Is St Anger the most hated album of all time?

Matt Till · #1 10-14-2007, 10:03 PM

If not what is?

I guess this would be the "biggest letdown" thread. A famous band releasing an album that totally disorients fans and just bombs all together. What other albums have had this impact? Where even the hardcorest of fans has to be like, "ehhh, not my favorite."

Phil Mailloux · #2 10-14-2007, 10:07 PM

That's pretty much the feeling I had when Load came out.

ROON · #3 10-14-2007, 10:41 PM

I'd rather listen to St. Anger than this...

RAM · #4 10-14-2007, 11:19 PM

I take it we're talking Metallica? I haven't heard it.

I've certainly been let down by some of my favorite bands in the past, though, so I guess I feel your pain.

erochelle77 · #5 10-14-2007, 11:31 PM

They went from this to this.

SnakeAnthony · #6 10-15-2007, 12:19 AM

Green Day- Essentially everything after Dookie, but the ambsolute success of American Idiot amongst kids who thought Green Day were a new band just kind of burned something deep inside those of us who actually new them before.

Modest Mouse- We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank. Again, this probably had something to do with its success amongst noobs, but I honestly just didn't like it as much. They were better as Angry Indie Rock then as Dance-Pop-Indie.

Radiohead- Hail to The Theif. I love the hell out of this album, but I know a lot of fans who go back to Pablo Honey days that hate it.

RHCP- Anything after BSSM, really. It was good, and not much after that compared on any kind of level. Californication didn't deserve the praise it got, and I honestly think that Stadium Arcadium is one of the highlights of 'sell outs.'

Weezer- Make Believe. WHY!? Why Weezer? The Blue Album was awesome. Pinkerton was awesome. Hell, even the Green Album was great. But this?

I do realize that none of these are even close to the scale of St. Anger. None of these albums were as openly hated, none of them were even that bad, but you asked for albums that pissed off die hard fans. There you go.

ROON · #7 10-15-2007, 02:43 AM

Celtic Frost are kickass... I only have Morbid Tales though. Dethroned Emperor is awesome.

Depth_Charge · #8 10-15-2007, 04:43 AM

I'm not very familiar with St. Anger but there are a few songs I liked.

I love Frantic.

Plus the one where he sings "Shoot me again I'm not dead yet" and the "Flush it out flush it out" songs are pretty cool IMO. I don't know the song titles, but I know I like the songs.

I really don't like the sound of the snare either, it reminded me of Pungent Stench in some respects...

keb · #9 10-15-2007, 07:36 AM

Tormato by Yes.

invader3k · #10 10-15-2007, 08:37 AM

"Celebrity Skin" by Hole is known to be a fairly big letdown of a rock album, though I actually like a few of the songs on that album.

Another big one is "Pop" by U2...their long awaited follow up after Achtung Baby an Zooropa, and it just seemed really weird and not with the times at all.

dancehallclasher · #11 10-15-2007, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by SnakeAnthony

Weezer- Make Believe. WHY!? Why Weezer? The Blue Album was awesome. Pinkerton was awesome. Hell, even the Green Album was great. But this?

Absolutely. This album is the biggest letdown for me. But then I don't listen to Metallica in the first place.

Also when I first heard Radiohead's Kid A I was seriously depressed and angry at the band for making such a crappy album. But I was expecting something in the OK Computer vein and I learned to love it after accepting the totally different stylistic direction.

jerome_oneil · #12 10-15-2007, 10:02 AM

Metallica hasn't had a good album since "Master of Puppets."

But in this vein, Van Halen's "1984" completely sucked for those of us that love VH.

StanFan · #13 10-15-2007, 10:56 AM

I think Van Halen 3 ranks up there probably, but I personally haven't heard much of the album.

RSJ4STRING · #14 10-15-2007, 11:03 AM

RSJ4STRING · #15 10-15-2007, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by jerome_oneil

Metallica hasn't had a good album since "Master of Puppets."

But in this vein, Van Halen's "1984" completely sucked for those of us that love VH.

i thought justice was awsome (with or with out bass), and dare i say i really enjoyed 5150( i'm still torn on the whole vh thing)

jerome_oneil · #16 10-15-2007, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by RSJ4STRING

i thought justice was awsome (with or with out bass), and dare i say i really enjoyed 5150( i'm still torn on the whole vh thing)

Justice was good, but it was a serious step down from Puppets. Black album was, ahh, how to put it in a family friendly way...

******* **** **** *** ******* *******.

There.

5150 was no longer Van Halen at all. I love Sammy Hagar, but Van Halen ceased to exist without DLR fronting them. It's like Queen without Freddie.

**MAJOR METAL** · #17 10-15-2007, 11:32 AM

Recordings ?

**MAJOR METAL** · #18 10-15-2007, 11:35 AM

I think Saint Anger is a pretty cool album , good heavy riffage. Remember every Metallica album is their new take on heavy music , there sound is allways changing.

infinitetoast · #19 10-15-2007, 11:49 AM

Matt Till · #20 10-15-2007, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by MAJOR METAL

I think Saint Anger is a pretty cool album , good heavy riffage. Remember every Metallica album is their new take on heavy music , there sound is allways changing.

But Load/Reload at least were commercially successful albums. Saint Anger bombed pretty hard. Hell, I'll even admit to liking... I'll go ahead and say it, I prefer Load/Reload to A LOT of the Pre-Master of Puppets stuff. But St was an attempt to do something Metallica wasn't really capable of doing, IMO. You are one of the few who would listen to that album more than a couple times.