10 Biggest Album Disasters Of All Time

8. 13 - Blur

As rock and roll found its way into the late '90s, the battle for Britpop's throne no longer seemed that fun anymore. After Oasis' Be Here Now coughed it up with the hardcore fans, arch rivals Blur weren't in great shape either, with Damon Albarn being strung out on drugs during the sessions of their next album. Then again, sometimes that can create genius, and 13 proves that fact in spades.

Compared to something like Parklife or Modern Life is Rubbish, 13 is a far more adventurous album than Blur had ever attempted, with Graham Coxon stepping out to the plate to sing on the song Coffee and TV. Pulling from difference influences left and right, this is when it truly felt like Blur were capitalizing on their art rock credentials, almost making a '90s update of what someone like David Byrne would have done.

Granted, it's not like you couldn't see the writing on the wall here either, as most of these songs feel like they're stretched out to mask the production hell the group was trying to sift through, all while having some major artistic differences with their record label. While no artist wants to find themselves this down and out, sometimes you need to get to this low a point to see what you're really made of.