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What is the most disappointing album by a major artist?

by YPB Team

Every record here followed something great, and that is the whole problem. A few were savaged on release; a couple only look bad standing next to what came before.

  1. Eminem – Revival — ranked #11
    Eminem – Revival
    The 2017 record that scored 50 on Metacritic, the lowest of Eminem's career.
  2. Metallica & Lou Reed – Lulu — ranked #22
    Metallica & Lou Reed – Lulu
    The 2011 Lou Reed collaboration that Metallica fans still treat as an outlier.
  3. Guns N' Roses – Chinese Democracy — ranked #33
    Guns N' Roses – Chinese Democracy
    Fifteen years and a reported fortune in studio time for a 2008 album few revisit.
  4. Metallica – St. Anger — ranked #44
    Metallica – St. Anger
    The 2003 album remembered mostly for its snare drum sound.
  5. Eminem – Encore — ranked #55
    Eminem – Encore
    The 2004 follow-up to a historic run that even Eminem has publicly criticised.
  6. The Clash – Cut the Crap — ranked #66
    The Clash – Cut the Crap
    The Clash's 1985 final album, made without Mick Jones and later disowned by the band.
  7. U2 – Songs of Innocence — ranked #77
    U2 – Songs of Innocence
    The 2014 album pushed into half a billion iTunes libraries without being asked for.
  8. Jay-Z – Kingdom Come — ranked #88
    Jay-Z – Kingdom Come
    The 2006 comeback album Jay-Z himself has called his weakest.
  9. Bob Dylan – Self Portrait — ranked #99
    Bob Dylan – Self Portrait
    The 1970 double album that opened with a review asking what this even was.
  10. Lady Gaga – Artpop — ranked #1010
    Lady Gaga – Artpop
    The 2013 album that followed a record-breaking run and was quickly overshadowed.
  11. Kanye West – Jesus Is King — ranked #1111
    Kanye West – Jesus Is King
    The 2019 gospel pivot that split even Kanye's most devoted listeners.
  12. Christina Aguilera – Bionic — ranked #1212
    Christina Aguilera – Bionic
    A 2010 electro-pop reinvention that stalled where her earlier albums soared.
  13. Kesha – Warrior — ranked #1313
    Kesha – Warrior
    The 2012 follow-up to a blockbuster debut, and a sharp commercial step down.

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Comments

Revival carries a Metacritic average of 50 from 24 critics, next to St. Anger, Chinese Democracy and a Clash record the band effectively disowned: https://youpick.best/articles/eminem-ranked-many-ways

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ypb-team·Aug 21·
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