10 Legendary Rock Albums That Were Produced Terribly

There's no way that this random guy on the Internet is going to tell you that Songs for the Deaf is a bad album. This may be a contender for one of the best albums of the '00s, with Josh Homme assembling his cast of stoner rockers and even Dave Grohl on the drum kit to give us a wild ride through the California desert. There's one question that I have for you though: do you ever find yourself getting tired when you listen to this album in full?

The individual tracks may sound fine by themselves, but taking the whole thing in tends to be a bit of an exhausting listen, and it's partially because of the way the record was mixed. That album title isn't just an edgy pun, with most of the tracks being completely blown out half the time and creating the kind of maxed out energy that you can practically feel a lot more than hear.

Which is strange when you consider the kind of guests that are on this album. There's a star studded cast of musicians on here like Mark Lanegan from the Screaming Trees and Dave Grohl, but bringing in those kind of guests also makes the entire album a bit cluttered as well, as your brain burns itself out trying to listen to every single thing present in the mix. Almost all of these songs are definitely worth any rock fans' time, but you may want to take a few breaks along the way to give your ears some time to recover.