Interesting But Very Flawed Albums

These are 6/10 albums and guilty pleasures which means that although they do sound impressive and are relatively interesting they are very noticeably flawed. Guilty pleasures are bands like Blink-182, The Hives, Maroon 5... etc. Proceed with caution!

Country:

Carlene Carter - "Hindsight 20/20" (1996)

Dwight Yoakam - "Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room" (1988)

Dwight Yoakam - "If There Was A Way" (1990)

Dwight Yoakam - "This Time" (1993)

K.D. Lang - "Absolute Torch & Twang" (1989)

K.D. Lang - "Shadowland" (1988)

Lyle Lovett - "Lyle Lovett" (1986)

Lyle Lovett - "Pontiac" (1988)

Margo Price - "Midwest Farmer's Daughter" (2016)

Miranda Lambert - "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" (2007)

Randy Travis - "Always & Forever" (1987)
Randy Travis - "Storms of Life" (1986)

Steve Earle - "Guitar Town" (1986)

Electronic:

The Caretaker - "An Empty Bliss Beyond This World" (2011)

Daft Punk - "Random Access Memories" (2013)

Moby - "Moby" (1992)

Paperclip People - "The Secret Tapes of Dr. Eich" (1996)

Film/Video Game Score:

Blade Runner

Chrono Cross ** Youtube Only **

Final Fantasy 6 ** Youtube Only **

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time ** Youtube Only **

Mega Man X ** Youtube Only **

Secret of Mana ** Youtube Only **

Twin Peaks

Jazz/Fusion:

Tony Allen/Hugh Masekala - "Rejoice" (2020)

Metal/Hardcore:

Converge - "All We Love We Leave Behind" (2012)

Entombed - "Wolverine Blues" (1993)

Origin - "Entity" (2011)

Pestilence - "Consuming Impulse" (1989)

Sodom - "Agent Orange" (1989)

System of a Down - "Toxicity" (2001)

Pop/R&B:

Tennis - "Ritual In Repeat" (2014)

Rap:

Das EFX - "Dead Serious" (1992)

Digable Planets - "Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time & Space)" (1993)

Kanye West - "Yeezus" (2013)

Lord Finesse - "Funky Technician" (1990)

The Roots - "Things Fall Apart" (1999)

Too Short - "Life Is... Too Short" (1989)

Rock/Folk:

10,000 Maniacs - "In My Tribe" (1987)

Against Me! - "Transgender Dysphoria Blues" (2014)

Alejandro Escovedo - "Burn Something Beautiful" (2016)

Alkaline Trio - "Godamnit!" (1998)

Alvvays - "Antisocialites" (2017)

Angel Olsen - "Half Way Home" (2012)

Angel Olsen - "MY WOMAN" (2016)

Badly Drawn Boy - "The Hour of Bewilderbeast" (1999)

Beach Fossils - "Somersault" (2017)

Bill Callahan - "Apocalypse" (2011)

The Black Keys - “Brothers” (2010)

The Black Watch - "The End of When" (2013)

Blood Orange - "Coastal Grooves" (2011)

Bruce Springsteen - "Born to Run" (1975)

Bryan Adams - "Reckless" (1984)

Built to Spill - "You In Reverse" (2006)

Camera Obscura - "Let's Get Out Of This Country" (2006)

Car Seat Headrest - "Teens of Denial" (2016)

Car Seat Headrest - "Twin Fantasy" (2018)

Cate le Bon - "Mug Museum" (2013)

The Church - "The Blurred Crusade" (1982)

Collective Soul - "Collective Soul" (1995)

The Comsat Angels - "Sleep No More" (1981)

Courtney Barnett - "Tell Me How You Really Feel" (2018)

The Courtneys - "Courtneys II" (2017)

Darker My Love - "Alive As You Are" (2010)

Dave Matthews Band - "Under the Table & Dreaming" (1994)

Death Cab for Cutie - "Narrow Stairs" (2008)

The Decemberists - "Castaways & Cutouts" (2003)

The Decemberists - "Picaresque" (2005)

Devo - "Freedom of Choice" (1980)

Ducktails - "The Flower Lane" (2013)

Elf Power - "A Dream in Sound" (1999)

Elf Power - "Walking with the Beggar Boys" (2004)

Eternal Summers - "Correct Behavior" (2012)

Eternal Summers - "The Drop Beneath" (2014)

Eternal Summers - "Every Day It Feels Like I'm Dying" (2018)

Eternal Summers - "Gold & Stone" (2015)

Fergus & Geronimo - "Funky Was the State of Affairs" (2012)

Fine Young Cannibals - "The Raw & the Cooked" (1988)

Fiona Apple - "Extraordinary Machine" (2005)

A Flock of Seagulls - "A Flock of Seagulls" (1982)

Foster the People - "Torches" (2011)

Fountains of Wayne - "Fountains of Wayne" (1996)

Foxygen - "We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic" (2013)

The Futureheads - "The Futureheads" (2004)

The Futureheads - "This Is Not the World" (2008)

Galaxie 500 - "On Fire" (1989)

Gang of Four - "Solid Gold" (1981)

Garbage - "Garbage" (1995)

Green Day - "American Idiot" (2004)

Guster - "Lost & Gone Forever" (1999)

The Hives - "Tyrannosaurus Hives" (2004)

The Hives - "Veni Vidi Vicious" (2000)

The Hold Steady - "Boys & Girls In America" (2006)

The Hold Steady - "Heaven is Whenever" (2010)

The Hold Steady - "Separation Sunday" (2005)

The Hold Steady - "Stay Positive" (2008)

Hootie & the Blowfish - "Cracked Rear View" (1994)

Iron & Wine - "Our Endless Numbered Days" (2004)

Jane's Addiction - "Nothing's Shocking" (1988)

Jane's Addiction - "Ritual de lo Habitual" (1990)

Jimmy Eat World - "Bleed American" (2001)

Kitchens of Distinction - "Strange Free World" (1991)

LCD Soundsystem - "This Is Happening" (2010)

The Lemonheads - "It's A Shame About Ray" (1992)

Lush - "Split" (1994)

Martin Courtney - "Many Moons" (2015)

Matchbox Twenty - "Yourself or Someone Like You" (1996)

Matthew Sweet - "Girlfriend" (1991)

Men At Work - "Business As Usual" (1981)

MGMT - "Congratulations" (2010)

New Order - "Technique" (1989)

The New Pornographers - "Mass Romantic" (2001)

The Ocean Blue - "The Ocean Blue" (1989)

Paramore - "Paramore" (2013)

Real Estate - "In Mind" (2017)

Red House Painters - "Rollercoaster" (1993)

The Shins - "Chutes Too Narrow" (2003)

Simple Minds - "New Gold Dream" (1982)

Simple Minds - "Sparkle in the Rain" (1983)

Ski Lodge - "Big Heart" (2013)

Sloan - "One Chord to Another" (1996)

Sloan - "Twice Removed" (1994)

Soft Cell - "Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret" (1981)

Son Volt - "Honky Tonk" (2013)

Squeeze - "East Side Story" (1981)

The Stills - "Logic Will Break Your Heart" (2003)

The Strokes - "Comedown Machine" (2013)

Superchunk - "What A Time to Be Alive" (2018)

Supergrass - "I Should Coco" (1995)

The Tallest Man On Earth - "Shallow Grave" (2008)

The Tallest Man On Earth - "There's No Leaving Now" (2012)

The Tallest Man On Earth - "The Wild Hunt" (2010)

Third Eye Blind - "Third Eye Blind" (1997)

Tracy Chapman - "Tracy Chapman" (1988)

Tret Fure - "True Compass" (2007)

Tsunami - "The Heart's Tremolo" (1994)

Ty Segall - "Fudge Sandwich" (2018)

Wilco - "A.M." (1995)

Wipers - "Is This Real?" (1980)

X - "More Fun in the New World" (1983)