Broken Records - The Search for the Worst Album Ever
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Naomi Campbell - Babywoman
10 mei 2021 · 59 min
We're in previously uncharted Broken Records territory this week, as Steve and Remfry take a deep dive into the 1994 debut album from Naomi Campbell. Yes, that's right, Streatham's very own supermodel released a (predominantly) R&B record, because it was the 90s and the 90s was a weird ole' time for the music industry. Lees meer
We take a look back at the inescapable celebrity culture that surrounded Campbell and her supermodel chums which allowed them to take part in a variety of extra-curricular activities above and beyond wearing clothes and looking pretty. As well as making this album, she's (ghost)written a book, released 25 fragrances for women via her eponymous perfume house and made light of her various assault convictions by wearing a t-shirt that reads "Naomi Hit Me...and I Loved It" ... how noble of you Naomi.
But we're not here to drag all that up again. Instead, we talk about the relative merits of babywoman, the album that Campbell managed to rope in a surprising amount of talent for, including The Virgin Prunes founding member Gavin Friday, English musician and producer Tim Simenon aka Bomb the Bass, American hip hop and R&B double act P.M. Dawn and Killing Joke bassist Youth! In fact, there are many surprises surrounding this album, not least the reaction of one of our hosts to it. But where will it end up on our ever-expanding chart of Broken Records?
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Neil Young and the Shocking Pinks - Everybody’s Rockin’
3 mei 2021 · 1 uur
We’re covering an artist that both Remfry and Steve have a lot of respect for this week on Broken Records, as we take a deep dive into Everybody’s Rockin’, the 13th studio album by Canadian legend Neil Young. Released on August 1, 1983, the album was recorded with the Shocking Pinks (a band made up especially for the occasion) and features a selection of rockabilly songs (both covers and original material). Everybody’s Rockin’ received some of the worst critical reviews of Young’s career upon its release. But did it deserve such a mauling or is it in fact the single greatest troll between artist and label in the history of modern music? Lees meer
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Cute Is What We Aim For - Rotation
26 april 2021 · 1 uur
Steve is on a mission this week to persuade listeners that every single member of a pop-punk band ever is in some way connected to or guilty of fornication with minors ... so that seems like a balanced and totally neutral place for us to start with Buffalo, New York pop punkers Cute is What We Aim For, a band who have seen 20(!) members file through their ranks in just 14 active years as a band. Well ... someone in that band ain't too popular are they! Lees meer
Rotation, the band's second (and so far final) studio album was released June 23rd 2008 to a relatively unfavourable critical response. Despite this, the album sold relatively well; 23,000 copies in it's initial week and debuting at number 21 on the Billboard 200, proving our much worn idiom that just because something's popular, doesn't mean it's good. But just how 'not good' is Rotation?
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Linkin Park - One More Light
19 april 2021 · 1 uur 12 min
This week on Broken Records Remfry and Steve continue their search for the very worst record in history by looking at one of the most commercially successful metal (or ‘metal’ if you want to be a dick about it) bands … well … ever! Must be said though that One More Light, the band in questions seventh full-length studio album, is not the greatest moment from the career of nu-metal turned boring plod electro rockers Linkin Park. Lees meer
Released on 19th May 2017, it was the last Linkin Park album to feature lead vocalist Chester Bennington before his death on July 20, 2017. Whilst the record was savaged by critics upon its release, shortly after Bennington’s death there was a re-appraisal of sorts from some critics, who decreed that One More Light’s ambiguous, vaguely melancholy lyrics were in fact an unequivocally lucid document of the tortured vocalist’s final days. Whether One More Light is this generation’s In Utero or not (spoiler alert … it isn’t) it’s difficult, nigh on impossible to defend the dreary, uninspired, one-note electro-pop dross.
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Black Flag - What The...
12 april 2021 · 54 min
This week on Broken Records Steve and Remfry continue their search for the very worst record in history by looking at a genuinely legendary band; LA hardcore legends Black Flag, and their 7th studio album What The... , released on the 5th of November 2013. Lees meer
What should and could have been a glorious return to action from one of the most celebrated artists in the history of punk rock soon descended into a farcical situation as Black Flag band leader Greg Ginn sued, ignored and alienated pretty much every legendary musician to have ever passed through the ranks in the past. The result is a rather sad and incredibly confusing period in which the name of a truly exceptional band was trawled through the mud and, arguably, negatively affected their superb legacy. But, was the record that came along during all the drama really that bad? Here’s the place to find out.
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Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band OST
5 april 2021 · 1 uur 18 min
On this week's Broken Records Steve and Remfry continue their search for the worst album of all time by casting a highly critical eye over Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club band… hold on there a second before you decide it’s time we’re #Cancelled, we do not mean The Beatles culture defining 1967 masterpiece, but rather the long forgotten 1978 soundtrack to the long forgotten movie of the same name. Lees meer
Featuring a star-studded, but ultimately rag tag and jarring, cast, we try and work out just why The Bee Gees manager Robert Stigwood decided to cast his charges in a bizarre, plotless mess of a film alongside shock rocker Alice Cooper, elderly New York Comedian George Burns, funk pop mavericks Earth Wind & Fire, camp UK comic Frankie Howerd, hard rock strutters Aerosmith, a staggeringly coked up Steve Martin and others, and make them turn the most enduring and influential back catalogue in the history of popular music into a flabby, kitsch disco mess.
The critics hated it, the fans sent it back and The Bee Gees tried to bury it. But, was it really that bad? Listen here to find out.
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Pink Floyd - Ummagumma
5 april 2021 · 46 min
It’s time for us to once again look deep into the murkiest areas of the music industry and pull out a stinker to induct into our list of Broken Records. On this episode Remfry and Steve return to a favoured pastime for the pair; arguing about Pink Floyd. Their 4th album Ummagumma, released on the 7th of November 1969, is the subject of this week's episode. Lees meer
Despite Remfry not being a fan, Pink Floyd have done alright for themselves over the years, and this record was both critically and commercially successful. It even has a pretty good reputation amongst the bands hardcore fanbase. Essentially a part live album and part set of improvised solo efforts from the band members, it is seen to be a bridge between the post-Syd Barrett Floyd and the pre-Roger Walters led one. So why is it here? Well, despite the world at large feeling positively about the album, Pink Floyd aren’t so keen… neither is Remfry, shocker!
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Blood on the Dance Floor - Bad Blood
5 april 2021 · 36 min
Broken Records returns with another contender for our list of the worst albums ever made. Whilst many of the records Steve and Remfry have covered so far on this list have been bad, funny, annoying, grotesque or bizarre, there has really never been a record with such a vile backstory as Bad Blood, the 6th studio album by Blood on the Dance Floor, released on the 3rd of September 2013. Lees meer
Although we won’t pretend that Bad Blood is anything other than a very poor album, it’s really the circumstances surrounding frontman Dahvie Vanity in the aftermath of this record that cements its position in our list. This is a deeply troubling and often quite extreme listen, so please advance with caution.
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Brokencyde - I’m Not a Fan, But The Kids Like It!
5 april 2021 · 42 min
Another week, another terrible album. Broken Records continues to plunge waist deep into the very worst of music’s grottiest recesses to find the worst album ever. Remfry and Steve believe they have a genuine contender this week, as they try and pick their jaws off the floor after hearing the debut album from crunkcore fools Brokencyde; I’m Not a Fan, But The Kids Like It! Lees meer
Released on the 16th of June 2009, Brokencyde managed to mix some of the least appealing elements of the least appealing music ever made and somehow make them even worse. Critics despised it, which, you suspect, was their intention all along, but over a decade down the line, does it really still inspire such negative feelings? Or did you have to be there?
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Van Halen - III
5 april 2021 · 51 min
It’s Broken Records! The hunt for the worst album ever made is back on, and this week Steve and Remfry decide to induct the 11th studio album by hard rock legends Van Halen, confusingly titled III, released on the 17th of March 1998. Lees meer
After falling out with all of his various previous frontmen, guitar god Eddie Van Halen decided to rope in vocalist Gary Cherone of funk rockers Extreme to take his band into the new Millennium. It didn’t go so good! Despite the Van Halen camp constantly telling anyone that would listen that their connection with Cheron was the strongest they had ever had, fans hated the album, it sold a fractional amount in comparison with their other work and Cherone was ousted from the band 20 months after the albums release. But that doesn’t mean it’s bad does it…!
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Razorlight - Self-Titled
5 april 2021 · 42 min
Broken Records is here, with a mantra to find the single worst album ever created. This week Steve and Remfry take a deep breath and remember the mid-00’s Camden indie landfill scene, as we talk about the self-titled second album by Razorlight, released on the 17th of July 2006. Lees meer
Led by cocksure, peacocking… er… cock Johnny Borrell, Razorlight represented the absolute nadir of British indie’s coked up, self-important, substances over substance end of days during the first decade of the new millennium. Frankly it’s hard not to hear this tepid, simplistic and juvenile jangling while remembering Borrell comparing himself to Bob Dylan around the time of its release and not be utterly baffled. They ended up headlining Reading and Leeds too! This country!
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Corey Feldman - Angelic 2 the Core
5 april 2021 · 51 min
Now we’re not saying that this week's Broken Records should be the final episode, but, if it was, we’re pretty sure we’ve found the oddest album ever made. Remfry and Steve are looking for the worst album ever, and so have heard most things… but neither of us have ever heard anything quite like Angelic 2 the Core, the fifth studio album from 80’s Hollywood royalty and child star Corey Feldman. Lees meer
Released on the 22nd of June 2016, this is an ambitious attempt from Feldman to channel his old friend Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin, Prince, Charlie’s Angels, Adam West’s Batman and Rage Against the Machine… yes, really. Quite what it means, what part of his brain it came from and how it came together we have no idea, but, good lord, you’ve never heard anything like this before.
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Limp Bizkit - Results May Vary
5 april 2021 · 47 min
Alright partner! It’s Broken Records, you know what we do, keep on rollin’ baby!... Ahem… Our weekly search for the lowest point of music history continues as Remfry and Steve reanimate the corpse of nu-metal and look at Results May Vary, the 4th studio album from rap metal royalty Limp Bizkit, released on the 23rd of September 2003. Lees meer
As a pair, one of us have fond, warm, happy and nostalgic memories of Limp Bizkit, and Remfry just about tolerates them. But even a bloke with a blue chin strap beard, a wallet chain and a (Hed)pe tattoo can admit that, following the departure of enigmatic guitarist Wes Borland and the general malaise and disdain that the world at large were feeling for anything nu-metal by 2003, this is far from the band’s best work. But just how bad is it? Would we still be willing to let John Otto take us to the Matthews Bridge? Or will that red cap get yet another rap from these critics?
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Mick Jagger - Primitive Cool
5 april 2021 · 27 min
The search to find the worst album of all time continues with another episode of Broken Records. Steve and Remfry have pulled out Mick Jagger’s Primitive Cool this week, the Rolling Stones frontman’s second solo album, released on the 14th of September 1987. Lees meer
The Stones were not in the best of places collectively back in ‘87, and, rather than try and fix the internal problems, Mick decided to head off and work on this collection of songs instead, leaving Keith Richards fuming to himself! Would Primitive Cool be the album to break up The Stones?... well… you know the answer to that don’t you! But is this record any good?... you might know the answer to that as well to be fair.
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Dee Dee King - Standing In The Spotlight
5 april 2021 · 28 min
This week on Broken Records we’re rapping, we’re rapping, we’re rap, rap, rapping. Remfry and Steve continue to look high and low for music's most terrible document by running the rule over 1989’s Standing In The Spotlight by former Ramone bassist turned unlikely hip-hop hero Dee Dee King, AKA Ramone. Lees meer
Clearly inspired by the early rap scene of his native New York, an impressionable Dee Dee decided to reinvent himself from leather jacket wearing punk rocker to gold chain and backward baseball cap sporting rapper. It’s not exactly the most obvious fit, and Standing In The Spotlight has inspired many laughs at Dee Dee’s expense over the years, but, despite the fact that this is really quite a poorly made record, there might just be a few things to admire about it.
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Theory Of A Deadman - The Truth Is...
5 april 2021 · 47 min
The quest to find the worst album ever made resumes once again, that’s right, it’s Broken Records! Steve and Remfry have dug deep into the bargain bin once again, and this week pulled out The Truth Is… the 4th album from risible post-grunge goons and Remfry’s namesakes Theory of a Deadman… they’re mates with Nickelback don’t ya know! Lees meer
Released on the 12th of July 2012, The Truth Is… is essentially the sound of TOAD frontman Tyler Connolly having a paddy at his ex-wife, who can’t relate to that right?! Welllllllll.... But, maybe we’re just being snobs, maybe we’re just unable to truly understand the cultural differences that make Theory of a Deadman such a big deal in America in comparison with their meagre success here in the UK. Maybe.
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Uncle Kracker - Double Wide
5 april 2021 · 34 min
Broken Records is here again, and this week Remfry and Steve are in a very poor mood. It’s almost certainly due to this week's entry into the search for the worst album of all time, as they try to wade their way through Double Wide the debut album from pop, country, rap douchebag and professional mate of Kid Rock, Uncle Kracker. Released on the 30th of May 2000. Lees meer
So, what’s the deal? Was Uncle Kracker just a harmless, rather forgettable, owner of an annoying one hit wonder back at the turn of the Millennium, or was he, rather, a talentless chump whose album being released was nothing more than the result of the worst kind of lazy, back slapping music industry nepotism? It’s pretty obvious, but listen to find out anyway.
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William Shatner - The Transformed Man
5 april 2021 · 36 min
There seems… to be… no evidence… of good music! Yes, Steve and Remfry are back with Broken Records and continuing the ongoing search for the worst album ever. This week we’re going full thespian, as we look at the debut album from Captain James T. Kirk himself; William Shatner’s 1986 effort The Transformed Man. Lees meer
Recorded during his lunch break whilst filming an episode of Star Trek (might wanna fact check that), The Transformed Man see’s Bill taking his hand to both music, acting and… er… being really scared for no reason… often all at the same time, as he covers The Beatles, Bob Dylan and, umm, William Shakespeare. A truly bizarre and unique album, this is the moment that Shatner became a true cult musician. 50 plus years down the line, he’s very much in on the joke, but, as we discuss, was he back then?
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Lou Reed & Metallica - Lulu
5 april 2021 · 45 min
Remfry and Steve cross-examine one of the most derided collaborations in modern music history, that of Lou Reed and Metallica's conceptual double album based on German playwright Frank Wedekind's two Lulu plays. (Originally released on Riot Act #99 26th June 2020). Lees meer
The album, released somewhat fittingly on 31st October 2011, seemed somewhat doomed from the start, with most people too busy laughing at 'I Am the Table' memes to pay all that much attention to the album's content or concept. We make the case for the defense of Lulu, as there is plenty of interesting ideas and concepts to delve into if you can put aside the troubling lyrics about 'a colored man's dick' (easier said than done perhaps).
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Methods of Mayhem - Self-Titled
5 april 2021 · 45 min
Steve and Remfry once again put their ears through the perennial ringer, taking a deep dive into 1999 the self-titled debut album from Methods of Mayhem, the rap-rock project of former Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee (originally aired on Riot Act #98, 19th June 2020). Lees meer
Lee's demand to 'get naked' moves neither Steve nor Remfry into shedding their attire, although the album's dreadful archaic beats and Lee's cringe-inducing lyrics do move both journalists to consider leaving the industry altogether. Common sense prevails and instead, we merely relate what a truly torrid and deeply crap album Methods of Mayhem is.
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Liz Phair - Self-Titled
5 april 2021 · 43 min
On episode of 14 of Broken Records, Remfry and Steve get down and dirty with Liz Phair, the American singer-songwriter's 4th studio album from 2003 (originally aired on Riot Act #97 on 12th June 2020). Lees meer
Despite the album debuting at #27 on the Billboard 200, the album came under a lot of criticism from frosty critics who didn't seem to be able to grasp the concept that, sometimes, women are horny.
At Metacritic, a review aggregator site, the album holds a score of 40 out of 100. Many decried Phair for "selling out", and she became a "piñata for critics", according to The New York Times. The newspaper's Meghan O'Rourke titled her review of the album "Liz Phair's Exile in Avril-ville", and complained that Phair "gushes like a teenager", having "committed an embarrassing form of career suicide." Matt LeMay from Pitchfork rated the album a 0.0 out of 10, stating, "it's sad that an artist as groundbreaking as Phair would be reduced to cheap publicity stunts and hyper-commercialized teen-pop."
But was such criticism phair?
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Bush - Black And White Rainbows
5 april 2021 · 25 min
It's lucky number 13 as Remfry and Steve take a look back at the seventh studio album Black and White Rainbows by British rockers Bush (originally aired on Riot Act #96 5th June 2020). Lees meer
Both our hosts have a soft spot for the early days of Bush, with Steve rating their first 2 records and Remfry repping for the first 3. But by album seven, both parties had moved on to other things and what with this marking the first Bush album since frontman Gavin Rossdale's stint on The Voice, things do not bode well.
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Towers of London - Blood, Sweat and Towers
5 april 2021 · 48 min
It's a grotty old time on Broken Records as Steve and Remfry delve through the arse end of modern history's worst records. And this week, it's the turn of UK Punk Rock Donny Tourette fronted throwbacks Towers of London, with their debut album Blood, Sweat and Towers (originally aired on Riot Act #95 29th May 2020) Lees meer
The album was heavily influenced by Sex Pistol's Never Mind the Bollocks and Guns N' Roses' Appetite For Destruction. Sonically, the songs contained on Blood, Sweat and Towers are played in a loose punk rock style. They're also absolutely dreadful.
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Lauryn Hill - MTV 2.0 Unplugged
5 april 2021 · 43 min
For our 11th Broken Record, Remfry and Steve delve into the MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 by American singer and rapper Lauryn Hill (originally aired on Riot Act #94 on 22nd May, 2019). Lees meer
The performance comes from her 2002 MTV Unplugged special recorded on July 21, 2001 at MTV Studios in Times Square, New York City. Hill abandoned the hip hop sounds of her debut album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998) in favor of folk and soul songs she performed with an acoustic guitar. The songs were interspersed with spoken interludes about her personal and artistic struggles.
When MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 was released, it received mixed reviews and modest sales. Most critics found Hill's performances self-indulgent and repetitive, while some appreciated the album as a bold and sincere change in artistic direction. The album has since received retrospective acclaim by critics who have praised the album for being unique and bold.
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Richard Ashcroft - United Nations Of Sound
5 april 2021 · 43 min
Steve and Remfry are in a particularly silly mood as they look into the the debut album by RPA and The United Nations of Sound, an alias of Richard Ashcroft, who released United Nations of Sound (originally aired on Riot Act #93 15th May 2020) . Lees meer
Released on 19th July 2010, it received generally scathing reviews from critics on its initial release, with a score of 39/100 on critic aggregate website Metacritic.
Contains the debut of Steve's Lennon/McCartney impression as well as his meltdown over 'Captain Rock'.
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Louis XIV - Slick Dogs And Ponies
5 april 2021 · 36 min
Remfry and Steve are in icky territory for Broken Record number 9 as they tut tut tut at Slick Dogs and Ponies, the third studio album from American garage rock band Louis XIV (originally aired on Riot Act #92 8th May 2020). Slick Dogs and Ponies was released on January 29th 2008 to largely negative reviews. PopMatters said that 'Louis XIV has a considerable amount of work to do for listeners to regard them as more than aimless glam-rock fetishists' whilst Pitchfork said 'the slightly more dynamic Louis XIV only give you testosterone-fueled rock at its least appealing extremes: heedless lust or, arguably even more repulsive, cheesy balladry' and Slant Magazine really dug the knife in, when they simply and succinctly summarized it as 'soulless at its core.' Lees meer
We call it a 'boring, smutty piece of shit.'
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Queen + Paul Rodgers - The Cosmos Rocks
5 april 2021 · 40 min
It's another big artist's work that Steve and Remfry will be consigning to the Broken Records abyss, as they take a look at 2008's The Cosmos Rocks, the sixteenth studio album by classic rock royalty Queen (originally aired on Riot Act #91 1st May 2020). Lees meer
It was the first studio album of new material from the two remaining members of Queen, Brian May and Roger Taylor, since 1995′s Made in Heaven and received pretty mixed reviews. According to critic review aggregator Metacritic, the album received an average review score of 42/100. Alexis Petridis of The Guardian gave it two out of five stars, stating, "the lyrics were stupid, trite, a bit offensive and bound to have an undermining effect on whatever musical efforts they put behind it". Conversely, PopMatters gave it a 7/10 review, stating, "Paul Rodgers breathes new life into Queen, while still keeping the band's tremendous legacy intact as they soldier forth with new material into the 21st century". Mojo gave it three stars, stating, "Occasionally they stumble, as on the clunky 'Warboys.' But with Rodgers imperious, Queen's second coming is vindicated".
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Viva Brother - Famous First Words
5 april 2021 · 30 min
Steve and Remfry peer gingerly into the murky world of early 2010's indie brit pop revivalists Viva Brother (originally aired on Riot Act #90 24th April 2020). Except they didn't revivalise indie brit pop in the slightest. Instead, they decided to release Famous First Words, one of the most creatively moribund albums featured on Broken Records so far. Released to a tirade of bad press, Viva Brother broke up mere months after the release of this, their debut album. Lees meer
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Bob Dylan - Self Portrait
5 april 2021 · 37 min
Remfry and Steve are looking at another big artist, as they delve into Bob Dylan's 10th studio album Self Portrait (originally aired on Riot Act #89 17th April 2020). Released 8th June 1970, Self Portrait was Dylan's second double album (after Blonde on Blonde), and features many cover versions of well-known pop and folk songs. Also included are a handful of instrumentals and original compositions. Most of the album is sung in the affected country crooning voice that Dylan had introduced a year earlier on Nashville Skyline. Seen by some as intentionally surreal and even satirical at times, Self Portrait received extremely poor reviews. Lees meer
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Dirty Vegas - One
5 april 2021 · 25 min
For our fifth Broken Records (originally aired on Riot Act #88 10th April 2020), Steve and Remfry delve into the confusingly titled One, the second album by British House music trio Dirty Vegas. One garnered generally negative reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 35, based on 8 reviews, making it the worst-reviewed album of 2004. Lees meer
Steve Lowe of Blender heavily criticized the group's AOR tracks filled with earnest lyrics and Richard Marx-like production, concluding that “If this exhaustingly awful album repeats its predecessor’s success, the world will seem more confusing than ever.” The Guardian's Dorian Lynskey also panned the overall work of the album, “At best, it suggests Duran Duran indulging their U2 fantasies. At worst, the brain scrabbles for comparisons. The post-millennial Bruce Hornsby? Mike & The Mechanics go to Ibiza? Frontman Steve Smith delivers lyrics that he presumably made up on the spot in the voice of a man who rolls up the sleeves of his sports jacket. One's sole redeeming feature is that its title helpfully informs reviewers how many stars to give it.”
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Eoghan Quigg - Self-Titled
5 april 2021 · 40 min
We're going pop for our fourth entry into Broken Records (originally aired on Riot Act #87 3rd April 2020) as Remfry and Steve take a look back at Eoghan Quigg, the self-titled debut (and only) album from The X-Factor 2008 second runner-up. Eoghan Quigg was savaged by critics. Jon O'Brien of AllMusic described the album as “bad karaoke”, with deficient production values failing to hide Quigg's “limited ability” and “bum notes”. Nick Levine of Digital Spy called it “amateurish as well as utterly redundant”. One track singled out for criticism by multiple reviewers was the cover of Take That's “Never Forget”, the vocal performance on which was described by Levine as “positively wince-inducing”. Gigwise placed the record at number one in their “The 20 Worst Albums of 2009” in December of that year. Lees meer
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Lou Reed - Metal Machine Music
5 april 2021 · 31 min
It's our biggest album on Broken Records yet, as Steve and Remfry look into Lou Reed's fifth solo album Metal Machine Music (originally aired on Riot Act #86 29th March 2020). Released in July 1975, Metal Machine Music is often derided, being a mainstay on many 'worst albums of the year' lists, but is it as bad as its reputation suggests? Or was it responsible for inventing Drone, a harsh, discordant subgenre of alternative music that still resonates with people today? Lees meer
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Six Feet Under - Graveyard Classics II
5 april 2021 · 26 min
For our second Broken Records (originally aired on Riot Act #85 20th March 2020) Remfry and Steve delve into the 2004 album Graveyard Classics II by Six Feet Under. A death metal band covering AC/DC's seminal 1980 classic Back in Black doesn't sound like a terrible idea on paper, Unfortunately, in practise, we discover that it's an utterly atrocious idea. Lees meer
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The Enemy - Streets in the Sky
5 april 2021 · 31 min
On our first episode of Broken Records (originally aired on Riot Act #77 24th January 2020) Steve and Remfry assess the utter crapness of Coventry-based indie rock band The Enemy's 3rd studio album Streets in the Sky. Released in 2012, it entered the UK Album Charts at no. 9, and was met with universally negative reviews. Lees meer
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