The WORST Album of Each Beatle's Solo Career | From Bad to Worse
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- čas přidán 26. 04. 2024
- The Beatles as a band created some of the most iconic albums of all time, separately, their genius approached different paths that equally continued to throw great works. All things Must Pass, Imagine, Ram or Ringo to name a few. However, not everything is perfect, and today we present you the opposite side. After listening to almost 100 albums including experimental albums, soundtracks or collaborative works, today we will try to conclude which is the worst album of each beatle.
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Personally, I don't get why Wild Life is seen as one of Paul's worst. It has some great stuff on, Tomorrow, Dear Friend, Some People Never Know are all very good imo.
Agree
Completely correct. Nearly all of his albums have at least two solid songs on them, with a most having two or three more beyond that.
Love Is Strange is an excellent cover
Bip Bop was savaged though
You know why it’s considered his worst? Bip Bop.
Let's cut Ringo some slack, during that poor period he was hitting bottom and getting sober
Ringo had one good album , we all know what one that was,
I did find a few songs on Rotogravure that I liked, but at best the album is a c-.
Never understood the hatred towards "Bad Boy", it's one of my favorite albums by him.
@@meyou-dv8nsSentimental Journey is also good
Actually this polydor period was the late 70s, and he didn’t get sober until 1989.
Wild Life is such a groovy cool album and so underrated. I would love him to do the Wild Life song live in concert!
I love the live performance of the songs particularly. They very much suit live performance with that energy and drive that I always thought the other three had little off with their solo output. Paul has proven one thing for sure and that is whilst yes it has written and put out dire crap he has also on every album achieved some greatness and he can perform any song across any genre convincingly. His breadth of talent is amazing. He should do another album with Nigel Godrich. Cheers.
Except for Bip Bop, I like the raw style of the album.
You're right man
I'm no Gen-Z but a damned boomer and Wild Life was always one of my fav Macca's albums. Just listen to it: no pretense, no over-production, no statements, just plain good soulful music.
I"m not Gen Z either, I'm Gen X, And I 100% agree with ya. Wild LIfe is AMAZING!!! So quaint and quirky and fun. You can't not hum along to Bip Bop. Too catchy.
i'm gen z and i also agree, i don't think this a generational issue
Wild life have same half baked songs but is very good and is a very sincere album.
It takes guts to self-apply "boomer". Cheers!
It was leftovers from the Ram sessions. Most of the material is cute and basically slight with no real attempt at making a strong lp. Which is fine,except he was introducing a new band. And he could have at least written a few hits to solidify the record.
Actually Off the Ground is Paul's worst lp because on that one,he was actually trying and just missed on virtually every song.
Wild Life is the kind of lp you release through a fan page as a bonus for hardcore enthusiasts who want to hear everything by their favorite artist. The general public doesn't want to shill out hard earned cash for third rate trash.
The reissue a few years back sold many copies and wound up back in the bargain bins months later.
It had the same effect 50 yrs later.
Jeeze, this script was written by an AI wasn't it? This is some of the most mechanical and awkward phrasing I have ever heard.
It's not just here, it's everywhere on CZcams. It's all thanks to the "Influencer 5000". You don't even have to try. You just snooze and it makes you an influencer overnight.
Someone else pointed It is almost a literal translation of a vídeo posted by La Hemeroteca. He even used the same thumbnail
Yes - it's Ai doing a translation. And the VO is Ai as well. FFS - dear CZcams Creators ... can we have some actual human beings please?
CZcams stinks.
Ringo's voice nowadays is not a result of AI . Ringo's voice inspite of all of this year's doesn't age unlike Paul's voice which is very bad nowadays.
To me, extra texture is easily George’s weakest. It’s abundantly clear that album was his lowest. Gone Troppo at least has its moments, it’s self aware and it doesn’t care about what you think of it. Extra Texture is self aware but it wants to be approved of desperately. If you remove The Guitar Can’t Keep From Crying it’s easily George’s worst and even with that track it struggles. Also, dark horse is much better than people give it credit for. Shocked it got a mention.
I 100% agree
Tired of Midnight Blue?????????? That is not a bad song whatsoever!
Disagree his singing is moving and emotive.
Answers at the End is a superior song. Grey Cloudy Lies as real as Lennon/Dylan.
An album that grows on each listen. Harri has always been an understated singer and even more as a writer.
I like Extra Texture but have no time for Gone Troppo. Only thing I struggle with on Dark Horse is George's voice but I still don't think it's a bad album.
“Abundantly clear” is your opinion. Extra Texture is not a classic but far from a bad album. George was writing his melancholy, blue eyed soul, not rock and roll. I wish it had rocked more, but he wasn’t feeling it. The Extra Texture songs have sad, but worldly vibe.
I would use "weakest" instead of "worst".
Yeah but AI wanted to make sure to get some attention by saying "worst". No substance was what followed...
Being a fan of the Beatles since 1963, I think there was a hard lesson learned by all 4 of them. There was a lot of ego tripping amongst them near the end of The Beatles. They were a band of 4 men that had too much talent, each wanting to take a turn at being the lead man. Lennon and Mccartney where not letting George or Ringo have much input to the song writing. They soon found out after they split up that without the other 3 with them they would never be as sensational as they were as The Beatles.
They knew that though. Carry That Weight says it all.
I have to disagree with you about mind games I think that's a great album and I think the new upcoming remixed box set is going to sound even better. A side note: For those of you that can't stand press to play I suggest you get the bootleg the alternate press the play. This CD is so much better than the released version. It is more stripped down and I guarantee you'll like it better.
If you can't find it let me know.
I always liked Press to Play album from the day it came out. I used to listen to my cassette tape all the time.
I agree Mind Games is a good album other than a few bad songs like Meat City and One Day at a Time.
@@muskox63 Funny that, I felt One Day at a Time was one of the fairly good tracks on Mind Games.
@@mr_bassman6685 I Agree.
I really love Driving Rain, it's filled with so much emotion, showing both grief and hope, of losing his loved one and finding a new love. And it's very diverse musically. Work of a genius.
Driving rain is absolutely amazing
Wonderwall Music is a fun album to listen to.
Twiny tingy tiny tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu................... LALALA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CRAPPY MOVIE, THOUGH.
Uhhhh, when exactly has Kisses From The Bottom ever been "fighting for the worst position"???? I absolutely adore it and I've never seen anything but positivity for it. This is literally the first time I've ever seen anybody say anything bad about Kisses From The Bottom lmao.
Exactly
I really like My Valentine on that album.
I've played it exactly once and that's it. I've listened to _Two Virgins_ more.
@@mcarp555 And I’ve listened to your horrible opinion once, look now we’re even.
I don't care if you like it or not, but certainly there are people who don't think _Kisses On The Bottom_ is a great album.
I 100% disagree with Press To Play, when I first heard it, it excited me and held my interest. So many great moments: Stranglehold, Talk More Talk, Footprints, Press, Move Over Busker, Only Love Remains, and even the B-Sides like Write Away & Tough On The Tightrope. If I ever meet McCartney, I’m going to say that I love it and it’s in my top 5 McCartney albums.
Move Over Busker is always stuck in my head! I’ve really come around to this record over the years. Love it.
However Absurd is great as well.
press to play is worth 7 out of 10 not a bad album
Paul is a genius that's why
At least a b-. Only love remains is Paul being Paul, and that’s great!
I’ve always liked Wildlife, it had a certain charm to it.
Heck yeah, Wild LIfe is great and Im far from "Gen Z", lol.
To be fair, and not to sound morbid, Paul put out records 44 years longer than John and through his 70's, there were many more opportunities to lay an egg.
True
and many more opportunities to create great songs as well to be fair. Lennon sadly only had 5 active solo years. There´s also the fact that most songwriters peak when they´re younger, it´s just the nature of the beast. So we never got to see Lennon get really old and lose his singing voice and his creativity. Listening to Lennon´s 5 real albums, they hold up pretty well. But I imagine if he had lived through the 80s we would´ve seen a couple of bad ones. With that said, both John and Paul were masterful craftsmen, so even when they composed a "bad song", there´s usually something good about it. They always manage to make it interesting somehow.
Going "Back to the Egg" are we?
Nothing morbid about it , just a fact
I always thought "Dark Horse" was an amazing album. Commercially - not the best, but the atmosphere of the album is unique. "So Sad", off this album, is among my favourite Harrisongs, along with "Simply Shady", "Far East Man", "It Is He" - all of this same album!
yeh great tracks on dark horse
I absolutely love Simply Shady!
It's my third favorite, behind All Things and George Harrison self titled with Here Comes the Moon on it. I love Dark Horse. Gone Troppo is definitely the one to pick for worst though, at least they got that right.
I just can't get over how painful his voice sounds. Astonishing to me he signed off on releasing that
@@aluthman281 I personally love the texture in his voice, particularly in dark horse - it sounds more real and almost has more emotion, and fits the songs perfectly.
Any John Lennon song with Yoko on backing is a crime against rock music.
The screeching of Yoko Ono would be considered cruel and unusual punishment if forced upon prisoners.
@@orbyfan not every time - crank up "well (baby please don't go)" from sometime in New York City really loud. Yoko's wailing actually adds to it
You hit it when saying about the poor production of Lennon's records as a solo artist. He didn't have the patience to get the sound right.
Like fans care?
The 2001 CDs contained new remixes that definitely improve the sound quality of some albums (especially Some Time in NYC and Rock 'n' Roll)
I heavily disagree with your pick of kisses on the bottom as one of Paul's worst. As someone who grew up listening to that generation of music, I loved it. His cover of bye bye blackbird, accentuate the positive and my echo, my shadow and me were so beautiful to listen to. My funny Valentine was absolutely fantastic
I guess you meant Bye Bye Blackbird.
"Poor" sound on John's solo stuff i think was his liking of 50's rock and roll with the echo and stuff
You can thank producer and murderer Phil Spector making a spectacle of himself with his echo chamber on those. And John's "lost weekend years."
@@thomastimlin1724 Such an original comment
I always liked "Rock and Roll".
@@thomastimlin1724 Phil didn't act as producer on Mind Games or Walls and Bridges, though.
I’m going with “Press to Play” from Paul McCartney. ‘85-‘86.
I was 16 at the time & a big Beatles-fan. It was the first time that Paul’s music seemed uninspired compared to what everyone else was doing.
I remember watching either MTV or VH 1, and they featured a "block" of songs from "Press..." I thought to myself, "this is like trying to eat an un-flavored rice cake." Just nothing there imo.
Press To Play is quite underrated as it's less commercial that his previous solo albums. Footprints, Stranglehold, Press and Move Over Busker are all great tracks IMHO.
Spot on....I recall seeing the video for that song when I was a teen and it was the first McCartney song I thought that truly "sucked". It still does!
@@MIB_63 "Move Over Busker" should have been a single!
The worst of The Beatles solo albums would be a career highlight for most artists...
Good God, someone actually listened to ALL of Ringo's solo albums? 😁
haha.can’t write.Harrison wrote the two important songs that gave him a career.
Ringo 's albums are care free to listen.If you adopt it before you listen, it will enlightened your day. That's the secret to appreciate his albums.
Yes, I've listened to all Ringo's albums and what I've noticed was he might not as brilliant songwriter as John and Paul but Ringo is pleasant to listen as time goes by because of the carefree attitude of his music which can make a troubled hearted person to be able to relax and have peace ✌️ of mind.
@@potterwalker4823 I wonder if Harrison and Ringo together had contribution in the Beatles. It has probably more positive results to the band on how good 👍 they are when they collaborate together.
I have to admit, saying that Driving Rain was a horrible album is a mistake. I thought it was a great album.
No way☠️
George actually doesn't have bad albuns. Ringo's "Bad boy" is not a bad album, I consider his worst "Old Wave" which some people like. Paul has a lot of bad albuns and John unfortunately decided to put Yoko together with him, and we all know "Sometime in New York City" is his worst
I love Old Wave. It's much better than Bad Boy and Rotogravure.
George definitely has bad albums
Paul doesn’t have bad albums
@@LaMioTesoro Of the ones I heard, It's really difficult to go through "McCartney II"
@@christopherhidalgo6696 I still haven't heard "Extra Texture", but "Somewhere in England" and "Gone Troppo", the others that people usually talk about, I like them, the only songs on them I really dislike is "I really Love you", "Greece" and "Blood from a clone", and the last one I do like the humor in it.
"Dream Away" from Gone Troppo is one of my favorite Harrison solo songs. It's the song that plays at the end of the film Time Bandits. That's where I first heard it and it took me forever to find the CD which had been long out of print at the time.
Mind Games, in my opinion, is John Lennon's best album. As for the sound, John Lennon himself admitted he was going for a Phil Spector-esque type of mix for the album, which, I admit, took me a few listens to get past and appreciate the songs. If you listen to outtakes of the album, though, it sounds like it was well recorded.
Mind Games is much underrated and is not among his worst IMHO. It's the first JL album I bought so it has sentimental value to me.
Thank you AI bot dialog generator...
The Beatles were great. But, it was obvious that over time Paul simply ran out of material. He would crank out formulaic crap endlessly, but nothing really interesting or memorable. We'll never know what John would have done, of course, but he had some great stuff just before he died. George had a flurry of creativity right after the Beatles, and he persisted and had many wonderful songs. Personally, I felt that George's post Beatle work was the best of all of them. Ringo? Well, he produced crap.
My guy, most Paul top ten list feature one album from every decade of his career
oh God no... Georges music was just DULL. Paul would record some naff material.. but then suddenly spring back with a stone cold classic on par with the best of the Beatles. George simply did not have the capacity to even get close to that.
The thumbnail grammar screams AI 💀
It's directly translated from a video in Spanish from the hemeroteca CZcams channel whole video is just an English version
This was a great episode and I agree with your choices.👍
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I actually love "Sometime in NYC" ... my 3rd favorite Lennon album ... as for "Gone Tropo" I actually love about half of the album ... I can't even name you 3 songs from "George Harrison", Somewhere in England" and "33&1/3" [and George is my favorite Beatles] that goes saying
I love Driving Rain. It's my favorite Paul's album
Wild Life is redeemed by a few songs for sure, especially the longer ones imo. The first McCartney album is mainly saved by 'Junk' and 'Maybe I'm Amazed'. But in either case, there's a lot of wounds getting nursed, things being said mostly without being said, and that's what makes them underrated. And also what makes a line like 'Baby I'm a lonely man in the middle of something that he doesn't really understand', hit so hard.
8:33 does anyone know where this is from
Oh, good video, it was a very good translation of the original La Hemeroteca video. Please do not allow copying content to be normalized
Oh my god! Ive seen comments about the text seeming to be AI generated and started to repair there was really something off about It. Even the delivery of some lines sounded weird, and now you've cracked It! He even used the same thumbnail!!
I always found Gone Troppo to be an upbeat and fun listen. I know those synthesizers are a bit much but I still enjoy the album..
REALLY GONE TROOPO nah fuck this
Troppo not troopo
Bad Boy was , and is my favorite Ringo record . I think it has aged better over the years , and has been getting a second , more favorable look at by critiques. . Also, some of Ringos best work has been his albums since Time takes Time . Solid efforts on many of them , and sadly , if this was the seventies , he probably would have had some air play again .
Gone Troppo is worst? You gotta be kidding! Gone Troppo is beautiful, relaxing, spiritual music from George. It's one of my favorites.
That album is so unique that I refuse to believe he didn't put in an effort.
my worst:
Paul: Press to Play
John: Mind Games (having taken out his 3 avant-gard albums)
George: Somewhere in England
Ringo: Bad Boy
I really love wild life, I just really like the sounds on it, the title track has some really nice guitars and vocal melodys towards the end of the song
I'm quite fond of George Harrison's final solo album, "Cloud Nine." It was clearly just George with a little help from his closest friends having fun again. I love the lead track with the back-and-fourth interplay between Clapton and Harrison's guitars. For "final solo albums," it wasn't a bad way to go out. It was nice to hear him with Gary Wright, Elton John and Ringo again. I always found it strange that Paul once again didn't want to take part, especially for something like "When We Was Fab."
He made another album just before he died - ‘Brainwashed’ - it’s excellent!
George himself stated that he didn't want to work with Paul in a band, and sure they reconciled by the time of Anthology, but being left out during the Beatle years made George not want to work with Paul.
Also the fact that during the post breakup, George agreed to play in "How Do You Sleep?", a song directly aimed at Paul, so is it any wonder why Paul didn't want to be with George either during that period?
I haven't heard most of these albums. As I get older I wonder if I should take the time and effort to listen to them or if I should just attempt to sit in a state of musical bliss until my end comes calling. Maybe I'll flip a coin. Heads, I listen - tails, I don't.
I'd stick with the musical bliss!
I always see a copy of Wild Life in the record bins at the Goodwill lol
i'm no Gen Z-er, but I really like Wild Life. For me, Paul's worst is easily Egypt Station, with Driving Rain not too far behind.
Even George's worst albums are pretty damn good. I love Gone Troppo. I'd say his worst is Somewhere In England, and I still like that album.
Some Time in NYC is pure rubbish.
I'll leave Ringo be. In addition to his great early 70's albums, he's had some other good ones, like Time Takes Time and Vertical Man.
Bro Egypt station is one of Paul’s best
@@christopherhidalgo6696 Apart from I Don't Know, it is pure garbage to me. Just my opinion.
George released an album of moog noise. I don't know the name of the album.. It is now in pieces in a landfill somewhere.
It's now in record collectors' trophy cabinets !
For me, I think John's 1972 album "Sometime In New York City" was a real misfire, the songs are too topical, and not universal enough.
Political leftist garbage. People want to be entertained, not indoctrinated.
The entire album has a dreadful mix too (the 2001 CD remix is more listenable)
I agree about Wild Life. It's my least played McCartney album. He even admitted in an interview that you have to like him to be able to like it.
Some People Never Know is a decent track - but the rest of it has never floated my boat.
Even Paul doesn't think highly of Bip Bop...
I like Wild Life and I've felt so bad cuz Paul never played any songs from that album during his concerts.
Someone who say that the "Extra Texture" is a bad album doesn't know music. "This Guitar" is precious, "Can't Stop Thinking 'bout You" is the best song that George made after All Things Must Pass album and "The Answers At the End" is a fantastic song.
¿Los vídeos de la hemeroteca salen de acá o al revés?
La hemeroteca lo saco primero, habra que notificarle
Predictions:
Paul: Press To Play
George: Extra Texture
John: I can’t really say as his career was so short he didn’t have time to release any stinkers
Ringo: Bad Boy
Edit:
Paul: really? Wild Life has some great stuff on it. Bip Bop, Love Is Strange, Dear Friend, Tomorrow. I think you have to understand Paul’s journey right after the Beatles break up and his lo-fi route back to albums like Red Rose Speedway and Band on The Run that had more polish
George: once again I’m surprised. Yeah Gone Troppo wasn’t a commercial success but it had Dream Away, Wake Up My Love, Gone Troppo. All Extra Texture has going for it is You.
John: Good call I hadn’t thought about Some Time in New York
Ringo: yep
Sooooooooooo wrong when discussing Paul’s worst albums. Soundtrack or no soundtrack, “Give My Regards To Broad Street” is McCartney’s low point. “Pipes Of Peace” is down there, too. As for Ringo, you are correct by pointing to the post-Apple years - 1976-1981. “Ringo The 4th”, “Ringo’s Rotogravure” (mispronounced in the video) and “Bad Boy” are the low points of Ringo’s solo career, but you have to consider “Stop And S,ell The Roses” and “Old Wave” part of that dead period for Ringo. To dismiss the rest of Ringo’s career is blatant idiocy. His remarkable artistic comeback began with 1992’s terrific, “Time Takes Time” and from there, Ringo produced some of the finest albums of his solo career - “Vertical Man”, “I Wanna Be Santa Claus” (YES, his Christmas album is terrifically fun), “Ringo Rama” and “Choose Love”. George is the most consistent of the four former Beatles. One could argue that George never released a bad album - just a few hit and miss ones. “Extra Texture (Read All About It)” is probably the weakest of the bunch. Oh, “Gone Troppo” is an under appreciated gem. Clean out your ears. Concentrating on 1970-1980, it’s absolutely all on “Some Time In New York City” when discussing John’s catalogue. End of discussion. Just mentioning “Mind Games” and “Rock ‘N’ Roll” as being lesser albums, officially designates you as a hack.
I like Ringo The 4th .It's Ringo's most underrated album with it's BeeGees like disco tracks.He he.
I guess I must be the only one who like and appreciate George's GONE TROPPO. I think it was better than Extra Texture or Living in the Material World. Found it to be upbeat...and excitedly different.
Wow, someone is salty on Paul. I'm glad you mentioned Gen Z and Wild Life because that's one of our most requested pieces for music at our coffee houses is Wild Life.
I like Gone Troppo. It’s light hearted and fun, mostly. For me, it’s ranked somewhere in the middle of George’s albums. Extra Texture and somewhere in England would be on bottom for me
I was shocked when I first listened to Wild Life, I really enjoyed it. It’s not quite Ram or Band on The Run but it’s got some real good tracks
They were all talented. However, as time went on, they forgot that the chemistry of the 4 of them together as THE BEATLES put them on the map forever.
Stop stealing la hemeroteca content
Without even watching the video, my vote: Paul - Press to Play; Ringo - Ringo the 4th; George- Dark Horse; John - Sometime in NYC.
I called it for Sometime in NYC and Wildlife. Ringo ha a few bad ones so it was hard to choose. For George I picked Extra Texture
Whenever anyone ever talks about Lennons, "Sometime in New York City", no one ever mentions the hidden gem "John Sinclair".....until now. Thanks!
I happen to like Gone Troppo. In fact, I like it a lot. There are some great songs on it, Wake Up My Love, That's The Way It Goes, Dream Away. Extra Texture on the other hand...
We saw Paul in 2002, United Center Chicago. . Everyone (25k people) were standing, clapping, going crazy until “driving rain”. It’s a real sight to see 25k people sit down at once. Like it or not that’s what happened.
Paul has that joke in his concerts nowadays about his new songs getting a more subdued reaction from audiences.
My takes! I'll take Wild Life any day - maybe substitute that album that was sold through Starbucks. But yeah, Sometime in NYC - dreadful. Ringo: The Polydor Years? - What? No love for 'Drowning in the Sea of Love'? 😉 Finally: I'll take Gone Troppo over one of the laryngitis albums any day. (And...yuck - was this video voiced by AI? 🤖)
I’m surprised that Menlove Avenue was included in the posthumous albums mention. As nice as it was to have three posthumous albums in the 80’s (Milk And Honey, Live In New York City and Menlove Avenue), to my ears, of the three, only Live In New York City was more than worthy of release.
Sadly, John’s worst albums were the ones put out posthumously - Menlove Ave and the live one. I was shocked how good STINYC is the first time I heard it after the bad raps it gets. WITNOTW is one of his greatest recordings. Gone TROPPO is decent too, especially the title track and all of Side 2.
My votes on worst albums
John - Two Virgins
Paul - Off The Ground
George - Electric Sounds
Ringo - Time Takes Time
According to critics Roy Carr and Tony Tyler, authors of three editions of the Beatles Illustrated Record, ending after 1980, these were the worst of all four solo Beatles albums:
Ringo: Sentimental Journey. Those moldy oldies were below Ringo's ability.
John: Some Time in New York City. Too outspoken and political.
Paul: Wild Life. I'll just say I was unimpressed.
George: Dark Horse. According to Roy and Tony, it was a boring album. So I never bothered to get it.
Ringo's Beaucoups of Blues is kind of lame as well.
Always have the courage to own the opinions of others as one's own😊
@@sefmagrath6261 There was one point where I disagreed with Carr and Tyler. They critiqued Venus and Mars as flabby compared to Band on the Run. I thought V&M was on par with BOTR. 😊
Never have been a big McCartney fan
John: Rock 'n Roll (Mind Games among his originals)
Paul: Wild Life
George: Extra Texture & Brainwashed
Ringo: any
Totally agree with you. Unfortunately i owned all of those turkeys
After The Beatles broke up, that was it for me. I like and bought the "Band on the Run" album, I never bought any albums by John or Ringo. I bought the "Blow Away" album by George and was sorry I did. George's best work was with the Wilburys.
11:24 I don’t know why but the “John Lennon has three albums that are UNDOUBTABLY THE WORST.” Just killed me 😂
Sometime in New York City. I'm a Lennon fan, but that record sucks hard.
I join the Driving Rain" loving community.
Imagine was self-masterbatory and tone deaf. I'd rather listen to anything Ringo put out.
But yes, that is the meme. Good job. I can't wait to see what other hights you have.
Is not that the definition of masterbatory - self?
I think experimental albums can never be the worst, because the artist was actually interested in what they're doing. Different to something where they have two good tracks and shit out the rest.
I really liked Give My Regards To Broadsreet. It had some killer hooks and overall told a story of sorts. For a few years after it came out it was one of my favourites.
I think George Harrison's self titled album sold below a thousand copies when it was initially released. Closer to the regular Ringo album in sales. I think that should be a candidate for worst album for Harrison.
I'm a proud member of the Gone Troppo fan club, which maybe consist only of me. I agree that the 80s synthesizer sound hasn't aged well and there are a few duds on the record, I love side 2, there are a number of fantastic deep cuts on it. Somewhere in England would be my choice for his worst record, though it's certainly not a bad album.
I'm a member too.
Wild Life has always been a GREAT album. I played this a lot when I took a few years to myself after high school before getting a job and going back to school. It’s just a carefree vibe to it which I very much related to at the time. Everyone kept comparing Macca’s early work to Abbey Road and Pepper, and you shouldn’t be. Macca went low-fi on his early solo work and to me created that genre.
Imagine putting Kisses on the bottom between the worst, that album is pure gold
I always liked Press to Play. I think it’s better than Pipes of Peace and Egypt Station.
Driving Rain is indeed terrible.
"Gone Troppo" is a good tropical laidback album. The percussion's work is excellent and the songs are very good or excellent, except "baby don't run away" a little boring. The keyboards don't age well on few songs, maybe, but I love listening to this album on summer holidays. "I really love you" makes me laugh a lot and "Greece" and "that's the way it goes" are my favourite. It's too automatic for many people to consider that it's the worst from George. Just listen to it again.
I don’t know for the life of me why anyone would want to hear Ringo sing.
Any of their solo records is a Rolls Royce to every other "music maker " on the planet , so hard to be in a profession for the rest of us with these four English lads knocking us out the ball park with every record !
John almost let Yoko ruin his legacy. She should have never been allowed near a live mic.
For me, Stop and smell the roses was the worst album of Ringo. Regarding Paul, it's Red Rose Speedway was the worst album.
Wild Life is a great album, lots of great songs, playful, effortless, you can hear Macca trying out stuff, very refreshing....
This is one topic everyone will have different opinions about! One man's trash is another man's treasure!
Wild life's BIP BOP was on the radio consistently back in the day. Thumbs up to Some people too. What about Mac's The Fireman, which gets a thumbs up from moi.
Considering wildlife as one of his worst albums is crazy, absolutely nuts.
Good show. I agree with your choices. I am a big fan of the solo Beatles' music, but, unlike The Beatles, they took turns releasing "clunkers". I was never a fan of Wild Life or Press To Play or Driving Rain......especially Driving Rain!!! As for Lennon, to this day, I cannot listen to Sometime in NY City or even Rock & Roll. Mind Games, again, not a favorite. George, I feel the same about Gone Troppo than I do with Driving Rain, Terrible. Yes, alongside with Extra Texture. Well, as Ringo, where do I start? Loved his early music from the 70's, but, in the late 70's, no way. Bad Boy was unlistenable, along with Ringo the 4th. Still, many of their songs from their solo career, are very good.
"Wildlife" was recorded in 6 days in New York. Besides being rushed, I think it's a pretty good album. Not his best, but certainly not his worst in my opinion.
So many to choose from. Sir Paul still has a few in him.
Pretty good video. But please do away with AI announcers.
No mention of Phil Spector's production work on John's songs? Malpractice.
As a Beatles fan since 1963 and a fan who purchased the vast majority of their solo albums as they came out well into the 2000's, I think you can pretty much pick any of Ringo's albums, except "Ringo" from 1973. Even with a little help from his friends on several other efforts, it's hard to find a solid track to listen to. For George, he was pretty much spent after "Living in the Material World," so anything after that could make the list. For John, I have to go with "Sometime in New York City." Aside from a couple of tracks and the live give-away LP pretty much a horrible effort in a musical collaboration with Yoko. For Paul, I'll go with "McCartney II." "Coming Up" was just too much to handle for someone spoiled by tracks like "Yesterday," "Oh Darling" and "Let It Be."
I kinda agree
Yoko and musical should be mutually exclusive.
I like Sometime in NYC, and I love Gone Troppo. Other than some greatest hits or anthology comps, though, I don’t listen to much Ringo or Paul so I can’t say what’s worst.