Albums I like Critics Hated

Sweet 7 - Sugababes

The album deserved to be panned for terrible lyrics, auto-tune-happy-overproduction and offering no originality. It’s true that the album lacks identity and is out of place in Sugababes’ discography. What wasn’t okay was how the girls in the group Were treated. I am still fond of the album, even though I know it’s not their best work. About a Girl, No More You and Little Miss Perfect were nice tracks. I don’t like Get Sexy or Wear My Kiss anymore. It used to be a fun album to listen to, but as my taste in music has changed I don’t care about it as much as I used to. I still kinda like it though.

Music From ”The Elder” - Kiss

I never realised how disliked this album was until I found it mentioned on Complex’s article 50 albums That Were Unfairly Hated On. It feels a lot different to their other albums, but I really liked it. It’s a very strange album and I think the band themselves regret recording the album. It doesn’t sound like a Kiss album. If it was released today, I think it would have received a better reception.

Metal Machime Music - Lou Reed

There’s no lyrics or much going on with this album. I think it was made purely to troll his critics. You could even say Lou Reed was trolling and shitposting before they became an online artform. I love how the industrial sounds sound like they originate from an indie horror game. It’s an interesting experience reading horror novels to this album.

Lulu - Metallica & Lou Reed

A jamming session between two unlikely music acts. One I should have seen coming since Lou Reed and Metallica have both released albums that have been critically panned. An album that’s impossible to take seriously. It’s fun to read some of the reviews on this album. It’s considered the collaboration that should never have happened and is considered one of the worst albums of all time, but I would much rather listen to this than some soulless commercialised cash-in any day of the week. The standout track for me is The View which gave birth to the meme: I AM THE TABLE!

Forbidden - Black Sabbath

I think Black Sabbath have a lot more better albums, but I don’t think this album is that bad. Shame it isn’t on Spotify or Apple Music, but it is on YouTube. It’s always risky mixing rap with metal riffs but I think they did it well with The Illusion of Power.

Bionic - Christina Aguilera

People seemed to have this mentality in 2010 if somebody is blonde and dabbles with electronica that they are automatically copying Lady Gaga. Music fandom is dumb sometimes. It was clear with her reworked versions of two of her hits featured on the greatest hits album that she was going this route. This was way before Gaga was around with Just Dance. Bionic is a cool album, unapologetically explicit with some cool collabs and ballads. There’s a reason it was one of the most pirated albums of 2010.

Charmbracelet/Rainbow - Mariah Carey

Charmbracelet is under appreciated and so is Rainbow. I’ve not seen the Rainbow film, but I do like Mariah Carey’s voice, especially when she was in her prime. There was a point where I used to hate her as a teen but now I love her an can see why she’s so loved. I think she’s adorable and her attitude is cool. All her albums are just as good as each other and I don’t get why these two are dubbed out of her discography so much.

A Day Without Rain - Enya

I think most Enda albums are a joy to listen to. They’re always well produced and have wonderful ethereal sounds that would be hard to pull of live In concert.

Cosmos Rocks - Queen + Paul Rodgers

This is a really cool album. I think Freddie would have liked it. I have only listened to this album recently and I was impressed. I know it may not be considered a proper Queen album and I think the band and Paul Rodgers know that but we can’t deny that it’s a great album. Of course you know that you’re gonna hav something great when you have Paul Rodgers on vocals and Brain May on guitar.