album... and for a number of reasons this album really did it for me this year.
And please call me Dan. I still love Pearl Jam, but I hate my username here ;D
Quote from: YouAre_GivenToFly on Dec 18, 2011, 09:05 PM
Quote from: wolof7 on Dec 18, 2011, 06:45 PM
Iron and Wine
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D 'scuse me but I just gotta :-* ya for this :P
Biggest musical disappointment of 2011: The Jayhawks - Mockingbird Time
Original lineup reunites and the guy (one of the two primary singers/songwriters) that quit the band just when they were getting successful in 1995, comes back 15 years later and drags the whole thing down to worse than mediocre and the rest of the band seems perfectly content to let him do it. Yeah, I'm a little bitter.
Shug, almost listed Jayhawks but haven't listened enough...first few listens..blah...
and wolof----AGREE with woody and YAGTF----I&W's album is terrific! Probably my favorite yet...think this album brought it all together for songwriting... ;)
Quote from: Shug on Dec 19, 2011, 09:37 AM
Biggest musical disappointment of 2011: The Jayhawks - Mockingbird Time
Original lineup reunites and the guy (one of the two primary singers/songwriters) that quit the band just when they were getting successful in 1995, comes back 15 years later and drags the whole thing down to worse than mediocre and the rest of the band seems perfectly content to let him do it. Yeah, I'm a little bitter.
yes, I would put this one up as the biggiest disappointment of the year. Saw them earlier in the year doing Tomorrow The Green Grass and thought it was terrific. This album is a snooze.
Deer Tick
Feist
DBT and Isbell
They need to get back together, that's all there is to it.
DBT
Isbell
MMJ
Deer Tick.
all bands and artists I generally like...but can barely listen to any of these albums. MMJ I think I listened to one and half times before I had enough. DBT need to revamp bigtime.
My answer is: 2011. All of it.
Nothing really blew me away this year. Not to say the releases sucked, but I'm not gonna say it was a good year for music.
Fleetfoxes
DBT - agree with sweatboard, they arent about to start doing it for me unless jason isabell comes back
Radiohead
Quote from: el_chode on Dec 20, 2011, 06:18 PM
My answer is: 2011. All of it.
Nothing really blew me away this year. Not to say the releases sucked, but I'm not gonna say it was a good year for music.
If that's how you feel Chode, this guy agrees with you...
http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-year-of-no-important-albums-and-many-good-reco,66818/ (http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-year-of-no-important-albums-and-many-good-reco,66818/)
Quote from: wolof7 on Dec 20, 2011, 08:12 PM
Quote from: el_chode on Dec 20, 2011, 06:18 PM
My answer is: 2011. All of it.
Nothing really blew me away this year. Not to say the releases sucked, but I'm not gonna say it was a good year for music.
If that's how you feel Chode, this guy agrees with you...
http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-year-of-no-important-albums-and-many-good-reco,66818/ (http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-year-of-no-important-albums-and-many-good-reco,66818/)
Yes, the headline captures it perfectly. Even for MMJ, DBT, and the Keys - it's like a year of Zeppelin IIIs - awesome albums with great songs, but not Physical Graffitis, or even Zep IVs.
Maybe it's a symptom of the year or just a sad thing, but when "artists" like Drake make the top album lists of even the snobbiest or most respected rags, I can't help but wonder what the hell happened to good music.
I thought it was an excellent year for music but MMJ was the biggest disappointment. DBT too but they've been hit & miss since Jason left in my opinion.
To think that ten years ago these were my two favourite bands :(
Quote from: el_chode on Dec 20, 2011, 06:18 PM
My answer is: 2011. All of it.
Nothing really blew me away this year. Not to say the releases sucked, but I'm not gonna say it was a good year for music.
I feel like this for the most part. Outside of 3 albums, I'd say this was one of the weakest years of new music for me in terms of albums that blew me away that I spun them over and over and over again.
Sounding like a broken record but yeah, MMJ, Deer Tick and Mastodon top this list for me.
i forgot about this one:
Okkervil River
Oh man, I thought that was a great record.
To each his own and all that. :)
Other than the excellent Birds, Build A Rocket Boys was nothing special...
My biggest disappointments were:
Deer Tick
Mastodon
Drive-By Truckers
TV on the Radio
Quote from: dragonboy on Dec 22, 2011, 04:21 AM
Other than the excellent Birds, Build A Rocket Boys was nothing special...
Lippy Kids was good, but yeah it was kind of flat overall. Shouldn't have expected Seldom Seen Kid part II.
Glasvegas
It was decent but no where near as great as their debut.
Quote from: dragonboy on Dec 21, 2011, 04:13 AM
I thought it was an excellent year for music but MMJ was the biggest disappointment. DBT too but they've been hit & miss since Jason left in my opinion.
To think that ten years ago these were my two favourite bands :(
still the best live bands, Go Go Boots didn't disappoint me at all, just don't love it as much as their other stuff..
agree about Elbow..'build a rocket boys' saves that album...
Deer Tick, Bronze Nazareth
My biggest disappointment was the album(s) that didn't happen - No T5 box set! :'(
"Nine Types of Light" by TV on the Radio - While it was a good album, it wasn't as memorable as their previous effort, "Dear, Science".
"Circuital" by MMJ - Just expected more from quintet.
"Go Go Boots" by DBT - Their weakest album in years, maybe ever.
Biggest Disapointment: MASTODON. An album about nothing truly sounds like nothing. Ditching the Concept album idea was a bad decision, especially now that i hear Curl of the Burl on radio stations that play pure shit like nickleback, disturbed, five finger death punch, shinedown, Bro rock etc.
Mmj- Good but didn't rock the fuck out nearly enough.
Wilco- I get blown away by the first two songs every time, the rest of the albums boring.
Flaming lips- Not liking these collaborations at all, plus no physical copies. I need a full album.
Johnny Corndawg/Deertick/MiddleBrother- All were huge disappointments.(Besides Matt Vasquez's Songs in middle bro)
Quote from: ChronicHunger on Dec 26, 2011, 01:04 AM
Biggest Disapointment: MASTODON. An album about nothing truly sounds like nothing. Ditching the Concept album idea was a bad decision, especially now that i hear Curl of the Burl on radio stations that play pure shit like nickleback, disturbed, five finger death punch, shinedown, Bro rock etc.
Wow, couldn't disagree more with that one. But to each their own right?
For me the biggest disappointments are:
Eddie Vedder "Ukelele Songs" - just bored the heck out of me.
Fleet Foxes "Helplessness Blues" - really liked the title track, but another one that just sort of put me to sleep.
Red Hot Chili Peppers "I'm With You" - nothing special.
I'll bet there are others I am forgetting. And since I am forgetting them, just goes to show how much of an impact they made on me... ;D
Yea, just my opinion. When i first heard mastodon i couldn't stand the heavier songs and the screaming vocals, now i love them. If i would've started listening to mastodon with the Hunter i probably would've loved it. Its by far their most Accessible album. But it sounds over produced and lacking in face melting guitar solos. Not nearly as "Noodley' and Psychedelic as there last three albums. Before it seemed like Mastodon had two lead guitar players shredding at all times. Now it seems like they've slowed down and went into a more traditional setup of one rhythm one lead. The album is very rhythmic and very riff Driven. Its not a necessarily a bad album it just doesn't hold a candle to leviathan, blood mountain, or crack the skye. At the very least you have to admit the album artwork isn't as cool as the last three albums right?