10 Rock Bands That Only Have One Bad Album

For as much as some rock fans might not like to admit it, no band is really perfect. No matter how much conviction you might have going to bat for your favorite acts, there aren't too many artists who you could say had a perfect discography from top to bottom. Then again, these guys did come damn near close to it.

Out of all the records in these respective artists' discographies, there is always that one track or record that does not like to be mentioned among the fanbase. For one reason or another, these have been ostracized to the dark corners of the rock industry, never to be heard from again unless it's to openly mock them. That being said, do these albums really deserve that scorn? Well...yeah...a lot of them. With the exclusion of one-offs and collaboration projects, these had all the potential to be great only to come crashing down with the passage of time. Oh, they may have charted well and have even done financially well in their time, but the passing years have been all the more cruel to these records.

It ends up being doubly hurtful when you realize the amazing gems that are at every other corner of these artists' work. While hard work may pay off, it might also piss you off as well.

Bad Album: Some Time In New York City

The aura that surrounds the legacy of John Lennon could be considered the stuff of music legend today. Despite some of the more ill-advised moments in his career throughout the years, the calls for peace and social justice Lennon talked about both in and out of the Beatles made him a near musical prophet in the eyes of the public. However, even the prophets aren't without sin.

Starting off his solo career with his more experimental moments with Yoko Ono, Lennon's streak of Plastic Ono Band and Imagine came to a drastic halt with Some Time in New York City. Instead of the emotional gut punches we were given previously, there's something about this record that feels really off from a tonal perspective. Though there are a few great moments like New York City, the switch between John and Yoko's songs from one track to the next really started to wear on some fans.

Given that Lennon was also known to be a fairly political guy, this was where the protesting got a little harder to stomach, with almost every track calling out some injustice in the world. After this one went pretty much belly up by both fans and critics, Lennon was still able to soldier on with great albums like Mind Games and Double Fantasy before being gunned down outside his apartment in 1980. Not a crash and burn album necessarily...but definitely losing the momentum with this one.