Jimmy Guterman & Owen O’Donnell's "The Fifty Worst Rock-And-Roll Albums of All Time"

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“In the beginning rock ‘n’ roll was simple & direct. Songs conveyed their point seriously and in under 3 minutes. In the sixties it began to take itself seriously; angry young men with faces as long as their guitar solos pontificated on life, the universe and everything. The rock icon was born.

This book topples the statues, revealing that all the gold from Dylan, Presley, Costello et al. does not necessarily glitter. With incisive criticisms of the fifty worst albums and fifty worst singles, and special sections including the worst Dylan cover versions, the worst Elvis tributes and the worst rock ‘n’ rollers of all time. Slipped Discs… The Worst Rock ‘n’ Roll Records of All Time is the most witty, caustic and honest rock guide ever written”.

From the book "Slipped Discs: The Worst Rock ‘n’ Roll Records of All Time" by authors Jimmy Guterman & Owen O’Donnell, 1991, Virgin Publishing. All text is quoted from the book.

  1. 1.
    Having Fun on Stage With Elvis
    by Elvis Presley

  2. 2.
    Metal Machine Music
    by Lou Reed

  3. 3.
    Self Portrait
    by Bob Dylan

  4. 4.
    American Dream
    by Crosby Stills Nash & Young

  5. 5.
    ?
    Pat Boone
    by Pat Boone

  6. 6.
    The Remix Album

  7. 7.
    At Carnegie Hall
    by Chicago

  8. 8.
    Alive, She Cried
    by The Doors

  9. 9.
    Europe 72
    by Grateful Dead

  10. 10.
    Tales From Topographic Oceans
    by Yes

  11. 11.
    Aqualung
    by Jethro Tull

  12. 12.
    Byrds
    by Byrds

  13. 13.
    Queen 2
    by Queen

  14. 14.
    Live Killers
    by Queen

  15. 15.
    Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
    by Anderson

  16. 16.
    Philosophy of the World
    by Shaggs

  17. 17.
    ?
    The Shaggs' Own Thing
    by The Shaggs

  18. 18.
    ?
    Travolta Fever
    by John Travolta

  19. 19.
    Days of Future Passed
    by Moody Blues

  20. 20.
    ?
    70’s Hits: Great Records of the Decade – Original Recordings Vol 1
    by Various Artists..label and year of release unclear?

  21. 21.
    At Budokan [Live In Japan, February, 1978]
    by Bob Dylan

  22. 22.
    Radio Kaos

  23. 23.
    Song Cycle
    by Van Dyke Parks

  24. 24.
    Who's Last
    by The Who

  25. 25.
    Still Life (Reis)
    by Rolling Stones

  26. 26.
    Slippery When Wet
    by Bon Jovi

  27. 27.
    Journey - Greatest Hits
    by Journey

  28. 28.
    Still Crusin
    by Beach Boys

  29. 29.
    Knee Deep in the Hoopla
    by Starship

  30. 30.
    Return of Bruno
    by Bruce Willis

  31. 31.
    Blood Sweat & Tears (Exp)
    by Blood Sweat & Tears

  32. 32.
    Donovan's Greatest Hits
    by Donovan

  33. 33.
    Whenever You Need Somebody
    by Rick Astley

  34. 34.
    Tarkus
    by Emerson Lake & Palmer

  35. 35.
    ?
    4 X 4
    by Starland Vocal Band

  36. 36.
    ?
    Black Sheep Boy
    by Joel Grey

  37. 37.
    ?
    Life As We Know It
    by REO Speedwagon

  38. 38.
    America - History: Greatest Hits
    by America

  39. 39.
    Stop & Smell the Roses
    by Ringo Starr

  40. 40.
    Old Wave
    by Ringo Starr

  41. 41.
    ?
    La Diva
    by Aretha Franklin

  42. 42.
    ?
    Phantom, Rocker, Slick
    by Phantom, Rocker, Slick

  43. 44.
    Goodbye Cruel World
    by Elvis Costello

  44. 45.
    Never Let Me Down
    by David Bowie

  45. 46.
    The Guitar That Changed The World!
    by Scotty Moore

  46. 47.
    ?
    Tony Sheridan and the Elvis Presley TCB Band
    by Tony Sheridan and the Elvis Presley TCB Band

  47. 48.
    Pinker and Prouder Than Previous
    by Nick Lowe

  48. 49.
    ?
    Parkerilla: Graham Parker Live
    by Graham Parker

  49. 50.
    The Unforgettable Fire
    by U2

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Sgt. Pepper — 3 years ago

I surely posted it before on another list, but I really hate how the site thinks I listened to the version on this list, when actually I’ve only ever heard The Beatles album.




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