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I don't mean the ones you're naturally prejudiced against (Slipknot etc), but ones you feel you should like but don't. Here's a few sacred cows ready for the barbie- Black Sabbath-Paranoid. Sorry folks, the flavour of the decade just doesn't tickle my pickle. I blame Ozzy for too many ballads. Motley Crue-Girls, Girls, Girls. Christ. Bad Boy Boogie. Really? AC/DC-Black Ice. My favourite band of all-time returned with an, admittedly, consistant album. But it was just AC/DC-by-numbers. Nothing exciting, fast or 'electrifying' as they were once described. A rock album. Nothing more, nothing less. AC/DC-Dirty Deeds. The least played album by the Gods. Too much dullsville. But not a poor album, just not a classic. Anthrax-Anything. Maybe good in their day, but I remember their day. It's not very memorable. And they have the occasional good song, I have nothing against them. Sepultura-Arise. I like the Seps, but think this is just throw-away. Obituary-Slowly We Rot. that's been the biggest regret of my life, buying that rubbish. There's been some dodgy metal singers over the years, but that takes the biscuit. In fact, I wish I'd spent the money on biscuits. The Sex Pistols-The Great Rock 'n 'Roll Swindle. Okay, not metal,well, not anything, actually. Apart from 'Silly Thing' this should be wiped from music history. Go on-crucify me!! :lol:

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I do quite like them but I feel as though I don't like Number of the Beast or Piece of Mind anywhere near as much as I should. Most of the songs feel really average!
both decent albums NOTB 6/10 POM 7/10 but listen to Powerslave 10/10 its their best albumhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj9KSzqn1P8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Re: CLASSIC ALBUMS YOU ACTUALLY HATE no Killers is their best album, closely followed by Iron Maiden, then Powerslave, Beast, Piece Of Mind, Fear Of The Dark, Somewhere In Time, Seventh Son, No Prayer For The Dying, A Matter Of Life And Death, Virtual XI, X Factor, Dance Of Death, Brave New World, and lastly Final Frontier

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Re: CLASSIC ALBUMS YOU ACTUALLY HATE Ya swines! if I thought that this would turn into a Twisted Sister hating post I'd never have started it! One of my favourite bands ever. Here's another classic crap album- Metallica-The Black Album. I honestly don't see the 'classic' in songs like Friend or Foe. Just dull.

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no Killers is their best album' date=' closely followed by Iron Maiden, then Powerslave, Beast, Piece Of Mind, Fear Of The Dark, Somewhere In Time, Seventh Son, No Prayer For The Dying, A Matter Of Life And Death, Virtual XI, X Factor, Dance Of Death, Brave New World, and lastly Final Frontier[/quote'] Paul Dianno is a beast \m/ i have a t shirt of the killers album
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Re: CLASSIC ALBUMS YOU ACTUALLY HATE No Prayer For The Dying, it's growing on me but it will never be one of my favourites, by the way what's wrong with Cryptic Writings? Trust, She-Wolf, Vortex, FFF, there are some cool songs on that album, it's a lot better then Youthanasia (the album directly before it) and the abomination that followed it (risk, a real contender for the WORST ALBUM OF ALL TIME)

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Re: CLASSIC ALBUMS YOU ACTUALLY HATE Also, British Steel, aside from a couple of good songs, that album is absolute crap. Not sure how anybody could view that as Judas Priest's high water mark, I've almost gotten rid of it a couple of times, and if it didn't have Rapid Fire on it I never would have bought it in the first place.

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Also' date=' British Steel, aside from a couple of good songs, that album is absolute crap. Not sure how anybody could view that as Judas Priest's high water mark, I've almost gotten rid of it a couple of times, and if it didn't have Rapid Fire on it I never would have bought it in the first place.[/quote'] Tend to agree, up to a point, Blut. It's not crap IMO, but certainly not the best. I think we ALL know what that one is on this Forum (I'm getting the hang of this place now!).
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No Prayer For The Dying' date=' it's growing on me but it will never be one of my favourites, by the way what's wrong with Cryptic Writings? Trust, She-Wolf, Vortex, FFF, there are some cool songs on that album, it's a lot better then Youthanasia (the album directly before it) and the abomination that followed it (risk, a real contender for the WORST ALBUM OF ALL TIME)[/quote'] Everything from the following: Kiss, AC/DC, Motley Crue & Van Halen. They embody all that is and was wrong with Rock/Metal. Also, You got your quote wrong Murph. ;)
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No Prayer For The Dying' date=' it's growing on me but it will never be one of my favourites, by the way what's wrong with Cryptic Writings? Trust, She-Wolf, Vortex, FFF, there are some cool songs on that album, it's a lot better then Youthanasia (the album directly before it) and the abomination that followed it (risk, a real contender for the WORST ALBUM OF ALL TIME)[/quote'] For me it totally lacks aggression, tension or pace. It's a like a laid back sunny jam session while recovering from a hangover. Weird though how we all have such differing opinions of things though - Mother Russia of NPFTD is my favoutire Maiden song! As for Ozzy, I like some of his stuff and don't think it's all that bad, though I guess it borders a bit too much on Hard Rock for some :D !
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Re: CLASSIC ALBUMS YOU ACTUALLY HATE the stuff with Randy is great but after his passing Ozzy lost the one thing that was keeping him from being bland, generic and boring best maiden song for me is Phantom Of The Opera and I can see where you're coming from on Cryptic Writing which means you probably won't like Countdown To Extinction either

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Re: CLASSIC ALBUMS YOU ACTUALLY HATE I enjoy some of Ozzy's albums but his stuff is painfully overrated. The Randy material was alright but I'm so sick of people making him out to be god that I have a very hard time listening to anything with his name on it. Ozzy got better after Rhoads death, i.e. Jake E Lee but even he couldn't make Ozzy not suck.

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