10 Biggest Album Disasters Of All Time

From an outsider's perspective, the idea of creating an album seems like a walk in the park. Getting paid thousands of dollars to just sit in a room for a few weeks and play a couple of songs should be a cakewalk for anybody with a halfway decent voice, right? It's a little more complicated than that....a lot more torturous in fact.

Aside from the technical side of the spectrum, some of the biggest names in music have gone through some of the biggest levels of BS just to get their albums off the ground. Does that mean that they succeeded in making the record that they wanted to make though? Well, yes and no. While some of these records have been rightfully praised for being masterpieces, a lot of the time these disastrous sessions can turn ugly on the sales front, with the public either being lukewarm or outright rejecting what the artist has made.

Hell, at the worst of times, these have caused bands to either go back to the drawing board or even break up entirely because they couldn't get themselves together to make a proper album. It may look easy, but just try doing something like this yourself. Chances are, you'd be in the same place as these guys.

When looking for the best of modern rock acts, Foo Fighters have proven themselves to be a pretty safe bet. While Dave Grohl's standard brand of rock and roll has gotten fairly predictable at this stage, The Colour and the Shape showed the potential from the very beginning, with the full band being brought in to back Grohl's amazing melodies on songs like My Hero and Everlong. That is, almost the full band.

For as much slapdash production goes into most albums, this is the one post grunge album that proved to be so good, they recorded it twice. During the initial production for the record, producer Gil Norton began getting more and more unhappy with William Goldsmith's drumming, calling him part of the 'rhythmless section' to whip him into shape. When things didn't come together though, Grohl decided to take matters into his own hands, recording every one of the tracks again behind Goldsmith's back.

After hearing about the newer takes, Goldsmith abruptly quit the band, leaving the Foos to find Taylor Hawkins before going out on the road. That was only the start of the madness, with guitarist Pat Smear quitting midway through the tour and replacement guitarist Pat Smear joining and leaving before even making their next record. Even though Dave Grohl has made a name for himself as one of the nicest rockstars working today, it's not like everything was sunshine and roses from the ground up.