10 Albums That Were Hated Before They Even Came Out

It doesn’t take a fanbase too long before they know they have a bad album on their hands. From the production not being quite up to snuff to underwhelming songwriting across the record, the red flags tend to come right out of the gate once you actually put the record on and see what’s in front of you. As far as these albums go, we had warning signs long before the finished product was in front of us.

Long before the record was even available to the public, each of them already had some baggage going into it, from one terrible business decision to stories about how hectic the studio recordings were coming along.

Any band can overcome some of the petty band drama that goes into making a record, but sometimes that drama becomes too much to bear, with most of these records ending up sounding like some of the worst music that these legendary artists would ever put out. For every single great act that has come and gone in rock history, there’s always that angry mob that’s willing to tear them through the mud for no good reason. They might persevere through the problems, but sometimes that angry mob might have a few fair points.

The entire vibe of the Doors as a band pretty much relied on the star power and charisma of Jim Morrison. While the rest of the band were more than capable of grooving in genres such as jazz, blues, and down and dirty rock and roll, the spiritual poetry of Morrison really set them apart from every hippy band on the scene, giving you the darker side of Flower Power. When Jim was found dead though, fans thought that the band would die with them...but no one gave the other members that memo.

Although the magic was clearly gone, Other Voices is the sound of the band trying to make it work without Jim, with both Ray Manzarak and Robbie Krieger filling in for him on vocals. While the band had certainly been responsible for most of the musical input from day one, it's clear that there's something missing in every single one of these songs, especially when the lyrics take a real nose dive on songs like I'm Horny I'm Stoned.

Although there's the makings of a good Doors album here, there was no way that the fanbase was going to accept a version of the band without the Lizard King, not sticking around for much longer and the original lineup calling it a day after just one more record. Jim might not have been able to play note on any instrument, but once you take away his presence, all you're left with is a few decent blues licks that should have been left on the cutting room floor of a jam session.