What are those albums that are so off-course even the hardcore fans needn't bother

I may have scrolled too fast, but Madonna I'm Breathless fits the bill (though I'll always rep for "Hanky Panky").

Also Kevin Ayers As Close As You Think. Never reissued, hard to find, never referenced even by diehard fans, and a terrible album that sounds foisted upon him during the nadir of his addiction.

I don't know what it means that I'm Breathless is my most-listened to Madonna album (also Ciccone Youth along with the s/t EP for Sonic Youth)

Tangerine Dream's Cyclone (1978) is unusual in that it has rock drums and a vocalist. It's odd - the basic sound is similar to the band's late-70s analogue records, but the sequencers are in the background more and there are lengthy flute solos. Unfortunately the vocalist sounds like a drunk man who broke into the studio and shouted over the backing tapes.

I've always wondered how fans of Lush think of the band. They started off as a shoegazing band, but for their one big commercial success they became cheeky cockney Britpop kids, and then they broke up, and when they came back in 2016 - "Out of Control" is really good! - they were shoegazing again. I assume they switched back to their former sound because Slowdive demonstrated that shoegaze was hip once more. Do Lush fans ignore Lovelife? When I was a kid Lush was the band that did "Single Girl" and the one about the Fiat 500 and the other one, but I realise now that Britpop Lush was an aberration.

What does "Out of Control" remind me of? It sounds like something else.

In the Lush thread there was a linked piece by Miki and it suggested to me that the "cheeky" approach was at least in part a reaction to how some critics were treating their more vulnerable songs.

Also on that thread I said "Out Of Control" reminded me of some Ween songs but I don't expect anyone else to agree.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_to_Santa_Monica#/media/File%3AEverclear_Return_to_Santa_Monica_(album)_2011.jpg

Everclear - Return to Santa Monica

ufo and Josh I will give it more time then, because when Sufjan hits he hits hard

Killing Joke's 'Outside the Gate' album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDnKEk8byiY

That house album which the Style Council made just before the end. The record company refused to release it. I think it eventually turned up in the box set of their complete works some time in the late 1990s.

Morrissey's recent covers album.

The Beach Boys - s/t album from 1985 and everything thereafter

Anything from Cabaret Voltaire post-1990.

The Beach Boys - s/t album from 1985 and everything thereafter

nah there is absolutely good stuff on the last one

Frank Sinatra’s Trilogy: Past, Present, Future, but especially the “Future” disc.

That house album which the Style Council made just before the end. The record company refused to release it. I think it eventually turned up in the box set of their complete works some time in the late 1990s.
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Friday, October 11, 2019 7:09 AM

modernism: a new decade is actually really good, for what it is. sounds nothing like tsc before they made it, but that was kind of the point.

I guess some might say that even "hardcore" fans needn't bother with the last few Black Flag albums.

Frank Sinatra’s Trilogy does have his "Theme for New York New York", which is one of those songs one forgets was recorded in the 80s.

But yes, The "Future" part is pretty wild.

Celtic Frost: Cold Lake.

How do people feel about The Burning World?

I've always thought it was perfectly fine and not the aberration that it's kinda painted as, 'Saved' is a beautiful track as is the cover of 'Can't Find My Way Home', I don't really think it's *too* overproduced.

It's one of my favorite Swans albums.

I feel like most of Lovelife could’ve easily fit on Split, obv not Ciao or 500.

Would Mott The Hoople's "Wild Life" count?

It's not a bad album, but imagine if thin lizzys third album sounded more like The Eagles. You wouldn't prefer that if you liked the other albums..

I think The Burning World is the best Swans album. That might make me a pussy, whatever.

Never heard the whole record, but that synth pop record that Jack Bruce made that was only released in Germany is definitely an outlier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-siie-F4DY&list=OLAK5uy_my9jydYfDlS8BGpdfs7dQTwaEiW1hXA9c

Anything from Cabaret Voltaire post-1990.